Domestic parcels post debated by Post Office head
Postmaster General Gerry Smith says no domestic parcels post for four pound or less is needed and mailing at one cent per ounce remains available. He rejects reports of a new system as unfounded and warns that weights beyond four pounds are fixed by law.
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Washington
Gerry Smith
Middle West
South
Post Office Department
Postminster General
United States
Canada
Mexico
Congress
Omaha
Tyner
Wood and Cuban affairs dominate White House talks
General Wood, Cuba governor, met Adjutant General Corbin and Secretary Root with Senator Platt and Admiral Bradford to discuss Cuban matters and canal strategy. Secretary Hay pursues canal negotiations amid uncertain Senate stance and Pauncefote’s London report.
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Wahsington
Wood
Cuba
War Department
Corbin
Root
Senator Platt
Connecticut
Sanger
Bradford
Navy Department
United States
Lord Pauncefote
Hay
State Department
Washington
London
British
Foreign Office
Congress
Senate
Curtis suggests Kansas pension commissioner plan
Washington reports Representative Curtis in a talk with the president proposed Kansas stand ready to furnish a pension commissioner should H. Clay Evans retire. Also noted, Charles F. Jones of Indiana is named assistant United States attorney to handle Spanish war claims before the commission in session.
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Washington
uCrtis
Kansas
H. Clay Evans
Charles F. Jones
Indiana
United States
Continental Creamery in talks to acquire Beatrice Creamery
Lincoln April 25 Consol idation of two large western creamery interests was made possible today when J S Parks C H Patterson and F T Burnham officials of the Continental Creamery company Topeka Kansas made a definite proposition for the purchase or lease of the Beatrice Creamery company Lincoln
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Lincoln, Neb
West
J. S. Parks
C. H. Patterson
F. T. Burnham
Atorney
Continental Creamery Company
Topeka
Kas
Beatrice Creamery Company
Lincoln
Dust of President Lincoln Reposes in Springfield Monument
Lincoln family remains were moved from a temporary vault to the crypt of the rebuilt Lincoln monument in Springfield on April 25. Work on the monument rebuilding began March 10, 1900, and the ceremony was held without public events.
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Yates
Lincoln Monument Association
Lincoln Guard of Honor
Humphrey
United States District Court
Phillips
Lincoln
Willie
Thomas
Ted
Eddie
Abraham
Robert T. Lincoln
Springfield
Mls
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Monument
Crre
Mrs Hartman Takes Lease of White Lodge in Richmond Park
London reports Mrs Hartman, not American and unrelated to the United States, has taken a long lease of the White Lodge after costly renovations. The royal family, including the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, could not bear the upkeep. Mrs Hartman, wealthy with a Berkeley Square residence, is sister to the Countess de Jacourt of Paris and not a confidante of the king.
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London
Hartman
Edward
White Lodge
Richmond Park
America
Duchess of
Teck
Soldier Joseph Keller Feared Dead Returns Home Shocking Family
In Racine Wisconsin on April 25 Joseph Keller a local soldier reported shot and killed in the Philippines unexpectedly arrived home asking for the newspapers with his own obituary. His relatives learned of his supposed death only after his arrival and Keller himself could not explain the telegrams and dispatches declaring him killed.
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Racine, Wis
Joseph Keller
Racine
Philippines
United States
States
Keller
Hart predicts larger China uprising than Boxer movement
Dr. Virgil Hart, bound for Canada, warned in Fond du Lac on April 25 that anti-foreign sentiment is rising. He cited secret societies, formed by foreigners and educated natives, aiming to overturn the empire and suggesting more trouble lies ahead.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Virgil Hart
Canada
China
Fatal shooting on steamer Keystone State at Parkersburg
Parkersburg April 25 Stiney Cole of this city shot and killed William T Terry a carpenter on the steamer Keystone State. Cole’s river bank home was flooded seven feet and he feared the swell would float it away. He warned officers not to land but the steamer persisted and Cole fired three shots one striking Terry in the heart. Cole was arrested and held without bail.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Stiney Cole
William T. Terry
Keystone State
Cole
Terry
Crime Report From Poplar Flat City
News from Vanceburg Kentucky reports a masked assailant entered the Gifford home at about 10 p m Tuesday night assaulting Mrs Gifford while Sam Gifford was away. Local residents are mobilizing to capture the perpetrator.
