Spectacle of King Edward VII's Parliament Opener in London
London witnesses a grand pageant for the second session of King Edward VII's parliament amid mourning for Queen Victoria. The state procession, gilded robes, and crowded Westminster emphasize ceremony with the speech from the throne outlining government aims and war references matching prior declarations.
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London
King Riward
Queen Victoria
Fui Tate
Westminster
James’s Park
Uorse
Whitehall
Ornment
House of Lords
Four Teen Girls Fined After Fire Alarm Incident
Four girls aged sixteen to nineteen from respectable families were out without an escort when they triggered a fire alarm in Omaha. An officer intervened and they spent the night in jail, later paying a five dollar fine in police court. The group named Osie Beeson Babe Fisher Maud Green Green and Grace Starling.
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Omaha
Osie Beeson
Babe Fisher
Maud Green Green
Grace Starling
Reciprocity With Cuba Discussed at Washington
Washington discussion centers on Cuban reciprocity with Cuba sugar and tobacco imports. Delegations from the New York Produce Exchange advocate relief while beet-growing interests oppose. Ewan Thomas representing the NY Produce Exchange warns that denying duties relief would hurt Cuban workers and cause bankruptcy for merchants.
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Washington, D. C
Ways and Means
New York Preduce Exchange
Hese
Ewan Thomas
New York Poduce Exchange
United States
Uba
Cuba
Miss Margaret Herron Marriage Postponed in Metuchen
METUCHEN N J JAN 16 The planned marriage of Miss Margaret Evelyn Herron to Dr Charles Venner Berghall is postponed due to the McKinley assassination aftermath. Miss Herron sister of Professor Geo D Herron notes no February ceremony and may wed without a clergyman if witnessed. The town has seen social and religious tension over the Herron family footprint.
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Manistee
Michigan
Miss Herron
Herons
Metuchen
Professor Herron
Carrie Rand
Miss. Herron
Herron
J. G. Mason
Presbyterian Church
Bride and groom weigh 101 and 432 pounds in odd Parkersburg wedding
Fred Lee, 32, arrived from Gallipolis with his wife Myrtle Long, 16, who weighs 432 pounds without wraps. They married days earlier in a coffee kitchen, in Parkersburg West Virginia.
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Parkersburg
W. V
Fred Lee
Dief
Gallipolis
Myrtle Long
Mrs Fitzsimmons Seeks Name Change Over Notorious Pugilist
In New York on January 16, Mrs J C B Fitzsimimmons filed in Brooklyn courts for permission to change her name. She objects to sharing a name with a noted boxer and cites her children being called "little Fitz" as a source of annoyance.
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New York
J. C. B. Fitzsimimmons
Brooklyn
Fitz
Good Roads Movement Georgia Convention Opens in Columbus
The Georgia good roads convention opened in Columbus with large attendance including farmers. Sessions will run several days featuring practical demonstrations of road making using machinery from the Southern railway good roads train.
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Columbus
Southern Railway
Old Man’s Body Thrown Into Kansas Well
In Ottawa Kansas on January 11 John Booth an elderly man was murdered last night his skull crushed with an axe his body dumped into a well at Mrs McCoy’s home nearby bloodstains and a bloody ax found at the scene Mrs McCoy and a daughter are under arrest another daughter is sought by Kansas City authorities for questioning in the case.
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Ottawa
Kansas
John Booth
Kansas City
Do you need help The Citizen’s Classified Ads offer help finding people
The Citizen’s Classified Ads promise assistance locating the person you seek. Readers are invited to use classification services to connect with missing or sought individuals through local listings.
Roosevelt and Hoar Hold White House Conference
Senator Hoar met with the President for over an hour to review telegrams letters and affidavits opposing Ben Daniels as U S marshal for Arizona Delegate Smith also attended and provided documents. Support grows that the President may withdraw Daniels nomination though the Senate could still reject it.
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Washington
Senator Hoar
Ben Daniels
United States
Arizona
Daniels
Smith
White House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Spooner
Wisconsin
Hoar
Senate
New York Tunnel Horror Inquest Opens This Morning
The inquest into the Park avenue tunnel horror began this morning before Coroner Schoeler with District Attorney Jerome and Railroad Commissioner Baker present. It may last nearly a week amid delays from injured victims still in hospitals. Engineer John M Wilkers testified claiming he could not see signals due to steam and smoke, while company officials argued his train was run in flagrant disobedience of rules for cautious operation.
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New York
Park Avenue Tunnel
Schoeler
Jerome
Baker
John M. Wilkers
Sig
Nals
Ing
Lexington Ladies Seek Forever Ban on Uncle Tom's Cabin in City
Lexington Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy petitions Charles B. Scott, Lexington Opera House manager, to never stage Uncle Tom's Cabin again. They argue the play distorts Southern history, shows slaves poorly, and harms local families, calling it disrespectful to Southern gentlemen. The petition, signed by four prominent women and endorsed by the group, has caused a sensation in Lexington.
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Lexington
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Charles B. Scott
Lexington Opera House
South
Times
Beer Consumption in Germany Averages Fifty-Seven Gallons
Berlin report shows 1901 beer consumption averaging fifty seven gallons per head across the empire, with Bavaria reaching 212 gallons. Official records from 1882 show thirty eight gallons per person, marking nearly a 50 percent rise over two decades.
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Germany
Berlin
Empire
Bavaria
Train Robbery Near Spiro Triggers $2000 Heist
Fort Smith Arkansas reports a southbound Kansas City passenger train held up by seven masked men near Spiro Indian Territory. The bandits opened the local safe in the express car and rifled the mail car, stealing two thousand dollars from registered mail while failing to access the through safe.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Kansas City
Spiro
I. T
Rob
Bers
The Gambler Queen Visited San Francisco
In San Francisco on the Curaco, Anita Perez a Mazatlan gambler known as La Reina de Oros faced immigration scrutiny. With no funds and inconsistent stories, she was ordered deported to Mazatlan after authorities concluded she could not land in the United States. Her past linked to the famed Mexican gambler Jesus Valdez and a life of scandal, now left penniless she sought work as a seamstress before deportation.
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San Francisco
Senora
Anita Perez
Mazatlan
Curaco
United States
A. de la Torre
Board of Steal
Commissioner North
Anita
Mexico
Jesus Valdez
Don Jesus
Buildings Move to Establish New Knox County Seat Center
The Nebraska Supreme Court orders Knox County offices moved to William Wishardtoms farm twelve miles from Niobrara amid a twenty year county seat dispute. On April 1 the exodus begins with Niobrara Verdigri and Creighton preparing to relocate as centers join Center across the Missouri River in South Dakota style. The case cost taxpayers twenty thousand dollars as voters wrestled over the seat for years.
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Creighton
Neb
Knox County
William Wishendorf
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Niobrara
Verdigri and
Creghton
Chales Mix County
Missouri
South Dakota
Knox
Blindness Follows Mother's Grief at Baby's Coffin
Mrs. Phililo Westerman of Matese in St Louis County stood by her dead baby's bier a week ago and lost her sight. A St Louis specialist has treated her with no success. doctors hope the loss may be temporary though no cure has been found.
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ST. Louis
Phililo Westerman
Matese
Mrs. Westerman
London Fears Smallpox Grip as Vaccination Surges
London reports smallpox gripping the metropolis though vaccination uptake climbs daily. Demand for lymph soars. manufacturers strain to keep pace while stores require revaccination for staff to reassure customers. Calls grow for cleaner public conveyances to curb spread.
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London
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