Secretary Root tests farmer sailors as recruits
The Indicator notes Secretary Root aims to train farmers into sailors with new recruits capable of plowing the seas. It adds that no method shortens the year 1900 in writing, calling it one of the longest years on record. It also mentions Uncle Sam's refrigerator at Manila, a 250 by 45 foot building that will preserve rations and output 50 tons of ice and 6000 gallons of distilled water daily.
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Root
Uncle Sam
Mamila
Locomotives Ordered After Overseas Tests
After tests of American locomotives on French state railways, authorities ordered tens more for passenger traffic. Locomotives score an invariable success wherever tried abroad.
French Official Hours Count From One To Twenty Four
In all French official departments the hours are counted from one to twenty four beginning at one a m. The wee sma hours are unchanged but the midnight stroke is a monitor that seems disposed never to quit.
Vienna warns of depopulation as 6500 men depart
A Vienna dispatch reports the government fears heavy emigration to America will depopulate the country. In one county 6,500 men began leaving for the United States in the last 11 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
America
Benjamin Prine Reaches 110 Birthday in New York
Benjamin Prine, who just celebrated his 110th birthday in New York, says he does not recall ever seeing Washington. The New York World quips that he must have been born blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Prine
New York
Washington
New York World
Soldier Marries in New Mexico by Telegraph
A soldier in New Mexico marries a Kentucky woman by telegraph. The item jokes about engagements by mail, honeymoons by long distance telephone, and divorces by thought transference as a modern ideal of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Kentucky
Educational Enrollment Progress Cited in Report
A report estimates 21,458,294 school age children in the country with 70 percent in school. It notes 1870 school attendance at 61.5 percent and praises the American people for the sustained high enrollment level.
Venice Gondolas Outpaced by Modern Waterways Shift
A Venice report notes steam launches supplanting traditional craft as a city adapts its historic waterways to modern needs. The piece observes the Doges Palace facing replacement by a skyscraper office building as progress proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Pueblo delegate Perea among new southwest congressmen
Delegate Pedro Perea of Ler Malillo New Mexico enters his first term in Congress as one of the region’s wealthiest ranchers. He is of striking appearance with dark eyes and a Spaniard-like look, and his family are among New Mexico’s oldest households.
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Pedro Perea
Lermalillo
N. M
Southwest
New Mexico
West Hartford Group Plans Noah Webster Memorial Library
Residents of West Hartford Connecticut organize the Noah Webster Memorial association to erect a library building in memory of the famed lexicographer born October 1755 in West Hartford and who died May 1543 within the town when it was part of Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Hartford
Conn
Noah Webster
Webster
Hartford
Representative Roberts Pushes Flag Descretion Penalty Bill
Representative Roberts of Massachusetts introduces a house bill imposing a penalty of 56 dollars for any desecration of the national flag and forbidding printing political pictures or candidate images on flags or as advertising marks. Most patriotic groups had urged similar legislation two years ago.
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Roberts
Massachusetts
Engineer to Freeze Mine Water to Stop Flood at Telle Isle
A salt mine operated by Bete Isle Salt at Telle Isle Mississippi flooded after a shaft hit a large spring. An engineer will freeze the water, remove the ice, then dam the spring to seal it. The company gives him 32000 dollars to complete the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bete Isle Salt Company
Telle Isle
Miss
Census hints Cuba population larger than expected
Authorities estimate about 1,500,000 inhabitants in Cuba, 200,000 more than commonly supposed. The share of Black residents is believed to be far smaller than earlier feared, likely below ratios seen in Mississippi, South Carolina and Louisiana.
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Cuba
Mississippi
South Carolina
Louisiana
Remarkable Vienna Lead Retrieval by Dr Schroatier
A 12 year old swallowed a lead piece about half sovereign size. X ray located the object in a second order bronchus. A bronchoscope, lighted electrically, and pinchers pulled the lead out with ongoing X-ray guidance. The operation was painless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Schroatier
Liverpool couple wed to sidestep Jersey law insult
Mr and Mrs Charles O'Brien traveled from Liverpool to Jersey City to marry under English law prohibiting a man from marrying his deceased wife's sister. They instead hurried back to New York and were married by an alderman, avoiding New Jersey’s five day license waiting period.