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Vanceburg
Poplar Flat
Sam Gifford
Damage Suit Settled for Ten Thousand Dollars
Dr N G O Coad of Mull Iowa wins a $10,000 settlement from the Great Western Milwaukee and Pennsylvania railroads in a Sioux county case alleging conspiracy with Standard Oil to protect his business. The suit had been before the Sioux county courts. Warsaw Indiana reports a uniquely small newborn boy, weighing about two pounds six ounces, born to Mr and Mrs Claude Scheverell.
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Sioux City
N. G. O. Coad
Mull
C. A. Irwin
Great Western
Milwaukee
Pennsylvania
Dr. Coad
Standard Oil Company
Sioux County
Warsaw
Ind
Claude Scheverell
Mrs Avery Declines Reelection at N S A Convention
Chicago April 25 Mrs Rachel Foster Avery longtime corresponding secretary of the National Suffrage Association says she will not seek re election at the Minneapolis convention planned for the first week in June. Milwaukee April 25 Mrs Antoinette A Keenan widow of Matthew Keenan donates 10000 to the public library for a memorial in his name.
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Avery
Chicago
Rachel Foster Avery
National Suffrage Association
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Antoinette A. Keenan
Matthew Keenan
Man Escapes Death After Log Jam Plunge at Meyers Falls
John Slater of Oconto Wisconsin fell from a 100 foot long rocky gorge at Meyers Falls on the Pine River during a log jam. He surfaced in the rapids, grabbed a log, and was floated ashore then hospitalized with bad bruises but no serious injuries.
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Marinette
Wis
John Slater
Oconto
Meyers Falls
Pine River
Slater
Privilege for Western Millers in Buffalo Warehousing Flour
The April 24 report from Buffalo New York notes that Western millers have long enjoyed a privilege related to warehousing flour. The article outlines the specifics and implications of this privilege and its impact on the flour trade.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Roll of Honor Returns Captain Rolls from Philippines
Stoughton Wisconsin reports Captain C. J. Rolls, who served two years in the Philippines, has returned home. He commanded Company K of the Thirty-fourth Infantry and was mustered out in San Francisco after the regiment arrived. Also notes flour shipment charges for western millers if held over in the city.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Stoughton
Wis
C. J. Rolls
Philippines
Thirty-fourth Infantry
San Francisco
Divorce Petition Missing in Herron Case at Grinnell
Developments at Grinnell center on Professor George D. Herron divorce case. The petition and papers from Algona court are missing, with copies unavailable. Rumor places alimony at 60 000, though Herron denies funds. residents sever ties with Mrs B D Rand and Miss Carrie Rand amid local tensions.
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Grinnell, In
Grinnell Congregational Association
George D. Herron
Algona
Judge Quarton
Woman foils burglars in Johnson & Kehler store thefts
Kenosha Wisconsin reports a female gang leader as Mrs Kehler and three break in attempts foiled by her vigilance. The burglars, two men and a woman, were deterred by Mrs Kehler peering from a window and guarding the store, with a front door intrusion their final effort.
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Kenosha
Wis
Johnson & Kehler
Cyclone Sweeps Paraguay Destroys Town
A Daily Express dispatch from Rosario Argentina reports a cyclone sweeping across Paraguay destroying one town and causing damage in the region. The event is described with limited detail and no injuries confirmed.
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Paraguay
London
Daily Express
Rosario
Argentina
Illinois Senate Advances Bills on Lines and Labels
Springfield April 25 The senate defeated measures regulating railway telephone and telegraph lines and the printing of patent medicine formulas. It passed bills to make funeral costs first lien on insurance proceeds and to allow sewer construction by special assessment without petition. Governors appointments and a livestock commissioner added. House set clerks salaries for supreme and appellate courts and reduced court costs. A $250000 appropriation for the St Louis exposition was approved.
