Filibusters of Venezuela Chapter XI A Clash for Power
In a castle there is a tense confrontation as General Salvarez defies King Philip of Aragon. Americ an medworth Tempest and others question loyalties while Mattazudo rallies followers. Jacinta pleads for her father as an execution looms set for noon with a midnight hope of salvation.
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Mattazudo
Philip
Don Juan
Francisco
Salvarez
Philip of Gomez
Gomez
Venezuela
Republic
Medworth
Pon Juan
Ant
Tempest
United States
Philip of Aragon
Pedro Francisco
Isona Maria
Jacinta
Pedro
Itush
King Necks and Brassaed Rites of Paloung Women
An officer on duty near Fort Stedman in the Shan Highlands, Burmah, reports a Paloung tribe practice where high rank women wear brass neck coils. A 12 year old girl was strapped as coils were hammered on, causing extreme pain. Women endure this deforming adornment, aided by water carriers to cool the heated rings.
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Fort Stedman
Shan Highlands
Burmah
London Sunday Magazine
Memory Shown by Young Canaries In Germany
Ida Shaper Hoxie discusses St. Andreasberg as The Singing Village of Germany and notes canaries mimic nightingales and human speech. She cites canaries trained from six weeks old keep songs despite absence from the parent birds. The piece ends with a moral proverb on unjust gains.
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St. Andreasberg
Ida Shaper Hoxie
Germany
Ladies’ Home Journal
No Public Support for Tariff Revision Debate
An old farmer ridicules free traders and defends protection, arguing tariff revision has little support outside reformers. Treasury data show strong export gains and reduced imports, with a large overall surplus, undermining calls for tariff changes. The dialogue notes rising domestic consumption and resilient industry as evidence.
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Republican Party
United States
Congress
Babcock
House of Congress
Treasury Department
Treasury
Complacent Uncle Sam Resting in Hammock
A fragment shows a narrator speaking with Uncle Sam resting in a hammock. The exchange notes a period of quiet, a “perfecto” cigar, and a claim that people have worked hard, suggesting a wartime or labor theme with satirical undertone.
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Uncle Sam
Trade's Rising Thermometer Would It Pay
The New York World argues free trade if foreign nations stop buying from us. Our foreign trade is rising, not falling, so it may be premature to push open the American market to foreign manufacturers. When trade declines, then consider whether it pays to exchange home market strength for foreign access.
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Providence
Liverpool
Sam
Ananias
New York
Free Trade Seen as Key to Ending Tariff War
Helena record argues free trade would curb a looming tariff war by crippling industries if left exposed to foreign competition. The piece asserts protective tariffs only built up present industries that now compete abroad on their own grounds.
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Helena
Mont
Decline in Railroad Receiverships Cited by Experts
The Railroad Age notes railroads in receivership dwindle to three carriers with about sixty miles of track, calling this the highest point of solvency yet reached. It warns tariff changes could push receiverships above one hundred again as in earlier years.
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Railroad Age
Union Pacific Excursion Reveals Rockies Rail Feat
About sixty newspaper men toured the Wyoming division of the Overland Route aboard a special train to view Union Pacific's improved line between Omaha and Ogden. The project cut 30 miles from the distance, reduced gradients and curves, and featured major embankments and tunnels built in under two years with bold leadership from Horace G. Burt.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
Brown Palace
Denver
Colo
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Omaha
Ogden
Buford
Bear River
Utah
Black Hills
Council Bluffs
Cheyenne
Laramie
Howell
Hutton
Laramie Plains
Cooper’s Lake
Lookout
Madivine Bow
Auill
Allen Junction
Duna
Rawlins
Tipton
Green River
Bryan
Leroy
Ames Monument
Sherman
Dale Creek
Bear River Valley
Sherman Branch
Lone Tree Creek
Horace G. Burt
Union Pacific Railroad
Devil's Slide
Weber Canyon
Wees
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Orinoco
King
Thomas
Rockies
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