Times Daily Times publication details and prices
The excerpt lists subscription prices and distribution info for the Times Daily Times including six cents per copy, three dollars a year, monthly rates, and office addresses in Philadelphia and New York dated December 22, 1900. It notes carriers in the area and surrounding towns with various pricing.
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TIMES
Monty
Dahl
Mechanica Pee
Linton Street
New York
Park
Philadelphia
Court to Decide Colonial Question in Broad Principles
Washington observers expect the Supreme Court to deal with the colonial issue on broad constitutional grounds rather than narrow technical points. A near uniform decision is unlikely, with emphasis on unifying principles to convince the country of constitutional warrant. No Porto Rico or Philippines legislation is expected this session.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Porto Rico
Philippines
Congress
Isthmus Treaty Negotiations Progress Slowly
A grawal across the isthmus advances with delays and pauses but is expected to pass eventually. The outcome remains uncertain as talks continue and officials weigh concessions.
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Isthmus
Republicans Compromise on Hay Pauncefote Treaty Debate
The article argues Republican Senators shifted from opposing amendments to endorsing them, muddying the treaty and delaying the canal project. It suggests leaders used this to stall the canal under the guise of protecting American commerce, with much depending on how amendments affect the treaty’s meaning, and notes the players’ dispute ends without blame on the umpire.
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Hay
The Infection of Yellow Fever: Fever Mosquito Transmission
REPEATED experiments by AR army surgeons at Havana support the belief that yellow fever spreads mainly through mosquito inoculation. Soldiers bitten by mosquitoes that had fed on fever patients developed the disease, while protected soldiers slept among infected clothes without symptoms. The observations on the mosquito's development are detailed, but the key takeaway links sanitation and hygiene to disease diffusion and possible predisposition.
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United States
Havana
Santiago
Tropics
Italy
Policy Reevaluation in the Philippines Calls for Peaceful Reform
A columnist argues the U S policy in the Philippines should shift from aggressive war to conciliation. Ex presidents Cleveland and Harrison are cited as voices urging reconsideration. The piece warns that Congress may force a new army bill and calls for limited military use while pursuing self government for Filipinos.
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NLESS
Philippine Islands
Philippines
United States
Jackson
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Cleveland
Reed
Hoar
Edmunds
Hale
MacVeagh
Republican
Harrison
Congress
Senate
House
Hawaii
Far East
Two faced Janus as symbol of false new beginnings
Janus is described as two faced in opening year symbolism. interpretation questions whether the figure represents someone who pretends to start anew but does not truly change. The discussion notes the tension between appearance and intention in mythic imagery.
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Janus
State Road Aid Law Progress in New Jersey
The New Jersey Legislature enacted a permanent road law in 1898 allowing state aid for limited mileage of permanent roads. The state pays one third while counties and municipalities pay two thirds. Costs per mile range from 4000 to 5384 dollars in 1900. Total stone and gravel roads since enactment reach 588 miles, up 148 miles this year, with state outlay at 950000 dollars and local costs twice that amount. Communities remain pleased, causing state aid appropriations to be quickly used.
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New Jersey
Noting New Jersey Road Law as Model for Pennsylvania
The critic argues Pennsylvania should adopt New Jersey’s road law to build permanent roads, noting New Jersey has nearly 600 miles of permanent roads in eight years and expands at 150 miles annually. The piece contrastsPennsylvania’s poor roads and laws with New Jersey’s progress and mentions England’s Transvaal aims.
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New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware Faces Three Parties in Senate Fight
The piece outlines Delaware’s three parties the Democrats Addicks Republican faction and decent Republicans urging opposition to Addicks. It argues Republicans should back Democrats to elect a worthy Delaware senator and restore the state’s Senate standing. It ends with a remark on city hall illumination.
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Elaware
Democratic Party
Delaware
Addicks Republican Party
Addicks
United States Senate
Senate
United States
Small Parties Fail to Shift Outcome in Late Presidential Vote
The late election shows minor parties totalling 391 744 votes within 13 961 118 cast, far short of altering McKinley’s 859 704 lead over Bryan and 468 020 majority. Prohibition and socialist groups show growth but no sign of breaking the two major parties’ dominance.
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McKinley
Republican
Bryan
Democrat
Woolley
Prohibition
Barker
People’s
Debs
Socialist Democrat
Ihe
Well Heeled Christmas Stocking Seen As Measure of Satisfaction
A scholar notes that comfort and status in holiday gifting are enhanced by a well filled Christmas stocking, suggesting that affluence contributes to perceived satisfaction during the season.
