Governor Pingree's retirement marks end of era in Michigan
Monday end of Governor Pingree's tenure in Michigan prompts summary of his career and stated aim to tax railroads equally with other interests. Early 1900s reports note widespread pneumonia in Denver affecting actresses Adele Rafter and Belle Fremont, while Apache and Yaqui raids threaten northern Chihuahua and Sonora settlements.
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Pingree
Michigan
Wiery
Denver
Adele Rafter
Belle Fremont
Bostonians
Oregon Deaths and Local Damages Reported in region
Mrs William Chalmers died at her home in Washington county near Hillsboro after a few days illness. Robert W Ego aged 41 died at his home near Cove Union county after a long illness. W W Burge a printer jailed at Sumpter on a charge of assault with intent to kill after shooting at a town boarding house keeper. The Isbell livery stable at The Dalles destroyed by fire. The freight warehouse of the Oregon California Northern railroad was threatened briefly. Baker City residents discuss paving Main street with vitrified brick asphalt or wooden blocks. The Last Chance mine in Cable Cove district purchased by John T Grayson for 3500 dollars. Joseph Burger longtime resident of The Dalles dies from paralysis. Union Pacific reports nearly five million dollars spent on Wyoming construction with 154 miles of new road and main line work near completion.
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Washington County
Ear Hilsboro
Robert W. Ego
Cove
Union County
W. W. Burge
Sumpter
Seaaule
Isbell
Dallen
Baker City
Last Chance
Cable Cove
John T. Grayson
Joesph Burger
Dalles
Oregon
Union Pacific Railroad Compan
Wyoming
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Endorsed by Mothers
A historical notice touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as strengthening and curing stomach ailments through nutrition. It claims the medicine contains no alcohol or narcotics and includes an offer of a free paper-covered booklet with a penny postage offer.
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Saboy
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Mies Ondy
K. V. Uffalo
Queen Receives Lord Roberts with Ceremonial Honors
Cowes and London reports detail Lord Roberts's arrival from South Africa, a royal audience with Queen Victoria, and the gift of a collie dog. Preparations for his London reception include extensive decorations and a march escort by fifteen thousand troops. Separately, Boer actions include train derailment and looting near Cape Town. President Kruger is advised to take precautions against bronchitis.
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South Africa
Plare
Transport Canada
Gunes
Lord Roberts
Osborne House
Hobarts
Roberta
Lord Roberta
Roberts
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Keen Bob
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London
Paddington Station
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Prince of Wales
Cape Town
Rosemead
Cr Leaners
Seattle Library Destroyed in Morning Fire
Seattle reports say the city public library burned this morning destroying 25 000 volumes valued at about 50 000 dollars with the neighboring marine building also burned. The doors were found open and no one was seen nearby. The city plans immediate replacement of the library.
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Joan
Seattle
Malta
Elf
Smallpox Epidemic Strikes Alliance Nebraska
An epidemic of smallpox hits Alliance Nebraska a railroad division point thirty miles south of Chadron with several hundred cases and strict quarantines. Railroad crews and city officials rush to provide shelter and care for workers who lack homes or relatives surrounded by distress in the town of about 1200.
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Capes
Alliance
Neb
Chadron
Buel
Congress set to move on Army reorganization bill Thursday
The Senate plans to advance the army reorganization measure with a fast track to exclusion of amendments. Officials expect debate to focus on the pete snprennzation bill and related topics while action continues Friday. A separate item notes Jacob Marks, a New Jersey waiter, who believes he is the battleship New York.
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Senata
Awley
Pete
Alomer
Ulation
Thes Obsgon
New York
Jacob Marks
Jersey
Battleship Oregon in dramatic misfire on Fifth Avenue
The Oregon, in a bizarre incident, was drydocked near an insane pavilion as Marks fled up Fifth Avenue and mistook Officer Pierce for a Spanish fleet. Pierce halted the rush. Marks surrendered at a police station. The ship then returned to duty, reportedly secured in a straight jacket.
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Hitlives Houpis
Marks
Fifth Avenue
Pierce
Watuve
Poisonous plot shocks New Haven in murder case
New Haven authorities arrest widow Mrs Annie Maria Rathbun and John F Hart on charges of murder and adultery amid a coroner verdict alleging years of affair ending in Rathbun’s poisoning. Albany report notes Gov Odell on corporate laws and New York police conflicts. Chicago reports first century rail wreck at Barryington kills engineer J W Bell and fireman John Scott with no passenger injuries.
