Strange School Houses and Willful Wonders From Sumner Gazette
Nebraska schools boast odd buildings including 141 log cabins 517 sod huts one bale straw and one steel structure. A scientist claims a light ray travels eight times around the earth in a watch’s tick. Last year 62 new silk mills started in the United States and Americans abound at the Paris fair with 16,000 in permanent jobs. Ruth Potter of Middletown Pa died at 102 after smoking a pipe. she cited tobacco as key to longevity.
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Nebraska
United States
Ruth Potter
Middletown
Destructive Bush Fires Ravage Warramboo District Victoria
The Warramboo district in Victoria suffers historic bush fires described as the worst in half a century. About a million acres of pasture are burned, with 20,000 sheep killed along with hundreds of cattle and horses.
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Australia
Warramboo
Victoria
Americans Win First Paris Exhibition Victory
Americans scored their first victory at the Paris exposition with energetic advancement of their building and exhibits. The French commissioner general called the display an abject lesson to all, noting how far ahead the American effort stood.
Massachusetts Woman’s Yearly 80 Mile Friday Symphony Dedication
A Massachusetts resident travels 80 miles by rail every Friday for 19 years to attend the Boston Symphony rehearsal. The note questions whether such devotion to music surpasses others and suggests doubt about the extent of her commitment.
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Massachusetts
Boston Symphony
Bean licks 300 mucilage posters in Chicago incident
A Chicago man named Bean licked 300 mucilage posters in one sitting and later reported extreme dryness, throat pain, and a painful novelty. Friends speculate the posters were poisoned, but authorities say poisoning was not required to explain his symptoms.
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Bean
Couple on foot travel 1109 miles to Omaha with infant
Philip Miller and his wife walked 1109 miles from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania to Omaha pushing a baby carriage with their infant. Discouraged by poor luck in the Pennsylvania coal districts, they chose emigration and survived by lodging in section houses and working along the route for food.
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Philip Miller
Omaha
Stroudsburg
Miller
Pennsylvania
Mice Science and Royal Marriage Rumors In One Read
A Chicago secretary for the United States Pet Mine Club explains imported mice are distinct from ordinary pests. The column jokes about a royal marriage drawing many monarchs to Gmunden Austria. Miss Helen Gould in New York is flooded with charity requests but cannot fund every venture or investment.
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Chicago
United States
Pet Mine Club
Gmunden
Russia
Germany
Austria
Greece
Denmark
Prince of Wales
Helen Gould
New York
Miss Gould
Maud Stone Carey’s Late Night Phone Call Tradition
In Cincinnati Capt. George S. Stone, a street car magnate, named the famous horse Inte Maud S after his daughter Maud Stone Carey of New York. Each evening around ten, she calls him on long distance to bid good night, a $4.50 expense he considers cheap.
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Maud S
Maud Stone Carey
New York City
George S. Stone
Cincinnati
Capt. Stone
Maud Stone
National Education prizes for school hygiene essays announced
The National Educational association through a committee will award a total of 1200 dollars in prizes for essays on school hygiene. Top essays on seating lighting heating and ventilating win 200 dollars each, second best 100 dollars. Essays due February 1901. Professor Mahaffy claims the Smith pedigree traces to Ptolemy XII and suggests deeper links to Amenhotep II and Sesostris era.
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National Educational Association
Mahaffy
London
Smith
Ptolemy
Alexandria
Amenhotep
Corn kitchen opens at Paris exposition with plantation staff
An American exhibit in Paris features a corn kitchen with a Virginia mammy and a New Orleans negress as the key staff. Dressed in plantation attire, they will showcase corn bread and hot cake making, aiming to attract attention and illustrate edible possibilities.
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Paris
New Orleans
Doings of a Week: A World News Condensed
A compact review of seven days of global events across Thia and other lands. Highlights include political developments, economic shifts, and social trends shaping the civilised world, summarized in concise sections for quick reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thia
Senate Debates and Bills in Fifty-Sixty Congress
Senator Hoar in opposition to expansion policy. A pension of 12 dollars per month approved for Mexican war veterans. Naval bill debate, interest on government deposits proposed. Alaska civil code bill discussed. Medals for North Atlantic sailors approved. Porto Rico civil affairs administration resolution adopted. Proposals to pension Gen Longstreet and repeal war revenue act. House screens pension bill for ex soldiers at age 62 and advances naval appropriations.
