Alicia's Experiment Sparks a Love Offer
Alicia Wellington, 26, believes she can trap a suitor by feigning indifference. Her sisters marry well while she studies love, tests rivals, and finally accepts Reggy's proposal after secretly revealing she has fallen. The Chicago Tribune notes the unusual matchmaking experiment ends with a genuine romance.
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Alicia Wellington
Marriel
Gertrude
Lottie
John Nelson
Alicia
Alfcia
Reggy
William Giles
William
Heggy
Chicago Tribune
Flirt Wins Reggy De Greve to Advise in Her Scheme
Alicia Wellington selects Reggy De Greve as a naive accomplice in her plan to maneuver social aims. He is drawn by her charm and proclaims cleverness after solving a charade she presents, while she moves to secure him as the first target to influence and control.
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Reggy de Greve
Regey
Alicia
Lottie
Reggy
Miss Wellington
Reginald
Wellingtons
Goats and Tail Chewing Sparks Toledo Feud
In Toledo a dispute unfolds between Henry Travers and Otto Koop over a goat and Koops bay mare. The goat allegedly chewed off the horse tail, provoking threats of damages and legal action as neighbors recount the incident with colorful remarks and denial.
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Storse
Henry Travers
Otto Koop
Travers
Goat
Koop
Toledo
Mr. Travers
Sal
Toledo News
Modern fashion woman defies ancient wedding traditions
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes a trend where a modern woman of fashion photographs herself in a wedding dress before marriage, marks her trousseau with new initials, and abandons old rites. Opal and pale green jade dominate as popular jewelry stones, symbolizing luxury and superstition defiance.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Uten's Capital and the Mormon Gentile Divide
The Salt Lake City sociological landscape reveals deep splits beneath surface labels. Generations bind residents to Mormon traditions while many so called breakaways remain largely half Gentile and half Mormon, reshaping local identity.
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Uten
Salt Lake City
New Lippincott
Whitewashing and Twins Doomed to Spread Infection
A clergyman observes a parishioner whitewashing a cottage door to prevent infection after a couple with twins lived there. The laborer admits the job is not for neatness but to stop “infection” as two previous couples who lived there had twins. The scene sits in a phonographic record voice.
Satirical wedding spoof in Palmyra Spectator
The Palmyra Spectator mocks a recent church wedding of Shortike and Bettie Bloomers with playful jibes on decorations outfits and gifts. It notes borrowed flowers, a home sewn gown a $10 suit and borrowed usher coats while joking about the couple’s finances and future in St Louis.
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Swapaper
Palmyra
Spectator
Wile Shortike
Bettie Bloomers
Sallie Potts
St. Loui
Willie
Betttie
Bettie
The Shah’s London Visit and a Royal Jewel Tale
Improbable anecdotes about the shah of Persia amused by England's pageantry swirl around his last visit to London. A vouched story recalls his wish to witness an execution at Newgate, pressing for any inmate to be chosen, only to be refused. The shah owns a vast jewel collection, including a giant emerald. He plans a six month continental tour in summer, stopping in Russia Germany Austria France Greece and England with gifts for hosts.
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Persia
England
Prince of Wales
Newgate Prison
Russia
Germany
Austria
France
Greece
Ranking the Uniform
After the South African war began, British enthusiasm rose. In Edinburgh a London paper recalls an early war entertainment where the audience stopped to sing the national anthem. A throng carried a uniformed man aloft, shouting and singing, and asked his regiment. He replied, I am the dow keeper.
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Great Britain
London
Edinburgh
Viking Postal Service on Pacific Islands Pigeons
A Pacific island wreck led to using carrier pigeons to reach Auckland. Messages were carried and returned by birds, prompting a large flock purchase. Each pigeon, privately owned, can carry four notes on quality paper. sending four messages costs one shilling or sixpence per message.
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Viking Postal Service
Pacific Ocean
England
Auckland
Link In the Paar: Mrs Alexander Capperton Remembered
Mrs Alexander Capperton who died in Kirkhill Scotland linked the present with Sir Walter Scott. She entered Scott’s service at sixteen and recalled his heavy morning footfalls for buttermilk and porridge. She was with him at his death and received his hair from Mrs Lockhart.