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Conn
Annie Maria Rathbun
William Rathbun
John F. Hart
Hart
Kathleen
Mart
Coamé
Rathbun
Albany
N. Y
New York
Odell
York City
Explosion at Shelton's Block Dyes Establishment
An explosion in the second story of Shelton's block at Stepheny's dyeing establishment injured the proprietor and several bystanders as flames quickly spread through the building. Fire crews battled the blaze amid collapsing front and surrounding damage.
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Senecallalls
Shelton
Stepheny
Lincoln Inauguration and Senate Race Rumors Stir Nebraska
Lincoln delegates meet in caucus as the legislature votes on the November election. Tomorrow the Republican state officers are to be inaugurated. The senatorial race is unclear with rumors of a Thorp and Rosewater alliance to gain a seat, though both deny it.
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Neb
Thorpeon
Rosewater
Quey
Harrisburg
Senator Quay
Senate
Banquet Invite for Ohio Society May Banquet in San Francisco
Vormer Benator Gleaves from California visited the White House and invited the president to keynote the Ohio Society banquet in San Francisco in May. The president indicated he would likely attend.
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Vormer Benatory Gleaves
California
White House
Banem
San Francisco
Train wreck reports and financial collapses across cities
New Orleans reports a fatal train wreck on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley line with conflicting death tolls. Harriston, La., scene described. Missouri Legislature opens, listing all female members in blocks of twenty with no business planned today. London stock exchange notes a failure and suspension of the Globe corporation amid a broader market slump.
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Minalis Dippi Valley
Harrieton
Missouri
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London
Wteck
London Sud Gibobe Corporation
Alao
Man Lives on Sixteen Cents a Day for Meals
Albany graduate Cyril Hil Thompan, a Harvard senior, claims to live on one cent a day for food, detailing a fixed weekly menu of potatoes and urdad portions. He asserts the diet, tested for a year, sharpens the mind and is a study in frugality linked to a magazine prize controversy.
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Cyril Hil Thompan
Albany
McMinnville Allege
Harvard Universiy
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Cnd Meese
Arrest of J J Crowe in Omaha Kidnapping Case
Reports from Omaha indicate the arrest of J J Crowe brother of Pat Crowe in connection with the December kidnapping of Edward Colahy. Crowe was taken to Council Bluffs by Omaha detectives and brought to Omaha where he denied involvement and was held for questioning.
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Pat Crowe
Mear Chadron Xesterday
Thalron
KR. G. Doone
Boston
Poe
Deepernooe
J. J. Crowe
Crowe
Edward Colahy
Gelrichs
South Poketa
Acredsit
Another Boy Kidnapped Returns Home After Abduction
A boy kidnapped Monday night near Kitterville was returned home after captors learned he was not the son of the Bethlehem Steel Company manager. He had been chloroformed during the capture and removal to a tram depot, ending with his return once the error was discovered.
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Jan
Charles Korener
Hias
Kitteraville
Bethlehem Steal Company
Hin
Year 1900 metal production report from western states
The document summarizes 1900 metal receipts and values for Colorado Idaho Utah and related industries as reported by federal and regional offices. It lists gold silver lead copper iron coal and total values with regional production figures and growth over prior periods.
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United Statern
Seattle
Colorado
Rocky Mountain News
Bopper
Idaho
Gould
Utah
Three Yeomen Liberated In Dispatch Plot
A garbled account reports three imperial yeomanry couriers delivering a dispatch to General Kumble and being promised liberation. The message allegedly ends with a taunting note from a figure named due to a misread signature. A fragmented line about a cold remedy appears at the end.
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London
New York
Lindley
Jordan River Water Bottling Rumor Stirs World Churches
A German observer claims a wealthy American businessman has built a large pumping plant on the Jordan River near Jerusalem to drain holy water and sell it worldwide as the genuine Jordan Water. The note suggests the action borrows water from a sacred source and markets it in bottles of varying sizes.
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Smart America
Jordan River
Calilee
Old River
Palestine
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