US policy on China crisis sparks congressional warning
In Washington press text from July 1900 argues the United States cannot act alone in China. It condemns European hesitancy, criticizes McKinley administration for delaying Congress, and notes possible use of Philippines troops for Tien Tsin and Peking. It also cites Treasury statistics bias and political maneuvering ahead of the 1900 elections.
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Wasuiner
D. C
China
Congers
United States
Philippines
Peking
Congress
Conger
Tien Tsin
McKinley
State Department
Europe
Cuinn
Great Britain
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Austin
Orange River Colony
Orange Free State
Pretoria
Britain
Cape Town
Zambesia
South Africa
Arie Teves
Florence County Broom Corn Could Open Prosperity Door
A Florence County farmer grows broom corn and asks if green cured or yellow is preferred for market. The piece notes curing green preserves color, cites Charlotte and Spartanburg as markets, and suggests state support to boost local cultivation and domestic broom manufacture for a regional industry.
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Florence County
Florence
Charlotte
N. C
Spartanburg
Atlanta
Chaplo
Charlotte Observer
Barnes
Agriostas
Arcbcuttral Department
Gana
Dapear Ss
Ann Avent
News
Yonker
State News Roundup Ragged with Fragments from 1900 Chronicle
A coarse, scattered summary notes crop delays, a near lynching of a boy in Newberry, a fatal shooting in Barnwell, and a coroner's verdict of self defense. It mentions state dispensary profits, a summer school in Rock Hill with attendees from several states, and a Chester monument for Maggie Rosborough. Also notes a Clemson insect pest, a large ore claim near Fort Mill, and a 7th Infantry move to China. Nearby Laurens reports a distillery bust and a wife killed by her husband in a yard incident. Congress funds tea experiments, smallpox concerns in Jersey County, and a revenue stamp crackdown on charters at Columbia.
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Convieta
State Penitentiary
State Farma
Thomas W. Holloway
Pomaria
8.C
South Carolina Holiness Association
Leesville
Newberry
Myrtle Farrow
Coou
Ulmer
Barnwell County
J.C. Compton
Buford’s Bridge
N. W
Rock Hill
Dorchester
Pickens
Acones
Chester
Maggie Rosborough
Lewis Turnout
Joe Huger
Walterhorn
Bob Diveur
Huger
Batenborg
Clemson College
Charleston
C. L. Clawson
Fort Mill
State Alliance
Columbia
South Carolina
7Th Infantry
Liett, von Tilman, Jr
Kokine Leutenant
Alaska
China
Joign
George D. Tillman
Laurens County
Copeland
Auill
William Parker Fan
Lawrens County
Parker
Congress
Agricultural Department
Summervilla
Sheppard
Augusta
Aiken
Blakely
McSweeney
Jershaw
State Board
T Kershaw
United States Revenue
State House
Secretary of State
Plavhhts pineapple crop outlook and oddities in commerce
Plavhht expects to nam 800000 out of her pineapple crop this year. Svar reports vast profits from a site combine pushing weekly gains beyond 500000. Immigration figures for the year show 488551 arrivals, up 50 percent from last year and 1 percent up on 189. Authorities allege fraud in Cuban postal matters and a cotton bale sale on the New York Cotton Exchange. A Hullaville sheriff’s jail eviction via tar and feathering is noted along with various local calamities and curious incidents. The piece surveys crop yields across several states and reports on low official pay in Iowa County and Confederate era notes, ending with a call to organize cotton growers in South Carolina for market stabilization.
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Plavhht
Svar
Ansistant Postmister
Neely
Cotton Exchange
New York
Somerville
Kansas
Nebraska
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa County
Wis
United States
Frank Lynch
Dodgeville
Mineral Point
Robert Pleasant Trippe
Atlanta
Confederate Congress
J.G. Ramsay
Salisbury
N. C
Thomas Swain
St. Clair
George Griffin
Asheville
Griffin
Danny
Adol Jar
Fito
Philadelphia
Washington
South
Philadelphia Record
Darkey
Washington Post
Deafness Cure Ad Claims By Mail Order
An advertisement claims deafness caused by catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies and by removing inflammation of the Eustachian tube. It promises a hundred dollars for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and invites readers to send for a free sample.
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Ealerth
Mall
J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
Dougglat Hall
Powtty
Ministers Held as Hostages and Civil War Battlefield Additions
Shanghai correspondent reports a new imperial decree ordering viceroys and governors to seek peace with the foreign Powers while holding ministers as hostages. Officials are told to guard foreign troops along the Yangtze and spare no lives for noncompliance. In Gettysburg, a two mile extension to the Bo’yanny battlefield avenue will add 40 cannons and marks the Confederate artillery line near Pickett’s memorable lane.
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Lespos
Shanghai
Daily Express
China
Shan Tung
Pekin
Chi Li
New Gettysburg Road
Very Low Rates to Chicago and Return by Southern Railway
National Enemynent notice lists reduced round trip fares from listed Georgia and South Carolina stations to Chicago and return under a temporary sale Aug 24 23 1900 and Aug 25 26 1900 with final Sept 15 1900. extension possible to Sept 20 1900 with deposit and fee. Florida starts Aug 24 23 and other states Aug 25 26. advice to non coupon stations to notify agents. further details via local agents. Also notes August 1 1900 automatic coupler mandate with Southern Railway to equip rolling stock. compliance expected by Aug 1 with near total system upgraded.
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Nent
G. A. St
Chicago
Southern Railway
Ite
Abbeville
8. C
Anderson
S. C
Blacksburg
S.C
Camden
Harpwicx, A.G
Atlanta, Ga
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Goode
Lynchburg
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Anderon
Tris
Achaea
Tracioay
McOully Bros
Peta Aly
Francesenemtre
Loui2
Bram Gy
Babcock
Republican Congressional Committee
House of Representatives
Republicana
House
Roosevelt
Inley
Hobart
State News
Greenville
Carolina
United
Aee
Onco
Coe Jumbin
C. L. Ewing
Southern
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