Pennsylvania Dominates Opening of Sixth Congress
Special correspondent reports Pennsylvania shaped the first day with Quay credentials, Harmer’s seat, and a colorful display of flowers for Representative Connell. Grow stood out for delivery on the presidential message as seating drew luck for Conner, Bingham, and others amid a unified Republican start and uncertain future battles in a divided Senate.
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Tuek
Pennsylvania
Conner
Bingham
Dalzell
Henderson
Tennis Star Fights Rabid Dog On Wilkinsburg Street
Mira Myrtle McAteer, famed United States women's doubles champion, wrestled a rabid dog threatening Wilkinsburg. She seized the animal by the throat until a streetcar conductor’s kick forced release. She suffered torn dress but no injuries.
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Pittsboro
Wilkinsburg
Mira Myrtle McAteer
United States
Miss McAteer
Widener to Build Industrial Home for Crippled Children
Peter A B Widener announces purchase of 46 acres at Logan Philadelphia suburb to erect a 2,000,000 facility. The Widener industrial home for crippled children will offer medical care education and industrial training to help deformities and self support.
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Philadephia
Peter A,b. Widener
Logan
Philadelphia
Mrr. Widener
Ashbrides
Widener
Widener Industrial Home
Extradition Papers Sent for Pelozi and Sampson
The state department forwarded papers to Harristburg Pennsylvania authorities to secure delivery of Angelo Pelozi for the Antonio Spinello murders in Lackawanna County. Pelozi is jailed by Italian authorities in Naples awaiting extradition. The department also sent Illinois papers to extradite Michael J. Sampson from Tupty Ireland on embezzlement charges.
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MrDowell
McDowell
Pennsylvania
Colonel Bingham
Mr. Duleeli
Connells
Annie Fulton
Scranton
Washington
State Department
Harrieburg
Angelo Pelozi
Antonio Spinello
Lackawanna County
Naples
Tlinois
United States
Michael J. Sampson
Tipperry
Ireland
Water Works Department
Chi
Chicago Eyes Louisville Club Deal In Secret Talks
President Barnes Dreyfus and Secretary Harry Pulliam met with Chicago chief Hart to offer to sell the Louisville baseball club. Watt of Chicago refused the asking price but countered with an offer. The talks were secret and are to resume in Pittsburgh as negotiations continue.
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Barnes Dreyfus
Harry Pulliam
Louisville Baseball Club
Hart
Louisville
Watt
Pittsburg
Louisvilly
Fittaburg
Damask table linens offered on special sale
One lot of remnants of table damask regular price 39¢. Special on Friday 29¢. Fifteen pieces of bleached or unbleached table damask 35¢ grade. Special on Friday 22¢. One lot of fine quality cream table damask, 60 cent grade, Special on Friday 39¢.
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Birdlay
Ceusco
Pan American Exhibition Advance to Boston Meeting
Colonel John B. Weber, commissioner general, left Buffalo for Boston to attend a Massachusetts board of Pan American managers meeting. Proposals for excavating the exposition water system were opened by Director Carlton. the lowest bid within the time limit dictates completion by March 1.
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Buffalo
John BR. Weber
Boston
Massachusetts Board of Paan- American
Carlton
Department of Works
Alaska and North Western Railroad company proposed
The Canada tax text announces incorporation for the Alaska and North Western Railroad to construct and operate a railway from Pyramid Harbor Lynn Canal area to Fort Belkirk via Chilkoot Pass and Dalton Trail, plus tramways and related purposes.
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Canada Taxetle
Alaska and North- Western Railroad Company
Pyramid Harbor
Lynn Canal
Canada
United Staites
Lynnean
Chilkoot Pass
Fort Belkirk
Yukon River
Northwest Territories
Alan
Russia and the message on kinship with the United States
The Novyye Vremya comments on President McKinley’s message to Congress. It notes Britain’s kinship with the United States lasts while advantageous and calls the alliance stance a singular episode in contemporary history.
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Novyce Vremya
McKinley
Congress
United States
Chamberlain
Great Britain
England
Extradition Case Sets Forty Day Window for Moore
The Chilean supreme court confirmed a lower court ruling granting the United States forty days to present documents proving Frederick T. Moore’s identity and guilt. Moore is jailed in Santiago de Chile for allegedly embezzling $62,000 from the National Bank of Commerce of Boston. The period expires December 2.
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Galveston
Tex
Supreme Court
United States
Wiceh
Frederick T. Moore
National Bank of Commerce
Hoslon
Masa
Philadelphia Council Backs Bid for Republican National Convention
Common council voted unanimously to back bringing the Republican national convention to Philadelphia next year and formed a twenty member joint committee to work with outside groups. It is expected councils will appropriate ten thousand five hundred dollars or fifteen thousand toward the fund of one million valued.
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Common Council
Palmer Denies Support for Bryan in Detroit Report
Howell Michigan T A Tribune special states Hon. John M. Palmer head of the sound money Democrats denies an alleged interview claiming he endorsed William J. Bryan.
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Dee. T—A Tribune
Howell
Mich
John M. Palmer
Sound Money Democrats
William J. Bryan
Dwyer Drops Dead In Heated Montana Discussion
In Butte a religious dispute between Prof. Malachy Dwyer and divine healer J. S. Charlebois ended with Dwyer collapsing. The coroner’s inquest ruled death caused by heart failure due to excitement.
