Great electric searchlight at Fort Monroe brightens Chesapeake entry
The Indicator notes a colossal electric searchlight in Ft. Monroe work guarding the entrance to the Chesapeake. It boasts a nine foot diameter beam capable of lighting objects up to 100 miles away and visible from clouds. The article mentions the city of Cienfuegos named for Jose Cienfuegos y Jovellanos and describes the new duograph device enabling direct writing for the blind in France.
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Ft. Monroe
Chesapeake
France
Porto Rico Name Origin and Pronunciation
Porto Rico was named San Juan by Columbus in 1493 and later called San Juan de Porto Rico before shortening to Porto Rico. The name means a rich port and is pronounced Porto Reek-o.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
San Juan de Porto Rico
Porto
Prince Henry’s China Voyage Described in Court Portrait
Reported aboard the German naval expedition to China Prince Henry is said to have found the emperor nervous and trembling while his wife displays decisive leadership. The article hints the empress may be the actual ruler of the Yellow Kingdom.
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Prince Henry
Prussia
China
Yellow Kingdom
American naval officer receives Prussian Red Eagle cross
Capt. SIGSREE is among the few U S officers allowed to wear a foreign decoration. The German emperor awarded him the Cross of the Prussian Red Eagle for his role in the invention of a deep sea sounding machine, highly valued by the German navy. An 1852 act of Congress authorized his acceptance.
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Sigsree
Germany
Sloane to Build Grand NY City Palace Adjoining Shepard Estate
Alias W Sloane plans a major reconstruction to unite the former residence of Mrs. Elliott F Shepard with her own mansion on Fifty second Street and Fifth Avenue New York. The scaled project aims to create one of the country’s most magnificent residences with costs nearing half a million.
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Sloane
Elliott F. Shepard
Fifty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
New York
Soldier rations and pay in Russia described
The piece notes that volunteers paying $13 monthly are little, as a common Russian soldier earns three rubles per year about $2.25. It describes day rations of two pounds of suchary bread, salt, and rome soup, baked hard and dried.
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Russia
Rome
Bugle Calls Seen Superior to Drums in Army Use
In the regular army the rum is a back number except as it appears in concerted music. All calls are by bugle due to advantages in compact form low likelihood of failure and clearer sound. Bugles carry farther and work when wet whereas drums risk head damage and field repair is hard.
Lightning Haunt Turns Hilltop Into Iron Mine
A North Carolina hilltop home once struck by lightning led its owner to move out. A Pittsburgh man bought the site for little and within six weeks found an iron ore vein. For 12 years the mine produced ore enough to fund the plant fourfold.
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North Carolina
Reteru
Pittsburgh
Half military salutation gains popularity among ladies
The article notes the half military salutation becoming widely used, with women preferring it over the traditional bowing gesture. It describes the shift as a graceful and dignified greeting though initially awkward, reflecting social change during the Yue war era.
Unknown graves unearthed by Westminster diggers
Grave diggers uncover a lead coffin and multiple ages of human remains in Westminster Abbey while disinterring Mr. Gladstone's tomb. A worn skull, well preserved bones, and deeper skulls kept from mold by dry soil suggest long burial and unclear records.
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Mr. Gladstone
Westminster Abbey
Royal collectors chase famous shoes from history’s icons
A string of European nobles and royalty pursue boots and shoes of celebrated figures. The Queen of Italy owns items from Marie Antoinette and Mary Stuart, Josephine, Queen Anne, and Catherine the Great. Lady Ermyntrude Malet preserves rarities including Lucrezia Borgia’s embroidered slipper. Carmen Sylvia features many famed soldiers.
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Italy
Marie
Antoinette
Mary, Stuart
Josephine
Anne
Catherine
Ermyntrude Malet
Berlin
Lucrezia Borgia
Carmen Sylvia
Chickamauga Name Origin Tied to Cherokee Legend
The name Chickamauga is said to be Cherokee in origin meaning the river of death. A legend passed down among indigenous peoples describes the stream as a deadly waterway.
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Chickamauga
A Week's History of National and Local Turmoil
Highlights from Washington and across the country include the Hawaiian annexation bill moving in the Senate, the Newlands resolution on annexation favorably reported, and the bankruptcy conference report. Attacks on corruption and disaster strike towns from Wetumpka Alabama to Tracey California, with lynching, floods, drownings, earthquakes, and a Park City Utah fire causing heavy losses.
Deserters Join Patriot Army in Key West Report
Dispatches report more than five thousand Spanish volunteers and many regulars from Puerto Principe and Neuvitas garrisons deserting to the patriot army. Insurgents progress in the Philippines as Garcia's army closes on Santiago. Admiral Sampson plans to reduce Morro castle while American gunners wreck fortifications at Santiago harbor.
