Massachusetts moves to annul Williams banish edict
A Sumner Gazette item notes attempts in Massachusetts to repeal the 200 year old banishment edict against Roger Williams. The piece quips that Williams is not worried, while a Wisconsin minister sues for two unpaid wedding fees. It mentions social scenes in Washington and a Chicago man sentenced for polygamy, ending with Gov. Stanley of Kansas and a bi-handed signature claim.
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Massachusetts
Roger Williams
Roger
Wisconsin
America
Washington
Paris reaches Belfant shipyard after mishaps and repairs
The American steamer Paris narrowly escaped the Manacles and was thought lost before reaching Belfant shipyard for repairs. The vessel has endured many ups and downs, yet owners stay hopeful as long as it has one more up than down. Mrs Lawton learned of a large sum raised by patriotic Americans only after the transport reached San Francisco and wept with relief. She recalled Henry’s dream of a home for their children and said she had despaired of it.
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Paris
Belfant
San Francisco
Sailors fear fire ghosts in forecastle of Hattie G Nixon
Sailors aboard the Baltimore schooner Hattie G Nixon refused to sleep in the forecastle after witnessing “balls of fire” adrift near a cargo of phosphorus. The crew blamed rubbing against the cargo for the eerie spectacle.
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Barkentine
Hattie G. Nixon
Baltimore
Spockosophiecal Society
Doings of a Week A Review of Last Seven Days
A condensed review of recent events from the United States and abroad. The Senate discussed an amendment to a financial bill on bimetallism and a measure to create a department of commerce and industries. House actions included a minister to the South African republics, a soldiers home bill for Johnson City Tennessee, and tariff rates on Porto Rican coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Lorta Rica
Smith
Johnson City
Tenn
United States
Senate
Depew
Pettigrew
Schurman
Philippine Commission
New Yorker
South Dakota
House
Sth
Department of Commerce and Industries
Porto Rico
Republican congressional campaign committee formed
From Washington report notes J W Babcock of Wisconsin chairs the committee. A SeHee of war says 10 045 152 Americans are available for military acts. A treaty with England allows building the Nicaragua canal. Aguinaldo may have escaped Luzon. Susan B Anthony presiding over the 32nd NAWSA convention in Washington. Admiral Dewey awarded a gold medal by the Union League Club of Brooklyn for Manila Bay achievement.
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J. W. Babcock
Wisconsin
Repubican
Congress
England
United States
Nicaragua
War Department
Aguinaldo
Luzon
Susan B. Anthony
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Washington
Admiral Dewer
Union League Club of
Brooklyn
XN. Y
Manila Bay
Grain supplies and notable deaths across the country
United States grain on the fifth showed wheat 4 363 000 bushels corn 14 583 000 oats 5 776 000 rye 1 134 000 barley 1 690 000 near Huntington barge Wilson sank Captain John Finley and wife drowned William Henry Gilder died at Morristown H E Wolcomb of New Bedford assigned liabilities 1 351 438 Mother Elizabeth Strange founder of Sisters of Mercy died in Pittsburgh Miner Beal & Co Boston firm failed liabilities 450 000 Din Cook died at Albany Fort Smith 1893 convict William M Evarts wife event at age eighty two blind.
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United States
Huntington
L. I
Wilson
John Finley
William Henry Gilder
Morristown
Nlt
H.e.wolcomb
New Bedford
Mass
Elizabeth Strange
Order of Sisters of Mercy
Pittsburgh
Boston
Miner, Beal & Coa
Din” Cook
Fort Smith
Ark
Albany
N. Y
New York
William M. Evarts
Tle
Chicago jobless toll and political shifts swirl in news
Labor readers warn 45090 Chicago men may be unemployed amid building trade woes. California elects Thomas Bard to succeed Stephen White as U S Senator. Chicago recruiters claim 650 enlistments. Lawton’s body lies in state in Indianapolis. Dynamite blast at Crystal Falls mine kills two, injures. Corbett and Jeffries to box in San Francisco April 10. Kentucky governorship unsettled as Taylor’s stance looms. Escanaba plant fire causes 150000 loss. Black Hawk tragedy ends in wife and daughter’s deaths by husband. Nebraska GOP set Lincoln convention for May 2. Wisconsin farmer Ott kills family then self. Rail wreck near Escanaba kills nine, injures six. Col Richard W Thompson dies at 91. Chicago records 50 degree drop in 15 hours and 62 mph winds. Bank robbed at Malden by masked men of 5600. Corcoran in South Bend sets 40 yards world mark. Collinsville tornado injures many. Kentucky incumbents seek federal court to block unseating. Governor Taylor remains resisting. Cuba opens 1878 primary schools with 100000 attendance.
