Tariff Duties by Mrs Huntington and Family
Mrs Arabel a D Huntington widow of Collis P Huntington paid 31000 in cash customs duty after a Europe voyage aboard the Oceanic with her son Archer and Mrs Archer Huntington. Her purchases abroad totaled 75000 the largest ever declared at New York port. Duties ranged from 6 percent on gowns to 60 percent on jewelry and stones with rugs and bronzes taxed individually. The declaration was praised as neat and accurate by the Surveyor's Department.
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New York
Arabella D. Huntington
Collis P. Huntington
Sam
Huntington
Europe
Archer Huntington
Mr. Huntington
Paris
London
Berlin
Mitchell
Henderson Hot Over the Tariff
Des Moines reports Speaker Henderson replying to constituents in Waverly about tariff policy. He discusses opposition from rivals and trusts, arguing against a broad tariff revision while noting the Steel Trust markets abroad and faces foreign competition.
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Des Moines
Henderson
Congress
J. W. Adams
Waverly
Steel Trust
Tariff Question Prompts Democratic Vision Mention
Fragmentary text discusses tariff repeal being considered and its impact on democracy and national prosperity. It notes that tariffs may help or hinder essential industries and references a vision tied to economic policy. The fragment mentions Bryanism and the need to avoid disrupting other sectors.
Water Fuel Invention Praised By Hamburg Chemist
Berlin reports Dr Karl Lietz of Hamburg has patented a process to endow water with oil like combustibility. The fluid is non explosive and produces heat and a white light stronger than petrol. An English syndicate plans large scale exploitation after Hamburg tests.
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Berlin
Karl Lietz
Hamburg
Lietz
Boys and Mother Burned to Death in Caldwell County Fire
In Clarksville Tennessee on March 4 a Kentucky family fire killed two boys aged 12 and 14 who were locked in a room to keep them from skating. Their mother died from burns when she returned and the roof collapsed during rescue efforts.
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Clarksville
Tenn
William Stone
Caldwell County
Kentucky
Coud
Roosevelt to Fish In Maryland Stream
President Roosevelt plans a week of trout fishing in Garrett County Maryland with Mrs Roosevelt accompanying him. He has booked quarters twelve miles from Oakland and will fish in Alleghany Mountain streams noted for stocked brook and rainbow trout. He declined a turkey hunting invitation but may visit later.
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Cumberland
Roosevelt
Garrett County
Oakland
Maryland
Danville Emerges From Storm Isolation
Danville Pa March 4 Danville has been cut off by rail since Saturday as flooding swelled the river to a 37 year high. Nearly half the town remains inundated and five trains including two passenger trains have been stranded at South Danville since the week end.
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Danville
South Danville
St Bernard Saves Baby From Snow in Rochester
A few month old infant was found nearly frozen in a dog house on John Oliver’s Gates farm after his St Bernard dragged the child from a snowdrift about a mile away. The baby showed warmth from the dog’s body but remains critical with no parental trace.
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Rochester
N. Y
John Oliver
Gates
O Oliver
Oliver
Uvero
Oliver Farm
Prince Henry Enjoys Windy Chicago Visit
Royal Prussian Prince Henry tours Chicago on March 4. He attends a central band address, places a wreath at Lincoln Monument, and hosts a luncheon and reception at the Germania Club. A 2,000-strong crowd gathers as photographers watch for his arrival at the Auditorium Hotel.
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Central Band
St. Paul
Lincoln Monument
Lincoln Park
Germania Club
Auditorium Hotel
Fournier
The
Illinois .Just &Saving Bank
Emperial Generosity to Earthquake Victims Revealed
ST PETERSBURG March 4 The prince appeared pleased as the Cyar hag sent 198000 rubles for the relief demonstrations and repeatedly touched his cap in courteous acknowledgment of the victims of the quake at Shamaka.
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ST. Petersburg
Shamaka
Australian troops accused in Boer prisoner killings
A London dispatch reports alleged Australian brutality in South Africa with claims of twenty Boer prisoners killed after being charged with firing on wounded troops. It says courts martial may have sentenced killers to be shot, while authorities deny details. The issue stirs military circles and could be raised in Parliament.
