News notes on politics and Chinese exclusion debate in 1902
A collection of opinions from Maryland and southern papers on the Chinese exclusion law's renewal and immigration. Media voices from Alabama to California debate economic needs, race, and assimilation, with calls for reform and warnings about social impact.
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Congress
California
South
Mobile Register
Alabama
Macon Telegraph
Boston
Philadelphia
China
Baltimore Sun
United States
Contempo Comment on Sampson Loop at Santiago
Contemporary Co comment notes it is not too late to observe that Sampson made a loop of twenty five miles at Santiago. The remark reflects on the endurance and public interest in the feat.
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Sampson
Santiago
Baltimore American
BE. W. Grov
Equine Record Shatters Limits in Windy Race
Crescens nears a world trotting record, gaining two and a quarter seconds as a strong headwind slows the stretch. The champion horse demonstrates exceptional speed and training, with observers predicting a mile in two flat. In related notes, trolley lines may connect New York and Boston, though steam travel remains more comfortable for longer journeys.
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Crescens
Baying
Baltimore News
New York
Boston
Baltimore Herald
Hereiness Minutes and Quips on Love and Bank Tellers
Newspaper humor blurbs and dialog snippets from The Philadelphia Press and Tit-Bit. Jests touch on love speeches by Mutriel and Panch, bank tellers, revolvers, foreboding bank thefts, mock dialogues about marriage and suitability, and snappy one liners about gossip and single life.
Artificial food and Pasteur Institute claim stir debate
A circulating tale from the Pasteur Institute in Paris alleges a grease made from inorganic matter via chemical synthesis using carbon hydrogen nitrogen and oxygen. It discusses cost, feasibility, and the farmer's future, noting natural limits and the high expense of artificial diamonds and sugar from rags, while contrasting with nature's superiority.
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St. Louis West-Dispatch
Pasteur Institute
Paris
German Syrup hailed as cure for coughs and long troubles
Dr A Boschee's German Syrup touted as a non experimental medicine that quickly cures coughs colds and long ailments. Two million bottles sold annually since 1363 introduction in the United States with three doses claimed to relieve ordinary coughs priced at 75 cents. Advert reads at Main's Drug Store and includes a testimonial about Chamberlain's Colic Cough and Diarrhea Remedy.
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A. Boschee
Boscheo
United States
Green
Main’s Drug Store
Moonlit Memories and Renewal Amidst War Ruins
A reflective poem contrasts childhood moonlight with adult heartbreak and memory. It moves from intimate night scenes to ruins and battlefields, then contemplates Europe’s need for renewal. The speaker links lunar imagery to fate, love, and healing through enduring art and faith.
Permanent Law Reform Commission Proposed in Maryland Debate
At a State Bar Association meeting in Deer Park Mr Alexander Armstrong urged establishing a Permanent Law Reform Commission for Maryland to prune defective laws and curb improvident legislation. He critiqued mortgage tax provisions and foreign executors selling Maryland lands, arguing a commission would promote good laws and reduce bad ones while not altering Attorney General duties. He warned the legislature has become politicized and called for reform. 25c
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State Bar Association
Deer Park
Alexander Armstrong
Washington
General Assembly
United States
Armstrong
Maryland
Orphans’ Court
Potomac
Mason and Dixon’s
Permanent Law Reform Commission
Charm of Carroll Mansion Fades to Sweatshop Clock
The Baltimore Lombard and Front street mansion once home to Charles Carroll is now a working cloak factory housing many families. The deteriorating interior and shifting ownership trace its history from Carroll’s town mansion to Russian Jewish tenement use and evolving civic plans. A 1899 Daughters of the Revolution plaque faded. a lone bent nail marks the site of a once clear memory of Carroll.
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Charles Carroll
Maryland
Baltimore
Lombard Street
Thomas Welch
England
Charlen Carroll
Richard Oaton
Three Graces
MacTavish
Jacob Steger
Wienko
Russia
Honas
Carrol
City
Gallimore
the Daughters of the Revolution
Vermont
The Crushing of the Legendary Tiggott Diamond
The historic Tiggott Diamond, valued around 200, fell to destruction after Ali Pashi wore it in a green silk purse. Wounded by Reshid Pasha, Ali Pashi ordered his wife poisoned and commanded Captain Ancas to crush the gem to powder in his presence, a command carried out.
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Ali Pashi
Reshid Pasha
Captain
Funeral notices and local incidents from Frederick County
Funeral of Exma R Lambert held at 4 pm from Murray Lambert home on West Patrick street with services by Rev Dr Ingly and burial at Mt Olivet cemetery. Grant Frazier, a middle aged Colorado man, killed instantly by a B&O train at Washington Grove while attempting to board. Letter from Manila reports son Frank Scholl is well. Local residents ill include Mrs H T Kline and Ada Lough.
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Exma R. Lambert
Murray Lambert
West Patrick Street
Osborne Ingly
Mt. Olivet
W. H. B. Etchison
Grant Frazier
Washington Grove
Philippines
D. M. Scholl
East
Patrick Street
Frank
Manila
Scholl
Daily News
Frederick Gounty
Mr. Bohol
H. T. Kline
Misa Ada Lough
South Market Street
Middletown
Harmony
Walkersville
Monocacy Valley
Creagerstown
Red Springs
Wellsville
Woodsboro
Yellow Springs
Valley Cornet
Frederick
L. Lorentz
N. Market Street
Lewis H Clingan
Fredericx
Harper’s Ferry
Keedssville
Boyd’s
Rit
Alry
Myersville
M. Kefadver
War of Destruction and Our Health Crisis
The piece contrasts ongoing South African warfare with daily mortal harm from stomach, liver, and bowel disorders. It asserts massive casualties from biliousness and indigestion, then promotes Hostonetter's Stomach Bitters as a guaranteed cure backed by fifty years of world usage. It urges readers to try the Bitters when needed.
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New York
Army
Congress
Edward L. Munson
Munson
South Africa
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