Critics Clash Over War Conduct In Natal Dispatches
London reports accuse the War Office of secrecy and mismanagement in Natal. British losses climb toward 8,000 while Lord Balfour hints defeat remains possible amid political back and forth in Washington and London.
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Department of War Administration
Lord Balfour
London
War Office
Natal
Daily Mail
South Africa
Potter
Admiralty
St. Paul
Liverpool
Great Britain
Ladysmith
Balfour
Arthur J. Balfour
the Treasury
East Manchester
Aden
Transvaal
Foreign rice demand boosts American corn potential abroad
The article notes a three month 1899 average import of 144,529 piculs of rice to Amoy China at over 4.14 cents per pound, urging use of corn products to undercut rice. It cites possible Western state corn surplus outlets, calls for funding to promote corn meal use, and mentions cattle deals and trade moves involving Mexico, Cuba, and German and French exporters.
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Amoy
China
Coxset
el Paso
Texas
Terrazas
Chihauhuu
Mexico
New Orleans
Cuba
Venezuela
Puerto Principi
Santa Clara
Havana
Beveridge urges permanent Philippines role in orient trade
Senator Beveridge in the Senate advocates keeping the Philippines as a permanent colony with a simple strong government and ideal administrators noting vast eastern trade and archipelago resources. Senator Hoard opposes and Beveridge says the islands cannot self govern and must be governed by the United States.
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Senate
Pettigrew
Pep
S. D
Philippines
United States
McKinley
Sid
Spooner
Wisconsin
Congress
Stewart
Nevada
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Indianapolis
DD. C
Beveridge
Orient
Hoard
Congress Adopts Food Bureau and Urgent Deficiency Bill
The session details creation of a bureau of chemistry in the agricultural department and food inspection. House actions focus on District of Columbia business and the urgent deficiency bill carried to $56,127,841 with $47,602,332 in military and naval reappropriations. Direct appropriations include Treasury $2,069,624 and War $2,750,000 among others.
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Bureau of Chemistry
Agricultural Department
House
District of Columbia
June W. Gayle
Kentucky
Cannon
Treasury Department
War Department
Postal Service
Court of Claims
Philippines
San Combishops Bid Engages Local Interest
A fragmentary note notes interest in a bid related to Eng and local figures, with unclear details but suggests community discussion or measures tied to a project or event in San Combishops.
Paris firm plans hydro electric project on St Etienne line
A Paris company formed at 7 Rue Lafayette with 400000 capital aims to convert the St Etienne Railroad into an electric road. Early next year vast material and equipment will be needed for the undertaking, while New York merchants report strong demand for provisions despite weak manufacturing orders. A new rubber plant, Eucomia Tillinold, has been grown in Paris colonial gardens, with claims it yields 27 percent gutta percha and may grow in a moderate climate.
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Frankfort
Germany
Russia
Brazil
Saxony
Richard von Schneller & Co
Vienna
F. A. Gottlieb
Liberty Street
New York
Electric Street Railway Company
Santiago
Chili
S. B. Norto Ilago
London
120 Gate Street
E. C
Lish Capital
Paris
Rue Lafayette
la Societe W Hydro-Electrique Rousillonnaise
St. Etienne
Woman Opponent Seemed Less Threat To Suffrage Says Delegate
A delegate at an eastern convention recounted how a clipping bureau failed to provide pro suffrage material yet supplied favorable notices. She admitted discovering the enduring obstacle was not men, but passive male indifference, which dampened her campaign for equal rights.
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East
Tragedy Near Marksville Ends In Fatal Shooting
Marksville dispatch reports Leon Bernard was instantly killed when Mrs Abel Bordelon, a 24 year old, fired a gun during a card game with Abel Bordelon and tenant Leon Bernard. Wives present. children too young to explain.
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Marksville
1.A
Leon Bernard
Abel Bordelon
A Bunch of Charms Now on One Chain
The article notes a fad for small dainty amulets sold as a single chain of thirteen charms in gold silver and crystal. Each charm symbolizes a virtue such as happiness longevity good luck life-long happiness and contains items like amethyst heart heather locket shamrock mistletoe bog oak violet and an anchor.
Gray Coat and Blue Eyes in the Nutting Wood
A short tale of a gray coat squirrel storing nuts by a tree. Children out nutting find the stash but a girl with blue eyes leaves the nuts, praised for her generosity. Narrator notes the blue eyed girl as the happier child in the wood.
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Jack Frost
M. Winchester Adams
Teaching to Shoot and Ballistic Principles for Riflemen
A Pearson's Magazine excerpt explains bullet trajectory determined by gravity, air resistance, and the initial charge, noting 200 yards drop about two feet and soldiers often firing high at close range. It covers bayonet use, maximum ranges, shell penetration, wind effects, and the need to tailor aim to individual rifles and shooters.
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Pearson's
Grain Shippers Form Wisconsin Association in Sheboygan
At the Grand hotel in Sheboygan nearly fifty grain merchants and maltsters met to form the Grain Shippers association of Wisconsin. A three member committee will draft a constitution and bylaws and arrange another meeting soon. They allege railroad rate discrimination, claiming Chicago and Milwaukee shippers pay lower rates for longer distances than local Wisconsin shippers.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Grain Shippers’ Association of
Wisconsin
Star Chamber
Grand Hotel
Chicago and Milwaukee
Milwaukee Eyes and Ears Screening for School Children
The health department and school board plan universal eye and ear examinations in Milwaukee public schools on January 12. Dr. H. V. Wardeman will lead the effort with assistants Charles Zimmerman J. S. Barnes and N. M. Black guiding teachers on detection of defects and classroom use of eye health practices.
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Milwaukee
Health Department
School Board
H. V. Wardeman
Charles Zimmerman
J. S. Barnes
N. M. Black
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