McKinley Reelected President in Narrow Electoral Shift
Early returns show McKinley leading across several states with an estimated 292 electoral votes and a Republican House. Kentucky and Nebraska back McKinley while Vermont Massachusetts and Connecticut show reduced Republican margins. Kentucky official results favor Bryan Beckham. Nebraska Dietrich leads in preliminary Nebraska tally. Idaho supports Bryan with 2 to 1 margin. Ohio reports McKinley over 70 thousand.
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William McKinley
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Virginia
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The
State Journal
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Journal
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Rick Kinley
Ohio
Columbus
Republican State Executive Committee
Atchinley
Republican Committee
Idaho
Boise
Thanksgiving Proclaimed for November 29 by Governor
Gov Tammer issues a planation designating Thursday November 29 as a day of public thanksgiving and praise. He calls Illinois people to observe it, rest from ordinary work, and make it a day of charitable thoughts and generous seeds to all fellow men as a gratitude for God's charity.
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Minos
Springfield
Tammer
Mlinois
Prominent financier Henry Villard dies in New York area
Henry Villard dies from spoplexy at Thorwood Park near Dobbs Ferry after weeks of throat illness. Born Heinrich Hilgard in Speyer Bavaria on April 11 1835 he moved to the United States in 1853 becoming a reporter and later leading Edison General Electric and other ventures. Marcus Daly of Montana dies in New York after long illness at the Hotel Netherland. Daly, born in Ireland in 1842, led the Amalgamated Copper company and clashed with W A Clark over water rights and Montana politics connected to the senate election results.
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Henry Villard
Thorwood Park
Dobbs’ Ferry
Henry’ Villard
Heinrich Hilgard
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Rheinish
Bavaria
Hilgard
Hilgard Was Educated At Schools In ‘Zweibrucken
Phalsbourg
United States
Belleville
Boston
Fannie Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
American Social Science Association
Thomas Edison
Edison Stamp Company
Newark
N. J
Edison Works
Schenectady
Europe
Daly
Bright
Marcus Daly
Ireland
Montana
Alice
Anaconda
Amalgamated Copper Company
W. A. Clark
Butte
Clark
United States Senate
Senate
United Stats Senate
Terms Supposedly Agreed For China Treaty Basis
Dr Morrison, writing from Peking, says envoys have agreed to a note outlining conditions for a preliminary treaty with China. Proposals include erecting a monument to Baron von Ketteler, suspending provincial exams, dismissing officials who fail to curb outrages, abolishing the tsungli yamen, indemnities, razing forts, and posting anti Boxer proclamations.
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Morrison
Times
Peking
China
Baron von Ketteler
Germany
Mr. Conger
General MacArthur's Philippine report and guerrilla conditions
Army governor reports to the War Department on events before May 5 1900 noting Aguinaldo's shift to guerrilla warfare. He details 53 to 413 military stations, 268 Americans killed 750 wounded and 3 277 Filipino dead 2 864 captured. He praises troops and discusses future republican reform and Asia wide implications.
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Paris Exposition Ends With Illumination Night
Paris reports the 1900 exposition closed after a final night fete amid drizzle. Official tallies show attendance twice the 1889 event, with over 50 million visitors by close, led by British and Belgian crowds at the gates.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
Monument designs chosen for Maine heroes memorial
New York November 9 Gen James Grant Wilson announces the committee on site and design of the Maine memorial has selected the top three designs from 43 entries. The winners include Austin Hays with Donn Barber as architect, 0 Piccirilli with H Van Buren Magonigle as architect, and Julian Zolnay with Joseph Henry Freedlander as sculptor.
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New York
James Grant Wilson
Maine
Austin
Hays
Donn
Barber
Archi‘tectt
Picciritli
H. van Buren Magonigle
George
Julian “ Zolnay
Joseph
Henry Freedlander
Town of Wren Receives Lima Report
Lima filed a November report from C. Lima dated November 12 noting developments in the small town of Wren.
