Annexation mood grows for British West Indies to United States
St Kits leads a plebiscite push for annexation amid Jamaica Jamaica discussants and West Indian papers oppose the move. Proposals cite unjust British rule costly administration coastal proximity and rising U S sugar demand as motives for joining the United States.
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British West Indies
United States
Andrew Carnegie
British West Inc
Philippines
Jamaica
Jelands
Cuba
Porto Rico
Island
St. Kits
Hus
St. Mitts
St. Tus
Great Britain
Ielande
Outside Market Study Signals German Sugar Export Dilemma
A German export trade report from Consul Diederich to the alate department highlights that Germany must find external markets for two thirds of its beet sugar production. The data show post 1877 stability and a surge in early 1890 exports to the United States and England, with US declared sugar values reaching 3,739,994 dollars in Q1.
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Alate
Conant Henry Diede
Magdeburg
Germany
Diederich
Jan
Tate
England
United States
Magdeurg
Hamburg
Danzig
Brettin
Courageous Letter From Soldier's Sweetheart Moves Secretary
A South Pennsylvania infantryman on duty abroad faced discharge due to illness and homesickness. His devoted sweetheart wrote Secretary Alger proposing three options, including her own enlistment to take his place, if allowed. Alger promptly ordered the soldier discharged and praised the woman for her selfless sacrifice.
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Ceckly
South Pennsylvania Infantry
Parlip Place
Magk
Alger
Philippine
Gen
Otis
Uncle Sam
Indians Name Chief From Pottawatomie Band
About 100 Potawatomi people held a council near Hartford Michigan to select an honorary chief. The meeting under a large pine tree formed a circle around the council tree as two veteran candidates stood to be voted for. John Mix, a Pokagor, was declared chosen and hailed as our old war chief by some youths.
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Michigan
Télnup
Hartford
Mich
Morcet
Batlat
Jolu Mix
Counell
Loaned baby found at last in Muncie after 20 years
Mrs Mary Williams of Muncie Indiana learns her long lost daughter, loaned to a theatre company as a baby, has been identified. A friend’s tip in Pennsylvania led to proof of identity. The mother plans to take her daughter home and resume residence there.
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Mary Williama Bow
Munele
Tad
Jwil Yama
Muncie
Hybrid Wheat Study Prompts London Hybridists Meeting
Prof H J Webber of the US Department of Agriculture calls for European attendance at a Royal Horticultural Society hybridists meeting in London. He will meet experts in Britain and England where breeders claim a new hybrid wheat offers hardiness and high yield. Gorton Bros claim decades of wheat experiments, aiming to sell to Britain, the Americas, and governments, though price concerns remain. An American agent found the wheat's promise exceptional and the government may purchase to distribute to farmers.
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H. J. Webber
Department of Agriculture
Europe
London
Royal Horticultural Society
Webber
England
Gorton Bros
Amirtau
United States
Spinning Metal Invention by Cleveland Chemist Bevington
Cleveland inventor Jemca H. Bevington completes a device for spinning metal tubes at 1500 rpm heating by friction to mold tubes into desired shapes. The tool uses held steel jaws to gauge width while maintaining circular form, promising major changes in metal manufacturing. Mention of female sailors in Denmark, Norway, and Finland appears as context.
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Jemca H. Bevington
Cleveland
Stopping Digestion Observed In X Ray Cat Study
A Munich doctor reported that X rays on a cat stomach show digestion halts when irritated by a nearby live mouse. The experiment implies that stress interrupts digestion in humans as a takeaway lesson for diners.
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Fritz Lange
Munich
Lange
All Hope Abandoned Over Paris Shipwreck
Second Vice President Jomea A. Wright of International Navigation says owners have given up the Paris on the Manaels rocks off Cornwall. Insurance on the cargo totals about 2 to 4 million with many New York firms among carriers. recovery of the freight remains uncertain as costs and assessments are noted.
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Jomea A. Wright
International Navigation Company
Manaels Rocks
Cornwall
Paris
Wright
Johnson and Higgins
Furance
New York
Atti
Train Schedule Fragments for Boerne Kerrville Houston and More
A historical timetable lists routes from San Antonio and Aransas with Boerne Kerrville Houston Rockport Corpus Christi and Alice. It shows daily and weekend departures from early morning to evening, including connections via International and Great Northern and Southern Pacific lines, plus San Antonio & Gulf Railroad timings with Stockdale.
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BASS
Boerne
Kerrvidle
Dam
Arrrva
Hoerne
Kerrvite Daliy
Houston
Cuero
Ween
Rockport
Corpus Christ
Alice
Pacifec
California
Eagle Pass
Mexico
Berio
BAN
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