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Chicago
California
Thomas R. Bard
Rep
United States
Stephen M. White
Henry W. Lawton
State Capitol
Indianapoli
George Mackey
John Jacobson
Crystal Falls
Mich
James J. Corbett
James J. Jeffries
San Francisco
Kentucky
Gov
Taylor
Louisville
National Cooperage & Woodenware Company
Escanaba
Richard W. Thompson
Ayes
Terre Nante
Ind
Malden
South Bend
Corcoran
Collinsville
Frye
Cuba
Strong Man Die In Boston Kept Size Record For Lifts
From Manila transports Indiana Pathan and Sherman arrived at San Francisco with officers and sick and discharged soldiers. James Walter Kennedy, aged 40, described as the strongest man in the world, died in Boston after lifting 4 210 pounds. James Robinson fatally shot his wife and himself at Whitman Nebraska. a quarrel was the cause.
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Manila
Indiana
Pathan
Sherman
San Francisco
James Walter Kennedy
Boston
James Robinson
Whitman, Neb
British forces secrecy fuels South African rumors
London hears rumors of important movements in northern Cape Colony as British operations remain secret. Reports from Manila claim insurgents pushed from Legaspi. 12 American soldiers guarding bull carts ambushed in Luzon with half killed. Global violence and disasters cited include a Nagoya factory fire killing 60, a British generals’ maneuvers near Lady Smith, and Nordweni attacks in Zululand. A Danville Quebec bank branch was robbed of $5,000.
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London
Cape Colony
Orani
Luzon
Manila
Legaspi
Albay Bay
Albay
Tayabas
Brussels
Charles Francois Felu
Hfe
Nagoya
China
British Columbia
Lady
Smith
Buller
Lord Roberts
Koryamura
House of Commons
Tuller
Poer
Tairysmith
Nordweni
Zululand
People’s Bank of Halifax
Danville
Que
Free Silver Coinage Substituted in Senate Debate
In the U S Senate Senator Jones of Arkansas proposes a free silver coinage substitute to the pending currency bill. Senator Alli son presents credentials of colleague John H Gear of Iowa for a six year term from March 4, 1901. House does no business all day except 35 private pension bills pass in the evening. Advices from Manila report a complete cessation of war in southern Luzon. Many other political, military and local events follow across the nation and abroad.
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United States Senate
Jones
Ark
Allison
John H. Gear
Iown
Allen
House
Manna
Luzon
Kentucky
London
Louisville
Taylor
Beriah Grown
West
Anaconda
Mont
Benjamin Royce
Dixie
Wash
Frank Royce
Chicago
South Africa
Buller
Tugela River
James Lt. Brown
Jersey City
Gebhart
John Wesley Merritt
Concord
X.I
Lawton
Arington
Will Golson
Birmingham
Ala
Robert Warneck
Richard Wainwright
McKinley
United States Naval Academy
Custer
C. T
James Abney
J. Walter Kennedy
Seuler
Boston
United States
W. N. Randall
Durand
Nuller
Ladysmith
Kimberley
Moline
Martin Jordan
Missouri
Boers advance under Joubert near Ladysmith
News from London and Durban report Boer forces marching under Joubert toward Buller to outflank the British. a 6000-strong column crossed the Tugela and moved to sever Buller’s retreat while Boers also hold key positions near Chieveley. Reports from Kimberley describe dire rationing and rising death tolls among garrisoned troops.
