Rice farming shifts U S role amid growing home production
The article traces U S rice history from 1647 Virginia attempts to modern agriculture. It notes early colonial efforts and cites 1547 as a high watermark for Rice output as North and South Carolina and Georgia together produced about 110 million pounds, a banner year until 1960.
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China
India
Japan
United States
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Rice Boom in the South Spurs New Industry Growth
The article notes rice farming expanding across southern states, with Louisiana now leading production and 1899 imports rising. It cites climate, irrigation, and improved machinery as key factors, projecting potential irrigable land of up to three million acres and multi-million bale yields.
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United States
South
Carolinas
Georgia
Louisiana
Lexas
Otic River
Gulf States
Gulf
Hauc
Prairie States
Great Southern Prairie
Parish of St. Mary
Texas Line
Pindine
Wiushu
Diapaon
Gulf of Mexico
Narrow Escape as Street Car Hits Crossing Gates
A street car No. 2 on Main Street crashed through crossing gates as a Lake Shore freight approached at 7 am. The motorman braked and stopped short before a possible collision. frosty tracks caused wheel slip, and local repairs will cover gate damage. The incident recalls a prior gate collision six weeks earlier.
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City Street
Main Street
Lake Shore
William McQciellen
Aston
G Te
Memory Impressions Spark Told Tales at the Forks
The scene features Tuffold Knutt and Goodman Gourong arguing at a road fork. Knutt recounts riding a rail through the area about fifteen years ago, claiming intimate knowledge of the routes and memory of past events.
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Tuffold Knutt
Goodman Gourong
Chicago Tribune
Grain-O and Grain-Q Promoted as Coffee Substitutes
A historical advertisement urges parents to feed children Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute. It claims Grain-O and Grain-Q come in flavors resembling coffee and are sold by grocers for 15 and 25 cents respectively, promoting wide child consumption.
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SEO
Treicht C. O
Aor
ACME
Dotciana
Melodia
Celeste
Cremona
Vox Humana
Termes
Conditiens
Easis
Plague Deaths Hit Honolulu in Rapid Sixfold Toll
Six deaths from bubonic plague reported in Honolulu with five in thirty six hours on December 11 12 and one on December 14. Quarantine of affected districts and house to house cleaning underway. Among the victims four were Chinese one Gilbert Islander and one Hawaiian woman.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Cal
Division Was Upfald in Spanish War Aid Fund
A Marquette dispatch reports Michigan soldiers disabled from the Spanish war exhausted a fund of 184000 raised by a one sixth mill tax. Six upper peninsula companies received 66803.37, sparking bitterness with lower peninsula troops over unequal disbursement and claims of a grab.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Marquette
Mich
Michigan
Auditor-General
Lansing
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Cabinet Meeting Stresses Alaska Troop Deployment
Washington notes the cabinet meeting yielded no discussion on offering good offices for the South African dispute or on British seizure of American cargoes. It was decided to send additional troops to Alaska in the spring to preserve order.
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Washington
Jan
Brussels
Alaska
Permanently cure claims from South American Nervine Tonic
Advert reads a universal stomach cure by a tonic marketed as masterful and world spanning. It touts immediate relief from indigestion and long lasting health benefits, claiming no failure and guaranteed results, with sales through O H Leonard druggist in Elkhart Indiana.
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O. H. Leonard
Elkhart
Ind
Acitung Seeks 80 Million Marks to Fund Ship Orders
Frakes reports that North German Lloyd needs 80 million marks to pay for vessels ordered. The move would double the company’s capital stock and aims to begin the next century with a premier line of steamers to surpass its rival Flambure Company.
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Prankfort-on-the-Main
Acitung
Ftand
Flambure Company
Cure for Piles Promised by Chase Ointment Trial
Local man A H Clary testifies after twenty years of suffering that Dr. A W Chase's Ointment cured his itching piles. The ad claims guaranteed relief for piles eczema and skin eruptions, offering free samples and a 3604 box price, with doctor signature on each box.
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Rockrorp
Mica
A. Tf. Gaark
A. W. Chase
W. F. Fessler
Dr. Chase
A. AH. Clary
A W. Chase
Dru
France presses Santo Domingo cash claim by naval threat
Paris cables the Atlantic squadron commander to Santo Domingo to enforce the Boismere Cacarelli claim. The U.S. notes potential cross‑power concern if revenues are seized, as the island syndicate includes Belgian Dutch French English and American investors. A French warship and the gunboat Machlias are in Santo Domingo waters.
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Santo Domingo
Paris
Atlantic
Washington
Boismere-Caccarelli
United States
Machlias
Smallpox Spreads At Northern Illinois Normal School
Springfield Jan 8 The state board of health reports Dixon says smallpox is spreading at the Northern Illinois normal school with 35 cases among students and over twenty in college buildings Health commissioner orders removal of patients and thorough revaccination of students.
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Ucmat
Springfield
All
State Board of Health
Dixon
Llinogis Normal School
Health Commissioner of
Warships chase Baltic steamer for contraband
A Rome dispatch says British warships Vulcan Thesis Astraea and Hebe pursue a Baltic steamer bound for South Africa suspected of carrying contraband goods. The target has recently sailed from the Baltic.
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Berlin
Jan. S
Rome
Vulcan
Thesis
Astraea
Hebe
Witch
Baltic
South Africa
Hamburg Harbor Shipping Returns Rise in 1899
Berlin reports Hambug port statistics for 1899 show 13 312 arrivals up 7S over 1898 and 13 336 clearances up ,S over last year. Also mentions medical ads for Burdock Blood Bitters and Dr Wood s Norway Pine Syrup as cures and remedies.
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Berlin
Hambug
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