Democratic committee convention set for April twelfth
Washington dispatch reports Chauncey F. Black announcing a new executive committee for the National Association of Democratic Clubs. Members include Benton McMillan and James Hogg among others, with a note that loyal supporters will back the party, contrasting with prior critics. A call for the committee to meet April 12 at the Ebbitt House is issued. A second item states three workers were killed in a Dupont Chemical explosion at Gibbs town New Jersey, with a factory demolished and debris spread. victims include Henderson, Wright, and Stiles.
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Washington
Chauncey F. Black
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Benton McMillan
Tennessee
Stewars White
California
George Hambart
New Jersey
Edward Murphy, Jr
New York
Chambers Smith
North Carolina
Lloyd Jackson
Maryland
0. C. Richardson
Utah
Tohn L. Mitchell
Wisconsin
John R. McLean
Ohio
Charles J. Faulkner
West Virginia
B. P. Howell
Georgia
Win
J. Stone
Missouri
H. D. Money
Mississippi
George Tred Williams
Massachusetts
James
Dahimaon
Nebraska
James Hogg
Texas
James Sibley
Pennsylvania
William L. Wilson
Henry Watterson
Don M. Dickinson
Joan O. Black
Black
Association
Aregular Democrats
Ebbitt Rise
Reo
Worka
Dupont Chemical Company
Wonka
Delaware River
Gibbstown
N. J
James Henderson
Paulsboro
Carl Wright
City to discuss Savannah quarantine at public meeting
Savannah residents debate the quarantine rules as Mayor Meldrim calls a public sanitary board meeting to review the summer quarantine policy. The session will be open to the public and will consider incorporating the existing policy.
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Savannah
Meldrim
Sanitary Board
French Government to Seek Credit for 451 Warships
The Vigaro Paris reports the French government plans to ask the chamber of deputies for a credit of 800,000,000 francs about 160,000,000 dollars to build forty five large warships and 175 torpedo boats.
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Vigaro
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
PUGILISTIC POSTMASTER OUSTED BY PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
President McKinley decided to remove Steven A. Poe postmaster of Grafton West Virginia after citizens alleged he fought a prize bout before the November elections. The Grafton Leader, Poe's own paper, published a full account of the fight and proceeds. A successor is expected to be named soon.
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Hindob
McKinley
Steven A. Poe
Grafton
W. Va
Mr. Poe
Grafton Leader
Poe
Protest From England Over Transvaal Violations
The London Globe reports that Joseph Chamberlain, colonial secretary, has sent a strong protest to President Kruger alleging violations of the London convention by the Transvaal government, framed under parliamentary pressure.
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Transvaal
London Globe
Joseph Chamberlain
Kruger
Flood danger rises in Mississippi valley flood risk grows
A Greenville special reports the Mississippi river rose seven inches in 24 hours ending Friday noon. Green ville sits six feet below water with a levee protecting town. A local observer says the levees are strong but water is within nine inches of the top and rising. State farms, cropland, and convict crews work to reinforce levees to avert catastrophe that could flood cotton corn and other property across the delta.
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Mississippi Valley
Greenville
Miss
Greenyille
Greenwood
Stovall's Landing
Great Delta
McLaurin
Political Fun in House as Democrats Push Trust Vote
Democrats push the Republicans to record on trusts during a lively House session Friday. From 10 a.m. to adjournment, debates centered on striking the enacting clause and amending to place on the free list all articles controlled by trusts. Bailey provoked Dingley, Reed ruled out an amendment, signaling a hard anti-trust stance despite Republican resistance.
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Bailey
Dingley
Reed
Sherman
New York
Abolition of Shipping Commissioner Office At Brunswick
Secretary Gage abolishes the shipping commissioner post at Mobile Alabama and plans similar action at Brunswick Georgia. He argues duties can be carried out by the customs collector. The Brunswick office shipped 206 men last fiscal year while serving river steamer crews between Mobile and Montgomery.
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Commiano
Brunswick
Mobile
Ala
Gage
Montgomery
Quitman Isolated By Historic Flood In Georgia
A historic flood cuts Quitman Georgia off from the world with no mail for a week, a partially washed away mile and a half trestle on the Little River halting trains since Thursday. Little River near Wades Park rises higher than ever remembered, marking the greatest flood in the area’s history.
