War costs, Cuba crops, and curious notes in Marble Hill
The Marble Hill Press reports on Cuba's sugar crop dropping from fifty million to under ten million dollars this year. It mentions Secretary Hoke Smith learning to ride a bicycle and jokes about a budding personal revolution. A New York mother defends her son’s admission of killing his older brother as an accident. A Minnesota family is said to be poisoned by lemonade on the Fourth of July, raising questions about poison hazards and freedoms since birth.
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New Haven to Tax Yale on Buildings Producing Revenue
City officials move to compel Yale University to pay regulation tax on properties yielding over 6000 dollars annually. Town Counsel Goodhart announced the plan to the board of assessors on June 30. Yale authorities vow to resist, marking the first university tax attempt in America.
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Heir of Vanderbilt House Faces Matrimonial Tug of War
The Vanderbilt heir’s choice of wife unsettles the family as rivals press for influence. Although royalty style has not been adopted here, moneyed factions push for control. High emotion and threats of disinheritance clash with youthful determination, leaving the outcome uncertain.
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Artist in legal trouble and pot of narcissus trade noted
Albert L. Rawson, famed painter, faces a suit from Mrs. Gaudin over forged letters and suspicious marriage offers. The Times reports on Scilly Islands narcissus farming surpassing potatoes, yielding about 40,000 pounds yearly from 400 acres. Includes political and financial debate on bimetallism and silver versus gold value and national monetary policy figures.
Darkness in Wall Street and Free Coinage War
Denver Republican attacks the coinage issue as a distant and uninformed topic. It argues that belief in free coinage is weak among western and southern regions and urges conversion where possible. It notes Ohio Supreme Court ruling that an election wager cannot be legally enforced.
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