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Springfield
Lls
Senate
William Thiemann
Livestock Commission
Charles W. Hawes
Rock Island
Samuel A. Bradley
Adams
A. S. Wright
Melleury
Iinois Institution For the
Edward 8. Greenleaf
Morgan
Ilinois Northern Hospital
Charles W. Marsh
Dekalb
James A. Bullock
Lake
James CG. Lane
Kanol
Supreme
Supreme Court
Appellate Court
First District
Treasury
St. Louis
Chicago wife slayer Charles Baber dies after prison release
Charles Baber, known as a Chicago wife slayer, died Sunday after being released from prison to return home to die. The article notes his death and prior life without detailing further context.
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Charles Baber
Chicago
France
Oppressed Cape Colony policy condemned at Liberal meeting
X Merriman, former Cape Colony treasurer and Afrikander Bond representative in England, denounces military law and censorship in Cape Colony. He cites arrests, fines for natives, jailed editors, and guards patrolling with rifles as examples of escalating repression.
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London
X. Merriman
Cape Colony
Afrikander Bond
England
League of Liberals
Merriman
South Africa
J. W. Sauer
Public Works
Port Elizabeth
Russian riots fabrications spark U S consul note
Col W R Holloway, U S consul general at St Petersburg, says American reports on Russia are exaggerated and riots were fake. He notes students seek grievances but want autonomy, while authorities disagree. He cites sensational dispatches from Berlin Vienna and London as source.
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Indianapolis
Associated Press
Berlin
Vienna
London
Sherman
Gypsy fortune teller pursues local suitor in Janesville
In Janesville Wisconsin a well known youth seeks police protection as gypsy Zyra asserts ownership of him after declaring love and threatening to drive him away with her band encamped outside the city. The episode follows others seeking fortune telling in town.
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Janesville
Wis
Zyra
Pastor Lashes Herron in Grinnell Clash Over Family Scandal
Dr. Hillis of New Haven declares he will not meet Prof. Herron at a dinner, citing alleged misconduct in Herron’s private life, including marriage to a young woman, support from another woman, and a public clash over a divorce. The Grinnell affair is used to condemn Herron while defending the integrity of the home and righteousness.
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New York
Tinta
George D. Herron
Her Fon
McKinley
Philippines
Iferron
Mila Iian
New Haven
Grinnell
Iowa
Yale College
Lillis
Herron
Brooklyn
Arkansas to finish state capitol with 1 million appropriation
A legislative action in Arkansas earmarks one million dollars to complete the state capitol. The move signals continued state government investment and building activity amid other national notes on diplomacy, crime, and imperial affairs.
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Grand Rapids
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Citizens” 5A Wings Bank
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Frank Stewart
Cas
Bailey
Jon
A. S. Hays
L. E. Latta
Joseph Pollard, Jr
Notary Public
Owa
Temple Building
H. Knecht
Harwood
South Side
Reavy
Guipe
Johnson's Bakery
Wilson
Attorney At Law
Kear Alberson
Washington, Iowa
W. H. Butterfield
Orasatore
Marsh W. Bailey
City
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Opera House
Jv, Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
WE. Anderson
Ktetn
K. Cor
Av. 1
Hotel Allen
Cave
Frank Rogers
W. A. Stiles & Co
West Main St
Washington, Ia
Lila Whitmore
Madison Medicine Co
T. J. Dempsey
National Bank
Capital
Fcuxriva
Con
Lombardo
M. Lombardo
BR. Jeffrry
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Washington County
NGS Bank
A. Wallaer
A. Wirrm
Cashier
Blatr
D. M. Kmox
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
Hdi
Q. Saa
Keck, L. D
Stewart J
Inebdensen
E. Townsend, D. D
Columbian School of Osteopathy
Kirksville, MO
Dixon & Matthews
Postoffice
Wanamaker’s Suits
R. A. Riley
Ame HS
California
Puget Sound
Denver
Salt Lake City
Colorado
E. Fox
Medee
O F. Haight
Baird & Johnson
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