Public land vast as Europa area aids homestead hope
The article notes a huge public land area exceeding two million square miles, nearly the size of Europa excluding Russia, ensuring settlers can obtain a homestead. It also reports a Swedish wrecking company failed to raise sunken ships from Cervera's fleet near Santiago, saying the task is impossible, alongside praise for the American fleet’s thoroughness in that notable operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europa
Russia
Cervera
Santiago
Navy Department
Colonel Henry C. Egbert dies on the field of honor
The article lauds Colonel Henry C. Egbert as a wartime hero, noting this is his fourth war of service with gallantry. It honors his memory and expresses pride in the son who follows in his footsteps, recognizing his sacrifice on the field of honor.
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America
Henry C. Egbert
Tracks Added This Year Lags Elsewhere In Nation
The 1898 railroad track in the United States stood at 4082 miles. The four year plan added under 1000 miles, with no new track laid in New Hampshire Rhode Island Massachusetts or Kansas. Connecticut Delaware New Jersey and Vermont show two miles each, Wyoming seven miles, Tennessee eight, and Nebraska less than one mile.
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United States
New Hampshire
Rhode Islnd
Massachusetts
Kansas
Connecticut
Delaware
New Jersey
Vermont
Wyoming
Tennessee
Nebraska
Debate Over Women in Medicine and Pharmacy
A column argues against women becoming pharmacists and doctors, claiming their demeanor would hinder medical power while conceding existing women physicians in America. It lauds women in medicine as essential to civilization and notes their growing presence in cities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auceesa
United States
Swedish Light Beam Torpedo Control Astonishes Modern Inventions
A young Swede abroad is credited with enabling a torpedo to steer at twenty two miles an hour using a light beam converted by a receiver into electricity. The London Chronicle notes skepticism, likening belief to disbelief in mermaids and flying filth, yet questions remain about directing ships by telescope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Chronicle
Clergy Shortage Debate Reveals Supply and Demand
The complaint argues the US ministry is crowded as society abandons church ties for status. While church growth counters this, the piece notes many young men enter without field prospects. It warns that supply and demand govern clergy numbers like other labor, implying excess labor in the ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Measured life length linked to marriage in public health debate
The Royal Institution of Public Health president argues married men live longer due to better care. Critics retort that longevity reflects better early chances to marry and access to comforts and medical advice, not marriage itself, with bachelors facing harsher selection by peers.
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Calidates
Royal Institution of Public Health
Crinle
Black Sheep and the Call to Freedom in a Turbulent Verse
A fragmented verse scene depicts a call to arms and liberty as shepherds and brothers awaken to struggle. The speaker invokes black sheep and distant towers, hinting at social uprising and hidden strength within a loyal yet restless populace. Richard Burton appears in a literary framing of the era's search for meaning.
The Gambler Corlears Chooses a Square End
In Savannah a desperate man named Corlears loses a fortune and flees by rail. A red faced stranger offers a crooked ticket and a chance to make $500 by swapping clothes, but Corlears chooses honesty, refuses the scam, and ends up pursuing New York with dwindling funds. The tale follows train stops, a pistol, a moonlit meeting, and an improbable turn as a bank cashier’s fugitive fate looms in Winderton.
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Vercome
Jack Corlears
Bavannah
New York
Corlears
Savannah
Texas
Corlours
Zack
Courlears
Oaline
Corbara
Columbia
Goodby
Blankville
Charlotte
William Brand
Winderton Bank
Winderaton
Ocorlens
Atlanta Constitution
Discoveries in Mexico by Professor William Niven
New York archanologist William Niven reports explorations in Guerrero Mexico revealing prehistoric remains on Maztranza hill near Villaxochitz. He notes a wall and fourteen buildings near the summit and vermilion plaster samples. He also describes January earthquakes causing massive rockfalls and speculates a past volcanic disturbance may have erased a large population.
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William Niven
New York
Guerrero
Mexico
Villaxochitz
Maztranza
Angora Cat Trade From New Harmony Draws Attention
New Harmony Indiana leads the West in Angora cat breeding with over forty years of pure blood stock. Residents flocked to a hotel when Herman Euler sought cats, each family owning at least one, turning the town into a thriving Angora center now valued as livestock. Cats are shipped to Philadelphia with prices from 25 to 80 dollars per animal.
