World News and Political Snippets From Historic Dispatches
A collage notes Spanish troops leaving Cuba at 2000 per month and President McKinley predicting Congress will be out of session soon. It includes opinions on Hawaii annexation, women's admission to the University of Georgia, and reactions to the Dingley tariff. Also mentions Roosevelt era topics and political commentary across cities like Baltimore and Boston.
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Cuba
McKinley
Congress
Then and Now Foretold Prosperity From Tariffs
A passage recalls prior claims by the New York Press that a Republican victory would open mills and bring prosperity, noting those promises failed to materialize. It labels the later tariff forecast as unreliable and suggests the press cannot be trusted to forecast the economy.
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New York
Bryan Calls for Organization to Counter Trusts
William Jennings Bryan spoke in New York urging unity and organization to resist growing trusts and combines. He warned monopolies threaten citizens rights and that coordinated action is needed to prevent their overpowering the nation.
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William Jennings Bryan
New York
Bryan
Have They Done Their Duty The Tariff Debate
A commentary questions Democratic Senators for not vocally opposing the tariff bill. It argues the minority bears responsibility in a representative government and predicts the party may soon face difficulties in defining its stance as the issue continues to divide the nation.
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Baltimore News
Supremacy of the South in iron and steel growth
The South is urged to rise to iron and steel dominance, with The New York Financier cited as a source. A London syndicate led by Reginald West plans to invest in southern coal and industry, asserting the South offers better inducements than Pennsylvania for development.
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New York
Bureau of Information
South
Reginald West
London
Pittsburg
West
Birmingham
Pennsylvania
Foreign capital eyes southern investment growth
The text argues that foreign capital is recognizing the South as a safe, profitable center for investment. It signals that the region is becoming a hub for capital inflows and highlights expected timeframes for investment activity.
Harding Refuses Visitors at Biltmore Estate Stirring Asheville Scene
The Asheville mansion of Vanderbilt at Biltmore faced friction when Harding, acting as host in the proprietor's absence, stated he dislikes newspaper men. He later relented after President McKinley asserted reporters with the presidential party were guests. Critics say Harding is an arrogant host, with many similar Hardings seen as petty.
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BJ. Harding
Asheville
Vanderbilt
Mr. H Harding
Mr. Harding
Hardings
Africa's Monte Cristo Barney Barnato Ends Career by Jump
The South African financier Barney Barnato known as the Diamond King died by suicide off a ship after sailing from Cape Town to Southampton. Born Isaaca Barnato, he rose from a Whitechapel ragpicker's son to vast wealth through African gold shares and speculative ventures. His London life featured lavish wealth, a $1,000,000 mansion, and social ascent, but a major loss of $15,000,000 in backing the Barnato Bank Mining Estate. Sir Edgar Vincent helped him enter European finance, earning him the nickname modern Monte Cristo. His death marks a meteoric career end.
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Barney Barnato
Diamond King
Iby
Cape Town
Southampton
England
Isaaca
Whitechapel
London
Barnate Bank
Wich Estate Corporation
Piccadilly
Edgar Vincent
Monte Cristo
Bulawayo to Feature Rhodes Sculpture and Aqueduct Plan
Notes and opinions mention a British sculptor Tweed to model Cecil Rhodes in a Bulawayo square. The Australian Legislature approves a $12,500,000 aqueduct project to supply 6,000,000 gallons of water daily to the Coolgardie gold mines.
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Bulawayo
Cecil Rhodes
Tweed
Coolgardie
Grant denies report on Mexican concessions for gambling resort
Jesse Grant rejects claims that his concessions in Mexico were meant to create a gambling resort like Monte Carlo. Dorothy Howard, noted Indiana eccentric, left 175 dresses after her death. A Belfast Presbyterian clergyman's will required each son to pay 2500 for smoking. courts declared the clause invalid.
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Jesse Grant
Mexico
Monte Carlo
Dorothy Howard
Indiana
Belfast
Bargain Surplus Invades Men’s Suits and Coats
A flood of low prices floods the store with men’s suits and coats at astonishingly small sums. Offers include double breasted navy serge coats up to size 42, wool plaid suits, pure wool Cheviot garments, and young men’s suits, with many pieces under a dollar. The seller blames a manufacturer’s cash need for the extraordinary deals.
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Red Rock
Young Men's Glerant Cheviot Suits At Six Eight
Fancy plaid suits for young men offer handsome designs not tied to any tailor. Made of pure wool Glerant Cheviot, stylish cuts, trim finishing, unprecedented bargain at only six eighty eight.
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Nobby Brown
Wash Sator Suits Offer Ends Soon for Tile Workers
The west window advertises Wash Sator Suits as a money saving stroke for tile men, priced at twenty three cents and limited to orders 2 to 8, with a note to act while supplies last.
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Anlek
Childrenswear Ad Highlights Sizing and Quality Fabrics
An ad details handsome sailor suits with extra large collars and long blouses in choice wash fabrics. It notes unparallele caalit sizes to age 10 and mentions plaid suits for children sizes 8 to 16 with double seats and knees, patent bands and tape seams. Another record breaker for the One Thirty-Nine.
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