Government Banking and the Treasury Bonds Debate
The Kansas City Times critiques Treasury Secretary Gage's banking policy, arguing government deposits and bond purchases would aid Wall Street. It warns of a banking trust gaining control over money and questions the fairness of gov ernment support for financiers while neglecting small businessmen.
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Republican Party
Wall Street
Secretary of the Treasury
New York Journal
Treasury Department
Gage Cluimself
Rockefelers
Gage
Riy
MecWwinter
Tariffs and New Possessions Reviewed
The New York Press revisits tariff debates amid post Spanish American War tensions. It argues Porto Rico is U S territory and that Congress can grant free trade by legislation, ending old tariff constraints once governance is established. The piece cites the Washington Post on giving Porto Rico a fair chance while avoiding foreigner status for island residents.
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New York
Porto Rico
Cuba
Congress
Washington Post
Spain
Belated Zeal Calls Utah Officials to Account
Washington dispatches report the President and Grosvenor intend to make an example of Utah republican officeholders accused of polygamy. The piece questions why they were appointed and whether scrutiny arrived only after the Roberts case brought public view to light. It urges earlier moral inquiry into official misconduct and the sanctity of marriage in public trust.
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Utah
Kansas City Times
Washington
Grosvenor
Roberts
McKinley
Gold standard debate and looming Senate clash
Republicans hail House passage of the currency bill while warning Senate amendments may wreck it. William J Bryan condemns the measure linking it to Wall Street gold policy, predicting a gold panic amid Transvaal war gold shortages. A separate Chicago testimony alleges five men fix grain prices to favor transporters, contradicting claims that no trusts exist, per the Los Angeles Herald.
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House
Senate
William J. Bryan
New York Journal
Jie
Wall Street
Nine Truths
Republican Party
McKinley
South Africa
Transvaal
England
Congressional Industrial Commission
Chicago
Mark Han- Ha
Los Angeles Herald
Rockefeller's Method condemned by Louisville paper
The Louisville Courier Journal accuses John D. Rockefeller of using the Standard Oil trust to cripple the Globe National Bank of Boston to seize copper shares. It says his robberies are justified if he donates to church or college.
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Rockefeller
Standard Oil Trust
Globe National Bank of Boston
Louisville Courier- Journal
John Bull on ambushing and strategy definitions
The Omaha World Herald notes John Bull’s remarks on ambushing as a trap for him and a strategy for his foes. It contrasts the terms and urges readers to accept these definitions worldwide.
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John Bull
Omaha World-Herald
McKinley appointing Cuban governor sparks independence debate
The Toledo Commercial questions the need for a U S appointed Cuban military governor and urges fulfilling the pledge that Cuba be free and self governed. The piece frames the issue as a vital, soon to be answered question about Cuba's governance.
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McKinley
Cuba
Toledo Commercial
Mark Knows His Business
The Chicago Journal cites Mr. Hanna opposing the Payne resolution saying a man who supports appointing a disreputable negro roustabout to a fat federal office in New Orleans in exchange for delegates would not back reform to abolish such profitable trades.
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Mark
Hanna
Payne
New Orleans
Chicago Journal
Otis' War Editorials On Cable Costs To Manila
Editorial notes cable communications with Manila cost the U S government over 325000 in the last year averaging 27000 monthly and about 1000 per day. The piece critiques the expense and policy.
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Otis
Manila
Chattanooga
War Losses Reveal Troop Dilution In Filipino Campaign
The New York World notes that a claimed 20 percent loss in So-and-So's command signals expansion, but many brave soldiers will not return home. The Louisville Courier Journal criticizes McKinley for ignoring civil service reform questions as he attends industry hum and party praise.
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New York World
McKinley
Civil Service Reformers
Louisville Courier Journal
Horrors of U S Army Punishments Revealed From 19th Century
A historical account describes brutal military penalties in 1879 including guard house confinement, hard labor, and a bull ring sand burial at an Arizona post. Soldiers endured severe punishments under a captain, with ants in the sand inflicting agony and a sentry supervising the ordeal.
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United States Army
Arizona
Arunk
Pete
Impressive Initiation into a Secret Society
A man seeking admission to a secret society known here as the Ancient Order of Queer Fish undergoes a traditional initiation. Blindfolded, he endures a solemn lodge-room procession and physical tests, including being tossed in a blanket by members, before being declared initiated and welcomed with the right hand of fellowship.
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Order of
Punishments of Old Army Guards and Sentry Log Tales
A veteran recalls harsh discipline in the U S Army. Log carry pretenses forced prisoners to move with heavy 100 pound burdens. Bull ring runs and bucking and gagging shaped brutal routines. Tying on the spare wheel punished by wheel restraint. Initiation story includes a mock fire across the street.
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United States Army
A Wise Answer and the Persian Chief Judge
A short reflection notes that an ordinary man returns anger while an extraordinary man controls himself and his adversary. It recalls Persia’s esteem for a ruler who became a judge and was clear-sighted enough to lead as the chief judge.
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Bagdad
Aboo Yusuph
Calif
Persia
Misfortune in Misunderstood Mail From The Philippines
A soldier writes home from the Philippines asking his father to send $100 for a cork leg after his left leg was shot off. The Georgia father replies with a rustic tale of losing his own wooden leg in a blizzard and being robbed by a thief, adding humor and local color to the exchange.
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Philippines
Georgia Pines
Atlanta Constitution
Hollanders Smoke Most Among Northern Peoples
The Hollanders are described as the heaviest smokers among northern populations due to climate humidity and affordable tobacco. The habit is so entrenched that Dutch boatmen measure distances by smoking, illustrating widespread usage.
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Holland
Cordial Relations Quip Echoes Into Column Debate
In a brief exchange, Mrs Snow remarking on changing mood of her husband, and Mrs Cordeal noting his past ease, are cited in a San Francisco Examiner line about domestic relations and shifting attitudes within marriage.
Population Rise in Jerusalem Reaches Forty Five Thousand
Jerusalem sees rapid population growth with about 45 000 residents, including 28 Hebrews. Advice on legal matters emphasizes hiring the town's best lawyer as law favors the strong. A wary note suggests need diminishes once one meets all wants.
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Jerusalem
The Springende Procession of Echternach
A 1381 outbreak in Nassau Prussia led to a yearly Whitsun Jumping procession in Echternach near Treves. Thousands, young and old, leap three steps forward and one back toward the church, some exhausted and carried. The event persists with music and strong popular devotion.
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Germany
Prussia
Echternach
Treves
What Do the Children Drink Grain-O Advertisement
An advertisement urges parents to give Grain-O to children instead of tea or coffee. It describes Grain-O as made from pure grains, tasting like coffee, nourishing, and costing about three times as much as coffee. Sold by all grocers.
The Smallest Farm and Molina Liquor Vote Plot
A Molina Georgia farm known as the doodle farm was deeded to a stock company of five or six men by a politician to sway elections. The land allowed two thirds of freeholders to decide liquor sales. An antis leader deeded the land years ago to secure the vote and win the liquor election.
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Molina
Stock Company
Cough Remedies and Quick Teas Featured in Ads
A collage of old advertisements includes Kemp's Balsam promising instant cough relief with free sample bottles in 25 and 59 cent sizes, Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with money-back guarantee, and a spoof tea inquiry about English breakfast. Also noted are a Goethe quote and a Nickel Plate Road calendar mailing offer.
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Kemp
Proof of the Pudding Is in the Eating
Advertisement extolling Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure all for blood diseases and debility. It claims thousands testify to cures for scrofula salt rheum indigestion catarrh rheumatism and related ailments. The piece is part of a period advertisement tone.
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Hood
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