U S Minister Conger Sends Cipher Cablegrams From Pekin
Cipher dispatch from Pekin warns that continued shelling by Chinese troops endangers lives in the British legation. Conger reports alive and asks for quick relief to prevent a general massacre. State Department translates and relays details to Secretary Hay for action.
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Washington
United States
Conger
Pekin
State Department
En Dave
Shanghai
Hay
Secretary of State
Fowioe
Che Foo
Pekin East City
Grand Island Nominates Nebraska Populist Ticket
At Grand Island Nebraska on July 20 1900 the road populist convention formed a new party the Populist Party of Nebraska nominated a state ticket adopted a platform and pledged support for Barker and Donnelly while demanding government issued money free coinage river water and public ownership of utilities and railways through direct people control. Delegates heard welcomes from Omaha and Otoe officials and elected E F Moriarty secretary.
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Grand Island
Fiddle of the Road
Populist Party of
Nebraska
Alfred Fawkner
Omaha
Arthur
Platt
A. Lott Bledsoe
Otoe
E. F. Moriarty
Mixed cattle sale report with price fluctuations
Fragmented OCR notes describe a cattle sale with bids and varied prices. References to weights, lighter stock, and packsers appear alongside scattered prices from around 3.85 to 6.00 per unit. The text notes lower market activity and a range of feeder lamb and yearling values.
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Pat Fully Vocal
Sewothers
Market Mead Native Steers Sail Smooth Through Trade
A brief note records market activity with native steers and a reference to cere co eellera, followed by a quoted price of 2 dollars and 50 cents per unit and a total of 64.40. The entry reads like a stock or commodity ledger from the local market column.
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Cere Co Eellera
Suisse
Li Hung Chang Not Officially Called Upon
The consuls decide not to formally summon Li Hung Chang in Shanghai, avoiding an official call while the matter remains under discussion.
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Li Hung Chang
Japan Tin presses Stenaithi pe Seas Soare line
Unclear OCR text mentions a shipment or arrival on the Usen Kaisha line Seas Soare orien railway. Details are garbled with missing or misread words making the exact event, participants, and location indiscernible.
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Japan
Stenaithi
Z. C
Tyes
Kaisha
Seas Soare
Orien
Ranks and forms of address in historic nobility
The text outlines how dukes are addressed as His Most Noble and right trusty and entirely beloved. It notes dukes historically as military leaders guarding marcher limits, and reviews marquises viscounts and sheriffs with their respective forms of address. It references evolution from writs to letters patent for baton bearers.
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Marchés
Ree ne arthur 018 lot Faw d dining oo eel Wei-Halte
Readable fragments mention a dining area and a place called Wei-Halte with unclear specifics. The text is garbled and lacks coherent events or named persons to form a clear news item.
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Arthur
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Taflick
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CHTV
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Hung Chang
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