Cost of Boer War Budget Boosts Borrowing
A London budget report outlines a £800 million loan to cover Boer War costs with a £300 million borrowing request and new taxes on sugar molasses glucose and coal duties. The budget shows a deficit after suspending the sinking fund and seeks American loan participation amid a global financial shift toward Wall Street.
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Michael Hicks-Beneh
England
William Vernon Harcourt
Michael
Uncle Sam
London
United States
Hingland
J. Pierpont Morgan
America
Commons
Lombard Street
Wall Street
France
Queen of Spring Festival at Chattanooga
Sparkes from the Wires reports scattered items from a Cleveland to Chattanooga festival scene. Collegeview Nebraska reports a $20,000 fire at Collegeview. Kruger again says he will not come to America. F T Knapp of Diana New York claims he saw a white deer in the woods near his home.
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Kruger
America
Ft. Knapp
Diana
N. Y
Barah Alexander
Sarah Alexander
Chattanooga
Elijah Brackaw
Wooley’s
Boonville
Joseph Marchand
Hartford City
Upland
Marchand
Lafayette Sams
Eaton
North Vernon
Raymond
Joseph Saul
Kokomo
Saul
R. J. Weith
Elkhart
Indiana Audubon Society
Geencastle Board of Health
United Brethren College
Dayton, O
W. L. Douglas
Goodyear West
W. ZL
Douglan
W.L. Douglas
W. L Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Condition of Crops Reports Weather Delays and Mixed Progress
The weekly weather bureau crop report notes abnormally cool conditions east of the Rockies delaying germination and growth. Excessive rains slow farm work from the middle Rocky Mountain slope to the lower Missouri valley while parts of lake region, Florida, Texas and California need rain. In Texas and Oklahoma insect damage harms crops. winter wheat progress is favorable but slow due to low temperatures. Oats seedings advance in central valleys and southern Minnesota. cotton planting begins in the north but is slowed by cool weather. Tobacco in Virginia, Carolinas, and Kentucky lags, Maryland shows thriftier growth.
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Weather Bureau
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Rocky Mountain Slope
Missouri Valley
Lake Region
Florida
California
Lake
Texas
Middle Atlantic
Ohio River
Missouri
Oklahoma
Pacific Coast
Minnesota
South Dakota
New York
Kentucky
Virginia
Carolinas
Maryland
Acid thrower’s victim in Ashtabula Ohio disfigured
Miss Lillian Nawkins of Ashtabula Ohio endured several mysterious attempts on her life culminating when a cup of carbolic acid was dashed into her face at her door, leaving deep facial disfigurement.
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Lillian Nawkins
Ashtabula
Ohio
English Nobles Targeted by Paris Heiress Agency
A Paris based matrimonial agency targets English noblemen by offering subscriptions for information on American heiresses. For a monthly sovereign, subscribers receive details on potential brides and can pay extra for introductions. Rumors say some financiers will be sent to America to secure wealthy wives, with riskier schemes to grab stake possible.
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Paris
America
Hoosier Happenings and Local Notices
Indiana community notes report accidents and deaths across counties including Jefferson, Shelby, Knox, and Floyd. Provincial headlines note road funding disputes, a quarantine for smallpox in Indianapolis workhouse, a fruit crop forecast by Sylvester Johnson, and plans for a Plainfield public library with Carnegie support.
I Followed Mrs. Pinkham's USC
A woman describes losing her head and withholding facts to her physician for a sex related ailment. She cites Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts and the confidential correspondence that informs her health advice. The publication presents a reader letter to illustrate the potential benefits of Mrs. Pinkham's treatment.
Miss Withers and Binks A Fade Photo Moment
The London Punch caption recalls Miss Withers presenting a faded photograph while Binks, a ten year old, reassures her that it still resembles her, capturing a playful exchange between a poised woman and an eager boy.
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Miss Withers
Binks
London Punch
Grain-O makes a tasty nourishing coffee substitute
An advertising pitch promotes Grain-O as a child friendly drink that can replace coffee. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared correctly, and costs about one third as much. it urges mothers to give Grain-O to children to improve health.
London Sale Sets Record for Franklin Copy
Seventy dollars was paid in London recently for a copy of Franklin's Cicer o, printed in Philadelphia in 1744. The purchase underscores strong interest in early American literature among collectors.
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London
Franklin
Philadelphia
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