Bids Opened for Four Harbor Defense Vessels
Navy department opened bids to build four ambitor type harbor defense vessels at about 1.26 million dollars each. Terms include wage scales and contractor safeguards. ships designed for coast defense with 66 to 66 1/2 foot hulls and standard armament features planned amid wartime construction priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Compres
Lima- Nationa
Aeneraerice
Mofern Ship Construction
Dante Canent
Eleitrapyrisne
Easiabie
Piercine
Telegraph Line in Cuba Plans 320 Mile Span
Advices report a US project to extend a telegraph line from Guantanamo toward Havana covering 320 miles. Officials outline dispatch transmission aims, educational statistics, and agricultural applications, with preparations for government use and potential impact on workers and farmers.
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Suptings
Breity
United States
Ale Wal Bervive
Guigtanamo
Xin Bovina
Amrit Ciel
Guartanuno
Kant
Dipallatinn
Amelia
No Silverware Trust Rumor Stirs Meriden Market
Meriden Connecticut reports official sources indicate a proposed combination of major plated ware manufacturers in the United States and Canada. The talks addressed potential business prudence and likely obstacles with railroad and steel supply concerns delaying any final agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden, Conn
United States
Canada
International Bilver Company
Fe Fd Jonker
New York
Massachusetts Democrats Hold Prosperity Platform Convention
A Massachusetts Democratic state convention in Ale phante'a Ball featured calls for silver 16 to 1, denouncing the war, endorsing Bryan and Williams, and pledging allegiance to Washingtonian non entangling policies. The platform urged return to specie, opposed imperialism, and demanded accountability for war costs and administration failures. Prominent figures included temporary chair Philip J. Doherty and longtime party leaders, with aims to restore prosperity and fiscal soundness through Democratic leadership.
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Alephante
Es & Alt
Thamot Harmoniake Havre
C. J. Calighan
Chelrmos
Raular
Chairlin Calihan
Callahan
Cullihan
Philip J. Doherty
Massachusetts
Sears Ant
Democratic Party
Aenin
Washington
Democrate Party
Maswaichusetts
United States
Wiy
Ime
Usd
Congress
Alexander B. Bruce
Lies
Edward J. Siat
Commonwealth
Henry A Aited
Busta
Pierrer
Basten
Spring- Bunyooller
Holyoke
Audhor
Charles
Patrick Flagi
Immortal Bodies Claim Immortality Through Marini Process
A cable dispatch from Oct. 1 reports Signor Efisio Marini of Naples claims a method to preserve the human body for thousands of years. The process includes provisional desiccation, petrifaction, and restoration, with the London Lancet cited as endorsing Marini's method. The described results present the body as marble-like yet restorable to a lifelike state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Efisio Marini
Naples
London
Lancet
Marin
Marini
Martin
Mil ton accused in Missouri Pacific train robbery case
In Kansas City a switchman named Tiarry Milton is detained as a possible participant in a Missouri Pacific train robbery near Kansas City. Milton denies guilt and says he is innocent, while Mrs. Lowe, wife of suspect William Lowe, claims Lowe confided Milton’s involvement after visiting Lowe.
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Kansas City
Tiarry Milton
Missouri Pacific
Milton
Kan
Jack Kennedy
William W. Lowe
Lowe
Washville Plumbers Strike Hits Nashville
Washville journeymen plumbers in Nashville Tenn., on October 5, walked off their jobs to protest the hiring of apprentices and boys by master plumbers, signaling a citywide labor action and dispute over employment practices.
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Washville
Nashville
Tenn
TUMBLED INTO JAIL Railroad tale of an American in Mexico
Henry Athey, a railroad engineer from Indiana, lived eleven months in a Mexico City prison after being seized while on duty with the Northern Mexican road. He says he was starved, beaten, and denied contact with family, and was released after slipping a note to an American near his cell. He recalls a perilous escape route to the railway and reports hundreds of other Americans held there.
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Mexico
Terre Hauts
Henry Athey
Tnodkinapolis
Culbersop
Texas
Washington
Athey
The
Rand
Peter
Meon
Ward
Fortarth
Cathereon
Hom
Trauble
Tree
Beneheld
Frog Revelry Ends With Calamity on Desplaines River
In Chicago Ort residents report the Maywood pond frogs have broken into a drunken spree. Thousands intoxicated, many dead, after a freight car with whiskey burned on a Desplaines river slide, the resulting liquor leaking into the pond near the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line. Odd frog sounds followed as names emerged from the weeds, signaling a strange omen.
