Medal of Honor for Mule Rider
The piece recalls Sergeant Richard J. Hanley earning the Medal of Honor for riding a Missouri mule at Little Big Horn in 1876. Facing Indian fire, Hanley and the mule carried ammunition to Reno's troops, drawing fire while a comrade reached the beast and brought it back. Hanley survived with no wounds, a notable feat in military lore.
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Chicago Record Herald
South Africa
Missouri
Reno
Little Big Horn
Custer
Richard J. Hanley
Benny Hodgson
Montana
Woman Declines Thousand Dollar Bill Confusion at Store
A Sixth Avenue department store briefly suspended operations after a customer paid 49 cents with a counterfeit looking $1,000 bill. The clerk and manager questioned the note, the customer retrieved real money, and normal business resumed as the incident highlighted confusion over large denomination bills.
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New York Telegram
Sixth Avenue
Ouseaioge Pattnens Seren Coome
Gage as Court Jester at White House Sessions
Secretary Gage is a famed White House visitor noted for Tuesday and Friday appearances and a penchant for storytelling. The Charleston article describes him as an ardent admirer of Dooley and a lively teller, likened to a Chicago reporter with strong dialect flair.
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Charleston
Usna Ae
Gace
Cabinet to act in Irish style during Treasury talks
The Secretary of the Treasury delaying while the President and Cabinet discuss the Irish situation. Civic merriment at a White House meeting is noted as previously mysterious, with Secretary Gage noted for telling funny stories with an unmoved face.
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Secretary of the Treasury
White House
Gage
Desperadoes Guns and the Bulldog Revolver Tale
An New Orleans Times-Democrat reminiscence describes frontier desperadoes favoring the compact 45 caliber bulldog revolver over larger sidearms. The piece recounts how killers hid the weapon in coat sleeves and fob pockets, with noted events at Gunnison in 1884 and Carbonville, including a duel that left an foe missing three fingers.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
England
Bill’ Westfall
Gunnison
Westfall
Carbonville
Jack’ Hill
Hill
Electricity in churches lights up old and new houses of worship
An electrician notes many churches now use electricity, from old wires to modern setups. A new West Side church runs its own twenty five horsepower gas engine to power a storage battery supplying lights, organ bellows, and vents through an independent in-house plant, with dynamos kept off during services.
Wonderful Draught Tale From Wardman Tomlinson
Wardman Tomlinson of the Twenty eighth precinct police station shares a yarn about a Kentucky chimney project. A severe internal draught drew scaffolding and boards up the chimney while occupants fled safety. A cat, chair, and carpet were swept into the blast as a bystander arrives with cordwood.
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New York Telegraph
Tomlinson
Twenty Eighth Precinct
Kentucky
Brave Deeds of Unknown Heroes
A Pittsburg Leader feature recounts brave acts from history including an English drummer boy awarded the Victoria Cross for Delhi’s 1857 gate service, Grace Bussell saving shipwreck survivors, and French rescues at Paris fire.
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Pittsburg
Cashmer
Delhi
India
Mogul
England
France
Grace Bussell
Grace Darling
Australia
Bussell
Grace
Royal Humane Society
Piquet
Charity Bazar
Paris
Desdemona
Georges
Legion of Honor
Missing Gainsborough portrait linked to Linedoch tale
A note recalls the Edwin Gainsborough portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire stolen in 1876 and parallels the Edinburgh tale of another Gainsborough work. The Edinburgh canvas, painted in 1794, honors Mr Graham of Balgowan later titled Lord Lynedoch. His wife, daughter of Bart Cathcart, died young, sparking his military life and linking the painting to a personal tragedy.
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New York Telegraph
Menssra
Gainsborough
Duchess of Devonshire
Graham
National Gallery Scotland
Edinburgh
Balgowan
Egg
Peninsula
Lynedoch
Rif
Bart Cathcart
Hill-Taylor Event in New York Noted
Hill Taylor in New York on June 5 reports a social item featuring Mies Macd Van Cortlandt Teylor, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gate pe, with limited readable details on the ceremony or occasion.
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Hill-Taylor
New York
Mies Macd van Cortlandt Teylor
Mr. and Ee Aibrioe Pe
Gate Pe
Royalty's Odd Gifts Highlight Generous Hidden Benefactors
A London Tid-Rita piece recounts curiously timed royal gifts from strangers. A $100,000 check to the Prince of Wales was rejected after a distant admiration note. a Birmingham lady left £23,500 for cats. 2,000 bonnets to the Duchess of Cornwall and York were distributed to homes and charities. and a Duke of Cambridge once funded a poor army cadet, later receiving the boy's repayable letter with twelve half crowns, revealing a long forgotten debt of gratitude.
