Long Debate Over Canal Route Prompts Senate Fight
Senator Hanna leads against the Nicaragua canal as debate looms in the senate. Morgan vows to push his Panama route amid strong testimony and a steering committee dispute. Capitol improvements and White House exercise anecdotes conclude this overview of political maneuvering.
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Panama
Hanna
Nicaragua
Morgan
Senate
Alabama
Elkins
Capitol
Committee On Rules
Rotunda
Warning in Health Decline and Dr Pierce Cure Claims
In danger as health warns through flesh loss and hollow cheeks, a weak stomach is the start of broader disease. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, free of alcohol and narcotics, advertised to heal stomach and digestion related ills. Mrs Bettie Askew of Garysburg credits improved health after using multiple bottles and related remedies. Companion offer for Dr Pierce's Medical Adviser with free or mail order copies follows.
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Pierce
Bettie Askew
Garysburg
Northampton Co
Nursegirl and Pet Dog Ride in Private Rig
A humorous fragment from New York Weekly describes two Nursegirls with a coachman footmen and a private rig. The speaker jokes about ostentation while a dog is sent along for an airin and is hidden under a seat.
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New York Weekly
Dizzy Harcourt Quips On Political Qualities
Sir William Harcourt once mocked political success as three traits a fine person a loud voice and no principles. He later retorted that leaving out the first two, it could apply to Disraeli himself, humorously branding him Dizzy.
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Sir William Harcourt
Disraeli
Harcourt
Bluffer Husband Swears Off Smoking Behind Stable
In a witty Town Topics item, Mrs Subbubs notes her husband sneaks out back to smoke while Mrs Baklets reveals he merely pretends to quit, claiming he can smoke anywhere but is currently bluffing about quitting.
Photographer and Subject Spar Over Portrait Mood
In a playful exchange from the Indianapolis News, the subject admits not having posed in ten years while the photographer jokes about the negative. Friends banter about age and appearance, with witty remarks on feminine perspicacity surpassing masculine reasoning.
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Puck
Indianapolis News
Paris Forest Fire Burn Rate Cited By Baltimore American
The Baltimore American notes Paris burns about 1000 acres of forest weekly as a measure of the fire’s scale. The exchange frames a limit to progress with rising destruction and scarce resources for containment.
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Paris
Fierce March Snowstorm Paralyzes Northern Railways
North Dakota and the Canadian northwest suffer a devastating blizzard halting the Northern Pacific and Great Northern for days. Widespread drifts, zero temperatures, and scattered communication cripple lines from Grand Forks to Winnipeg, with trains stranded and crews awaiting relief as flood warnings spread through Georgia and Alabama waterways rise.
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Vargo
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Willston
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Cassellton
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Winnipeg
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Georgia
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Eufaula
Ala
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Columbus
Chattahoochee
Alabama
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Florida
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Brunswick
Brunswick and
Birmingham
Tpuffalo Swamp Mile
Markets Report From Chicago And East Buffalo Hides Slab Prices
Hogs receipts around 2000 with sales mostly at 6.15 to 6.40. cattle receipts about 2500 with varied quotes from 3.80 to 7.30 for steers and related categories. sheep and lambs about 7000 with western and native grades quoted. East Buffalo figures show hogs 6.10 to 6.70, cattle and lambs mixed. St Louis and Milwaukee notes list grain and oats prices with minor shifts in corn and rye futures.
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Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Ast
Buffalo
Chicago Grain and Produce
Board of Trade
Steamer Tiber Sunk with All Hands Off Nova Scotia
News from Halifax reports the Dominion Coal steamer Tiber sank off White Point ledges near Canso with twenty crew including Captain Henry Banlanger. Two survivors reached shore in a small boat and the fate of the rest is believed fatal.
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Halifax
Canso
Dominion Coal Company
White Point Ledges
Henry Banlanger
Quebec
The Bindery Tale of a Treasured Shake spear Marginal Notes
A man with an old bound book learns the lesson of precise instructions to his binder. A tattered Shake spear is sent to preserve marginal notes, but the returned volume loses notes as edges are pared and gilt applied, leaving the owner chagrined.
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New York Tribune
Moody's Warm Welcome for New Navy Secretary
Thirty thousand residents of Maver and nearby towns greeted the newly appointed Navy Secretary W. T. Moody with an ovation. The city represented by every society and organization lined the procession with a postmarch review. John Fo Marnire delivered a welcoming address and Moody replied praying for divine guidance during his tenure and bidding good night.
