Mark Twain quits England over jokes and laughs
The column notes Mark Twain will stop living in England, mocks laughter in London, and warns of growing warfare fears. It mentions Cecil Rhodes, a Puerto Rico post office robbery as a sign of American industry, and adds St Helena as a Boer prisoner site for Cronje until war’s end.
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London
Tom Paul
Noa
Pretoria
Cecil Rhodes
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Island
St. Helena
Napoleon
Cronje
South Atlantic
Africa
Ascension Island
Lafayette Monument Coin Raised By American Children
About a year after school children raised pennies for a Lafayette monument in Paris Congress ordered 50,000 silver souvenir dollars bearing Washington and Lafayette. On March 3 President Loubet of France received the first dollar from Mr Thompson secretary of the monument committee.
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America
Lafayette Monument Committee
Paris
General Lafayette
Congress
Washington
Lafayette
Loubet
France
Thompson
Monument Committee
Greenwood proposes sending colored Americans to the Philippines
Gen A G Greenwood argues the two hard US problems the colored people in the south and the Philippines can be solved by relocating African Americans to the Philippines. He claims they would welcome the move, thrive in the climate, and quickly mingle with Filipinos, using American education to rise in the new colonies.
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A. G. Greenwood
United States
South
Philippines
America
Scientist Tests Alcohol Effect On Latent Criminal Tendencies
Professor Cesare Lombrose conducted a controversial experiment on a man who claimed anarchists wanted him as an assassin for the King of Italy. After wine, the subject voiced threats. alcohol administration induced violent criminal impulses with memory gaps once sober.
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Cesare Lombrose
Italy
Lomtroso
Internal Migration in England and Wales study by Prof Flux
A Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society paper by Professor Flux analyzes net inward and outward movement across England and Wales between 1881 and 1893. Absorption is strongest in London suburbs and seaside watering places, with weaker districts in the south, Wales, the Scottish border, and parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Around 218,000 men and 201,000 women left their districts for other counties.
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Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
England and
Wales
Flux
London
Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Two Billion Dollar Milestone in U S Foreign Trade and Cash
The United States has crossed the two billion dollar mark in both foreign commerce and total money in circulation. Treasury reports show 1899 foreign commerce at 2,074,345,242 and February 1, 1900 money in circulation at 2,003,149,355 with per capita circulation rising to 25.98. The data highlight rapid monetary growth and imply shifts in economic views on protection and free trade.
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United States
Cobdenites
Bryanites
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Bureau of Loans and Currency
Segnmary of Commerce and Finance
New York
Treasury In
Actuary
The Lacs Vote and Labor in Prosperous Times
The Kansas City Journal argues the Republican gain this year will come from business men and farmers while labor loyalties waver. It recalls Harrison era shifts and cites Golden Rule Jones in Ohio as examples of unexpected labor support for Democrats despite prosperity and protectionist promises.
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Republican Party
Harrison
Ohio
Golden
Rule Jones
Mr. Jones
Kansas City
Ready for All comens Firm Basis of a Protected Market
The United States has moved from debtor to creditor nations thanks to foreign trade growth. Legislation aids manufacturing by ensuring a protected home market, with manufacturing exports expected to reach 400 million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, surpassing 380 million in 1899. Chicago Anter-Ocean notes Brown eyes seen as strongest by occulists.
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United States
Great Britain
Chicago
Abolition of Tariff Treaties Demands Senate Rejection
Washington Post criticizes reciprocal tariff treaties as a Pandora’s box that would complicate law and confuse producers. It warns the Dingley act arrangements overstep constitutional origin and urges Congress to abolish the High Thingabd plenipotentiary approach and let tariffs be set by Congress.
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Germany
Italy
Congress
France
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Podunk
Wayback
Possum
Washington Post
Work Mistead of Mischief
Dispatch from Louisville notes booming jeans trade with a 25 percent rise in shipments from January 1899. Eight or ten jean mills near Louisville share prosperity as factory orders for spring exceed prior records. The piece argues protective tariffs keep workers employed and preserve peace over free trade.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Wilson
Quote on robbery perception from Bryan and Shakespeare reference
An opinion cites Shakespeare and Bryan, arguing that a person who feels robbed without actual loss remains robbed, and that Bryan’s ongoing disasters show he seeks to make people believe they are being robbed rather than truly robbed.
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Shakespeare
Bryan
Rapid Growth of Cologne A Century Ago
A century past Cologne's population rose from 45 000 to 88 000 by 1850 and to 360 000 today. The surge is attributed to Rhine boat traffic and railways boosting trade and migration.
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Cologne
England's Armored Trains and Health Potions
An old advertisement-style claim likens England's armored trains to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It asserts the Bitters banishes indigestion constipation liver and kidney trouble and guards against recurrence, praising fifty years of proven results.
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England
Hoerss
Hostetter
No Man Should Give Up Smoking Two Cigars A Day
A fragment notes a man keeps two cigars daily, joked that quitting would deprive his wife of a reason for extravagance. It adds a quip about using Magnetic Starch for starching linen and observes the woman with the parcel appearing in the scene.
Gleanse and Blood Purification Promise Vital Health
Advertisement extols a spring medicine that claims thorough purification of the blood and complete renovation of the body. It asserts clearer blood, improved digestion, sharper appetite, and better kidney and liver function along with renewed mental and physical strength.
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