Miss Clara Barton Sails Red Cross Leadership Again
Observers note Clara Barton’s reappointment as president of the Red Cross due to merit and public goodwill, with no political influence. The article also mentions a Colorado judge’s death by dynamite, a New York policy racketeer arrested for huge profits, and Brooklyn Eagle’s critique of policy shops. It highlights rural mail delivery saving $173,040.41 on star routes and $120,221.43 on discontinued post offices.
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Clara Barton
The
Red Cross Society
New York
Brooklyn Eagle
Music for the sick: Berlin hospital to hold daily winter concerts
The great charity hospital of Berlin recognizes music as a curative aid and will stage regular daily concerts for patients throughout the winter. Physicians and scientists state that music cheers the ill and aids recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Charity Hospital of
Berlin
British gentlemen dinner quip on Americans and language
A group of British gentlemen recently hosted a dinner for a member about to voyage to America. They joked that Americans do not speak the English language. Yet when Uncle Sam has a message for J. Bull, he is clearly understood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Uncle Sam
J. Bull
New Yorker Promises Job For Box Survivor Johan Beck
A New Yorker offers employment to Johan Beck who survived drifting in a box for about fifteen days in the hold of the Nam burg American steamer Palatina. He endured extreme cold hunger and terror before discovery and rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johan Beck
Thich
Student starves himself to educate wife and child
A Washington state university student died from self starvation to fund his education, leaving his wife and infant destitute. The piece argues knowledge extends beyond schools and stresses the student bore responsibility for family welfare and nourishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University
Washington
Somatopathist Named Defendant in New York Suit
A somatopathist faces a civil action in New York. On the witness stand, the defendant defines somatopathy as the science that by manipulation and desensitizing the patient enables correction of physical irregularities or diseases caused by maladjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bronze tablet marks McKinley in Buffalo hall
In Buffalo city hall a 106 pound heavy bronze tablet sunk in the floor marks where the body of the martyred president lay in state. The inscription notes Here lay in state the body of William McKinley, president of the United States, September 15, 1901, and the outer edge bears 45 stars.
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Buffalo
William McKinley
United States
Chicago Justice of the Peace Endorses School Gag Rule
The article reports that Justice of the Peace Rhoades of Chicago approves stuffing a towel into a public schoolboy’s mouth to silence him. The plan allows up to two teachers to perform the gag with a freshly laundered towel, and a wooden ruler to pry the mouth open if the boy resists. The scheme is described as an improvement on Solomon’s method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Rhoades
Chicago
Solomon
Engine 999 Famed Central Locomotive Downshifted to Milk Train
The famous No 999 of the New York Central once the speed symbol of the Chicago World’s Fair now hauls the Albany to New York milk train. Age reduces even storied machines as it loses former glory and pace.
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New York Central
Chicago
New York
Albany
Briton sees Americans seek progress, while English trade prudence endures
A Scotch MP visiting the United States twenty five years ago notes a clear contrast between Americans and Britons. He says Americans prefer new and progressive methods, while the English cling to old ones. He claims the English creed in trade is static, whereas Americans chase improved methods. He adds the English creed suits prayer but not trade.
Population and school funding figures from Olinoia history
The note cites Olinoia's age at 83 and outlines growth data including a 1955 state population around 1 250 000, a 1900 census population of 4 831 550, historical wages for men and women in 1855 and 1900, and school funding levels from 1835 to the last year cited. It highlights district school money rising from 118 524 in 1835 to 15 999 436.67 in 1900 and total school expenditures reaching 18 167 219.33.
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Olinoia
News of Interest from Washington and Abroad
A Washington and foreign dispatch summary notes Senate and House actions on national holidays for McKinley and Philippine revenue bills, plus naval promotions and a pension for Mrs. McKinley. Foreign items cover Chilean-Argentine talks, riots in Birmingham, Filipino skirmishes, Cuba election hurdles, Danish sale query, Norway’s anti-anarchy law, Marconi’s wireless rate drop, and Lisbon harbor tragedy.
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Lloyd George
Birmingham
Batangas
Maso
West India Island
United States
Philippine Commission
Marconi
Europe
Chaffee
War Department
England
Lisbon
Resignation of Postmaster General Smith and Cabinet Change
Charles Emory Smith resigns as postmaster general and Henry C. Payne of Wisconsin to succeed him. The move cites personal and business reasons. Admiral Schley files a bill of exceptions to court of inquiry findings. The battleship Wisconsin is accepted by the navy. Senator Clark sued by the government over 30,000 acres of land fraudulently entered in Montana. Carnegie discussions with the president on his 10 million gift to the government and a proposed change to cash or bonds.
