Kansas Agitator Calls for Action on Congress
Roanoke College students from Salem Virginia include four Koreans one a von at the Emperor and five native Porto Ricans. A Korean won the English declamation prize. A naval memorial tree at Newport News honors Admiral Philpot. John D Rockefeller pledges Oberlin College $200,000 for a $100,000 year goal, boosting endowment by $700,000 over Barrows presidency. Davison named youngest NY bank president at 33. Russia shifts to American bicycles amid rising European demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke College
Salem, Va
Von
John Henry Barrowe
Oberlin College
John D. Rockefeller
Oberlin
Dr. Barrows
Government owns Arkansas hot springs resorts ranking income source
The United States government earns income from hot springs in Arkansas used as a resort for invalids. The system yields about 16,020 dollars yearly from 634 tubs and roughly 73 springs on Hot Springs Mountain, consolidated under federal supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
Arkansas
Uncle Sam
Hot Springs Mountain
Ship subsidy and corruption debate heats up in congress
The article attacks Hanna for an 180 million dollar ship subsidy plan and urges readers to pressure senators and representatives to oppose it. It cites Chicago Chronicle warnings of increased corruption and argues tariffs and subsidies raise costs, harming U.S. shipbuilding and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Hanna
United States Treasury
McKinley
Republican Party
The
Chicago Chronicle
England
United States
Boss Platts Ruffians tirade on smuggling and tariff politics
The piece attacks how rich travelers smuggling goods from abroad led Congress to cap personal purchases at 100 and regulate imports. It claims navobs resent revenue collection as an infringement on personal rights and contrasts protectionism with free trade for the wealthy. It charges Republican origin for the law and rails at Philadelphia Press as pro administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mga
New York Custom House
Boss Pratt
McKinley
England
Europe
Philadelphia
Smith
Boss Platt
Congress
Philadelphia Press
Aolta
Fashion and ambition shape a woman’s success
An article argues success hinges on applying ordinary knowledge with tact and ambition rather than raw brilliance. It stresses practical charm, common sense, and a disciplined routine over exceptional talent, with tips on hair care and aging signals guiding women through fashion and self care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polisias
Bouquet
OU Cooking School Sour Milk Doughnuts And Spiced Cake
Recipe fragment shows sour milk doughnuts with sugar eggs and soda, butter or lard, spices, and flour to roll bake in moderate oven. Includes note about danger and widow, then a line about Apaches with three violin types each having one string.
Ghost on the Track at Dead Man's Gulch Tale from Idaho Railroads
Milwaukee railroad man recounts a fall 1887 Idaho trip on the Oregon Short Line. A man on the track triggers superstition, a mysterious disappearance, a search, and later claims of a ghost linked to a murdered grader. The incident sparks debate among crew and superintendent before fading from official notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George H. Martin
Milwaukee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Idaho
Mecca Tor
Pocatello
Ida
Oregon
Carhroad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kansas
Tansab
Naval Training Station
Newport
Admiral Philip
Texas
Santiago
Paradise Valley
Oroville
Cal
John Weer
Henry P. Davison
Liberty National Bank
New York
Davieon
New York Clearing House
Ruavia
American Bicycle Company
Russia
All America
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Buch
Supreme Court
Philippines
Porto Rico
Alaska
New York World
White
Fuller
Peckham
Harlan
Brewer
Afl
Atec
Modern Culture Magazine
Tim
Fathers of the Republic
Steel Trust
Coul Trust
Oil Trust
Justice Brown
New York Herald
Mame
London Foreign Office
Zanzibar
Pemba
Philadelphia Inquirer
Slim
OU Cooking School
Oberness
Agein
Vld Engineers Weuer
British Columbia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!