Arrangements on Manila voyage meat poisoning reports
Washington officials release findings from the Thirty‑first infantry voyage on the Rio Janeiro. Promaine poisoning traced to fresh meat sickening 289 men with one death. calls for expert meat packing and on‑voyage training for quartermaster staff.
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Washington
Weston
Thirty-first Infantry
Rio Janeiro
C. W. Frye
Plhummer
Honolulu
Manila
Col. Plummer
Gen. Weston
Maj
Baldwin
San Francisco
Inquest into Nelson murder and Grahat link alleged
Coroners inquest into C. M. Nelsons death, murdered by his son, points to S A Grahat, brother of Nelsons wife, as connected to the crime. The eldest son and brothers claim the killing. Theodore says Grahat urged it, but not carried out. Head and one arm missing remain unexplained. Also, pension bureau probe bill advocates five ex soldiers to study alleged abuses, referred to rules.
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Nelson
Kearney
Xeb
C. M. Nelson
S. A. Grahat
Theodore
Grahat
Nelsons
Pension Bureau
Washington
Curtis
Kansas
House
Committee On Rules
Law bans marriage of infectious disease patients in Michigan
Michigan lawmakers passed a statute making it a felony for anyone with an infectious or transmissible disease to marry. Penalties include a fine of 500 to 1000 dollars, or up to five years in prison, or both. In Norway isolated villages lack inns, prompting government plans to subsidize inns owned by locals who host four or more guests.
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Cubs
Washington
Ludington
Santiago
New York
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington Cemetery
Mounds
Treasury Department
United States
Roberts
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Orient
South America
Wyman
Michigan
Norway
Visible Star Counts Across Observation Scales
The text contrasts naked eye visibility with telescope limits, noting fewer than six thousand visible stars unaided and at least one hundred million stars detectable by the largest telescopes. This highlights the vast range in observable celestial objects.
English Victory Rate Stands At Eighty Two Percent
In all their wars the English have won the splendid average of 82 per cent of the battles. This is the world's record.
Dewar Experiments Show Liquid Hydrogen Is Lightest Known Liquid
Professor Dewar reports liquid hydrogen has density one fourteenth that of water, matching hydrogen gas density relative to air. Earlier, marsh gas was the lightest liquid liquefied at about two fifths water. A Par Harbor well digger received shocks while digging, refused to descend, and a dog lowered into the hole died upon being hauled up.
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Dewar
Par Harbor
Gowr
Paris Streets and Avenues Lengths Highlighted
The article notes Paris totals about 600 miles of streets avenues boulevards bridges quays and thoroughfares with roughly 200 miles lined by trees. This overview emphasizes the city’s spacious layout and green coverage in the urban fabric.
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Paris
All the Difference in the World
A reflective line contrasts being in the world with having the world within us. It uses a ship metaphor to illustrate how internal change alters direction. water inside the ship implies peril, while water outside is simply surroundings. The tone is prosaic and aphoristic.
Cold Water as a Stimulant Revealed by Authority
A high authority states cold water is a valuable stimulant for many if not all people. It acts on the heart more vigorously than brandy and personal experience shows sipping half a wine glass raises pulse from 76 to over 100.
Edinburgh minister unites 3333 couples in fifty years
A Scottish minister in Edinburgh reportedly performed the marriages of 3,333 couples over a fifty year ministry. The tally reflects a long and steady commitment to wedding ceremonies and parish life.
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Edinburgh
Genuine Philanthropist Prince of Schwarzenberg
One of Europe's largest landowners the Prince of Schwarzenberg owns 207 37 hectares across Austria Bohemia and Bavaria. His estates host 296 industries employing 7108 workers including 1480 women with special insurance arrangements that exclude day laborers from contributions while sharing benefits.
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Europe
Prince of Schwarzenberg
Austria
Bohemia
Bavaria
Cost of St. Peter's in Rome Exceeds Fourteen Million Pounds
The article states the construction cost of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome surpassed £14,000,000, highlighting the immense funding and financial scale behind the project.
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St. Peter's
St. Peter’s
Rome
New Kind of Beggar and Bee Facts
A curious piece notes a new breed of beggar who selects a victim with keen judgment and a whispered appeal for alms. It also cites a Preston Scientific Society paper detailing queen bees laying up to 1.5 million eggs in 4 to 5 years, with tiny stings and reduced eyesight from hive life.
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Macaulay
Lincoln’s Inn
Scientific Society
Preston
England
Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway Low Rates Announcement
Extremely low one way and round trip rail rates to various points offered by C. M. Pendleton Passenger & Ticket Agent Sedalia Missouri. Contact Pendleton for details on rail opportunities and discounted travel options.
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Rates
Low Rates to the Northwest Travel Offers
One way to Helena and Butte Montana costs 30 dollars. Travel to Portland Oregon Seattle Tacoma Washington is 631.70. On sale daily with sleepers to Chicago leaving at midnight and arriving 2 30 p m next day, with connections for all points east.
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Helena
Butte
Mont
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Tacoma
Wasih
Chicago
Michigan
Home Seekers Excursions Fare Notice
A railroad or travel service lists excursion fares of one fare plus 2 dollars round trip valid for 21 days. The offer covers travel to Texas Kansas Arkansas Louisiana Missouri Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico from January 2 and January 16.
