Christmas Stamp for Heaven Brother Touches Clerk
A New YorkWorld item recalls a post office scene where a tiny girl asks for a stamp to mail a Christmas gift to her brother in heaven. She offers pennies, explains Robbie has gone to live with the angels, and tears move the clerk and a passerby. The moment ends with a child’s gift lamb.
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New
York World
Puccession
Santa Claus
Robert McNaughton
Heaven
Robbie
Elsie
Empress of Austria Assassinated in Berne Hotel
Empress of Austria was stabbed to death at the Hotel Beaurivane in Berne by an anarchist and then arrested. She was 61, born December 24, 1837, daughter of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria and wife of Francis Joseph. Her children included Archduchess Gisela, Archduke Rudolph, and Archduchess Marie Valeria. The late empress was noted as an avid horsewoman.
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Geego
Switzerland
Austria
Hotel Beaurivane
Empress of Austrian
Maximilian
Bavaria
Francis Joseph
Emperor of
Gisela
Luithold
Archduke Rudolph
Stephanie
Belgium
Marie Valeria
Franz Salvator
Austria-Tuscany
Empres
Electric plant planned for Pennsylvania Tube Works
Pittsburg Sept. 10 arrangements are under way to install a complete electric plant at the Pennsylvania Tube Works on Second avenue at a cost of 100000. The plant will power the entire mill and is described as the first large iron mill in the United States to adopt electricity for power. General manager W B Rhodes says the change will save fully about 25 percent.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Tube Works Company
Second Avenue
United States
W. B. Rhodes
Chattanooga Hospital Shortfalls Alarm Commanders
General Sanger Mattocks and Roe released findings on the camp hospitals here in Chattanooga Tenn noting serious inadequacies. They report insufficient attendants poor location and lack of proper necessities in the second Kentucky second Arkansas and sixth United States volunteers camps as Crigsby Rough Riders return home by the hundreds.
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Mattocks
Sanger
Roe Sayhey
Chattanooga
Tenn
Kentucky
Arkansas
United States
Crigsby
Rough Riders
Breckinridge
Roe
Chicago Greets Its Own First Infantry Return
The First Infantry of Illinois, 924 officers and men, returned from Camp Wilds after service at Santiago de Cuba. 216 are sick, and the regiment was met by veterans and escorted to the armory amid a large crowd. Hospitals and homes opened to the sick, with only one in danger.
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Chicago
Illinois
Santiago de Cuba
Camp Wilds
Ultimatum to Turks as Candia falls under joint flags
Canon dispatch reports troops from multiple powers hoisting flags over Candia town halls. Admirals issue an ultimatum to the Turkish deputy governor and commandant to disarm by 5 PM. Warships poised to resume bombardment if not obeyed. Foreign warship heads to Retimo amid disturbances.
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Vienna
Candia
Retimo
Empress Elizabeth’s Murder Shock Sparks World Mourning
Geneva reports detail the assassination of Empress Elizabeth by an anarchist. Authorities describe a fatal internal hemorrhage from a triangular wound, with no confirmed anarchist conspiracy. The assassin, Luigini, acted alone, stating he is an anarchist without a committee.
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Terne
Switzerland
Federal Council
Francis Joseph
Geneva
Genevi
Rever
Elizabeth
Austria
Vienna
Tue Des Alpes
Luigini
Marie Valerie
Schoenbrunn
Stephanie
Darmstadt
Burgplatz
President McKinley
William
Filipino Commission Arrives in San Francisco San Francisco
News from San Francisco reports Aguinaldo's three commissioners to the Paris conference will dock September 30 aboard the Gaelic. They are native Filipinos appointed with Manila's approval and will press for Philippine independence.
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San Francisco
Paris
Aguinaldo
Hong Kong
Manila
Philippines
Mystery over Esterhazy and Dreyfus affair turmoil
Paris reports a rising crisis as Esterhazy may be the forger behind the Dreyfus letters. German envoy Munster warns France that forged documents could shutter William’s response and Esterhazy reportedly fled Paris. Police seize Le Temps after a false death claim, while Esterhazy remains unseen.
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Paris
Count Munster
M. Delcasse
Dreyfus
William
Esterhazy
Mme. du Pays
le Seimps
le Temps
Temps
Dover
Ostend
No Bar In Germanys Path on Reciprocity Treaty
Washington reports deny German demand for MFN style tariff terms. German ambassador has not pressed for French level reductions but could seek similar benefits under a future reciprocity agreement, with possible action within months.
