Washington Post notes and political chatter from 1897
A summary of assorted items: pensions in the Levant may pass, New York state estate tax bill signings, Zola's failed attempts to join the Wrench Academy, Mississippi floods funding appeal, Marquis of Eatonbury and the Ler ing Sea dispute, Senate voting chances, Kentucky’s new senator, Pennsylvania forest reserves bill, Stephen Crane remark about Miles, cotton exports to 1 426 000 bales, and New York Republican press on party control and likely defeat.
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Pennsylvania Senate
House
Wood pulp tax under Dingley bill sparks press alarm
The Atlanta Journal argues the proposed wood pulp duty raise from one to 3.66 dollars per ton amounts to a tax on intelligence. It warns higher costs will raise paper prices or shrink newspaper sizes, harming readers nationwide as pulp supply tightens and Canadian sourcing grows.
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The
Atlanta Journal
Canada
Capur
United Pities
United States
Tennessee Centennial Exposition Builds Toward Grand Celebration
The Tennessee Centennial Exposition aims for unqualified success as it marks Tennessee’s hundredth year in the Federal Union. Beginning in 1893 talks grew into a funded plan, with $50,000 from the Legislature and £130,000 from Congress, plus other gifts. A vast 100 acre park displays gardens, landscapes, and a striking array of facilities.
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Tennessee
Federal Union
Congress
Tennessee Exposition Praised for National Scale and Beauty
The Savannah News lauds an exhibition as a temple to progress rising from civil strife, comparing it to Philadelphia and Chicago expositions for completeness and architectural splendor. It urges broad support from the South and especially Tennessee residents.
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Savannah News
Nashville
Trade woes blamed on policy not famine says Herald opinion
A New York Herald declaration argues the nation faces trade hardship from policy, not famine or pestilence. It claims excess production and restricted markets depress sales and urges reform to avoid uniting Democrats and Republicans against reformist currents.
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New York Herald
Pie Wornlel
McKinley
Malumo
Demoocrats
Republicaans
Krings
Afth international congress of criminal anthropology in 1901 Amsterdam
Notes report the fifth international congress to be held in Amsterdam in 1901. British journals claim Queen Victoria offered homage to Mr Gladstone who refused. his grandson might inherit Hawkden estates. South Kensington galleries show Sunday secrecy as Wilson’s works are hidden behind green curtains per deed.
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Afth
Amsterdam
Jas Aenin
Gladstone
Teters
Hawkden
South Kensington Museum
Wilison
Wift
Great Store Cash Sale Brings Unprecedented Prices on Mens Pants
Crowds surge as Great Store unveils Phenomenal Money Saving Opportunities with rare prices on apparel from Standard Manufacture. Departments slash prices across both buildings, offering men’s pants in stout striped fabrics at forty seven to sixty nine cents and other styles at widely reduced rates, claiming best value yet.
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Totl
S&s
Morfott
Wesley
War House
Lectures on Religions by Penn Professor Brinton
Dr Daniel Brinton of the University of Pennsylvania is delivering lectures titled The Religions of Primitive Peoples. The Rev Henry Collin Minton Stuart of the San Francisco Theological Seminary is favored to become moderator of the next Presbyterian general assembly. Thomas G Bull of Pottsville Pa dies. he served as a member of the first defenders who answered Lincoln's call for troops and spoke to the President upon Washington.
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Daniel Brinton
University of Pennsylvania
Henry Collin Minton Stuart
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Presbyterian General Assembly
Thomas G. Bull
Pottsville
Lincoln
Wushington
Bull
Father Avraham
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Post
Trenceal Miles
Levant
Shiek
State of
New York
Zola
Wrench Academy
Mississippi
Washington Post
Marquis of Eakisbury
Lering Sea
United States Senate
Kentucky
Chicago Record
Stephen Crane
Thessaly
Miles
New Orleans Cotton Exchange Statement
Tennessee Exposition
Tor
Coe Seatuset Tor
Dal
Baltimo
Porgons
Cooke, Clark & CO
Norfolk, VA
Miller’s
K. F. Holmes & Co
Guaranterid.s Ll. Kost
Plume Strier
Irwin
E Xpress Company
Aianager
Water St
Glemma Nee Llaue LE
John S. Etheridge
Derry
Cuihep Sohesinur
Norfolk
Wortsmouth
Wade
It. John & Pvrridge
Promletoe
Mrs. Winslow
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