Senator Jones Returns to Republicans Ending Silverite Era
The New York Tribune notes Senator John P. Jones of Nevada abandons the silverite faction and resumes Republican ties, signaling the final extinction of the silver movement in national politics. The Nevada senator’s move leaves the Senate with two clear parties and marks the end of a once potent intra-party agitation.
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John P. Jones
Kansas City
Philippines
Nevada
Senate
Jones
United States Senate
St. Louis
Chicago
Palmer
Buckner
Harris
Kansas
Turner
Washington
Mr. Jones
Silverite
William M. Stewart
Teller
Colorado
Dubois
Idaho
Cannon
Utah
Mantle
Montana
Mitchell
Oregon
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Messrs
N. Y. Tribune
Hay Wins Another Victory Over Britain Over Nicaragua Canal
Secretary Hay secures U S control of the Nicaragua Canal and exclusive U S right to guarantee neutrality. The Clayton-Bulwer treaty is superseded and abrogated, with Britain ceding essential concessions without reciprocal demands. The pact, if Senate approved, strengthens American leadership in the waterway.
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United States
Nicaragua
Hay
Senate
England
Cleveland
Democratic Bogey Endorsement of Trust Regulation Amendment
The National Grange committee and the Industrial commission endorse the Republican majority on a constitutional amendment to regulate trusts. They view the issue differently but reach the same conclusion, urging continued congressional action despite Democratic minority opposition and the trust bogey politics.
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Congress
Legislative Committee
National Grange
Patrons of Husbandry
Industrial Commission
Democratic Party
Troy Times
What has become of the old doubtful states
The piece reflects on shifting political loyalties among the old doubtful states New Jersey New York Connecticut and Indiana. It notes New Jersey New York and Connecticut leaning Republican in recent years while Indiana might have supported McKinley in 1900. The article predicts future doubtful states will lie south of Mason and Dixon's line.
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New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Indiana
South Carolina
Mississippi
Lincoln
Free States
Douglas
Bell
Breckinridge
Bell and Breckinridge
McClellan
Delaware
Kentucky
Grant
Greeley
Ohio
McKinley
Mason and Dixon
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Not Alone in Ohio Republican Victory Across States
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune notes that six states elected governors, with Virginia choosing a Democrat while Iowa Ohio Massachusetts New Jersey and Rhode Island saw Republican gains. New York expanded Republican influence, and Maryland and Mississippi offered mixed results amid disfranchisement debates. The piece credits McKinley era policy and asserts broad GOP strength across states where suffrage was honored.
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Ohio
Iowa
Massachusetts
Virginia
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Nash
New York
Tammany
Empire State of the Union
General Assembly
Maryland
Mississippi
Kentucky
Henry Watterson
William McKinley
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Franklin Murphy
Murphy
Hobart
Trecy Times
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
South Dakota
New York City
United States
St. Louis
Opinions of the press on elections and party gains
A collection of editorials notes Republican gains nationwide. Indianapolis and Cincinnati papers discuss Treasury bond sales, Roosevelt era politics, New Jersey and New York shifts toward Republicans, with Ohio Iowa Pennsylvania and other states showing party momentum.
Compass Varation and Earth's Magnetic Poles
American Notes and Queries explains the earth acts like a magnet with north and south poles. Variation in compass readings occurs across regions as the magnetic pole moves. the magnetic north pole is near Boothia peninsula and shifts over centuries. In the United States, variation rates range from seven minutes per year in Washington state to near zero in Arizona and New Mexico.
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Earth
Orinoco River
Hayti
Charleston
S. C
Detroit
Mich
Columbia River
Alaska
New York
Liverpool
Boothia Peninsula
North America
Magnetic Observatory
Paris
United States
Washington State
Arizona
New Mexico
New England
Rain Producing Tree Found in Central Africa
A tree in Mayobamba, described by French explorer Daillsux, bears countless pores on trunk and branches that release absorbed moisture as rain. Roots delve deep for water, causing rainfall to occur irregularly from twice a week to three times daily.
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Mayobamba
Central Africa
Daillsux
Remarkable Triumph of Wireless Telegraphy at Sea
The steamship Campania, with the Marconi system, logged a series of feats during a voyage. Messages between Campania and Lucania occurred 170 miles apart with no deferment, including a Paris to Lucania message via Crookhaven. Passengers and officials praised the system as unprecedented mid ocean telegraphy.
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Campania
Marconi
Lucania
Philadelphia
Crookhaven
Campaia
Paris
Ireland
Immense Chicken Factory Claims World’s Largest Broiler Plant
Sidney Ohio boasts the largest broiler plant in the world. One man raises 100000 birds a year at prices from one to a dollar and a quarter per pair.
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Sidney, C
Roumanian Wine Value Reaches 7.5 Million Dollars
The value of wine grown in Roumanian vineyards last year totaled seven million five hundred thousand dollars. The figure reflects strong harvests across major wine regions and supports Roumania’s growing export market for quality vintages.
