Satuday, April 18, 1914. Being petty.

 It was Saturday.

The news of the day was, in part, about the Wilson Administration's refusal to back down to Huerta, and continue to demand a salute at Vera Cruz.  Huerta was perfectly willing to apologize, so this was getting down, frankly, to the US insulting Mexico and being petty.

Panama-Pacific International Exposition. San Francisco.  April 18, 1914.

Last prior edition:

Friday, April 17, 1914. Budweiser praising Bismarck. Emmer Breakfast Food.

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Wednesday, February 7, 1900. Plague comes to the United States.

Empress Dowager Cixi of China issued an edict abolishing the teaching of the "new, depraved and erroneous subjects of the Western schools".

She was apparently a member of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus.

San Francisco lumber yard owners Wong Chut King became the first person in the US who is known to have fallen ill due to bubonic plague.

Last edition:

Tuesday, February 6, 1900. A judge becomes head of the Philippine Commission.

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