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London
Prince of Wales
H. Roh
Birmingham
Princess of Wales
Bank of England
Royal
Cate
Dresden
Cornwall
York
Duke of York
Duke of Cambridge
Duke
Ship from Rosario Turns Sugar Cargo Into Taffy at London Dock
The Charing Cross arrived in London with 31 000 bags of sugar from Rosario, but No 3 hold contained 12 000 bags that solidified into a dark brown taffy mass. Forty men spent thirty days breaking it free, while other holds discharged normally at a rate of eight men per day. If not for the mysterious transformation, the shipment would have been worth around 165 000 dollars.
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Roleao Bee
Charing Cross
Rosario
Argentine Republic
London
Origin of a Word Boycott From St Nicholas
The term boycott arose around 1875 to describe a social and business pressure tactic. Captain Boycott, an estate agent in Cotmemara, faced collective refusal by tenants and traders after Lord Paine refused a remedy. Ulster men aided him by harvesting crops, but the episode spurred broad use of boycotting as a method of social sanction.
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St. Nicholas
Cotmemara
Boycott
Goppepaler
Lord Paine
Temperance Meet in Philadelphia Seventeenth WCTU Session
Several hundred temperance workers gathered at the Nineteenth Street Met Episcopal Church for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union seventeenth annual convention. Dr. H. S. French outlined growth, noting a 10 percent membership rise to twenty six unions. Mrs French urged action against theatres and smoking in markets and trains. Delegates elected for the national convention in Fort Worth Texas.
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Nineteenth Street
Episcopal Church
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Philadelphia
H. 8. French
Earmy
Southern Industrial convention excursion set aboard Repnolic steamer
The Delaware river excursion for Southern Industrial convention delegates was fully arranged. The Vessel Owners and Captains Association offered the steamer Repnolic to carry many attendees. The trip leaves Chestnut Street Wharf at 1 PM and returns to Chestnut Street Pier by 5 PM with piers decorated to welcome guests. Governor McMillen of Tennessee will not attend.
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Delaware River
Chestnut Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cramps
McMillen
Tennessee
Drexel Institute Art Students Exhibit Opens With Awards
The Drexel Institute annual art students show opened with a reception. The Frances Drexel Paul scholarship prize of 100 dollars was shared by Grace Hinckley of the life class and Carl A. Strehian of the illustration class. Diplomas were awarded for four years of satisfactory work in drawing painting and modeling to Henrietta Adams Anna S Hicks Sara A Shreve Robert L Frey Philip Nutt and Charles B Corton with honorable mentions across life illustration antique and elementary classes for several students.
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Drexel Institute
Frances Drexel Paul
Grace Hinckley
Carl A. Strehian
Henrietta Adams
Anna
A. Gertrude Craig
Edna Brown
Ernest J. Cross
Emma Engle
Attic Hermitage Revealed in Vacant Storehouse
Reserve Policeman Dannenhower found Henry Dickson alias James Werner living in a furnished attic room four feet high and fifty feet long at 117 Walnut Street. Evicted three months earlier for rent, he kept house secretly. a tin roofer’s noise mistook Dickson for a burglar and alerted authorities. Dickson was arrested and held for hearing.
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Walnut Street
Dannenhower
Henry Dickson
James Werner
Dickson
Fractured Skull Attack Linked to Friend
Charles R. of 3330 Hope Street alleges a friend attacked him causing a compound skull fracture. He slept most of Monday and walked to Epistopal tal yesterday. The assailant, Thomas Carr of 8412 Philip Street, was arrested after Roddy identified him amid claims of a prior gathering at Carr's home.
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Charles R
Hope Street
Epistopal Tal
Thomas Carr
Philip Street
Roddy
Eene
Carr
Wee
Aged Man Attempts Suicide In Camden Streets
An unnamed 56 year old man who gave the alias Joseph Mathews and address 311 Race Street Philadelphia tried to kill himself by stabbing fifteen times and drinking water with match-heads soaked in it in Camden near City Hall Jalil early yesterday. He is said to be Geo Parker, a Brooklyn native, once of means, now wandering due to domestic troubles and drinking.
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Joseph Mathews
Race Street
Philadelphia
Jalil
Camden
Mathews
Geo Parker
Brooklyn
American locomotive makers rebut British claims in London
Baldwin locomotive works officials defend American engines against Sir Alfred Hickman who blamed U S built locomotives for higher fuel use. Allen B. Johnson cites Burmah Railway Co first half 1900 data contradicting Hickman and argues American makers dominate foreign trade with fuel efficiency and lower costs.
