Majors Plans Regiment If War With Spain Breaks Out
In case of war with Spain the irrepressible Tom Majors of Nebraska will enlist a regiment. President McKinley demands Spain withdraw troops and flag from Cuba and grant independence. Ex Gov Morrill of Kansas once spoke of creating the world’s largest orchard as his memory monument. His farm will plant 65 000 fruit trees mostly apples under a stipulation.
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Spain
Tom Majors
Nebraska
McKinley
Cuba
Morrill
Kansas
Mormon proselyting surge spans states and South
A North Carolina paper notes unprecedented Mormon activity with over 200 elders in the state making converts. Converts are reportedly shipped to Utah promptly as the church expands across major cities and southern states.
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South
North Carolina
Utah
Heat Devastates Australian Colonies Amid Bush Fires
Reports describe extreme heat drying wells and rivers, vast farm losses, and towns burned away, with cattle, sheep, fish, and unknown human casualties. The piece condemns Spanish cruelty and urges U S action for Cuban independence, interspersed with a Benkleman Chronicle anecdote of a Spaniard in the sand hills.
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Australia
President delays message amid Cuba war worry
Congress expected a presidential message by Wednesday but delays suggest it may not come before Monday or at all. Reports cite General Lee in Havana advising that about two thousand Americans on the island cannot be moved out before Sunday and Madrid signals a chance war might be averted. General Lee reportedly leaves Havana Saturday as Woodford party departs Madrid.
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Cuba
Spain
United States
Congress
Lee
Havana
Madrid
Woodford
Two Voices. A Southern Volunteer
A Civil War veteran reflects on fighting with Stonewall Jackson and Lee, and his reluctance to wage new war while recalling his past battles with Sherman and the Boys in Blue. He emphasizes his white hair and enduring raisin as the Union contemplates conflict.
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Stonewall
Lee
Union
Sherman
Atlanta Constitution
Two Nations One Nation Still United
A poem recalling Civil War brothers in arms from the North and South who fought side by side, then reconciled. The speaker urges unity against a common foe as age and time pass, ending with readiness to serve again. The piece reflects national memory from the Minneapolis Journal.
Chicago man proposes two dollar coin certificates as compromise
A Chicago man proposes circulating medium certificates redeemable half in gold and half in silver. The supreme court decision states a railroad crossing is dangerous and anyone negligent must notice that risk and exercise ordinary care when approaching and crossing the track.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
Promises Kept Under McKinley Era Highlighted by Growth
The speech notes increased currency circulation by over fifty million and gold by over thirty seven million. It cites a new tariff law now in effect, rising treasury receipts, revived industries, and farm price improvements. It praises McKinley and Mark Hanna as driving leaders for forty years.
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McKinley
Mark Hanna
Grand Old Party
McKrrricx
Benn Pitman Phonographic Institute Ad
The Benn Pitman System offers self instruction in phonography with the ELF TAUGHT study. Over 355000 sold and thousands mastered it. Send postal card for catalog and free information. price 1.25 includes Phonographic Reader and Copy Book. Cincinnati company claims World Fair prize and US Bureau of Education endorsement.
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Horthand
Benn Pitman
Jerome B. Howard
U.S. Bureau of Education
the Phonographic Institute CO
W. 4Th St
Cincinnati
Ohio
The Greatest Book of the Agry Offered in Various Editions
An advertisement listing The Greatest Book of the Agry with authors including Gladstone Sayce and Hale. Shows full page illustrations, edition options, prices, and sale through bookstores. Details editors and publishers Henry Shepard of Monroe Street, Chicago Illinois.
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William Fwart Gladstone
Ireland
A. H. Sayce
Queen's College
Oxford
Samuel Ives Curtiss
Chicago
Theolox Minery
Frederic We A
Canterbury
Vaneton
Til
T. Moora
Christan Commonwealth
Wilkinson
Roars "Hurt
Ity
J. Monrodhieon
Ai T. Pyerinn Church
London
Eng
Fev
Cimer
Tdi the
Pemple, Weston
Mase
Halt Levant
le Bet
Furl Levant
Henry Shepard
Blisher
Monroe Street
Choten Illinois
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Benkleman
Benkleman ‘Chronicle
Southern
Manassas
Roslin
Stonewall Jackson
Free
Vicksburg
Southland
Minneapolis
AGRY
the People’s Bible History
Cardui
Ladies’ Advisory Department
Kattanooga Medicine Co
Chatta
Louisa
Jefferson, Ga
Conde
Tos
Ad. Sterling
Montreal
Druggists
New York
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