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Texas
Kansas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
National Live Stock Association Meeting In Fort Worth
Fort Worth hosts the National Live Stock Association from January 16 to 18, 1900 with round trip tickets priced at 15.45 dollars. Tickets go on sale January 14 and 15 and returns are valid through January 27, 1900. Delegates attending the Fort Worth meeting may get reduced rates to the Texas Live Stock Association gathering in San Antonio January 23 to 30.
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Ft. Worth
Tex
Fort Worth
Texas Live Stock Association
San Antonio
Swiss steamboat rules set by size for fares
Swiss steamboat companies adopt size based fare rules to avoid disputes over children's ages. Under 2 feet in length ride free while children under 4 feet 4 pay full fare and dogs pay half fare. Traveling mothers oppose the rule.
Four Arlung Chang Accruing Vast Wealth Report
The piece reports Arlung Chang as among the world’s great millionaires with an estimated worth near one hundred million pounds and earning about fifty thousand dollars daily.
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Chang
Judicial Irony Seen as Defining Guilt by Dying
A historical note argues that a Chinaman dies during murder trial and the act is treated as proof of guilt. Though deceased, his family faces punishment. the eldest son may be imprisoned for a year. The piece reflects era biased justice and collective responsibility.
Definition of An Optimist
A witty remark defines an optimist as a man who keeps lying about a fish he caught until he believes the tale. The quip frames optimism as self deception through persistence in storytelling.
First Cup of Coffee Splits Western Europe History
Louis XIV of France drank the first coffee served in Western Europe as the new brew arrived to the court. The story notes coffee valued at 24 dollars per pound, marking early economic and cultural impact in Europe.
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Austa
Iowa
Louis XIV
France
Western
Europe
India's treasures and jewel rulers of Baroda and Nepal
An extract detailing India's renowned wealth with Baroda's guicowar owning vast jewels. The star of the south diamond necklace valued at 1 million dollars, a priceless unwrought-pearl shawl, and a Nepalese prime minister figure with a diamond hat and a ruby on top. Also a humorous exchange from New York Weekly about Mrs Highup's gathering and a shy audience reaction.
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India
Ceylon
Burma
Guicowar
Baroda
Mahomet
Jung Bahadur
Nepal
Frisco Line Stage Service Expanded Between Key Towns
Daily stage service arranged between Chadwick Forsyth and Lead Hill and between Eureka Springs and Yellville via Berryville Green Forest Harrison and Powell. Stages connect with Frisco Line trains to reach the important locality. Descriptive literature with rates times and stage connections available from Frisco representatives or Bryan Snyder General Passenger Agent St. Louis.
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Chadwick Forsyth
Lead Hill
Eureka Springs
Yellville
Berryville
Green Forest
Harrison
Powell
Frisco Line
Bryan Snyder
St. Louis
French Peasant Food Bill Sees Tiny Daily Cost
A southern French peasant allegedly spends about two pence daily for family meals for five. The claim reflects frugal living and low food costs in historical rural life, suggesting limited consumption and reliance on basic sustenance.
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France
Decline of Aboriginal Population and Cannibal Claims
At century's end estimates were one million. now under one hundred thousand remain in Australia. The text notes that among the remainder some individuals are described as cannibals, reflecting tense beliefs about indigenous groups.
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Australia
Bengal Bay The Greatest On Earth
A description notes the Bengal Bay as the greatest on earth with a straight line measurement between its enclosing peninsulas of about 420000 square miles.
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Bengal
Champagne credited to monke in seventeenth century origins
The statement notes that champagne was first produced by monke in the seventeenth century, attributing the invention to this figure and era.
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Monke
Telegraphers Call Boycott Against Colorado & Southern
The Order of Railroad Telegraphers in Denver declares a boycott of the Colorado and Southern Railway over wage and hour disputes. Grand Chief W. V. Powell arrives and explains the grievance to other railway branches, seeking support to press for terms.
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Denver
Col
Order of
Colorado & Southern Railway
W. V. Powell
Telegraphers’ Organization
Sign Over Mexican Village Cemetery Truth or Folklore
An American visitor reports a curious gate sign in a Chinacha Mexico village cemetery claiming only residents may be interred here and states the rule by order of the civil regis tion judge.
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Chinacha
Mexico
Record of Pencil Trade Cedars and Bavarian Works
Two thousand two hundred acres of cedars are cut down yearly on the Continent to supply wood for lead pencil cases. Bavaria hosts twenty six pencil works, with twenty three located in Nuremberg the hub of the pencil trade.
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Bavaria
Nuremburg
Greatest object of interest next to yourself
A witty exchange frames a scene where Miss Cayenne asks for the nation’s top object of interest and the lecturer replies with a playful note about arriving days earlier, prompting an apologetic remark. The brief vignette captures a light social moment from the Washington Star.
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America
Frisco Line Adds Sleepers Between St Louis and San Antonio
Beginning November 12 the Observation Sleepers will run daily between St Louis and San Antonio on the Frisco line, offering an enhanced travel option with unique features for Southwest travelers.
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St. Louis
San Antonio
Cures a Cold in One Day Grip Tab advertised
Dr D L La Verne promotes Grip Tab for la grippe and colds claiming fast relief and no head impact like quinine. Price set at 25 cents. Fleischmanns Pharmacy touts best remedy for headache.
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D. L. la Verne
Fleischmann
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