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Charles O’brien
Liverpool
Jersey City
New Jersey
New York
Congress Convenes Amid Puerto Rico Civil Government Bill
A week of Washington dispatches notes Congress reassembling after recess. Bills address Puerto Rico civil government and Hawaii territorial governance while financial and tax proposals are debated. Lawton widow pension, public funds inquiries, and Boers sympathy resolutions are also discussed with adjournment dates in view.
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Congress
Senate
Puerto Rico
House
Hobart
Gen
Lawton
Gage
New York
Cullom
III
United States
Hawaii
Beveridge
Philippines
Aldrich
R. J
103 year old Mrs Johan na Keese dies in Gelena
In Gelena a 103 year old woman named Mrs Johan na Keese died. T D H Bowen of Waukon was selected as speaker of the house at the Republican caucus in the Iowa legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanna Keese
Gelena
D. H. Bowen
Waukon
Iowa
Global War News Roundup From Manila to London
Reports indicate American prisoners including Lieut Gilmore arrived at Vigan. Admiral Watson raised the flag over Sibutu. Denmark may accept 3 million for the Danish West Indies. Lipton challenges for 1901 Americas Cup. Boers attack Ladysmith and British forces face critical conditions. Colesberg raid fails. 70 British captured. Kuruman seized by Boers. Herzog seized by a British warship. American losses at Imus total 3 killed and 20 wounded. enemy losses about 60 killed and 40 wounded. Gen Schwan’s column reaches Brian. Gilmore arrives in Manila. M A San Clemente dies in Colombia.
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Manila
Co. Luther
Hare
Thirty-third Infantry
Gilmore
Vigan
Admiral Watson
Sibutu Island
Denmark
America
Danish West Indies Islands
London
Thomas Lipton
Ladysmith
White
French
Colesberg
Kuruman
British Bechuanaland
Herzog
Durban
Imus
Schwan
Brian
Lieut. Gilmore
Yorktown
Baler
M. A. San Clemente
Colombia
Subscriptions Top $50,000 for Law ton Fund
The Law ton fund has surpassed $50,000 in total subscriptions. The senate committee on elections shows a majority opposing seating Senator Quay of Pennsylvania on the governor's appointment. In Washington Gen. A W Greeley was severely injured by a drunken intruder attempting to enter his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Fund
Senate Committee On Elections
Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Washington
A. W. Greeley
Wages Rise for 20000 at Steel and Wire Plant in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh reports 20000 workers at American Steel and Wire Co receiving a 744 percent wage increase. US financial activity shows weekly exchanges totaling 1 751 771 641 dollars, up from 1 595 375 229. Business failures total 273 in the week, with bank clearings and fires noted across 1899 data. Notable deaths include gas asphyxiation in New York and several obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
American Steel & Wire Company
The
Wire Trust
Reading Clearing Houses
United States
Canada
New York City
New York
Hulbert TV
Warner
Fidelity Trust & Guaranty Company
Buffalo
N.Y
F. A. Newton
Julia Marlowe Tabor
Nobert Tabor
Loyde Park
N. H
Webster
Mass
Lucy Boston
Edward McGlynn
Newburg
N. Y
Ernest J. Lehman
Chicago
White Plains
National Wide Toll of Violent News Roundup
Widespread grim incidents include a Newport News murder mob killing a accused rapist, a West Lafayette fire cremating two horses, hangings in Charleston and El Paso for murder, a $425000 Pullman estate fee, and multiple other fatal acts across states from Oregon to Minnesota.
