Free Hide League formed in Philadelphia for shoe and leather trades
A new association named The Free Hide League of the United States was organized in Philadelphia on the 25th in a bourse meeting to unite the nations shoe harness and leather interests. The report also notes various international and political items including a Siamese minister to the United States departure, court suits over back taxes, French budget shifts, and Red Cross meetings.
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Free Hide League of the
United States
Philadelphia
State Department
King
Bangkok
Phys Akharat Oradhars
Peea Akkarat
Mixed world news and local notes from a late issue
Daily roundup covering abuse of meat industry in the city, Roosevelt’s stance with Booker T. Washington, Boer War moves, Roosevelt’s congressional message, LDS leadership change in Salt Lake City, a missing Nashville demonstrator, Maine relief fund status, Wu Ting-fang ball at the Chinese legation, German editor jailed, Lipton banquet plans, Royal Navy ship construction, Kansas City newspaper acquisitions, Punjab crops failure, Judge Seales’ death, Dun & Co. weekly failures, Pillsbury’s passing, McKinley memorial actions, White House visit post McKinley, and a Falkville oil strike update.
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Memphis Tean
Scimitar
Roosevelt
Booker T. Washington
White House
Congress
Council of Apostles
Salt Lake City
Joseph F. Smith
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Lorenzo Snow
John R. Winder
Anthony I. Land
Theophile Noonan
Noonan
Nashville
Tenn
Sigsbee
Navy
Wu Ting-fang
China
Mme. Wu
Herr Maurer
Neus Leben
Berlin
Wilhelmshaven
Baron
Pekin
London
Thomas Lipton
United States
Frank Green
Charles Beresford
Lord Liangatteeck
John Monckton
James Thompson
T. P. Cennor
Admiralty
Devonport
W. R. Nelson
Kansas City
Jacob Seales
Webber's Falls
Seales
ER G. Dun & Co
New York
Canada
John 3
Pillsbury
Minnesota
McKinley
Falkville
Vigilant lieutenant thwarted attempted jail massacre in Samar
Manila reports Lieutenant Thomas M. Baines Jr of the Ninth Infantry uncovered a prisoner reentering a cell at Cabiga Island of Samar through a wall hole to trap guards. The plan aimed to fill the jail with men and seize the gate. American forces including two battalions of the Twelfth Infantry and the cruiser New York prepare for Samar. Insurgents led by Lokban face renewed pressure as officers complain to Gen Chaffee and immunity for acts deemed war violations is noted.
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Theo W Baise
Tme
Manila
Thomas M. Baines, Jr
Ninth United States Infantry
Lieut Baines
Car Biga
Island
Samar
Goodell
United States
New York
Twelfth Infantry
Oas
Lokban
Maj
Chaffee
Lacuna
Preacher Attacks Nashville Horse Show and Grand Opera
Dr D C Kelley a prominent minister criticizes a Nashville horse show and upcoming grand opera during morning and evening sermons in the district. He denounces the entertainment craze, reviews Quo Vadis, and questions newspaper information sources aided by women seeking publicity, contrasting with past fundraising methods. He condemns horse shows as entertainment rather than animal displays, urging restraint.
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Nashville
Arrests in Coal Company paymaster shooting robbery
Middlesboro Ky Oct 20 George Gray was arrested as principal and George Allen as accomplice in the shooting and robbery of Col gan paymaster of the Virginia Coal and Coke Company. Colgan was robbed en route to the furnace from Manufacturers Bank One woman is said to have accompanied the money to Harlan county.
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Middlesboro
George Gray
George Allen
Colgan
Virginia Coal and Coke Company
Harlan County
Rebellion Report and Boer Armaments in Cape Colony
A Daily Mail dispatch from Brussels cites Mr. Schalk Burger stating most of Cape Colony is in open rebellion and that the Boers have armed 15 000 Afrikanders in the last three months. In Niagara Falls Ontario nine American soldiers from Lundy’s Lane are reinterred near the battlefield site where they fell.
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Lundy's Lane
Niagara Falls
Ont
Mam
Unclear text fragment about food and nuisances
Fragmentary lines discuss salt pork as a safer order, shutters sounding differently by time of day, and a stray remark about a man and mosquitoes, without clear news context or identifiable persons or places.
