War in Cuba Seen Threatening Spain and United States
Madrid and Havana dispatches report Washington's demand to end Cuba fighting may trigger war unless Spain provides indemnity or accepts terms. Madrid expects Sagasta government victory in elections while measures to aid destitute Cubans are slated. Rascon discusses armistice options with Britain.
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Berlin
Madrid
Frankfort Zeitung
Senor Gullen
Washington
Cuba
Berliner Tageblatt
Spain
Maine
McKinley
United States
Duke
Veragua
London
Count de Rascon
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Washington Cabinet Talks Focus Cuban, Maine Inquiry
Washington March 28. President meets Secretaries Bliss Alger Gage and Griggs with Day of state department. Cuba and Maine court inquiry discussants yield no clear decision. Spain seeks peace and US to aid under public opinion limits.
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Washington
White House
Bliss
Alger
Gage
Griggs
Day
State Department
Maine Court of Inquiry
War
Spain
Cuba
United States
Sagasta
Congress
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Capitol
Board of Inquiry
Maine
Reed
Hitt
Comiittee
Murphy Held for Heinous Spousal Cruelty in Butte
In Butte Montana Patrick Murphy a miner was arrested for brutal cruelty to his wife. After she hid in the cellar she tried to escape through a trap door Murphy trapped her arm and poured scalding water over it boiling the arm from fingers to shoulder necessitating amputation and leaving the victim in dire distress.
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Butte
Mont
Patrick Murphy
Murphy
Death by Own Action Suspected In Ill Woman
Shelbyville Illinois March 28 coroner’s jury ruled death by heart paralysis but a second inquest is begun amid findings of carbolic acid in the stomach and a note suggesting the husband’s murder. Also Illinois Democrats decline to test anti fusion law in court while Cedar Rapids man dies after being nearly severed on a circular saw.
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Shelbyville, Ills
Mary Ragan
St. Louis
Democratic State Central Committee of
Illinois
Kramer
East St. Louis
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Dedic
Ohio River Flood Forecast Dims Local Hopes in Cincinnati
The Ohio River flood outlook is disheartening as levels reached fifty five feet in Cincinnati, with forecasts uncertain after cloudbursts in Ohio and Indiana. Merchants move goods from inundated basements while Grand Central station floods, trains use emergency stations, and a tenacious flood threat looms toward a possible record peak.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ohio
Indiana
Second Street
Pearl Street
West End
Grand Central
Local Flood Tears Through City Streets
A heavy weekend rain caused widespread damage as streets and sidewalks in the city suffered. Property loss looms for area farmers if waters do not recede soon.
Wind Storms Rage Across South Territory and Nebraska
A March 28 report details a powerful wind storm from South McAlester to Lehigh and Colgate causing farmhouse demolitions and potential fatalities. Ardmore reports sixteen houses moved, Rev McCullough injured, and multiple towns affected. Lincoln notes a severe Nebraska storm with heavy drifting snow and sudden cold, disrupting streetcars and risking crops.
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McAlester
I. T
Lehigh
Colgate
James Seaforme
M. E
South McAlester
Ardmore
McCullough
Nebraska
Lincoln
Greenland Sealing Steamer Disaster Leaves Many Missing
The steamer Greenland, returning from the seal fishery, arrived at Bay de Verde reporting a disaster as her crew searched ice floes. A violent storm struck while the ship was amid ice, leaving forty eight dead and missing and sixty six others facing significant losses.
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Limba
St. Johns, Nr
Greenland
Bay de Verde
Ohio River Flood Contingency Impacts Portsmouth
The Ohio river rises a quarter inch per hour threatening central Portsmouth. Crews reinforce temporary levees to shield downtown while sewers are pumped to prevent floodwater from seeping in. Weather is warm and cloudy with rain predicted.
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Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Baltimore and
Ohio
Portsmouth
Floods Rise Across The Prairie State And Inland Rivers
Heavy rain drenched Illinois and Indiana on March 28 causing overflowing Sangamon and Wabash rivers, broken levees, and submerged farms. Rail lines and water works disrupted as crews moved families to higher ground. shipping and transport hampered by widespread flood conditions and frigid, drifting seas.
