Charleston Wreck Ends All Aboard At Luzon Coast
Manila November 15 The United States cruiser Charleston wrecked on a reef off Luzon’s northern coast. All hands saved. Charleston, a protected cruiser built by Union Iron Works San Francisco, keel laid 1887, 314 feet long, 18 feet 7 inches draft, 18.2 knots, armed with 2 inch and 6 inch rifles, torpedo tubes and Gatlings. Carried 20 officers and 280 men at a cost of 1 017 900 dollars.
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Manilla
United States
Charleston
Luzon
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
British Situation Improves in South Africa Landing Troops
London reports simultaneous Boer assaults on Ladysmith Mafeking and Kimberley show British momentum rising. Col Schiel admits Boers likely failed to reach Pietermaritzburg as British strength grows by about six to seven thousand, with 6000 to 7000 more troops due by week’s end.
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London
Ladysmith
Mafeking
Kimberley
Hoers
Joubert
Pietermaritzburg
Schiel
Hoar
Campany
South Africa
Natal
Estcourt
Nicaragua Canal and War News Mixed From Fronts
A Huntsville Mercury correspondent in Birmingham quotes Admiral Schley urging canal construction to mobilize fleets and open the Orient market for cotton iron and coal. Manila reports Colonel Bell’s men seize Tarlac, Aguinaldo’s flight, and MacArthur’s Bam ban attack. Hobart improves, Mrs. Hobart at bedside. Britons hinge on Lady Smith as Gen. Joubert force grows. St Louis reports Mrs. Reif’s struggle against her insane husband in a third floor flat.
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Tenn
Huntsville Mercury
Birmingham
Admiral Schley
United States
Americas
Orient
Pilipino
Manila
Bell
Tarlac
Aguinaldo
MacArthur
Bamban
Thirty- Sixth Regiment
Hobart
St. Louis
Ralph Reif
Alleged Davis Will Found in Omaha Case
A long lost will surfaces surrounding the Montana millionaire Andrew J. Davis estate. Mary C. Wilson of Chicago seeks her share as Omaha lawyer W A Sanders heads to Butte to probate. Davis died in 1890 leaving an estate between 5.1 and 7 million dollars with most to his brothers and a $100,000 bequest to the woman claimant and a library gift to Butte.
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Omaha
Andrew J. Davis
Montana
Montana Supreme Court
Davis
Mary C. Wilson
Chicago
W. A. Sanders
Butte
Mont
Entomology and Home Cheese Fermentation Tips From Farm and Garden
A再rticle discusses peach crops and fruit markets, noting California fruit sales as home-grown, and urges readers to collect common insects for entomology. It covers butterfly farming, school collections, and Illinois law limits. It also provides a home starter cheese process with stepwise milk handling and starter maintenance.
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England
United States
Illinois
James Monroe Arrested in Chicago for Bigamy Swindling
Chicago authorities detain James Monroe rumored to have multiple wives in several cities and facing bigamy and swindling charges. He will await Rochester officers for trial after matrimonial bureau operations are uncovered. Police found hundreds of letters from women nationwide accepting his proposals.
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Chicago
James Monroe
Rochester
N. Y
Monroe
Starters In Cheesemaking by Prof Campbell in Scotland
Prof Campbell at the Highland Agricultural Society outlines that first class cheddar can be made from pure cultures of a lactic organism abundant in sour milk and whey. He favors a home-made starter prepared to purify the bacterial content, eliminating harmful bacteria, and notes whey starters perform as well as milk starters with a key benefit appearing after a few days.
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Campbell
Highland (Scotland) Agricultural Society
Buckwheat as Turnip Manure Questioned by Farmers Review
In trials reported by M. G. Kains, buckwheat grown before turnips yielded over four times the marketable roots compared to a fallow plot. Both plots received identical treatment otherwise, with buckwheat turned under after flowering and again after a short regrowth. The study challenges the belief that buckwheat harms turnips in crop rotations.
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M.G. Kains
Propagation Principles for Fruit Trees by R M Kellogg
Kellogg argues that Selene Selons must come from fruit bearing trees. He warns against using unfruitful stock for propagation and says dormant or wood bud forming trees resist bearing. He condemns scion transfer from long nursery lines and links poor fruitage to orchard decline due to weak propagation and disease vulnerability.
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R. M. Kelloge
Migratory Weeds Spread From Cities To Farms
A Rural World contributor notes injurious migratory weeds often first appear in cities and spread to farms. Fine leaved sneeze weed and Canada thistle show urban origins, with railways aiding distribution. Lettuce and Ruselan thistle also move from cities to fields, causing millions in potential farmer losses.
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United States
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