Quiet Day in Havana Reports Relief Efforts and Turquoise Find
In Havana on March 20 the Maine wreck work paused as divers rested. The Spanish Navy fund charity concert raised substantial sums, and the Red Cross plans Cuba relief focusing on hospitals and asylums with food for a week or more. 462 towns and 194 central points received corn meal relief. three men will verify distributions island wide. Turquoise mines were discovered sixty miles from Manuel with many cheap stones and a few valued at up to $100 each.
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Tacon Theater
Donna
New York
Hed Cross Society of America
Cuba
Facan
Istrivation Relief Committee
Lee
R. Gueman
Western Railway of
Kiopsec Hae
Klopsch
Guanabacoa
Tece
Thi City
Manuel
Vallave
Canon Walla
Spain's Torpedo Flotilla Delayed at Canaries
Washington reports the Spanish flotilla delays stem from coal and provisions stops and US opposition to its West Indies voyage. Officials say flying squadron may threaten the Spanish coast if the flotilla proceeds, with Booklyn, Columbia, Minneapolis, Massachusetts, Texas, and two auxiliary cruisers nearby.
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Washington
Canaries
Cadiz
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States
Spain
West Indies
State Department
Booklyn
Columbia
Minneapolis
Massachusetts
Texas
Hampton Roads
Aluminum projectiles for dynamite gun orders from Lima Dudley
Bay State Aluminum of Quincy has a rush order for 200 inner tubes forming small eight inch long projectiles for dynamite guns. The Lima Dudley Defense of New York placed the government contract for thirty guns, marking the largest order yet received.
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Quincy
Mass
Bay State Aluminum Company
Lima Dudley Defense Company
New York
Turquoise Mines Found in California Archaic Site
Large turquoise deposits and abandoned mines were found in the southeast corner of San Bernardino county. The discovery suggests a prehistoric Aztec linked people and extensive jewel deposits, with evidence of a rich ancient race. No prehistoric face remains reported at San Bernardino site.
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California
San Francisco
Cal
San Bernardino County
Plotting Rebellion in China Linked to Mandarins
A Shanghai dispatch says officials in Changsha Hu Nan province organize a conspiracy to spark a rebellion aimed at toppling the Manchu dynasty. The plot, spreading to provinces along the Ying-twei Kiang, is tied to avoiding loan payments and seeks arms from British subjects while Peking frets over loyalties. A cabinet meeting follows as Great Britain bows to China’s request. Britain and Russia weigh port access guarantees for Port Arthur.
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London
Bhanghai
Chang-Sha
Hu-Nan
Tt Ie
Peking
Great Teritary
Russia
Port Arthur
Great Britain
China
Gold at Halting Place A Yukon Prospecting Camp Grows
Steamers from Alaska bring news of the Minook area where Governor McGraw and Mayor Woods led a Seattle group of about 70 into the Klondike. They wintered there, prospected, located claims, and paid ground yields from 40 cents to 150 dollars per pan. Nuggets worth 5 to 100 dollars were found. provisions are ample and one death reported. Ex Mayor Woods traveled 700 miles to Dawson by dogs and is due to arrive next week.
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Oall
Yukon
Woods
Seattle
Dawson
Weaving Queen Victoria Stockings Comesofage Meakin
London March 20 John Meakin who makes Queen Victoria stockings for over forty years is now two years old and has received an autograph photograph from the queen He is weaving next summer s silk stockings in china white with an openwork coronet V R and J M initials on the span of the stocking and a small 8 for the firm that supplies the royal stockings
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London
John Meakin
J. M
Gage Warns Spain Over Maine Explosion War Likely in Fifteen Minutes
Secretary of the Treasury Gage told a Pittsburg chamber dinner that a report showing Spain blew up the Maine would trigger war within fifteen minutes. He said Havana authorities likely had no role and expected the report early next week, with war unlikely unless the report proves otherwise.
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Pittsburg
Klondike Goods To Be Assessed Under Canadian Tariff
The United States consul general at Ottawa reports that foods for the Klondike region face the same duties as Canada. Wearing apparel and personal effects may pass free if used for the journey, with limits on quantity. Articles of personal adornment may include one watch and typical jewelry. A traveler may pass a pair of blankets a fur robe and changes of apparel free. Miners' gold pans are free under tariff item 555 as separators.
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Washington
Department of State
United States
Ottawa
Ont
Klondike Region
Canada
Customa
Board of Customerr
Klondike
Merrimac Mills Planned Move to Georgia Town
Report from Atlanta indicates the Merrimac Mills of Lowell Massachusetts aims to relocate to Powder Springs Georgia. Agents Pead and Beat have scouted locations and expect construction for a four hundred worker plant to begin soon. The move follows hopes for cheaper labor and proximity to cotton fields.
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Atlanta
Merrimac Mille
Lowell
Mass
New England
Georgia
Peadh
Merrimac Mills
Powder Springs
Merrimack Mills
Pead
Beat
Merrimac
Kidnapped by Tramps Arouses Elizabeth NJ Town
Faith Barlow a 10 year old girl was reported kidnapped by tramps after failing to return home from visiting schoolmates in Rozelle. Investigators searched Lorraine and Elizabeth areas with detectives visiting homes as fears grew of abduction for a reward amid a tropical district route.
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Elizabeth
N.J
Rozelle
Faith Barlow
Faith
Lorraine
Settrchers
Firth
Barlow
Egg Joke Rolling at Small Cleveland Gathering
A Cleveland Plain Dealer scene recounts a lighthearted gathering where an egg joke chain unfolds. Guests trade puns about stories of the hard boiled egg and a coffee egg, ending with a wink from a woman who notes two bad.
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Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Vendetta Debate Cited As Terrible Institution
Washington Star quotes a reader condemning vendettas as a terrible institution and noting the American temperament would not tolerate such a thing. The discussion imagines a scenario with individuals named Emich and Brown or Robinson and references city directory implications.
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Emich
Brown
Robinson
Washington Star
Many Animal Pests in Monroe County Report
Monroe County records show 147 minks 140 foxes and 26 wildcats killed in the past year with over $300 in bounties and affidavits. Levi Knecht of Thornhurst led shots in Coolbaugh Township. County treasurer paid bounties for five wildcats and five foxes near Houser Mills.
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County Commissioners
Monroe County
Commissioners’ Office
Stroudsburg Times
Levi Knecht
Thornhurst
Lackawanna County
Coolbaugh
Shirk
Houser Mills
Harry Warren
Monitors and the meaning of modern battleships
The article weighs Monitor type ships against modern battleships, noting the Monitor's ocean navigation and turret effectiveness in Civil War actions, while modern armored ships show unsafe wrecking by collisions or torpedo blasts. It cites Alexandria, Chile Peru, and Sino Japanese conflicts as limited tests of battleship warfare.
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Alexandrian
Chile
Peru
Japan
China
Alexandria
Arabi Pasha
Wei-hal-wel
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