Kansas Notes Highlight Diverse Local Dabbling and Deals
Kansas notes cover Salina Boston telephone rate at eleven dollars for five minutes Rialto county plans a forty thousand dollar courthouse Reno county moves forward with a new court, penitentiary dividend declared, and a wheat of oddball trivia from Gaylord to Topeka. The piece mentions cattle, dairy value shifts, banks converted to a national charter, and a Topeka exposition push. It also notes university figures, law cases, political conventions, and a father chasing his daughter across several states.
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Salina
Boston
Reno County
State
Kansas
Sheldon
Dick Clark
Gaylord
Kansas University
Garden City
Nortonville
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Wellington
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Emporia
N. A. Vyne
Eb Roosevelt
Santiago
Tyra
Jackson
Lengua O of Shuiehinson
Topeka
Pitt
Imperia
Povernament
Coburn
F. W. Blackatar
Vayis
J. W. Smith
Inman
Kent Murdock
Vopélia Comercial Ol
Dickinson
Leavenworth County
Mort Scott
Ang County
Wyandotte County
George Winter
Mankato
Minni
Protective Tariff Defense in Iron and Steel Debate
The piece argues that large profits and high prices in iron and steel stem from American prosperity under protection. It rebuts free trader claims that the tariff robs the public, asserting American mills are overworked, orders are robust, and widespread work eliminates charity. It cites the Dingley law as key to industry growth and domestic employment.
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Frick
Carnegie Company
Agreeably Surprised Wage Increase at Paterson Mill
Five hundred wage-earners at Barbour Minx Spinning in Paterson New Jersey received two pay envelopes on pay day one with the usual pay and a 5 percent raise the other with an explanation that profits rose and workers would share in prosperity. The move marks a voluntary profit sharing by employers amid McKinley era prosperity and contrasts with Cleveland tariff reform days.
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Paterson
N. J
Barbour Minx
McKinley
Charity Should Begin and Rod at Home Quote
A truncated quotation asserts that charity should start at home, arguing it is better to begin locally than to claim charity should begin anywhere else. The fragment contrasts idealism with practical starting points in charitable effort.
Proof of Prosperity in Unemployment Decline
The Wilkesbarre Record argues industrial prosperity rose after 1899, noting New York unemployment fell from over 25 percent to under 2 percent as the Wilson Gorman era waned and the Dingley act took effect. It asserts nationwide improvement, with Pennsylvania matching New York and only regions with excess unskilled labor still facing idle workers.
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United States
New York
New York Labor Bureau
Wilson- Gorman
Pennsylvania
Wilkesbarre
A Timely Rescue Reflection on Shipping Policy
The Minneapolis Tribune argues for strengthening ocean liner programs like St Paul and New York to aid national defense. It warns against bias toward liners at the expense of freighters, stressing that ocean commerce and protectionist shipping policies should go hand in hand.
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New York
Congress
Minneapolis Tribunel
A Vindication of the Vote Amid Stable Wages
A Cleveland Leader editorial argues voters will resist calls for change as wages and employment appear strong. It suggests only a blind observer would deny the adequacy of current conditions and implies reform is unwarranted given stable prosperity.
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Cleveland
Debs Calls Prosperity a Ghastly Lie Says Lies Spread
A World editorial from Lawrence Kansas ridicules Debs and his stance, declaring prosperity a ghastly lie and urging readers to mix more ghastiiness with their lies for collective happiness. The piece mocks socialist rhetoric and laments perceived deceit in national discourse.
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Debs
Lawrente
Kan
Trade With Great Britain Showcases American Growth
Analysis of U S and United Kingdom trade conditions shows strong growth in cotton mills across the south and expanded northern output. Despite rising imports of cotton goods from Britain in 1899, the tariff cannot curb the cotton trust as wages and incomes push demand for imports. Pig iron imports surge while manufactured steel and specific textiles decline. machinery imports rise due to cotton and woolen textile manufacture. The overall message is robust American manufacturing growth and near world leadership in trade, with protection expected to secure first place. Chicago Inter Ocean.
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United States
United Kingdom
Great Britain
American’cotton Trust
Chicago Inter Ocean
Note on lumber trade prospects and tariff impact
C Baker of Baker Brothers Lumber Co Plattsburg says the lumber market is unusually prosperous with rising prices and ample demand. He notes high activity despite price increases and contrasts this with earlier times when a surplus market and idle mills prevailed, urging awareness of tariff reform versus continued prosperity.
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C. Baker
Baker Brothers’ Lumber Company
Plattsburg
Wilson
Reason for Confidence in 1900 Prosperity
The piece argues that despite a common view of presidential years hurting business, 1900 shows stronger early business than 1898 or 1899. Merchants expect higher national trade, confidence in continued protection for American industry, and no threat to favorable policy. It predicts ongoing national prosperity in presidential and other years.
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Bette Business
What to Expect from the Republic in Party Prosperity
The present prosperity of the country has not relaxed efforts by the Republican administration and Congress to boost and sustain prosperity. The people know from experience that they can always expect prosperity from the Republic in party.
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Congress
Sonora
Cal
Dixie Will Learn Industrial Growth Principles
The Peoria Journal notes the south’s industrial growth puzzles opponents of national policies and asserts that in time Dixie will learn to appreciate the principles behind its industrial prosperity.
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South
Dixie
Peoria (Il
Pigmy white camels inspire reverence in western Persia
In the western part of Persia a small snow white camel breed is common and revered by locals. These diminutive animals, noted for their pigmy size, are regarded with special esteem due to their unusual appearance.
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Persia
Teeth Made From Paper Claim in Dentistry
A peculiar process renders teeth from paper superior to other materials though many prefer natural teeth. The article hints health of the stomach influences dental condition and suggests Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to cure constipation dyspepsia and biliousness for better teeth and happiness.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Scrofula Case in DC Child
Mrs Netrin Cuase of 47 K St N E recalls her 16 month old son’s rash and neck swelling misdiagnosed as measles and mumps. After four months of medicine and two drainings the sore worsened. A neighbor’s tale led to Hood's Sarsaparilla, which improved the boy then cured his neck and halted recurrence with continued use.
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Washington, D. C
Hood
Netrin Cuase
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