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Hoar
Mags
United States Senate
House
United States
Senate
Philippines
Porto Rico
Gen. Longstreet
Government cases set for Supreme Court on the 30th alt
The Kentucky governorship cases will be heard by the United States Supreme Court on the 30th alt. President McKinley has appointed Frank W. Hackett of New Hampshire as assistant secretary of the navy. The treasury completed plans to substitute American currency for Puerto Rican money.
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Kentucky
United States Supreme Court
McKinley
Frank W. Hackett
New Hampshire
The
Treasury
East Republicans and state delegates at large elected
The East reports New York Republicans chose Platt Depew Roosevelt and Odell as delegates at large to the national convention. Vermont Republicans backed the gold standard and McKinley administration, with Philadelphia delegates named. New Jersey also sent delegates favorable to McKinley as baseball season opens nationwide. The Italian immigrant total for the year reached 96 000. The death of elocutionist Jennie ONeill Potter at 28 in New York from cancer is noted. Commodore Richard Peck founder of the New York and New Haven line died in New Haven. The founder of Haines Bros piano firm in Newark died at 76. The fire in New Castile, Pennsylvania cremated David Abiate and his three nephews. The Presbyterian creed revision is warned to doom the church by Princeton president Patton.
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New York
Platt
Depew
Roosevelt
Odell
David Abiatte
New Castile
Jennie O'Neill Potter
Commodore Richard Peck
New Haven
Conn
Vermont
McKinley
Philadelphia
Patton
Princeton University
New Jersey
Haines Bros
N. J
Goebel murder indictments and political shifts in 1900s era
The grand jury in Frankfort Kentucky indicted ten men over the Goebel assassination while nationwide political moves unfold. Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama report flood losses. a Missouri tornado injures five and destroys property. at Houston an Trans-Mississippi congress discusses expanding American trade. In Des Moines the populist state convention backs Bryan. Illinois votes on license and flag issues. various party races nominate candidates and discuss shifts, including Andrews leaving Chicago schools to lead Nebraska University.
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Frankfort
Goebel
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Concordia
Houston
Des Moines
People's Party
Bryan
Ohio
Robert W. Taylor
Congress
Kansas
Claude Duval
I. P. Campbell
Ilinois
W. W. Heard
Nashville
Tennessee
W. J. Bryan
North Carolina
Raleigh
Cyrus Thompson
Kansas City
Middle
Illinois
Fred J. Kern
Eliza Chrisman
Topeka
Kan
Jesse Spalding
Straits of Mackinaw
Detroit
George R. Angell
City Savings Bank
Michigan Tankers’ Association
Colorado
Faye Walker
D. D
Oxford
Vphiletus Sawyer
Oshkosh
Wis
Obhia
T. B. Kyle
D. W. Locke
Melville Gillette
Indiana
P. R. Wadsworth
C. F. Prosslar
Missouri
M. E. Benton
Pennsylvania
J. C. Sibley
Virginia
Francis T. Lossier
Mob Lynching Near Brownsville Miss Shocks Community
The article reports Henry McAfee, a colored man, being lynched by a mob near Brownsville Mississippi for an attempted assault on a white woman. It also notes Cuba’s census showing 1,572,797 people with 443,426 literate, Havana’s 235,981 residents, and a railroad wreck near Aurora Indiana killing Engineer George Crane and Fireman Frank Reynolds.
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Henry McAfee
Brownsville
Miss
Havana
Aurora
Ind
George Crane
Frank Reynolds
Foreign Intelligence Reports From Manila and Abroad
Manila advices claim American forces burned a Benguet village killing 53 and seizing 44. Garrison at Batoo repulsed a 300 insurgent attack, with 106 killed. Filipinos burned at stake 3 American soldiers on Panay. Gen Montenegro surrendered near Camaling in Pangasinan. Wreck off Corkhaven, 24 drowned. Boer siege at Wepner deemed premature relief near. Lord Roberts censures Buller and Warren. resignations likely. Rhine boat capsize sinks 13. Leallamba three Filipinos guilty of guerrilla warfare. Heavy rains delay Roberts army at Teleemfontein. Foreigners reportedly shoulder rifles in the Roer.
