Porte Defies Powers in Naval Demonstration at Piraeus
Reported from Constantinople the Porte rejected the combined fleets demand over Macedonia, while Europe doubts the demonstration’s effectiveness. Turkish public opinion backs the Sultan amid resentment toward Russia’s role. Observers note fleet speed disparities and forecast limited success of any blockade without homogeneous ships.
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Europe
Sultan
Russia
Washington Post
Constantinople
Porte
Macédonia
Bert
Macedonia
Piraeus
von Nipyed
Fatewah
Dardanelles
Lancaster
Turkey
Odessa
Caucasus
Poland
Vienna
Licensed to Marry in Charlottesville and Beyond
A fractured obituary notice lists multiple individuals with scattered locations, naming couples and their stated counties and towns, including Charlottesville and San Francisco, and references a Methodist Episcopal church service. The garbled text covers residence details, ages, and a funeral context with scattered dates.
Ambiguous Health Office Record Drops Fragmented Clues
A garbled health office entry lists ages and states of care, mentioning insanity and various ages from a patient roster. The readable items include references to years of service, residence at a Burks county address, and scattered names and dates, but the OCR is too damaged to confirm a clear event or outcome.
Undertakers W R Speare and William Lee Firm
Fragmentary ad outlines undertaker and embalmer services at 940 F Street N W. Mentions W R Speare, William Lee, and a crematorium connection with a livery and crematorium unit. Contains scattered contact numbers and incomplete phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Otrictty
J William Lee
Medrat Pricea
Two British Ministers Promoted Knight Commander
London dispatch reports Alan Johnstone the British Minister to Denmark and Arthur James Herbert the British Minister to Norway, both married to Americans, have been promoted to Knight Commander of the Victorian Order. Johnstone wed Antoinette Pinchot of New York in 1892, while Herbert married Helen A. Gammell of Providence, Rhode Island.
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London
Alan Johnstone
Denmark
Arthur James Herbert
Norway
Johnstone
Baron Devent
Antoinette Pinchot
New York
Herbert
Helen A. Gammell
Providence
R. I
Graft in Turkey Dinners Arrest in Pittsburg
Pittsburg police arrested C Ogden Meade claiming to represent the People's Packing Company of Chicago. He was charged as a suspicious person, fined 60 dollars or sixty days in the county workhouse. Meade allegedly mailed circulars offering Thanksgiving dinners to poor families for a one dollar contribution.
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Pittsburg
C. Ogden Meade
Aellas Harris
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
James Kirby
Meade
People’s Packing Company
1 Web
Asylum Officials Accused in Ohio Hospital Probe
The State Hospital for the Insane trustees in Newburgh opened an inquiry into management charges. Rev V A Sleming alleged bad food, watered milk, and unrecorded handling of clothing and breeding stock. Assistant Supt Kelly accused Supt Howard of mismanaged staff ratios and political graft. Other witnesses to be examined.
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Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
State Hospital For the Insane
Newbure
Rev
Sleming
Fieming
Supt
Kelly
Howard
Rumors Of Cuban Plot Prompt Large Arrests In Havana
A special cable dispatch from Havana reports arrests tied to anti government conspiracies after a raid near San Juan de Martinez in Pinar del Rio seized sixty rifles. Thirteen leaders were captured, Col Juan Cruz linked to the movement, and a handbag on a train yielded two bombs. Liberals remain under watch as officials downplay danger while noting possible efforts to disrupt the presidential election.
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Washington Post
Havana
San Juan de Martinez
Pinar del Rio
Col
Juan Cruz
Escarra
Sancti Spiritus
Wallace Across Labrador From Ungava to Quebec Trek
Dillon Wallace reports successful solo crossing of Labrador with companion Easton. They reached Ungava on October 16 with provisions, planning to move westward to Georges River post then Chimo, awaiting frozen waterways to travel south toward Quebec, aiming for April arrival.
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Bt Johns
Newfoundland
Dillon Wallace
Labrador
New York
Wallace
Hasten
Ungava
Leonidas Hubbard
Hubbard
Mr. Wallace
Mr. Easton
Georges River Post
Chimo
Plan to Save Buffalo American Bison Society Formed
In New York on November 22 naturalists and zoology enthusiasts planned the American Bison Society to prevent buffalo extermination. Promoters include William T. Hornaday who spoke with President Roosevelt about a government herd in the West. New York officials aim to place the herd on the Wichita forest reserve with J Alden Loring traveling to Fort Sill to meet officials.
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American Bison Society
New York
William T. Hornaday
New York Zoological Park
New Society
Roosevelt
West
New York Zoological Society
New York Society
J. Alden Loring
Fort Sil
Okla
Wiehtta ‘Forest Reserve
Mr. Loring
Wynne Arrives in New York to Testify on Post Office Probe
Consul General Robert J. Wynne formerly the Postmaster General arrives on the Oceanic from Liverpool, slated to testify in prosecutions tied to the post office investigation. Capt W Biddle, German Embassy attache, also travels to Washington for testimony.
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London
New York
Oceanic
Liverpool
Robert J. Wynne
United States
W. 3
Biddle
Berlin
Washington
Post-Office
Col Francis Winter Dead A Civil War Veteran of Philadelphia
Col Francis Winter prominent Philadelphia figure and Civil War veteran died in hospital at sixty seven after two months illness. Born Belfield German Town he joined Union service via Simon Cameron later rising as captain of the Twelfth U S Infantry and colonel of the 125th Pennsylvania Infantry. Brevet major and lieutenant colonel honors followed for Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He returned to iron and coal brokerage and was active in social clubs and orders.
