Candid admission on panics and coming prosperity
The Lewistown Democrat concedes financial panics hit cities first and prosperity returns to cities before the country. It notes holiday trade and 1897 city growth, cites St. Louis, and says Fulton County would bloom with hogs and wheat but for losses. It urges an end to doom saying and gratitude for better days, even if deemed treasonous to democracy.
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Lewistown
Ill
Democrat
St. Louis
Fulton County
Republican Party Saves Iowa and Jasper County Funds
The Republican party is the real party of economy and it has rescued this country from bankruptcy twice. Wise and careful management by its members in office has saved Iowa and Jasper county hundreds of dollars.
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Republican Party
Iowa
Jasper County
Invest Wisely Warns Against Local Stock Firms
Warns readers to trust investments only to known friends or neighbors headed to Klondike. Cautions against stock companies that claim to operate only within their home cities, noting they often levy assessments instead of genuine business.
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Klondike
Hawaii sugar under US policy sparks annexation debate
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson argues Hawaii will not seriously compete with US sugar producers and should not hinder beet sugar development. Yet this objection is the least among concerns raised against annexation.
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Wilson
Hawaii
United States
Man of prominence recalls long misplaced mail tale
A Lowell man, noted in local circles, recounts a revealing anecdote about himself. He rummaged through an old garret and found remnants of a suit containing a letter a lady had given him to mail thirty-two years ago, illustrating a well-known masculine weakness.
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Lowell
Mass
United States Exports Hit Record 1897 Value and Trade Balance
Statistics from the Treasury show U S exports for 1897 at 1 billion dollars, a rise of 93 million from prior years. The trade balance reached 356 million dollars in Uncle Sam's favor, a record high. Breadstuffs comprised the bulk of exports.
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Treasury Department
United States
Uncle Sam
English tariff fault in British exports drop of 20 million
English observers condemn the new U S tariff law as causing a sharp fall in British exports in 1897. Home Office figures show a decline of nearly 20 million dollars, with British authorities arguing the U S policy spurs American production and reduces imports of English and other goods.
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Home Office
United States
Secretary Gage Sets Vision for Permanent Financial System
Secretary Gage spoke to the House about a future national banking system safe for the people yet restricted by law. He argued government notes appeal to the public, cautioning that eliminating U S government debts by other means is impractical now.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Gage
The
House
United States
Minds of the People on Currency Reform and Surplus Outlook
The passage urges calming public fears about bank note reform by showing steps are safe and manageable, implying greenback currency will be retained. It notes waning free-trade critiques of the Dingley deficit, with December showing a two million dollar surplus and January likely a deficit, yet receipts expected to cover expenditures soon.
Friends of annexation treaty watch progress in senate
The friends of the president's annexation treaty monitor its Senate path expecting quick favorable action though a two thirds vote is required. Owning the islands would boost Pacific commerce and missing the chance could let a foreign power occupy the territory.
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Friends of the
Senate
Pacific
Webster City cattlemen plan 700 head English shipout
C W Maher and J M Hackett, Webster City stock raisers, prepare to ship 700 head of cattle to English markets via the New York route. For every 100 head shipped, four men receive free transportation, so the pair will take twenty eight men along on the voyage.
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Iowa
C. W. Maher
J. M. Hackett
Webster City
New York
Messrs. Hackett
Maher
Iowa considering lower state warrant interest rate
A prospect exists to cut interest on state warrants from 6 to about 4 percent. The senate Ways and Means sub committee of Ericson Junkin and Hayward will draft a bill like Ericson and Ray of Poweshiek proposed. The plan aims to have the state treasurer sell unpaid warrants to the highest bidder to reduce interest and curb warrant hawking nationwide.
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Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Ericson
Junkin
Hayward
Ray
Poweshiek
Local residents report recent visits and a heavy blizzard
Mrs Jas Lovelace of Kellogg suffers a severe grip attack. Miss Leana Wherry returns home after a week with her sister. Mrs Nellie Carpenter ends a visit with Mrs W G Scott and heads to Des Moines. Perry Coon and wife visit Kellogg in‑laws. Rev C C Harrah visits the capital. L R Maytag of Laurel visits Newton. The season's biggest snow storm and a long blizzard hit the area last Saturday.
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Mra
Jas. Lovelace
Kellogg Township
Leana Wherry
Grinnell
Melvin Poage
Nellie Carpenter
W.G. Scott
Des Moines
Perry Coon
Kellogg
Persistent Coughs Needs Energetic Treatment After Remedies
A cough that lingers despite remedies calls for energetic and sensible care. For twenty five years the standard remedy involved cod liver oil, reflecting older medical practice.
ScottT's Emulsion: a remedy for throat and lung complaints
ScottT's Emulsion claims to cure throat and lung affections with partially digested cod liver oil to strengthen the system, hypophosphites as a tonic, and glycerine to soothe irritation. The wrapper features a man and fish, with 0c. and $1.00 pricing for purchase at druggists and chemists in New York.
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Scott
New York
The Liar Rivalry Of Tom Pickett And Jack Schuyler
In a Pottsville tale a Pottsville major and a lieutenant colonel who resembled each other recall a lifelong feud fueled by mutual lies. At Fallon house the pair are depicted as rival liars, each blaming the other for past misdeeds while veterans recount their shared army days and a running joke about who tells the truth.
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Wes
Jack Schuyler
Pennsylvania
Col
Fallon
Jack” Schuyler
Pottsville
Came Cavalry
Jack
Fallon House
Ton” Pickett
Tom Pickett
Tom
Kansas City Times
Meadville Window Inscription Tied to Booth Lincoln Death
An 1864 Meadville incident reports John Wilkes Booth registering at the McHenry house and a window pane inscribed Abe Lincoln deputed this life Aug. 13 1864 by the effects of poison. After Lincoln’s assassination the pane was framed and signed, later given to the War Department by Miss Mary McHenry.
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John Wilkes Booth
Meadville
McHenry House
Booth
War Department
Mary McHenry
Dress and Perfume for the Wardrobe
A piece on harmonizing scent with attire urges women to use sachets for wardrobes and accessories. Light fabrics suit delicate apple blossom notes, while heavy materials call for stronger fragrances like rose or violet. Sandalwood sachets are cited as proper for cloth, with trendy sachets in varied sizes for veils, boxes, wardrobes, and even slippers.
Paris Medical Schools Set Exclusion Plan
Paris authorities announce that foreigners who are not bachelors of arts or sciences will be barred from Paris medical schools due to overcrowded laboratories and insufficient subjects for dissection. The measure targets non BA/BS applicants to curb overcrowding and resource strain in medical education.
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Paris
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