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Kaiser
Washington
von Holleben
State Department
Germany
United States
France
Poisoned by a shark's tooth injures a Missouri boy
Remus Johnson, 10, of Columbia Missouri, lies seriously ill from handling a shark's tooth. The tooth came from Dr. Robert C. Bradley via attorney David Blanton after a Newark ship fought near Santiago. Blanton dropped the tooth, Remus picked it up, rubbed it into a sore on his right hand, and his arm turned black. Doctors call it blood poisoning but cannot explain the tooth's role.
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Santiago
Missouri
Columbia
Remus Johnson
David A Blanton
Robert C. Bradley
Newark
Morro Castle
Blanton
Remus
Leiter's Grain Debts Paid In Full
Joseph Leiter reports the last of his debts from the cash wheat scheme are paid except the obligation to his father Levi Z Leiter. His 14 million bushels were sold through Armour and Peavey with proceeds used to settle obligations. He notes no repudiations of contracts and states his father will not be repercussed financially. Levi Z Leiter had mortgaged downtown property totaling 5.6 million to aid the losses, with holdings including Grand Pacific hotel and Puiman building among others.
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Chicago
Joseph Leiter
Armour
Peavey
Northwest
France
Levi Z. Leiter
Grand Pacific Hotel
Jackson Boulevard
Clark Street
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
Washington and
State Streets
Shepard
Madison Street
Baiey Edison
Monroe Treet
Statetreet
Puinian
Washington Street
Adams Street
Arnour & Co
French Troops Suspected at Fashoda Clash
Khalifa Abdulla learned that white forces had occupied Fashoda on the White Nile, and a steamer sent to confirm surrendered after heavy firing. The vessel reported French troops defending Fashoda, with many casualties on the steamer. A British gunboat flotilla will push up the Nile to investigate.
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Bua Omdurmand
Khalifa Abdulla
Fashoda
White Nile
Khartoum
Khalifa
Kitchener
Attempt on Queen Wilhelmina Near Amersfoort
The Lokal Anzeiger reports a failed assassination of Queen Wilhelmina near Amersfoort in Utrecht province. A man fired from behind a tree. the bullet hit a nearby attendant woman, while the would‑be assassin, said to be an English anarchist, was arrested.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Wilhelmina
Amersfort
Utrecht
Castle Soosdyt
Baara
Boundary dispute talks blocked by Chilean veto
Negotiations between Argentina and Chile over boundary settlements are suspended as the Chilean commission refuses to include proposed reports in existing treaties. Argentina vows strict enforcement of current treaties. In Rhode Island, Winnie Davis’s condition remains unchanged and a physician consultation is planned.
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Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Galveston
Tex
Chile
Alger Arrives Home with Governor Pingree
Alger reached Detroit on September 10 and was immediately driven to his residence accompanied by Governor Pingree.
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Alger
Detroit
Pingree
Pensions and Postmasters Official Rates Revised
Official departments announce extended revisions to pensions and postmasters rates. The changes reflect a broader adjustment to compensation structures and grant timelines for eligible officials and retirees.
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John
M Low
Ginal
Cigarette tax dispute teeters with injunction in Des Moines
In Des Moines on September 12 the American Tobacco company sought a temporary injunction to stop Polk County from collecting a $200 cigarette mule tax. Judge Bishop adjourned the case to October, requiring proof of shipment of goods from St Louis in original form. Two other Iowa items include James M. Spayde’s two year penitentiary sentence for forging a note and a Webster County libel case involving G P Gustafson and J and Drake.
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Des Moines
American Tobacco Company
Bishop
C. C. Tam
Tam
W. W. Moore
Fourth Street
United States
Junius Parker
The
Tobacco Company
Polk
Thomas Cheshire
St. Louis
Fort Dodge
James M. Spayde
Birdsall
Spayde
Tfe
Pranislin Rowe
Rowe
Humboldt County
State Bank of
Humboldt
Webster County
Anamosa Penitentiary
Supreme Court
J. &. Drake
Drake
M. J. Healy
Kenyon
Gustafson
Pink Pills Help Byron Woman Overcome Illness
Mrs. Houseweart of Byron NL, once near fifty and seriously ill, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring her health after failed treatments. She reports eight boxes used with steady improvement and strong belief she could not have lived without the pills. Pills are sold 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 through druggists or direct from the Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schagtady NY.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Byron
James Howeart
Houseweart
Jast
Williams
Dr. Pine Medicine Co
Schag Tady, N
Easter Garland and Christmas Tree Roots in Royal Gift tale
An excerpt blends a Christmastide memory with Easter imagery. Clinton Scollard’s poem celebrates spring flowers and resurrection motifs, while the piece recalls the Prince Consort introducing the Christmas tree in England for three generations of children, citing a Christmas note from 1841.
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Clinton Scollard
April Woman' S Home Companion
Prince of Wales
Princess Royal
Royal Nursery
Prince Consort
England
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