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A fragmentary column discusses social topics and inventions including waterproof gear for sea wearers, cotton industry notes, Bible translations in the Balkans, and a Brooklyn library garden project. It links literacy, public spaces, and fraternal organizations with evolving American life.
Superstition and drought linked to exhumation demand in Crech village
A Berlin correspondent reports a Crech Mets village belief that a schoolmaster’s grave holds a cushion with feathers causing drought. Villagers want exhumation while distant Paris beggar tale adds unrelated theft note about 300,029 francs found in a belt.
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Crech
Mets‘chin
Thore
Opera Jiese
Paris
Allied forces enter Pactingfu as clashes spread
An unofficial report says Allied guards entered Pactingfu on Wednesday October 17 while the city was largely deserted. British troops claim success against Borers in Wenan-Sien region, capturing 17 imperial soldiers and killing 200. Canton region battles see Admiral Ho repelling rebels, 190 slain. Shanghai notes include 1009 French troops taking Tech o and rebels denouncing Manchu misrule. Local mandarins protest desecration of graves by khaki soldiers.
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Colwok
Wenan-Sien
Pa-Chow
Cuba's Governor Arrives for Washington and Havana
Maj Gen Leonard Weed, Cuba's governor, leaves Havana for Washington and plans to return before October ends to attend the constitutional convention. He notes Havana's yellow fever decline, cites Spanish immigrant exposure, and outlines a quarantine plan while many immigrants seek work in the city’s warehouses and factories.
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Washington
Cube
New York
Leonard Weed
Cuba
Havana
Tuma
Toy
Wae ne Wreck to Paris Disaster Strikes New Metro Line
In Paris on October 2 the newly inaugurated Metropolitan underground rail system suffered its first disaster. Two trains collided near the Place de la Concorde after one entered the station and backed out. Thirty passengers were injured with two fatalities amid darkness and debris. Rescue efforts used lanterns as wounded were taken to hospital. service disruption lasted several hours.
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Exposition Station
Champs Elysees
Place de la Concorde
Place de la Concone
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Third Man Found Guilty in Goebel Assassination Case
Georgetown Ky October 2 Henry Youtsey found guilty of Goebel murder. Jury fixes life term. Verdict rendered after tense court session. Youtsey collapsed in his cell as guard restrained him. courtroom scene showed emotions of wife and father. Judge Cantrill instructed jurors on legal duties amid extreme strain.
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Georgetown
Henry Youtney
Gov. Goebel
Otorgo
Col Nelson Wee
Cantrill
Bryan Keeps the Pace at Ithaca Rally
Democratic leader William Jennings Bryan addressed two meetings in Rochester and Ithaca, then traveled to Elmira. In Ithaca a verbal bout occurred with Cornell students while two groups of women disrupted the gathering from a high school window and banner protests arose as the crowd of about 10,000 cheered.
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New York Central
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Elmira
Ithaca
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Chicago suicide at home linked to quiet tragedy
Near Wits Bangs Peiffer hanged himself while his wife sewed by a window at their Chicago residence. He had recently lost work and faced a Washington test in October. Governor Roosevelt arrived in Washington from the west, with a special train passing Sixth Street. A separate New York report details Angelo Gounslo’s eye injury from a premature explosion at Bedford Park, where surgeons found sixteen stones in the orbit of the left eye and removed bone and facial fragments.
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President Mitchell on anthracite miners' wage settlement
Hazleton Pa Oct 2 President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers said public pressure should not block a settlement. He cited Scranton convention terms for a 10 percent wage advance, abolition of the sliding scale, and guaranteed payment through April 1, noting only the Schuylkill district fully accepted the terms and several Lehigh and Lackawanna firms have not.
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Urere
Scranton
Angers
Serantiki Coteh
Lehigh
Coxe Bros. & Co
G. E Markie [ Co
Lehigh and Wilkesarte Company
Lehigh Cost and Navigation Company
Lackawanna
Wyoming
Schuylkill
Anthracite Strike Plans Threaten Wider Coalfield Action
Hazleton and Palu leaders unveil a plan to joint hard and soft coal miners demanding simultaneous concessions. With 160000 workers backing them, the union aims to trigger a nationwide walkout next March across Illinois Indiana Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Unrest at Markle mine continues amid raids and violence.
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Louis
United States
T. D. Ryantt
Illinois
Jona Mitchell
Tediana
Ohio
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Pennsylvania
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Markle
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Kruger Embarks Amid Boer Tensions and British Scrutiny
London reports Kruger secretly left at 5 o clock aboard a Dutch cruiser bound for Holland. He fled governors house in a hired carriage with Dr Haymann, amid fears of anti-Boer hostilities. In Brussels King Leopold and Belgian authorities aim to avoid anti-English demonstrations while the Boers claim victory at Jagersfontein.
