Memorial drive for McKinley marks 50th birth anniversary
Governors across states issue proclamations and request memorial services on January 20 to honor William McKinley. Funds support a Canton tomb. Myron Herrick named treasurer for donations from schools churches and labor groups. Judge William Day leads the memorial association. Also reports of executions, earthquakes, bridge collapse, a segregated school order, a train robbery, oil field accident, mine disaster, and President Cleveland’s recovery.
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Kanads
McKinley National Memorial Association
Myron T. Herrick
Cleveland
Ohio
William McKinley
Canton
William R. Day
Blowing Up the Maine and Court Rulings Share Scene
A dramatic Omaha report claims a Spanish officer, Manuel de Silva Braga, confessed to sinking the Maine to provoke war with the United States. He supposedly planned to strike Weyler from power and escaped after the blast. Also noted is a Supreme Court decision affirming ownership claims on Minnesota land and a Chicago train collision injuring several.
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Weyler
Omaha
Maine
Fine Ridge
United States
Spain
Cuba
Manuel de Silva Braga
Braga
United States Supreme Court
Milwaukee
Trious
Marzaretls, Lonstorg
Frank W. Exton
Leonidas Merrite
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Midway Company
United States Steel Corporation
Minnesota
United
Headless bodies surface on Puget Sound shores
Whidby Island residents reel as two more headless bodies wash ashore near Wort Casey Washington. Authorities suspect murders staged to cast bodies into the sound with severed heads to avoid identification amid a mystery that links the victims to a single man.
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Puget Sound
Whidby Island
Wort Casey
Wash
Tragic Beating at 200 Springalles Avenue
Neighbors found Polish family the Yensulicks horribly beaten with a rail cutter. Wife killed, husband dying, three children badly injured. with injuries believed inflicted by the husband who may die, all taken to hospital.
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Ife
Springalles
Vittaburg
Yensulick
Physicinus
Nitroglycerin magazines explode near Marion Indiana
Two magazines in a ravine two miles southeast of Marion owned by St Marys Torpedo Company and Empire Glycerin Company blew up releasing fifteen hundred quarts of nitroglycerin. The blast shook the northeast part of the state and damaged nearby blocks and homes but no injuries were reported.
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Marion
Ind
St. Mary's Torpedo Company
Empire Glycerin Company
Stig
Wheat Yield Over Ave Age
Government statistics from Washington estimate 1901 U S wheat yield at 24.8 bushels per acre, up from 1900 and prior years. Winter wheat area provisionally 32 million acres, winter rye 1 25 million acres. Condition of winter wheat as of December 1 was 86.7 percent of normal.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
United States
Actress reports child abduction in St Louis case
Mrs Laura Richards or Kline a vaudeville performer claims her daughter Sallie has been abducted from St Louis. She says Sallie was sent to buy bread and has not returned. Her son Bertie Richards disappeared six months earlier. both children were part of the Kline juvenile act earning about $150 weekly.
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Mra
Laura Richards
St. Louis
Kline
Sallie
Mother Hig
Bertie Richards
Bertie
St. Louis Summer Gardens
Attack by Five Mad Dogs Shocks West Virginia Family
Elmer S Good his wife and children near Chester West Virginia fought five attacking dogs at breakfast. Neighbors aided as a shotgun ended the peril and a victim was bitten. The strange incident follows a Cincinnati death and other city crimes and accidents listed in a late 19th century newspaper page.
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Elmer
Good
Elmer S. Good
Chester
W. Va
East Liverpool
Ohio
Mr. Good
Goat
Opening of Parliament Heralds Royal Ceremonies and War Notes
King Edward opens Parliament with regal processions and a speech from the throne. The throne speech mentions the South African war, imperial colonies, sugar industry concerns, and a US treaty aiding an interoceanic canal. Opposition responds vigorously in both Houses as Salisbury and Chamberlain spearhead attacks.
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Edward
House of Lords
Queen Alexandra
Prince
Princess of Wales
Black Rod
Geo. Bir
Michael Biddulph
House of Commons
Prince and Princess of Wales
South Africa
Essaly
Dominion of Canada
Commonwealth of Australia
New Zealand
United States
Salisbury
Lords
Joseph Chamberlain
Commons
Postponement of Louisiana Purchase Exposition to 1904
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis is postponed to 1904. Francis and Adolphus Tushe (Tus h) state the fair cannot open before 1904 to ensure foreign exhibits are complete. Governors and engineers note readiness may exceed past estimates. Richard Goldsborough, a noted American engineer, is reported dead.
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St. Louis
Francis
Wition Company
Adolphus Tusch
Washington
Ar. Husch
Breat
UN Anid
Coud
Congressional moves on census, pensions, and commerce
Congress debated the permanent census bill and recommitted it to add civil service protections for current employees. A pneumatic tube service bill was introduced for six cities with specific funding. The pension bill faced scrutiny over payments and veteran preferences while the Senate weighed a department of commerce proposal and possible changes to soldiers homes openness for ex Confederates. The House adjourned after approving the pension bill and memorial exercises for McKinley.