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John Fo Marnire
WHERE IS LARRY M'KEE
Larry McKee messenger for the Aname Express Company vanished with a package of 10 000 in cash from Brazil Ind to a private bank. Trusted longtime employee, he disappeared around March, locating at last address in Indianapolis no longer current. Detectives traced him to Indianapolis then found no current residence.
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McKee
Nalarme
MceKee
Indianapolis
Roosevelt offers Sargent immigration commissioner post
President Roosevelt proposes Frank P. Sargent head of immigration to succeed Terrence Powderly. Powderly’s nonrenewal seen as discord with treasury officials. Senate ship subsidy debate features amendments by Allison Spooner. House closes with 220 private pension bills passed. Iowa and St Louis Railway contract awarded to William Whenetick. Printing crafts seek post office ruling relief. Mrs James Beard orders 50000 dollars of books to boost Port Huron library. Jack OBrien to fight Tommy Ryan for world middleweight title. Fall River mills raise wages 10 percent to avert strike.
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Wrehington
Allison
Treasury
Spooner
Sweetest girl in all the world line from Boston Transcript
A brief exchange of flirtation is quoted from the Boston Transcript with a teasing remark about being the sweetest girl in the world. The humor rests on previous suitors claiming the same.
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Tie
Dearest
Boston Transcript
Washington Times Quote On Kindness And Bystander Silence
A Washington Times remark notes that many people avoid recognizing friends' suffering by looking the other way, highlighting the tension between kindness and avoidance.
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Washington Times
Alarmed dispatch on Methuen relief effort at Pretoria
London reports Lord Kitchener quotes a staff officer detailing the Tu-March relief fight at Mutz not Muntich where mounted troops routed at dawn. Methuen with Northumberland Fusiliers and Cape police held for hours amid heavy losses asBoers, wearing khaki and badges, pressed the attack.
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Pretoria
Neshwm Waahit
Neshawm
Poweht
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Northumberland Fusiliers
Lancashires
Cape
Lord Wetted
Cape Police
Imperial Yeonmary
Partie
Cuba and Puerto Rico Leaders Move Toward New Government
Porto Rico report says Secretary Tamayo and Senor Capote plan visits to consult president-elect Tomas Berrada Polo in Cuba on inaugurating a new government. Governor Wood may leave St. Augustine this week. Articles discuss Cuba’s sugar and tariff policy, commercial treaties, and island reforms as changes loom. Governor Hunt tours coast towns, noting strong public spirit, good crops, improving health, and broad progress in education and commerce.
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Tamayo
Senor Capote
Valle
New York
Mexico
Tomas Berrada Polo
Ube
Wood
Avinador Commercihal
Cuba
United States
Matangas
Adud
Howe
Maange
Canernt Wood
Ile
Slant
Mysterious death shocks Indiana town Ida Hayes age 4
Family and friends recount the sudden death of Ida Hayes daughter of Theodore Hayes near Pullin Indiana. Her remains arrived from Manapolia while the father suspects malpractice and will seek a beach investigation. A distant report links a local farmer’s disappearance in Fayette county.
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Ind
Ida Hayes
Theodore Hayes
Here
Mise Hayes
Delaware
Dattin
Manapolia
Denehter
Cambridge City
Fayette County
Notorious Colonel Smith Loses Lodging Over Debt
New York March 17 Colonel Nicholas Smith once linked to Horace Greeley as the handsome man of the west could not pay a $42 debt and vacated Mrs Thurd’s West Ninety third Street home with his two daughters. He married Ida, Greeley’s daughter, and is a former Union colonel from Kentucky.
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New York
Nicholas Smith
Hocrace Greely
Badih
Reoine
Difference Between Dr Johnson and Composer Cited
A literary figure contrasts Dr Johnson with himself noting Johnson could recall all he wrote while the composer states his aim is to write everything he can remember, as cited by the Washington Star.
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Dr. Johnson
Time Flight Slips In Witty Prose By Philadelphia Record
In a humorous column, the Philadelphia Record muses on time’s rapid passage and likens clocks to creatures with wings, noting the oddity of time slipping away as the paper reflects on everyday life.
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Philadelphia
Simile Compares Victoria to Cow in Hindu Reverence
An Indian press tribute to Queen Victoria used a farmerly simile saying she loved her subjects with the maternal affection of a cow for her calf. The line, from a Hindu periodical, would please only the Hagishman who recalls the cow and calf’s sacred place in Hindu belief.
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Queen Victoria
Hagishman
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