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Mr. Krager
Holnea
Er. Kruger
Governors House
Dr. Haymann
Bressels
London
Brussels
Leonard
Krager
Kroger &S
Ships in peril as three vessels unreported at sea
San Francisco dispatch reports concern over three ships missing since May and October. Wachusett from Newcastle to Kahului had not arrived by October 10, driving up insurance to 90 percent. similar risk noted for Li Machae from Callao to Copilia and McNishy bound for Freemantle. Alex McNeil also unreported. insurers hedge. Ohio Society confirms President McKinley will attend the April launch of the battleship Ohio at Calon Iron Works.
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Cal
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Calon Iron Works
Baldwin Locomotive Works Lands Major Orders
Philadelphia Oct 20 The Baldwin Locomotive works wheel shops have been very busy for months booking two large domestic orders. One order calls for thirty freight locomotives for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad and the other for thirty two engines for the Union Pacific company. A firm official denies a report that promotives were ordered by the South African railway director.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
Chicago, Benningston & Quincey Rilroad
Union Parific Company
Fim
South African Railway
Democratic State Committee Holds Vacancies in Electors
The Democratic State Committee met at the Laclede building in St Louis to address vacancies on the state ticket caused by resignations of Merman Pufall James A Reed and W A Bothwell as presidential electors Pufall who faced ineligibility due to a Polk county prosecutor run was replaced by Thomas J Delaney Reed Kansas City mayor and Randolph county prosecutor James A Waddell were resigning as electors at large prompting a committee vote with 22 members present and proxies to substitute new electors
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Democratic State Committee
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Merman Pufall
James A. Reed
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Pufall
Polk Conoly
Kansas City
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Attorpry
Randolph County
Thomas J. Delaney
Springfield
Mr. Putfall
John L. Peak
Kansas
James A. Waddell
Rothwell
Election by Women Elects Illinois Club Officers
Rockford IL Oct 20 Following is the list of officers elected today by the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs President Mrs Thaddeus P Stanwood Evanston vice president at large Mrs Sever Fest recording secretary Mr Sadie Cox Hudson corresponding secretary Mrs Susan Tibbets Quincy treasurer TS Edward C Lambert Jacksonville District vice presidents Second Mrs C L Curtis Fourth Mrs Lea D ty Pethasy Sixth Mrs John Werth Elabth Mrs Jexaie Edwaod teat Stes Flora BE Graham Wettabth Nettie Keraga Fourteenth Stre na Schipper sixteenth Mrs Thomas Pitner eighteenth renczt twweb pteth Mrs Mary B Werner
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Cin
Rockford
Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs
Thaddeus P. Stanwood
Evanston
Mire
Sever Fest
Sadie Cox
Hudson
Susan Tibbets
Quincy
Edward C. Lambert
Jacksonville
C. L. Curtis
Lea D Ty Pethasy
John Werth
Jexaie Edwaod
Flora BE. Graham
Great Dance of Indians Near Turtle Lake Wisconsin
A fragmented 19th century style notice describes a large gathering of Indigenous people near Turtle Lake Wisconsin for a monumental dance and feast. It notes many Indians travel from Iowa Nebraska the Dakotas and other western states to attend the event amid marshland fire lights and ceremonial passages.
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Nebraska
Dakotas
Nevada bank robbery ends in deadly blast
In Nevada Iowa masked men dynamited a bank, killing a guard. They ransacked the vault, securing about 3000 dollars before escaping. Constable William Maron fired on them as the alarm rang. Sheriff Swine led a posse with bloodhounds in pursuit, but the robbers fled.
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Nevada
Fefo
Ate
Esse
Ted
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Swine
Rev S. F. Bandy Found Dead in City Hall Cell
Chicago report states Rev S F Bandy a Baptist minister and Arkansas City native was found with throat wounds in his city hall cell after an August 27 shooting of Jennie Coker, who was seriously wounded in her bedroom by an unknown assailant linked to him. Bandy fled to Nashville then disappeared.
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Chicago
Bandy
Wes
Arkansas City
Baster
Colored Baptist Church
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Randy
Was
Nashville
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Miss Massey Denney Hair-affair Stirs New Castle
In New Castle Indiana on October 20 Miss Pearl Massey daughter of a local druggist and violin teacher, was assaulted by Mrs. William Denney a fellow music instructor after Denney accused Massey of flirting with her husband. The fracas left Massey with hair torn out and blackened eyes. Nearby in St Louis Missouri on October 24 the Choctaw Gulf Railroad announces change in management with Col Henry Wood replaced by Frank L. Goren.
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William Denney
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Choctaw, Oklah Gulf Railroad Company
Col
Henry Wood
Frankla I. Goren Io
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