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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1901
Page
2
The item notes Manila demand for American style menswear and Greek modernization aided by U S equipment. It recalls a New York janitress suit amid a landlord romance verdict, and reports on Cuba policy under the Platt amendment, troop withdrawals, and a Massillon building boom. It cites General MacArthur on life in the Philippines and the third term debate, highlighting national trends and public mood.
The Cuba debate ends in a favorable note for the administration as Secretary Root’s communication to General Wood clarifies why the United States would not accept the Cuban convention’s original amendment. The move signals lasting, clear relations between the two nations before Cuban independence. The broader dispatches praise McKinley’s leadership, warn against a third-term bid, and discuss Morgan’s Leyland line purchase and U S shipbuilding prospects with marine protection. Also include assorted notices and ads on medical tonics and household remedies.
Railroad officials forecast 200000 new settlers this year across the northwest and western states. The mass movement, driven by practical farmers and families seeking land, centers on public and railroad land offers with prices as low as 1.25 to 2.50 per acre and 160 acre homesteads, supported by government and railroad programs.
The article discusses the renewed interest in Marie Bashkirtseff and her four confessions. It covers her life from birth in Russia in 1860 to her Paris death in 1884, her education, artistic talent, and social circle. It notes her letters to famous writers like Guy de Maupassant and her enduring impact as a diarist and artist.
The London Mail notes Miss Marie Corelli is Stratford on Avon’s literary hon. She lives in a large pretty house and enjoys a desirable environment for writing. Corelli is very popular there and is better known to many locals than Hamlet among residents.
Albert W. Sullivan elected president of the American Railway Association at a New York meeting defeating several prominent railroad candidates. He succeeds L. F. Loree of the Baltimore and Ohio. Sullivan began as an apprentice at Chicago’s Haines Central, rose to draftsman and machinery chief clerk, then general superintendent for two decades and last year became assistant second vice president.
General Henry C. Corbin, adjutant general, will depart San Francisco aboard the Hancock on June 30 to tour the Philippines for six weeks. He aims to assess military needs, arrange hospitals and stores, and report back for Congress. A congressional party aboard the Ingalls will also visit, circumnavigating the globe.
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