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Lima
Wren
Indian Service Expenditures Since 1789 Reported
Washington reports total government outlay for Indian affairs since 1789 at 368 million dollars through July 190. For the year ending last July expenses reached 10.18 million with about 3.35 million for education. The report condemns the ration system and urges targeted aid, compulsory schooling, and self-support as soon as feasible.
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Washington
Indian Service
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
William A. Jones
United States
Great Sioux
Indian Bureau
Congress
International Livestock Exposition Opens in Chicago
Chicago November 12 The international livestock exposition will run in Chicago from December 1 to 8. It promises to be the most notable event of its kind with 10 000 head of animals on exhibition including 1500 pedigree cattle and 1200 more animals.
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Chicago
Trade conditions show scattered regional demand and iron gains
The report notes firm or improving demand in the south east and west for clothing leather wool tobacco coal while Pacific coast exports and Asian trade are strong. California’s grain planting benefited from recent rains as pig iron and steel products see price rises and export growth. Railroads buy steadily. new ships and bridges push material needs. weekly US failures total 20 versus 157 last year.
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Pacific Coast
Asia
California
Chicago
Birmingham
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
British dispatches on Boer actions across Pretoria theater
Lord Roberts reports from Johannesburg that Snyman and Vermass were surprised near Lichtenburg with three dead, 30 captured and several wagons seized. Maj Mackintosh occupied Philippolis, while Kitchener and Chetwode's forces combined to rout Boer outposts at night. Prinsloo and Grobelaar are reported wounded or killed in recent fighting.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Hussars
Chetwade
R G Dun dies head of mercantile agency
New York reports the death of R G Dun founder and head of R G Dun Co from cirrhosis of the liver. Born 1826 in Chillicothe Ohio he built a vast firm with 150 offices worldwide and a reference book listing over 1.3 million traders in America.
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New York
R. G. Dun
R. G. Dun & Co
Robert Graham Dun
Chilistothe
Mercantile
Tappan & Douglass
America
Dominion election returns show Liberal gain and strong majority
From Ottawa Nov 10 nearly complete Dominion returns list Liberals 128 Conservatives 76 Independents 3 Five seats remain to vote. Current government majority over Conservatives 52 and over Conservatives plus Independents 49 If independents align with government the majority rises to 55 over Conservatives Four of five undecided constituencies already elected Liberal in prior parliament leaving Liberals with a potential 60 seat majority in a full house
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Ottawa
Ont
Syndicate Forms Tying Pittsburgh and New Orleans
A fragmented item notes a syndicate formed linking Pittsburgh and New Orleans with a writers’ or business connection. Details are incomplete but point to an intercity collaboration announced on November 10.
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Pittsburgh
Treasury Report Highlights Record Revenue and Bond Conversions
The annual report of Treasurer Ellis H. Roberts to Secretary Gage shows a record net ordinary revenue of 567.24 million, a surplus of 79.53 million in 1900, and large bond conversions into two per cent notes. It details gold redemptions, reserve fund status, and rising total currency in circulation, with substantial savings from debt operations and expanded silver coinage.
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Washington
United States
Ellis ‘H.roberts
Treasury
Gage
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General Fund
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Geiaban
Congress
Department
Mint
Needs of the Navy Urges Rapid Expansion and Recruitment
Rear Admiral Crowninshield reports the present navy personnel would be only about one quarter of what is needed to fight a first class European power, with shortages in officers and instructors at the Naval Academy. The study faults Congress for weak measures and calls for doubling Academy appointments, broader appointive powers, and automatic officer and crew increases alongside ship expansions.
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Washington
Crowninshield
Navigation Bureau
Naval Academy
Eevery Bureau
Department
Congress
Loss of Life in Monticello Wreck Near Halifax
The steamer City of Monticello of the Yar mouth Steamship Company sinks in the Bay of Fundy with 34 dead. Captain Harding perished. many victims are women and children. Bodies wash ashore as ships patrol the wreck site.