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Philadelphia
Francia Winter
Col
Wister
Belfield
Germantown
University of Pennsylvania
Simon Cameron
Twelfth
United States Infantry
125Th Pennsylvania Infantry
United States Army
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Racquet
No Crooked Work Claimed In Old Nick Distilling Trial
Special to the Washington Post Greensboro N C November 22 Defendants in the Old Nick Distilling Company federal fraud trial failed to finish their defense as cross examination by District Attorney Holton continued. Prosecution pressed for minutiae of distilling methods while two deputies from Kentucky and Eastern North Carolina testified they found no irregularities after four days of daily observation. Holton questioned keeper F A Yates about missing railroad agent books from Clemmonsville in April to leverage a possible continuation of the case.
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Washington Post
Greensboro
N. C
Nick Distilling Company
Holton
Williams
Kentucky
North Carolina
F. A. Yates
Kennedy
Clemmonsville
Cadets Face Extended Deadline for Apology
Virginia Military Institute board rejects cadets’ retraction paper and grants seven days to withdraw the note and issue a full apology. Governor still away in New York, with reports that most cadets will sign the board’s required statement except seven amid mounting pressure from Lexington sources.
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M. I
Washington Poat
Richmond
Virginia Military Institute ‘Board of Visitors
Ravernor
New York
Lexington
Wedding Gifts Stolen at Benwood Ceremony
Guests celebrated the wedding of Emory Butts and Aurelia Schad in Benwood when thieves entered the house and stole all the presents including silverware linens and cut glass. They also took a pair of new trousers left by the groom's mother-in-law among the wedding mementos.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
Wo Va
Emory Butts
Aurelia Schad
Benwood
Southern Railway Names Change in Senior Posts
J H Coapman to succeed Horace Baker as assistant general superintendent in a Dunville division reshuffle. Henry Williams to take over Columbia and Augusta duties with Greensboro HQ. Changes effective December 1, announced from Charlotte NC on November 22, with Baker’s resignation already on file.
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J. H. Coapman
Horace Baker
Washington Post
Charlotte
Nwc
E H. Coapman
Danville
The
Southern Railway
Baker
Washington
Coapman
Kenry Williams
Columbia and Augusta
Southern
Greensboro
Williams
Buffaloes in Session at Richmond Exposition
The Grand Lodge of the Benevolent Order of Buffaloes meets in Richmond with delegates from North Carolina Virginia West Virginia and Ohio W W Gregg of Cincinnati presiding over deliberations Hoy tomorrow end of session reported.
Pennypacker reply to AFL calls to Supreme Court
The AFL meeting in Pittsburg heard Gov. Pennypacker’s reply opposing a supplemental call for an extra session to advance labor friendly laws. The convention will seek legal counsel and report back tomorrow. Gompers’ report urged banning certain foreign labor, ending child labor, and pursuing a Supreme Court test of injunction laws. The eight hour workday, child labor bills, and union realignments were discussed. a banquet was canceled for the first time in federation history.
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Pittsburg
American Federation of Labor
Gov. Pennypacker
General Assembly
Marrow
Gompers
Executive Council
United States Supreme Court
International Woman's Labor League
Congress
Brewery
Engineers
Firemen
Te Entertainment Committee
Army officer arrested for alleged fund shortage in Spokane
First Lieut. Donald C. McClelland of the Tenth United States Infantry was arrested at Fort Wright on conduct unbecoming an officer after an investigation found a $440 shortage in company HE’s funds deposited in a Spokane bank. He enlisted from New York, served in Cuba and the Philippines, and is hospitalized with self-inflicted neck wounds. he has a wife and child in Spokane.
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Tenth Infantry Company
Spokane
Wash
Donald C. McClelland
Tenth United States Infantry
Fort Wright
McClelland
Post Hospital
New York
Cuba
Philippines
Witness in Geary case named nurse Griffiths
Boston authorities announce nurse Sarah Elizabeth Griffiths will testify against Dr Percy D McLeod William Hunt and Newis Crawford in the Geary cult case death. Police say she provided statements aiding the prosecution and that she is not criminally liable.
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Boston
Susanna Geary
Sarah Elizabeth Griffiths
Geary
Percy D McLeod
William Hunt
Newis Crawford
Miss Griffiths
Actress Dies After Deafness Operation in Boston
Miss Helen McGregor leading lady in the company performing As We Saw at a Boston theater died after an operation for deafness at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital. She rejoined the company Monday claiming recovery but soon deteriorated and died. A native of Rochester New York. Heavy fire loss in Indianapolis damages Badger Furniture stock and injures two seven story buildings on Washington Street.
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Helen McGregor
Boston
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Indianapolis
Ind
Badger Furniture Company
Washington Street
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East Capital
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Liverpoo
Vajaztte
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Morton
Stout
California Fig Syrup Co
Weber
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Knabe Upright
WM. Knabe & CO
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Massachusetts Avenue
Wellville
Mailaria
West 129
Arlington Brewing Co
Rosslyn
Munyon
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Mass. Ave
Mary H Gibbs
Detroit
Diamond Dye Annal
Burlington, Vt
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Penn. Ave. N. W
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