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United States
Senate
Frye
Siam
Mr. Smith
William McKinley
Philippine Islands
Admiral Schley
Dewey
Hanna
McKinley
Penrose
Schley, Sampson and Clark
House
Philippines
Sampson, Schley and Clark
Jenkins
Wis
Charles Emory Smith
Henry C. Payne
Wisconsin
Secretary of the Navy
Schley
Navy Department
Clark
Montana
Andrew Carnegie
Notable deaths and calls in early 20th century headlines
Harriet Murphy is killed in a burglary battle in Pittsburg Kentucky while social and church work leaders mourn. Dr Matthew D Mann urges Congress to pay attending physicians for McKinley’s care. Rockefeller donates 150000 to Wellesley College for a dormitory. A New York arbitration court elects Hanna as chairman and outlines action scope. The World's Union of Christian Endeavor is incorporated in Massachusetts with Rev Francis E Clarke as president. Virginia Young dies in Redwood New York at age 101. A gas explosion at Soho fur nace Pittsburg kills ten and injures four. Charles F Chipp of New York city’s comptroller office is found to have robbed undetected for 20 years.
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Harriet Murphy
Pittsburg
Matthew D. Mann
Congress
McKinley
John D. Rockefeller
Wellesley
Mass.) College
Labor Court of Arbitration
New York
Hanna
Massachusetts
World's Union of Christian Endeavorers
Francis E. Clarke
D. D
Virginia Young
Redwood
N. Y
Soho
New York City
Charles F. Chipp
Comptroller’s Office
Inventor in Richmond matches acetylene photography method
A Richmond photographer has devised a machine to use acetylene gas for taking photographs. The report notes various stances across the country including suicides in Chicago and Parsons, murders in Texas, and a bank robbery in Springdale as part of a broad summary of recent incidents.
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Richmond
Ind
Vincennes
Chicago
Hiram Bigelow
New York
Ludington
Mich
Louis Rock
State Normal School
Aberdeen
Hogg-Swayne Oil
Texas
Charleston
W. Va
Oklahoma
State Bank of
Gothenburg
Neb
Parsons
Kan
John F. Bull
L. T. Exum
Centerville
Tex
Massachusetts
Tahlequah
Olle
Fire destroys Utah training school at Salt Lake City
A fire swept the new University of Utah training school in Salt Lake City, destroying the building with all contents. In California at Uplands a collision between Southern Pacific trains killed three people and injured twenty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
University of Utah
Southern Pacific
Uplands
Cal
Noted financial moves and legal actions span the day
Arthur R. Jones and Michael J. Ryan win a temporary injunction restoring board membership after expulsion for uncommercial conduct. Reports on Admiral Sampson’s health, Jacksons convicted in London, a college fire death near Philadelphia, treasury balances, and a string of international and local incidents follow, from Berlin to Joplin to Oaklaw ay. The roundup covers crime, diplomacy, industry, and notable deaths.
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Arthur R. Jones
Chicago Board of Trade
A. R. Jones & Co
Michael J. Ryan
Tuley
Admiral Sampson
Theodore
Laura Jackson
United States
Annadelia Diss DeBar
Old Bailey
London
Jackson
Lillian Vickers
Los Angeles
Cal
Bryn Mawr College
Philadelphia
Treasury
Lord Francis Hope
Berlin
Pekin
R. G. Dun & Co
Canada
George Hanlon
Louisville
Fred Richterkessing
Richterkessing
Hanlon
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Sandringham
Winnebago
Barron's Island
la Crosse
Wis
Northwest
British War Office
Lord Kitchener
Basra
Turkey
Mabarouk
Kowyte
Cairo
Egypt
John G. Long
Eritrea
New York
Wishart
Baker
Chicago
H. E. Leigh
David McAdam
New York Supreme Court
New York City
Justice McAdam
Secretary Long closes Schley case and bars command question
Secretary John D Long approved the court of inquiry findings in the Schley case and refused to reopen the command question. He accepted the majority opinion and ordered no further proceedings, noting the court had excluded the command issue. Letters to Sampson’s counsel explain the action.
