Venezuela dispute settled by arbitration and Monroe doctrine upheld
The Venezuela boundary dispute has been amicably settled with arbitration chosen by Lord Salisbury and Secretary Olney praised for diplomacy. The Monroe doctrine is affirmed as international law, extending U S protection of the Western Hemisphere. Economic optimism follows but a full recovery is not immediate.
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Great Britain
Venezuela
Lord Salisbury
United States
Sweden
Olney
McKinley First Private Soldier to Lead White House
Hon W. 5 Mesick and Congressman Sloot carried the district with about a 6000 vote majority amid Gratiot's strong free silver support. McKinley becomes the first White House occupant to have entered the army as a private.
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W. 5. Mesick
Sloot
Gratiot
McKinley
White House
Thanksgiving Proclamation is from Michigan Governor in 1896
The state executive proclaims Thursday November 26 as a day of Thanksgiving. Citizens are urged to set aside secular business, attend worship, and give to the poor, praising Providence for peace and prosperity. The document is dated November 9, 1896, Lansing. Kipling’s Rare Gift of Observation discusses Rudyard Kipling’s talent for local color and its reflection in Captain Courageous in McClure’s Magazine.
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Dun & Co
McKinley
Lee
Washington
Herbert
Wilson
Harmon
Lodge
Reed
Boston
Ian Maclaren
Rudyard Kipling
Stephen Crane
Andrew Carnegie
Theodore Roosevelt
Lyman Abbott
Lillian Nordica
Carl Schurz
Charles Dudley Warner
Burton Harrison
Columbus Ave
Mass
State OF Michigan
Capitol
Lansing
United States
Kipling
India
McClure
Dr Caldwell's Pepsin praised as cure for constipation
An ad touts Dr Caldwell's Pepsin as pleasant and potent for constipation, bile, and headaches. It claims Catarrh is climatic, endorses Ely's Cream Balm as effective, and lists a job notice seeking faithful women for a Michigan-based position with salary and permanent prospects.
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Dr. Caldwell
B.S. Wenn
Ely
Michigan
National
Star
Chicago
Belgian harrier Milo runs Antwerp to Brussels backward
A Belgian runner named Milo completed a backward march from Brussels to Antwerp and back to a Rue du Midi tavern. He wore boots with chess motifs and india rubber sole rings. Spectators failed to keep pace. only cyclists reached the end, amid commentary on walking backward’s novelty.
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Romuning
Milo
Antwerp
Brussels
Rue du Midi
India
Fearson's Weekly
Straphanging Woman Refuses Fare On Crowded Streetcar
A woman boards a crowded streetcar and stands as every seat is taken. The conductor, demanding fare, notes her struggle to reach her purse while the car sways. He then collects from a seated passenger under whom two young girls also sit, who do not pay.
Early Advertising Roots Across Civilized Times
The passage argues advertising is an ancient craft, tracing its origins to early mankind. It suggests ancient peoples such as Israelites and Greeks used public placards and proclamations to promote goods, beauty, or messages, highlighting advertisement as a long-standing civilization staple.
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Alma Resord
Published BY
Oo. F. Brown
C. F.brown
Congress
Cuba
Weyler
Cleveland
Spain
Bryan
Wasttmatos Garber
New York
Medler & Rogers
Dr. Hathaway
Darby, M. D
Moe
Commercial House
Dperte
Olsan
C. Davis
Rane
F. A. Kill Mar
Omerage Rivep Ale
Mich
R. D. Lemen
Sert Woodward
Real Emate
New School
Papa
3Us Mey RR
Elwell
Avieles
A. W. Snyder
V. Snyder
Sell Music
Howley, Haviland & Co
ANT Music House
Canada
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