Statehood Issue Sparks Oklahoma Indian Territory Push
The statehood question dominates as Congress may shift to admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Debates focus on whether to combine or separate Oklahoma and Indian Territory, while Arizona and New Mexico are urged to wait. Public figures argue for rapid admission of the two ready territories despite differing views on the four southwest lands.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Congress
House
Senate
Southwest Territories
Pelle Alite
Yatai
Oklahoma
Indian ‘Territory
Indian Territory
The Royal Crown Of England A Glass Of Diamonds
A narrator catalogs the royal crown’s stones and value, noting twenty diamonds at 7500 each, two large center stones at 10000 each, fifty four smaller diamonds, crosses with 60 000 value, and extensive sets of pearls and diamonds totaling near half a million dollars. He laments the loss of his wife’s relative and weeps for her.
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England
Miss Liang of Chinese Legation Charms Washington Society
A seventeen year old daughter of Chinese Minister Liang frequents social events at the Chinese Legation in Washington. She moves with ease through theatres and shops, enjoys American company, and accompanies her father on drives, becoming a popular figure among Washington society ladies. The article also notes Mark Twain at seventy entertaining authors at a New York banquet, with his humorous reflections on aging and life.
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Weabington
Chengtung Liang Shang
Liang
America
Zazeee
Ster
Eprieces
Epson
Rener
Washington
Minsane
New York
Mark Twain
Clemens
Chicago Strikes Cost City Millions Amid Police Payments
The recent teamsters strike in Chicago drained city finances as funds meant for public improvements were diverted to cover extra police protection and emergency debt. Officials retired $2,000,000 bonds and reissued them for general use while a $365,000 deficit funded police costs and defense of property, with indirect losses to merchants, railways, and citizens. The piece notes broader harms beyond mere dollars in a costly labor conflict.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Ring for Two Throne Miss Strong Nabs Louis Philippe Ring
Miss Josephine Strong former private secretary to Congressman Hawley possesses a diamond ring once owned and worn by Louis Philippe king of France. The ring carries a rare history tied to Philippe’s exile in America including a winter in Zanesville Ohio.
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Josephine Strong
Washington
Hawley
Louis Phillipe
France
Phillipe
Zanesville
Ohio
American Land Monopoly and the Homestead Act Debate
A critical view traces land monopoly in the West to the homestead and desert land acts. It argues the commutation clause enables private interests to seize public lands, urging reform to require longer residence, actual improvement, and to curb corporate landholding while stressing the goal of homemaking for citizens.
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Ireland
England
America
West
President
Public Lands Commission
Gen Neville lends prince money for Paris trip amid royal ring tale
A colonial era tale recounts Gen Morgan Neville lending $800 to a Bourbon claimant to reach Paris, the prince returning the favor by gifting a pear shaped diamond ring. The story ties into debates on land law, noting changes to the commutation clause and concerns over entrymen proving up titles to secure mortgages and groceries for farming.
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Morgan Neville
France
Bourbon
Paris
Gen. Neville
Visipe
Mise Strong
New Orleans
Phillipe
Gen Neville
Royal Palace
Congress
Into the Earths Bowels at Bendigo Gold Mine
Readable text notes a Bendigo Australia gold mine claimed to be 3 900 feet deep, described as among the deepest in the world along with a cryptic reference to a unit of measurement. The fragment mentions Milne and an unclear claim about global depth ranking.
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Bendigo
Australia
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