Payne on Porto Rico and constitutional fate in America
Wisconsin Republican Henry C. Payne argues the Porto Rico issue is momentous yet solvable through Lincoln and Webster precedents. He defends free trade shifts, colonial policy, and constitutional power over new territories, predicting the public will favor Lincoln and Webster over Calhoun and Douglas, with rural free delivery expanding nationwide under Republican policy.
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Henry C. Payne
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Republican National Committee
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Harrison Gray Otis
Payne
Congress
Porto Rico
Mclinley
Washington
Porta Ico
Massachusetts
Daninl Webster
Calhoun
Caloun
Dred Scott
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
United States
Dred Seotre
United States Supreme Court
Webster
Lincoln
Douglas
Republican Prosperity Reaches Ohio Pockets
The piece credits McKinley era polices for rural delivery growth and rising bank deposits in Ohio. It cites Perry S. Heath and Dawes figures, noting depositors rising from 142,099 in 1894 to 226,964 in 1899 and per-depositor averages from 314 to 357 dollars, linking prosperity to the McKinley administration.
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McKinley
Perry S. Heath
Wanamaker
Gen
Harrison
Ohio
Dawes
William McKinley
National
National Esteey
Hawaiian trade 1899 reveals US control of most exports
Consul General Haywood reports 1899 Hawaii trade totals exports and imports at 41,700,000 dollars with the United States taking at least 37,500,000 of the trade and other nations sharing 4,200,000. Forty American made goods boosted imports by 5,267,680 from 1898, while duties collected rose 400,000 despite free entry for most US goods. December 1899 noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haywood
State Department
United States
Honolulu records largest monthly imports with steamers and ships
Honolulu saw a record month as sixteen foreign steamers and forty eight sailing vessels arrived with cargoes. US transports added stock and quartermaster supplies. forty general cargos totaling 45 000 tons, eleven coal cargoes at 22 850 tons, and thirteen lumber vessels totaling 9 198 520 feet entered. Exports to Hawaii more than doubled since 1897, with 1899 at 11 305 581 dollars.
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Honolulu
United States
Islands
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
Hawaiian Islands
Free Trade Trusts Form in England and South Africa Links
Consul Halstead reports to the State Department on a proposed worsted spinners trust in free trade England with 106 firms and 8,597,000 dollars capital. A Manchester presiding plan seeks 5 percent profit with seven and a half times goodwill, yielding 7 to 8 percent to ordinary shareholders. A Bradford Keighley and Halifax committee is named to draft the scheme. Another merger links two steamship firms trading to the Cape of Good Hope to boost South African trade and mail contracts. Union Castle Company shares change to ten shillings nominal with a 6 13s 4d per share debturo stock. Nominal capital reaches 10,000,000 dollars. No protective tariff involved.
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Halstead
Birmingham
State Department
England
Scott Ling
Manchester
Ickeringill
Keighley
James Drummond
Bradford
Alfred Haley
Wakefield
A. Anderton
Checkheaton
J. Hoyle
Halifax
Smithies
Eland
TH. Whitehead
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
United Company
Union Company
Union Castle Company
Combine
The Cost of a Growler in Pension Debates
Mr. Talbert of South Carolina voices pension legislation objections during a session, while Mr. Sibley of Pennsylvania notes the government spends seven dollars per hour for House sittings. Talbert appears to lead a pension-hating constituency amid the lively debate.
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Talbert
South Carolina
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Democratic Party
Pettigrew likely to take vacation as Sioux Falls tally favors Republicans
Senator Pettigrew remains in his hometown of Sioux Falls South Dakota reviewing April election returns. Republicans captured the mayor and all city wards with the largest vote ever recorded for the slate, signaling a possible end to Pettigrew’s days at Washington with relief from his duties.
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Pettigrew
Senator Pettigrew
Sioux Falls
Washington
Republican Challenge on Slavery References
A Republican challenge accuses the party of belittling the administration over Sulus in Eastern possessions owning slaves. It asserts Republicans would not compare to Democrats or invoke Lincoln or the Emancipation Proclamation in the slavery debate.
