Clash Over Civil Service Examinations in Baltimore
Baltimore officials clash as William A. Stone protests doctors and Civil Service actions. Stone argues exams were ordered without proper consent and seeks to hold commissioners to account. The case draws treasury and local officials into a political dispute with examinations and eligibility rules under scrutiny.
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Baltimore
Stone
Civil Service Commission
Treasury
Orientor
Purkey Family Struck by Mysterious Hydropatia Plague
In Bourton aug a Purkey family faces a strange illness called hydroprotia affecting Andrew Purkey two children. A dog incident near Mitchell triggered fear as a toothache and kitchen accident coincide with symptoms. Physicians attend the family as they seek safety from the outbreak in their home.
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Bourton
Imu
Andrew Purkey
Mitchell
Mr. Perkey
Secretary Roots Family Draws Public Eye in New York
Washington August The family of the new secretary of war, Mira Root, draws public glare as she prepares for life in the cabinet circle. Edith, eldest daughter, and the household restlessly adjust to the social spotlight while the secretary and his wife manage the social strains of their New York residence near Central Park. A separate plaza incident reports a blush reacting to kiss insects, and an advertorial note promotes Dean's Ointment for skin relief.
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Washington
Spm
Mira Root
Edith
Artington
Sorrow by Death of Their Colours
The body of Colonel Alexander Hawkins of the Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment, United States volunteers, who died abroad after cancer, is to be taken home for interment. The transport Senator arrived from Yokohama with Hawkins aboard, and regimental officers and men mourn the loss while preparations to land and honor him proceed.
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San Francisco
Aus
United States
Senator
Mahia
Alexander Hawkins
Pennayiveanta Regiment
United States Volunteers
Mantle
Nagasaki
Philippines
Stanila
Yokohama
Era
Malolos
Ube Geesel
Ley
Wilte
Pensy Sylvanit
Clone Hawkine
Barnett
Barnett Browght
Yokohameas
Teft
Japan
Hal Gosen
Pennsylvania
San Francetsco
Hatte
Pamec
Archer
Polionr
Owever
Phiadelphia
Bat Ee
Johny Bar
Greensburg
Cnt
Sereeveah
John MM. Beall
Postmoney Airline
Philadelphia
Alexander Coulter
M.D. Ogden
Gages Stam
Pittsburg
M. M. Lear
Denver
Greenstore
W. A. Lear
Coloel Hefiry Hall
Poe Sena “Times
Govi Stone
Golden Gate
Oregon
Nebraska
Hawking
Coronet Mincas Rise After Decisive Battle Amid War
Fragmentary passage notes increasing coronet Mincas after a decisive battle. Mentions illness developing rapidly in a certain climate and a voyage or embarkation linked to wartime events. Details are incomplete but imply a sequence tied to a conflict and leadership display.
Riches of Hanna Invested at Eight Percent Revealed
A Cleveland report estimates Senator Mark Hanna’s wealth at about eight million dollars derived from coal and zinc mines and iron ventures. The piece outlines projected annual income around several figures, noting Hanna’s continued financial security and leisure plans including a lakefront house, winter retreat, steam yacht, and a stable of racing horses for his family.
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Cleveland
Mark Hanna
Wereeersional Tonveston
Seria
Meares
Teremt
I Ss
Fanek Fils
Serene Aren
Hanna Bse
Hanna
Lake Avenue
Nia City
Thomseilie
Eamrouid
Shafter Denounces Care for Sick on Morgan City Voyage
Major General W B R Shafter blames federal customs officials for delays in receiving sick and wounded aboard the Morgan City. He accuses army and port authorities of neglect and shunning the men as they waited on the wharf for hours without food or water. An inquiry by Surveyor Spear and Deputy Surveyor Bt. John follows, with officials defending their actions and maintaining no intent to antagonize Shafter.
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San Francisco
W. BR. Shafter
Morgan City
Port Jackson
Port Spear
John
Tim Mator
Anathe
Climom
Jacl
Eas
Bean
Es Feild
Azer Wate Talshooda
Pune
General Shafter
Pete
Moore
Merle
Schowell
Eustema
Suit by ex convict against Chattahoochee Brick Co
Atlanta man Wiram Raphael, an ex convict, sues the Chattahoochee Brick Co for 300.40 claiming he was forced to work 337 Sundays while imprisoned from September 189 to June 19. He argues convicts cannot be compelled to labor on the Sabbath and bases his claim on that principle.