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W. W. Watt
Newport News
T. M. Simpson
John Lynch
West Lafayette
Ind
Zack Singleton
Charles Wilson
Charleston
D. C
Norman B. Ream
Robert T. Lincoln
Pullman
Chicago
Michigan
Tennessee
Rockwood
Antonio Flores
Geronimo Parra
el Paso
Tex
Matthew Wena
Pineville
Ore
San Francisco
Go See
Otter Creek
Michael Kerrick
Little Falls
Minn
F.A. Hackenkamp
Quincy
Ill
Ladysmith Battle Holds as British Defend Garrison
London reports Gen White’s singular solo defense of Ladysmith for hours amid heavy Boer assaults. Frere Camp dispatches describe a fierce daylong fight with Wagon Hill and Caesar’s Camp repeatedly taken and retaken, Devonshire troops at dusk driving Boers from a key position.
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Ladysmith
London
Frere
White
War Office
Natal
Caesar
Wagon Hill
Park
Ian Hamilton
Foreign Office
England
Buller
Transvaal
Puller
Berne
Jan
The
International Peace Society
McKinley
South Africa
Senate and House actions and national events in brief
Sth Senator Wellington proposes a plan for a University of the United States in Washington. A war fund audit call and a Philippines campaign update are noted alongside state capitols and resignations. A Chicago murder suicide is reported with other civic and military notes from Des Moines to Schenectady.
Minor News Items From Historic Ledger
A snap of varied figures notes militia strength in Canada at 26 652 and Maine sardine output 490 000 fewer cases than last season. It lists Honolulu sugar at 304 603 tons and Denver spending 2 000 000 on new buildings in 1599. Carnegie profits near 22 000 000 in 1899, a 600 foot streetcar barn in Buffalo, and record mining equipment demand.
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Canada
Maine
Hawaiian Islands
Denver
Andrew Carnegie
Buffalo
N. Y
Greater New York
Paterson
N. J
Albany
William L. Prather
University of Texas
Paris
New York State Board of Charities
Chiara Cignavale
New York City
Auburn
Roosevelt
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Gear Nominee Renominated by Republicans in Iowa Caucus
Des Moines Iowa January 9 Senator John Henry Gear wins renomination by Republicans in a joint caucus Monday evening A B Cummins name not presented due to expected defeat Gear nominated without opposition The Democratic caucus names Fred E White of Webster as candidate for senator Gov Shaw to begin second term with inauguration on Thursday Twenty eighth general assembly opens with Dr D H Bowen elected speaker House committees chosen to count ballots in three contested seats Shelbyville Rep Scott Ida Rep and Plymouth Dem Cottrell hold certificates
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Des Moines
John Henry Gear
A. B. Cummins
Gear
Democraticc
Fred E. White
Webster
Gov. Shaw
Capitol
Twenty-eighth General Assembly
D. H. Bowen
Allamakee County
Vers
Shelbyville
Scott
Ida
Cottrell
Plymouth
Nash Inaugurated Governor Of Ohio In 1900s Ceremony
In Columbus at the state capitol rotunda on January 9 Hon. George K. Nash was inaugurated governor succeeding Asa S. Bushnell. The oath was given by Chief Justice Shauck. Lt. Gov. John A. Caldwell was sworn in later in the senate chamber. A grand parade followed, with a public reception at night and a Shanty club smoker hosted by newspaper men.
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Columbus
State Capitol
George K. Nash
Ohio
Asa S. Bushnell
Shauck
Supreme Court
Bushnell
Nash
John A. Caldwell
Cincinnati
Senate Chamber
Great Southern
Jackson day celebrations sweep across midwest clubs
In Omaha the Jacksonian club held three events with W. J. Bryan as centerpiece. An informal reception drew hundreds, a dinner honored Bryan, and the Paxton hotel banquet featured Gryan as toastmaster and a speech on Our Nation. Similar Jackson day gatherings occurred in St. Louis and Cincinnati with regional dignitaries speaking.
