Protection splits Democracy as tariff bill nears law
Carthage weekly column notes protectionism divisions rival past currency debates. It contrasts McKinley raising the flag in Hawaii with Cleveland pulling it down and cites Washington now signaling a quick tariff bill, rising farm prices, falling silver, and shifting newspaper sentiment toward modest business improvement. It recalls sugar trust stock movements under 1894 tariff debates and cites Dun's Review on employment, orders, and crop prospects.
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Dun
Politician criticizes Bryan Jastfall over currency claims
Scrapbooks note Bryan Jastfall attacking Senator Sherman for saying U S population and business growth require 42 million more currency annually. The author cites recent coinage data showing coin output near 100 million and a circulation rise of 138 million year over year to argue the accusation is unfounded and misleading.
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Bryan Jastfall
Sherman
United States
Bryan
Petrified cross found near Pittsburg in historic quarry
A petrified wooden cross 18 by 24 inches was unearthed in the Iva W. Logan stone quarries at the Ohio Beaver junction near Pittsburg. Supposedly Jesuit in origin and linked to Celeron’s 1749 expedition, the cross rests in limestone centuries old and is to be donated to the Carnegie Museum.
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Iva W. Logan
Ohio
Beaver Rivers
Pittsburg
Celeron
Alleghany
Ohio River Valley
Carnegie Museum
Chicago Times-Herald
Thirteen Haunts a Decatur Youth in Gallows Tale
A Decatur ga youth Terrell Hudson was hanged amid superstition over the number 13. He was the thirteenth child born on the thirteenth, bears a 13-letter name, and cites events on the 18th of last November and the 13th of February the day of his death sentence in a tale that unsettles locals.
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Decatur
Terrell Hudson
Malcolm
Navy secretary grants special allowance for Brooklyn entertainers
Secretary Long of the navy grants Admiral Miller a special allowance to entertain visitors and dignitaries aboard the Brooklyn during the queen's jubilee. Whitelaw Reid and his attache Ogden Mills with two royal equerries will entertain in a secured house. The Brooklyn will anchor off Gravesend and visitors split into two divisions toward Admiral Miller and toward Reid Mills and their equerries.
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Long
The
Navy
Admiral Miller
Brooklyn
Whitelaw Reid
Ogden Mills
Gravesend
Ov Messrs
Fishing for Pearls From Gulf of California Concession
An English concession agent in San Francisco outlines pearl fishing methods in the Gulf of California. Divers formerly reached 36 feet, later using diving gear to 30 fathoms, with two minute underwater stays reduced at greater depths. Divers harvest oysters from the sea floor, placing them in bags hauled aboard as signals dictate.
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Gulf of California
San Francisco
Cortes
Nest of Python Eggs in Washington Home
A young Rhode Island avenue resident keeps a female python from New York via India traveler. He found 25 eggs inside the snake’s quarters, resembling large leather skinned, oblong eggs. Incubation temperature is debated with figures from 73 to 124 degrees. hens’ eggs hatch in 21 days, while pythons reportedly need about eight weeks. Washington Star report.
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Rhode Island Avenue
Washington
New York
India
Washington Star
Prospectors grave and mining claim monument in Tombstone
A will directs burial atop granite hills three miles west of Tombstone in prospector garb with pick and canteen, no cemetery, and a monument over the grave. Estate valued at 50 000 to 75 000 dollars. Widow Mary E. Schieffelin receives Alameda and Santa Clara holdings and 15 000 in University of Arizona bonds. Jay L. Schieffelin as trustee. Also notes two lightning deaths at Erath station near Abbeville Louisiana within hours.
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Ana Abs
Tombstone
Mary E. Schieffelin
Alameda
Santa Clara
University of Arizona
Jay L. Schieffelin
San Francisco Examiner
Notable Descendants and Figures Mentioned Across Roster
Three sisters in Salem Massachusetts claim direct descent from John Endicott. Captain Francis Martin of Detroit marked his ninety seventh birthday at Napoleon the Great’s funeral in Paris. Prof Gustaf E Karsten of Indiana Univ starts The Journal of Germanic Philology. Henry Marion Howe of Boston, Julia Ward Howe’s son, named metallurgy professor at Columbia, cousin of F Marion Crawford. Archbishop Benson remains interred in Canterbury vault. Charles Henry James Taylor of Baltimore admitted to Supreme Court. Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia designs a grand imperial standard for his quarters.
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Francis Martin
Detroit
Paris
Napoleon the Great
Henry Marion Howe
Boston
Julia Ward Howe
Columbia College
F. Marion Crawford
Charles Henry James Taylor
Baltimore
Supreme Court
Ratproof Corn Crib and Granary Design for Ohio Farm
Mr. L N Bonham of Ohio presents a square narrow crib design with twin cribs under one roof and a 12 foot drive for storing implements. Features include outward sloped sides to deter rats, multiple filling windows, a raised floor, beech framing, pine rafters, and protective top over the drive. The plan aims to maximize storage, deter gnawing, and keep grain dry with careful construction and maintenance.
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L. N. Bonham
Ohio
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Rushville
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East Side
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M.F. Lovett
Raearen Ool Building
Main Street
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Bundy
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Otto P. Hill
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