Crowe says he will come forward to prove innocence
Omaha Feb 23 Pat Crowe declares he is innocent of the Howard Cudahy Jr kidnapping and says he will appear in Omaha soon to clear himself. He mails a signed letter to Cudahy shared with Pinkertons and police who verify the handwriting.
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Omaha
Neb
Pat Crowe
A Cudahy
Crowe
Pinkerton’s
Donahue
Cudahy
Pinkerton
Chicago
Mr. Cudahy
Chief Donahue
Howard Cudahy, Jr
Leavenworth
Flo
Mr. Pinkerton
South Omaha
Santee Indian protest at Washington over hired attorneys
James Garvey of Santee SD travels to Washington to challenge the interior secretary's recognition of the Santee band attorneys hired to pursue annuity claims. He alleges the contract was obtained by misrepresentation and meets with Secretary Hitchcock, who shows a favorable impression of his argument.
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Washington
James Garvey
Santee, SD
Warren amendment seeks larger Cheyenne government building funds
Senator Warren introduced a sundry civil bill amendment to raise the Cheyenne Wyoming government building cost limit from 250000 dollars to 325000 dollars and authorize the secretary of the treasury to sign completion contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
Treasur
Cuban Constitution Presented to Governor General Wood
Governor General Wood informed Washington authorities that Cuba’s constitution was officially presented to him this morning. He awaited instructions on whether to forward the document immediately or hold it until relations between Cuba and the United States are clarified.
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Tavana
Wood
Washington
Cuba
United States
Live Stock Market At Union Stock Yards Shows Active Demand
Cattle receipts were lower than last week but higher than yesterday with buyers seeking quality. Beef steers and cows sold at good to strong prices while stockers and feeders remained steady. Hog runs were fair with prices improving to 5.27 5.30 for choicer loads. Sheep and lambs saw an active market with strong demand for lightweights and choice ewes and wethers.
Cattle Sheep Markets Reported Steady to Mixed Across Early Receipts
CATTLE Receipts 8,700 steady to 10c up with native beef steers 1.40 to 3.40, stockers 1.50 to 1.85, western fat cattle 4.00 to 4.90, cows 3.00 to 4.25, calves 5.00 to 16.00. HOGS 21,600 steady to lower. bulk sales 4.25 to 5.50, heavy 5.25 to 5.95, lights around 3.50 to 5.25. SHEEP 4,100 active to steady. lambs 5.00 to 5.15, wethers 4.00 to 4.40, yearlings 4.40 to 4.80, culls 2.00 to 3.25.
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Western Fed
Death in the Deep Rio de Janeiro Sinks After Fog Rock Strike
The Pacific mail steamer Rio de Janeiro struck a hidden rock in dense fog entering the Golden Gate and sank within minutes. About 122 are feared missing, mostly Chinese and Japanese, with ten bodies recovered by 5 PM. Consul Rounseville Wildman and family were aboard. Pilot Frederick Jordan survived and Captain Ward went down with the ship.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Rio de Janeiro
Golden Gate
John Rooney
Rounseville Wildman
United States
Hong Kong
Frederick Jordan
William Ward
Wildman
Hong iSo
Hart
Manila
Gabriel Hoeron
Dodd
Butte
Mont
Henshaw
Woodworth
Okawhara
Japan
Hondu
Jordan
Point Benita
Cuba Constitution Delay Stalls U S Cuba Relation Seeks Convention
Washington dispatches report General Weyler has not sent the Cuban constitution to Washington nor word of a convention resolution. Officials say Congress cannot act on Cuba now and no immediate transmission is expected.
Giese Gest Series on Earth at Navy Yard Scales
In Washington at the navy yard a government installation houses the largest scales in existence capable of weighing up to 150 tons and accurately registering weights as light as one pound. The device showcases remarkable precision and scale.
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Earth
Washington Navy Yard
NYC School Janitors See Higher Pay Than Teachers
City school commissioners publish next year’s janitor roster. Janitors will earn about a third more than the average teacher, reflecting a notable pay gap in New York public schools.
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New York City
Vermont invites inspection of twelve ex governors as examples
A playful note from Vermont invites readers to inspect twelve former governors as proof of the state’s harsh winters shaping long lives. The quip notes they “don’t run to flesh, but they last,” using humor about age and endurance.
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Vermont
Senator Clark Leads Wyoming's Baseball Fans
Several U S senators are baseball enthusiasts with Clark of Wyoming among the most ardent. Malloy of Florida once played catcher on Georgetown college nine.
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United States
Mr. Clark
Wyoming
Senator Malloy
Florida
Georgetown College
Wise druggist guarantees cure for five dollars
In Kansas City in 1901 a druggist promised to cure rheumatism for five dollars and sold Dodd's Kidney Pills. Anna Nichols, who had the prescription, reports improved sleep and eventual full recovery after using the pills, which cost 50 cents a box or six for 2.50.
