Russia and United States seek China settlement amid troop talks
The state department released the Russian note on China and the U S reply dated Aug 23 1900 outlining that Russia has no territorial designs and favors a peaceful settlement. The United States would withdraw troops from Peking if common occupation persists, with joint action to protect foreign life and property and preserve Chinese sovereignty for a durable peace.
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Washington
State Department
Department of State
Russia
China
Peking
Nicuchwang
United States
Ching
Pency
Wwe
Feking
Hay
Long
Smith
War Department
Chaffee
Arkansas Elects Democratic Ticket Led by Jeff Davis
In Little Rock Ark on September 4 the full Democratic ticket headed by Governor hopeful Jeff Davis of Pope County won across the state. Early returns show stronger than expected turnout with H L Remmel the Republican challenger gaining ground, likely narrowing the usual Democratic margin.
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Little Rock
Ark
Jeff Davis
Pope County
Arkansas
H. L. Remmel
Population shifts in Sioux City Davenport and El MIRA NY
The census bureau reports Sioux City Iowa at 33 111 people down from 37 806 in 1890 a drop of 4 695 12 42 percent Davenport Iowa at 35 254 up from 26 872 in 1890 increasing 8 382 31 19 percent El mira New York at 35 672 up from 31 893 in 1890 rising 3 779 15 47 percent
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Washington
Census Bureau
Sioux City
Davenport
Elmira
N. Y
Flour Mills Set Fresh Record In Minneapolis Output
Minneapolis mills close year ending September 1 1899 with 14 291 280 barrels produced and the newly ended year at 14 500 000 barrels surpassing all prior records in local milling history.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis
Coinage of Philadelphia Mint in August
Philadelphia mint produced 12,706,000 coins in August with a face value of 1 324 160 dollars. Silver coins totaled 6,194,000 worth 1 136 000 dollars and base metal coins 6,512,000 worth 188,160 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Lassieur Chosen Commander Of Grand Army
Leo Lassieur of St Louis will lead the Grand Army of the Republic for the new year. The 34th annual encampment in Studebaker theater endorsed him unanimously after remarks by Maj William Warner of Kansas City and Adjt Gen Stewart of Pennsylvania. Officers named include Commander in Chief Leo Bassieur and Senior Vice Commander E C Milliken with others. A pension resolution calling for legislation to end the problem was adopted.
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Washington
H. Clay Evans
Grand Army of the Republic
Denver
Leo Rassieur
Radern
Alstene
Germany
St. Louis
Missouri
Judie Rassieur
Chicago
Leo Lassieur
Wil
Studebaker Theater
William Warner
Kansas City
The
Missourian
Adjt
Stewart
Pennsylvania
Comander
Leo Bassieur
E. C. Milliken
Maine
Frank Seamons
Tennessee
John A. Wilkins
Ohio
A. Grahmes
California
Knights of Pythias elect supreme chancellor in San Francisco
Supreme chancellor elected is Qeden H. Fethers of Janesville Wisconsin with a slate of officers named. San Francisco was chosen as the next meeting venue, completing rotation discussions at the biennial gathering in Detroit Michigan ending August 31.
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Qeden H. Fethers
Wisconsin
Sana Francisco
Detroit
Mich
Janesville
Wis
Knights of Pythias
Orden H. Fethers
Supreme View
John Thompson
Washington, D.C
San Francisco
Defeat for Filipinos Reported in Bohol Engagement
Dispatch from Gen. MacArthur to Adjutant General in Washington states Gen Hushes reports a clash in Bohol near Carmen. Six killed on our side including First Lieut Lovack of the Forty fourth Volunteer Infantry. enemy losses about 120 killed. one wounded. No further details yet. Bohol lies in the southern Philippines near Mindanao and Cebu.
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Washington
War Department
MacArthur
Manila
Hushes
Bohol
Lovack
Forty-fourth Volunteer Infantry
Carmen
Hohel
Mindanao
Cebu
Wires Kill Two Policemen in St Louis Accident
Crossed electric lines at patrol boxes zap two police officers and shock or burn 13 others as they tried to call Central Station. Officials say 10 000 volts flowed through the private city wires feeding the police telephones.
