McKinley Tour and Nation’s Prosperity Highlight Year
The Register surveys President McKinley’s Southern tour as a unifying American gesture. It notes the South’s warm reception and praises his sincerity, while Kansas City Journal lauds his diplomacy and patriotism. The Dan mercantile agency reports December and the year end as exceptionally strong for U S business, with exports surpassing imports in manufactures and gold returning after wartime strain.
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McKinley
South
Atlanta
Montgomery
Savannah
Kansas City Journal
Dan Mercantile Agency
United States
Money in Manila Costs a Soldier a Heap of Nuisance
A traveling soldier writes from Manila about currency chaos among Americans and locals. He notes oranges costing two Spanish cents, receiving forty four 2 cent pieces for a dollar, and huge silver and copper coins. He observes Europeans wear money belts while Americans dislike carrying heavy coinage and praises U.S. coinage for its solidity despite peso values.
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St. Paul
Philippines
United States
A Faroe Village Through Blackwood's Lens
The excerpt paints a Faroese village scene with villagers mending tools, a boatbuilder finishing work, a carpenter hauling materials, and locals preparing fish oil caldrons. Men haul a whale rib boat, children play with whale bone toys, and older kids play a crude game of sheepdogs that hints at cricket, all amid hayfields and sea.
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Blackwood
Negro German Speaking Colony in Pennsylvania
A German speaking Black colony exists in Lebanon County Pennsylvania where residents have spoken only German for decades. Located among Pennsylvania Dutch farmers in the Blue Mountain area, generations grew up hearing German and forgetting English. Even in winter school, children return to German dialect when away from teachers.
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Pennsylvania
Lebanon County
Blue Mountain
Freemasonry Among Girls Reveals Informal Party Clue
A New York Commercial Advertiser excerpt notes a social puzzle among young society girls. A guest returning from the country asks about an informal party and learns the signals indicating the attire and status: long sleeves, no gloves.
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Dolly
Pollie
New York Commercial Advertiser
Very Different
A brief wartime reminiscence from the Indianapolis Journal contrasts camp life with home. The speaker notes camp cooking was similar to home, but emphasizes the absence of actual warfare, suggesting a quiet, reflective mood about military life.
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Indianapolis Journal
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