Statehood crisis hovers as two state plan stalls
Washington reports continued fight over a Spooner style two state plan for Arizona. Democrats resist Republican terms while conferences seek a compromise that would set a census driven timeline. Rebels in Cuba face delays as General Rolando holds at Civarenas and Castro plans troop movements toward Rio Chico.
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Tillman On The Color Line In Senate Debate
Senator Tillman spoke for nearly two hours during a Senate session on the Indianola post office case and race policy. He criticized federal guarantees of equality and warned of Southern reactions, urging appointment of a genuine Black leader and warning against broad cabinet placements for African Americans.
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Revolutionaries Advance Toward Caracas in Venezuela
Caracas dispatch reports the last army of revolutionists led by General Rollando moved within hours of Caracas as AP correspondent notes their rapid advance toward the capital.
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Rolando
Associated Press
Whole Family Freezes Dead in Texas River
In Goliad Texas on February 24 six Mexicans three women and three children were found frozen to death along the river eight miles above the town. The group included Anita Rodriguez five Jose Rodriguez twenty Isabel Rodriguez forty Antonio Rodriguez twenty Cecilia Rodriguez no age Anita Rodriguez five Jose Rodriguez seven months Helen Vasquez eighteen. The bodies lay together with women shielding the children. they had been ferried across the river by Tomas Vasquez and were en route to a camp on the north bank. It is believed they were lost and perished that night.
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Tex
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Jose Rodrimin
Isabel Rodriguez
Antonio Rodriguez
Cecillia Rodriguez
Anita Rodriguez
Jose Rodriguez
Helen Vasquez
Tomas Vasquez
Kokomo Declares Sudden Dry Under Police Board Order
Kokomo Indiana moved to a dry status Sunday as every saloon tippling shop gambling room and resort was ordered closed by the metropolitan police board. Gamblers and slot-machine men were forced to leave town and gaming devices were boxed for shipment elsewhere.
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Ind
Metropolitan Police Board
Senate confirms Day for Supreme Court seat
Washington Feb 24 The senate confirmed William R Day as associate justice of the Supreme Court to succeed Justice Shiras who resigned.
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Senate
Day
Washington
William R. Day
Eupreme Court
Shiras
Vinol Blood Purifier Promises Rich Red Blood
An advertisement touts Vinol as a scientific blood purifier made from cod liver oil components without grease. It claims to invigorate all organs, especially the stomach, improve flesh and bone, and produce pure red blood with testimonials from Betsy Habershaw in Fall River Mass. The copy offers a money back guarantee and invites readers to visit.
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Vinci
Grippe
Betsy Habershaw
River St
Fall River, Mass
New Year Cards Originated in Japan and Wastershoes of Art
The article notes New Year cards from Japan known as surimonos were designed for noble patrons, printed from multiple color blocks, and valued like heraldic items. It laments their decline in the Flowery Kingdom and the United States while praising their charm and potential revival.
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Japan
New York Press
Conscience Fund Keeps Found Money With Legislator
In Connecticut years ago a legislator finds a roll of greenbacks in his hat and pockets it. A second man asks about the money and the legislator refuses to return it saying he will send it to the conscience fund.
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Connecticut
Wgre
Conscience Fund
Making Up For Lost Time
A man teases his second wife Alice about not cooking like his first wife Mary. He also says she is not as smart at navigating as Mary. A heavy rolling pin strikes him on the head after a sharp remark, and the dispute ends with quieter days in the household.
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Jerome Bonaparte
Jerome
Betsy Patterson
Mary
Alice
Serpent Versus Creatures In Hidden Combat
Sir Richard Owen describes the serpent as lacking limbs yet able to outclimb, outleap, and strike prey in flight. He asserts the reptile can outwrestle a strong athlete and crush a tiger within its folds, capturing prey with a deadly coil.
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Richard Owen
Mother’s Practice Converts Man, Not Preacher
A young man being examined for church membership was asked whose preaching converted him. He replied that it was not under any preacher, but under his mother’s practice. The remark stands as a striking testament to quiet family influence.