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Omaha
Neb
Jacksonian Club
W. J. Bryan
Cormack
Tenn
Overmeyer
Kan
Weaver
Mr. Bryan
Omaha Club
Paxton Hotel
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Omaha World-Herald
United States
Mr. Gryan
Lincoln
St. Louis
Tennessee Society of St. Louis
St. Nicholas Hotel
Benton McMillin
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Jackson
Duckworth Club
Michigan officers to be tried in March term
Mason Michigan January 9 None of the state officers indicted by the Lansing grand jury will be tried this term in Ingham county. Ex Adjutant General Marsh ex Attorney General Maynard and Assistant Quartermaster Smith set for March term. Col Eli R Sutton Detroit member of the governor s military staff indicted for conspiracy to defraud. Sutton pledged 10000 bond. trial also set for March term.
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Mason, Mich
Lansing
Ingham County
Marsh
Maynard
Quartermaster Smith
Eli R. Sutton
Detroit
Sutton
Gunfire Fatal for Wisconsin Horse Dealer in Point
Louis Weisner Jr a partner in Curran and Weisner a leading horse dealer in central Wisconsin was shot five times on Main Street Stevens Point at 10 30 am Monday. Gabriel Green an elderly rival in the horse trade is blamed for the killing amid recent tensions following a barn fire and legal victory by the Greens. Weisner 34 left a wife and seven children. Mme Bazaine widow of the famed marshal dies after cancer operation in Mexico City suburb hospital.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Louis Weisner, Jr
Curran & Weisner
Wisconsin
Main Street
Gabriel Green
Green
Greens
Weisner
Mme. Bazaine
City of
Mexico
Spain
Actor and wife die in Chicago murder suicide
A man believed to be J. A. Furrell shot and killed his wife in their room at 143 West Madison Street, Chicago, Monday afternoon. He then shot himself and died hours later in the county hospital. The double death remains a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. A. Furrell
Michael Fewer
West Madison Street
Army creates Alaska military department under Col Randall
Washington reports the president has established a separate military department for Alaska assigning Col George H Randall of the Eighth United States Infantry to command. Randall, then in Cuba with his regiment, will report en route to Alaska on January 15.
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Alaska
Washington
Territory of
George H. Randall
Eighth
United States Infantry
Col. Randall
Cuba
Rescue at Sea Involves Georgiana Crew and German Vessel Ella
The British steamer Georgiana, arriving from London, rescued the captain Stango and 30 crew members of the German steamer Ella after Ella foundered at sea on January 6. Also saved were the captain's wife two children and a nurse. Ella was en route from Port Amboy to Halifax.
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New York
London
Stango
Ella
Port Amboy
Halifax
Rockefeller Gift Endows Psychology Chair at Columbia
At Columbia University a board meeting announced John D. Rockefeller donated 100000 dollars for the endowment of a chair of psychology. The gift underscores Rockefeller’s ongoing philanthropy toward higher education in New York.
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Rockefeller
New York
Board of Trustees
Columbia University
John D. Rockefeller
Bradley Is Named for Senate Seat in Kentucky
Frankfort Kentucky January 9 republican joint caucus nominated ex Governor William O Bradley as the republican candidate for senator by acclamation Congressman Boreing the other aspirant instructed his friends not to present his name
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Bradley
Frankfort
Republican Joint Caucus
William O. Bradley
Boreing
Weavers Gain 12 Percent Wage Increase at Wilkesbarre
Wilkesbarre lace mills raise wages by 12 percent affecting about 350 workers. The measure comes as a relief to employees in the textile plant located in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania with the new rate starting this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Foreign bankers offer loan backed by salt mines in Venezuela
Caracas reports foreign bankers propose to advance 16,000,000 bolivars to the Venezuelan government with salt mines pledged as a guarantee for repayment. The proposal aims to fund government needs while securing lender protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Caracas
Will Try for Davitt's Seat in Commons Race
London report says Maj. John McBride, organizer of the Transvaal Irish Brigade, will seek Davitt's vacated Dublin seat in the house of commons and is likely to face no strong opposition.
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Davitt
London
Jan
Dublin
John McBride
Transvaal
House of Commons
South Mayo
Dublin Hails Lord Mayor Tallon Honor at Washington Visit
The Dublin corporation unanimously records its high appreciation of the honor bestowed on Lord Mayor Tallon by the U S president during his Washington visit and the warm reception accorded him.
