Today in history:

• Harry Lauder, Scotland's greatest entertainer, makes his professional debut in London
• Glendora, Mississippi founded

In the New York Tribune, the Only Woman's Page, page 5:

• Where to Go To-Day
• Arkansas Federation
• Buffalo D.A.R. Work
• Eight Hour Servants
• One Woman's Occupation
• Veils as Beautifiers
• A Year's Work

Today in history:

• W.C. Fields makes it big, opening for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit in SF.
• Maud S., The Race Track Queen, beloved racehorse, dies at 25, having set a record 9 years earlier.

In the New York Tribune:

• A full-length advertisement from Siegel & Cooper Co., including a showing of footage of Pope Leo XII (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzLduvnW-FA)

Today in history:

• Governor of Guam abolishes slavery
• Topeka Daily Capital ends 'good news' experiment

From the New York Tribune:

• Digging out from heavy snowstorms in New York City and elsewhere
• Kentucky governorship contest - legal maneuvers

Today in 1900:

• Boxer Rebels in China
• Cortland New York founded

In the March 16, 1900 New York Tribune:

• New Jersey Central Situation
• Board and Rooms
• Real Estate
• Help Wanted

Today in 1900:

• Black rain falls in North Carolina, and snow in many other parts of the U.S.
• Standard Oil pays a $20-million dividend, the largest distributed up to that time

In the New York Tribune:

• New Jersey News
• Brooklyn News

Today in history:

• Gold Standard Act signed by President McKinley
• Mendel's laws of heredity rediscovered

In the New York Tribune:

• Advertisements on Page 12
• Kellogg's "Wash Trading" on Page 11
• New Publications, Literary Notes, and European Advertisements on Page 10

On this day in 1900:

• Passage of the U.S. Gold Standard Act
• British forces take possession of the capital of the Orange Free State

From the New York Tribune, March 12, 1900:

• Incidents in Society
• Big Sale of Oranges
• Contribution to Trinity College
• No Trust of Guide Book Companies
• Gold Medal Flour (ad)
• Miss Dempsey Released from Tombs
• Nagle Flounders Over Hyatt's Bid
• Wants Lawyer to Refund Fees
• A Hall of Fame
• Personal
• The Talk of the Day

On this day in 1900:

• British General John French and the Orange Free State
• William Albin Young removed from office as Representative for Virginia's 2nd Congressional district

From the New York Tribune, March 12, 1900:

• The Talk of the Day
• Lockhart's "Gil Blas" Jubilee Pictures in Black and White - Mr. Harvey in Spanish Drama
• Concert for the Admiral - Entertainment in His Honor and Mrs. Dewey's at the Lakewood Hotel
• Bishop Whipple's New Assistant
• Thomas Henry Ismay's Will