The Statesman Subscription Rates and Notices
The Statesman Marshall Mich July 20 1897 notes subscription prices two dollars and one dollar rates in advance and not paid in advance. advert rates for obituary notices cards of thanks and notices. urges timely submissions by writers with name. reports improved business conditions with loan agencies resuming liberal advances on farm property at low interest.
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Statesman
Callinon County
State Street
Prosperity Foreseen for Farmers as Wheat Bounties Rise
A fragment notes farmers anticipate high prices and large surpluses due to heavy home crops and light abroad sales. Reach of prosperity grows as wheat quality delights, and those who threshed report strong yields. The era of low agricultural mood fades as productive farms gain value.
International bimetallic conference likely to be held in U S
The latest European reports say McKinley’s commission has British cooperation for a conference on bimetallic standards. England and France assurances are seen as likely to bring other nations on board, with the United States as a probable host, creating wide interest.
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Hobbin
Cipent
Euroope
McKinley
England
France
United States
Avery
Dingley Tarkd Law Passes After Long Debate
The Dingley tariff bill passed on Saturday amid lengthy debate. Supporters hailed quicker action and broader protections, while critics argued it favored industry over consumers. The measure, though controversial, was enacted faster than earlier proposals and drawn mixed reaction from lawmakers and the public.
Tariff debate highlights Republican tariff bill
During the campaign the silverites claimed talk of improving the country by passage of a tariff was futile. Republicans pushed a tariff bill and began to expose several alleged fallacies of the silverites.
Seward's Folly Vindicated by Alaska's Wealth Gateway
The piece recalls the Alaska purchase at seven million dollars and notes Alaska’s seal profits and burgeoning gold wealth. It cites Senator Burrows’s tariff speech defending protectionism and denouncing Pettigrew, praising the shift away from free trade toward renewed prosperity and national resilience.
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Seward
Alaska
Grant
United States
Patchy 1900s Text on Tariffs and Foreign Trade Policy
The article quips about sugar in watermelons yielding candy, criticizes U S foreign aid and tariff policy, notes President signing the tariff bill, warns of foreign threats from Spain Japan Canada and Chile, mentions annexation debates in land west of the Mississippi, records gold at a domestic Mexico premium, hints at Yakop harvest status, and reports Maryland shipping seven thousand tons of steel rail to India as domestic manufacturers begin to be heard.
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Mexico
Maryland
India
Paper on which The Soaeoaa is ee is parchases of Ee as not uy
Fragmentary OCR note with unclear names and terms. Reads as a garbled sentence about a paper and purchases, but key entities and context are not decipherable. No verifiable event or details present for a clean summary.
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Sherman
John Hay
Wisi
Dingley Tariff Law Signed as Congress Adjourns
President McKinley signs the Dingley tariff bill making it law and the fifty fifth Congress adjourns. Republicans tout a strong, money producing law while minor disputes over fraud and currency measures surface. House quick on currency commission. Speaker Reed signs the bill amid sharp debate. Also notes duty on cigarettes, and a Michigan lumber restoration argument.
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McKinley
Senate
MelKinney
Currency Commission
Boon Na Spenkye
Reed Thad
Diiley Vari
Committee On Rules
Fragmented OCR Brief: Local Transport Schedule
Readable fragments show a transit item with times and routes but many names and details are garbled. Key elements include a bus or train number, a start point and a destination, plus a general timetable cue that a service operates in the indicated window.
Blue asbestos rivaling Cape Colony fiber aids fireproof fabrics
Detroit Tribune notes blue asbestos from Cape Colony offers fibers finer and longer, half the weight, and highly resistant to fire and chemicals. It suits twine, rope, mattresses for hospitals, and firemen's clothing, with long fiber loomwork expanding uses beyond white asbestos, despite higher cost.
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Canada
Italy
Hove
Africa
Cape Colony
Detroit Tribune
Weha
Cannon Ball Story From Alabama Excursion Boat Boss
Alfred Grissom, manager of excursion boats, tells a gospel truth cannon ball tale from St James parish Alabama. A saw mill accident unleashed a flying splinter storm that shattered glass and barely touched him, one shard scratching a silver dollar in his vest pocket.
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Grisede
Alabama
Alfred Grissom
Dror
Boty
Mtr
Grigsem
Meissonier painting praised in Queen Victoria reminiscence
In the Contemporary Review Emily Crawford recalls Queen Victoria and Meissonier. The painting bought by the Emperor for £1,000 was gifted to Prince Albert as a birthday present. The tale contrasts Meissonier’s skill with royal taste and notes temperance anecdotes about Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson.
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Queen Victoria
Meissonier
Prince Albert
Louis Napoleon
Meissouier
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