Banknote Thickness Sparks Counterfeit Clues and More
The Press notes a flaw in Bank of England notes with thicker left corners to aid vignette impressions, aiding counterfeit detection. Also reported are Juan Valera starting a Madrid magazine “Old Folk,” Spanish immigration to Cuba, an electric Montana railway plan, Dakota legislature funding for territorial history documents, a dynamite fishing accident in Birmingham, a German reception of a U.S. circus, and Archduke Charles attending public school in Vienna signaling a shift in Habsburg education norms.
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Archduke Charles of
Austria
Archduke Otto
Schatten
Vienna
Archduke Charles
Imperial House of Hapsburg
Austra
Steam locomotive on wheels at New York auto show
An old fifty year old steam driven automobile by Richard Dudgeon of Locust Valley stood beside a modern electric hydrant device at the New York auto show. The relic weighs about 2.75 tons, develops eight horsepower, and has reached forty miles per hour, illustrating a bridge between early practical steam carriages and the evolving electric vehicle accessories on display.
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New York
Richard Dudgeon
Locust Valley
Long Island
Big Sum in Dividends Sets Record for January
New York December 24. Dividends totaling over 175 million dollars are expected to be paid in January by major U S corporations the United States government and chartered financial institutions. Over 100 million will go to New York City with Boston 35 million Philadelphia 20 million Chicago 15 million and St Louis and other Western cities 5 million. Payments cover stock dividends bond and mortgage interest and coupon disbursements. The year’s total is forecast to exceed January 1906 by about 10 million and mark a record high. Banks and trust companies prepare to meet withdrawal demands by drawing on country banks and tightening funds to loans in the stock market. High Wall Street money rates reflect the anticipated demand.
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New York
United States
Cxst
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
St Louis
Wall Street
Insurgent Force Cut Up Sixty Men in Philippine Skirmish
Reports from Manila dated December 24 say a detachment of the 9th U S Cavalry including a Lieutenant and sixty men attacked a large insurgent force on the prior Wednesday. Forty five insurgents were counted dead and many wounded, while an American sergeant was wounded in the leg. Rebel losses were described as the heaviest in recent encounters, delaying official casualty reports.
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Tenmat
Manila
Luwon
9Th
U. S. Cavalry
Tnahy
Whee
British Demand over Taboga Seizure Reported in Jamaica
Rumor says British cruiser Pheasant demanded 14 000 as compensation from the Colombian government for the seizure of the Taboga, a 345ton steamer used as a war vessel under the British flag. The clash followed Colombia's seizure of the ship mid voyage, prompting a British naval response.
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Colombia
Kingston
Jamaica
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Liverpool
Colon
General Lee in St Louis visits and speech
Gen Lee spent part of last week in St Louis as guest of the New England Society. He was informally entertained by the University Club with a dinner in his honor. He spoke on the Maine explosion and his Havana observations, visited Jefferson Barracks, attended a dress parade, and left Saturday for Omaha to assume his Missouri Department command.
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Lee
St. Louus
St. Louis
New England Society
University Club
Gen. Lee
Maine
Havana
Jefferson Barracks
Omaha
Department of the Missouri
Mexican Indian Rebellion Pushes 5000 More Troops to Yucatan
Oaxaca reports that 5000 additional government troops will be sent to Yucatan to assist in suppressing the Maya rebellion. A government railroad from Progreso to Chan Santa Cruz will soon be completed to rush reinforcements to the front. Meantime troops in the field suffer from sickness and heavy casualties, with persistent Apache-style tactics by the Maya prolonging the conflict.
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Oaxaca
Mex
Yucatan
Progreso
Chan Santa Cruiz
Smallpox in Indiana and Oklahoma town moves
Dr. T Henry Davis reports 100 new small pox cases in Indiana with an estimated 250 statewide. Allen County accounts for sixty cases. In Guthrie Oklahoma Augusta town in Woods County is relocating two miles to the Kansas City and Orient Railway with trains due in sixty days. Hartford Connecticut health officials begin whole cat extermination amid diphtheria concerns on the fashionable terrace.