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Abraham Lincoln
Anti Expansion Threat to Election Victory
The anti expansion party faces no votes from states gained through expansion policy dating to Jefferson, and its candidate would have the fewest presidential votes in history, even below Belva Lockwood.
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Union
Jefferson
Belva Lockwood
The Voter's Chance and party loyalties discussed
The passage notes Aguinaldo relies on William Jennings Bryan and Dom Paul relies on Webster Davis, suggesting American voters might split the difference and place dependence in William McKinley. It frames a political balance among three figures and implies shifts in support.
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Aguinaldo
William Jennings Bryan
Dom Paul
Webster Davis
William McKinley
It Hurts His Business Campaign Tactics Cause Trouble
The so called fictitious prosperity Bryan ridiculed two years ago has hardened into a chronic reality. This shift damages his standing as a candidate and harms his business reputation amid ongoing political maneuvering.
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Bryan
Preaches by a Phone in Bedridden Pulpit Revival
The Elkhart Indiana experiment uses an electrical transmitter and phonograph to deliver sermons to bed bound parishioners at home. Ministers could reach distant congregants without travel, enabling home worship with reduced church maintenance and new pew rent concepts. The piece weighs future religion against traditional practice and ponders broader social effects.
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Elkhart
Ind
E. H. Gwynne
First Presbyterian Church
Divorce Not Easy Says Bok on Marriage Laws
Edward Bok argues in The Ladies Home Journal that divorce is not as easy as presumed. He questions tightening divorce laws while marriage laws remain lax and urges focus on underlying causes rather than punitive reforms.
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Edward Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
New Use of Telephone Brings Sermons to the Bedbound
An experiment by Dr. Gwynne fitted a phonograph diaphragm to a telephone so a gravely ill man could hear his pastor’s sermons. The device could extend to other worshippers unable to attend, opening a field for practical theology and remote consolation. It suggests a circuit of homes connected by a party line for spiritual nourishment.
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Francis Hoover
Gwynne
Hoover
Hps
Thumbless mitten invention sparks playful relief
The New York Press notes a new mitten design for babies that fits the hand flat with the thumb at the forefinger, promising easier wear. The quip suggests men should refrain from chores unless permitted to wear a spring overcoat, and ends with a proverb blessing those who live to ease others.
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New York Press
Do Not Sit Before Being Asked At Table Etiquette
A historical look at English and colonial etiquette rules for meals. The piece notes cautions such as not sitting until asked, waiting for offering, speaking softly, breaking bread rather than biting, using salt with a clean knife, and placing the knife to the right with the blade on the plate. It also advises not to stare at others eating, not to sing or wiggle, and to rise only when moderately satisfied.
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England
British Aristocracy Blamed For Recent Reverses
The piece blames aristocracy for recent reverses, arguing luxury breeds degeneracy and weak health. It claims indulgent foods and nerve strain upset digestion, and that healthy stomachs produce pure blood. It touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for constipation indigestion and dyspepsia.
No Foreigner and the Irish Mother in a New Orleans Shoe Shop
A Canal Street shoe clerk in New Orleans greets an Irish woman seeking shoes for her son. The store remarks on the boy being born in America, highlighting patriotism and cultural tensions in a brief, subtle exchange. The item reflects prevailing attitudes in the Times-Democrat era.
Population ranking of early American cities in 1800
May Ladies' Home Journal notes five large cities in 1800 led by Philadelphia with 66,000 residents, followed by New York at 60,000, Baltimore 26,500, Boston 25,000, and Charleston 19,000, identifying national urban centers of the era.
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America
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Charleston
South Carolina
Ladies’ Home Journal
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Charles T. Dawes
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A. P. Charter
Creston
Iowa
Hood’s
Michigan State Board of Health
Alabastine Company of
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Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
Istcess Ney
G. CO
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