Old Settler Talks in the Capital of Change
William Turpin, aged 67, recalls Washington from a marshy village to the capital. He describes early streets, lack of sidewalks, and moonlit walks to Georgetown where he courted his wife. He details mail logistics in the Civil War era, Shepherd’s city-building, and the city’s growth from postwar to modern transit.
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Tienry Clay
John C. Calhoun
Daniel Webster
Willian T. Turpin
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White House
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Bird Wood Beyind
Potomac
Alexandria
Aldgerows
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Warned by Ireland Archbishop warns against religious party politics
Bt Paul Minn Aug 4 Archbishop Treland in sermons at high mass denounced efforts by Catholic societies to impugn the Road faith of Roosevelt and Taft over church questions in the Philippines He urged Catholics to seek redress through quiet official channels and avoid stirring latent prejudices and forming religious political blocs in America urging harmony and loyalty to the nation.
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Bt Paul
Minn
Treland
Catherdeal de
Mistiselon
Leo Xit
Roosevelt
America
A Unique Baltimore Inspection Engine For Officials
Baltimore and Ohio has completed a novel inspection engine at Mount Clair shops designed for trips by officials. The compact locomotive carries a passenger coach atop the boiler, with asbestos cladding and Brussels carpet flooring. Seats are amphitheater styled for a full view of the track and surroundings, and the car is accessible from the front pilot. The engine can run in either direction.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mount Clair
Pyter
Bread price rise protest in Mexico City shock fuels anger
Indignation mounts in Mexico City over a baker’s pool among six wealthy Spaniards to raise bread prices for two years. Wheat costs have not changed in two years, yet taxes rise, worsening living costs for the poor and lower middle class. A separate note in Venice reports a great Basilica window collapsed after a thunderclap, threatening the church famed for doges’ tombs.
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Mexico City
Old Spain
Venice
St. John and St. Paul
St. Mark's
Immigration curbs target Porto Rico and Philippines arrivals
Washington reports Commissioner General Sargent acting with Secretary Shaw to issue a circular barring Porto Rico and Philippines residents from entering the United States without the same alien inspection applied to other foreigners. The measure aims to tighten entry controls amid ongoing immigration scrutiny.
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Washington
Sargent
Immigration Bureau
Shaw
United States
Porto Rico
Philippines
Sturgis
Brorst
George Puck
George Ostrander
Cuba seeks big loan to aid debt and sugar planters
New York Aug 5 Cuban congress debates a loan of 35 million dollars to relieve the crisis, fund debt from the New York junta, and support cane growers and agriculture. The plan includes a 30 year five percent bond issue and a stamp tax to redeem principal, with U.S. Platt Amendment constraints in view.
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Congress
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Palma
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1Fa
Cuba
Ponsea
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State Department
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Havana
Squires
United States
Sone
Roosevelt
Weather Bureau weekly crop summary reports drought relief and rain spread
The drought lingering in the central and southern Rocky Mountain district worsens in parts of Kansas Nebraska and the north Pacific coast while the western region sees excess moisture in places. Central and southern Texas parts of the Deep South receive rain easing drought, though the Carolinas Georgia and Missouri still report drought and rust. Corn remains promising with excellent progress. spring wheat harvest slows in Minnesota and North Dakota with wind rust and lodging noted. Oregon and Washington spring wheat advances pleased. oats harvest improves across northern districts nearing completion.
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Weather Bureau
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Gas Balloons For Naval Demonstration Off Atlantic Coast
Eleven handmade captive hydrogen balloons are being prepared for a naval demonstration off the Atlantic coast in August. Major Maber and a detachment from Fort Myer are in Frankfort to supervise construction and testing. The first balloon has completed tests using a kerosene motor windlass, achieving short flights before landing with two to four passengers aboard.
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York
Maber
Signal Serrien Balloon Corps
Clifton
Bledsoe
Fort Myer
Washington
Frankfort
Utica
Tigeginsad
Atlantic Coast Line
Train Held Up by Masked Men Near Savanna IL
Two masked robbers halted the Chicago Burlington and Quincy limited two miles north of Savanna at midnight. They cut the Adams express car, torpedoed the track, and forced the engineer to move the engine while they removed the express car. Citizens armed with shotguns and revolvers rushed to aid. about $20,000 is said to have been secured. Chicago reports note machinists at Allie Chalmer Co. refusing non union workers and clashing with union men, including eight non union men assaulted.
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Bure
Maxton
Quincy
Dubuque
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Limited
Allie Chalmer Co
Nourunion
Refused Request Triggers Loyalist Strike Talk in New York
A joint committee of 600 engineers and motormen demands a nine hour day and relay breaks for New York elevated railway workers. They press P M Arthur to intervene as they recount daily tolls under motor car service and insist on five trips per day within nine hours plus meal and rest periods.
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Inkattan Elevated
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
P.M. Arthur
Cleveland
Jenks
Division No. 105
Brotherhood
Twenty-ninth Street
South Percy
OUR MEATS BARRED Germany meat import restrictions noted
Washington reports ambassador White dated July indicating Germany will enforce a meat inspection law from April 1 1900 with an October 1 1900 effective paragraph. Prohibited imports include hermetically sealed meats dog meat horse and other solipeds and meats treated with various chemicals. Fresh meats may enter Germany only in whole carcasses or clearly halved.
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Germany
Washington
State Department
Ambassador White
Berlin
Michard Guenther
Frankfort
Des Moines gambler crackdown murder shocks city
Isaac Finkelstein who led a drive to close eight gambling houses in Des Moines was murdered at night near East Walrus Alley. He was struck on the head and died before help arrived, with witnesses nearby. Police consider the killing linked to his anti gambling actions and prosecutions.
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Des Moines
Isaac Finkelstein
East Walrus
Finkelstein
Accident at Highland Park meeting in Detroit race
In the fourth race a four and a half curling dash for four year olds ten starters. four fell after the barrier release. Lady Gallantry caused the trouble with Sto bled, Jockey Adams, and Enhance with Minder. Lirw, Exaps, and Kinsler were unseated or injured. Kinsler was able to rise. others carried to jockeys room with serious bruising.
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Ang
Cansidy
Lady Gallantry
Sto
Adams
Enhance
Tuckey Minder
C. Kelly
Exaps
Kinsler
Sardegna Arrives With Stranded Schooner in Tow
The Ita Ham steamer Sardegna arrived from Genoa and Naples to port yesterday morning towing a small two-masted schooner named Notice. Capt. Montana reported the crew found the crippled vessel drifting with decks crowded and four persons aboard. The mate stated Capt. Antonio Tamon had lost someone overboard.
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Genoa
Naples
Montana
Cratahe
Hirava
Antonio Tamon
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