McKinley Era Policy Attacks and Canal Debate
Editorials condemn the McKinley administration for seeking to weaken the Monroe doctrine and to raid the treasury. It argues the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and ship subsidy plan reveal a pattern of change to U.S. sovereignty and fiscal favoritism. The piece warns this could erode national defense and calls for prudent policy while criticizing Congress and lobbyists involved.
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Treasury
Nicaragua Canal
Isthmus
Cley- Ton
Clayica
Europe
Actien
Det
Hepublic
Messinsley
Chicago Chronicle
Andree Now Given Up Swedish Aeronaut Thought To Have Perished
Four years after Andree set a balloon from Amsterdam Island toward the north pole with 32 carrier pigeons, no news has reached Sweden. Hope faded as search parties failed to find traces in Lena delta or Siberian islands. Experts now infer he ignored weather conditions and acted foolhardily, with no incontrovertible evidence of disaster yet.
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Andree
Mr. Andree
Bezold
Spitzbergen
Polar
Nust
Berson
Neumayer
Admiralty Office
A. Andree
Amsterdam
North Pole
Sweden
Patent Office
Dane's Island
Phipps Island
Swedish Geographical and Anthropological Society
Lena
Olenck
New Siberian Islands
Odd Uses of Indian Corn Displayed at Paris Exposition
At the Paris Exposition a small showcase exhibited diverse Indian corn products from this country including cornmeal hominy hulled corn cream of maize granulated cornmeal canned green corn canned hulled corn munzena samp degerminated samp cream meal self rising pancake flour malt brewers grits husks for mattresses paper stock from cornstalk determinated brewers meal bourbon whisky alcohol bolted cornmeal feed of ground blades stalls and cobs varnish cob pipes corn lager beer table syrup table grits British sum salves laundry starch table starch frumentum flaked hominy gum paste corn oil vulcanized oil cake gluten feed glucose confectioners paste. Corn oil vulcanized forms a rubber substitute used in boots linoleum tires blankets and other items. Crude corn oil used for toilet soap and rectified it becomes a base for olive oil substitute. Cornstalk pith aids paper varnish films imitation silks guncotton and other explosives.
China’s coal fields rival Pennsylvania in size
Last fall Prof. Drake of Tien-tsin visited Shansi coal regions, noted by Baron von Richtofen in 1870. The beds are immense and well horizontal, with estimated 680,000,000 tons of anthracite. Railway tunnels through the beds could load cars underground for distant transport.
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China
Drake
Tien-tsin
Shansi
Baron von Richtofen
Pennsylvania
Ponsonby’s Son Seeks Education Over Sports Fame
A Philadelphia Press quip notes Ponsonby’s boy at college focuses on academics rather than athletics. The joke highlights his progress in studies as he spends all his time pursuing an education.
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Ponsonby
Philadelphia Press
Caretics Candy Cathartic Health Claim Ad
A vintage advertisement touts CasCarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for diverse ailments by regulating the bowels. It promises easy natural movements and claims genuine tablets with C. C. C. stamped, warning against imitations and offering a 10 cent start.
Census Taker in the Colonial Coop
A humorous Harlem Life exchange shows a census taker asking Colonel Pullett about his chicken coop. Uncle Mose responds that he was simply taking the census, implying common bureaucratic work in a rustic setting.
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Col. Pullett
Mose
Harlem Life
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