Unclear Agreement on the Chinese Question Confounds Diplomats
The piece laments vague public understanding of the Chinese question as McKinley withdraws from China and Conger’s actions remain opaque. Diplomats and powers speak of a general compact without clarity on concrete plans, leaving Senate inquiries minimal and public interest dim.
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McKinley
China
Conger
Senate
Pekin
Snow Dusts Town as Christmas Mood Rises
The first snowfall hints at a seasonal mood in town despite forecasters’ caution. Mild autumn lingered into winter making the change feel late, yet people now sense Christmas nearby as daylight shortens and cold deepens.
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Yestoday
Snells
Ets
Popular debutante Miss Helen Field to spend month in New York
Miss Helen Hamilton Field daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Patterson Field of Forty second and Locust streets emerged as a popular debutante last season She belongs to the Belmont Cricket Club and Me Ladies Bowling Club at Elmwood and is an avid tennis player She will visit New York next month to be extensively entertained by relatives
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Helen Hamilton Field
Robert Patterson Field
Forty-second
Locust Streets
Belmont Cricket Club
Elmwood
Miss Field
New York
French Canadians to Leave New England
Rene Dupont, colonization agent for Quebec and Lake St John, reports growing discontent among French Canadians in Maine as many plan to return home next spring. He notes factory slowdowns and land idle in Lake St John country, and says thousands seek work on idle Maine farms. Roman Catholic church language disputes amplify tensions, with Rome asked to settle.
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Maine
Queec
Rene Dupont
Quebec
Lake St. John
New England
Rome
General Davis Arrives in Washington for Manila Duty
Brigadier General George W. Davis recently commanded Porto Rico and has arrived in Washington before sailing to Manila via San Francisco. He is assigned as Inspector General of the Philippines division and will serve on General MacArthur's staff.
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General Davis
Washington
George W. Davis
Department of
Porto Rico
Manila
San Francisco
Divsion of
Philippines
MacArthur
Carried His Secret to the Grave
John Owens was hanged in Paris Illinois for the September 22 1900 murder of James Hogue. Hogue and Emory Vandeventer were riding a stock car to Terre Haute when attacked by Owens and William Daily. Daily received forty years in the Southern Illinois Penitentiary. Owens concealed his true name and identity to the end.
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Ill
John Owens
James Hogue
Hogue
Emory Vandeventer
Terre Haute
Owens
William Daily
Daily
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
Maine Hospital Ship Maine To Be Handed Over After Arrival
London cablegram reports the American hospital ship Maine will reach Southampton January 10 with 108 sick men aboard. After consultations with naval and military authorities in China the government decides the Maine is no longer needed and the ladies committee will wind up the business and turn the ship over to her owners.
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London
George Cornwallis West
Hong Kong
Maine
Southampton
China
Ladies’ Committee
Official Vote for President Reveals Small Party Totals
Minnesota finalized presidential tallies and the record shows two minor national tickets not listed in prior tables. The National Union Reform party led by Seth H. Ellis and the United Christian party led by J. F. Leonard each earned scattered votes across Arkansas Illinois Indiana Maryland Ohio and Iowa with totals of 5,688 and 518 respectively.
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Minnesota
National Union Reform Party
Seth H. Ellis
Ohio
Samuel T. Nicholson
Pennsylvania
United Christian Party
J. F. R. Leonard
Iowa
John G. Woolley
Illinois
Ellis
Arkansas
Indiana
Maryland
Leonard
Ilinois
Old Chest Links Past and Present in American Philosophical Society
A trunk from 1883 containing 15th to 17th century deeds wills and royal seals belonging to the Scaliger family is opened by the American Philosophical Society. Madame Poizat linked to Verona nobility owned the collection. its value remains uncertain amid genealogical disputes dating to 1607 and the 1791 Haitian upheaval.
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American Philosophical Society
Society
Julius Caesar Scaliger
Joseph Scaliger
Madame Poizat
Scaliger
Della Scala
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Verona
St. Cevier
Julius Caesar Sealiger
Philadelphia
Polzat
France
San Domingo
The
Philosophical Society
Poizat
Urts
Gaspar Scroppins
Vere Foster Dead in Belfast at 72
Vere Foster, born 1819 in Copenhagen to Sir Augustus Foster, died in Belfast. A diplomat turned reformer, he aided Irish famine relief, funded national education reforms, and supported female emigration to the United States and colonies. Over 22,000 women were helped in forty-two years.