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Indiana
Springfield
Ills
Sangamon
St. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Illinois
Vincennes
Ind
Wabash
Busseron
Bellegrade
Baltimore and Ohio
Princeton
White
Patoka
Milwaukee church group set semi annual meeting
The Brotherhood of St. Andrew of the Milwaukee Episcopal diocese will hold its semi annual meeting next Friday at St. Stephen's church in Milwaukee. The Chicago and Alton railroad says its Kansas City to Chicago timetable will be reduced to thirteen hours within two weeks.
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The
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Milwaukee Episcopal Diocese
St. Stephen’s Church
Milwaukee
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Kansas City
Chicago
Nile Dam Plans Stir Archaeologists and Engineers
Cairo readers weigh a vast dam project on the Nile to store floodwater and ease drought. Engineers propose a 46 foot head at Assuan with a 6000 foot crest, while archaeologists fear Isis temple Philae may be submerged. Contractors seek 25 million dollars over 30 years with locks for Nile steamers.
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Ptolemy
London
Russia
China
Cairo
Nile
Isis
Ptolmey II
Ista
Philae
Assuan
Egypt
Great Dam
Niles
England Reproaches Government Over China Policy and Russia Ties
London dispatches describe an anxious press criticizing British inaction in China and potential Russian entente with Japan. The Times urges a naval demonstration, while Hong Kong reports mobilization and French cruisers heading north. Separate weather woes report terrible gales along the coast with wrecks and heroic rescues.
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London
China
England
Russia
the Times
Great Britain
Hong Kong
Barfleur
Nagasaki
Japan
North Sea
Baltic
Shields
Diamant
Dover
Lowestoft
Gold Polder prospectus invites readers to request a free copy
A compact regional guide promises the Klondike folder with mine locations routes costs and living tips. It notes a free copy by mail upon request and asks readers to write for “The Gold Polder” and provide an address.
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Klondike
Shilohs Cure and Clover Root Tea Advertised in Buffalo
Local Buffalo advertising cites Shilohs Consumption Cure as a leading remedy for consumption and coughs sold by Glasgow and Lytle. Karl’s Clover Root Tea is promoted for constipation and blood purification with a money back guarantee. Catarrh relief with Shilohs Catarrh remedy is also offered by the same sellers.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Glasgow & Lytle
Karl
Shiloh
Glasgow, & Lytle
Local Grocery Ad Sparks Price Tango Across Brands
An old ad lists Victor Brand coffee priced at 84e with a claim of superior quality. Fancy New Sorghum is described as home made. Canned tomatoes come in 3-pound cans labeled Best money can buy. Crown Brand corn appears in 2-pound cans described as a dandy.
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Kemble Viorat Co
Kemble Co
Ateum
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Havana
Orden Publico
Hangng
Him
Devil
Allegheny Mountains
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Endian Territory
Clisgard
COLT
Colt Company
Royal
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
Nile River
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
T. J. Dempsey
Clauss
Keok
Senor Quesida
Pateletes
National Book Concern
Hoo Dearborn St
Great Hook Island
Alaska
Joan Sebastian
G. PP
J. D. Young
Pres
WK. Jeperey
A. Anderson
Cash
J.T. Anderson
Axs
Washington County Savings Bank
Paynterest
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Jos Krew
Press
A. Waren
Gashier
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We P.O. M
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First National Bank
Wi. Blair
Au Wallace
Josepheek
OH. Keek
Lo J. Robinson
Mennk Stewart
J. PL Henderson
Brod. H. Selter
Casey Bros
Feed and Sale Stable
Aten
H. M. Eicher
Atprornev-Atolaw
Washington County
Savings Tuk
J. J. Kellogg
Pension
Treasury Departments
East Side Square
Chas. J. Wilson
Attorney-At-Law
Orrin
Alberson's Grocery
W. H. Butterfield
Crail
Iowa
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
Gall
H. Sanford
Elp
Bell Soap Manufacturing CO
Amit
Wabash Ave
Promi
Dr. Price
J. C. Smith
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