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Kansas City
M.s. Anna P. Nichols
Dodd
Miss Nichols
Grand Baxter
Rebekah Lodge I. 0. C. F
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Allen's Foot-Ease powder advertised cure for feet
The notice promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as a powder that cures swollen feet burning feet and corns. It claims relief for frost bites and chilblains and offers a free sample with the address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy NY. The ad matches a period tone about drugstore remedies.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Reward for Catarrh Cure and Various Advertisements
One hundred dollars reward offered for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by F J Cheney and others as trustworthy. Also notes on Hall's Family Pills, Defiance Starch, Beeman's Pepsin Gum, Schmellerly Mueller piano catalogs, and Wizard Oil.
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Hall
F J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
Mending watches and clocks a 10 cent service
A brief note offers watch and clock mending at 10 cents with starch products advertised, mentioning a benevolent man owning stock in the happiness of all mankind.
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Defiance
The Best Herb Tea and Purifier Claims
A claim promotes Garfield Tea as a pure herb blend from HERS with no harmful drugs and praises it as the best blood purifier known to medical science. It also asserts a coronet as the best net for catching an American heiress.
Champion Smoker Judge Ray Among New York Delegates
Judge Ray, a New York delegate in congress, reputedly smokes cigars faster and more than any other congressman. He seizes every chance to light up and is described as never missing an opportunity to smoke. The saying contrasts small men with big hearts and vice versa.
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Judge Ray
New York
Congress
Yale Names Judge L W Cutler Oldest Living Graduate
Yale designates Judge L W Cutler of Watersown Connecticut as the oldest living graduate. Born December 1807 and a 1829 alum, he served five terms in the Connecticut House, two in the Senate, and was probate judge for 24 years before retiring at seventy.
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Yale
L. W. Cutler
Watersown, Conn
Connecticut House of Representatives
State Senate
Commissioner condemns NY police salaries hurdles
New York police commissioner stated it is easier to hang a man for murder than dismiss a policeman. He added that last year the board paid out $130,000 in back salaries to officers reinstated by the courts.
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New York
Jast
Bedford Reformatory for Girls Planned in New York
A large reformatories for women is under construction in Bedford New York. The $300000 facility will house girls and women aged sixteen to twenty five with first offenses. It will use the cottage system and be ready next summer.
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Bedford
N. Y
Publisher notes Eliot profits on Romota in Cornhill recollections
George M. Smith, in Cornhill, recalls George Eliot earning about 35000 dollars for Romota and suggests she could have earned 20000 more by dividing the novel into sixteen parts as he desired. The account frames the novelist’s artistic conscience against serialization.
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George M. Smith
London
Cornhill
George Eliot
Personal crisis reports rise in France after exposAtion impact
Across France the number of personal crisis reports has increased for years with Paris showing a very large total. Analysts attribute the rise to retrenchment after the exposition and job losses, noting 27000 reports in the five years ending January 1 1901.
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Paris
France
Bet His Vote Away For Life bet on election outcome
John P. Courtney a Democrat and Harry Wallace a Republican two Minneapolis plumbers made a bet that the loser must cast his vote for life as the winner dictates. Courtney lost the alderman race and is trying to substitute a different penalty while Wallace remains unmoved insisting Courtney vote the Republican ticket forever.
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John P. Courtney
Harry Wallace
Minneapolis
Courtney
Wallace
Tributes Paid in Senate for Judge Maxwell Memory
On the 18th the senate paid tributes to the memory of Judge Samuel Maxwell. In Great Bend Kansas seven joints were closed by officials following citizen demand.
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Senate
Samuel Maxwell
Great Bend
Kas
Opposition to Western Florida annexation to Alabama
A Northern visitor reports that African Americans in Western Florida oppose annexation to Alabama. They claim Alabama climate is sickly and unhealthy and warn they will move away if annexation occurs. A line notes a divorce suit with a traveling dress as a related item.
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Florida
Alabama
Help for Women Suffering Tiredness and Recurrent Ailments
Mrs. Ella Rice of Chelsea Wisconsin credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing two years of bearing down pains headaches backaches and general fatigue caused by womb inflammation after tried doctors and medicines. The ad touts Pinkham as the best remedy and invites readers to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lilkely
Ella Rice
Chelsea
Wis
Lydia G. Finkham
Mrs. Rice
Lydia MR. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lynn, Mass
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Beeman
Schmellery & Mueller
Farnam Street
la Grippe
Wizard Oi
Great Reformatory For Girls
Manchman
Fate
J. Tower Co
Hoston
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Mrs
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Morgan
Dick T. Morgan
Perry
C. T
Canada
Land of
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Pete Vnson
Department of Interim
Ottawa
W. V. Bennett
J. HL. Gheen
Nox 1
Atlanto
Italy
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Bermuda
Mexico
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Harry E. Moores
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