Plague claims rage at Santos and global war notes
The report lists widespread events from a plague at Santos to Admiral Dewey’s Philadelphia reception, martial law in Mafeking and Ladysmith arrests, McKinley’s Washington return, and Near Kowenna tragedy. It tracks rail price shifts, Boer movements, and U S negotiations with several nations amid ongoing imperial tensions.
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Dewey
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Hampton Roads
Manila
Suez Canal
Mafeking
Vryburg
Taung, Herbert and
Barkley West
Northwest Notes recounts wide range of early 1900s events
Boise police report no arrests in early October while Cheyenne saw heavy livestock trade. Yellowstone Park prospered, Montana volunteers were mustered out, and an electric line was awarded between Tacoma and Seattle. Notables include Thayer’s death in Portland, traffic damage from a Colorado landslide, a brutal breakthrough accident near Rawlins, a Shafter praise at Oakland, and various regional incidents from Nevada, Wyoming, and beyond.
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Boise
Cheyenne
Yellowstone Naional Park Association
Montana
Lacoma
Seattle
Wiliam Wallace Thayer
Oregon
Portland
Grand Junction
New Castle
Colo
M. Jones
Pacitle
Rawlins
Oakland
General Shafter
Philippines
The Matchmakers at the County Fair Plan
Clem and Tom push to pair Peter Layton with Kittie King after a string of deflected advances. They maneuver to get Peter to escort Kittie to the county fair and, finally, trigger an engagement. Peter, charmed by Kittie and steered by Clem, becomes her fiancé with the others agreeing to assist at the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Clem
Tom
Lorie
Mary
Kinga
Kittle
Mame
Lotte
Kittie
Pete
Safarie
Pete Layton
Norton's
Lottie
Jem
Notable Return of Weld With Swallow-Tail Attire Described
Fragmentary quotation notes Weld returning with formal dress, swallow-tails, and accompanying observers. The brief transcript hints at a ceremonial or social gathering, but lacks full context, participants, or location to determine the event's significance or outcome.
Hens and Their Useful Fruit in Commerce
The Richmond Dispatch notes hens are a major factor in commerce beyond spring eggs. U S exports and imports of eggs show vast volumes. commissions and stores trade widely in eggs. Poultry underpins daily life, with hens in rural and urban settings, and future output is a complex growth to track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Dispatch
Exen
Egee
United States
Chicago
Whiaky and Coffins Captain Slocum in Buenos Aires
The text recalls Captain Slocum of the Spray and his 46 000 mile voyage around the world. In Buenos Aires he sought a former whisky and coffin seller whose shop oddly offered whisky casks and coffins in adjacent rows, linked by a partition, alongside elder wine and Malaga raisins. The enterprise also sold mineral waters, hinting at disease risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slocum
Buenos Aires
Malaga
Rothschild Among Kings Anecdote From Vienna
In an Oct Century excerpt from John Bigelow, Baron Rothschild is honored at Vienna’s Congress as guests rise to salute him, except the King of Prussia who jokes he owes him nothing. A Pope line on debt and a joke about a girl’s gaze close the anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothschild
John Bigelow
von Bunsen
Baron Rothschild
Prussia
Pope
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Ladysmith
George F. Hor
Unitarian Council
Cologne Gazete
William
England
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Washington
Ecuador
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War Department
Drakenberg
Olivier's Hook
Collins Pass
Loubet
Emile Arton
Panama Canal
India
Lord Curzon of
Keddleston
Kowenna
John de Jarnett
Eliza Purett
de Jarnett
Jimines
Vasquez
San Domingo
Chile
Chilean Claims Commission
Warsaw
Ind
J. W. Russ
Mr. Russ
Russia
Guatemala
Haiti
American Cereal Company
Cedar Rapids
Thirty-ninth Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
Jay V. Henry
New York City
Department of the Missouri
Omaha
Nebraska
South Africa
London
Civil Services Commission
Wallstreet
Secretary of the Treasury
Iage
Northwest Notes
Lydia Adams Williams
Genoa
Nev
Nevada State Board of
Wyoming
Union Pacific Passenger Department
Nevada
James Walsh
Theyetine Police
Salt Lake
Pima
Ariz
Ure
Twentyifth Infantry
San Carlos
Robrt
Mary Chatham
California
Robert Mills
Leadville
Paddy Purtell
Danny Needham
St. Paulin
Purtell
I. W. Norris
Helena, Mont
Norris
Methodist Church
H. Maitland Kerwin
Seaforth Highlanders
Laramie
Dave Putty
Bud Nolan
Dillon, Mont
Union Pacific
Wilcox Bridge
Habeas Corpas
Robert J. Boykin
Austin
Denver
Boykin
the Matchmakers
Peter Drivine
Mim
Petey
Lande
Scott
Tim
Miss King
the Hoya
Mise
Misa King
Mise King
Toa
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