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Key West
Puerto Principe
Neuvitas
Port Au Prince
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
Manila
Council General
Catalonia
Mercantile Intelligence
Spain
Blanco
Merrimac
Philippines
Augusti
Cavite
Bulacan
Bataan
Alger
Miles
Washington
Garcia
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago
United States
Amon
Madrid
Philippine
Guantanamo
Sampson
Morro Castle
Hobson
Caimanera
Cuba
Santiago Harbor
Knights of Honor will not admit women to membership
In Washington the supreme lodge of the Knights of Honor decided against admitting women to membership. The report also notes gross earnings of 224,761,111 for 132 American railroads in the first five months, up 29,902,530 from the same period in 1897.
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Washington
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Honor
Woven Hose and Rubber assigns with liabilities in Boston
In Boston the Woven Hose and Rubber company made an assignment with liabilities of 1.2 million dollars. The seven days ended the 17th saw 233 U.S. business failures, up from 203 the prior week and 234 in the year-ago period. Clearing-house totals for the week ending the 11th reached 1.2697 billion, down from 1.3248 billion last week, a decline vs 1897 of 20.04 percent. In the National League the weekly baseball club percentages listed Cincinnati 66.7 Boston 64.7 Cleveland 62.0 Baltimore 58.3 Chicago 55.5 Pittsburgh 52.9 New York 52.0 Philadelphia 42.6 Brooklyn 41.7 Washington 37.3 St Louis 37.3 Louisville 29.6.
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Boston
Woven Hose and Rubber Company
United States
Iith
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Baltimore
Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Washington
St. Louis
Louisville
Fire destroys ten business houses in Lagrange Missouri
Fragmentary item reports a blaze in Lagrange Missouri that razed ten storefronts. Other readable bits note political activity with Alabama Republicans meeting in Birmingham to nominate Rev. A. Warner for governor, and an unclear entry about Mrs. Je(ded).
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Lagrange
Alabama
Birmingham
A. ‘J. Warner
Peru Congress Opens as Periola Presides
Foreign intelligence reports Peru congress in Lima opened by President Periola. Orders have been issued for Senor Du Bose former Spanish charge d affaires at Washington and Lieut. Carranza former Spanish naval attache in Washington to leave Canada.
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Lima
Periola
Senor du Bose
Washington
Lieut
Carranza
Canada
Senate opens Hawaii annexation debate in session
Senate begins discussion on Hawaiian annexation in open session dated to the 20th. House passes the general deficiency bill at $224 million and Harriet Gridley pension bill moves. president expected to call for more volunteers. Reports of Manila battle actions, Spanish prisoner negotiations, and Cuban insurgent activity accompany this wide sweep of war news.
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House
United States Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
International American Bank
Newlands
Hawaiian Islands
Congress
Hobson
Merrimac
Harris
Tennessee
Harriet V. Gridley
Charles V. Gridley
Olympia
Manila
Jesse Ford
Switzer
Parkinson
Episcopal Church
Cheer
Washington
Spain
Senorita
Seattle
Wash
Juneau
Orleans County
N. Y
Sagasta
Perlico
Kentucky
Garcia
Sampson
New York
Santiago
Admiral Dewey
Baltimore
United States
Notable Local Figures and Events Across the Nation
J H Pieper a 54 year old Paducah brewery man dies of dropsy. Gen Seth Pomeroy monument dedication at Peekskill. Imperial edict orders a European plan university in Peking. National Good Citizens league to meet July 11 13 in Nashville. Gen Fred Grant sworn in as brigadier. oath by Judge Haris. Marshall retires from Scotland Yard after 35 years. Ferris farmer James Morrison killed by lightning en route to Dallas. St Louis police capture gang of freight car robbers. six are negros. Bloomfield academy opening. 1000 attend Chickasaw nation school event. A V Wilson of Bar Harbor designs aerial camera for battleships. Canadian sailors Behring Sea claims settled. payment to Sir Julian Pauetfote.
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J. H. Pieper
Paducah
Seth Pomeroy
Peekskill
N. Y
Peking
National Good Citizens’ League
Nashville
Tenn
Fred Grant
Haris
Georgia
Marshall
Sherlock Holmes
Scotland Yard
Dallas
Tex
Federal Grand Jury
James Morrison
Ferris
St. Louis
Bloomfield Academy
National School of the
A. V. Wilson
Bar Harbor
United States
Behring Sea
Julian Pautcefote
War plans to be pushed with vigor for the Spanish campaign
Washington reports a White House war council with President McKinley Secretary Alger and Long Gen Miles Admiral Sicard and Capt Mahan endorsing vigorous campaign plans. The goal is thorough training and ready equipment for troops, with possible shifts but no change in overall strategy.
