Telegraph follows Army measures in the Philippines network
The signal corps under Col. Allen reports rapid expansion in 1900 with 1654 miles of wire in the Visayas and Luzon. It notes 269 telegraph offices serving 33,000 men and 21 officers, handling up to 1000 words per message and a daily officer salary of 110. The Manila central office will add four trunk lines, and a Manila to Cebu commercial cable links Negros and Panay. Wires total 120 miles in Visayan islands, with plans to extend to Capiz, Monalpa, Jamaniailan, Kurkut, and Samar Leyte via gable and wire.
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Army Elquid Corps
Pilippines
Col. Allen
Dito
Visayan Seluydg
Hag
Atu
Manila
Siole
Panay
Negros Islands
Negros
Cebu
Visayan Islands
Viole
Capiz
Iloilo
Monalpa
Jamaniailan
Cayntel
Kurkut
Samar
Leyte
First Automobile Wedding Ends In Electric Accident
The first automobile wedding in New York drew a seven-vehicle procession from the Savine building to Grave church but ended in an electric mishap. Mrs Clinton B R Tish Jr suffered a shock when the auto windows failed to close and the vehicle struck a curb. The return trip saw the car break down with the bride Elizabeth Park and other occupants stranded for about thirty minutes before being transferred to horse-drawn carriages.
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Pagar Park
West Vity-aighth Street
Sno Foote
West
Pitty-ighth Street
New York
Park
Tarvin Conklin
North American Trust Company
le Is
Clinton B. Fisk
New Jersey
Ste Lons
Charles Derby Foote
Horace Foote
Cleveland
Justica Waite
Savine
Ine
Hild Avenue
Clinton BR. Tish, Jr
Carrieges
Message on a chair from a Cuban prison victim
The state department in Washington notified Rita K. Birs that the chair used by Dr. Ricardo Ituiz to pen his last message will be sent to her widow. The chair passed through Gen. Witzheigh Lea, Gen. Lee, and Mr. Serome before being forwarded to Washington. Dr. Reig allegedly wrote in blood a farewell blessing to Mercedes, Evangeline, and others, urging obedience to their mother.
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State Department
Washington
Birs
Rita K. Tiniz
Ricardo Ituiz
Guanabscon
Cuba
Mr. Serome
Gen. Lee
Wairana
Rita
Yale student sets intercollegiate strength record in Chicago
Charles Andrews Carver of Yale, a junior, reportedly totaled 1 754 points on the university gymnasium floor to establish an intercollegiate strength record. The prior mark from two years earlier stood at 1 676 points by Clarence Verrill of New York. Carver stands six feet four and weighs 175 pounds. Chicago anticipates census population surpassing two million as city officials predict growth.
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Yale
Charles Andrews Carver
Chicago
Clarence G. Verrill
New Yvon
Verrill
Carver
Frederick versus Whittier myth of Barbara Frietchie
An investigator recounts Gen. Jackson's 1862 Frederick visit and disputes Whittier's Barbara Frietchie poem. He finds no flag at the window and notes the tale lacks foundation, suggesting Whittier received the idea from Mrs E U E Southworth and that the poem is myth.
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Benaliral Oem
Whittakerton
Mad
Jackson
Frederict
Henry Kyd Douglan
Stonewall Jackson
Cooper Union
New York
Gen
Douglas
Wrederick
Barbara Fridehia
United States
Gen. Douglas
Bess's Grove
Frederick
Patrick and
Main Streets
Fleretskol
Th. Robs
Southworth
Whittier
Jackson Ali
Bredorjel
Stripped of Wood El Salto Hulls to Reach Norfolk Harbor
The Spanish steamer El Salto, captained by Loudo, limped into Norfolk Virginia after burning coal to fuel the voyage from Rio with manganese ore and cargo valued at 300000 dollars. A severe storm depleted coal, forcing fuel from wood, and the ship anchored while a coal ship replenished bunkers. All 26 crew members were reported exhausted but safe.
