River Improvement Plan for Mississippi Pass and Related Projects
Gen Wilson sent to Congress the Mississippi River southwest pass improvement plan. It envisions a 1000 foot wide, 35 foot deep channel with two jetties and sills, aiming to open within three years and finish in five. Also proposed are Big Sandy river works at about 4.705 million dollars and many locks and dams.
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Washington
Gen. Wilson
Mississippi River
Cubille Gap
Baptiste Collet
Congress
Big Sandy River
Kentucky
West Virginia
Fireproof Wood Aims At Naval Vessels After Battle
Navy officials urge use of fireproof wood in ships after noting Spanish cruisers burned from woodwork exposed to shells during the Cervera Sampson engagement. Earlier reports from Yalu showed wood splinters and smoke suffocation killed as many as projectiles, prompting removal of wood and fireproofing in new vessels.
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Cervera
Sampson
Battle of
Yalu
Dashiell
New York
Winslow
Cardenas
Rod mill workers strike at Rankin plant in Pittsburgh
In Rankin, Pennsylvania, workers at the American Steel and Wire company plant walked out yesterday, idling about 1,000 workers in the rod mill department while around 50 skilled men joined the Rod Mill Workers' association of America. Demands align with other rod mills.
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Pittsburgh
American Steel and Wire Company
Rankin
Big Works
Rod Mill Workers’ Association of America
Miners Injured After Shaft Cage Falls 30 Feet
The Spaulding Coal shaft cage at Spaulding Illinois fell thirty feet injuring eight miners. Harry Ducker suffered a broken leg and other injuries while Charles Minney William Wal ness Edward Stringham and two unnamed men were hurt.
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Springfield
Spaulding Coal Company
Spaulding
H Harry Ducker
Charles Minney
William Walness
Edward Stringham
Ducker
Oregon Legislator Sidney Hanson Dies by Self Harm
Sidney G. Hanson of Arlington, an Oregon state legislator, killed himself in a room at the Esmond hotel in Portland yesterday afternoon. Reports cite drink and domestic trouble as factors in the death by own action.
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Portland
Ore
Sidney G. Hanson
Arlington
Oregon
Esmond Hotel
Doctor Bitten by Rattle Snake Keeps Lecture Going
Baltimore on January 23 reports Dr. Howard A. Keily professor of gynecology at Johns Hopkins Hospital was bitten on the right hand by a large rattlesnake he was showing during a medical school lecture. He sucked the wound, then continued the lecture for nearly an hour before leaving.
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Baltimore, Md
Howard A. Keily
Medical School
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Critique of Army Canteen Drinks Harms Uproar
Dr Berry argues the army canteen causes far more harm to soldiers than questionable food. He urges accurate statistics on canteen results and condemns the system as politically motivated and dangerous to youths in the regiments.
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Dr. Berry
The Bicycle Election of a Fine Day
Ten million bicycles exist worldwide. Half ride on a sunny day for twenty miles each, totaling a hundred million miles. That equals four thousand world circumnavigations and 140 billion wheel revolutions across about 900 million wheels.
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Yhenatre
A Way Out for Debtors Offer from The Exchange
A pamphlet urges debtors to provide a complete debt list to have claims placed in one holder and monthly payments arranged, pro rata across creditors. It targets honest payers while labeling nonpayers as seeking bankruptcy. all business is kept confidential.
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the Exchange
W. 3d
Real estate loans Offered in Missouri Trust Building
On improved farm or central city property at lowest rates of interest. Good city property a specialty. B. H. Ingram handles loans through the Missouri Trust Building located in the city.
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Central City
B. H. Incram
Missouri Trust Building
Cures a Cold in One Day Grip Tab Selling
Dr. D L La Verne claims Grip Tab cures la grippe and colds in one day not affecting the head like quinine. Price 25 cents. Described as best remedy for headache at Fleischmann's Pharmacy.
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D. L. la Verne
Fleischmann
Reduced Celery and Cough Medicine Ad Notice
An old advertisement lists celery at five cents per bunch, previously two for fifteen cents, from Candy Palace. It also promotes Dr Miller’s Cough Bitters as a remedy for coughs and colds from Servant Harker Drug Co. The fragment ends with unclear text about Wantan Whita.
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Candy Palace
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Gen. Miles
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Smith
Montana National Bank
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Montana House of Representatives
Murray
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Vice Fresh
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Charies
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J. W. Murphy
Ower
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Kohen Koal KO
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Drs. Thornton & Minor
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Logan Crown
Morey and
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Servant Tarker Drug Co
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WM. Kosted & Sons
Telephone
Dover
H. B. Wieman
Tony
Farley Bros
S. Obie Stret
Allen L. Russell
Main St
Dora Davenport
West Fourth Street
Quincy St
Marnelia Barbit
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