Annual League of American Wheelmen Meet At Asbury Park
The national meet draws nearly 3,000 cyclists from across the Union. Denver wins best dressed club prize while Miss Kitty Inox, a light mulatto woman, earns best cycling dress. The piece praises widespread cycling enthusiasm, notes moral exhortations, and discusses summer living tips, maritime border issues, and varied topics from bull fights to vivisection concerns in schools.
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League of American Wheelmen
Asbury Park
Union
Atlantic Coast
Denver
Lady Eyelers
Boston
Kitty Inox
Moet
Prances Willard
L. A.W
League
Spain Sends More Troops In Cuba Than Britain In Revolution
Spain has poured more troops into Cuba to quell the rebellion than Britain sent to put down the American Revolution, yet the task remains unfinished and no quick prospect of success. Britain had no yellow fever to combat. Light breakfasts in heat ease worries and digestion. The iron trade serves as the real prosperity index, with iron markets rising since mid May and lifting other trades as well.
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Cuba
Spain
Britain
Great Britain
British East Africa sold to British government for Uganda railroad
The British East Africa company sold its possessions to the English government, which plans to build a northward railway to the province of Uganda. The new colony spans about 1,000,000 square miles in eastern Africa with a 400 mile coast, reaching Victoria Nyanza and the Congo Free State. England bets on railroads to claim Africa, while New York eyes a botanic garden, with Washington and St Louis already hosting one.
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Canada
United States
Alaska
America
Portland Channel
Behm Channel
British America
Yukon Basin
England
British East Africa Company
Uganda
Great Britain
Africa
Victoria Nyanza
Congo Free State
Enghind
New York City
Washington
St. Louis
Union
Elevated bicycle paths a citywide idea for the future
In time city streets will boast cycle paths for workers and pleasure riders. The concept envisions elegant ironwork elevated routes above sidewalks, not near windows or light obstructions, offering practical and ornamental transport corridors.
The Manitoba School Question Debate and Split
The piece discusses the Manitoba public school fund and the conflict over funding Catholic parochial schools. It notes New York and U S precedents, Manitoba's law to fund only the state school, Catholic appeals to Ottawa, jurisdiction disputes, and hints at possible secession from the Canadian confederation as a solution, raising whether other provinces would allow it.
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Manitoba
Canada
Our Republic
New York State
United States
Gneliy
Incoming government revenue up despite new bond tax
The article notes higher expected revenues this year from whisky and sugar taxes while acknowledging a projected treasury deficit of 845,000,000 for the coming fiscal year. It suggests Congress must choose between more borrowing or higher taxes, amid shifts in fiscal policy and tax expectations.
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Treasury
Congress
Burglars Not Found Yet Fire Burns Man’s 76
A Pennsylvania man hid his $76 in an upstairs stove after fearing burglars. His mother in law started a fire in the deserted stove the next morning, burning the money. The man slept unaware until the fire consumed the cash. It was a cold damp morning and no burglars appeared.
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Rical
Jake
Pennsylvania
Public Hangings and School Pride Across Cities
A historical commentary notes public executions as barbaric and criticizes spectator crowds. It contrasts Chicago with New York, highlighting Chicago’s larger public school enrollment and stronger civic faith, while condemning elitist attitudes toward access to public education.
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New York
Chicago
Max Nordan
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Rice
America
Kentucky Distillers Boost Whisky Through 1896 Despite Corn Loss
The article notes lower internal revenue due to last year’s corn crop failure and reduced whisky production, yet Kentucky’s leading distillers will increase whisky output through June or July 1 1896. They currently hold 65,000,000 gallons of stock unsold. Whisky itself is not scarce despite the corn shortfall.
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Kentucky
Circulating Art Collections and a Western Movement
In The Forum Mr Hamlin Garland describes the Central Art Association of America formed a year ago to circulate pictures sculpture bronzes and other art objects through small western cities. Lectures and courses accompany exhibitions and dues are $1 annually. Artists loan works, benefiting from national promotion. The writer urges including homes furnishings and cottage plans to replace ugly rural housing as a national need.
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Hamlin Garland
America
Central Art Association of America
The New Illuminating Gas Discovery by Mr T L Wilson
The article recounts T L Wilson making acetylene by fusing chalk and charcoal in an electric furnace and pouring the hot mass into water. He notes acetylene’s bright illumination and potential low-cost production, with caveats about explosion risk and transport limits. It also mentions Georgia’s large peach crop and Connecticut's surprising peach and tobacco production, ending with a sly adage about paying as you go.
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T. L. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
The Outlook mocked for decrying cheap journalism
The passage defends daily newspapers against The Outlook editorials calling cheap journalism. It argues readers gain more real news and vitality from newspapers than from costly periodicals, praising Robert Grant’s rise via press coverage and condemning searing critiques of journalism.
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Vir
Walter Page
Forum
Robert Grrant
Robert Grant
Goto
Oklahoma gold boom fades as miners leave camps
Reports from 1870s era Oklahoma describe a feverish rush near Boggy and Turkey creeks south west of Arapahoe with Golden town springing up and skeletons found on a hill. Most prospectors fail. only a few stay for modest gains while merchants profit. Other notes mention German medals for long servitude, frosts harming Michigan Ohio peaches, strong fruit yields nationwide, and proposed beer tax before the next Congress.
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Oklahoma
Turkey Creeks
Arapahoe
Guthrie
Golden
War prospects in the orient and Japan Russia clash
The article discusses Russia pressuring Japan to withdraw from the Chinese mainland before indemnities are paid, noting a potential choice between war with Russia or domestic rebellion. It argues war with Russia may draw in Europe and suggests the war in the Orient may not be over yet.
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Russia
Japan
Orient
Europe
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Exposition Grounds
Sone
Supreme Court of California
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Stambuloff
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Stambu- Joff
Searcely
Stambuilott
Stambulott
James R. Garfield
James A. Garfield
Garfields
Ohio
James Sr
James A
Williams College
James R
Georgia
Connecticut
Oklholmasa Gold
Germany
Anhalt
Michigan
W. R. Ciesnutt
Chesnutt
Madison Street
J. A. Undertaker
Corrigan
West 40Th ST
Humboldt Park
Ss. Ss. Metzler
Washtenaw Avenue
Cosmopolitan Pharmacy
G. Fernitz, JR
Viking Building
North Ave
North Washtenaw Ava
Telephone
Deutsche Apotheke
Skandinavisk Apothek
R. Reasner & CO
West North Avenue
North Washtenaw
Humboldt Park Safety Deposit Company
Herring Hall Marvin Co
W. North Avenue
T. J. Thompson
Sec'y
Mgr
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