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Washington
Spain
White House
McKinley
Alger
Long
Miles
Meiklejohn
Sicard
Capt. Mahan
Florida
Havana
United States
Drowning In Thunder Bay Diving Bell Claims Two Men
Alpena Mich June 20 word reached here of the drowning of George Campbell and Peter Olsen at Thunder Bay while working in a diving bell to recover the Pewabic cargo. The bell flooded after becoming fouled in the wreck and could not be hoisted. Both men perished as the derrick failed and the craft was towed to safety.
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Alpena
Mich
George Campbell
Peter Olsen
Thunder Bay
Campbell
Gardiner Campbell
Capt. Phelps
Olson
Troops Off Santiago Landings Heated Talks at Sea
Reports from Port Antonio Jamaica dated June 21 say Maj. Gen. William R. Shafter’s first division arrived near Santiago but did not land. Shafter and Admiral Sampson reviewed landing sites as Cuban forces under Gen. Garcia press toward Santiago and Spanish troops face supply strains.
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Port Antonio
Jamaica
Santiago
William R.shafter
Shafter
Sampson
Garcia
Banes
Holguin
Toral
Guantanamo
Masso
Rabi
Vixen
Chadwick
New York
Cuba
Eanes
Florida
Camp McCalla
War News and Cuban Campaign Prospects
The article notes Havana’s fate hinges on a large army’s landing, with a busy capital while news remains scarce. Fire transports carrying troops to Santiago are expected today, with a cautious timetable for forward movement later in the week. In Madrid, President McKinley’s threat to hold Cervera and Pando responsible for Hobson’s crew angers military circles and may hinder prisoner exchanges.
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Mand
Havana
Santiago
Madrid
McKinney
Admiral Cervera
Pando
Lieut
Hobson
McKinley
Stenographer Killed by Lightning at Pablo Beach
James T. Gatewood private stenographer to Gen Fitzhugh Lee was struck by lightning while about to bathe at Pablo Beach Jacksonville Florida on Sunday afternoon He died instantly Gatewood was from Richmond Virginia and had been here about a week The bolt struck from a clear sky hitting the base of the brain and traveling down the spinal column
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Jacksonville
Fla
Pablo Beach
James T. Gatewood
Fitzhugh Lee
Gatewood
Richmond
Miller Leader William A Coombs Dies in Michigan
William A Coombs of Coldwater Michigan who led the National Millers Association and owned the Coldwater gas plant died after an eight day illness described as nervous prostration He was aged 53 and was among the state's largest millers and prominent business figures.
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Detroit
Mich
the Tribune
Coldwater
William A. Coombs
National Millers’ Association
Three-Year Sentence For Bogus Nickels At Slot Machine
In Columbus Ohio on June 20 Judge E P Rammond of the U S court sentenced William Nethercutt of Wellston to three years in prison for passing counterfeit nickels at a slot machine. A separate brief note reports three people killed in a fight on an excursion train returning arkansas bound passengers including a drunken man.
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Columbus
E. P. Rammond
United States Court
William Nethercutt
Wellston
Shutter Repair Blocked by Contractor Neglect
A damaged iron shutter had remained broken for some time as Capt. Phelps pressed for repair, but Mr. Campbell failed to complete the work.
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Capt. Phelps
Mr. Campbell
Farmer's Wife Shot by Husband After Ridicule
Portage Wisconsin June 20 Edward Scherbarth a German farmer outside Portage shot and killed his wife Sunday afternoon with a 32 caliber revolver. The bullet entered her left eye and penetrated the brain. He was drinking and claimed he had been practicing with the revolver when his wife mocked his marksmanship saying he could not hit the broad side of a barn. He fired after an argument.
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Portage
Wis
Edward Scherbarth
Scherbarth
Park City Fire Destroys Main Street Business District
A morning blaze in Park City Utah consumed most of Main Street's business portion, sparing only a few upper-end buildings. The fire started at four o'clock in the American hotel and driven by a south wind, left Park City’s business district in ruins with damages estimated near one million dollars.
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Carden
Carlee
Wetumpka
Ala
St. Charles
City
Heisel
Ashby
Brunswick
Tracey
Cal
Mamie
Minnie Corner
Alice Stitzel
Defiance
Garwin
Ebenezer Poe
Ohio
Columbus
Tennessee
White Horse Rapids
Alaska
Denver
Hamilton
Indiana
John Ross
Lafayette
Congress
Park City
Utah
Salt Lake City
The
Tribune
Main Street
Jury convicts John McGarry of murder in Dubuque
Dubuque Iowa June 20 the jury returns a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree against John McGarry fixing the penalty at twenty years in the penitentiary McGarry was accused of assassinating William O Lavake an attorney in his office March 15 two weeks ago
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Dubuque, Ja
John McGarry
Penitentiary
McGarry
William Oo
Lavake
Subscriptions Exceed Expectations for New 3 Percent Loan
Washington reports that the new three per cent loan subscriptions surpassed all expectations. Small subscriptions under $500 are prioritized in allotments, with every $500 or less accepted promptly. A $20,000,000 subscription arrived from a New York life insurance company, accompanied by a $400,000 certified check.
