Not Like Other Men Ends in Mexican Duel Prelude
Burr Pendleton plans a duel over a private insult in Mexico. A veiled senorita arranges secrecy and delivers a letter while Pendleton confronts Romero, but night transport ambushes him, and he is abducted as the cliffhanger ends.
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Pendleton
Burr Pendleton
James
Craig Wyndham
Concordia
Agramonte
San Felipe Neri
Mr. Burr
Jimmy
Jim
Romero
Mexico
God
City of
Senorita
Senor
Senor Pendleton
Ignacio Romero
Maria
Summer House
Tacubaya
Chapultepec
Castle
Washington
Roosevelt's cabinet disputes and riding habits described
The piece portrays President Theodore Roosevelt pursuing independent policies, avoiding full cabinet consultation, and relying on personal inquiries. It notes his stance on civil service reforms, merit over seniority in promotions, and a distinct White House routine including daily horseback rides and rapid visitor handling.
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Roosevelt
White House
Knox
North Carolina
Virginia
Washington
War Department
Secret Service
Long Bridge
Postoffic Department
Army
Navy
Congress
Mr. Cortelyou
Republican National Committee
Henry C. Payne
Payne
Hanna
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
The Year in Cotton Trade Surprises and Disappointments
The 1900 cotton season saw record plantings with 27.53 million acres, yet weather and drought across Texas and other regions capped output to about 9.7 million bales. Prices fell early then rose as the weather dictated, while world consumption remained around 10 million bales annually.
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South
Manchester
Liverpool
Atlantic
Gulf States
Memphis
Mississippi River
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
India
Egypt
Ellison
Great Britain
Continent
United States
Bear ing tree leads to lost Arizona gold camp tale
In the summer of 1895 a traveler recounts seeing a yucca bearing tree near an old camp in central Arizona. A cook with Wells Fargo partners claimed to have found a rich ledge and salvaged over 40 dollars in gold with a knife, then vanished without proof. The narrator later pursued the lost camp from Congress Junction to Prescott without success.
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Arizona
Yuma County
Congress Junction
Bonanza
Harqua Hela Mountains
Harrisburg
Cullen's
Santa Fee
Prescott & Phoenix
Prescott
Wells-Fargo Express Company
San Francisco
Pres
World cotton spindle totals rise with season use
The article reports 150000 bales by northern and 1557000 by southern spinners, totaling 11671000 bales consumed this season. It cites 108069835 world spindles up to last September, with regional counts: US 20869835, Britain 46400000, continent 33000000, East Indies Japan China 6700000, Canada 640000, Mexico 460000.
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United States
Great Britain
East Indies
Japan
China
Canada
Mexico
New York Evening Post
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Hotel Gilo
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Teatro Nacional
San Francisco Street
Avenida Juarez
Alameda
el Caballito
Passeo de la Reforma
President Roosevelt
Newberry Observer
Arizona Desert
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