New Century Celebrations Across the Nation
Chicago marks the new century with a dramatic grain market rush and a citywide celebration led by the Red Cross in a festive watch night. Across Boston New York and Washington observers relay church services bells and civic ceremonies as 1901 begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Boston
State House
Twentith Century Club
Edward Everett Hale
New York
City Hall Park
van Wyck
New Yorks
Washington
New
Iowa State Politics at Teachers Meeting
In Des Moines Iowa January 1 1900s Polk county superintendent J M Brenton emerges as a possible successor to Richard C Barrett as state superintendent of public instruction if the Titus amendment holds the court may grant five year terms. A V Storm of Cherokee is another candidate noted as a strong school advocate.
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Des’ Moines
State Teachers’ Association
J. M. Brenton
Polk County
Richard C. Barrett
Titus
Supreme Court
Brenton
Barrett
A. V. Storm
Cherokee
Society Woman Dies After Dance At 31
Miss Lizzie K. Sneeberger, a prominent society member in Racine, died within an hour of returning home after dancing. Cause listed as acute congestion of the lungs. She was 31 and active in Women’s Relief Corps and other groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedlam
Bert
Racine, Wis
Lizzie K. Sneeberger
West Side
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Record of 1900 and World Changes Summary
Review of the year 1900 across politics and society notes republican gains, expanded liberties, and rapid progress via steam and electricity. It highlights U S population rank rise since 1800 and advances in commerce industry education and social development worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Fire Toll Mounts From Canton and Brooklyn Blaze
The Saxton block in Canton Ohio burned down with losses around 800000 dollars. Prospect Hall in Brooklyn, the largest of its kind, was destroyed by fire with building losses exceeding 800000 dollars. The State Normal School at Fredonia New York suffered seven deaths in a separate blaze.
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Saxton
Canton
Prospec Hall
Brooklyn
State Normal School
Fredonia
N. Y
Boxer Uprising Timeline From May To December
A chronological outline of the Boxer Uprising events detailing foreign troop deployments to China, key battles at Taku, Tien-tsin, and Peking, diplomatic actions, and casualties. It lists international actions by Britain, Russia, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States, including relief efforts and the Open Door policy.
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Empress of
MacArthur
China
Admiral Kempff
Baron von Ketteler
Peking
Waller
Tien-tsin
Washington
Tien-tain
United States
Tientsin
Beah. Liseum
Japan
France
Amur
Paoting-Fu
Sun Yat Sen
Kiu Shan
East River
State Department
Hoviwu
Tien-tein
Hongkong
Major fires blaze through cities from Richmond to Ottawa
Widespread January to November fire list reports $10,000,000 in losses and hundreds of buildings destroyed. The compilation notes fires at Richmond warehouses, New York World editor Joseph Pulitzer’s home, Honolulu dwellings, Youngstown stores, Philadelphia straw works, Paris Theatre Fra nçais, Ottawa and Hull, and many more with casualty tallies and massive property damage.
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Merchants and Planters
Richmond
Joseph E. Pulitzer
New York World
New York
F. M. Davis Tron
Denver
Honolulu
Youngstown
Little Rock
Dickinson Arms Co
Dayton
St. Louis
Escanaba
Mich
Pittsburg Glass Co
Novelty Straw Works
Philadelphia
Metropolitan
Birmingham
Ala
Masonic Temple
London
Ont
Minetto
Oswego
N. Y
Newark
N. J
Shoneman
Lead
Theatre Francais
Paris
Omaha
Clarksville
Tenn
Davenport
Indianapolis
Miamisburg
Mohawk Valley
Mohawk
Port Gibson
Miss
Moore's
Clinton Liberal Institute
Fort Plain
Columbia
Chicago
Newport
Ark
Orange
Kansas City
Physical Laboratory
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Ballston Spa
Horne & Co
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Ottawa
Hull
Canada
Press-Knickerbocker Express
Albany
Loas
Biloxi
Norfolk (Va.) Street Railway Co
Gifford
Poplar Bluffs
Virginia College For Young Women
Roanoke
Philippi
W. Va
McGonigal
Oswayo
Berkesburg
West Virginia
Buck Mountain
Mahanoy City
Choisy-le-Roi
France
Bayonne
Senor Canevaro
Raymilton
Pacific Glass Works
San Francisco
Lymon
Mexico
Chronology of Boer War actions around Ladysmith and surrounding fronts
A compact timeline detailing key operations and casualties in the Boer War, including Buller’s movements across the Tugela and Spion Kop, Roberts’ advances into the Orange Free State, the siege of Kimberley, the Paardeberg surrender, Mafeking relief, and Kruger’s proclamations, with dates ranging February through March.
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Ladysmith
Buller
Tugela
Colenso
Spion Kop
Potgieter’s Drift
Roberts
Orange Free State
Modder River
Kimberley
Cronje
Paardeberg
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Louis Botha
Transvaal
Vaal
Vet
Kruger
Steyn
Kroonstadt
Lindley
Mafeking
Bethane
British And Boer Forces Clash Across Transvaal Front
Reported actions show fighting near Pretoria and east of the city with Boer forces under Prinsloo De Wet and Delarey opposing British units under Knox Smith-Darien and Clements. Captures include guns and prisoners as both sides trade blasts along the Vaal river and surrounding towns.