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London
Durban
Joubert
Buller
Loers
Tugela
Ladysmith
Kimberley
Nicaragua Canal Treaty Text Published in Washington
Washington February 7. The text of the new Nicaragua canal treaty outlines construction options under U S government auspices including direct cost gift loan or stock purchases. It establishes neutralization rules from the Constantinople agreement and sets open access blockades restrictions transit rules and belligerent conduct with ratifications to be exchanged within six months.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Articeles
United States
Great Britain
Constantinople
Suez Maritime Canal
Senate
London
Washington, D. C
President Taft Named Chairman of New Philippine Commission
Washington Feb 7 President appoints Judge William H Taft of Cincinnati to head the new Philippine commission. Judge Henry F Severens of Grand Rapids will replace Taft on the Sixth circuit bench. The cabinet announced the commission will replace the old body and some members may join the new group.
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Taft
Philippine Commission
Washington
William H. Taft
Cincinnati
United States
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Henry F. Severens
Grand Rapids
Mich
Alphonso Taft
Grant
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati Times-Star
Flo
Yale
Cincinnati Law School
Internal Revenue
United States Court of Appeals
Helen N. Herron
John W. Herron
Tornado Injures Many In St Louis Area
Storms and high winds battered St Louis and nearby areas between two and four this morning. Damage to property reported across the city and vicinity with 60 mph winds, a record low barometer, and 1.9 inches of rain. Fourteen injuries at Collinsville and a snowstorm following in Jefferson City plus widespread weather disturbances across Missouri and surrounding states.
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St. Louis
Weather Bureau
Jefferson City
Anton Kleister
Collinsville
Iowa Legislature Hears Broad Tax and Reform Proposals
Des Moines reports reveal bills in the senate and house proposing tax changes for libraries and state universities, bar admission preparation, street railway regulation, and gambling prohibitions. Other measures include tax exemptions for charitable property, convicts labor limits, sheriff pay revisions, and new state boards, with adjournment plans and funding requests for asylums, schools, and road districts.
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Des Moines
Senate
School For the
Vinton
House
Iowa
Clarinda Asylum
Veterinary Board of Examiners
Supreme Court
Mount Pleasant Asylum
Jawa Industrial School
Eldora
State Agricultural College
Executive Council
James W. Grimes
James Harlan
National Capitol
Woodbury County
Cedar Rapids
Wwo Mills
Mitchelville Girls’ Reform School
Tragic stabbing at Cherry Station provokes deadly shooting
In Cherry Station near the Kentucky line Jim Gordon a Black farmhand attacked Mrs. George Rollins a respected white woman over money with a butcher knife. Rollins heard screams and shot Gordon twice then beat his brains with the gun butt Gordon died on the scene Rollins later reported to authorities
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Hopkinsville
Cherry Station
Tenn
Moss
Kentucky Line
Jim Gordon
George Rollins
Duke of Westminster sails to join Milner staff
London reports the Duke of Westminster embarked at Southampton on the steamer Norman to resume his post on Sir Alfred Milner's staff as British high commissioner in South Africa. Princess Adolphus of Teck and Lady Arthur Grosvenor accompany him.
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London
Duke of Westminster
Norman
Southampton
Alfred Milner
South Africa
Princess Adolphus of Teck
Arthur Grosvenor
Private banks of A J Swenson suspend operations
A telegraph from St. Peter Minnesota reports the private banks of A J Swenson at New Ulm and Lafayette Minnesota have suspended business. Liabilities exceed assets by about four thousand to six thousand dollars.
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Minneapolis
Glossary of dry goods terms and a Leipsic concert recall
The Chicago Dry Goods Reporter defines numerous fabric terms from Couteau to Boucle and Bourette including Tam o Shanter and Toque. The item closes with a brief note on Mascagni and the Scala orchestra in Leipsic where Pierre was recalled 20 times amid enthusiastic applause.
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Chicago Dry Goods Reporter
Mascagni
Scala Orchestra
Leipsic
Pierre
Saloon stay order limited in Des Moines case
Des Moines saloons close under a stay order believed to be general but later clarified as limited to the issuing case. Some wholesale liquor houses moved stocks to safekeeping to avoid destruction. Also reported is the death of Booker Fox a 106 year old colored Methodist minister from Ottumwa, once a Tennessee slave and father of 27 children, noted for memory and scripture recall.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Booker Fox
Ottumwa
Tennessee
Farmer and wife nabbed after killing infant for sacrifice
Charles Spencer a farmer six miles north of Louilla held his infant in freezing cold until the child died. His wife watched calmly as neighbors, after a fierce chase, captured the couple. They claimed a warning from Cod that they must sacrifice the child.
