Exports to Cuba Porto Rico Philippines and Hawaii rise in 1900
The United States will export about 50 million dollars to Cuba Porto Rico Philippine Islands Hawaii and Samoa in 1900. Exports to these islands rise from 41.6 million in 1899 and 17-19 million in earlier years, with Porto Rico seeing about a 50 percent jump and Hawaii and Samoa more than doubling. The report notes figures are estimates for late 1900 and compares to prior reciprocity years.
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Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Hawaii
Siamon Wii
United States
Philippine
Hawaiian
Samoan Islands
Porto Ried
Porto Rica
Fhawatiny Islands
Simoan Islands
Gham
Pas Islands
Spain
Hawaiian Islands
Shire
Phenomenal growth at St Petersburg Young Men’s Association
In less than two months the St Petersburg Young Men's Christian association has surged to over 500 members and applicants. Classes in bookkeeping English French German shorthand attract 100 plus evenings draw 250 in rooms with activities like games and tea. Alcohol and tobacco barred. no abstinence pledges required. Secretary Franklin Gaylord adapted the American model with local customs, renaming to the Society for Promoting the Physical and Moral Development of Young Men. Royal support and church figures sustain the project amid government respectability concerns.
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St Petersburg Young Men's Chistian Association
Franklin Gaylord
Society For
Prince of
Searchlights Proposed for New York Harbor Defenses
General Wilson, chief of engineers, plans a $150,000 searchlight system to defend New York Harbor. He will seek fortifications act funding to install and operate the lights, noting their effectiveness in naval maneuvers but acknowledging atmospheric limits. The arrangement would illuminate the harbor to deter approaches and enable rapid detection of ships.
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Wilson
Army
New York Harbor
New York
Obituary Notes From New Wood Gazette Mortuary Page
The New Wood Gazette prints death notices. Mrs Polliy Conkling Marshall takes medicine quietly and rides the bus to the station. Stafford Warner-Staff has laid down his armor and left the field, with no inquiry into his fate. Stat is described as a man of many trades whose body lies near a Glads tone.
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New
Stafford Warner
Tinecin
Gladstone
Return of Belle Giveswater to Ponca Tribe Told in Letter
Mrs. Charles Robinson of Pittsburgh reports from Emma Sleeth in Arkansas City a story of Belle Giveswater, raised in Ponca and educated in Haskell, who left civilization after an engagement to a white man. She vanished after a year and returned to the Poncas, leaving sorrow in Lawrence.
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Charles Robinson
Pittsburgh
Emma de Knight Sleeth
Arkansas City
Ark
Helle’ ‘Giveswater
Indian Territory
Young Women's Christian Association
Robinson
Kelle
Poncas
Finner
Lawrence
Prefer American Beef Sparks Market Reversal
An English analysis notes American beef now dominates pricing and market control, with English buyers facing higher prices and substitutions. It argues American salesmen leverage market access, while farmers and butchers are split, and consumer prejudice has slowly shifted over two decades.
Nero Outdone At New York Horse Show Costume Controversy
A New York horse show affair involves a woman wearing a costume reportedly made from unborn Nero skins. The Chicago Herald notes the incident sparked debate and mockery as the event drew attention to fringe fashion and animal welfare concerns.
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Nero
New York
Skeleton of a Woman Found Near Great Salt Lake
Fragments of a woman skeleton, salt crusted and chained, lie beside the Great Salt Lake. The grisly relic points to a crime from over fifty years ago in Utah’s early frontier, involving Agatha Whites. The mother vanished after authorities investigated cattle theft and a horse team missing. The tale, told by settlers, spoke of shrieks at Black Rock and a haunted atmosphere.
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Great Salt Lake
Utah
Agatha Whites
Tack Rock
Salk Lake
Black Rock
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