War readiness in Lisbon as U S ships reach Portugal
The U S cruiser San Francisco and gunboats Bancroft and Helena reached Lisbon ready to engage any Spanish fleet in case of war. Also noted are adventures from Chicago to Arizona, and US naval and industrial developments amid a wide range of foreign and domestic items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
San Francisco
Bancroft
Helena
Lisbon
Portugal
Max Miller
Chicago
Pacific
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Azores
Mexico
San Benito
Congress
Pembina Mountains
Manitoba
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Mare Island Navy Yard
Charleston
Yorktown
Philadelphia
Pensacola
Hartford
Adams
Port Orchard
American Ordnance Company
Bridgeport
Snowden
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
Emile Zola
Paris
Verrieux
Aurore
Zola
Esterhazy
Wisconsin
Klamath River
California
William Chenery
Portland
Postoffice
Chenery
Judge Sharp
Baltimore
Simon P. Schott
South Baltimore
Heyrat
Syria
Emily R. Montgomery
Turkey
Baker City
Ore
William 8. Johnson
Omaha Bob
Bailey
Johnson
Representative Barrett
Massachusetts
Naval Affairs Committee
New York
Norfolk
Port Royal
New Orleans
Mare Island
Cal
Brenham
McFadden Bros
Texas
Woolen Commission House
Sawyer, Manning & Co
Burlington Woolen Company
Winnooski Worsted Company
Colchester Woolen Mill
Boston
Vancouver
Victoria
St. Michaels
Yukon
Skaguay
Muscatine
Iowa
the National Bank
Their
McKinley Policy Defended On War Readiness
Washington reports quote President McKinley saying no rush to war with Spain yet he will prepare for the future. He notes grave situation and asserts Congress should support administration with minimal inquiry. Navy officials shift toward believing the Maine explosion may be a submarine mine.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Washington
Spain
Congress
McKinley
United States
Maine
Cuba
Navy Department
Havana
All Around Market Report Prices Across Commodities
The report lists wholesale and local bids for wheat oats flour barley rye hay and produce with farm and port quotes. Wheat ranges include club blue stem and sacked prices in Spokane and Portland with No 1 blue stem at Tacoma and Colfax quotes noting weakness. Livestock and poultry prices cover beef hogs mutton lamb and chicken components with varied live and dressed rates.
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Spokane
Portland
Ore
Walla Walla
Valley
Bluestem
Tacoma
Colfax
Land Worth a Million in Spokane Suit Against Northern Pacific
Judge Hanford in Spokane federal court rules in favor of H. T. Cowley in a decade long land dispute over a one million dollar tract in the heart of Spokane. Northern Pacific plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court after the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Spokane
U. S. Supreme Court
Hanford
United States District Court
H. T. Cowley
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
United States Supreme Court
W. T. Stoll
Secret convict society eyed by Walla Walla officials
Warden Catron says a secret society among prisoners exists and may aid Leonard Harrison, released Friday, in smuggling opium to inmates. Harrison remains in the city after a prior hospital escape attempt, with suspicions raised by his Chinatown visits and drug concerns.
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Walla Walla
Catron
Leonard Harrison
Opion
Harrison
Seattle
Chinatown
Roman rescues ship as liner crew reaches Halifax
The French liner in Champagne with about 300 passengers drifting on the Atlantic for ten days is saved after the Roman, a Boston bound freighter from Liverpool, discovered her on the Newfoundland banks. Engines are disabled and the screw shaft shattered but all aboard are brought into Halifax safely and without further incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
Champagne
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Roman
Liverpool
Eight-Hour Day Law Upheld by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court affirmed the Utah territorial eight-hour workday law for miners and smelters. E B Holden was jailed for violation and sought a writ of error claiming unconstitutionality, but the court ruled the law as an exercise of police power.
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Washington
Supreme Court
E. BE. Holden
Salt Lake County
Utah
Holden
Supreme Court of Utah
Klondike baking powder bread and biscuits recipe
An Alaska miner shares two practical bread and biscuit receipts using Cleveland's baking powder. Bread uses flour salt and cold liquid, baked half an hour. biscuits mix flour baking powder and fat, baked fifteen minutes. The Klondike circular offers more Alaska receipts and a four hundred recipe cook book by mail from Cleveland Baking Powder Co.
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Alaska
Klondike
Cleveland
Cleveland Baking Powder Co
Fulton St
New York
Train Struck an Omnibus in Chicago Killing Six
Chicago report says a Grand Trunk passenger train struck an omnibus at the Western avenue crossing near Blue Island at 9 PM, with nine aboard eight youths on their way to a hotel party. Six were killed almost instantly and none escaped serious injury.
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Chicago
Blue Island
Grand Trunk
Western Avenue
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement Claims Miracle Cure
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for painful swollen feet and bunions, claiming it eases tight shoes and treats chilblains and sweating. It cites over 10,000 testimonials, offers mail orders, and lists LeRoy New York origin. A stray note mentions Moses as a bull rusher and a station-house lodging-room as a tramp steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Dr Kilne Great Nerve Restorer Free Trial Offer
Fasts curing claims for fits with a free trial bottle. Advertisement lists Dr. B R H Kilne of Philadelphia and Ludow Arch Street. Contains medical patent medicine pitch and sensational language typical of late 19th or early 20th century notices.