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Indiana
Richmond
Ind
T. Henry Davis
State Board of Health
Allen County
Guthrie
Okla
Dee
Augusta
Woods County
Kansas City and Orient Railway
Board of Health of
Hartford
Conn
Cata
Grim South Africa crisis deepens as Boer forces invade
London reports Milner warns of grave Cape Colony danger with heavy censorship in force. British troops falter as De Wet splits forces and Boers threaten Kimberly and De Aar. Gen Clements and French drive Boers from Magaliesberg. 6,000 Northumberland Fusiliers capture position at Nooitgedacht. 80 killed and 1, which wounded. Queen Wilhelmina's wedding gown designers announced.
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London
Newa
South Africa
Alfred Milner
Great Britain
South Afrca
Pretoria
Johanneceburg
Delarey
de Wet
Colemn
Cape Colony
Magaliesberg
Milner
Kimberly
de Aar Aml
Cipe Colony
England
Clements
Mageliesberg
French
Hek~poort
Col
Cookson
Kitchener
2D Mounted Infantry
J Battery
Hill
Inniskilling Funfleets
Border Regiment
Allerson
Gurm
War Office
Nooltgedacht
Barr
Strike at Scranton Impacts 30-Mile Street Car Network
About 300 motormen and conductors in Scranton and the Lackawanna Valley went on strike after General Manager Silliman refused their wage and hour demands. They seek a 10 hour day and 20 cents hourly for veterans, with staged raises for new hires. Company plans to use clerks and Philadelphia reassignments, amid public sympathy for the workers and fears of further trouble if nonunion crews operate the lines.
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Berantos
Gcranton
Lackawanna Valley
Forest City
Pittston
Silliman
Carbondale
Ratea
Philadelphia
Norrntonmes
Bloody riot at Antwerp docks as strikers clash with police
At Antwerp on December 2, nonstop strikes escalated into violent clashes with police. Thousands of workers flooded the Cockerill and Cockers wharf areas, with 2000 strikers trying to halt operations. Police used drawn sabers and revolvers, injuring several officers and wounding rioters. Menaced workers on a steamer Maz and three steamers at the ald basin faced threats during the unrest.
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Antwerp
Cockerill Wharf
Banda
Maz
Cockers Wharf
Ald ‘Basin
Ohio auditor shot dead in War Department office
In Washington on a Saturday afternoon Frank H. Morris auditor of the War Department was shot and killed by Samuel MacDonald another Ohio disbursing clerk. MacDonald wounded a watchman then shot himself. He reportedly confessed and died later from his wounds. A separate Kansas City dispatch notes British Captain Heygate buying 50,000 cavalry horses and mules for South Africa, to be shipped to Cape Town and Durban.
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Washington
Frank H. Morris
Ohio
War Department
Samuel MacDonald
The
Treasury
Winder Building
Seventeenth Street
Morris
MacDonald
Thomas Cusick
Aquar
Mar- Donald
Kansas City
Heygate
Bnglish
South Africa
Yrarage
New Orleans
Cape Town
Durban
New London
United States
Odds and Ends From a Century Ago
A collection of terse notes on diverse topics: agriculture employs more people than any other industry, Vienna tailors and shoemakers are largely of Bohemian descent, Michigan’s extra legislative session cost $17000, a two thirds depth center of pressure for fluids, Fort Ross in Sonoma County was established by Russians in 1911, southern pine roots burn fiercely if resinous, poetic spellings tho and thro are accepted as abbreviations, and the century’s fruitless polar attempts saw 400 lives, $125,000,000 and 200 ships lost.
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Vienna
Michigan
Fort Ross
Sonoma County
Caliifornia
North Pole
Wise and Otherwise in a Humorous Patchwork
A quirky snippet notes that Egyptian dummies are dry subjects and that a woman will forgive lack of sense faster than lack of manners. It comments on style in boarding houses versus food, and jokes about being paid according to self valuation. The passage ends with a fragment about people talking tame before you can finish.
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Dakota Territory
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Ruesel
Germany
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Paria
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Scranton
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Inter Ocean
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Schoder
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renceville,Uinete
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Cincinnati Gazette
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St. Nicholas
Demorest’s Magazine
Harper’s Magazine
Harper's Weekly
Harper’s Young People
Nde
St. Louis Republic
Pleasant Hours
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Fox
Frank Leslie
National Tribune
New York World
Review
Colman
Rural World
BH. & Co
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Pullman Drawing Room
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Tim
Aki
Marne
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