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Mafeking
Broadwood
Thabanchu
de Villebois Mareuill
Boshof
Bethani
Wepener
de Wet
Kruger
Transvaal
Niral’s Nekt
Prinsloo
Gen. Knox
Vaal River
Pretoria
Rustenberg
Nooftgedacht
Tragevaal
Clements
Delarey
Explosion and wrecks claimed many lives in early disasters
A compilation of massive loss events lists dynamite train explosions in Ashley Pennsylvania and Durban. factory fires in Norwich Connecticut. passenger train wrecks on the Chicago and Northwestern at Ford River Michigan. and numerous other fatal accidents across the United States and abroad including mining blasts, bridge collapses, and rail collisions with hundreds of casualties and injuries across dates and locations.
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Hopkins & Allen Arma Co
Norwich
Conn
Laws
Chicago and Northwestern
Ford River
Mich
Lehigh Valley
Rochester
Maritime disasters tally from 19th century wrecks
A list of shipwrecks and gales noting crews lost across oceans. Counties reference St Marys Newfoundland and other locations, naming vessels like Helgoland Campania Cuvier and Yosemite with multiple fatalities cited including 80, 36, and 200 fatalities in various incidents.
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Myra B. Weaver
Handkerchief Shoal
New England
Monticello
Yarmouth
Yosemite
Guam
Philippines
St. Olaf
Boule Island Rocks
St. Lawrence
Maumee Valley
Point Pelee
Lake Erie
Storms and Floods across Transcaucasia and Caribbean
A September report details a Russian Transcaucasia earthquake that destroyed six villages and cost hundreds of lives. In the West Indies a hurricane struck Galveston, killing about 7,000 and destroying $25,000,000 in property. Continued on page 44.
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Russian Transcaucasia
Galveston
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Atlantic
Pacific
RED Cross
Board of Trade
Leiter Corrier
Coliseum
Red Cross Society
John C. Black
William Penn Nixon
Congregational
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Young Men's Christian Association
Department
The
Contry
Todianapolis
Tan
New Columbia Club
Indiana
James Whitcomb Riley
le Wallace
Benjanin Tharrison
Hugh H. Hanna
W. H. S. Miller
John N. Griffiths
Fairbanks and
Beveridge
Joe Coburn
Overstreet
Daniel M. Ransdell
Iowa
Wisconsin
Madison, Wis
State Board of Control
Prairie du Lac, Wis
Henry Bliven
Sauk Prairie
Sioux City
Gustave Pecaut
Mississippi River
Pecaut
Beloit, Wis
Anson P. Waterman
C. E. Whitman
Belle Shee
C. S. Gregory
Episcopaliana
Cedar Rapids, Ta
George Se. Platt
Christian Church At
Marion
Episcopal Church
Drake Cate
Centerville
Drake
Wales
Prince of Wales
Thomas Lipton
Vranets
Royal Baking Powder
Roval Making Powder CO
McKinley
Tien Tain
Peitsang
Yang-tsun
Prebuary
Mallory Line
New York City
Jersey Storage Co
Constable Hook
New York Harbor
Atlanta
Camden
Greenwich
Lloyds
Saale
Bremen
Main
Prescott
A. T
Newcastle
Cal
Ashland
Wis
Kelly Ax Manufacturing Co
Alexandria
Ind
Narragansett Pier
Spring Lake
Nunda
Ilis
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Hinman & Co
St. Paul
Tarrant & Co
Frankfort
Joss
Wabash, Ind
Graft & Kleigh
Echo
Wells County
South Africa
Fig of
England
Roodwal
Botha
Alkmaar
Jacobsdal
Ashley
Malone
Red Ash
New River
Smith Powder
Pompton
Johannesburg
Schofield
Utah
Southern Railway
McDonough
Chicago and Northwestern R. R
Depere
Tacoma
Avauer
Siatington
Grand Rapids and Indiana RR. R
Pierson
Harlem R
Kensico Station
N.Y
Reading
Hatfield Station
Cotoneer
St. Nikander
Porkhoff
Russla
Imperial
Northwestern
R. R
Southern Pacific
Suisun
St. Mary's, N. F
MAROM
Strait of Dover
Hatteras
Florence
Yukon River
Campania
Ireland
Cunard
Embleton
Irish
Acwover
Cape Vincent
Mary A. Brown
Gloucester
Hampton Beach
N. H
Charles Foster
West River
Ho-Kau
Gneisenau
Malaga
Citizens’ Savings Bank
U.S
Josnin Keek
Cons
H. Krew
Frank Stewart
I. M. Sprount
M. L. Logan
A. S, Hays
Temple Building
Evening Journal
Johnson
Baird & Bailey
O. F. Haight
Ashby
Nicola
OUR
Cass
H. Knecht
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
North Dakota
Manitoba
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
British Columbia
Gro. D. Roars
Pass
Des Moines
Stewart
Great Rock Island
Harwood
South Side
Bailey
J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Washington, Iowa
W. H. Butterfield
Oreastore
W. E. Anderson
Klein's
E. Cor
St. Washington
Marsh W. Bailey
City
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Madison Medicine Co
Madison
Mncorpo
M Lombardo’s
North Side
Pretty
Alien Telephone
T. J. Dempsey
National Bank
Washington,owa
W. KR. Jeffrey
Pres A. Anderson
J. T. Anderson
Ras't Cash
Owa
Cotorer
A. H. Wallace
A. Ware
Cashier
Blair
M. Kok
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
L P. Robinson
Frank Rout
R - HanAerann
F. E. Townsend, D. D
Columbian School of Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
Dixon & Matthews
Kemble
Kemble Flower Co
Orxkalooasa
R. F. Riley
Pantaloon
Ruite
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