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St. Louie
St. Louis
Letter details Fight At Tientsin City Burned Majority Destroyed
Maj S J Hooper of Denver receives a China dated letter from Lieut Col C A Coolidge describing the Ninth Infantry attack on Tientsin inner walls. The letter recounts heavy Chinese casualties and extensive fires with about one third of the city burned by shell and incendiaries.
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Denver
S. J. Hooper
C. A. Coolidge
Tientsin
China
Offer to Russia Stirs China Evacuation Debate
Shanghai reports Li Hung Chang urged Russia to secure Peking evacuation and three Manchurian provinces in exchange for favorable terms. British and Japanese press weigh evacuation and a possible Russo-German pact against Britain and Japan as Washington notes slow responses from powers and awaits Russia’s move. Chaffee reports limited forces in China and no order to leave Peking, Conger to stay at post.
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London
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Chih Shen Lofengluh
St. Petersburg
Russia
Peking
England
Earl Li
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
Times
Tokio
Peace conference ratifications formally archived at The Hague
The Hague Sept 5 ratifications of the peace conference treaties were placed in the foreign archives. Foreign Minister Dr W H De Beaufort spoke of lasting benefit to humanity and proposed sending a telegram of hope to the czar in St Petersburg to convey the sentiment.
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the Hague
Foreign Vice
W. H. de Beaufort
St. Petersburg
August Failures Reported Across United States
Failures for August total 6,255,092 in aggregated liabilities and 2,936,047 in assets, per Bradstreet's telegraph data. In Cambridge the number of failures and liabilities are the lowest in 11 months, with assets remaining steady.
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New York
United States
Telegraph
Bradstreet’s
Founder of a Town Dead
George H. Ellsbury, founder of Tower City North Dakota, died in Centralia Washington. He served with the Seventh Minnesota volunteers and passed away on September 5 in Tacoma Washington.
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Tacoma
Wash
George H. Ellsbury
Centralia
Minnesota Volunteers
Tower City
N. D
Republicans Nominate Slate For New York State Offices
Saratoga N Y Sept 5 The republican state convention completed practical work by adopting the platform and agreeing on a full ticket. Governor Benjamin B Odell Lieutenant Governor Timothy C Woodruff Secretary of State John T McDonough Comptroller William Morgan State Treasurer John P Jaeckel Attorney General J C Davies State Engineer and Surveyor A A E Bond Permanent chairman N M Stranahan named at session Senator Raines presented the platform with a deliberate clear reading.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Benjamin B. Odell
Newburg
Timothy C. Woodruff
John T. McDonough
William Morgan
John P. Jaeckel
J. C. Davies
A A. E. Bond
N. M. Stranahan
Raines
Roosevelt rally platform outlines McKinley support and imperialism stance
The Republican platform endorses President McKinley and Roosevelt for vice president while condemning Democratic imperialism. It argues for continuing prosperity, condemns race-based polling exclusions, and lists Roosevelt’s extensive western itinerary beginning September.
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William MacKinley
Philippines
Carolinas
Mississippi
Texas
McKinley
Roosevelt
New York
Republican National Committee
Detroit
Mich
Grand Rapids
South Bend
Ind
la Crosse
Wis
Yankton
S. D
Brookings
Aberdeen
Fargo
5. D
Bismarck
N. D
Helena
Mont
Butte
Pocatello
Idaho
Ogden
Utah
Salt Lake City
Evanston
Wyo
Cheyenne
Denver
Col
McCook
Neb
Plattsmouth
Untangled State Returns Show Governor Vote Split
White River Junction Vermont reports returns from 100 cities and towns out of 246 show Stickney Republican leading with 24 835 votes and Santer Democrat with 21 834 votes while others tally 788 indicating a Republican gain of 527 and a Democrat gain of 271. Transport Lawton sails from San Francisco to Nome to rescue destitute prospectors before winter ice closes digs.