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Minneapolis
the Times
Butte
Montana
Malachy Dwyer
J. 5
Charlebois
Dwyer
Delaware and Hudson to Spend Five Million on Rolling Stock
Albany dispatch reports the Delaware and Hudson Railroad will invest five million dollars in new rolling stock. Orders include forty two locomotives at five hundred thousand dollars and four thousand freight cars at one million dollars. The latest orders were placed yesterday with the American Car and Foundry Company of New York.
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Albany
N.Y
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company
American Car and Foundry Company
New York City
Embezzlement Charge In Brotherhood Funds Case
George F Thorme of 324 Fourteenth Street faced Alderman Kasson on December 5 after filing a warrant against BB Ketchen for embezzling about 60,000 dollars from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Ketchen, alleged to have used official duties to collect funds for personal use, was arrested yesterday and held on 900 bond with Abraham Polbhaimus of Lincoln Heights named as bondsman.
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Fourteenth Street
Kasson
Brotherhood of Railroad
BB. Ketchen
Academy Parget
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Thomee
Ketchem
Yeaterday
Myron Kasson
Abraham Polbhaimus
Lincoln Heights
Monkey Adopts Kitten Split Concrete Scene in Juneau
In Juneau Alaska aorangutan named Miss Jocko adopts a foundling kitten belong n Terry Cohn. The monkey cares for the kitten with tender patience resisting strangers and only releases it for milk. After the kitten is stolen Miss Jocko mourns until a little girl gifts another kitten.
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Juneau
Alaska
Meyer
Jocko
Mita Juv
Terry Cohn
Monkey mother guards kitten high above Juneau home
Miss Jocko the South American monkey escaped captivity by climbing to a porch top with her baby clutched in her arms. Police officer Mr Colm had to climb to the second story to remove the duo. The pair have made their home in Juneau for under a year, thriving north of the fifty eighth parallel.
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Jocko
Hailstorms and Artillery in Italy and London History
A historic account notes a long fog in London age twenty five years ago and discusses proposals to clear war using artillery. It highlights Italian use of Styrian mortars and Unger cannons, with Turin figures noting simple construction and effective volleys to break enemy lines.
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Jalington
Fini
Italy
Styria
Bignor Buger
Turin
Slanor Ottayl
Unger
Allen Named Manager for Cincinnati Indianapolis Teams
Rob Allen signed a contract with John T Brunch owner of the Cincinnati baseball outfit to manage the team. Allen previously worked in Philadelphia and has led the Indianapolis squad for the past two seasons.
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Indianapolis
Rob Allen
John T Brunch
Cincinnati
Jyexeee
Allen
Philadelphia
Th. Cidnapolis
Local Pension Notices in Scranton Delay Minor Claim
Fragmentary notice from Pennsylvania about widows and minors connected to George Kreok in Scranton. Names and details are incomplete but indicate pension-related actions and approvals for several individuals.
Friday Dress Goods Sale Highlights In Black And Colors
Local shop promotes a Friday sale featuring 54 inch camel hair serge in black and colors, 42 inch black serge, black crepon priced at 2.25 and 1.95, plus a pure silk crepon in black at 1.25, broad cloth at 0.83, camel's hair plaids at 0.75, all with Friday only specials.
Friday Gloves Sale Highlights In Store News
Friday sale offers women's gloves in lambs skin with patent clasps in multiple colors and gussetted fingers, priced around 1.25. Children's gloves include fleece lined options for boys girls and misses with 50c and 75c sale levels marked Friday at 59 and 30c respectively.
Special ribbon sale cuts prices across silk varieties
A newspaper item announces a special sale on silk ribbons including satin and fancy types in numbers 22 40 60 and 86 with a real value of 20c. It notes discounts on silk satin and gros-grain ribbons in shades with No 7 73 No 9 8 No 12 Foc No 16 rate and a bulk offer of 45 pieces of No 50 all silk taffeta in black and colors at 23¢. The sale is set for Friday at 15¢.
Textile remnants price list with varied fabrics
A dated advertisement lists remnant prices for fabrics including plaids cheviots novelties and fabrics such as velours venetians serges and wipcords with amounts ranging from 50 cents to two dollars. The itemized list specifies remnant quantities and fabric types for sale.
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Vigoreaux
Venetians
Wipcords
Friday Linen Sale Deals at Two Hour Windows
A fragment describes limited Friday sales on muslin and linen goods. Specials run for two hours morning period with items including unbleached muslin, bleached muslin slightly soiled, and 25 pieces of pure linen crash. Prices listed in cents. Route text ends abruptly.
Thunder storm hits Monferrato farms with hail and artillery
A storm in Monferrato and Alta Italia devastated upland farms near Trino Vercellese Camine Pontestura and Quarti. Residents prepared to fire back with artillery while rain descended as hail laced with dramatic phrasing and Virgilian allusions.
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Monferrato
Alta Italia
Trino Vervellos
Camine
Pontestura
Quarti
San Giorgio Monferrato
Signa Ottavi
Topon Hills
Virgil
Hacchus
Incomplete OCR Notes Prompt Birthday Gift Query
Fragmentary text shows a conversation about birthday gifts and personal notes. The passage mentions prints and self references, with unclear context and missing proper names or events. No additional facts to verify beyond the casual exchange.
Masih Lodges to Observe Washington Death Centenary
The Masih lodges announce a commemorative event for the 100th anniversary of George Washington's death in Alexandria Virginia on December 13. Lodges will provide transportation from Washington and require a continuous round trip, with return travel to begin by December 12. Details available from local officers.
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Cheorge Washington
Alexandria
Washington
Lackawanna Seta
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