Clash Over Samoa Islands and Tripartite Pact
Special correspondence reports Britain, Germany, and the United States poised for conflict over Samoa amid competing protectorates and treaties. The piece notes trade stakes, protectorate history, and a 1889 Berlin treaty calling for joint protection of Malietoa, with no regard for native rights as tensions rise toward potential war.
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United Eastes
Great Britain
Germany
Samoan Islands
Pacific
Pago-Pago Harbor
Samoan
United States
Samoa
Weber
Greenbaum
Malletoa
Malietoa
Pres Cleveland
Berlin
Malietoa Uaing
Métaafa
Mataafa
Chambers
Malietoa Tanus
Raffel
Matasfa
Bitek
Algeatory
Washington
London
Jon
Caucuses and their power shaping Capitol decisions
Smith D. Fry explains caucus rule in U S politics, detailing how party conferences decide leadership, committee chairs, and policy, with examples from Virginia Democrats and Minnesota Republicans. He warns independent lawmakers face trouble when breaking with caucus.
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Jinseph Akchite
Chicago
Senate
Illinois
Senator Cullom
Indies
John Hancock
Capitol
United Party
Virginia
John W. Daniel
United States Senate
Daniel
Minnesota
Cushman K. Davis
Davis
National House of Representatives
Causus
House of Repre- Crisp
Minois
Mills
Texas
McMillip
Crisp
Heed
Oveautioe
House of Representatives
House
Democrats
William McKinley
Ohio
Tom Reed
Reed
McKinley
Committee On
Hhe
Cau
Smith D. Fry
Passing of Horses? Croker outlines New York Auto-Truck plan
Richard Croker, smiling, confirms he is an incorporator of the New York Auto-Truck Company aiming a general trucking business in New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City and nearby suburbs. He predicts elimination of horse traction for freight and passenger carriage as civilization advances, while acknowledging horses will remain for pleasure driving.
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Richard Croker
New York City
New York Auto-Truck Company
New York
Brooklyn
Jerseey City
Tragkmen
Croker
Personal and Literary Oddities From 19th Century Notes
A miscellany describes peculiarities of public figures and royal personages, noting weights of queens, inventions like a timekeeping water device, and biographical progress on John Morley preparing a life of Gladstone. It mentions Senator Wolcott, Hornett Walker, Mr Platt, and Prussian-era curiosities with quoted details and deadlines.
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Spain
Wheeler
Maperty
Prince of Wales
Wolcott
Anterado
Hornett Walker
Chicago
White
Polk
Italy
Belgium
Portugal
Austria
Senator Pratt
Mr. Platt
John Morley
Giadwtove
Mr. Morley
Narrow Escape On Hay Cart Fire In Adirondacks
A hunter recalls a near death when a hay wagon ride turned flames, exploding cartridges, and a dodged disaster. After his gun fired unattended cartridges, fire caught the hay, the coat snagged on a wagon, and he leaped to a ditch, then rode on to finish his trip and return to New York.
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Adirondacks
New York
N. Y
Startling Demand From Skinner In Kansas City Claim
A bystander recalls Skinner announcing in Washington that the capital should be moved to Skinnerville, 173 miles west of Kansas City on Kiyote creek. He asserts annexing the Philippines shifts the nation’s center of population to Skinnerville and demands immediate relocation.
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Washington
Skinnerville
Kansas City
Kiyote Creek
Skinner
Philippines
Cheveland Plals
Women cured by Lydia Pinkham medicine claims
A testimonial lashed with medical advert copy praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and related tonics for female ailments. The letter from Miss Jean B. Mazes of Leon, Wisconsin, credits relief from painful menses, nervousness, headaches, and fatigue after using multiple bottles and purifications. The text also includes product claims and assorted newspaper snippets on health and business satire.
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Dean Mas
Proenam
Lydis EK Pinkham
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