Pensacola News Looks at Local Progress and Prosperity
The Pensacola News notes Pensacola grain elevator rise as a symbol of city improvement fueled by L and N rail work. It cites Florida corporate formation boom with 2600 plus dollars in state fees, and a booming grain trade of about a million dollars daily. It ends with a humane nod to streetcar horses returning to regular routes amid optimism for the town’s economy.
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Cosmopolitan
Jonn Buissen Walker
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Pensacola Navy Yard to expand as a major Gulf facility
A Washington dispatch says Pensacola naval station will be advanced to become one of the Souths most important yards. A marine guard with an officer in charge has been established, bar racks are ready, and a detail will deploy soon. Dock Board members urge Pensacola as the ideal Gulf location for a floating dry dock if Congress approves more docks.
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Sparkman Returns to Florida After Working Two Weeks
Washington correspondent notes Representative Sparkman’s return to Florida after two busy weeks. He solidified river and harbor plans, pressed Pensacola work with the chief of engineers, and secured a new dredge project worth about 125,000 dollars. He nudges a Florida Indian wars pension bill for the coming session and may not return until Congress convenes.
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Jacksonville Times-Union and Citizen
Sparkman
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The Floridian Reawakens As Tallahassee Paper
The Floridian announces a new life and expanded reach to cover daily state government transactions. It invites readers statewide to subscribe by sending their names to Tur Fontan for full public business coverage.
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Tallahassee Florian
Americans Can Boost Corn Exports Through Paris Exhibition
The Atlanta Journal argues for expanding foreign demand for U S corn by promoting its value and uses in Europe. It cites 1895 figures showing corn export weakness versus wheat, urges a strong U S agriculture exhibit at the Paris exposition to persuade Britain France Germany Austria and Russia, and notes corn’s regional prominence at home.
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Old World
Italy
Spain
Portugal
England
Great Britain
France
Germany
Austria
Russia
Girl Reformer Loses Her Mind in Macon Case
Miss Annie Ward, 19, living with her mother at 104 Fourth street, was ruled a fit subject for the insane asylum after a local judge found she acted oddly and preached against whiskey and corsets at a tent revival. Neighbors described religious mania intensifying since she began attending meetings. The jury concurred she is insane.
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Macon
Wiley
Annie Ward
Insane Asylum
Fourth Street
Scott's Emulsion Promises Quick Health Restorations
An advertisement extols nourishing patients as the cure for disease and promotes Scott's Emulsion of Cod liver Oil with Hypophosphites as a blood fast-acting tonic. It claims it stops wasting, rekindles the vital fire, and aids bronchial and lung troubles, urging readers to obtain the genuine product from Scott & Bowne in New York.
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Scott
A Tale Of Prosperity Delays And Debts In A Church Ledger
A godly editor owes 1502 for a minister’s support and presses the elder to settle. A deacon offers to square the accounts if the preacher waits until threshing. A music teacher and a farmer each press for $15 debts, but no cash changes hands as prosperity is promised soon. The tale notes the currency question remains unsettled and highlights pastoral reliance on anticipated gains rather than actual payment. The piece ends with a Pensacola Star report on a vast wheat storage and elevator complex with 140 workers and a 200 foot conveyor ready for operation in days.
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McKinley
Smith
Deacon Smith
Corlis
Pensacola Star
Spain in danger of war as public distrust grows
Spain faces a grim position with public distrust in her power and fear of future U S actions. Madrid is uneasy as papers reproach the United States while officials must keep to promises amid demoralized troops and tottering securities.
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United States
America
Madrid
Uncle Sam
Giant Pensacola Grain Elevator Tops Louisville & Nashville Line
The Louisville and Nashville grain elevator at Pensacola towers 156 feet high with a 67 foot width and 133 feet length. It houses 91 bins and a storage capacity of 500000 bushels. Four iron pits feed grain to four drying and cleaning apparatuses, with material moved by buckets to the top story for processing.
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Louisville & Nashville
Pensacola
New Wry Docks Recommended by Navy Board
The special board led by Commodore Bunce and others reports five new dry docks are urgently needed. Costs total about 5 5,775,000 with concrete docks planned in Boston New York Norfolk Mare Island and more, plus steel floating docks at Algiers North Galveston or Pensacola and additional sites at News London New Port News San Francisco and San Pedro. The panel says two years for most concrete docks and ten months for the floating dock options.
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