American Ice Breaker Makes 80 Mile Trial on Baikal
An American built steamship broke ice on Lake Baikal sealing a successful 12 hour voyage through 31 inches of ice over 80 miles. The vessel reflects strong demand for American wooden ware in England Germany Russia and beyond. Items finding brisk overseas markets include clothes pins pails chopping bowls folding chairs refrigerators ice cream freezers wash tubs and churns.
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Lake Baikal
Siberia
England
Germany
Russia
West Indies
South America
China
Australia
New Zealand
India
South Africa
Georgia Judge Quips On Statute Of Limitations In Missing Heir Case
A Georgia judge, ruling on a case where a long-missing man resurfaced and claimed a share of an estate, drew a literary parallel. He said the statute of relations will not wait for him any more than Falling Waters awaited Rip Van Winkle or Enoch Arden’s wife awaited his return.
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Georgia
Falling Waters
Rip van Winkle
Enoch Arden
Coal production and value in the United States in 1899
The United States Geological Survey reports 1899 coal output at 280,888,973 long tons, up about 20 percent from 1898’s 196,405,953 long tons. Total value of the year’s production is $259,435,512, with anthracite at 58,837,496 long tons valued at $88,121,493.
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United States Geological Survey
United States
The Doctors and Dentists Warn on Kissing Dangers
A Philadelphia authority claims microbes from kissing transfer easily to the mouth and can ruin teeth. He asserts engagements with healthier partners may suffer and vows to restore damaged teeth. Despite fears, the piece suggests kissing will continue largely as before.
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Philadelphia
The Climate of Manila Compared to Other Regions
Manila's climate mirrors San Juan de Puerto Rico and Gulf States in the warm season, with fewer abrupt changes than Washington or Baltimore. People adapt quickly, dressing in light underclothing with thin duck coats and trousers as temperatures vary little.
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Manila
San Juan de Puerto Rico
Gulf States
Washington
Baltimore
Ambush Fells Twenty-eighth Scout Near Vaal
Captain Frank F. Orenshayn led an advance scouting party without full Twenty-eighth support near Vaal when an guide caused an ambush. Cant Orenchaw was gravely wounded in the head and a private was wounded. The ambush party scattered leaving four men alive and three wounded on the field. The event occurred in Bulacen province with minimal survivors.
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Frank F. Orenshayn
Vaal
Cant Orenchaw
Rye
Cort Flint
Bulacen
The Laborer: Blessing and Shield of the Nation
A patriotic verse extols the laborer whose work feeds cities and fuels industry. It lauds farmers, sailors, factory workers, and miners as provident hands that sustain life, commerce, and liberty, while contrasting blessings with disaster when labor is denied.
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Hoe
Peopled with Tales of Holdups on the Rails
An anecdotal reminiscence details multiple train stickups, bravado versus fear, and how different men react when a robber demands surrender. The narrator recalls three hold-ups, choosing to comply to survive, and observes that many loud talkers would falter when danger arrives. He recounts a six hour ride through southeastern Colorado where a passenger questions railroad banditry, noting personal resolve and the odds of self-preservation.
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Colorado
New England
Train Robbery Adventures End With Bold Stand and Capture
A narrator recalls a dramatic train hold-up near Tyrone in which a dyspeptic little man and a raw-boned bandit confront a lawless crew. The quick-thinking pair subdue the robber, recover belongings, and the gang member is later jailed in Trinidad for 20 years. The tale ends with a humorous exchange about marriage plans.
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California
Heaven
Tyrone
New England
Trinidad
Advances in science and industry outlined in 1900 report
The article surveys multiple innovations from 20 years of Rothamsted rainfall studies to new welding by electricity, a unique African fauna site at Lake Tanganyika, and the trial of a type-printing zeregraph in Germany and England. It notes successful iron and underground communications, a low melting aluminium solder, new watch escapements praised for simplicity and accuracy, and claims these escapements overcome centuries of faults.
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England
Rothamsted
Germany
Berlin
Frankfort
Brussels
Antwerp
Beetween Paria
Rouen
General Post Office
London
Leamington
Patent Office
Myriads of Lana and the telescope conspiracy
An old newspaper note mocks astronomy claiming a vast conspiracy by telescope and camera to downplay Earth as central. Professor Wadsworth at Allegheny Observatory displays on a curved plate a Orion region image spanning 1000 square degrees revealing 50,000 blazing suns. He notes only the brighter suns are detectable with current equipment.
