Relief for Red Men Congress to seek Indian representative
The Women's National Indian Association met in Allegheny at the First Christian Church with about 200 women. Officers were elected, funds itemized, and a strong push was made to secure congressional action on Indian affairs including admission of Pueblo Indians and a five tribe territorial government.
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Women's National Indian Association
First Christian Church
Allegheny
Sarah M. Taylor
Missionary Department
Young People’s Department
Mario E Ive
Connecticut
Indian Association
Hannah J. Bailey
United States
Women’s National Indian Association
Grst
Quinton
Drexel’s Youngest Son Marry in Private Long Branch Ceremony
At 11 o’clock this morning Miss May Trick and George Washington Childs Drexel, youngest son of banker A. J. Drexel, wed in Trinity Church New Jersey. Bishop Scarborough presided as Mrs Drexel’s illness kept the celebration private with no bridesmaids or breakfast.
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Wixcextrows
N. d
Miss May Trick
George Washington Childs Drexel
A. J. Drexel
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
Scarborough
New Jersey
Drexel
Miss Trick
Comple
Long Branch
Miss Irick
Carter
Mra Childs
Casa Seerna
Drexels
G. W. Childe Drexel
Philadelphia Fowl
Governor Hovey Returns Home From Mexico Trip
Governor Hovey and party arrived home from a Mexican trip after the journey was cut short by illness in Mexico City. He was very weak upon arrival and resting at home.
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Ixximanapolis
Hovey
Mexicen
Mexico City
Fragmentary note on a traveler’s condition and travel
The readable text describes a traveler arriving in the city in a fast pace while noting the person’s illnesses and corpulent build. It mentions asthma and references the Mexican capital and a trip, but many words are garbled and unclear.
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Olainn
Adventurers of a whaler Nicoline returns after two year Arctic drift
The whaling schooner Nicoline under Captain Herndon arrived in San Francisco after more than two years missing. The crew endured a 1889 winter at Elsom Bay, with ice breaking July 22, 1899, forcing the vessel onto the beach. They proceeded to Herschel Island and Keypoint, enduring gales and cold as they wintered and finally reached port after a troubled homeward voyage.
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San Francisco
Nicoline
Herndon
Arctic
Elsom Bay
Herschel Island
Keypoint
Murderer Almy on the Stand in Christie Warden Case
In Plymout h New Hampshire on November 18 the murderer Almy testified amid an excited courtroom. He recounted his arrival at the Warden farm last July and professed love for Christie Warden, detailing a supposed friendly relationship and claims of deep affection.
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Christie Warden
PlymMouth
N. H
Little Court House
Almy
Storey
Christie
Texas
Frank C. Almy
Warden Farm
Myra
Alice
Memphis Trainmen Consider Stand for Strike
Memphis trainmen threaten to strike as grievances remain under review by the General Manager. Grand Master Wilkinson and Grand Senior Conductor Garretson arrived in Kansas City to confer with the Grievance Committee and seek arbitration if needed. A meeting with Memphis General Manager Nettleton occurred, with no decisive outcome reported.
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Kansas City
Wilkinson
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
A. B. Garretson
Order of
Railway Conductors
Memphis
Ten Brotherhood
Nettleton
AgCheonic Swindler Arrested in Philadelphia
Albert Hope alias Allen Heath 21 from Shreveport La arrested at Broad Street station on charges of passing a bogus check and attempting a draft for 250 dollars at Market Street National Bank. He admitted crimes and was jailed for a hearing. satchel held a ledger of swindled names and amounts totaling 3175 dollars including W W Tompkins Prescott 200 dollars T D Cox Morriston Ark 200 dollars and First National Bank Memphis 250 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Albert Hope
Allen Heath
Shreveport
Broad Street
Todlar
Market Street National Bank
Hope
W. W. Tompkins
Prescott
T. D. Cox
Morriston
Ark
First National Bank
Memphis
A Plea for Silver and Mining Congress in Denver
In Denver on November 18 the Western Mining Congress opened with a parade and Mining Exchange dedication. Delegates from 33 states attended at the People's Theater where Senator Stewart urged restoring silver’s parity with gold and denounced demonetization as Wall Street driven. Governor Routt offered welcome remarks before adjournment to the next morning.