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Washington
New York
Woman slain by partner in burglary ring in Chicago
On Monday afternoon Bruno Puhan killed Mrs. Jennie Armlin and wounded Officer Karl Killen during a burglary arrest attempt at 159 Lexington Street, Chicago. Policemen pursued and captured the slayer. authorities say the woman related by marriage aided in numerous burglaries.
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Chicago
Bruno
Puhan
Jennie Armlin
Karl Killen
Henry Brown
W. M. Conger
Lexington Street
Drowning After Boat Overturns Near What Cheer
Three people were drowned when their boat overturned while fishing near What Cheer in this county on a Monday afternoon. The victims named are Jesse Ford a druggist Mrs Switzer and Rev Parkinson pastor of the Episcopal church a well known minister.
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Sigourrey
What Cheer
County
Jesse Ford
Switzer
Rev. Parkinson
Episcopal Church
Rumor of Queen Regent Abdication from Madrid
A persistent Madrid rumor says the queen regent plans to abdicate due to Spain's critical condition. The note references the pope’s physician Lapponi reporting a Monday interview saying rheumatism concerns were discussed.
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Gibraltar
Madrid
Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as curative
Purported testimony from Ror M. Daz of Hammond claiming Hood's Sarsaparilla purified his blood, relieved dullness, and helped sleep and strength after two bottles. The ad touts Hood's as America's greatest medicine and mentions its use for indigestion and biliousness.
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Hood
M. Daz
Hammond
Mian
America
Half fare to Washington with return tickets plus 2 dollars
From July 3 to 6 tickets from all points to Washington D C and return via Chesapeake and Ohio at one fare plus 2 dollars for the National Educational Association meeting. Tickets valid till July 15 returning, extendable to August 31. Includes visits to mountain and seashore resorts and Old Point Comfort Hampton Roads. For details and sleeping car reservations apply to U S Truitt 234 Clark St Chicago Tl.
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Washington
D. C
Washington, D.C
Chesapeake and Ohio
Ass’n
Old Point Comfort
Hampton Roads
U. S. Truitt
Pass’r
Clark St
Chicago
Its Rarity Says Old China Has High Value
Mrs Wicks Why explains old china is valued for its rarity and Mrs Ricks notes most pieces endure little time, remarking that a month of use from a piece is remarkable. The exchange reflects practical opinions from Harper's Bazaar on longevity and scarcity of china.
Blood cleansing with Cascarets Candy Cathartic urged
The article urges regular cleansing of the body and blood noting daily intake creates waste. It promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the best cleanser and purifier for readers to use.
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised powder for tired feet
A vintage advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cool swollen hot feet and ease tight shoes. It claims relief from sweating blisters callouses and bunions with a trial package free and a 25 cent price from druggists and shoe stores.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Memorial Day Significance for Boys Races and Ball Games
A Chicago Evening News interview notes Memorial Day honors service members while also describing events for boys and magnates, including road races and two baseball games, as part of the day’s community activities.
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Tommy Jones
Chicago Evening News
Free booklet on Eureka Springs waters and climate
Readers can obtain a free booklet about Eureka Springs Arkansas waters and climate. Requestor is B L Winchell, General Passenger Agent, Frisco Line, St. Louis.
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Eureka Springs
Ark
B. L. Winchell
Frisco Line
St. Louis
Just Like a Man warped by a bread knife remark
A quip from the Indianapolis Journal mocks a male orator comparing nation building to bread. A wife interrupts, joking a woman would wield a bread knife instead, highlighting gendered stereotypes in a brief satirical line.
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Indianapolis Journal
Shenandoah's Continued Success at MeVicker's Theater
People flock to MeVicker's Theater in Chicago to witness a noted military spectacle drawing crowds from surrounding country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
MeVicker's Theater
Chicago
MeVicker’s
Hoarding notes and health cures in a mixed column
A collage of quotes spans celebratory jewelry sales and military plans along with health cure pitches. Dr. Hayes touts Hay Fever treatment while Dr. Kline claims nerve restoration success and a free trial offer. Local quips hint at everyday life and social humor.
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Dr. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Cure a Cold in One Day Claim Advertising Quackery
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure with a money back offer. The note in the Denver Times Sun mocks visitors who "walk in without knocking" and the snippet from INGWE praises a millionaire’s figure, reflecting era quirky blurbs.
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Denver Times-Sun
The Ills of Women Advertisement Letter
A Chicago reader describes relief from leucorrhea and body aches after using a vegetable tonic. She reports long illness and multiple doctors with no relief, then credits seven bottles with improvement and a successful recovery.
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Many Bo Ixeer
Marianna
Chicago, NL
Hexey Dorr
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pinch
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