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Vere Foster
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Copenhagen
Augustus Foster
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Eton
Christ Church, Oxford
Henry Ellis
Rio de Janeero
William Ouseley
Montevideo
South America
Ireland
Frederick Foster
America
Foater
Greene Vinton Greene Named Inauguration Parade Chief Marshal
Senator Hanna announces General Francis Vinton Greene of New York appointed chief marshal for the March 4 inaugural parade. Greene, a veteran soldier, has long been prominent in Republican ranks.
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Washington, D. C
Hanna
Republican National Committee
Francis Vinton Greene
New
Sort
Greene
Husband and Wife Found Dead and Unconscious in Watertown Home
In Watertown New York John Griffin 75 was found dead in his bed last night with his wife unconscious beside him a body badly decomposed. Authorities believe both were overcome by coal gas. Mrs Griffin remains unconscious and may die.
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Watertown
N. Y
John Griffin
Eas Mra
Griffin
San Francisco Merchants Seek Direct Manila Steamship Link
San Francisco merchants push for direct steamship service to Manila. The San Francisco Board of Trade has petitioned Pacific Mail Steamship Company to run vessels between this port and Manila.
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Manila
San Francisco
San Francisco of Trade
Pacific Mai Steamship Company
Tragic Tree Fall Claims Elkton Youth
Edward Shea rd, 20, was cutting a limb in his yard near Zion in Elkton when the tree limb broke away and struck him, causing instant death.
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Elkton
Edward Sheard
Zion
Grant's Causeway Color Picture Free with Times
A handsome color image of Grant's Causeway on the North Irish coast will be given free to every reader of tomorrow's Times.
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Grant’s Causeway
Times
Theatres and Vaudeville Listings on City Stages
A compiled scene of show venues and acts including Theatres Auditorium Ambulatory at Fort Blunt and various acts like African King Broad and Pride of Jeanico. It lists multiple houses on Chestnut St Girard Ave and 9th Arch Museum, plus venues such as Keiths Theatre Lyceum and Grand Opera House with vaudeville acts and company names.
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Jeanico Eleventh ST
Girard Avenue
Jane Grand Opera House
Keith's Theatre
Lyceum
The
Social Maids Company
9Th & Arch Museum
Hearts of the Blue Ridge Beardard
New York
Society Notes Include Engagements and Studio Events
A Philadelphia society page lists engagements including Miss Anita B. de Hamel to Charles Louis Lagen and Miss Florence Porter Leas to Dr Gustave A Van Len nep. Numerous teas, musicales, receptions, and card parties unfold at the Acorn Club and local addresses such as 1713 Pine street and 1302 Spruce. Edwin S Cramp’s granddaughter Dorothy hosts a party at year end. Edgar Saltus is registered at the Walton.
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Florence Porter Leas
David Porter Leas
West Pine Street
Gustave A. van Lennep
Chestnut Street
Leas
van Lennej
W. B. van Lennep
Spruce Street
University Club
Philadelphia Barge Club
Tree Full of Gas Blows Workmen From Hillside
Two men were injured when a tree cut by one man released a column of gas and exploded after another man, J. T. Bridges, lit a match. The blast hurled them about fifty feet and caused burns to their faces and hands near Hancock Maryland.
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the Times
Hancock, Md
J. T. Bridges
Laws in Philippines to Use English Textbooks in Law Construction
Manila December 21 The Philippine Commission passed bills requiring English text books to be used in constructing all laws. It authorizes the provost marshal to set police and health regulations with limited punishments, appropriates 75000 dollars for a highway from Pozorrubio Pangasinan to Baguio Benguet along the line surveyed for a government railroad.
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Manila
Philippine Commission
Pozorrubio
Pangasinao
Baguio
Benguet
WVU Medical Chief Sues University President for 25000
Dr Hartigan head of West Virginia University medical department sues President J H Raymond for 25000 damages. The suit follows a December peer meeting at Parkersville where Hartigan was defrocked on Raymonds recommendation.
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W. Va
Hartigan
West Virginia University
J. H. Raymond
University
Parkersvu Ite
Raymond
Great Cascade Tunnel Opened by Great Northern Train
Seattle December 21 Great Northern train No 4 became the first to enter the Cascade tunnel and emerged eleven minutes later marking a ceremonial opening.
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Wash
Great Northern
Cascade Tunnel
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