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Washington
Long
Schley
Navy Department
Court of Inquiry
Santiago
Admiral Sampson
Department
Sampson
Joan D. Long
Secretary of the Navy
Sehley
Sebley
William T. Sampson
John D. Long
Stayton, Campbell & Theall, Johnston
Broad Street
New York
W. T. Sampson
Santage
Judes Advocate
John LD. Long
Winfield S. Schley
Navy
Richmond
Washington, D. C
Root
Miles
Sampson-Schley
Army
F. S. Maclay
Maclay
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Bauer ranch deadly shooting ends in exoneration
In Tempe area, Charles Bauer shot and killed Charlies Kinstler at Bauer’s ranch after an alleged assault on Bauer’s wife. A coroner’s jury exonerated Bauer. The incident occurred eight miles southeast of Tempe on December 23.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Charles Bauer
Charlies Kinstler
Bauer
Tempe
Kinstler
France and Italy Forge Tripoli Protectorate Accord
Vienna dispatch reports the Allegeaine Zeitung claims France and Italy have signed a formal treaty allowing Italy to declare a protectorate over Tripoli. The accord, if true, marks a significant imperial arrangement shaping North African influence between Paris and Rome.
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France
Italy
Vienna
The
Allegeaine Zeitung
Tripoli
Peruna endorsements from doctors across the country
Doctors from Anacostia Florida Indiana and Winfield endorse Peruna Medicine Co. stating it treats catarrh chronic head and lung ailments and ovarian trouble. They urge readers to seek Hartman’s free advice if results are not prompt and satisfactory.
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Geo. C. Navener
M. D
Anacostia
D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, C
Peruana
U. S. Smita
Mary Smith
Winfield
Ind
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Uses for Chimney Soot in French Experiments
Experiments in France find chimney soot valuable as manure and insecticide. It fertilizes gardens and meadows, and Dasserre the winegrower says soot kills phylloxera swiftly while boosting vine growth. Other experimenters report mixed results against phylloxera but note it kills various larvae.
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France
Dasserre
England's Debt to Cromwell in Naval Supremacy
A 1900-era critique praising Oliver Cromwell as the architect of England's sea power and the Navigation Act. The piece places Cromwell's Oct 9 1651 action at Bordeaux as a turning point that shapes policy and global influence, asserting modern Europe rests while Transvaal moves, due to his alleged depth of spirit.
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England
Cromwell
Neptune
Europe
Transvaal
Oliver Cromwell
Bordeaux
la Petite Giroude
Missing Report Sparks Worry at Summer Resort
A Chicago Post fragment shows a man anxious about an accident at a summer resort where Maria and the children are. His friend notes no word from Maria for nearly a week, prompting concern and a search for details.
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Maria
Chiccago Post
Primleys Host Pedro Club Evening
A Cleveland wonder item recalls Mr Primley dressing for a homeward tea with his son Percey watching. The boy mishears and asks in delighted mischief if he will “thing home thirh evening” and if dad will wear his suit. The playful exchange captures a family moment.
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Primleys
Pedro
Tragedy in Monte Carlo Betting Scheme Ends in Suicide
Mr Puppe of Germany his wife and a friend went to Monte Carlo to win big on a friend devised betting system. After losing $2,000 they decided on self destruction. They sat on a bench at Antibes then waded in water up to the neck each with a revolver. At a word from Poppe they killed themselves. the friend survived to tell the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Carlo
Puppe
Germany
Antibes
Poppe
Poppes
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Porto Rico a Curio of Palm Tree Climbers
A clipped collection of notes references Porto Rico as an interesting place with varied scenery. It highlights the sight of a native climbing a palm tree to retrieve a cocoa nut for a small fee, and mentions a few light jokes from newspaper quips about domestic life and petty theft.
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Porto Rico
N. Y. World
One of the First Famili es Here
A fragment from Chicago Evening News memories describes a frontier family moving into a town with only three houses. The remark highlights long-settled origin and ancestral ties through a grandfather who crossed in a covered wagon.
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Chicago Evening News
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Swift
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Uriel Sebree
Tutuila
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W. J. Stone
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L. F. Wilson
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Renton
Kansas City Journal
St. Louis
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Southern Presbyterian Church
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Southern Synod
Missouri University
Jesse
Thomas Kelly
Jackson County
Kelly
Thomas L. Price
Jefferson City
van Buren
Ark
Independence
Weston
Price & Kelly
Santa Fe
N. M
Hannibal & St. Joseph
Missouri Pacific
Macon County
Kentucky
Jesse" Adams
Carthage
Springfield
E. T. Smith
Mexico
Scotland
Congressman Cowherd
Federal
John M. Vivian
Oaklaway County
SGHEY
Battle
War Offce
Lord Katchener
Prince of Wales
Imperial Institute
B.chamberlin
M.D
Washington, D.C
C. B. Chamberlin
14Th and P. Sts
Medical Examiner
U.S. Treasury
Dr. L. Jordan
Llewellyn Jordan
Treaswepartment
Columbia College
West Point
Peruna
George C. Havener
L. S. Smith
Williston, Fla
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Indianapolis Journal
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Tarna
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Henry
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Wallace
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Boston Herald
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