Cleveland's Message on Transit of Dominion Goods in Bond
President urges Congress to grant power to suspend in bond transit of goods to Canada across U S territory. He cites treaty issues with Britain and argues retaliation is necessary to protect American fishers and citizens. The message details Article 29 termination, law 1873 interpretations, and seeks executive authority to limit or halt such transit to safeguard national interests.
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Washington Special
Congress
United States
Canada
Senate
Dominion of Canada
Great Britain
Chicago Democrats Hear Veteran Statesman Mills in Parade
Thirty thousand to forty thousand Chicago Democrats packed Cheltenham Beach for a rally honoring the visiting veteran statesman. Judge Thurman spoke on tariff and surplus taxes while Gen. John M. Palmer urged tax reduction under the Mills bill, with strong cheers from a politically energized crowd.
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Chicago
Columbus
Metropolis
West
County Democracy
Palmer House
Illinois Central Depot
Cheltenham Beach
Wyhnurman
Judge Thurman
Lyman Trumbull
Cleveland
Port Huron
Thurman
New York
Grant
Congress
Arthur
Garfield
House of Representatives
John Sherman
John M. Palmer
Illinois
Horace Greeley
Democratic Party
Joe
Geessens
Jersey County
Maxwell
Isaac
Mills
Texas
Wilson
West Virginia
Lawler
Gover
Pacific Northwest Has Vast Resources and Rail Access
The Portland observations describe Oregon’s climate and resources, noting agriculture, timber, minerals, and water power. It highlights the Japan current and Chinook winds, mild winters, and productive crops. Portland is portrayed as a growing trade hub with rail connections and a thriving public life.
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Portland
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Washington Territory
Idaho
Nevada
California
Old England
New England
Cascade Mountains
South Atlantic
Gulf State
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Japan
Pacific Ocean
North
Pacific
British Islands
Sitka
Alaska
Minnesota
Montana
Dakota
Virginia
Cascades
Agricultural Society
Department of the Columbia
Board of Immigration
United States
Fairmount Lookout
Columbia
Willamette
Pacific Coast
Morning
Oregonian
Mississippi River
Columbia River
Pacific Seaport
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Oregon Railway and Navigation Coy
Ocean
Willamette River
Washington
Willamette Valley
Meses Folsom
Silence is Golden in a Sharply Worded Passage
A reader reflects on a novel’s line about Helen who stays quiet to seem wiser, arguing silence can be golden though words often spark conflict. The passage prompts contemplation on restraint, temper, and understanding underlying character.
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Helen
Dwarfs of Central Africa Reported By Emin Pasha Early
Emin Pasha's journal recalls two encounters with pygmy groups in Central Africa. First a report of a 40 inch tall dwarf race west of Beden using tiny poisoned arrows. Later Akka pygmies in Monbuttu country stand around three feet six inches, covered in thick hair, skilled hunters, and known for vindictiveness.
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Emin Pasha
Lado
Dufile
Upper Nile
Beden
Central
Africa
Monbuttu
Chambers’ Journal
The Old Way and the New West Side home dialogue
A mother asks how many rooms are in her daughter's new West Side house. The reply lists ten rooms plus attic and furnace room. The mother jokes that the father mixed up the house layout, contrasting parlor dining room pantry kitchen bath room four bedrooms cellar garret.
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West Side
Bufalo Express
Leviathan Whales Released into Great Salt Lake Experiment
British scientist James Wickham started a whale acclimation project in Great Salt Lake Island near Bear River. Whales escaped a wire-enclosed bay and have since ranged fifty miles from the bay, now growing to sixty feet with a school of offspring. The effort has drawn wide interest and Wickham earns praise for the venture.
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James Wickham
Great Salt Lake
Australia
San Francisco
Mr. Wickham
London
Bear River
Knobby doors blamed on pretty things in Burlington
A humorous exchange quotes a daughter and mother about John who gave a twenty dollar bill after a kiss request. The mother praise calls him the kindest and best husband, linking the line to a quip about knobby objects being good for doors.
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John
Burlington Pree Press
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Allen G. Thurman
Great Lakes
Jeffie Forbush Hanaford
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