Mississippi Matters Urges Hattiesburg Board of Trade
The Progress calls for organized business leadership in Hattiesburg with a Board of Trade to attract investment. It highlights Mississippi’s wealth and growth, notes Laurel’s school expansion, Gulfport harbor hopes, and urges active civic effort to foster commerce, education, and infrastructure across the state.
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Hattiesburg
Board of Trade
Qur State
Mississippi
Boards of Trade
United States
Chicago
South
Law
School of Business
Subterranean Perils in New York Subway Cavern Kills Five
Five men died and two injured as a massive rock mass collapsed in the Rapid Transit tunnel under Broadway near 54th Street. Rescue teams freed De Petro and an Italian worker. the bodies of Madden, Dunife, O'Hara, Keller, and Goronsky were recovered after a series of blasts. The section is 105 feet below ground with a shaft and long headings connecting to the tunnel.
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New York
Broadway
Fourth Street
Peter O'Hara
Timothy Keller
Johan Goronsky
Patrick Madden
Mockers
Luigi Dunife
Domenici de Petro
de Petro
O'Hara
Keller
Georevsky
Madden
Danife
Danite
C. V. Powers
Amalgamated Association Plans Reorganization After Losses
Pittsburg Oct 13 The Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers of America plans a general reorganization to rebuild membership after losses in the settlement. National officers say inferior mill workers filled skilled roles during the strike and will be integrated to align interests. Changes to constitution and by laws will follow at the next spring meeting with measures prepared by the executive board. Chicago Oct 19 Officials physicians and nurses at the asylum for the insane in Kankakee were exonerated by the coroner s jury of negligence or ill treatment charges.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of America
Amalgamated Association
Chicago
Asylum For the Insane
Kankakee
Master of the Ralls Appointment in London
Sir Richard Henn Collins, lord justice of appeal, named master of the ralls in London on October 19. He succeeds Sir Archibald Smith, who resigns due to ill health.
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London
Richard Henn Collins
Justice of Appeal
The
Ralls
Archibald Smith
British War Notes Ninety-eighth Yeomanry Goes Missing
War Office loses track of the Ninety-eighth company of yeomanry raised in Yorkshire. Three hundred men enrolled a year ago were scattered to other commands and mostly sent to South Africa. The Ninety-eighth infantry itself is officially recorded as lost.
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Laurel
War Office
Ninety-eighth Company
Yeomanry
Yorkshire
South Africa
Ninety Eighth Infantry
Missionary Conference Begins With Prayer and Addresses
The International Missionary Conference of the Christian Church opened at sunrise with prayer and Sunday school. Rev. McD. Howsare and Rev. Frank Peters gave addresses. Rev. B. delivered the first sermon on God’s Call and Will You Go. Rev. O Helvenfield spoke on Man’s Answer to Call Send Me. Afternoon sessions covered school obligations with Rev. J L Abtrich and college representatives. Evening service led by Rev. J. P. Barrett. Next meeting location to be selected.
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International Missionary
Christian Church
McD. Howsare
Frank Peters
O. Helvenfield
Orangeport
America
World
J L. Abtrich
The
Evresiang
J. P. Barrett
Norfolk
Deserter’s Heinous Crime Leads to Military Execution
George Raymond and a private from the Forty‑Gret Infantry were tried by a Philippine military court for robbery with assault and burglary and were sentenced to be hanged. The verdict cites depravity, robbery of a helpless man, and seduction of a respectable girl as part of the crimes.
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Wasticgtes
George Raymond
Philippines
War Department
Raymond
Gastone
Ry Bosna
Gret Infantry
Raymond Asreed
George L_ Maks
Iret
States Army
Bornea
Asea
De Wet Reported Dead Amid Conflicting Boer Tales
Reports from Pretoria claim Gen. Weterhagen De Wet is dead or incapacitated after wounds and illness, while captured Boers offer varying accounts. A prisoner, Piet De Viellers, says De Wet was alive at capture, breakfasted with Gen. Mackon Mo. Oct. 20.
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Durban
Natal
Wete
Pretoria
Iinent Boer
de Wet
Boer
DeWet
Piet de Viellers
Cornet
Orange Ri
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