Cost and Advantages of the Two Canal Routes Compared
The article compares Panama and Nicaragua canal routes including construction costs and maintenance figures. It notes climate, health, harbor status, route lengths, and passage times, with estimates from a government commission and references to French bondholders and project savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Panama Canal
Suse Coo
Gunmualh
Nicaragua Canal
New York
Nicaragua
United States
Orient
Anama
South America
Simenan
Ora
Dr Rixey Promoted to Surgeon General of the Navy
President names Dr Pysssley M Rixey as surgeon general of the Navy. Rixey, longtime family physician to President McKinley, attended Mrs McKinley during illness and has held numerous naval medical posts since 1874.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Servic
Motive Virginia
Navy
Services
Preiney
Melninsey
Population estimates stir debate on Philippine count
An article reviews varied population figures for the Philippines and the United States, noting unreliable census methods during unrest. It cites estimates from Whitaker’s Almanack and civil and Spanish censuses, highlighting how counts differ due to incomplete data and wartime disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evensus Bureau
United States
Philippines
Direau
Lsou
Manila
Issz
Spain
Whitaker
Wold
Strenuous Oil War Pushes Export Tactics and Tanker Conversions
The piece notes rising conflict between Standard Oil and independents in the export trade, with ships under sealed orders bound for unknown ports and vessels repurposed as tankers. It also reports two tunnel workers in Cleveland dying from the bends, raising tunnel deaths to fifty five, and mentions the Bank of Yukon converting to the first National Bank of Yukon with a $25,000 capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wie
West Indian Islands
St. Thomas
United States
St.Thomas
Call
America
William PL. Seward
Denmark
Islands
United States Senate
Washington
San Domingo
Standard Oil Company
John Keller
John Olterman
Cleveland
Bank of Yukon, ©. T
First National Bank of Yukon
Estimates of Population in TSOS and Christian Forces
Maj. Gen. I. Vv. Greene estimates total population in TSOS between 7,000,000 and 9,000,000. Spaniards reportedly count Christians in Leazue and the Visayas at 5,422,000, with much of the rest uncertain. Censuses can provoke harsh reactions, tempering exactness in Oriental counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Vv. Greene
Tsos
Leazue
Visayas
Chicago
Emerald
Fire gutts Theater Vendome in Nashville with $50000 loss
A Nashville fire gutted The Theater Vendome causing an estimated $50000 in damage. In separate incidents Lee James a noted stockman was shot dead in Nelson I Jr. A $10000 electric plant was completed at Winfield Kansas asylum. Bank of Butler Georgia robbed of $2000 with dynamite as the burglars fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theater Vendome
Nashville
Tenn
Lee James
Nelson, I. ,Jr
Asylum
Winfield
Kan
United Confederate Veterans’ Association
Dallas
Texas
Bank
Butler
Patriotism and Protection in Free Trade Debate
A 1900s American Economist letter from Williams College professor Bascom is critiqued for arguing against protection and patriotism. The piece defends tariffs as drivers of national prosperity, questions free trade and reciprocity, and cites Cuba as a reciprocal trade example alongside broader calls to support U.S. industry and labor. It discusses Cantrill’s Kentucky Senate bid in a related political note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iree Trade League
John Lascom
Williams College
Bascom
United States
Ife
Ors
Springfield Republican
Ascam’s
Free Trade League
Prof
Tie
Africa
Williamstown
Millsvlle
Furnace Plains
Washington
McKinley
America
Des Moines Register
Canada
New Haven
Cantrill
United States Senate
Kentucky
Goebel
Democratic Party
Indianapolis Journal
Cuban Tariff Reduction Stirs Congress Support
Washington reports show Congress moving toward a 25 percent duty cut on all Cuban imports. The Indiana State Journal argues the reduction harms no US interest while Cuba gains access to a growing market in the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Cuba
United States
United Stites
Indiana State Journal
Stubborn Fact on Reciprocity and Tariff Reform
The Clyde Journal notes reformers face stalled protection ending and quote Sam Jones that a fact cannot be gotten over nor around and must be camped and set up to endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jones
Clyde
N. C
Some Things You Cant Do Seemingly Simple Feats
A discussion of everyday physical challenges and limits. Examples include a blindfolded person needing support to stand for five minutes, a chair rise requiring a forward lean, and a long knife failing to cut a yellow cigar ribbon in a single stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qgran
Suburban Inoucements and Golf Lesson Rumor
A fragmented Brooklyn Eagle exchange mentions Mrs Isolate of Lonelyville urging a new covok to the suburbs. Isolate responds with elation that she promised to teach golf to the newcomer in a curious slice of local chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isolate
Lonelyville
Verdinand
Brooklyn Eagle
Letter Promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Mrs Hudla Jakeman of Salt Lake City credits the product with curing severe menstrual pain after doctor-ordered care failed. She swears by six bottles and urges other women to seek Mrs Pinkham’s free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakeman
Elders of the Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Utah
Lydia E. Pinkham
Prnnwalli
Hulda Jakescan
Hr.pa Jakeman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Danish West Indies
Sam
Nieragiua
Nickragua
Lake
Managua
DR. Rixey
Chas. W. Pearson
Charles W. D Pearson
Neawortorp University
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pearson
University Board of Trustees
Northwestern University
Fearson
England
India
Academy of
College of Liberal Arts
Chiragy Lrecord
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Ayer
J. Early Finley
Ironton, O
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
Kulda Jakeman
Ely
BLY Bros
Warren St
N.Y
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!