Senate Cuban policy mirrors president on resolving Cuba relations
The Inter Ocean notes the senate committee on Cuban relations adopts resolutions guiding US action in Cuba. They bar foreign lodgment, limit Cuban treaties, allow US naval stations, and ratify wartime occupations while preserving rights and sanitation plans. The committee, led by Platt and allies, urges congress to amend the army appropriation bill and gain Cuban acceptance, paving the way for McKinley’s administration.
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Inter Ocean
Cuba
United States
Cuban
Chicago Inter Ocean
Isle of Pines
San Domingo
Senate
Platt
Connecticut
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Cullom
Ilinois
McMillan
Michigan
Chandler
New Hampshire
Spooner
Wisconsin
Teller
Colorado
Money
Mississippi
Butler
North Carolina
Taliaferro
Florida
Congress
McKinley
Washington
Huronite reflects on Crawford race and Yankton events
The Huronite praises Mr. Crawford for an apparently certain senatorial triumph. A restless figure nicknamed A Jack the hugger terrifies Yankton’s young women. The railroad commission is formed with Frank Gardner as secretary and T B McMartin as attorney. Admiral Sampson faces questions over promotion warrants amid social bias concerns and Morgan’s case gains attention.
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Railroad Commission
Frank Gardner
T. B. McMartin
Sampson
Spain
Morgan
Iowa Farmers Embrace South Dakota Trade Boost
The season sends Iowa residents toward South Dakota with Jots in hand as farmers praise the soil’s productiveness and anticipate boosting the state’s reputation through increased agricultural output and trade.
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Iowa
South Dakota
Reform school removal plan faces state-wide opposition
Watertown argues moving the reform school from Plankinton risks other state institutions and offers no viable fix without causing broader harm. The piece also reflects on Admiral Sampson’s views on Abraham Lincoln, praises President McKinley’s first term, and reports Boer War developments with Gen. Kitchener’s strategy and prospects of Boer surrender amid ongoing conflict.
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Watertown
Reform School
Plankinton
Populists Criticize Republicans Over State Control
The piece argues populists wrongly claim a string of state offices and laws benefited their party while the Republicans gained near unanimous wins. It contends the electorate punished the populist administration and urges measures to remove populists from office.
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Republcan Party
Repulican
Board of Charities and Corrections
Pile and Fistula Cure Free Sample Treatment
Res Bros. & Co. of Minneapolis Minnesota offers a free mailed sample treatment for pile and fistula cure. The ad promises quick relief and a no-cost trial with the pamphlet and book sent upon request.
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Res Bros. & Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Prince Victor and the con genial post testimonial
The late Prince Christian Victor praised a former corporal for fault finding and offered a character testimonial. The corporal, after 21 years service, used the letter to secure a civil post as assistant labor master in a workhouse. The text then promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for headaches from stomach issues.
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Prince Christian Victor
King’s Royal Rifles
Prince Christian Vietor
Silent Yale Eight Sweep Down Broadway on Thanksgiving
In a recalled campus scene the Yale team paths a Princeton pair on Broadway after Yale’s Thanksgiving Day win at the polo grounds. Eight silent Yale men circle the Princeton man, pounce as in football with a swift takedown, then raise their bats to the frightened girl and resume their march.
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New York
Frank W. Graves
Graves
New York Polo Grounds
Yale
Princeton
Broadway
Cascarine Pill Ad Billed as Biliousness Cure
Druggists offer Cascarine as a cure for biliousness constipation and dyspepsia with a money back guarantee. Price 50 cents. Free book on cause and cure mailed by Rea Bros and Co.
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Rea Bros. & Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Lincoln and Baker Whig Primary Sparked by Springfield Talk
In Springfield, Abraham Lincoln and General Baker both sought the Whig nomination for congress and pressed for a primary after rival claims. Baker won and Lincoln, briefly exhilarated, declined to speak, noting Baker might have won praise if he spoke. The piece blends reminiscence with era commentary and ads.
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Lincoln
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Baker
Leesburg
Congress
D. B. Hill
Argonaut
Mountain man mocks locals with grand speech then flees
A privileged outsider from Big Mountain Lumber gives a boastful harsh speech at a sawmill meeting calling locals liars murderers and thieves, then plans to leave town. A book agent later sells Webster’s Unabridged to the surprised audience as copies are prepared for distribution on the visitor’s departure.
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Big Mountain Lumber Company
Machiavelli
Jonathan Wild
Lampton la Washington Star
Aphorisms From Classic Writers On Discretion And Happiness
A compact assemblage of quotes from Colton Bacon Ben Jonson Marcus Antoninus Degerando and Quarles reflecting on self love discretion in speech gentleness and contentment. The collection contrasts prudence with eloquence and notes the dangers of ingratitude and delayed resolutions.
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Bates
Colton
J. FF. Clarke
Bacon
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