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White River Junction
Stickney
Santer
San Francisco
Lawton
Nome
Russia to Adopt 13 Month Calendar Beginning Monday
The article notes Russia is said to plan a new calendar with 13 months of twenty eight days, each starting on Monday and ending on Saturday. It compares the calendar's stability to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, urging readers to try the remedy for indigestion and related issues with a warning to obtain the genuine product.
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Russia
Hostetter
Rockefeller gift funds Atlanta negro college
John D. Rockefeller donated 180 000 to Spellman seminary in Atlanta for its Baptist Home Missionary Society in New York to manage the college treasury. The gift marks a major endowment for the institution and its students.
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Atlanta
John D. Rockefeller
Spellman Seminary
Baptist Home Missionary Society of New York
Two Drowned and a Will Probed in Three Notices
In Chicago a seven year old Frank Brewer son of the Rock Island railway auditor drowned in a slip at One Hundred Thirty first Street. A 14 year old girl Eby Stefford died attempting to save him. In Cincinnati the will of David Sinton probated valuing the estate at 15 to 20 million dollars names Mrs. Charles P Taft as sole heir and executrix without bond. London reports a possible plague near the docks but the medical officer denies knowledge of the matter.
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Chicago
Frank Brewer
Rock Island Road
Eby Stefford
Cincinnati
David Sinton
Charles P. Taft
Sinton
London
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain Half-Rate Round Trips
Tickets on sale on select Tuesdays from September to December 1900 for round trips at half fare plus two dollars to the West Southwest and Southeast regions. For full details contact agents of the lines or H C Townsend G P T Agent St Louis Mo.
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H. C. Townsend
St.Louis
Land of Big Red Apples book promotes Missouri fruit belt
An appealing description of The Land of Big Red Apples detailing views of South Missouri scenery and its focus on fruit raising in the Ozarks southern slope. Mailed free from J. E. Lockwood Kansas City MO. The Detroit Journal quips about golf and appendicitis.
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Missouri
America
Ozarks
J. E. Lockwood
Kansas City
Lane's Family Medicine Ad Aims at Daily Bowel Health
A compact 1900 era advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement is essential for health and notes effects on liver and kidneys. It includes testimonials and price points of 25 and 50 cents and mock dialogue from period publications.
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Ares
Price
Quotations and ads from various sources mixed with products
A collage of short ad lines and quoted phrases notes products and sayings. Mentions include Carter's Ink with dealer remittance, De Ruyter daughter abroad, Chicle in Yucatan Gum, Laxative Bromo Quinine for colds, a 25 cent drug salesman pitch, and a quip about living on hope and obesity.
Halts Catarrh Cure Is a Constitutional Cure
An advertisement proclaims a catarrh remedy as a constitutional cure offered at a price of 75 cents, urging readers to try it for relief.
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Price
Walter Baker & Co. Win Gold Medal at Paris Exposition
The judges of the Paris Exposition awarded a gold medal to Walter Baker & Co., Ltd. of Dorchester Mass for their preparations of Cocoa and Chocolate. The firm, described as the largest cocoa and chocolate manufacturers worldwide, has earned top honors from major expositions in Europe and America, including a third award from Paris Exposition New York Tribune.
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Walter Baker & Co
Paris
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
U.S. A
Europe
America
New York Tribune
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proved by Letters
A endorsement describes a woman famed for treating female illnesses with thousands of testimonial letters proving the remedy relieves suffering. It claims Mrs Pinkham provides free medical advice and notes her credibility through documented proof from users.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Nebraska the Land of Plenty sales pitch and excursion offer
A promotional notice invites readers to consider Nebraska as a land of plenty with rich crops and cheap land. It advertises brochures The Corn Belt and The West Nebraska Grazing Country and announces cheap excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month to view Nebraska, via the Chicago and North Western Railway led by S. Eustis, Central Passenger Agent.
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Nebraska
Corn Belt
West Nebraska
S. Eustis
Chicago
Ill
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