Depew Defends Expansion Policy for Philippines
Chauncey M. Depew argues in the Senate that the United States must remain in the Philippines by conquest or treaty and that territorial expansion has strengthened the republic. He rebuts anti imperialist views, cites Dewey and Aguinaldo, and predicts eventual Filipino citizenship under U.S. law and governance.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Senate
Beveridge
United States
Philippine Islands
New York
Depew
Philippines
Senate of the
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Far East
China
Aguinsalde
Army
Aguinaldo
Schurman
Philippine Commission
State Department
Lberry
Porto Rico tariff proposal sparks debate on relief and fairness
The New York Tribune argues for fiscal relief to Porto Rico with a 75 percent tariff cut in trade with the United States. It notes Puerto Rico once had a tariff under Spanish rule and questions whether the plan increases prosperity and justice, urging measured, proportional policy.
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Porto Rico
United States
N. Y. Tribune
Bryan attacks New Jersey in Paterson speech
Albany Journal cites Bryan’s claim that New Jersey is the robber's roost and accuses him of insulting the state while noting New Jersey’s 1896 McKinley plurality. The Eagle praises the gold standard and calls Democratic leaders dishonest on free coinage.
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Bryan
Paterson
N. J
New Jersey
McKinley
Albany Journal
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Brooklyn
Snowbound in Chicago as blizzard halts city travel
Chicago endures heaviest snow since 1888 with 11.4 inches in 24 hours. Drifts blocked street cars and delays snarled mail and stock trains while widespread travel disruption hit Indiana Michigan and New England regions with trains and wires damaged and schools closed.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Secarcely
Omaha
Toledo
Milwaukee
Gulf of Mexico
Moline
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Port Byron
Mattoon
Jacksonville
Waukegan
Bloomington
Indiana
Michigan
Lansing
Three Rivers
Saginaw
Benton Harbor
Kalamazoo
Niles
Boston
Mass
New England
Montreal
Toronto
St. Lawrence Valley
New York
Mills Shut Down in Indiana Mills Idle Five Thousand
In Muncie Indiana on March 1 all Republic Iron and Steel Company mills in the state closed indefinitely after suits were filed to enforce the weekly pay law by State Factory Inspector McAbee. Over 5 000 workers idle across Muncie Terre Haute Marion East Chicago and Alexandria. The company says prosecutions are political capital and will keep mills idle until workers refuse to participate.
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Muncie
Ind
Indiana
Republic Iron and Steel Company
McAbee
Wollowing
Terre Haute
Marion
East Chicago
Alexandria
Walter J. Ball
Stormy weather cools spring trade and tariffs debate
New York reports slow spring trade amid stormy weather disrupting telegraph and rail communication. Cotton and cotton goods remain strong while food products weaken. Railway returns rise, but comparisons to better transportation conditions loom. State and national updates cover tariffs, plague in Yucatan, a banker's embezzlement verdict, public debt, an actor's death, and a NP railroad collision with a fatality near Billings.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
Candidate Shaw Seeks Congress Seat in Watertown
In Watertown New York on March 3 General A D Shaw national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic announces his candidacy for Congress to fill the late Charles A Chickering in the Twenty fourth district.
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Watertown
N. Y
A. D. Shaw
Congress
Charles A. Chickering
Twenty-fourth Congressional District
Matter of Doubt on a Montana Train
A Montana man recalls a fall ride where a train boy judged passengers by look and talk. The storyteller, wearing a flashy suit, wonders aloud if he is a cattleman or a gambler, as the boy mislabeled others and offered sharp social observations.
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Montana
Chicago
Washington Star
Boy’s torn theater tickets lead to mixed family tale
A theater box office man retells a boy asking if front row tickets are valid after their torn scraps were mended. The boy explains his father’s anger over a $100 bill for provisions, his mother’s admission, and a plan to trade the pieces for matinee seats while the boy brings a friend to Saturday’s show.
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Mamma
Philadelphia Record
Our Increase of Insanity and Health Advice
The piece notes rising insanity linked to modern living and stresses health via Hostetter's Stomach Jitters. It extols curing stomach ailments to prevent nervous breakdown and treats constipation dyspepsia and biliousness. A Rottingdean dinner cites a curious language claim about sugar and sumac. Kipling is referenced in a quip at the table.
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Rottingdean
Rudyard Kiplings
Chicago Chronicle
Grain-O: A Grain Beverage as Coffee Substitute
Grain-O is promoted as a safe, stomach friendly coffee substitute made from pure grains. It promises health and strength for the whole family and resembles premium coffee in taste and appearance while being affordable. Ask your grocer for Grain-O.
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Grandma
Brakeman Dies in Baggage Car After Sudden Illness
A brakeman collapsed and died in the baggage car shortly after reporting heart trouble. He was seen with one of his own cigars in his mouth at the time, according to Chicago Evening News.
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Igoraihoy
Chicago Evening News
Million Dollar Pota to and Farm Seeds Promise Rich Returns
Read the Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse catalog story touting Million Dollar Potato and other seed crops like Rape Bromus Speltz and 8-eared Corn as great farmers money makers. Order 10c for game and 10 rare samples. Largest vegetable seed grower in the United States. Harlem Life quote closes the note.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
United States
Balzer
Mahlon Luther
Trey
Vaur Onte
J. Mielder
Mishicogt
Bua
Harley
H. Lovejoy
Supoltz
Nromus
D&c
Profound Booed
Teliagall
Lane’s Family Medicine Promises Daily Bowel Movement
An 19th century promotional item claims Lane’s Family Medicine moves the bowels daily to keep health. It touts gentle action on the liver and kidneys for a sick head ache and lists prices of 25 and 5 cents. The ad warns coins are the best cure for a young man of the small boot habit.