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Manila
Benguet
Batoo
Panay
Montenegro
Col
Smith
Camaling
Pangasinan
Crookhaven
Ireland
Woche
Wepner
Lord Roberts
Redvers Buller
Charles Warren
Wepener
Bloemfontein
Rhine
Germany
Turkey
United States
Leallamba
Teleemfontein
Senate and house debate oversee civil codes and naval bill
The senate discussed the Hawaiian civil government and Alaska civil code bills while the house advanced the naval appropriation bill funding two battleships three armored cruisers and three protected cruisers. Other items include famine relief in India and multiple violent incidents across states.
Ecumenical foreign missions meet opens in New York
In Carnegie hall New York on April 23 more than 2000 missionaries from around the world gathered for the ecumenical conference on foreign missions. Ex president Harrison and President McKinley greeted delegates with addresses praising missionary works and moral reforms. The event marks the third such meeting with seven major societies represented and sessions running through May 1.
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New York
United States
Benjamin Harrison
Carnegie Hall
Ecumenical Conference On Foreign Missions
Christian Church
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Morrison
Harrison
Paul
Savannah
Conference of Missions
Gen. Harrison
Judson Smith
D. D
Christian Missionary Society
Church of England
London Missionary Sciety
Congregational Church
American Board of Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
The
Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
American
Flames Sweep Manitoba and Minnesota Forests
Winnipeg reports violent bush fires along the Southeastern railway line destroying lumber camps and posing mass peril. About 500 entrapped workers, 100,000 ties and 10,000 cords of wood burned, with 40 of 200 bushmen safe. Encounters retold by rescued survivors amid scorching heat and smoke. Fire damage estimated at 1.9 million dollars as Duluth notes fires easing but danger persists awaiting rain.
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Winnipeg
Man
la Broquerie
Warren
Minn
J. A. Buchanan
Neil & Keith
J. Hylan
Vassar
Woodridge
Buchanan and Keith
Duluth
Forest Fire District
Turky to pay indemnity and Turkish capitulations
The Sublime Porte replies to the American demand for twenty thousand pounds compensation for damage during Armenian massacres. The sultan agrees to pay under standard foreign state loss terms and fears American naval demonstrations. Negotiations now likely as other powers watch closely and Ali Ferrouh Bey may be recalled. Bishop Mullen dies at 82 after fifty years in Erie diocese with funeral set. Wilmot fire wipes out all industrial plants causing heavy losses. Rev. Charlier Beecher of Georgetown dies at 82. Manila suspect Jim Redmond admits identity but denies murder. naval appropriation bill passes funding two battleships three armored cruisers and three protected cruisers.
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Constantinople
Sublime Porte
Callay
Mediterranean
United States
Ali Ferrouh Bey
Mullen
Erie
Tobias Mullen
Cardinal Gibbons
Martinelli
Many Filipinos Slain in Manila War Week
Manila reports a bloody week with 378 Filipinos killed, 12 officers and 244 men captured, many wounded, and an estimated 1,000 insurgents dead. American losses were nine killed and 36 wounded. Gen. Pio del Pilar’s 300 men resurfaced near San Miguel, engaging the garrison for three hours. Montenegro, captured by Col. Smith, is in isolation hospital with smallpox.
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Manila
Luzon
Pio del Pilar
San Miguel
Pilar
Thatangas
Wonde
San Jose
Sergt. Ledoius
Thirty-fifth Infantry
Montenegro
Col. Smith
Iowa people's party convention endorsements list Sioux Falls selections
The people's party met in Des Moines endorsing Bryan denouncing Philippines policy and Porto Rico policy while favoring the initiative and referendum popular election of senators and the St. Louis platform. At Sioux Falls delegates were chosen including Gen. James B. Weaver Des Moines W. H. Robb Creston G. E. Relff Harrison county and others across Iowa.