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Hlooda
Little River
Quitman
Wades Park
Brooks
Lowndes Counties
Partial to Turks, Canen charges powers bias
The Canen correspondent of The London Times telegraphs that many complaints allege powers favor Turks. He reports Mohammedans burned part of Perivolia and Turks’ animals threaten Christian vines, while the church of St John was desecrated by a Moslem crowd under the ships of the powers, which take no action.
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London Times
Perivolia
St. John
Oanea
Anti-Trust Bills Clear Assembly. Await Senate Action
Lexon trust investigating committee introduced two anti trust bills that passed the New York assembly without amendment and now proceed to the senate for action. A letter from the Cuban junta in New York to General Gomezin was returned stamped no such person known here in Havana.
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Lexon ‘Trust
New York Assembly
Senate For
Guban Junta
New York
Gomezin
Cuba
Haynana
Bits of information in odd newspaper snippets
Miscellaneous notes describe bellows as burglar alarms and air conduits for whistles, a royal fashion tradition about boys in High Landi costumes, Julia Cooper leaving 150000 to Cooper Union, Rosmini’s centenary edition, Dr Nansen selling a meeting suit for 5000, and barbed wire used as improvised telephone lines across western ranches with Parma miles apart gaining links.
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Desma
Lnte
Julia Cooper
New York
Cooper Union
Rosmini
Nansen
Mr. Jackson
Tran Joss Land
Mme
Vindicating Mer Ten. Idol Vindication Highlighted
A Wolla Street public school teacher discusses pupil care and a harsh incident. A boy traveled nearly a mile to school in near 80 below zero without an overcoat, claiming he forgot it. The teacher recalls sending him home to warm up and learn from the emergency.
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Wolla Streat
Chicago
Steel traps and smart talk at the board meeting
The Cincinnati Enquirer recalls a quip about a steel trap and intelligence as the Dohuto closed, with Mr Asbury Peppers explaining in a sweet voice that a steel trap is called smart because it knows the exact right time to shut up.
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Mr. Asbury Peppers
Cincinnati Enquirer
Actor suspect in show scene sparks debate
Maud and Mamie clash over whether a young man just introduced is an actor. Maud insists he is not while Mamie believes he is, and the exchange centers on the stage personality the group discussed, with lingering doubt about the man’s profession.
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Maud
Mamie
Mary
Washington Star
Hamlet Improvised Band At Royal Performance
A recounted incident from a country production of Hamlet recalls John Kemble as the prince and a Guildenstern actor who claimed musical prowess. In a moment of confusion Hamlet presses him to play. The musician professes inability, then yields with a spirited rendition of Got Save the King, provoking laughter from the audience.
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John Kemble
Hamlet
Guildenstern
Legislature Goes to Church in a Church Gate Debate
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph quips about a lively legislature session, asking if a spirited debate during improvised assemblies could be termed a church girt, reflecting a playful exchange between a snake editor and a religious editor.
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Pittsburg
Getting Out Coal In the Mines of the Era
A New York Times description of coal mining methods details miners working in pairs using diamond drills and powder, how wagons transport two and a half tons, dockage for slate reducing pay, and the breaking process from lump coal to rice and buckwheat sizes. It explains a typical breaker run with sixty five workers producing 285 wagons daily, yielding about 712 tons before slate subtraction.
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New York Times
Uneless Scene As Willie Announces Courtship
A line from the Washington Star describes a scene where a motherly figure guides Mr. Wishington to meet her daughter. Willie notes he has already proposed and was rejected, insisting no further attempts are needed. The dialogue emphasizes social propriety and romantic pursuit.
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Wishington
Willie
Washington Star
Totterine Promises Cure for Skin Ailments in Savannah
A 19th century advertisement touts Totterine as a quick cure for rough dry patches eruptions and ringworm. The product is offered at 50 cents a box or 60 cents in stamps, sold by J.T. Shuptrino in Savannah Georgia.
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Venus
Totterine
J.T. Shuptrino
Savinnan
Fragmentary OCR leads to unclear historical note
A rough OCR fragment mentions possible trolley links and scrambled phrases about Myer, kidne, dwale, and Brie with unclear context or dates, yielding no coherent event or identifiable entities.
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North Pole
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Dorchester
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CaNtsa
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