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Atlanta
Wiram Haphael
Chattahoochee Brick Company
Raphael
Clara Barton Calls Cuban Reconcentrados Plight Demand Aid
Miss Clara Barton declares the Cuban reconcentrados plight demands swift action and outlines a rescue plan. She cites 60,000 destitute orphans scattered across Cuban towns, supported by local residents and Red Cross workers. Women volunteers, including Catalina’s Young Ladies’ Club, would staff smaller, local asylums with oversight.
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New York
Clara Barton
Reconcentrados
Barton Saye
Red Cross
Uwalbed
Young Ladies’ Club
Catalina
Dewey Meets a Princess in Istanbul reminiscence with Maury de Ligours
Admiral Dewey received autograph albums from Hossfeld containing signatures of Turkish officials and Princess Maury de Ligours, an American previously known as Miss Williams. Dewey recalled meeting her in Constantinople years earlier aboard the Wabash. The princess later married an Italian prince now serving as an Austrian Lloyds inspector. Dewey’s days have been quiet, with Olympia sailors recovering from fever and Olympia expected to San Diego on Friday after leaving port Tuesday.
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Trieste
Aug
Conwa
Hossfeld
Admiral Dewey
Maury de Ligours
Williams
Turkey
Constantinople
Steght
Wabash
Lloyds
Francis Joseph
Olympia
Sanies
Story of the First Shot at Manila by Grayson Soldier
William W. Grayson, an American soldier linked to a Nebraska regiment, recounts firing the first shot that started the war with the Philippines from a sleepily tense Manila outpost. He describes the ambush and rapid exchange of fire that followed, killings on both sides, and the broader eruption of fighting from Caloocan to the bay as the Filipinos resisted encroachment.
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Manila
San Francisco
Cal
William W. Grayson
Nebraska
St. Louie
Price
T. Haencock
Grayson
Sante Mesa
Pather
Orville Miller
Miller
No. 7
Phey
Filipe
Ceutenant
Pine Line
Enery
Caloocan
Bay
Stotzenburg
Stotsenburg
Odd Fellows Excited by Belmont Blackballing Rumpus
Newport Rhode Island Aug reports of a public disclosure that Oliver H P Belmont was blackballed last Tuesday by Excelsior Lodge sparked a statewide melee within the Odd Fellows order. Grand Lodge and local committees announce investigations, with the aim to uncover the offender and determine if lodge rules were violated.
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Oliver E. P. Belmont
Newport
R. TL
Odd Meliowa
Rhode Island
Olver H. P. Belmont
Odd
Belmont
Grand Lodge
Odd Fellows Excelsior Lodge
Helmont
Chicagoan Purchases Mexican Coffee Plantation
Chicagoan George D. Cook and associates acquire the Cafetal Careta plantation in Oaxaca, Oaxaca state. The 00 acre estate includes 310,000 coffee trees producing about two pounds yearly per tree. Machines valued around 200,000 dollars accompany the purchase amid celebratory remarks.
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Mexico
City of Mexico
George D. Cook
Chicago
Cafetal Careta
Oaxaca
Tragic tale of forbidden love between Samoan youths ends in murder
A feud between Taupo families over a young couple's union escalates to tragedy as a chieftain's son rejects tribal law to wed a Beignboring village belle. Despite protests, the couple's plans advance until witnesses a grisly act: the fiancé executes her father and the groom is slain, sealing a brutal vendetta and social ruin.
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San Francisco
Tan
Taupo
Béxan
Lesen
Ferchen
Srippis
Toni Tena
Shaples
arsGna
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Wants
Peerless
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Dewey
ODD Fellows
Jimmie
Reeve
Catarre
Johnston
Ofice Gas
Kansas Avenue
Chicago Medical Institute
Topeka
Kansas
For All
Salt Lake
Union En Tn Tall
Portland
von Pictor
F. A. Lewis
J. C. Fulton
Kansas Medical College
R. S. Magee
E. Minney
M.D
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Pixar
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