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Paar
Alexander Capperton
Kirkhill
Scotland
Sir Walter Scott
Lockhart
Philadelphia Press
How was the temperance sermon yesterday dry
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes a temperance sermon titled How was the temperance sermon yesterday with the brief verdict Dry.
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Dey
Philadelphia Bulletin
Democratic Letter and Towne Nomination Prospects
Washington report alleges extensive Cuba post office fraud involving Neely of Muncie with Heath connections and a wideweb of officials. It argues the administration seeks scapegoats while public ire grows over imperial policy. It also notes Sioux Falls nominating Bryan Towne and analyzes price declines and strikes signaling a stalled boom ahead of the Republican convention.
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Washington
Neely
Muncie
Heath
Post Office Department
Cuba
Rathbone
Postal Administration
Mark Hanna
Wood
Postoffice Department
War Department
Army
Col
Burton
White House
Havana
McKinley
Philippines
Lincoln
Republic
Carter
Savannah
Pura
Towne
Sioux Falls
Bryan
Kansas City
Calcago
Minnesota
Cuba’s Independence Stance and US Policy Edges
The New York News argues Cuban independence remains uncertain under President McKinley and U S policy. It warns Cuban rebels would be unwise while noting Democrats will insist on keeping national pledges and honor, resisting American coercion in Cuba.
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McKinley
Republican Party
Secretaary Root
United States
War Department
Democratic Party
Spain
Cuba
South America
New York News
The War That Is Over War Reporting in the Philippines
The Washington Times laments ongoing ambushes and killings of American troops in the Philippines, noting Otis’s earlier suppression of the Tagal Insurrection and Lawton’s death shifting control back to Otis’s preexisting pattern, criticizing political manipulation of lives and treasure.
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Philippines
Otis
Lawton
Washington Times
Timely Warning on Philadelphia Counterfeit Twenty
The United States Secret Service warns the public about a new dangerous counterfeit twenty dollar silver certificate from Philadelphia. Laboring men counting higher wages should watch for these counterfeit bills in circulation.
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United States Secret Service Department
Philadelphia
Silence Is Golden in Republican Gold Standard Plank
A brief Albany Argus note laments Republicans’ fixation on the gold standard and silence, framing the stance as a devoted platform bolster rather than a mere policy, with a digression on Porto Rico.
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Porto Rico
Albany
Altgeld Speech at Albany Praised as Masterful but Lacks Jeffersonian Principles
The Albany remarks by former Illinois Governor Altgeld praise his concise yet uneven address. The piece argues his speech lacks clear Jeffersonian principles while praising his campaign stance as a fight over ideas rather than individual candidates. It notes Bryan's appeal rests on his steadfast principles and honesty, making him an idol rather than a hero.
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Altgeld
Illinois
Albany
Thomas Jefferson
Watter
The
East
Laconte
Bryan
America
Jackson
Buffalo
Times
Bryan Speech Attacks Monopolies and Trusts in 1900
The message charges protected monopolies and giant trusts shaped by tariffs and administration policy. It argues Republicans cannot end the robber band without drastic measures, and says relief lies with Democratic officials and a party unburdened by past debts. Delivered in Wichita Kansas on April 24, 1900.
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Plumb
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
W. J. Bryan
Wichita
Kansas
Money Question in Debt Extension Message
In Evansville Courier commentary a Democratic view critiques the debt extension plan paying banks 88 million over 30 years. The piece argues the money question may dominate or fade in campaigns and warns Democrats against promising free silver due to Senate limits, urging a clear, unwavering 1896-position with a pronunciamento of Democratic doctrine.
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Senate
Times
Evansville
Ind
Infant Industry Aims to Develop Philippine Timber Resources
Chicago May 5 The Philippine Lumber and Development Company of Chicago incorporated under West Virginia law seeks Mindanao timber rights for 300000 acres south of Luzon with 150000 investment for development. Timber includes mahogany ebony and rosewood. Headquarters to be in Chicago. No details on native consent and trusts seek no special treatment for American citizens, implying natives may be sidelined.
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Chicago
Philippine Lumber and Development Company of
West Virginia
Mindanao
Luezon
United States
Philippines
Silver question looms larger than any man at Wichita
At Wichita Kansas on April 24 Bryan stated that the silver question is bigger than any man or party and cannot be settled by one person or by mere talk. He warned that quitting the discussion would not resolve the issue and stressed its magnitude.
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Settie
Bryan
Wichita
Kansas
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