Milton Davis learns to share wealth and mend family bonds
In a snowbound rail depot Milton Davis overhears doctors accusing him of greed. He confronts pride, helps Walter and Nettie, and plans for his wife’s care. A Florida trip, a home, and two thousand dollars to each child reshape a fractured clan, proving simple justice outweighs pride.
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Walter
Mary
Bay
Ani
Milton Davie
Florida
Walter Davia
Father Davis
Milton Davis
Waverley Magazine
Man vows to kill a bear each Thanksgiving Day
Edward Baum of Hidgway Pennsylvania vowed to kill a bear every Thanksgiving after his three year old child Hovery was killed by a bear twenty years earlier. He has hunted bears across distant mountains to honor the memory, returning with a dead bear each year. The tragedy occurred while Baum and his son were in the woods and the child was found dead by a cave where a sow and cubs played with the body. The old bear was killed with a rifle and the cubs with clubs.
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Edward Baum
Baum
Hidgway
Penn
Banm
New York Press
Cold Storage Not Harmful Says Scientist
A War Department directed scientist reports extensive tests on freezing food during winter in Minnesota. Canned goods survived over two weeks of freezing with little to no damage. Corned beef and mess pork even became more tender after thawing.
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War Department
Minnesota
Washington Star
Two Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary of Eliot’s Indian Mission
The two hundred fiftieth anniversary of Reverend John Eliot’s first work among the Indians at Nonantum, Massachusetts, has just been celebrated. The event marked the enduring legacy of Eliot’s mission and its local historical significance.
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John Eliot
Nonanture, Mass
Reforms Granted In Cuba Council Of Administration Planned
The queen regent of Spain signed reforms for Cuba creating a thirty five member council of administration with twenty one elected by the people and six by corporations. The council will draft budgets and regulate tariffs while the governor general nominates officials. reforms extend Cuban self rule and keep Cuba sending senators to the cortes.
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Spain
Cuba
Council of Administration
Musas
Comeila General
Porto Rico
Fight with Handits General Thomas Killed in Indian Agency Battle
General Edward Loyd Thomas, Indian agent at Sac and Fox near Guthrie Oklahoma, killed while repulsing a band of attackers at the agency store. Three of his officers’ party died and one outlaw was slain in the clash. News reached Guthrie Thursday. Shawnee telegraph station confirmed the battle.
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Thomas
Edward Loyd Thomas
Sac and Fox Agency
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Shawnee
American Coffee Company Incorporation At Trenton
At Trenton New Jersey on Thursday the American Coffee Company was incorporated with a capital stock of 100 900. The incorporators are Henry C Havemeyer John E Searles John E Parsons and Theodore Havemeyer all officers of the sugar trust.
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Trenton
N. J
American Coffee Company
Henry C. Havemeyer
John E. Searles
John E. Parsons
Theodore Havemeyer
The
Sugar Trust
Savannah man named aid de camp in Porter parade
Teaken Appointed Aide, William R. Leaken of Savannah, Ga., received a letter from General Horace Porter appointing him an aide de camp on his staff for the inauguration parade and has accepted. Leaken was the Republican elector from the first congressional district and held the third highest vote on the ticket.
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Teaken
William R. Leaken
Savannah
Horace Porter
Mr. Leaken
Senator Harris Ill After Eye Surgery
Washington special says Senator Harris remains critically ill after eye operation. Favorable signs appeared as pain subsided but an unfavorable symptom led to delirium. Three physicians met Thursday night and expect possible improvement within a day or two, though condition remains serious.
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Haayo
Washington
Harris
Han Thuowadaw
Northwestern Bank Fails in Great Falls Montana Defalcation Reported
Northwestern National bank of Great Falls Montana fails to open on Friday morning. Directors discover a defalcation of about $27,000. Cashier named R D Hatcher. Bank had capital of $250,000 and advertised surplus of $50,000.
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Northwestern National Funds
Northwestern National Bank
Great Falls
Mont
R. D. Hatcher
Northwestern
Porter Named Private Secretary to McKinley
Hartford journalist J Addison Porter accepts McKinley’s offer to become private secretary and assist in the new administration. Porter, born 1856 in New Haven, is a Yale graduate and noted writer with ties to major eastern newspapers.
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J. Addison Porter
Thurlor
Connecticut
Washington
Addison Porter
Hartford
Porter
John Addison Porter
Yale
Ae McKinley
Enat
New Haven
Conn
Horan
Colonel Crofton Retired Amid War Recourse Saga
Col Robert E B Crofton of the Fifteenth Infantry was arbitrarily relieved by presidential order after reaching 62. The War Department sought his removal for years, using medical or legal routes but failed until the new law allowed such retirements at age 62. Born in Ireland, Crofton earned gallant service at Shi Joh and Chickamauga and led at Fort Sheridan before posting to Fort Bayard New Mexico.
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Gol. Crofton
Carr
Col
Crofton
Tiftoanth Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Chitagi
Ireland
Shi- Joh
Chickamauga
Fifteenth Infantry
Fort Bayard
N. M
Cubans Demand Absolute Independence Over Autonomy
New York dispatch reports Senor Thomas Estrada Palma declaring that Cubans will reject sham autonomy and seek absolute independence. He argues that earlier reforms would have prevented bloodshed, and stresses Cubans will never submit again to Spanish rule.
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New York
Senor
Thomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Alabama Miners Hope for Relief from Commissary System
About 12,000 Alabama miners faced disappointment as the state senate indefinitely postponed a relief bill. The bill, passed by the house, would have required mine operators to pay miners weekly in transferable checks and redeem them for cash monthly, a move seen as curb to the commissary system in the industrial district. The senate reportedly killed the measure by a narrow vote.
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Gil
Alabama
State Senate
House
Senate
Tennessee Senate approves 850000 appropriation for Centennial show
The Tennessee Senate approved a bill allocating 50000 for the Tennessee Centennial. The measure, amended from an introduced 100000, passed 21 to 12 with opposition, and moves to the house for consideration. The session emphasized a compromise funding plan.
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Tennesses
Tennessee Senate
Tennessee
House
Georgia News Roundup From 1897 Georgia Session
A Georgia governor fixes hearing dates for Will Deas and related cases. The court of inquiry investigates convict lessees while Buck Atkinson presides. Fulton county trims convict payrolls and a new city directory for Atlanta is announced. Mennonite immigration talks, Tennessee Centennial exhibit funding, and plans for Towoliga river power show southern industrial growth. Judge Joseph Babcock dies, leaving estate questions. Engineering efforts at Georgia Tech graduates and Moore and McCrary lead Towoliga power project.
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Southern Enterprise
Towoliga
Griffin
Moore & McCrary
Georgia Technological School
Suh Enterprises
Georgia Schod of Technology
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