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New York
London
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Tragic One Family Ends: Gilman Brothers Die by Own Hands
Three Gilman brothers in Denver stage suicides tied to disputed inheritance. Gillman aged 2 shoots himself after climbing into a mirror in his Grant avenue room. Charles Gilman dies by self inflicted gunshot in a Lawrence street barn in 1901. George Gilman dies by suicide amid mental illness after estate settlements and prior accusations of murder in Chicago.
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Denver Cole
Gillman
Charles
George
Grant Avenue
Denver
Watertown
Wis
Gilman
Charlies
Willman
Lawrence Street
George Gilman
Chicago
Snell
Milionaire
Tascott
United States Demands Punishment in Ellen Stone Case
In Constantinople on March 4, U S Minister John A Leishman delivered a note to the Porte demanding punishment for the brigands who seized Miss Ellen M Stone The Porte rejected responsibility and denied liability in reply.
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Constantinople
United States
John A. Leishman
Porte
Ellen M. Stone
Elk teeth at EK G Uajo's offered at low prices
A select assortment of elk teeth has arrived and will be sold at low prices at EK G Uajo's store. The items are described as a fine lot and ready for purchase by customers seeking affordable hunting or curios.
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EK. G. Uajo’s
Lincoln Birthplace to be Sold for Taxes
Hodgenville property linked to Abraham Lincoln birthplace faces tax sale after anniversary note in Larue County Herald. Paragraph cites federal promise of spending 1,000,000 to adorn the site and references its sale after tax default.
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Lincoln
Louisville
Larue County
Hodgenville
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Birthplace Farm Listed For Sheriff’s Sale
The Herald notes that the Lincoln birthplace farm, once part of Eastern capitalists’ holdings and turned into a public park, has a historic cabin moved to Central Park New York City. The issue advertises the farm itself for sheriff’s sale due to tax liens.
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Central Park
New York City
the Herald
Lincoln
Pastor Undergoes Rare Brain Surgery in Baltimore
Rev. William A. Stark, pastor of Broadway German Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore, is recovering from a pioneering operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Surgeons raised his brain to locate and remove nerve roots causing neuralgia, aiming to end excruciating facial pains though the right side will lose sensation. He had two prior, less extensive nerve clips in Buffalo and Hopton.
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Baltimore
William A. Stark
Broadway
German Methodist Episcopal Church
John Hopkins Hospital
Mr. Stark
Buffalo
Hopton
His Own Medicine Killed the Doctor
In East St Louis the coroner's jury ruled James Ripley died from an overdose of his own herbal medicine. He demonstrated its safety to patient Oilman Cherry by drinking a pint himself, after which Cherry recovered but Ripley convulsed and died.
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St. Louis
James Hipley
East St. Louis
James Ripley
Ruch City
Cherry
Ripley
De Wet Wounded But Still Fighting
Boer prisoners report General De Wet was shot in the arm during a breakout attempt near Harrismith in the Orange River Colony. The injury occurred as New Zealanders attacked the blockhouse line near Harris Smith and Van Reeman.
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Idon
Harrismith
Orange River Colony
de Wet
Harrissmith
van Reeman
New Worlds Record for Swimming
Harry L. Le Moyne of Brooklyn set a new world swimming record at the sports show in Boston by completing sixty yards in 85 1-5 seconds, beating the previous mark of 35 4-5 seconds.
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Boston
Harry L. Lemoyne
Brooklyn
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY CLAIM
An advertisement claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. The box bears BE. W. Grove’s signature on each package and is priced at 26 cents at druggists.
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BE. W. Grove
Eacn
Handy Maiden With Guns to Visit Us
Simmering western saga centers on Cora Chiquita a quarter blood Cherokee cowgirl feared and famed across Santa Rosa and Texas Panhandle. The fugitive gunwoman reputedly travels with Poker Paul and Dick Hamilton as she evades arrest after a wild town shooting spree and saloon escapades.
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Silver City
N. M
Cora
Texas
New Mexico
Cora Chiquita
Venerita Chiquita
Santa Rosa
Arizona
Senorita Chiquita
la Chiquita
Texas Panhandle
Poker Paul
Rock Island
Dick Hamilton
la Chiquita Senorita
Chiquita
Coral Ubiquita
Spa
A. Dick Hamilton
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Uncle Sam
Scienge
Bernard Dog
Pringe Henry
Royal Prussian
Prince Henry
Gen. Sherman
Colorado
Turkey
Santa Rosa, N. M
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