Havana As Seen by a Chicago Clerk in 1899
William C Harmon describes Havana under military rule as chaotic yet improving, with Spaniards favoring annexation to the United States. Cuban self-government is portrayed as immature, Spaniards as prudent merchants, and American soldiers causing both discipline and trouble. Harmon predicts annexation and warns gradual Cuban self-rule may fail without work and reform.
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Havana
William C. Harmon
Chicago
Antilles
Enfon
Mr. Harmon
South
United States
Old Morro
Uncle Sam
Harmon
Asmorljean
J Quartermaster
Farmy
Asouch
Major Baker
Mr. Hareman
Netice
Reconcentrados
Wyler
Spain
Tfe
Island
Washingtons Farensic Address And Americas Coming Phase
The passage discusses US expansion and language on how American civilization will shape North America. It contrasts Cuban governance under military rule with American ideals, notes Cuban independence hopes and anxieties, and reflects on the uplift of English-speaking civilization across the continent led by the United States. It references Washington, Kidd, and the Atlantic Monthly to frame a grand national destiny.
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Washington
North America
United States
Spee
Tacle
Benjamin Kidd
Atlantic Monthly
Atlantic Seaboard
Europe
World Movement
Atlantic
Pacife
Seaboard
Henry Adame
Scotch farmer defeats nobleman in single combat tale
A celebrated Scotch farmer famed for strength repeatedly defeats a visiting nobleman in wrestling. The noble lord arrives from London to challenge, is thrown over a hedge, and asks to retrieve his horse. The anecdote sits alongside notes on costly British patent rights and calls for reform to match American terms.
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Forse
London
Bile Lord
Victoria’s Queen Victoria to pass through France March Ninth
A fragment notes Queen Victoria to travel via France on March ninth. It references the prominence of the number nine in royal history, listing her birth in the nineteenth century, her nine children, and the Prince Consort born in 1619. The Prince of Wales is linked to November ninth and marriage in the nineteenth year.
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Victoria
Faber
France
Queen Victoria
Prince Consort
Prince of Wales
Princess of Wales
Christian IX
Denmark
Engagement at the store sparks jealousy over transfer
In a humorous exchange, two saleswomen discuss Clara Lacey’s engagement to floorwalker Mr Btrotter, noting his jealousy after her transfer from the necktie counter to the bargain bar. They joke that men avoid the bargain counter, implying motive for the move.
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Clara Lacey
Mr. Btrotter
Yee
Puck
Conquests in Cuba and cross-cultural bonds
A 19th century columns piece describes the Twenty third Kansas Infantry marching into Santiago Cuba to cheering crowds. It highlights racial kinship between American black soldiers and Cuban people, a romance between James Matthews and a Cuban senorita, and notes church services led by women with prayers and sermons planned for afternoon and evening sessions in a future room to avoid paying vehicles.
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Twenty-third Kansas Infantry
Santiaga
James Matthews
Twentythird
Kansas
Cuba
Matthews
Cupid
Young King of Nepal Guides Warlike Nation
Sumahere Jung, described as a young Nepalese king, allegedly commands a vast force across Asia and maintains influence over neighboring tribes. The text notes Nepal’s diverse Aryan Ghoorkha rulers, varied religions from Buddhism to Brahmanism, and Kathmandu as the capital with a palace of many pagodas.
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Sumahere Jung
Nepal
Thibet
India
Himalayas
Asia
Kathmandu
Cuban wives of Kansas soldiers stir city with festive welcome
Three Black Kansas City soldiers return from the war with Cuban brides named Christina Mamie and Pauleta. The couples, married within weeks, settle in homes on Grand Independent and Twentieth Madison amid a wave of celebrated interracial unions. Neighbors and families show pride as community honors the brides and their language learning progress. The piece also shifts to a distant royal scene, describing Nepal’s king and dominion with distant, violent overtones.
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Jim
Filamena
Matthews
Roland Fitzhugh
William Lesile
Cuba
Fitzhugh
Christina
Leslie
Pauleta
Fila
Mena
Mamie
Twenty-third
Kansas Infantry
Kangne City
Fowler
Twentieth
Madison Streets
Pilamena
Kansas City
Witvhugh
Lealie
First Methodist Revival Meetings Stir Churches Deeply
Revival services at Virs Methodist have stirred a large church section. The meetings reached their final service of last week in the auditorium with strong attendance and notable weight of spirit.
Honest Duty and Corruption in Government Officials
A writer condemns harsh baggage inspections of incoming ocean passengers as excessive while denouncing tax evasion and bribery. The piece argues that lax public virtue enables smuggling and corrupt officers, asserting any defrauding of revenue harms the entire people. It cites Wayland on cheating the post office as a moral standard.
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Wayland
Fragmented Public Snippet on Work and Availability
A clipped dialogue complains about laziness and urges earning wages instead of begging. The exchange questions willingness to work, noting some people are already employed and suggesting practical effort over idleness.
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New Orleans
Bond
America OF Today
Pinar del Rio
England
Amer
Mary
King OF
Christina, Filamena and
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