Quesada Reports Cuban Mission Success in Washington
Gonzalo de Quesada the Cuban assembly envoy details in Washington that Gomez agreed to cooperate with the United States after clarifications. He says the mission secured money and broader trust, easing disbandment debates and boosting Cuban reconstruction prospects amid European and American capital interest.
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Gonzalo de Quesada
Cuban Assembly
Washington
New York Tribune
Gomez
Robert P. Porter
United States
Cuba
Mr. Quesada
Garcia
McKinley
Maximo Gomez
Congress
Porter
General Gomez
Mr. Porter
Trolley Routes Hint at Boston to New York Link
A recent map shows trolley lines spanning New England and nearly completing a Boston to New York corridor after about 50 miles from Boston. A Michigan line under one management will connect Lansing and Ann Arbor across roughly 60 miles.
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Boston
New York
New England
Michigan
Lansing
Ann Arbor
Bergen Uses Oil Tanks to Aid Ship Entrance in Storms
In Bergen Norway authorities plan to place oil tanks on the breakwater to coat the water with oil and ease vessel entry during storms. Small pipes will spread the oil, creating a slick to calm rough harbor currents.
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Bergen
Norway
Stage Glints Reveal 1920s Theatrical Shifts
The article notes Mounet-Sully to play Iago at the Comedie Francaise while Coppee's Violin Maker of Cremona becomes an opera. New York season shows many new works and prosperity with Julia Marlowe billed as Julia Brough early on and Sibyl Sanderson fully recovered. Laura Millard Josie Intrepidi and Henry Norman sing in New York. Madrid launches Maria del Carmen amid modest reception, Mascagni’s Iris praised with a 20 recall. Annie Russell signs with Frohman for years. Andrew Mack’s The Last of the Rollins planned with Ramsay Morris.
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Mounet-Sully
Iago
Comedie Francaise
Coppee
Cremona
New York
Julia Marlowe
Julia Brough
Sibyl Sanderson
Trabadelo
Laura Millard
Josie Intrepidi
Henry Norman
American Theater
Madrid
Mascagni
Iris
Cogguelin
Emile Bergerac
Annie Russell
Charles Frohman
Andrew Mack
Ramsay Morris
Mr. Goodwin
London
Richard Ill
Shylock
The Glass of Fashion in New Silk and Lace Discoveries
A New York Sun fashion note highlights millinery and dress novelties. It features shirred silk toques, biscuit and white color schemes, cream lace blouses, feather trimmed toques, pompadour hair combs, colored silk stitching on white taffeta blouses, and mousseline desoie ruches. Quiet neutral tones and elegant restraint govern spring style.
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New York Sun
Items of Interest From The Era Of Soot And Spinning
The piece notes Jate used in Bengal clothmaking for 2700 years and estimates 1000 tons of soot settle on 118 square miles of London each month. It mentions a 500 pound paving stone lifted by a mushroom, ministers leaving Detroit Presbytery, Egypt cotton sent to England, dusty dry factories, and Boston police receiving weekly legal questions to improve efficiency.
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Bengal
London
Michigan Presbyterian
Detroit
Egypt
England
Boston
PITH AND POINT: Witty Musings on Love, Money, and Gossip
A Chicago News collection of quips about love and money testing couples, the impact of appearance on perception, third party involvement in romance, and human curiosity. It notes how trouble attracts sympathy seekers and hints at gendered knowledge gaps within households.
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Chicago News
Nation's Finances Receipts From Customs Run High
The customs receipts of the U S government excluding tea run about 560000 daily. For 1893 to 1897 total customs receipts averaged 451456 per day while five year expenditures averaged 865030428 annually. In 1898 total receipts reached 442051251 with war and Pacific railroad sales reducing ordinary receipts to about 370252.
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Spain
Bureau of Statistics of
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Treasury
Bureau of Statistics
Internal Revenue and Miscellaneous
Pacific Railroad
Fizures
Internal Revenue
Keokuk Lecture Fashions and a Traveling Suit Tale
F Hopkinson Smith lectured in Keokuk Iowa and sparked debate over his dress suit. A spectator recalls him recounting a travel worn gray suit story with Harriet Beecher Stowe tie anecdote and a mailed scarf, claiming he told it before in Chicago a year earlier in the same words.
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F. Hopkinson Smith
Keokuk
Iowa
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mr. Smith
Chicago
Roberts' Utah Credentials For Brigham H Roberts Arrive
The gold seal credentials of Brigham H. Roberts of Utah reached the House and were received by Clerk McDowell and placed in the congressional credentials safe. Executed at Salt Lake City on December 10, the document, though simple, showcases fine engraving and engrossing.