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Sir Alfred Hickman
British Iron Trade Association
London
Baldwin Locomotive Builders
Alfred Hickihan
Allen B. Johnson
Baldwin Locomotive Works
United States
Uct
McLaurin Defends Jeffersonian Democratic Views
Special dispatch reports Senator McLaurin replying to Republican leader W W F Clayton. He outlines policy differences between Hamilton and Jefferson eras, praises Jeffersonian goals, cites ship subsidies and reciprocity treaties, and argues Democrats remain for the people while opposing Bryanite radicalism.
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Philadelphia Times
Columbia
D. C
Mc Laurin
W.W. F. Clayton
Jefferson
England
Jackson
Senator McLaurin
Democratic Party
People
French in Charge of Cape Colony Campaign
General Kitchener reports Jamestown fell after four hours of fighting with three killed and two wounded. French is placed in charge of Cape Colony operations as Boer forces of about 1,200 attack Dixon's column under Kemp. Stores looted. garrison released.
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Philadelphia Times
London
War Office
Kitchener
Pretoria
Jamestown
Kritzinger
Cape Colony
Dixon
Kemp
At Odds Over Indemnity Payments and China Issue
Washington debate centers on how to pay 61 000 indemnity to Chinese towers with a majority vote and joint endorsement. The administration seeks a constitutional guaranty to avoid Congress approval for issuing bonds without legislative consent.
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Washington
China
Congress
Philadelphia Physicians Elect Officers in 8 City Meet
Fifteen physicians attended the Philadelphia medical association meeting in St Paul Minnesota on June 4. Dr. Eugene Smith was elected president for the term. His assistant Dr. James Roe was also reelected to a key post.
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Philadelphia
Paul
Mion
Pifteen Bunae
Amer
Mae Bestes
Itadet- 48
Russia Wate No Papal Nuaneche Reopened
ST. PETERSBURG reports revived word that a Vatican mission may reopen negotiations for a settlement at St. Petersburg. The brief dispatch notes the potential return of talks as authorities reassess the status of the 4NG matter and the Vatican’s role in mediation.
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Russia
ST. Petersburg
Vatican
St. i Teborg
Bride Arrested at the Altar in Toledo
Mrs Bana Kai eer was arrested as she was to wed James M a known wane S man of Fremont. The arrest occurred this afternoon before the ceremony at a Toledo church after the couple arranged a June wedding.
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Toledo
Kai Eer
James M
Fremont
Aoa
Cleveland
Drexel Syndicate Gaining Bethlehem Steel Control
After conferences at Drexel & Co and Bullitt Dickson Dale, the bulk of Bethlehem Steel stock likely passes to the Drexel syndicate that financed Cambria and Pennsylvania Steel reorganizations. Bethlehem ownership rests with four men led by Joseph Wharton and Elisha Wilbur. Drexel executives Stotesbury and Welsh act in management. A plan for consolidating the three steel firms under one stock issue is expected to feed into U S Steel later. Renewed talks are planned today.
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Drexel & Co
Bullitt, Dickson & Dale
Bethlehem Steel Company
Drexel Syndicate
Cambria
Pennsylvania Steel
Bethlehem Company
Bethlehem
Joseph Wharton
Elisha P. Wilbur
Robert P. Linderman
Bethlehem Steel
Cambria Steel
Drexels
United States Steel Corporation
American Steel Industries
Millionaire Molder Leads Striking Foundry Team
Z G Simmons a multimillionaire philanthropist and former Kenosha mayor rolled up his sleeves to take the place of a striking foundryman at the Simmons Manufacturing Company plant in Milwaukee. Foremen and managers followed his lead as they worked through the day, while the company reiterated it will not negotiate with the strikers and expects workers to return only as individuals under the terms offered.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Z. G. Simmmons
Simmons Manufacturing Company
Kenosha
Z. G. Simmons, Jr
Simmons Company
Simmons
Mary Stuart Apparition at Holyrood Narrated in Chronicle
A London Chronicle account recalls twenty years ago Countess of Caithness claiming to encounter the ghost of Queen Mary in the Holyrood palace. The Countess reportedly spoke with Mary, who held her severed head, while security locked her in the lodge after night-time wandering.
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London Chronicle
Holyrood
Mary Stuart
Countess of
Mary
Darnley
Caithness
Queen Victoria
Lady Ely
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