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Dublin
Tallon
United States
Washington
Choate Seizure Question Reaches British Government
London Jan 9 The United States ambassador Joseph H Choate did not receive an answer Monday from the British government about the seizure of American flour by British cruisers in South African waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Joseph H. Choate
Reed And His Mustache A Capitol Barber Tale
An old House attache recalls how Speaker Reed once wore a sparse mustache and, after a barber used an old pomade to shape it, joked that he looked like a catfish. Since then Reed reportedly never wore facial hair again.
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Reed
House
Times
Maine
American Humor and Exaggeration in Vivid Anecdotes
The Chicago Chronicle notes William Archer's new book on American humor full of exaggerated tales. It cites a Florida steamboat captain asked about crossing a dew soaked meadow and a southern colonel at a theater praising Salvini's Othello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Archer
Florida
Salvini
Bhut
Chicago Chronicle
Armored trains and Bitters guard empire and gut
The piece describes England's armored trains in the Boer war used to move troops and protect bridges and telegraphic lines, and compares their guarding role to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters driving dyspepsia from the stomach and preventing its return. It claims fifty years of success against indigestion biliousness and liver and kidney trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Hostetter
Saloon Fire Burns Fixtures Likely Smoldered Hours
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a fire that burned out costly saloon fixtures and smoldered for hours before discovery. The piece ponders whether the bartender was affected and questions when the fire started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Louisville and Nashville rail lines promote Florida route
An old advertisement touts Louisville and Nashville Railroad services to Florida Cuba Puerto Rico Central America and Nassau with double daily sleeping car routes from Cincinnati Louisville Chicago and St Louis to Miami New Orleans and other ports. It also notes contact J. K. Ridgely in Chicago for pare erss etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
West Indies
Central Americas
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Poe
Cuba
Porto Rico
Central America
Nassau
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chicago
St. Louis
Uackoonsie
Pretter Hendy Points
Miami
New Orleans
J. K. Ridgely
Coughing Leads to Consumption and Quack Remedies
An 19th century note touts Kemp's Balsam as a cure for coughing with a free sample bottle and small bottle pricing. It warns against delay and cites newspaper chatter from the Atchison Globe while mentioning a recruiting officer joke about what to do if ordered to fire.
Lane's Family Medicine Promises Health Daily Dose
An old mock advertisement claims Lane's Family Medicine moves the bowela daily to keep health, acts gently on liver and kidneys, and cures headache. It lists prices at 25 and 50 cents and includes a quip about horseshoes and a gold diamond set, attributed to N. C. Times-Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C
One Day Cure Claims and Quotation Snippets
A collage of old ads and quotes cites cures for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine and Piso's Cure for Consumption. It includes traveler lines about The Queen and Crescent shortest south route and wry remarks on honesty and judgment from Chicago Daily News.
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Foreign Intelligence
Gen. White
Sth
Wellington
University of the United States
Morgan
Ala
South
Pettigrew
S. D
Otis
Aguinaldo
Louis D. Vitt
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
United States Senate
Jwron Ponnell
du- Tuth (Minn.) Evening Herald
Phoenix
A. T
Gen. Corbin
Gen. Lawton
S. Dana Greene
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Augusta
Kenosha
Lake Michigan
Theophilus Frager
Builer
Tugeia River
Towa Republican Legislative Caucus
J. H. Gear
GOV
War Department
Bates
Laguna de Bay
Noriel
Binen
Silang
Indang
Twenty-eighth
Wheaton
Birkheimer
Bacoor
Cheney
Cavite
Das Marinas
Boyd
Los Banos
Risal
Batangas
Leonhauser
Arayat Mountain
Third Cavalry
San Fernando de Lanbon
Jackson Day
Bryan
Reed and His Mustache
Atchison Globe
Tif
Sager
Udy
Lane
Show&g
Chicago Daily News
Queen & Crescent
Queen & Crescent i
Hale
Pike
Lizzie Jerrel
Camp St
Harrisburg
Dakota
Hamilton, Menangod
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