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Utah
Brigham H. Roberts
House of Representatives
McDowell
Congress
Salt Lake City
Washington Post
Pacifying Filipinos the American Way of Civilization
London Times argues that Americans will secure key points in the Philippines and wait for gradual governance. Outslying districts will organize slowly, with limited war and eventual civil administration. Filipinos in Manila reportedly resist missteps and may accept American rules as civilization advances.
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Manila
Exala
Philippines
Cuba
London Times
Captain Robby D Evans Guest of Cincinnati Chamber
Captain Robby D Evans spoke at the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce to a full house praising the navy and recalling the sinking of the Maine and Havana harbor deaths. He thanked supporters and said he is ready for a third war if needed.
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Robby D. Evans
Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce
Evans
William McKinley
Havana
Maine
Mme
Cold Snap In Kentucky Creates Curious Frozen Cork
In Waters & Browne drug store a bottle of mineral water frosted in the cold weather. The cork was forced and balanced on an icicle protruding from the bottle mouth. Mr Pan Booker offers a theory that expansion froze the cork upright and the icicle formed to catch it on its return from the ceiling.
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Waters & Browne
Pan Booker
Springfield
Hartford Contractor Wins Major Navy Shell Contracts
Clement M. Broderick of Hartford won the bid for 100000 six pounder shells and built a private factory to manufacture the projectiles. He also developed a cheaper fuse process and secured a contract to supply 200000 fuses to the United States.
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Hartford
Clement M. Broderick
Uncle Sam
Dewey Decorations Sell Fast in Manila Soldiers
An American firm in Manila produced Dewey victory badges after May 1, 1898 and sold thousands to soldiers. The red white and blue silk ribbon supports a bronze medal pendant bearing Dewey's Victory Manila Bay on one side and a depiction of the Olympia on the other.
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Manila
Dewey
National Capital report on Argentine heute feasibility and survey
Commission appointed ten years ago releases four volumes detailing a proposed intercontinental rail line from Tehuantepec to Kujay. Chairman Alexander J. Cassatt leads a team tracing geography, with parties in Central America and South America. Exports of breadstuffs in January rise slightly while overall breadstuffs trade for seven months ends lower than prior year due to war.
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Cassatt
Washington
Hinton R Helper
Tehuantepec
Argentina
Kujay
Salta
Bolivia
Central America
Colombia
Ebeuador
Penu
Alexander J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Senator Gray Proves Prompt Rescuer in Senate
Washington report says Senator Gray of Delaware relieves speakers when dates figures or legal points falter. A noted encyclopedia of general information and a skilled lawyer, he is respected for knowledge of Supreme Court decisions and parliamentary and criminal law.
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Gray
Delaware
Senate
Washington
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Noted Texas Cavalry Sergeant Wounded Nineteen Times
Frank Kennedy of the First Texas Volunteer Cavalry describes his brutal injuries at Santiago de Cuba where he was wounded 19 times and had his right leg broken six times. He recounts charging Spanish forces, taking machete blows, and surviving to return to service in Kansas City.
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Frank Kennedy
Kansas City
Santiago de Cuba
Uncle Sam
First
Texas Volunteer Cavalry
Wood
Lawton
Wheeler
Children of Porto Rico Ordered to Wear Clothes Says General Henry
General Guy V. Henry, Porto Rico governor, via a San Juan New York Sun correspondent, states a new health ordinance requires proper clothing for children. The rule aims to civilize moral health and curb street play, with fines to fund municipal charities. Local customs and sunlight play previously in the streets are noted as passing observations in a long historical recount.
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Guy V. Henry
Porto Rico
San Juan
New York Sun
Municipal Boards of Health
Ponce de Leon
Caparra
United States
Henry
Market For Our Hay Inquiries From Consul General
Cape Town Consul General Stowe seeks price data from a hay dealer on baled hay per hundred weight f o b New York or other port and freight to Cape Town. Hay is scarce locally, with straw and oat sheaf used. Current prices for hay range 4s to 7s per 100 pounds, roughly 97 cents to $1.70. baled hay delivery at $15 to $20 per ton could enable sales. Requests alfalfa hay and seed prices for baled delivery.
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Stowe
Cape Town
New York
Salisbury Rides a Wheel
A London cablegram reports Lord Salisbury has become a cyclist learning wheeling at his Hatfield riding school. He now rides a bicycle built for his 240 pound frame through his park. Arthur Balfour still cycles but wheeling is no longer fashionable in England.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Hatfield
Arthur Balfour
House of Commons
England
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Chicago Record
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Blakely Farm
Charleston
Wo Wa
John Augustine Washington
Edmund
Parson Libbey
South
Edimmnd
Augustine Washington
Warrenton
Farquhar County
Fitz-Hugh
Pohick Church
Fairfax County
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Armstrong
Second Kansas National Guard
Fort Thomas
Kansas City Times
Salisbury
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