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Charles Spencer
Louilla
Spencer
White Cross Visiting Nurse Association Offers In-Home Nursing
The White Cross Visiting Nurse Association with central office in Chicago is ready to place skilled medical-surgical nurses with the sick poor in their own homes across country towns and cities. Nurses work under local committee direction. Apply to President Dr. S Sherman at 00 West Van Buren Street, Chicago for conditions.
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White Cross Visiting Nurse Association
Chicago
S$. Sherin
West van Buren Street
Fire destroys major buildings in Fayette and Marshalltown tragedy
A blaze at Hoover's bicycle store in Fayette swept the Sanborn block and several structures including Scobey & Duncan warehouse, city fire department building, offices of Drs Parker and McLean, City meat market, James Bros grocery, and Dorman & Forbes residence and dental parlors. Loss estimated at 60000. In Sioux City, Oscar A. Goodrich murder trial halted as Justice Ferris discharged him after prosecution evidence. no defense evidence presented. In Marshalltown, 20 year old William Shettel died from kerosene explosion injuries while lighting a fire, his house severely burned as he ran through rooms. his father severely burned trying to help.
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Hoover
Fayette
Sanborn
Scobey & Duncan
City Fire Department
Drs. Parker and McLean
City Meat Market
James Bros. Grocery Store
Dorman & Forbes
Sioux City
Oscar A. Goodrich
John FE. Robson
Ferris
Goodrich
William Shettel
Marshalltown
Terrible Accident and Civil undertakings in Iowa
A saw accident in Brooklyn leaves Mr. Evans dead after severe injuries. Iowa items report court contract to H. C. Koch & Co. for Fort Dage courthouse at 100000, orphan home work by Lutherans in Waverly, and a Webster City postal exam on March 7. Also noted are deaths of William Dugan of South Garry Owen and Dwight J. Norton Sr., several town incidents, and civil notices including bank incorporation in Ottumwa and new post offices in Luton and Varnia.
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Board of Supervisors
Fort Dage
H. C. Koch & Co
Milwaukee
Waverly
Lutheran Synod
Civil Service Commission
Webster City
William Dugan
South Garry Owen
Jackson County
Iowa College At
Grinnell
Tawa State Retail Grocers” Association
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Milwaukee Road
Calmar
Humble
Shaeffer
Wyman
Joseph Herrad
Dubuque
Jeff
Bank of
Anna Vlatt
Burlington
A. J. Edmonds
Milwaukee Yards
Mason City
Sioux City & Dakota Division
Sioux City
Sinois Central
Independence
Luton
Sac County
Gust Holm
Varnia
Pocahontas County
Frank A. Thompson
William McDonald
Viroqua
Wis
Vinton
McCormick
Lyons
John Schaffer
Emmetsburg
A. G. Schulte
Keokuk County
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Deafness Remedy Prize
An early 20th century advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube mucosa and claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh related deafness. It offers one hundred dollars for unsolved cases and promotes accompanying pills and circulars from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney& Co
Toledo
Fragmented 19th Century Ad Snippets and Anecdotes
A collage of stray notices and quips from Chicago era papers. It recalls John T. Blair’s boast about owning a road and charging fares, a college trial offer misleadingly dated, an editor’s quip about a grocer presumed dead, and a dairy advice vignette stressing cleanliness and Ivory Soap. The fragments mix satire, ads, and local commentary with minimal context.
Glimpses Across the Sea and Far Places in The Times
A collage of notes on books, travel, and ads from an early 20th century page. Mentions Sam TL, the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway purchase of a book edition, travel lines to Florida and Cuba, and various consumer notices. Includes jokes, remedies, hotel ads, and promotional blurbs with multiple named places and companies.
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Sam TL
Yang
Pars Ge Deere
Chicago
Milwaukee
Florida
West Indies
Central America
Oatidas
Cuba
Porto Rico
Ameren
Nassau
Doane
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Lona
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
Orleans
J. K. Ridgely
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Thompsonville, Conn
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Iowa State News
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Chicago Evening News
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