Treasury 1898 Report Details War Costs and Gold Balance
The treasury report shows ordinary revenues at $450.8 million and expenditures $445.3 million with a $38.0 million deficit, war and naval outlays rising sharply. Gold reserves reached a peak, silver supply shrank, and federal deposits rose as the government steered currency through wartime demand.
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Washington
United States
E. H. Robers
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Spain
War Department
Navy Department
Department
Alaska
Australia
Europe
Customs
Multiple regional incidents and appointments reported nationwide
A sweep of brief items notes bank troubles as Gideon W. Marsh surrenders in Philadelphia and awaits a hearing. Texas and Mississippi reports detail shootings, scaldings, yellow fever progress, and weathered health notices. Other items cover naval waterfront reservations in Honolulu, a sugar farm purchase veto, and recruits for Manila, with scattered local accidents and obituaries.
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Marsh
Philadelphia
Gideon W. Marsh
Keystone National Bank
William Wanamaker
Paksemanee
United States District Attorney
United States Marshal
Penrose
John Wanamaker
Quay
Jackson
Miss
State Board of Health
Hymn's Memory Aids Childlike Hope At Sea
Mary Devereux recalls a sea view and a beloved hymn sung by a fatherly figure. The tranquil scene near a rejected tower and distant isles evokes childhood faith, tears, and the promise of reunion in eternal rest as described in the Boston Transcript piece.
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Chia
Earth
Mary Devereux
Boston Transcript
It Cured the Cook by a Misrouted Telephone Call
In Pearson's Magazine a tale by W. A. Alden recounts a cook fall ill after a new telephone, needing a doctor. The caller endures long, wrong calls from unnamed men, finally receiving a coffin call from an undertaker. The prank leads to the cook's recovery without medicine.
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Brown
Jones
Robinson
W. A. Alden
Pearson's Magazine
Cyclists and oddities in old humor columns
A mix of humorous items notes a cyclist who killed a partridge after hitting it with his wheel and a rabbit fatality caused by a roadside accident. Other vignettes include cab drivers, poker jokes about Mrs. O Connell, and banter on Scottish race clannishness and canary trade valued around £100,000 in the UK.
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Denton
Will Bently
Bolivar
Chambers’ Journal
Chinese Wedding Their Red Thematic Color and Ceremonies
The article describes Chinese wedding rituals centered on red as the dominant color with gold as a complement. It details bridegroom bracelets tied with red, red wine cups joined by a red cord, red hats with red feathers for attendants, sedan chairs in red or gilded styles, and banners with gold lettering. The procession includes a yellow or gold letter on red paper seeking the bride’s entry and a block of attendants bearing red parcels and gold-inscribed banners.
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China
South
Origin of Jack Horner Tale Told in Lippincott Magazine
Agnes Carriage recounts the nursery rhyme history from Bodleian sources. The tale imagines Jack Horner serving an abbot and the king, with a pie concealing deeds to the Manor of Wells and Horner taking the title deed for himself.
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Agnes Carriage
Lippincott's
Jack Horner
Bodleian Library
Glastonbury
Henry VIII
Manor of
Wells
Quirky Town Names and Vivid Registrations
A Cleveland Leader note recounts hotel guests naming Sleepy Eye Minnesota Painted Post Iowa White Pigeon Michigan and Horseheads New York as residences. The piece cites Dr Johnson on adjective comparatives and quotes Paradise Lost and Samson Agonistes, then adds short humorous clippings on jealousy and odd anecdotes.
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Cleveland
Sleepy Eye
Minn
Painted Post
Mich
N. Y
Johnson
Milton
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Roberts
Pacific Railroad
Corsicana
Tex
Dora Raymond
Pearl Thomas
Dick Bryant
Eugene Williams
Raymond
Bryant
Wilmington
N. C
Manila
San Francisco
Puebla
Kansas Battalion
Nevada Cavalry
Newport
Miller
First Tennessee Regiment
Wyoming
California Heavy Artillery
Lee
Richmond
Ann Marie Lee
Fitz-Hugh Lee
Daniel Lee
Stafford County
Iron
Austin
Brazoria County
Penitentiary Board
Little Rock
Fort Logan
Athens
Cal Fleming
Richardson Fire
United States Navy
Honolulu
Captain Tanner
Crockett, Tex
Simmers
Porter Springs
Irion County
San Angelo
Ben Cole
Sam Murray
Otto Schauec
Mount Pleasant
A. H. Evans
Roder
Crane
Dallas
Heavenly King
Growler
London
Daniel O’connell
London Standard
Crimsonbeak
Jonah
Som
Yonkers
Cincinnati Enquirer
United Kingdom
New Yorker
Chicago
New York
Arkansas
Chicago Times- Herald
Sissy
New York World
R. M. Wilson
Owney
Standy
Hitchen and
Berwick Bay
Tronay
of Brazos
Madison
Grimes
Robertson
Burleson Counties
Frank W. McConnico
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
Pacific Mutual Life
Am. Union Life
Fidelity and Casualty of
Bryan
A. DD
Aiccconnmnico
Td. P. Franklin & Son
Academy of Music and Next
John Mike’s
B. S
John M. Caldwell
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