The Gypsy and the Earl on the Pirate Chase
Pope and Earl Fitzgibbon chase a suspected government pursuit aboard the Gypsy as Crystal aids. The brigantine refuses to surrender and sails toward New York while a pursuing ship closes in, sparking tense maneuvers and a perilous pursuit off the Atlantic coast.
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Fitzgibbon
Grindal
Pope
Atlantic
Catesby
Sunderland
Crystal
Earl
New York
London
Earl Fitzgibbons
Pirate Brig vs Gypsy in Cadiz Cruise Standoff
Captain Pope on the Gypsy pursues a pirate schooner Julia Morton of Liverpool off Cadiz. A tense boarding exchange follows with Captain Bland and crew aboard the rival ship, as Pope considers deception and capture. The scene ends with questions about a Madre de Dios voyage.
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Julia Morton
Gypsy
Pope
Crystal
Grindal
London
Liverpool
Cadiz
John
Bland
Tom
William
Hal
Salemn
Kearney Wins State School Site After 111 Ballots
The Nebraska state education board finally selects Kearney as the site for the new normal school on the 111th ballot. The bid includes twenty acres of blocks 2,3,4 and 9 plus a large dormitory building, a water power privilege, and estimated total state cost around 91 000 dollars.
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Kearney
Normal ‘School
Majors
Fowler
Delzel
Rogers
Broken Bow
Ludden
Tawney
Mortensen
Plaes
Peru
Frank
Green Terrace
Lake Kearney
State Board ‘of ‘Education
Pierce
Lexington
Omaha
Thomas Majors
L. P. Luden
Lincoln
Alarm on New Cuban Plague Baffles Doctors
A New York dispatch reports a mysterious plague-like disease in Cuba baffling experts from Columbia and Jefferson medical colleges. Pathologists from these institutions work with U S authorities to identify the illness said to rival yellow fever and bubonic plague, with rapid death after onset and high fever. It first appeared in Daiquiri, Santiago province, among iron miners, and typically strikes those with prior intermittent malaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Health Department
Cuba
Columbia University
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Marine Hospital and Public Health Department
United States
Daiquiri
Santiago
American Steel Company
Soft Coal Advance in Indiana Field Raises Freight Cost
Operators in the Indiana black coal field announce a 25 cent per ton advance on all coal free on board care at Brazil Indiana. The rise comes amid unprecedented seasonal demand and a car shortage.
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Indiana
Brazil Ind
Warm Weather Needed to Finish Corn This Season
The weekly summary from Section Director Loveland notes cold wet conditions hinder crop progress. Temperatures averaged about 3 degrees below normal in eastern and northern counties, 2 below in the southwest, with above normal rainfall across the state and heavy rains near the Platte. Corn grows but matures slowly. farmers urge warm dry weather while fall plowing and wheat sowing proceed amid wet ground and damaged hay.
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Loveland
Platte River
Western railways end stockman passes after 1903
Chicago dispatch reports western railroad executives agreeing to discontinue return transportation for stockmen starting January 1 1904. Traffic officials will digest state laws to prevent violations as committees draft uniform rules amid widespread stock car traffic and aims to curb ticket scalpers.
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Chicago
West
Western Lines
Bill Would Cut Off Negro Agricultural School Funding
Representative Woods of Macon county introduced a bill in the Alabama House to repeal the 1895 act creating two branch agricultural schools for Negroes and to remove annual appropriations from the Tuskegee Normal and Montgomery Negro Normal schools. Funding totals are $1,500 for Tuskegee and $1,000 for Montgomery. the bill goes to the education committee.
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Montgomery
Ala
Representative Woods
Macon County
Alabama
House of Representatives
Tuskegee Normal School
Negro Normal School
Woods
Tuskegee
Booker T. Washington
State Normal School
Tuskegee Institute
Committee On Education
Demand Life of Prisoner at Shawneetown Jail
A mob of about fifty masked men converged on Shawneetown Illinois jail Tuesday morning demanding the surrender of John Griffin a Black suspect in an alleged attack on a white woman near her home. Jailer Galloway armed the guard and warned the crowd that breaking in would be at their peril. the mob made several failed attempts before dispersing.
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Shawneetown
Ill
Galloway
John ‘Griffin
Joseph Hobbs
Griffin
Duke of Devonshire to retire from cabinet over fiscal policy
The Westminster Gazette reports the Duke of Devonshire will announce his disagreement with Mr Chamberlain's fiscal proposals and retire from the cabinet. The liberal unionist, lord president of the council, is set to make a definite statement at the forthcoming cabinet meeting.
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Westminster Gazette
Duke of Devonshire
Mr. Chamberlain
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P. F. Collier
Befors Board
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