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Kllne
BR. HW
Kline
Lud
Os Arch Street
Philadelphia
Guards in Every State
A Washington report to the Times-Herald cites President McKinley with 10,730,576 able bodied men available for military duty in the United States. Of these 112,082 are already in the military, forming the nucleus of a large fighting force. The skeleton U.S. Army could recruit up to 100,090 on short notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Times-Herald
Washington
D. C
McKinley
United States
United States Army
Fortifications at Port Townsend Pressed Under Alger Orders
Port Townsend March 1 fortifications at Points Marrowstone and Admiralty are being advanced under Secretary Alger. The doubled forces work night and day to ready heavy guns expected soon. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek line about poetry and time.
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Port Townsend
Alger
Marrowstone
Admiralty
Old Resident and New Neighbor Exchange About Family Ties
A brief genealogical dialogue reveals questions about children from a prior marriage and stepfamily dynamics. The exchange notes one child from the first wife and two from the second husband, reflecting blended family connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firat Husbtin
Puck
Lydia E Pinkham Liver Pills and Compound Advertisements
A series of customer testimonials from Philadelphia Cincinnati and St Andrew's Bay praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for kidney pain backache swollen feet irregular menstruation and leucorrhea. Satisfied users report improved health weight gain and relief after using the products.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
Margore Ports
Kauffman St
Philadelphia
Lydia FE. Pinkham
E. F. Monron
Hopkins St
Cincinnati
Ohio
LincianCripren
St. Andrew's Bay
Fla
Congress Debates Sundry Civil Bill and Harbor Projects
Lawmakers clash over 133000 for Oakland harbor 360000 for Rockland Maine project and a 750000 similar harbor plan. Senate probes Corbett seating and Cuban reports while House votes on Yaquina Bay and Cleveland harbor items. Navy ship purchase fund proposed.
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House
Oakland
Cal
Moody
Rockland
Maine
Harbor
Dingley
Boston Harbor
Grosvenor
Cannon
Tansbrough
North Dakota
Secretary of the Navy
Canadian Pacific
Mare Island
United States
Gallinger
Senate
Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Hoar
Corbett
Thurston
Tongue
Oregon
Yaquina Bay
Dockery
Dem
Missouri
Cleveland
Ohio
Horton
Lewis
Washington
Woodford
District of Columbia
Bromwell
Licenses for the Klondike stir Ottawa diplomacy
Representative Lewis returned from Ottawa reporting intense hostility toward the United States over Canadian laws requiring American Klondike miners to license at Vancouver Victoria or Dawson City. He found no readiness to concede and warned concessions would be needed, despite courtesy shown by Canadian officials and British delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lewis
Ottawa
Vancouver
Victoria
Dawson City
United States
Canada
State Day
Sir Julian Pauncefote
British Columbia
Market brief from San Francisco and London on metals
San Francisco reports silver bars and Mexican dollars with values 454 4660. London closes February 28 with bar silver at 253d per ounce. Lake copper shows strong brokers at 11.25 dollars per unit. Lead dull at 3.68.
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San Francisco
London
Lake
Indians to enlist 100 Alaska Indians as scouts for relief
War department authorized General Merriam at Vancouver Barracks to enlist 100 Alaska Indians to serve as scouts for government relief expeditions. Colonel Anderson and four companies of the Fourteenth Infantry sailed from Seattle to Dyea to maintain order at Alaska points. China introduces money order system. Denby reports Pekin regulations to the state department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Merriam
Vancouver Barracks
Alaska
China
State Department
Denby
Pekin
Dr Samuel Pitcher asserts trademark claim over Castoria
The statement announces exclusive rights to the words CASTORIA and PITCHER CASTORIA for Dr Samuel Pitcher of Hyannis Massachusetts The Centaur Company led by Chas H Fletcher holds authority to use his name The notice ends with unrelated ad-like lines about renewal of manly strength and a fortunetelling quip
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Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Chas.h, Fletcher
Pitcher
Mothers of America
Chas. H. Fletcher
Centaur Company
Samuel Pitcher, M.D
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Frances Willard
Charles Henson
Belleville
Miranda
Wyandotte
I. T. J. K. Pollard
Neuva Laredo
City of Mexico
Colmena & Barron
Steve Bilheimer
Railway Mail Service
Little Rock
B.D. Lydick
Victor Hilton
Nashville
Sam Jones
Cartersville
Georgia
W. J. Seanlan
Billy
Bloomingdale Asylum
New York City
Seanlan
Oldrieve
Atlantic Ocean
Havre
France
A. W. Andrews
M'Kinley
Warden Catron
J. & Supreme Court
St. Jacob's
Oregon Lumber
Pacific Irport Lumber Company
Ailsacraig
Viadivestock
Siberia
Beltz
Denver
Col
Moses
Bullrusher
Lebanon
Bunche
Ryan
Here
Townsend
Proceedings OF Congress
Bacon
Burrows
Michigan
Metals
Manly Strength Mason Chemical CO
P. O
SeeRe
Calfornia Fig Syrup CO
Louisville
M. E. Davis
Sprague
Davis
Salzer
la Crosse, Wis
Buell
Moore
Stewart & Mones Drug Co
C. E
Fowler
Southington
Conn
N. Y
C. S. Perry
Broadway
Spruce
G. W. Houghton
Gen Agt
Fielena
Mont
Townsend and
Hassel
Dewell & McDonald’s
We Law
Vewell & McDonald
Montana
White Sulphur Springs
G. W. Gilman, M. D
P. C. Hall
Center Broadway
Herman Berg
Townsend, Mont
E.h.goodman
C. H. Baldwin
Attorney At Law
J. E. Kanouse
Las
A. K. Prescot
N. Main St
Montana Central Depot
Norman Tripp
Herman Sperling
Henry Heneberg
E. F. McRae
Wallace
Pine Street
C. A. Wilder
South Side Broadway
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