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Halifax
Monticello
Yarmouth. Steamship Company
Fundy
Harding
Washington Reports Sharp Rise in Undelivered Mail
The 19th century dead letter office shows a near ten percent rise in undelivered mail from the prior year. Total items received reached 7 536 158 with 6 855 983 the year before, and 6 676 003 letters and parcels opened, up 9 percent. Read more totals include misdirected mail 422 793 and unclaimed parcels 180 914.
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Washington
Indiana coal field strike may end by week’s end
Terre Haute Indiana November 14 The hoisting engineers strike in Indiana coal fields may be settled by week’s end. Ten operators signed the Illinois scale agreeing to eight hour days and a 20 percent wage increase for the strikers. Eight signed mines in Evansville district. White Ash at Hymera and Whitsett at Sullivan also signed. A conference last of week could see united action by black and bituminous operators, but no meeting date set. Most Indiana mines, except three or four, remained closed as miners refuse to return until demands are met.
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Indiana
Evansville
White Ash
Hymera
Whitsett
Sullivan
Surrender Ready as White Plans Bail in Lansing
Detroit reports Gen Will S White former Michigan National Guard quartermaster fugitive from state military scandals will arrive in Lansing Thursday to post bail for appearance in court relayed by Grand Rapids Free Press. White’s relatives raised funds and secured bondsmen after months of effort. he is said to be across the river in Canada awaiting proceedings.
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Free’ Press
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Will S. White
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White
Canada
Mrs Zerelda James Dies in Kansas City Home
Mrs Zerelda James widow of the outlaw Jesse James died at her Kansas City Missouri home from a complication of diseases after long illness. Born near Kansas City in 1844 she married James at Kearney Missouri in 1872. They had son Jesse Jr now in business in Kansas City. Mrs James was with her husband when he was shot by Bob Ford near St Joseph in April 1881.
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Zerelda James
Jesse James
X. Jong
James
Kearney
Jesse Jr
Bob Ford
St. Joseph
Emergency Ration Test Report From Indian Territory
Captain Foster reports from the Indian territory that the emergency ration prepared by the army board tested under supervision by Acting Commissary General Weston is satisfactory. Two rations are prepared for testing by supply concerns.
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Washington
Foster
Indian Territory
United States Army
Weston
Board of Army Officers
Ambiguous OCR Note Sparks Local Reading Delay
Fragmentary text from an OCR page mentions a plate and a figure around 125000 with references to a potential stroke and locations. No clear names, places, dates, or events are readable to confirm specifics.
Social Snippets and Personal Notes Across Papers
A collage of brief exchanges and witticisms from St. Louis Post-Dispatch Syracuse Herald Philadelphia Record Philadelphia Press Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph Indianapolis Journal highlights playful dialogue on engagements, marriages, jobs, and odd public quips. The items read as light, gossip style vignettes with named towns and papers.
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Syracuse Herald
Sharpe
Snappie
Chicago
Philadelphia Record
Tess
Gotrox
Jess
Philadelphia Press
Maude
Seventh Street
Philadelphia
Bulletin
Mr. Snaggs
Pittsburgh
Chroniecle-Telegraph
Blanche
Laura
Dorthy
Courtship in Mexican society described in Women’s Home Companion
A scholarly piece by Adelaida Vazques Schiafire notes Mexican courtship from mass to balcony romance. Suitors pursue via letters and street visits while parental consent and formality shape the engagement. The article highlights restrained access and family involvement in early stages of romance.
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Senora Adelaida Vazques Schiafire
Woman’s Home Companion
Rio Grande
tSut
Dowries Decline in French Society As Custom Fades
OCR fragment discusses dowries in Paris society, noting the practice as a long standing social cornerstone with marriage contracts tied to dowry sums. It suggests changes due to middle class ability to provide dowries, indicating a social shift away from traditional dowry practices.
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