United States Ties to Nicaragua Canal Deepened
In 1889 the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua, chartered without direct aid, seeks stronger U S control via a senate bill. The amendment would put the United States behind up to 100 million in bonds and ensure completion within six years while allowing a potential purchase of a majority stake if national interests demand it.
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Maritime Canal Company
Nicaraugua
Congress
Nicarangua
Costa Rica
United States
Sherman
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Maritime Company
England
Suez Canal
Is it wrong to ride a bicycle to church on Sunday
A meandering column reflects on various topics including praise for the departed King Kala kaua and a call for a monument to Gen. Spinner. It notes the Missouri Farmers Alliance aims to build a large agricultural implement manufactory and discusses Jamaica Canada reciprocity versus U S engagement. It suggests working women should fund and build Spinner's memorial in Washington.
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Farmers’ Alliance of Missouri
American Harvester Trust of
Chicago
Missouri Farmers’ Alliance
Indian School Funds and System Highlight Training Centers
The year ending June 30 saw $2,397,328 spent on Indian schools with $1,842,770 from government. Churches, led by Roman Catholics at $347,689, funded the rest. There are 246 schools including 140 boarding. others are day schools, mostly government or contract schools run by religious groups. Training schools at Carlisle, Salem, Albuquerque, and Chilocco lead the program, with four more planned next year. The system emphasizes trades, farm labor, and domestic skills, with an average pupil attendance of 12,282 across all schools.
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United States
Carlisle
Salem
Ore
Albuquerque
N. M
Chileco
Colo
Louisiana Lottery Fight and State Politics in Flux
The piece outlines the Louisiana Lottery battle tied to its charter renewal after the Civil War. It notes Confederate officers backing the lottery, the governor's veto, a pivotal legislator's death, and legal fights over constitutional passage and voter submission. It also mentions dramatic medical cures linked to fire alarms and a paralyzed woman regaining speech through a sudden sneeze episode.
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United States
New Orleans
Louisiana
Nicholls
Secretary of State
M. A. Dauphin
District Court of
District Court
Supreme Court of the State
Mind Cure and Curious Anecdotes Across Society
A long compilation of medical curiosities and social notes recalls cases of mind cure, a talking patient, and an elderly rheumatic in Cincinnati. It covers Catholic population statistics, biblical criticism, a Maine minister in Cutler, and the push for steel railway ties amid timber shortages.
Jet propulsion proposed to replace screws on ocean steamers
A reader to Iran suggests a shift in ship propulsion from screw propellers to water jet engines. He cites octopus and cuttlefish as natural jet propulsion examples and notes potential safety comfort and economic benefits of a continuous water jet driving vessels backward to move forward.
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Iran
Indian Uprising Again Feared by Spring Dances Continue
The piece cites Gen Miles’s view of a planned uprising when grass turns green and notes ongoing Mes siah fever among Mormons as retaliation for polygamy. It questions whether the Indian war is truly over and warns that new native dances hint at renewed unrest.
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Miles
George Bancroft Pioneer of American History
George Bancroft will doubtless in time have monuments enough erected to his memory but the ten volumes of United States history he wrote will outlast all the rest. He was the first American to write American history dispassionately and on the philosophical basis.
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Cutler
Maine
R. A. Farnham
Mr. Farnham
George Bancroft
United States
Unclear OCR fragment mentions storms wind danger and McKinley law
Fragment references peril from overhead electric wire during storms. Mentions McKinley law duty exemptions for non English scientific works. Notes 1890 failures versus 1889 and labor unions pushing eight hour day campaigns in May. partial, garbled phrases follow.
Export of beef hog and dairy products in 1890
The 1890 exports of beef hog and dairy products totaled 131 million 374 thousand 466 dollars, up over 1889 by about 14 million. Prices at home are higher than last year, so more will be sold domestically despite possible year end reductions.
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Chicago Athletic Club
Greeley
Tribune
New York City
Ad for wife reflects shifting views in Japanese society
An advert in a Japanese newspaper shows a man seeking a wife with a pragmatic view on beauty and wealth. He states the woman need not be talented or intellectual if she is pretty, and if she is rich she need not be pretty or intellectual, signaling evolving but simple criteria in a society balancing tradition and modernity.
Longevity Tends Toward Scientific Men In Late Life
The class of men who live longest are often scientific men. They tend to do their best work in their final years, and their powers peak late.
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America
Humboldt
Chevreul
Arago
Ben Franklin
US Forestry Division pushes steel railway ties in use
The forestry division of the US Department of Agriculture urges railroad builders to test steel ties as substitutes for wooden ones. It notes about 30,000 miles of metal ties are already in use.
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Europe
Germany
Asia
Africa
South America
United States
C. P. Huntington
Southern Pacific
Mexico
Central America
Forestry Division
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Irish Leaders Urged to Seek Peace and Prosperity
A call for unity asks Irish leaders to settle differences and guide the country to peace, freedom, and prosperity. The message warns that discord is the devil and ruins both family and state.
Airship bound for New York from Illinois never sailed
A discussion cites Rev. J C Price on civil rights and social equality, noting Negroes seek political rights but prefer social separation. The Berlin Rundschau claims Indian uprisings stem from U S government starvation policy.
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Ilinois
New York
J. C. Price
Mr. Price
California wines bid to capture the world
The note discusses California wine quality evolving from European methods to native American processes. It mentions California claret shipped to France and back to the U S with French labels, and asserts California wines could win global prominence through regionally developed techniques.
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Europe
California
France
America
Paris Hot Water Stands Create Automatic Service
An 19th century report explains Parisian hot water stands powered by a nickel slot machine. A five centime coin releases nine quarts of hot water via a gas heated coil, then stops automatically. No attendant needed, aiding the poor and cab drivers. the piece asks why America cannot adopt such stands.
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