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el Salto
Loudo
Queenstown
Philadelphia
Norfolk, Va
Inere Iron Auli
Salto
Rio
Hatteras
Heer
New London Paper Appears With Express Daily Launch
Pearson's Express debuts as a new half penny daily in New London with eight pages of seven columns. The bold first page highlights news, claims independence from party or social cliques, and features a congratulatory note from Emperor William urging peace and friendly German British relations. Connecticut trout limits draw mock concern from Chicago press.
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Pearson's
Express
Newa Aloe
Leating
William
Tie Express
Germany
Great Britain
Admiral's Cup Misadventure At a Social Gathering
An informal scene at a house party ends with a misfired toast and a clumsy exchange about introducing the admiral to a guest. The cup spills, a lemon is fished out, and guests prepare to depart as the moment fades.
A Dog’s Gentlest Act A St. Bernard Helps a one legged maker
A St. Bernard in Appleton, as reported by the Milwaukee Journal via Alexander Clase, notices the one legged craftsman Mr. Close and aids him. The dog steadies him on the slippery route from Appleton street to College Avenue, guiding to a safer path and offering comfort. The act is described as pure helpfulness with no other motive.
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Appleton Papers
St. Mernard
Alexander Clase
Sinemaker
Appleton Street
Fiske Street
St. Ternard Ao
Close
Mr. Close
College Avenue
Bagle
Ways of Turkish Censors and Global Notes Paragraphs
A colonial era fragment recounts Turkish censorship detaining a German trader over 25 000 cups packed with newspapers. It shifts to a travelogue of Crawford Notch New Hampshire describing Willey House views and Mount Willard, then to a Russian czars entourage tally of 123 officers 15 imperial family 17 princes 9 counts 114 nobles with nationalities listed.
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Germain
Porceisia
Crawford
Willey Mountain
Mount Webster
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Willey
Mount
Willard
Bayard Taylor
Switzerland
Taurus
Russia
Self-satisfied passerby courts a passenger on a city car
A Washington Star fragment recalls a vain man on a Fourteenth Street car who fancies himself a ladies magnet. He fails to charm a hesitant woman as a solid-looking stranger and an older ex-suitor debate in a tense, comic exchange about past romances and streetcar tactics.
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New York
Washington Star
K Street
Tig
Tante
R Street
Aud
Willig
Lwin
Archie
Washington
Rail Road Time Table and Train Departures
Railroad time table lists trains to and from multiple cities including Laredo Houston Rockport Kerrville Boerne and Santa Fe. It shows departures around 2 29 p m and 3 18 pm with arrivals from Houston Dallas and Rockport at various times, noting services to Lavernia and Stockdale and connections on the Santa Fe and G. P. lines.
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S.A
A. P. RY
Houston
Ween
Dallas
Rockport
Kenedy
Beeville
Corpus Christi
Tras
Boerne
Kor
Kerevilley
Wacn
Corpus Chriati
Alice
Frolus
Kerryne
Kerrville
Comfort
EBR
API
Ianana City
Fort Worth
Santa Pa
Kensey City
Pointa
Sagla Fe
Waco
St Louis
Mail Arrivals and Departures at San Antonio Post Office
Mail schedules show arrivals and departures for multiple lines at the San Antonio post office. Listings include north and south routes with times such as 8:30 p.m., 10:20 p.m., 12:90 a.m., and afternoon departures around 3:29 p.m. from various lines like L&G Ry north and ALP Ry south. Details reference STAR ROUTER stops and ranch areas with days noted as daily except Sunday and specific cattle ranches.
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San Antonio
Enat
Went
Ge Ty
North
East
Ggteracion
M. Ghiaghera Raneh
Postopsice
UNE
RY North
A m. Im
L&éGn Ry
BOA
ALP
City Tax Notice Urges Property Owners to Reappear by Aug
The city assessor informs all owners and agents in San Antonio that property must be presented for taxation on or before August. The notice, signed by T. B. Johnson, directs individuals, partnerships and corporations to appear at the assessor’s office on or before the deadline.
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Amita
San Antonio
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Gulf Colorado & Santa FE Railway
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Johnson, Light Office
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