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Denver
Col
Mining Exchange
Western Mining Congress
People's Theater
Tabor
Niles Searles
California
Stewart
Nevada
Wall Street
Congress
National
House of Representatives
Assembly
Great Britain
England
Routt
Thomas
Tiger vs Lion Tamer Bidel Heroic Dragon Saga
RBidel, famed lion tamer, recalls childhood in a menagerie and a perilous hunt for the tiger Athir. He describes trapping the fleeing beast, wrestling it by the back skin, and carrying it back to the enclosure under intense peril.
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Rbidel
Bayonne
Athir
Bidel
Garza Located Near Rio Grande Amid Mexican Border Activity
Reports say Captain Hardy's U S cavalry locate Garza at a ranch on the American side of the Rio Grande near Catalano Garza's operations. Troops move to surround Garza as he is reported advancing along the Mexican bank with hundreds of followers within twenty miles of Nueva Laredo, causing excitement at Laredo.
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Captain Hardy
United States Cavalry
Rio Grande
Catalano Garza
Mexico
Garza
Nueva Laredo
Lareno
Pension for Mrs. Davis Urged by States of Confederacy
Mrs Jefferson Davis and her daughter Winnie left Arc nmorp for Memphis as Richmond Dispatch editorials call on the former Confederate states to grant a pension to Mrs Davis. The piece argues Virginia should lead the movement and notes the Confederacy is a past entity and no future president has a Confederate widow.
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Arcnmorp
Jefferson Davis
Winnie
Memphis
Richmond Dispatch
Russell Sage Advice to Boys from Trussell Sage
The article stresses self education for boys, urging study before and after work, and urges reading Bible history science and nation building. It emphasizes starting early, avoiding trashy books, and using libraries or associations to access good books for a fruitful life.
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Trussell Sage
Ladies’ Home Journal
Montanans organize to boycott Chinese workers
Labor groups in Butte Missoula Great Falls and other Montana cities launch a strong campaign against Chinese workers. They urge boycott of merchants saloonkeepers restaurants and hotels employing Chinese and ask heads of families not to hire Chinese as cooks or servants. About 4000 Chinese residents are in Montana with 1600 in Butte.
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Aconda
Mont
Butte
Missoula
Great Falls
Montana
Rothschilds to Rescue French Trussian Loan
The Rothschilds will relieve the French syndicate by taking 5,000,000 pounds of the unsold Trussian loan scrip. The banking house offered to assume responsibility and support the flotation amid market unease.
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Viexxa
Rothschild Banking House
Rothschilds
New Jackets and Capes At Jos Horst Co Penn Ave
New arrivals include jackets capes and ulsters at Jos Horst & Co. Penn Avenue stores as spring colors start to show. Shoppers are greeted with varied styles and sizes in a promotional display.
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New Jackets
Jos. Horst & Co
Penn Avenue
Russian troop move to Polish frontier reports
Reports from Virsxa on November 18 claim the Russian government ordered 40,000 troops to the Polish frontier and to greatly expand barrack huts in the region. The dispatch is said to follow increased military activity and tension along the frontier.
Photos of the Coal Sack and the future of astronomy
The Coal Sack long known as a barren Milky Way hole in the Southern Hemisphere appears crowded with faint stars in a Sidney Observatory photograph. The image prompts reconsideration of cosmic structure and may foreshadow new views on the universe.
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Sidney Observatory
New South Wales
Mormon Church Choir Plans visit for Chicago Eisteddfod
The 300 member Mormon Church choir from Salt Lake City aims to compete in the World’s Fair Eisteddfod. They will join seven Welsh choirs and other American entrants, a plan announced at a Cymrodorian Society meeting in Chicago.
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Chicago
Mormon Church
Temple
Salt Lake City
Wales
America
Cymrodorian Society
Devil's Club Plant Stays Hidden in Jungles
A native obstacle in dense jungles is the Devil's Club a towering 10 to 15 foot plant with creeping stems and upright growth. Its spiny surface wounds flesh and leaves and can cause festering sores.