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Lane
Elliott’s
Noted Judge Credits Peruna For Cure Of Catarrh
A judge attributes a nine year catarrh in the head to Peruna after 18 weeks of use, declaring permanent relief for two and a half years. The ad urges cold prevention as key and promotes Dr Hartman’s free booklet on Winter Catarrh from Columbus Ohio.
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Hartman
Wartman Saultarium
Columbus
Ohio
March and April Travel and Health Notices
The notice covers travel deals from Louisville to the South with round trips on the Louisville and Nashville line on select dates in March and April, plus immigration details and contact points in Birmingham and Chicago. It also includes a testimonial about five drops a pain remedy and a mail order offer with sample bottles available on receipt of two cents.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
P. Sid Jones
Archie Young
Oaks Ave
West Superior
Wis
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Lake &J
Chicago
Ill
Seed firm in Wisconsin sees monster order day
The John A Suizer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin reports 6434 orders on February 26 a standout day and expects to double by mid March. The firm touts strong demand for onions cabbage peppers and beans with early varieties like Marly Bird Radish and Lightning Cabbage selling rapidly as they promote in weekly newspapers.
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John A. Suizer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Puzzle Map of United States from Chicago Great Western
Map puzzle on heavy cardboard shows a dissected map of the United States with cut pieces to form a complete map. Questions explore geography such as Ts Town Maine Pan Handle State and a four straight line bounded state. Send 10 cents to I H Lord Chicago Great Western Railway Chicago Ill marked Puzzle Department for delivery.
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Maine
Chicago Great Western Railway
United States
I. H, Lord
G. P
T. A
Chicago
Lil
Overland Limited and Pacific Express to California Details
The Overland Limited runs Chicago to San Francisco in three days arriving in the California dawn the next day with dining car meals and various perks. The Pacific Express departs Chicago at 10 30 P M with first class and through tourist sleepers to California. Excursions occur weekly with agents offering tickets via Chicago & North Western Ry. Also a map of Texas Mexico territory by International Great Northern is being distributed from Palestine Texas by D J Price with seven cents postage.
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Chicago
Union Pacific
North- Western Line
Overland Limited
San Francisco
Los Pingales
The
Pacific Expresa
California
Chicago & North-Western
R’y Forum
W. LB. Kniskern
Fifth Ave
International & Great Northern Railway
Texas
Mexico
D. J. Price
Palestine
U.S
Erie
French Breckinstad
Enife
Largo
York
Denver
Minnesota
Congress Buckhhorn
Cardan Sands Arden
T. &. Roberts’ Supply House
Minneapolis
Mifihe
Excursions by Missouri Pacific to West and Southwest
The Missouri Pacific Railway and Tron Mountain Route run a series of excursions to the West and Southwest. Tickets go on sale March 6 20 and April 3 17 at low rates. Maps time cards and illustrated pamphlets on the states mailed free by H C Townsend G P T A St Louis.
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Missouri Pacific Railway
Tron Mountain
H. C. Townsend
St. Louis
Lake Wisconsin Central Railway Train Routes Listed
Lake Wisconsin Central Railway runs from Chicago Central Station Park Row and 12th street Lake Front to St. Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth. Nearest ticket agent is Jas C Pond G A Milwaukee Wis.
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Lake Wisconsin Central Railway
Chicago
Central Station
Park Row
12Th Street
Lake Front
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ashland
Duluth
Jas. C. Pond
Milwaukee
Wis
Military balloon in war era cited as top invention
In a wartime catalog a balloon is called the highest type of military invention yet devised. A quip from Illiote and a line from Publius Syrus are cited alongside a fable about a frog leaping from a throne of gold into a puddle.
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Publius Syrus
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Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
James
Polke
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Rhode Island
South Carolina
Mississippi
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Sneech
Great Britain
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Europe
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Bradstreet
Washington
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McCall
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Meyer
de Vries
Cal
Sibley
Austin
Tex
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Wyman
Cazumel
Dreyer
Edward
West Park Board
Watermans
Pittsburgh
Charles L. Davis
Alvin Joslin
Alvin Theater
St. Paul, Minn
Billings
Dispatch
Northern Pacific
Fred Sherman
Livingston
Matter OF
Baby
Harlem
Rene Tee
Kansas City
Saeerene
Peruna
George Kersten
Geo. Kersten
Dept
Hien Ann
Attachme
Aretelnes
Ouserprirg
Jon M. Amy Ties
Madison St
Omicago
T. A. Grady
California Touristiervice
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Adams Street
Gaounn Company
Antrim
N. Afs
Western
Canada
IO Acre
Lo Hugnto Boo Narey
Town
Canadas
Paul
Cavin
Ola
Baginaw
Mioh
Y MN
Birogt
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Iowa
Tlulmes
Gregory’s
St. J
Har Powell
Oulmans
Yonait
Oulman
Jackson
Chiguxo
Ray
Olly
Auk
Canton
Liew CO
Canyon
OLLIO
Price Williabis Mfg. CO
Wiltiama
Privite Arts
Cleveland
Houk
Green
Atlanta
Sonatby
Bordo Mfg. Co
Miinolanden
Malktin & CO
Mirs
Lowell
Parr Specialty Co
Syracuse
Plenao
Salzer
W. L. Douglas
zWorth
Catfree
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton
Mas
Tolla
Rca
Asort
BT. Louis
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