Admiral Dewey’s New Wife and Lost Dog Tale
A satirical Illinois dispatch mocks fortune and fate citing Admiral Dewey’s new wife and the loss of his dog. It notes twelve mines still active near Pretoria, a planned Kimberley capture for war funds, Gomez’s stance on Cuban relief, and Manila to Tarlac rail progress aiding supply lines amid a positive U S trade balance of about 370 million dollars for the year so far.
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Breat
Admiral Dewey
Pretoria
Kimberley
Aguinaldo depicted as cowardly amid war rage
A sharp critique contrasts heroic American officers with Aguinaldo, accusing him of sending others to fight while he retreats at danger. The piece mocks his purported lack of personal courage and loyalty to his own skin.
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Aguinaldo
Michigan Supreme Court rules Detroit home rule law unconstitutional
The Michigan Supreme Court declared the Eikhofft home rule law for Detroit unconstitutional, finding it attempted to confer legislative powers upon a municipality in contradiction to the state constitution.
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Michigan Supreme Court
Detroit
General Funston on Filipino governance and liberty
Brig Gen Funston argues Filipinos forfeited any right to consideration and cannot govern themselves. He says liberty to them means a license to raise hell, reversing earlier support for a self ruled government under U S protection.
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Gen. Funston
United States
Milner’s rise to governorship of Cape Colony
Sir Alfred Milner, a central European figure, advanced from finance roles at home and in Egypt under Goschen and Cromer to budgeting under Harcourt and Wicks-Beach. His appointment to South Africa brought his greatest distinction and fame.
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Alfred Milner
Cape Colony
Europe
Finance
Egypt
Mr. Goschen
Lord Cromer
William Harcourt
Michael Wicks-Beach
South Africa
Germany and Samoa Settlement Sparks Pacific Powers Shift
Germany pushes the Samoa question toward settlement causing tensions among powers. The United States and Beem express satisfaction with the adjustment. The region promises a strategic harbor in the southern Pacific, rivaled only by San Francisco, according to some authorities.
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Germany
River and harbor improvements endorsed at Memphis convention
A waterways convention at Memphis gave broad view on river and harbor improvements. It approved government work already done as beneficial to the public and profitable. It urged the general government to expand and systematize such investments and engagements.
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River Ad
Memphis
Railway earnings rise across regions in 1899 gains
Weekly figures show railway earnings up 10 to 20 percent from a year earlier. This reflects one of the broad trends in general trade. Last year’s rail earnings surpassed the year before, and 1899 is still leading. Western lines appear to gain more on the everce, compared with other regions in the United States.
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United States
Ferther
Amsterdam
N. Y
Broomcorn Trust
Charleston
Kansas
Arkanas
Missouri
Death of Major John A Logan Ends Heroic Line
Major John A Logan dies in action in the Philippines, ending the direct male line of a famed military family. He endured through Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, with his horse shot from under him, and he led his men in battle as “Black Jack” before falling in his first Philippine engagement. The nation sends sympathy to his family and his esteemed mother.
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John A. Logan
Luzon
Gen. Logan
Fort Henry
Fort Donelson
Maj. Logan
Philippines
Illinois Deaths and Tax Notes Across Counties in Illinois
Recent death notices from Illinois list Prof George W Smith and others aged from 45 to 76, names including Mrs Addison Hull Mrs Felix Blankenbeker and Mrs Roxie Ann Burge with local ties to Flora Centralia and Mount Pulaski. The report also covers hospital delays at Peoria and tax assessments for Cook and other counties with detailed property values and proposed reductions.
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Illinois Stata Kews
George W. Smith
Flora
Addison Hull
Felix Blankenbeker
Inilaw
Clark County
C. W. Williford
Jonesboro
J. P. Eastwood
William Calvin
Litchfield
Mattie Clements
C. J. Clements
Centralia
Roxie Ann Burge
Catherine Newlin
Justice of the Peace
S. H. Newlin
Mount Pulaski
Ohio
Crawford County
Hanley
Decatur
Ramsey
Charles Gayer
Cairo
Hugh Lawrence Jenckes
Jo Daviess County
Dubuque (In
Plague Death Triggers Med Vessel Arrivals Observation
Trieste reports a death from the plague on a Turkish steamer leads to observation for all Mediterranean arrivals. The measure aims to prevent spread by enforcing a monitoring period on incoming ships and passengers.
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Trieste
Mediterranean
Emergency Rations for Philippines Ordered
Washington Nov 15 General Weston chief commissary ordered 75 000 additional emergency rations for the army in the Philippines to bolster provisions amid ongoing campaigns and supply concerns.
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Washington
Weston
Philippines
Kruger Bows to British Prisoner Aid Blockade
London reports the United States cannot forward messages or obtain information on British prisoners after President Kruger refused Consul Macrum permission to transmit a prisoner list. Macrum remains nominal agent but lacks powers. Officials warn Kruger may not stay long and suggest Portugal could act if requested.
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London
United States
Kruger
Macrum
Great Britain
Sam
Portugal
British Troops Reoccupy Naauwpoort in Cape Colony
Cape Town reports on Gen Gatacre addressing troops at Queenstown and urging forward movement. Dispatches note modest Boer support risks, Mafeking reports of minor casualties, and Ladysmith volunteers, while Naauwpoort is reoccupied by British forces as the war news continues to unfold.
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Cape Town
Gatacre
Ccolumn
Queenstown
Cape Colony
Toers
Free State
Butchers Corp Theological Seminary
Neusstring
Mafeking
London
War Office
Guller
Cleary
Mooi River
Col
Baden-Powell
Tio Sauying
Snen
Phe
Pretoria
The
Daily Mail
Naauwpoort
Gulf Coast Holiday Ads and Humorous Snippets
A composite note highlights Gulf Coast winter appeals along the Louisville and Nashville line from Mobile to New Orleans with travel folders from Geo B Horner. It also includes quips from newspapers about weddings, a tasteless tonic claim, a vegetarian joke, a testimonial for Piso’s Cure, and a quote about a successful man.
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Gulf Coast
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mobile
New Orleans
Florida
Geo. B. Horner
St. Louis
Mrs Pinkham medicine changes life of Mrs Kuhn
A letter from Mars E E Kuan of Germano, Ohio praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for eight years of suffering from womb issues and painful periods. She reports renewed energy, ability to work full days, and urges other women to use the remedy.
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Mars
Woman Recounts Relief From Lydia E. Pinkham Remedies
Mrs M L Suvans of Guy Marsu reports eight bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and two packages of Sanae tive Wash plus Liver Pills cured her womb trouble and nervous insomnia. She now sleeps well, has appetite, and recommends the medicines to others.
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Lydia
Pinkham
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Piso
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Huntington, Ind
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