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Roumania
Woman’s Invention Folding Bicycle Umbrella Patent
Elma Etta Morrison of Anthony Florida receives a patent for a folding umbrella designed for cyclers. The design uses a double angle handle with jointed braces, telescoping sections, and a clamp to attach to the bicycle handle bar, enabling compact folding and easy release by a rider operated cord.
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Elma Etta Morrison
Anthony
Fla
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Ice and coldness explained by a college professor
A college professor explains how ice stays at 32 degrees while air and iron change with temperature. He describes freezing points, salt cooling, and the brittleness of ice as temperatures drop. The talk covers ice’s behavior in winter versus summer and methods to chill substances.
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Arctic
Submarine Passenger Boat Concept by M Goubet
Inventor M Goubet presents a 25 meter electric submarine passenger boat to run on a steel wire at 15 meters depth. Saloon compartments offer electric light and comforts with no vibration. Safety features include a dropping iron weight to surface. Estimated speed 20 knots. Capital is the only required factor.
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M. Goubet
White coal idea spreads from France to power future factories
A French paper coins the term white coal for electricity from harnessed mountain streams. In California, Niagara Falls and the Soo Canal already use cataracts and rapids. White coal produces no smoke or ashes and could outlast coal supplies while expanding industrial reach beyond towns.
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France
California
Niagara
Soo
New Lime-Burning Process Claims Breakthrough at Rockland
Reported by Rockland Maine lime burners that a new method uses 30 pounds of cheap coal to produce a cask of lime, reducing reliance on wood which has traditionally yielded the best lime.
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Rockland
Advertising on Farms and the Rural Blackboard
A Rural New Yorker inspired guide urges using advertising to sell goods and describes making a durable farm bulletin board. It gives step by step instructions for building a portable blackboard and mixing a chalk friendly coating with alcohol shellac black pigment and pumice. The piece promotes low cost, practical marketing for farm families and schools.
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New Yorker
Mrs H F Roberts Endorses Lydia E Pinkham Product In KC
Mrs H F Roberts Kansas City longtime county president of the W C T U praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims personal benefit and presents testimonials from other women cured of displacement ovarian troubles and inflammation. Includes offer to write to Mrs Pinkham for free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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H. F. Roberts
W. C.T.U
Kansas City
Lydia E. Pinkham
McGee St
Railroads Profits From Pan American Exposition Travel
Railroads report strong profits from exposition traffic at Buffalo as the Pan American Exposition closes. Weather and McKinley’s assassination hurt early travel, while a $13 rate proved most productive. The $5 late exposition rate drew 1,824 travelers on the Lackawanna line.
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Buffalo
Times
McKinley
New York
Lackawanna Road
Man Reappears After Ten Years Absent From Home
John White, once a farmer near Mattoon, vanished a decade ago after visiting a grocery store. He reappeared in Janesville, Texas, bought soda, then returned home with his wife. He gave no explanation for the ten year absence.
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John White
Mattoon
Jangsville
Texas
North Dakota
Janesville
White
Hog proofing woven wire fences with weighted loops
George W. Brown explains a method from Ohio Farmer using heavy galvanized wire loops 18 inches long placed around the bottom wire. The loops extend below the front line into a dug hole with a weight to secure the fence. Weights can be small boulders or old castings. If posts are far apart two loops may be used.
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George W. Brown
Ohio
Miss Julia Morgan Breaks Into Paris Architecture Scene
When Beaux Arts in Paris opened to women four years ago few expected female architects. Miss Julia Morgan of San Francisco defied the painting and sculpture sections and pursued architecture, excelling and set to graduate with honors as she prepares to match the feats of Inigo Jones.
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Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Paris
San Francisco
Julia Morgan
Miss Morgan
Inigo Jones
When They Were Reminded
A Sunday School teacher recalls a classroom moment about Moses and Pharaoh. The children ask what Pharaoh said and the teacher prompts with a playful cue about penning and sending Moses away, reflecting a lighthearted Bible joke from the Baltimore American.
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Pharaoh
Moses
Baltimore
No house tops line of goods in baby carriages
A loud drummer in the smoker boasts that no house in the country pushes its line of goods as strong as theirs. When asked what they sell he answers baby carriages in a bold claim from the Syracuse Herald.
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Syracuse Herald
Horticultural Hints on Packaging and Winter Prep
The article urges neat attractive fruit packages as a key to sales with emphasis on raspberry and blackberry pruning for winter. It notes that poor packing raises costs, but better packaging boosts profits and urges care for house plants indoors during cold weather.
Residence and farm for sale in West Ohio area
No.710. Residence about three years as seven rooms, wood shed, good water. In West Ohio. $1000.00. Will exchange for property of about equal value in this county. No.663, 200 acre farm, 180 acre improved, front on fine pike, rear at river bank, 3 miles from city on rural mail route. Two story frame dwelling with 7 rooms, one frame barn 46x69, horse barn 24x22, corn granery, hog pen, sandy soil about 32 river bottom, good water, young and old orchard. 50 per acre, terms one-half cash and balance on time at 6 percent interest.
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Fostoria
Wold
Weill
Weil
East Defiance
First Ward
West
Ohio
Coes
Fine Pike
Good Pike Road
City
Pike Road
Ottawa
Jima
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