Tennessee Exposition Opens With McKinley Button Ceremony
The Tennessee Centennial Exposition opens in Nashville with President McKinley pressing a button in the White House telegraph link to launch vast machinery. Gov. Taylor and state officials welcome guests as banners adorn the city and the White City of the South prepares for a grand dedication.
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Tennessee
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United Tes
Crawad
Exposition
Exposition Park
Nashville
Thos. F. Gsiler
Ternessee
Presdent Thomas
Exposition Association
Gov. Taylor
B.C. Lewis
Thomas
McKinley
Centennial Exposition Opening Draws Crowds to Nashville
Beside the dismantled Fort Negley heights crowds arrive by train and wagon along the Tennessee turnpike for the exposition dedication. Families camp with food, hotels expand to host guests, while ceremonies feature Gilbreath and Dr. Price, with Delsarte drill and patriotic songs. President McKinley activates the electric display in Washington as a fireworks spectacle lights Lake Wautauga shore. Knights of the Ancient Essense Order march citywide, marking a grand centennial opening amid civic pomp. Charles A. Rufus faces jail in Washington over alleged naturalization falsifications in an imposture case.
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Neville
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Wautauga
Knights of the Ancient Essence Order
United States
Iowa Legislature Nears Tax and Insurance Bill Reforms
The Senate and House move on tax le vies including a four mill county levy and a possible one mill poor tax. Proposals on insurance company taxation for foreign and U S firms are advanced along with adjustments to dividend limits and a cigarette policing bill. The legislature debates criminal code changes and a Sunday baseball exemption, while Gov Drake seeks a plan to curb hog cholera with federal aid and coordinated state action.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
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Wilson
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Martin
Acair
Insurance Conference Committee
Leggislature
James Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Ammedi
Ancient Dentistry Proves Old Fillings Existed Says Dentist
Dr A O St Amand of Philadelphia asserts ancient dentistry is real and cites a letter from Dr Harry Jeffries in Egypt. The note describes examining a tomb tooth with ironlike material and seeks evidence on early fillings. tests by St Amand found no substance that could act as a historic filling.
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46Th
Pine Streets
Philadelphia Record
Harry Jeffries
St. Amand
Egypt
Historical Society
Jeffries
Delur
St Anidnd
Not Fitted for the Work Mushroom Gathering Lament
A London youth receives an invitation to visit the country for a mushroom gathering. His jokey reply says he cannot come as he would be no use at gathering mushrooms and cannot drink. An Up-to-Date note mentions Madrid sanitary conditions with births and deaths tallies for a week in January.
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Lomioner
London
Jack
Becos
Paign
United States
Municipal Election Reflections and Tariff Debate
The article surveys Western city returns in Cincinnati Cleveland Detroit and Chicago where Democratic gains are attributed to local issues rather than a national shift. It argues fusion with the Populists is dead in Kansas and critiques tariff policy, Japan's stance on gold, trade failures, and the push for American shipbuilding to protect wages and employment.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
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Canter Harrison
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Topeka
Labor Bureau of Pennsylvania
McKinley
Congress Passes Indian Lands Bill Amid Oil Lease Debates
The House completed the Senate amendments to the England appropriation bill and sent it to conference. Debate centered on opening Accompahgre Lodian reservation under miner laws, with an amendment to lease lands in limited areas and terms. Other items included a Grant tomb dedication committee, adjournment plans, and discussions on Indian land leases and boundary issues with Mexico.
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