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People’s Party
Des Moines
Bryan
Philippines
Porto Rico
St. Louis
Sioux Falls
James B. Weaver
W. H. Robb
Creston
G. E. Relff
Harrison County
J.C. Stockton
Leon
J. E. Anderson
Forest City
H. A. Evans
Monona County
EB. H. Gillette
O. A. Clark
Fremont County
3. B. Crane
John R. Clark
Monroe County
J. C. Baker
Emmettsburg
A. J. Blakely
Grinnell
Matt Ewert
Ewert
Matt Sadler
Tornado Destroys Property in Hamburg North
A tornado caused major damage in Hamburg's north, wrecking Fred Johnson's brick yard and all sheds, cameries, and windmills piled in the lot. His stock suffered injuries from flying debris and his house was torn from its foundation. Nearby homes of Lark Miller and John Crane were also wrecked with no serious injuries reported.
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Hamburg
Fred Johnson
Lark Miller
John Crane
Hailstorm, Rain Cause Damage Across State
A severe hailstorm near Newton dropped about two inches of hail in spots, damaging early fruits. A cloudburst followed, bringing heavy rain across eastern and central parts of the state with little other harm reported.
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Newton
Iowa Delegates Push 5 Million for St Louis Expo
Gov Shaw travels to Washington with 16 other states to press congress for a 5 million dollar appropriation for the St Louis exposition. Iowa delegates Gardner Cowles of Kossuth and M J Davis of Cass join Gov Shaw at the conference of governors and delegates from the Louisiana Purchase states.
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Gov. Shaw
Washington
Congress
Gardner Cowles
Kossuth
M. J. Davis
Cass
Iowa
New Lincoln Republican Party to Replace Free Silver Group
Minneapolis April 23 Formal announcement of a name change within anti-Republican circles. Lincoln Republicans will succeed Free Silver Republicans as the national silver Republican party folds into a broader platform. Kansas City July 4 will host the transformation as conventions convene and Lincoln sentiment to be celebrated while McKinley critique remains. The Lincoln Republican league operates actively in Illinois Ohio and Minnesota with Minnesota seen as a central hub.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Silver Republican Party
Corser
Lincoln Republicans
National
Lincoln Republican Party
Kansas City
Tyly
McKinley
Lincoln
Lincoln Republican Teague
Tirgan and Towne
Lincoln Republican League
Inois
Ohio
Minnesota
Winter crop report notes delayed work and no damage
The Washington agricultural department reports lows slowed by snow in northern and eastern districts with no fruit or vegetation damage. Wheat seeding behind, oats mostly sown except in a few eastern counties, barley sowing underway. Rain beneficial and well distributed throughout.
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Agricultural Department
Washington
Burglary shootout at McConnellsville bank leaves likely fatal wound
Marshal Porter confronted a burglar at McConnellsville National Bank at 2 pm. The intruder refused surrender and opened fire. Porter’s shot struck him in the left side. The suspect, who carried burglary tools, is unidentifiable and considered a desperate criminal.
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MccConnellsville
Marshal Porter
McConnellsville National Bank
A Mother's Tears Over Childs Severe Skin Ailment
Mrs Guerinot of Rochester writes of her three month old baby plagued by festering boils that covered the neck and back. She credits Hood s Sarsaparilla along with Hood's Medicated Soap and Hood's Olive Ointment for rapid improvement, noting the child’s skin cleared and scales dropped as discharge decreased.
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Hood
Guerinot
Myrtie St
Rochester
N.Y
Dewey Victory Reproduction Draws Noted Guests to Chicago
The Manila Bay victory reproduction attracts top officials and dignitaries including President McKinley and Admiral Soulis. Admiral Dewey and Mrs Jewey, with staff, are expected to attend a May morning showing as the public scene continues to inspire admiration.
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Tors
Chicago
Cue
Manila Bay
Maine
McKinley
Citzen
Admiral Soulis
Capta Mc Calla
Emtrer
Excen
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Jewes
Ermit
Tos
Mystery at the Grand Hotel in Paris Unravels in Comedy
An American woman in Paris spoke English with a dictionary aided French at a Grand hotel. She berated a waiter in a tirade about his supposed French. The maître d’hôtel and the manager investigated as the incident drew attention and curiosity.
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Grand Hotel
Paris
Maitre Hotel
Dhotel
Eders
Chicago Evening News
Catarrh Cure Promises One Hundred Dollar Reward
A health advertising collage touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy, claiming it cures constitutional catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and includes testimonials, plus other consumer ads for Grain-O, Allen's Foot-Ease, Lane's Family Medicine, and assorted quips.
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Hall
Fr. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Tae. Hall
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