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Chicago
Ort. S
Maywood
Denplaines
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Desplaines
Van Wyck Gains in Public Favor in New York Election Bets
Betting shows Van Wyck improving with Roosevelt still favored. Wagers include $5,000 against $1,000 and $10,000 against $36,000 at Roosevelt odds. Notable bettors: George Wheelock, Johnny Mahoney, Frank Keeney, Tibbetts, Tom O'Neill, and John Mathews. Odds and stakes indicate strong interest across bookmakers and bettors in the race.
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New York
van Wyck
Roosevelt
George Wheelock
Bob! Rose
Wheelock
Johnny Mahoney
Frank Keeney
York
Keeney
FL Tibbete
Tom O'Neill
Maine
Mr. Tibbetts
Black
Rough
John Mathews
the Bowery
James Mallon
Second Avenue
Patrick J. Murphy
Queens
John A. Dumont
Schwartz, Duper & Co
Chicago
Klnickerbocker Club
Price's Campaign Tour Aims Topeka and Shawnee County
Fusion candidate W. W. Price announced in Topeka he will not speak there but will campaign in Silver Lake and rural Shawnee County areas. He estimated carrying about five counties in the First district and said he trails by 3,908 votes. He plans to visit county seats next week and reach Topeka by mid November.
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W. W. Price
Topeka
Silver Lake Alent
Shawnee County
Journal
Ann Atohiden
Jackson
Frown
Nemahs
Doviphen
Pricet
Curtis
Topekin
President McKinley Hints Troop Reductions After War Ends
President McKinley outlined policies after the war, saying 100,000 volunteers would be discharged while 60,000 regulars remain. Troops in Porto Rico would stay until acclimation improves and sickness declines. Peace negotiations proceed and further reductions depend on public service needs.
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Washington
Cannon
Illinois Yrsterdey
Peace Commission
Porto Rico
Brooke
Cuba
Spain
Unitnd
Rapjoy
Ravel
Porto Elec
Failed to Search Him in Prison Drill Controversy
Atlanta reports a Savannah man D H Phillips was locked up drunk by a Prevost Guard and not searched. A revolver was found on his person. He fired at Love after a guard tried to disarm him, injuring Love who remains in hospital in serious condition.
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Atlanta
D. H. Phillips
Savannah
Peteats
Wal Long
Clude
Aneibee Synks
Love
Interesting Experience of an Indian Sports Gentleman on Nervous Dyspepsia
An Indian sportsman discusses nervous dyspepsia its misdiagnosis and widespread misbeliefs. He cites A W Sharper of Indianapolis endorsing Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, claiming relief from stomach weakness, sleep, appetite, and general well-being, with a note that the remedy does not cure stomach cancer.
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A. W. Sharper
Prospect St
Indianapolis
Ind
Stuart
A.W. Sharper
Prospect
Stuart Co
Sickly Volunteers and Regulars Clash Over War Duty
A long dispatch reports a high sickness rate among volunteers and better health in regular troops. It notes many convalescents are unfit for service, mass deployments to rest and convalescence, and attempts to ship home troops from Ponce amid malaria and typhoid concerns.
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Associated Press
Mario Wico
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Ernest
Albenito
Rico
Ding
Beecatea Festa
Guetta
Shuld Beoyer
the Caledonian
Tale
Taaluria
Fae
Oust Women Movement Riles Cleveland Officials
Charles Brenner, bailiff in the insurgency court, leads a drive to remove women from political posts and replace them with men. Miss Critchlow, a stenographer, forms a petition to dismiss Brenner, arguing women workers in county buildings are mothers and siblings and thus deserve political opportunities as men. The Third District Republican club recently endorsed the effort, shaping a tense local clash over women’s roles in public service.
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Cleveland
Charles Frenner
Himeelf
Acton
Mike Grace Gritehlow
Third District
Republican Club
Mise Critchlow
Juder Bivek
Hirenner
Brenner
Mate
Dons Brenner
Miss Critchiow
Omaha Exposition and World's Fair Plan
An announcement promoting the Omaha Exposition now described as the World's Fair to be held in Omaha. It highlights rail access via the Burlington Route, through tickets and stopovers, and emphasizes easy travel from the Missouri and Mississippi Valleys to the event with excursion rates and convenient connections.
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B. P. McAllister
Harrodsburg
Swift
Caelee
Scopy
Bradfield Reguistar Co
Atlanta, Ga
Bryan
George Fred Williams
Tealian
Cat
Aston Church
Birmingham
England
Aston
Hanson
Mr. Hanson
Maywool
Jerry Carey
Dan Ryan
West Chicago Avenur
Frog Pond
Offorr Ryan
Chicago Park
Colon Roosevelt
Price
McKinley
N. K. Fairbank Company
St Louis
Boston
Pilladelphia
Frank E Griswold
Railroad
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company
Corner Fourth and
Quincy Sts
Ponce
Bhawana
Omaha Exposition
Castorn
Castoonia
Cabstoria
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