Note of the Powers Fell Text of the Document Presented to the Chinese Commissioners
The state department released the joint note of the powers to China detailing May to August disturbances in northern provinces, killings including Baron von Ketteler and Sugiyama, assaults on legations, foreign cemeteries desecrated, and the allied forces’ march to Pekin. It outlines indispensable conditions for peace including monuments, punishments, indemnities, and continued foreign troop protection and governance.
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Department of State
Washington, DC
China
Pekin
Baron von Ketteler
Tsung Huamen
Belt Ee
Imperial Palace
Sugiyama
Legation of
Japan
Reg
Nere
Pelin
Murder Confession Reveals Coldwater Canyon Axe Slaying
Edward V Higgins of Coldwater Canyon confessed to killing his mother and sheep herder William Sheehan with an axe on December 4. A grave on a hillside contains the discovered bodies. Higgins shows signs of dementia as investigations continue.
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Edward V. Higgins
Wm. Sheehan
California
Los Angeles
Cal
Coldwater Canyon
Higgins
Vernon county pioneer Col R W McNeal dies at 83
Missouri state news notes Col R W McNeal long a Vernon county leader and wealthy pioneer. He owned a leading grist mill at Balltown once drawing trade from Arkansas. The ante bellum trader freed $15000 in enslaved people as slavery neared its end. Also noted: Rev Thomas N Sanderson, Baptist minister of Eydewood Pike county, dies at 52 after 60 years in ministry. William Jones, 50, long supervisor of Macon county infirmary.
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R. W. McNeal
Vernon County
Balltown
Bates
Vernon
Arkansas
Kansas
Thomas N. Sanderson
Eydewood
Bowling Green
Virginia
Pike County
Wm. Jones
Macon County Infirmary
Bloomington
Religious ministers urge new excise and police boards
The St Louis district Methodist ministers pass a resolution requesting Governor-elect A M Dockery appoint a new excise commissioner and a new board of police commissioners for St Louis unconnected with the liquor interest. One minister dissented, citing insufficient information.
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Southern Methodist Ministers of
St. Louis
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
A. M. Dockery
Missouri
Stois
State health board to meet in Jefferson City January 3
The state board of health will convene in Jefferson City on January 3 to review license applicants and seek a emergency appropriation from the legislature to suppress smallpox statewide. Dr L H McElwee said the board can control outbreaks but lacks funds, citing instances of misdiagnosis due to pressure from business interests and public confusion over smallpox cases labeled Cuban itch.
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State Board of Health
Jefferson City
L. ©. McElwee
Missouri official vote counts for president and governor
The secretary of state completed the official Missouri vote tally for November. President results show Bryan ahead of McKinley by 37,620 with a 30,199 majority. governor results give Dockery a 32,140 plurality and 15,706 majority. Other candidates and totals are listed for both offices.
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Missouri
MecKinley
Bryan
Barker
Woolley
Debs
Maloney
Flory
Dockery
Hillis
Stokes
Lipscomb
Fry
Scattering
Walace family fights smallpox hospital near Kansas City
A restraining order suit by the Walace family blocks Kansas City from erecting a smallpox hospital on land adjoining their five-acre property. Other items note pardons, police graft indictments, two proposed bridges, a paroled killer jailed for a 20 year old police death, rural delivery to Trenton, a farmer found dead, a carbolic acid suicide, Holt County poultry show, fatal runaways, a fatal stab between brothers, and a Mevada manufacturer’s wife’s suicide.
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Walace
Kansas City
Wallace
Unfortunate Initials Telegrams Reveal Engagement
Miss Nellie I. Taylor and Paul D. Quiggs were engaged while Nellie was out of town. They exchanged telegrams signed only by initials: Dear Nellie Come home for me Dear Paul Am coming. -N. Y. Journal.
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Nellie I. Taylor
Paul D. Quiggs
Nellie
Paul
Krio
N. Y. Journal
Washington congressman calls for faster navy ships
A Washington correspondent recalls a western congressman in a Washington hotel declaring, We must have speed in our new ships. If I had my way, we would never build another cruiser that could sail less than 20 fathoms an hour. The remark highlights a push for rapid naval modernization.
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Washington
Nothing Dense About Him at the Drug Store
A Detroit Free Press reader quotes a regular caller asking why a telephone was removed from the neighborhood drug store. The remark notes how locals used phone service to order drugs from other stores, implying a business idea lapse at the store.
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Detroit Free Press
From a Surgical Standpoint on Uncle Read’s Poisoning
A Brooklyn Life cartoon quip reports optimistic medical talk about Uncle Read after a poisoning. It notes both legs were amputated yet a doctor says he will be on his feet within days, reflecting dark humor about medical prognosis.
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Read
Brooklyn
The Test of Constancy in Town Topics
A light quip on married life from Town Topics notes a couple deeply devoted, bragging they have been married three years and still rider tan dem, reflecting playful gossip about enduring partnerships.
Husband’s Praise Triggers Destruction of Looking Glass
A man tells his wife she grows beautiful every day. She kisses him then smashes the mirror with an ex. When asked why she replies she hates a liar, ending the brief Life item with a sharp moral twist.
Wanted A Name Doctor-Sick Fashion In The Yellow Book
A fragment from Yellow Book humor shows a speaker asking about fashion and illness, with a playful exchange on identity and trends. The exchange hints at social satire and the era’s fascination with appearance and naming.
