Statesman rates and wartime Washington letters
The Statesman discusses subscription rates and urges readers to send news and obituaries with writer names by Wednesday. It reports on Washington correspondence about Secretary Sherman's letter to Ambassador Hay regarding the seal fishery, defending the editors against false rumors and clarifying who wrote the dispatch.
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The
Statesman
Hellevue Ginette
Washington
Sherman
Hag
Chronicle
Detroit
John W. Foster
Bherman
Beimg
Whitelaw Reid
Hay
Bharta
Foster
Hank Choir
Poster
Shermah Beeing
Hayes
Salisbury
Serreory Sherman
United States
Review of
Great Britain
Fingland
Ambassador Hay
Lord Salisbury
English Press Should Have Taken Great Umbrage. Mr. Sherman
Tingland
England
London St. James
American State Department
Cleveland
Jol Hull
Gazette and Statesman
Sher- Rian
Vinette
Tense tensions as Japan and Hawaii clash over strategy
The article discusses the U S administration’s stance toward Japan amid Hawaii’s strategic status. It notes Japan’s dissatisfaction with explanations from the state department and suggests Japan may bolster naval presence near Hawaii. It warns of heightened surveillance and implies Japan seeks information from residents to aid wartime needs while the United States readies defenses for new territory.
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Oregon
Tibet
Japan
State Department
Hawaii
Lu le
Ano
Hawaiiao
Mikado
It Demure and The Expounder Debate Prosperity Sign
The Expounder disputes claims that rising demand for pianos organs and watches signals prosperity. It argues some people will own pianos and watches yet lack a second shirt. The piece notes a broader view that many will continue living in hardship.
Prosperity Through Protection and Tariff Wisdom
A late 19th century commentary argues Southern Republicans align on protection, praising the Dingley tariff for agricultural gains and overall prosperity. It cites John Wanamaker and New York Times on durable U S prosperity, notes wheat and silver price shifts, and endorses a labor benefited, home-grown production model, while warning against doom merchants.
Tariff and sealing talks highlight U S policy shifts
Secretary Gage and Assistant Secretary Howl discuss tariff administration amid changes, with Treasury officials praising the new law's lack of past errors. Secretary Sherman’s aggressive instructions to Ambassador Hay spurred Britain to accept an international pelagic sealing conference in Behring Sea to be held in Washington this fall. Mining expert Samuel C. Dunham travels to the Klondike to study gold resources, forecasting either a rush or a rapid fade of the Alaska gold excitement depending on findings.
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Ciagieds
Howwil
Gage
Treasury
Sherman
Ambassador Hay
Salisbury
John Bull
United States
Behring Sea
Washington
Samuel C. Dunham
U.S. Bureau of Labor
Klondyke
Dawson City
Durham
Easi
Canada
Eea
Honest Dealers and Tariff Politics in Maryland
A call to expose profiteers who raise prices under tariff cover and to avoid patronizing them. The message urges collective action to support honest dealers and cites past hard times blamed on such greed. It notes Republican and Democratic campaign dynamics in Maryland and Virginia amid election law concerns.
Obituary notices of Barn Besant and kin in Michigan
Obituary fragment details Barn T Besant born Onondaga County New York, his move to Michigan with parents, marriage to Harriet Mati and Matilda Scoville, six children with two living, generous acts toward nieces, sudden death by paralysis noted. Also mentions Mrs Abeta Chate pioneer, Mrs Clute, and Anna Ruth with burial at Oakridge cemetery July 15. Several families and locations named including Marengo Eureka Grand Rapids Moore Park Ceresco Plainfield Pa.
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Barn T. Besant
Onondaga Ca
Noy
Shelby
Oceana Co
Mien
Michigan
Marengo
Tra Murdock
Harriet M. Mati
Mra
Matilda Scoville
Fist
Ansoull
Ammerman
Lewis Killam
Tacoma
Wash
Bryant
Bert
Clute Diel
Chite
Chattine
Baptist Church
Countlry
Henry A. Clute
Emma (. Wheaton
Russell E. Clute
Eureka
Kay
Melvin L. Clute
Grand Rapids
Oakridge Cemetery
Anna Ruth
Laut
Plainfield
Pennsylvania
Phili Stackhouse
John Kurth
Moore Park
Mich
Ceresco
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the Statesman
We J. Gregg
WM. H Arthur
Calhoun County
fMirmerica
Lauit
State Street
Cathown County
Marshall, Mich
van Retter
Hood
Yuake Hood
Republican Party
Brigland
Atlantic
John Wanamaker
Werdnnesday
New York
Tis
Monsey
Sherif Walkinshaw
Davids
Tia Tas
Europa
David
Vape
Republican National Committee
Congressional Committee
Maryland
Rosa Gorman
Gorman
Senate
Virginia
Uby
Porr O'clock
Abeta Chate
Pye
Marshal
Morkinse
Foledo
Macmina
Aba
Empire
Saare
W. E. Bosley & Son
Michigan State Agricultural Society
H. S. Fralick, Secy
Wim
Dee
T. Shanahan
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