Glasgow postmaster robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight
Postmaster B C Weiler of Glasgow Missouri was forced by three robbers in the morning to surrender valuables totaling nearly $3000. The bandits escaped into the nearby woods as a Postoffice Inspector Dice reported the event in St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Dice
B. C. Weiler
Glasgow
Another Berlin Banker Arrested
BER, Nov. 18. Another banker of this city has been arrested on charges of misappropriation of deposits.
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Berlin
Ber
Convert Teetotalers to Temperance Societies
Dana argues for establishing societies to convert teetotalers and promote temperance. The New York Sw revels in the idea that modest Jamaica rum can oddly soften temper, suggesting a merciful approach to clergy amid controversy over the lottery.
Tariff On Cigars Aids American Tobacco Makers
Chicago reports that the McKinley tariff on cigars has curiously benefited American manufacturers. H A Richey of New York and A Cruz of Key West note imports rose in price but Cuban suppliers cut costs to offset tariffs. The duty shift favors domestic makers while Havana brands recede, with smoke sales adapting to higher wrappers and prices.
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Chicago
H. A. Richey
New York
A. Cruz
Welllington
Havana
Mock Marriage Trick Eases Woes in Brooklyn Tale
A Brooklyn clergyman recalls advising a woman duped by a lover through a mock marriage. At a staged home ceremony with onlookers, the clergyman married them to reveal the truth. The couple then lived together, defying common outcomes, while insomnia tips describe muscle relaxation for sleep.
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Brooklyn
Sieep
Hairless Japanese dog to aid boy in skin graft trial
In Brooklyn a hairless Japanese dog named Pin becomes central to a novel skin graft plan for Kanuzi a 17 year old candy factory worker whose left arm lost skin in a sugar rolling accident. Doctors Myerle and Blaisdell arrange staged grafts using Pin’s skin with guardianship by Bert Johnson and veterinary confirmation.
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Dispatch
New York
Brooklyn
Pin
Corcoluzzi Kanzi
Gwinnett Street
Harrison Avenue
Oe . Kauzi
Eastern District Hospital
Kanuzi
Dr. Blaisdell
Driggs Street
Williamsburg
Bert Johnson
Don
Mr. Johnson
Dre. Myerle
Blaisdell
Haul Out Reveals Missing Item After Rope Retrieval
With ropes, rescuers recovered the item about 20 feet below surface, noting that otherwise it would have remained unseen. The retrieval completes a tense search and confirms the distance involved in the missing discovery.
Ice Archway in Lucia Glacier on Mount St Elias
A glacial river erupts from a tunnel in the Lucia glacier on Mount St. Elias, flows a mile and a half in view, then vanishes into another tunnel. Explorers fear icefalls. eerie sounds echo from the mouth, once mistaken for volcanic smoke blamed on avalanches.
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Lucia
Mount St. Elias
Allan Quartermain
Umslopogans
Pacific
Laws for the Bakers Across Nations
The Baker's Helper surveys national bread laws. France enforces strict weight and price rules with municipal deposits and flour reserves. Germany enforces similar rules, while Britain regulates loaf weight and shop conditions. Ontario empowers municipal officers to seize underweight bread for charity.
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Ihoelper
France
Forti
Germany
Ontario
Dangers of Mount St. Elias Opened by Expedition
Prof Rus sell returns from Mount St. Elias describing many perils faces by climbers. Bears nearby are not dangerous, but ice and avalanches threaten deadly falls. The party crossed sheer ice walls and even lowered a man by rope after an avalanche destroyed their improvised stairs.
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Mount St. Elias
Russell
Agaasiz
The Comma Lesson From a Prussian Inspector
A London Journal of Education piece recounts a Prussian school inspector visiting a burgomaster and testing punctuation. The burgomaster mocks commas, then a student writes a sentence showing how comma placement changes meaning, illustrating the value of punctuation.
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London Journal of Education
England's Poet Laureate Visits Lord Tennyson
An English correspondent from London recounts a visit to Lord Tennyson. The aging laureate, about 80, appeared pale and worn with white hair and beard, red rims around the eyes, and a refined delicate look. He wore a dark gown with a white collar and ruffles, bronze slippers, and several rings on delicate hands.
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London
Lord Tennyson
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