Florida life readers urged to seek Florida homes and immigration
A Chipley Florida 1897 notice extols Florida living as the poor man’s paradise and invites readers to visit Washington County. It references immigration, rates, rail transport rules, Senator Pasco on Cuba, and critiques idle wealthy figures, noting tax and revenue shifts while praising Florida’s climate and prospects.
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R. H. M. Davidson
Florida
Rail Commission
Chipley
Washington County
Walcott cites IMF commission setback in British press backlash
Washington reports Senator Walcott told the President the International Monetary Commission failed due to sharp British press and banker criticism of the Cabinet. He noted initial progress, including potential Indian mint reopening, but said London pressure caused a reversal. he remains hopeful for eventual success.
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Washington
Senator Walcott
International Monetary Commission
Great Britain
Ndon
Wolcott
Spirit of the South praised for growth and resources
Pensacola News lauds the South for revived timber and iron industries and rising enterprise. It notes southern cities reshaping desolation into wealth and highlights cotton sugar cane tobacco corn coal iron granite timber and vast forests as key assets.
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Pennsylvania
South
Chicago
America
Pensacola News
Currency Reform Debate Divides Republicans Over Money Standards
The Republican party faces a split over currency reform and international bimetallism after pledging support to bimetalism. Europe rejects double standards, while Treasury plans and John C Bullit proposals vie for influence as the party debates steps to prevent future panics and the fate of free silver.
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Republican Party
Commission
Europe
Secretary of the Treasury
Monetary Commission
Congress
John C. Bullit
Philadelphia
Republican currency policy debated in Savannah editorial
The Savannah News argues that Republican splits over currency reform may lead to inaction. It notes the party fulfilled its tariff pledge but questions whether it will honor its currency pledge. If no action occurs, the party risks being accused of failing to fulfill promises.
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Republican Party
Savannah News
Sentinel
Pooling Bill Moves Forward In Congress
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission may soon favor a pooling bill that lets railroads form agreements under commission oversight. The measure requires submission to the commission and allows rate reductions to be ordered to prevent unjust discrimination. The proposal aims to curb abuses by enforcing reasonable, just rates.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Foraker
Washington
Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Atlanta Journal
Browns' Iron Bitters Advertises Restorative Claims
An old medical advertisement claims weakness signals poor ambition and aching bones. It asserts Browns' Iron Bitters can restore strength, soothe nerves, and improve blood, offering a cheaper option than costly medicines sold by dealers.
Government forbids private letter boxes in offices
A Washington report notes the General Postmaster bans private letter boxes in federal offices for minors. It condemns improvident correspondence as immoral and warns against secret flirtations among youths and young women, arguing the policy fosters folly and courtship.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
America
U S Officials Arrive in Havana as Cuban Insurgents Attack
General Fitzhugh Lee and Walter B. Parker arrive on the Ward Line steamer Seguranca in Havana. insurgents dynamite a train toward Sancti Spiritus, demolishing several cars with two injuries. They reach San Juan Veras outskirts but are repulsed by the garrison, eight insurgents killed. several inhabitants wounded.
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Havana
Fitzhugh Lee
Walter B. Parker
United States
Sagua Ja Grande
Ward Line
Seguranca
Sancti Spiritus
San Juan Veras
Santa Clara
American Goods Find Favor Abroad In Varied Trades
Six car loads of bicycles arrived in New York for shipment to Europe where American wheels outsell European products at hard to beat prices. A Philadelphia locomotive builder booked about thirty engines for shipment to South America Europe and Asia after beating European rivals. Glasgow joiners union declared a boycott on American doors and related items. The trend suggests rising overseas demand for American manufacture and Europeans may curb what they call pauper labor.
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New York
Europe
Philadelphia
South America
Asia
Joiners’ Union of
Glasgow
Scotland
United States
Sav. News
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Scott & Bowne
Cupid
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Prin DeFuniak Springs, Fla
D. M. Ferry & CO
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Mich
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Cripley
Flordia
R. B. Bellamy
Ottie
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G.L. Taber
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WG Powell
Mgr
Fawcett & CO
Chatham Mills
Bay Street
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Savannah
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Joan Briseen Walker
Cosmopolitan
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
West Florida
Pat McHugh
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Pensacola
John Cosglove
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