Army Scandals and Tariff Politics in Imperial Times
A lengthy analysis reports army frauds in San Francisco tied to the War Department and high officials. It claims coverups and calls for dramatic punishment to restore Army honor. The piece also discusses Speaker Henderson, Representative Babcock, and tariff reform politics influencing Ways and Means. It closes with praise from England’s naval authority about American naval strength and lessons from history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
General Shafter
General Corbin
War Department
Prestio
Congress
Babcock
Committee of Ways and Means
Henderson
Ways and Means
Iowa
Northwest
England
Tord Ptrassey
United States
McKinley denies third term bid amid party realignment
Washington letter notes McKinley rejects a third term, signaling no Roosevelt boom. It cites speculation on successors among Fairbanks Hanna Foraker Platt Lodge Taft and others, plus protests over Patents Office hearings and Platt influence. Indians protest land opening, with a Supreme Court suit pending and delegation presenting views to the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. McKinley
Fairbanks
Ind
Hanna
Foraker
Ohio
Platt
Conn
Lodge
Mass
Cullom
Til
Spooner
Wis
Gov
Odell
New York
Taft
Philippine Commission
Washington
McKinley
Representative Richardson
Tenn
House
Patents
Boss Platt
Patent Office
Congress
Commissioner of Patents
War Department
T. d. Moklroy
Chicago
Ma. Meckinley
Democratic Party
Republican Party
America
Pat
United States
Mukindey
Troy
Judge Spring
Oklahoma
Secretary of the Interior
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Bills to Husbands and Fathers Shift in Marketing Tactics
A eastern clothing supplier to young children changed his billing method after finding $12,000 in unpaid accounts. He began sending bills to husbands and fathers, or cash on delivery when no male relative existed, boosting collections to about $9,600 in sixty days. Meanwhile Manila officials scold the Filipino press over governance efforts, and Army officers in the Forty third Volunteer Infantry face court martial for selling hemp shipment permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
Manila
Army
Forty-third Volunteer Infantry
Eleged Porta
Surgeo
Wilipino
Pan American Exposition Excursions From Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad offers three day low rate excursions to the Pan-American Exposition every Tuesday from July through October. Trains depart Pittsburgh and arrive at Buffalo with return allowed on regular trains before midnight Thursday after each excursion date. Fares start at 5.45 from Pittsburgh and vary by origin point with proportionate rates at intermediate Monongahela and Allegheny division points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittaburg
Bnoffilo
Jane
Putte
Goan
Pittsburg
West Brownsville
Abs Vheny
Gononmatgh
Brookville
Pranklin
Monongahela
Vittsburg
West Penn
Wlegheny
Bhottsville
Lunes
Conenaugh
Pitlsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Summer Sea shore Excursions
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces six summer excursion dates for fifteen day trips from Pittsburgh and West in Pennsylvania to Atlantic City and nearby seaside towns. Included are stops at Queen City, Seadsleury, Vaglesea, Hall Reneh, Wildiwoor, Nob, Rehoboth, Pel, and Queen City. Round trip rate is SLO, with reduced fares at certain stations. For more details contact T. E. Watt, 2. 4. WD. Pittsburgh, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburng
Westesd
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Ci Cap
Quean City
Seadsleury
Vaglesea
Hall Reneh
Wildiwoor
Turd Kwatem
Nob
Rehoboth
Pel
Qeern City
Pittstaag
T. E. Watt
Pittsbury
Made famous by a bull and a British MP
Mike Flavin of Butte became a notable member of the British House of Commons, famed for an Irish bull scolding the speaker over a delayed bill. Once a boxer in Butte, he later moved to Ireland, married, and rose to political prominence in North Kerry.
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Mike Mlavin
Mhutte
Mont
House of Commons
Butte
Mike
Western Exchange
Ike Mayes
Flavin
Mr. Flavin
North Kerry
Ike Hayes
Saturday Evening Post
Superstition Among Women and City Growth Notes
The piece discusses women’s credulity toward dream books and superstition, recounting anecdotes of fear from troubling dreams. It shifts to a census snapshot of 1900, noting inland lake and manufacturing cities’ growth, slow river/coast cities, rising railroad towns, and the U.S. lead in 1,000,000-plus cities with New York Chicago and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Chronicle
Norfolk
Portland
United States
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Sue
New England Conservatory Pledges to Keep Quality pianos
The New England Conservatory of Music notes its long tradition with 260 Ivers Pond pianos since 1882 for teachers and students. Frank W. Hale, general manager, urges shoppers to choose from fine brands Packard Story Clark and Milton and to avoid pushy agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Conservatory of Music
Ivers & Pond
Frank W. Hale
World three times a week edition pricing note
An odd advertising-like fragment outlines subscription details for a thrice weekly New York World edition. It mentions price points in dollars and praises the paper’s impartial coverage, inviting readers to subscribe for regular news from English language editions and various combinations of delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
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TFA Demogart
Damoonat Pupazauina Company
Tadiana County
Indiana
Democrat
Post Office
Montana
Boston Conservatory
Ivers & Pont
Packard
Story & Clark
Milton
Work & Son
Indiana, PA
Court House
Wettling & Crossman
T Farmers’ Bank
D. H. Town
Christopher B. Sutter
North Mahoning
Andrew Sutter
Walier
Jefferson Co
Lafayette Sutter
Punxsutawney
California
Cal
Epworth League
Colorado Points
Beaumont
Texas
E. A. Richter
G.T.A
Parks Building
Beenee
Louis, M
Rubber Cement
Minalion Cement
Oliver
Empire Grain
Keystone
J. L. Culp
Sixth Street
J.h.brilhart & Son
Phila
St. Indiana
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