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Kalses Angora Cath
Herman Euler
New Harmony
Ind
Philadelphia
Euler
Onc
New York Press
Forty-ninth Town Regiment of Volunteers
Savannah
Dow
West
Colonized Ages Ago Toeland the Oldest European Colony
The article states that Toeland is the oldest colony possessed by a European nation, first colonized by Norwegiana in 874 and a republic until 1292. It then came under the Norwegian crown, and after the 1389 union of Norway and Denmark, Toeland remained Danish when the kingdoms split. Iceland stayed Danish throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toeland
Denmark
Norway
Iceland
Mayoralty Case Argued in Georgia Supreme Court
Complex election dispute over Cor dele mayoralty concluded in Atlanta with a decision unlikely for weeks as docket crowded. Also notes contracts for Columbus water wheels, Athens tax rate unchanged, and reports on education and crime developments.
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Supreme Sourt
Cutts
Scandrett
Cordele
Atlanta
Notable Georgian Judge Ludge Tees and His Era
A long nineteenth century biographical sketch recalls Judge Roose born in Philadelphia in 1811, his law education at Princeton and Harvard, career in Georgia and Washington, and marriage to Lucy Pettus. It cites General C. B. Dubose praising his Senate service, plus opinions on dogs as property by Judge Lumpkin and levy cases involving a St Bernard.
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W. Mw
Ludge
W. M. Tees
Washington
E Ogo
Georgia
Judge Roose
Philadelphia
ISI
United States Navy
Bath
Princeton
Harvard
Luwpkin
Tlexiteton
Robert Toombs
Lucy Pettus
State Senate
C. 8. Dubose
Georgia Senate
Senate
Commonwealth
J. H. Lumpkin
Fulton
D. J
J. B
Max Keoke
St. Bernard
Levy
Lipkin
Midnight Assassin Shoot Down DeKalb Prominer
DeKalb county Georgia resident Robert Davis was shot in his Decatur area home at 1 am while a search for a suspected thief proceeded. He identified his killer as Will Lucas, a discharged farm hand, before dying about twelve hours later. Sheriff Talley pursued the trail with bloodhounds toward Atlanta, but scent was lost in a swamp. Citizens offer rewards while efforts continue to capture the assassin.
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Robert Davis
DeKalb
Robert F. Davis
DeKalb County
Decatur
C. H. Talley
Davis
Atlanta
Americans Are Advancing General Lawton Advises
Dispatch from Major General Otis dated Manila May 14 1899 reports Lawtons forces advancing from Balinag taking Ildefonso and San Miguel with slight casualties and driving a sizeable enemy force. 1 500 troops move upriver with gunboats and canoes under Kobbe from Calumpit as MacArthur holds San Fernando to cover the country.
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Lawton
Philippines
Otis
War Department
Manila
Washington
Balinag
Ildefonso
San Miguel
Rio Grande River
Calumpit
MacArthur
San Fernando
Cremators On Trial In Indian Kidnap and Burn Case
Thirty Seminole defendants, including Lincoln McGessey and Palmer Sampson, faced trial at Muscogee Oklahoma on charges of kidnapping and burning victims. Horace Speed, former Oklahoma district attorney, opened for the government to assist District Attorney Soper in the prosecution.
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Lincoln McGessey
Palmer Sampson
Muscogee
I. T
Horace Speed
Oklahoma
Soper
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Corloars
Corleara
Chester
Grand Central Station
Ato
Professor Nivens
Mountains
Eagle and Pheonix Mills
Columbus
Hardaway, Jones & Co
North Highlands
Mobile and Girard
Columbus Power Company
Athens
Board of Trustees
Columbms, Public Schools
Land
Henry M. Land of Columbus
Lumpkin
Hancock’s Mill
Mt. Vernon
John Letter
James Morris
George McLeod
Danielsville
Comer
Candler
A. B. Cowan
American Detective Association
Jackson
Mich
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