Brilliant Conversationalist Emerges from Parvenu Wealth
A quip notes Mrs Parvenu who was once considered a poor talker now earns praise as a brilliant conversationalist reflecting her rise in wealth. The exchange hints at social judgment tied to status and eloquence.
Lord Holt and the Spirit Message in a Legal Dilemma
A tale recalls Lord Holt, eighteenth century lord chief justice, and a petitioner claiming a spirit urged him to plead not pro. Holt questions the messenger’s wisdom and legal knowledge, noting the folly of obeying supernatural instruction over law. The story underscores skepticism toward supernatural guidance in judicial decisions.
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England
Fixed Dates Rule Life in Rural Russia
The piece notes a peasant habit of timing daily tasks by fixed dates in Russia. It cites bathing after winter, eating fruit after August 6, not hunting or traveling on certain days, and waiting for appointed days for nets and other duties, reflecting strong calendar beliefs in peasants.
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Ivan
Herbert Barry
Sporsman
Canat
Law to railroad careers from a Missouri village start
A new railroad general superintendent began as a lawyer in a Missouri village. In his first case before his father, a justice of the peace, a stormy argument ended with the father mildly lecturing and the son exiting with the line not before such a blamed fool coat as this. He then abandoned law for tailoring and found success in railroading.
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Missouri
Aee
Newell Silhouettes Calmed Tent Camp After Night Murder
Peter Newell the artist once camped in Colorado living in a tent. After news of a nocturnal murder unsettled the family he cut silhouettes of rough western men with pistols in poker poses and pinned them inside the tent. The interior light cast shadows that looked like a poker playing pistol pack, and the family then slept peacefully.
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Colorado
Newell
Mr. Newell
There Is Often a Great Deal in a Name Moral
A creditor sues a debtor and discovers the debtors wealth is in his wifes name. The suit yields no money as the assets are titled to the wife. The New York Herald notes the moral that a name can conceal ownership and thwart repayment.
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Motto over house door becomes den of thieves reveal
A Westminster Gazette correspondent reports a Scottish man wished to inscribe his new house door with My house shall be called a house of prayer. On return he found workers had added but ye have made it a den of thieves. The Scot explained a wee mail room led to the shortened verse ending.
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Westminster Gazette
Scotland
Hatton curate's hymn practice noted by Telegraph
TheRev Dr Parr longtime Hatton perpetual curate from 1788 to 1700 kept a long hymn focus in vestry before sermons. He allegedly announced with a smile that his people favored long hymns yet he preferred a long pipe, as reported by the London Telegraph.
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Hatton
Warwickshire
London Telegraph
Widoewhood and Selfishness Reflect in Town and Country
A fragment suggests a quote about marriage and selfishness centered on shifting priorities from self to spouse. The line implies a moral about partnership. The source location is in Town and Country.
Thoreau Quotation On Love and Eyes Inspires Poem
A hermit figure mentions Thoreau and his muse as he muses on love. The text compares the beloved’s glance to a sunset and the diamond of the eye, linking evening and morning to natural beauty. It ends with a question about an astronomer fathoming the eye’s depths.
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Thoreau
Definition of Love Probed in Quick Witty Exchange
A playful exchange between characters questions the depth of love and fear of a future with another. The dialogue shows a wary commitment that values misery with a chosen partner over happiness with someone else.
It Is a Lot of Fun Being in Love if
The fragment evokes a lighthearted reflection on love and happiness, suggesting enjoyment and affection as central themes. The text hints at a playful mood without specifying people, places, or events.
Jailed for Refusing to Support Mother in Logansport
A man in Logansport Indiana was jailed after his mother said he failed to provide her support. The incident stemmed from a dispute over three months of unpaid wages and family assistance after he left his Panhandle job. His mother had sought legal action prompting his confinement until settlement.
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Seade Mim Te
Logansport
Ind
Uber Frey
Fry
Panhandle
Hunters mistaken for bank robbers terrorize Nashville residents
Two armed men who forced food from locals and sparked belief they were bank robbers William Randolph and Pred Lewis have been found by a posse to be wandering hunters seeking notoriety.