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Lana
Earth
Wadsworth
Alleghany Observatory
Constellation
Orion
Packing Batter in Glass for Cold Storage
A new use for glass packs batter in a box of six window glass sheets with gummed edges, sealed and wrapped in plaster and special paper. Plaster conducts heat poorly, keeping interior temperature steady despite outside changes. Packing costs only a few cents per pound and is widely used in Australia. Butter shipments from Melbourne to Kimberley in Africa remained sound. cases now hold up to 200 pounds.
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Australia
Melbourne
Kimberley
Africa
Alaska Mineral Value and Metal Output Rise Sharply
The United States paid 7,200,000 for Alaska and last year produced 6,831,355 in gold and silver. The statistician of the mint notes a 3,187,088 increase from 1898. Most gold and silver came from quartz mines near Juneau and from new Cape Nome fields, amounting to about 2,400,000.
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Alaska
United States
Juneau
Cape Nowe
Democrats Attack Regular Organization In New Warning
The National Watchman accuses Democrats who supported McKinley in 1896 of seeking seats as delegates to the Democratic convention to undermine the party ticket. It labels many as secretly opposing instructing delegates, warning that such tactics would empower trusts, money kings, and monopolies to influence nominations.
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McKinley
McKinley Costs: Ledger Calls Out Politicians at St Louis
Newark Ledger argues McKinley costs the American people heavily, criticizing Pratt and party rivals while praising McKinley as not cheap. It mocks rivals’ push for reform, noting trusts and contractors finance oppose McKinley at Philadelphia.
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Thomas C. Pratt
St. Louis
McKinley
New York
Philadelphia
Willy
Weathercock
Washington
Dome
Ephesus
White House
Newark
N. J
Ledger
Porto Rican bill hidden gain for trusts exposed
The treasury department ruling under the Porto Rican bill adds 15 percent ad valorem to Dingley rates for goods shipped via an American port to Porto Rico from Europe and trans shipped, while direct European shipments pay only the Dingley rate. The decision, criticized as biased and harmful to Puerto Ricans and U S shipping.
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Treasury Department
Europe
Porto Rico
Griggs
United States
Gainesville
Fla
Contentment and doubt in wartime rhetoric at home
Secretary Long speaks of relief in a Boston moment as the Omaha Nonconformist retorts with scathing doubt. The piece questions whether mothers are content when their sons suffer insanity or death from the Asiatic war and whether old abolitionists feel content amid discontent.
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Secretary Long
Boston
Slavery in American Territory Sparks Outcry Across States
In heated debate readers confront slavery in new territories as they question loyalty to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Iowa lawmakers censured the president and Congress, while Republican papers denounce perceived vacillation and cowardice. The tone suggests deep national unease with federal policy and leadership.
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American
United States
Legislature
Iowa
Congress
Abolish the Tariff Trusts Plan Urges End of Tariffs on Trust Goods
The Buffalo Times quotes the Sioux Falls platform calling for abolishing all tariffs on goods controlled by trusts to end the price fixing and wage suppression seen under Republican policy. The piece argues foreign competition is kept out, trusts fix prices, and farmers and laborers pay the cost through higher prices for fences and implements. The appeal urges farmers and laborers to support the Democratic party and vote accordingly.
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Sioux Falls
England
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Buffalo Times
Trusts and middlemen profits questioned in tin plate trade
The Paterson Guardian argues defenders of trusts claim elimination of middlemen profits benefits consumers, but asserts jobbers no longer exist while prices rise. It contends profits from the public flow into trusts, not consumer savings, in the tin plate trade.
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Paterson
N. J
Guardian
Natural and Corporate Man Opinion by W. J. Bryan
Essay arguing special privileges of corporations over natural people. Bryan contrasts God made natural man with man made corporate man, noting perpetual existence and lack of a soul for corporations, and condemns Republican support for corporate power.
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Corporation
Republican Party
W, J. Bryan
All a Lie in Labor Wages Dispute in Boston Address
Secretary Long claimed labor is well rewarded but the Omaha Nonconformist counters with a contrast. He notes wages up to 10 percent in some cases while others see no increase. Miners face starvation risk and garment workers extreme poverty amid rising living costs and a 25 percent surge in necessities.
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Long
Boston
The Cuban Scandals and McKinley’s Candidacy
The article details repeated Cuban scandals reflecting political corruption. It notes heightened White House concern over carpetbagger loot from the Cuban treasury and prompts editors to downplay the story to protect the in power party and McKinley’s campaign.
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White House
Machine
McKinley
Washington Times
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