Poet Gusts and Grocers in a Humble Verse
A playful fragment presents a poetly exchange about genius and a state fair ode, with a wife remarking on beefsteak and flour as prices rise. Interleaved are adlike lines praising a coffee substitute Grain-O and a grandma joke about hard apples, reflecting light community humor.
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Atlanta Constitution
Luxurious Pullman Tours to Tropics and Mountains
Special limited tours on a 38 day itinerary with the Chililitli observation car and tropical dining car. Departures January 22 from Kago and January 17 from Chicago with dates for Taras February 14. Includes excursions to Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico voyage options, sailing ships Ponce and San Juan, and all expenses. Tickets via The American Tourist Association with itineraries and maps available through Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway agents.
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Pullman
Tropics
Mexico
Kago
Chicago
Taras
Splendi
Ponce
San Juan
New York
American Tourist Association
Beau Campbell
Marquette Building
Chia
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y
Advertising Slogans and Quotations Digest
A collage of quotations and product pitches from early 20th century ads and notes. The snippets mention household tips and remedies from brands such as Piso's Cure for Consumption and Laxative Bromo Quinine, along with sayings by Disraeli and humorous exchanges about cooking and youth.
Hall's Family Pills Advertisement Notice
How a This We offer One Hundred Dollars for any one of Cala hat canne be cated o. O. Walding Kiensa Wholesale to see Coke is taken internally acting dicey upon the blood and lacous surfaces of the e freien Price 75c or bottle Sold by all Druggists Testimonials free Hall's Family Pills are the best.
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O. O. Walding, Kiensa & A
Hall
One Might Suppose Se Mrs Brown Izaak Walton
Fragmentary OCR hints at a social or literary snippet referencing Mrs Brown Izaak Walton and a casual remark about someone knowing how to do something at a dam. The readable text is insufficient to extract a clear event, date, or location.
Louis ville Besalse Malrold Company announces sleeper service
For the present winter season the Louisville Besalse Malrold Company advertises its Pullman vestibule sleeping cars and elegant coaches from Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and Chicago to Mobile, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, plus Florida routes and perfect connections with steamer lines. Excursion tickets for tourists and home seekers are offered at low rates, with details from C. L. Stone, General Passenger Agent, Louisville. It is folly for lovers to gaze in public as observers may be present.
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Louisville
Aesc
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Mobile
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Thomasville
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Tam Ei
Palm Beach
Florida
Cuba
Porto Rico
Nassau
West Indian
Central American
C. L. Stone
Louisville, Ky
Best for the Bowels Cascarets Claim Cure for Many Ailments
An advertisement extols Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for headaches and cancer by cleansing the bowels, promising natural relief with easy movements for 10 cents. It notes the genuine product boxes bear C. ec. and warns against imitations. A brief internal exchange reveals the columnists discussing the Vox Populi pseudonym.
Weekly Excursion Trains To West Coast From St Louis
The Kansas City and Texas Railway offers weekly excursions leaving St Louis via Katy Fryer every Tuesday at 8 16 p m for San Antonio Los Angeles and San Francisco. A Saturday service departs from Kansas City at 9 05 p m for the same destinations. The Atchison Globe notes the public’s belief in an unknown friend ready to aid in peril.
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Saane
St. Louis
Katy Fryer
M. K
Atchison Globe
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Berlin
Germany
Athe
Department of Foreign Affairs
Cmirt
Tntil
Chi Ii
London
Russia
Roumania
Salls
Vienna
Daily Express
Nashville
Tenn
Samusel
Missouri State News
The
Gov. Stephens
Louis Wilson
W. C. McIndee
Barry County
Grand Jury
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Missisippi
Cape Girardeau
Gray's Point
Geo. Haggerty
Chester
Ill.) Penitentiary
Hural
Trenton
Grundy County
Irwin J. Sims
Irvin J. Sims
Audrain County
Weart
Christopher Jennings
Holt County Poultry Association
Oregon
Hazel Burkhardt
Chesterfield
St. Louis County
John Fleming
Cecelia
Stoddard County
John
James Henson
W. B. Looney
W. B Looney
Mevada
Dee
Choive
Gerius
Philadelphia Bulletin
All
Puerto Rico
Tibbs
Indiana
Gnove
Geraldine
Ohio State Journal
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N.J
Carter
Chicago Daily News
Helen
Fair Grace
Syracuse Herald
Beeman
Atchison Obe
Hale
Pike
Disraeli
Vox Populi
Sisters OF Good Shepherd
Sisters of the Good Shepherd
Peruns
Columbus
Peruna Medicine Co
Hartman
Feruna
Meekison
Napoleon, Ohio
Perunia Medicine Co
Peruna
David Meekison
Dr. Hartman
United States
Peruna Drug Manufactureing Company
Ohio
Seeman Metarnus
Eee Aeeeaes National Bank of One Eaain Bt
Facob Goldsmith A Co
Wiliams
Oyives Saanatet
Tara
Gian Williams i Mu
Oon Cuevelard
Allen
Ymall
Sie
J Ey Paul
Sears, ‘Roebuck & CO
Canaan
U. S
Davis
Stone
Lankester
Morrow
Berve
Brit’ Diright
Bright
Pringfield, Ohio
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