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Nashville
William Randolph
Pred Lewis
Union
Divorce rumors shake University music circles in Ann Arbor
In Ann Arbor on February 24 gossip swirls over a divorce suit filed by Mrs. Helen M. Sturm against Professor Bernard Sturm head of the university music department. Papers are suppressed in this unfolding campus scandal.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Helen M. Sturm
Bernard Sturm
University School of Music
Trouble for Beet Sugar in Saginaw River Pollution Probe
A joint Fishermen's union and Michigan Forest Game and Fish protective association panel formed five members to study pollution from sugar factories and chemical plants on the Saginaw river and its tributaries. Water samples were sent to Lansing for analysis with results expected soon. Reportedly, fish kills followed the Cass river sugar plant start as pulp effluent reduced oxygen, harming aquatic life. the issue has worsened with new factories.
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Fishermen's Union
Michigan Forest, Game and Fish Retective Association
Saginaw River
Lansing
Morse
Cass River
Care
Hetty Green Forecloses Chicago Church Mortgage
The so called richest woman in the world, Hetty Green, forecloses a $12,000 mortgage on a church building now held by Trinity Methodist. Pastor Rev Hopkins condemns her actions while the church cites title defects and urges correction before payment. The church board includes prominent Chicago figures.
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Frederick Hopkins
Hetty Green
Pith Presbyterian Church
Hopkins
Vilgrim Congregational Church
Harvard Avenue
Sixty Fourth Street
Tretty Green
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Mary
Martha
Hetty
Howkins
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H. N. Higginbotham
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Hugh Heren
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Homer Dixon
Mystery surrounds Mount Carmel burial of Ella Wilcher
Harrisburg Illinois February 24 Citizens of Mount Carmel Carmi and Vincennes are puzzled by a woman buried there as Miss Ella Wilcher about twenty years ago who turns up alive in Peoria Ella Wilcher now Mrs J K Oney of Deoria Indiana is John Wilchers sister and her earlier identity remains unclear The case links to Geo Wilcher of Vincennes and his children John and Ella with pension records and a missing burial mystery.
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Carmi
Ilis
Vincennes
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Kla Wilcher
Peoria
Geo. Wilcher
John
Ella
Ella Goting
John Wilcher
Sixth Indiana Infantry
J. K. Oney
Deoria
North Adams Street
Ella Wileber
Detroit Receives Federal Receiver for Michigan Telephone Co
Detroit February twenty fourth The Union Trust company of Detroit has been appointed receiver for the Michigan Telephone company by Judge Swan in the federal court on application by the Old Colony Trust company of Boston.
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Union Trust Company
ILD
Michigan Telephone Company
Swan
Old Colony Trust Company
Boston
Finnish Governors Dismissed Over Policy Clash
St Petersburg report says four Finnish governors have been dismissed for opposing Russia's policy. The text notes three remaining Finnish provinces will in the future have Russian governors, signaling tighter control during the February dispatch.
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St. Petersburg
Evar
Russia
Finland
Church Debt Sparks Public Debate Over Mortgage Foreclosure
The article reports pastors from Trinity, Lexington Avenue Baptist, and First Methodist weigh in on a foreclosure bid tied to Trinity's mortgage. They differ on whether church creditors should cancel debt, stressing that church credit and responsibility must be treated like personal credit.
Hudson Valley Manager Resigns for Union Terminal Post
Glens Falls reports General Manager B S Joselyn of the Hudson Valley Railway resigns to take the general manager role at the Union Terminal Railway company with headquarters in Sioux City La.
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XN. Y
B.S. Joselyn
Hudson Valley Railway Company
Union Terminal Railway Company
Sioux City
Chicago Sealed Markets Close Across Nation
Chicago reporting that exchanges nationwide closed on February 28 due to unspecified conditions. details incomplete as the item is fragmentary and lacks clear events or entities beyond the general status of market closures.
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Chicago
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