Mexico Observes Healthy Growth Amid Reforms and Trade
Former Secretary Jot W. Plyoster surveys Mexico's bustling progress based on 1895 census data. Population nears 10 million with 456,000 pupils, 125 schools, 9,601 public. budget totals $5,989. Libraries hold 991,729 volumes. Rail, road, and telegraph networks expand. government lines run about 83,000 miles of telegraph, 178,000 miles of lines total. Passenger and freight traffic surge. cotton mills employ nearly 500,000 workers. exports of fruit and sugar rise, revenue surplus each year since 1895, with improving federal finances through 1898.
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Ste Jot
Schoors
Goss
Neicely
Pianbhera
United States
Isso
Aioe
State and territory expenditures exceed revenue in one area
The report lists each state and territory with S180 and an expenditure total of $16,420,008 for municipalities TGQ. Only one state shows an expenditure exceeding its revenue, highlighting a rare fiscal imbalance across regions.
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Repid
TGQ
Ated Strani
Dueling in France sparks moves to curb practice
A French debate over dueling surfaces in Parliament as reformers seek to curb public fascination with fatal duels. A proposed law would ban reporting duel details to remove notoriety, while opponents warn of press freedom loss. Separately a city preacher attacks modern Christianity and its promises of heaven, urging moral focus on present life.
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Dew
Chamber of Deputis
Paris
France
Pepaty Gautret
Verdes
Bar- Davis
Sey
Henry Prank
Mit
Jesus
Frank
Committee Report Finds Asylum Conditions Creditable
A legislative committee report on the asylum for the insane praises management and treatment of patients. It notes the committee was empowered, found no major criticisms, and suggests it would be wise for the state to own the asylum eventually. The report also references general congressional records and Weyler issuing proclamations in Madrid urging calm.
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Weyler
Madrid
Spain
Mining and engineering entwined in modern industry
The article argues mining and engineering are closely linked, noting how innovations like aerial tramways, wire cables, electric locomotives, and power lines emerged from mining needs. It highlights how water power, hydraulic wheels, and pipe lines for power transformed mining into broader civil, irrigation, and industrial uses, with further advances in dredging, explosives, and smelting. It also touches on political and literary notes, including Spain’s unrest, Mark Twain, and Richard Croker.
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Mindern
Sierra
California
Spring Valley Mining Company
Thyge
Yuba
Standard Electric Light and Power Company
San Joaquin Electric Company
Swansea
Anaconda
Mont
San Francisco
State Press argues against creating new districts for judges
The Great Falls Leader contends consolidation of smaller judicial districts and higher pay for district court judges would better fair the system. It notes some large counties require fewer, longer terms while others are overworked, urging redistribution of districts to balance workload without adding districts.
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Great Falls
Silver Row
Helena
Aloos
Red haired beauty spark sparks Colonel Barty critique
Colonel Barty of Chicago denounces strawberry blonde as a perversion of nature while praising any red hair shade from raven black to sunlit red. He claims peroxide microbes change hair color and labels Mendes as extreme, a view the paper disputes as unfounded. The piece notes a discriminatorily bold taste for red hair across cultures and people.
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Barty
Chicago
All Mendes
Sweden
Grocers and saloon men debate liquor business exit
The Missoula Democrat Messenger reports a heated question before the house about whether grocers or saloon men should discontinue liquor trade. With clashing arguments on both sides, the issue is described as enough to drive a man to drink.
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Missoula
Mother of Counties designation cited for Custer county
In the Billings Gazette the claim is made that Custer county may be rightly called the mother of eastern Montana counties as four or five counties were cut from its former domain, reducing its size and prominence in the region.
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Billings
Custer County
Montana
Custer
Rosebud County Emerges as New Montana Area
The text describes Rosebud as the newest county in Montana, once resisted by older counties led by Custer. It notes that Custer relented after long opposition, allowing Rosebud to form and grow, with expectations it will mature into a credit to the state as it expands beyond its beginnings.
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Union
Adam
Mary
Rosebud County
Cussier
Kid
World
Rosebud
Miscellaneous notes drift from church, politics, and press
A late Victorian column skims varied items. Bishop Greighton’s umbrella quip at Tottenham surfaces alongside a joke from 1880 about rain and the umbrella of the just and unjust. Count Zeppelin rewarded by the German emperor. Bishop McGoldrick obtains second papers after long residence in Minnesota. Talks of Senator Chand’s literary ambitions are denied. Michigan’s Cooley Day preparations proceed with law class ceremonies. Tokio News editor R Tatsui’s US visit yields a metropolitan journalism study and a new illustrated issue. Judge A J Harlan of Savannah is last survivor of the XXXVIth congress, having guided Kos suth into the chamber. Mary Wolfe of Wheeling dies at 102, having witnessed Napoleon in Poland during his Russian campaign.
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Greighton
Tottenham
St. Peter's
Tordshiy
Saul
London
Tokio News
R. Tatsui
United States
New York
Wspaper
Handwritten Cliplets Reflect Odd Political Digests
In a paragraph style summary native to a historical paper, remarks touch on Mark Twain favoring woman suffrage and his humor after practical duties. The item cites Cinehinat Enquirer and Chicago Record noting Webster Davis with a defensible legislative stance during a Missouri speech. It also mentions an automaker timing to avoid pressure from J Pierpont Morgan and a possible injunction to prevent David B Hill from remaining a Democratic presidential candidate, with Andrew Carnegie’s supposed response referenced by Chicago Tribune.
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Mark Twain
Cinehinat! Enquirer
My Towne on artists with encore worthy farewells
The note discusses how eminent artists often give farewell performances that are not strictly encore proof and mentions My Towne observing this reality. It recalls a time when he was imprisoned in Havana and described his profession as a journalist.
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Towne
Havana
Neely to Refuse Cash Bond Fear of Losing Money
A Louisville Courier-Journal report notes Neely will refuse a cash bond fearing the money might be sent away. The Anaconda Standard adds Mrs Nation’s second husband may follow in the footsteps of the first and die from drink.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Neely
Senzd
The Germs at Work on Bailey's Tie Bite
A New York paper notes Statua min Bailey of Texas has acquired a purple necktie. The piece wryly suggests the germs of imperialism bite Bailey, hinting at broader political implications from a small fashion choice.
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New York Mail and Express
Statuamin Bailey
Texas
Brother Bailey
Beyond. A Homegrown County Beckons the Beloved
The speaker draws a path to a distant county now familiar as home. Though seemingly far, it has grown into a place of fond recognition and dear belonging through the people who live there.
Poem Reflection on Death and Crossing to Shore
A brief meditation on dying as a calm transition not a sting. The speaker envisions the grave as a peaceful crossing with loved ones awaiting on the shore. The tone is serene and consoling, accepting mortality.
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