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Burkett
Nebraska
Appropriations Committee
Roberts
Massachusetts
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Broal
McKinley
House of Representatives
Grosvenor
Ohio
Hepburn
Iowa
Congress
Barney
Wisconsin
Mr. Barney
Richardson
Tennessee
Gaines
Philippines
Lever
South Carolina
House
Senate
Nelson
Minnesota
Department of Commerce
Hoar
Lodge
Hoae
Washington
Rixey
Virginia
Gardner
Michigan
de Armond
Missouri
Hale
Martinley
John Hay
Hall of Representatives
Nand South Carolina
Charleston
S.C
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of the Treasury
Thureday
Catarrh Cure Promoted as Blood Purifier Medicine
An ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh as a constitutional disease by cleansing the blood and mucous surfaces. It insists the medicine is a legitimate prescription, not quack, and urges sending for testimonials from a Toledo firm.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Progeists
Price Te
Hate Family Filma
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Quick Nasal Relief
A promotional note for Ely Brothers selling Cream Balm asserts rapid relief for nasal catarrh hay fever and colds. It details nasal administration benefits, urges 10 cent trial mail order and availability of a 50 cent size via druggists, and cautions against drying or irritant formulations.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Notable Local Figure Recalled In Puck Quip
A witty Puck remark lauds Suburbanite-Pashington as one of the most successful men in our town and questions his selling out. The exchange frames him as a prominent, now-retired, business figure reflecting on local fortunes.
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Dow
Choctaw
Wartshorne
I. T
Pashington
Puck
Queen and Creacone Southern Railway Train Service Ad
Route connections offer high day train service south from Cincinnati to New Orleans and Florida points. Free printed matter provided by J C. Richardson, G B P.
Fragmented Ad Lacking Clear News Item
A garbled OCR snippet contains stray phrases about tea buckwheat and endorsements. It includes a quote about a great man and a misread line about a bottle and cures. The readable content yields no coherent event or person to report.
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Saad
John Rinkard
Indiana
Kinkard
Mexico City
Guerrero
Chilpancingo
Indianapolis Bridge
Falla
West Washington Street
White River
Indianapolis
Guthrie
Burford
Indian Territory
Kansas City Southern
Spiro, I. T
Roscoe Meredith
van Buren
Meredith
Masonic Temple Attractions
Fort Wayne
Carterville
Joplin
Enka Linden
Calumet
Miah
Steel Combine
Cincinnati
Western Avenue
49Th Street
Kanene Rothed
Ottawa
Kan
Booth
Old Ann
Wag
Kansas City
Roy Iden
St. Joseph
Iden
Northern Pacific
W. J. D. Horne
Ninth Cavalry
United States Army
San Francisco
Henry Moberly
Garnet
Missouri Pacific
Wawiteh
Rock Island Road
O'Keene
Stillwater
Minn
Peterson, Vapinesa & Co
Eureka
Cal
J. H. G. Soffel
George B. Phillips
George H. Phillips
Chicago Board of Trade
Frost Panhandle
RAI
Uphalde
State Supreme Court
Topeka
Tastice Smith
W. W. Atkin
Kansas
Cit Kan
District Court
William Vite
Fairlie
Clyde
Sir Thom Lipton
Sir Onias
Tite
Katy Donoghue
Blain Hotel
Chadron
Girl Hills
Nellie Corneilison
George Corneilison
Laura
Wiehlin
Kan ‘Fhe
Victoria
B.C
Efondulu
Martin O*sface
Hin
Mary
Youghiogheng
Osceola
James
Lee
W. H. Martin
Jefferson Street
Louisville
Fayette
Thepera
Chicago Daily
George W. Hinman
Chicago Inter Ocean
Charles Yerkes
William Penn
Allison
Dolliver
Gov. Shaw
Bhaken
Lublon
Elarey B. Chick
Baltimore Avenue
Eagre Fer
Tundred
Fourth Street
Calumet River
Shawnee
Carl Mishner
Mary L. Wallace
Rich Hill
Custer County
Neb
Ostrosed
St. Charles Street
Premium Shirt Manufacturing Company
Gorman
Arthur Pue Gorman
Maryland
George L. Wellngton
Dein
Tackson
People’s Bank of North
O. T
Wowrie
Chicago Woman's Club
Alice Bradford Wiles
Mra. Parson
Yopeka
Kaw
Supreme Court
Parker-Hughes
Albert Parker
Inn
Ford Krouskoupf
Robert Maxwell
Maynard'a
Cynnellsville
King Edward Yi
New Jey
North Carolina
South Dakota
Connecticut
New Jersey
Richard Goldsborough
Trouze
House Committee On Agriculture
Senate Committee On
Alice Weekara
Atairgs Veta
Manitoba
Dog Guich
Pitcoe
Wyoming
Philadelphia Record
Mmencius
St. Jacobs Oil
Macic
Capsicum
Bat Geouine
Cheesebroug! Manufacturing CO
State
New York City
Warelmamn
Pater
Clamee
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