Apple seeds and air weights and world trade notes
A fragmented 19th century miscellany mentions a seedless apple, high prices for trees, and the Shah of Persia’s prized pipes. It notes air weight, Irish working classes, Atlantic liner beverages, and royal visits to Fredensborg Castle with Princess Maria of Cumberland. Also local raft navigation risks near the Park coast and a Chicago investment plan. It details Chicago yards with extensive cattle, sheep, and hog capacities.
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Chicago
Beds and beds of tales across distant lands in era
An eclectic report notes lacking beds in Russia as households improvise with ovens and stoves while students gain bedding gradually. It highlights Cecil Rhodes’s fitness via riding and famed Cape Colony carvings, Canary Island talk via whistling from Gomera, Chicago women’s lodging house model offering work in exchange for lodging, and medical college experiments with a plant known as gull of the earth or rattlesnake's master.
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Russia
Women's Clube of
Chicago
Fifteam
Orarens
Chatanoogs Medical College
Horticultural Department
Clemson College
Charleston
D. C
Bryan Letter Shows Bold Contrast in 1896 Race
The column reviews William J. Bryan’s acceptance speech at Indianapolis praising directness and attacking McKinley and Republican policies. It highlights Bryan’s stance on imperialism, silver, trusts, labor arbitration, the Nicaragua canal, and direct legislation, noting his critique of the gold standard and calls for reform. It contrasts Bryan’s perceived honesty with McKinley’s alleged opportunism.
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William J. Bryan
Bis
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Bryan
Ufe
McKinley
Mark Haona
Jetter
Lanapolis
Snandalia
Republican Party
Truute
Department of Labor
Ir Pasenge
Nicaragua Canal
United States
The Heresy of Imperialism Argument by David Starr Jordan
A speech excerpt critiques imperialism, linking four enemies aristocracy militarism slavery and imperialism. It argues against expansionist rule and warns that admitting nonliberty ready peoples risks undermining self government and democratic principles.
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David Starr Jordan
Standford University
United States
Schiller
New England
Ariastocracy
India
Great Britain
Napoleon
France
Spain
la Priente
Josa
Philippines
Republican agnosticism in campaign rhetoric
The piece mocks Republican leaders and forces as stolid agnostics hiding behind shifting sand. Quotations from Hanna McKinley Roosevelt claim no trusts, no imperialism, and no militarism, while the party spellbinders promise secrecy with "now you see it and now you don't."
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Hanna
McKinley
Roosevelt
Protest Over Imperialism Echoes From McKinley Letter
The Baltimore Sun reports President McKinley’s acceptance letter declares no imperialism. Republicans loudly protest, arguing that an evil exists in palpable form, while denying the difference between Republican government and the regime in Puerto Rico and its potential spread to the Philippines.
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Baltimore Sun
McKinley
Porto Rico
McKinley Comment Probed Over Pekin Fag Reference
The Kansas City Times discusses Mr. McKinley's remark about pulling down the fag in Pekin. It notes confusion over flag furling, territory claims, and alleged treaty angles under Hannaites rules.
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Kansas City Times
McKinley
United States
England
Tin Plate Trusts Rob People of Indiana and Nation
The tin plate trusts hold 281 mills with a $70.1 million capital and benefit from the Dingley tariff of 1 cent per pound. They boosted tin prices, draining Indiana of about $600,000 yearly and likely robbing the U.S. of over $19 million annually. They control markets with no appeal but to the people.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Trusts
United States
A Republican Tribute to Bryan Speech Praised by Boston Herald
The Boston Herald praises William Jennings Bryan’s Indianapolis address as robust and manly. It argues the speech will elevate Bryan in national stature, calls for Republicans to stop name calling, and credits Bryan’s sincerity and courage with breaking political barriers. It notes Hanna’s power cannot block such a speech.
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Boston Herald
Bryan
Indianapolis
Herald
Republican Party
Mark Hanna
Senator Hollar
Olney attacked for Bryan support and imperial policy views
In Olney’s Springfield Mass Republican profile readers see sharp criticism of his stance on Bryan and the 1904 presidential path. The editorial notes his alleged imperialist views, lack of Boston voting since 1895, and a claim he pressured England over smaller nations. It also cites a Utica Observer piece blaming bungling diplomacy and greed for Philippine troubles and warning against repeating errors in China policy.
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Mach Avure
Olney
Springfeld
Mass
Mr. Olney
Bryan
McKinley
Boston
Philippines
England
Mayas Facing Decay as Independence Era Ends
The Philadelphia Times chronicles the Maya in Yucatan, detailing centuries of oppression, uprisings, and ongoing decline. It recalls how natives helped win early battles but suffered under taxation, conquest, and brutal reprisals, leaving only a scattered remnant and plans for a railroad through their lands.
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Mexico
Yucatan
Indiana
Pathwcy
Tehuantepec
Darien
Morida
Campeche
List
Torrence
Guba
Spain
United States
England
Havana
Green and Brown Frogs of the Upper Mississippi
Describes two frog varieties, green and brown, found in shallow upper Mississippi waters. Both average about twelve inches from head to hind end, similar in size and flavor to fish. Anglers favor green frogs for color. habits are alike, resting on large circular water lilies and feeding mainly at night.
Largest Time Ball at Philadelphia Roof Drop
The largest time ball in the United States is being erected on the Fourth Street wharf roof in Philadelphia. The ball, 44 feet in diameter and weighing 60 pounds, will rise to a 100 foot iron column and drop forty feet onto an air cushion at noon daily, synchronized by the Naval Observatory clock in Washington. The system helps mariners on the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers set their chronometers accurately.
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United States
Philadelphia
Fourth Street
Tidewater
Naval Observatory
Washington
Delaware and Schuylkill River
Farmers Awake At Last The True Business Men Of The Country
The South shows progress as farmers awaken to their strength after earlier reliance on government assistance. Politicians once preyed on them, but now farmers realize success lies in their own hands, asserts the Atlanta Constitution.
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Atlanta Constitution
Florist Industry Size in United States
The florist business in the United States is a significant industry with a retail flower sales value estimated at 12,500,000 dollars yearly and over 10,000 establishments involved in growing plants under glass.
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United States
German Cavalry Receives Folding Waterproof Boats for Raft Use
Each regiment now has two canvas boats that fold when not in use. They carry six to eight men, and two boats tied together form a raft capable of supporting 28 to 2700 weight, expanding transport options for the cavalry units.
John Chinaman's Virtues Revered by Veteran Expatriate
W N Lovatt, returning from 40 years in China, extols the Chinaman as patriotic, civilized, honest, and peaceful. He cites bank managers praising Chinese commercial honesty and notes effective policing and swift arrests in Chinese cities, portraying a positive, if dated, view of Chinese society.
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W. N. Lovatt
China
John Chinaman
Japan
Ewen Cameron
Hongkong Anil
Shanghai
Whitehead
Mercantile Bank of India
Australia
East
Qty
Wong Yah
DoNceman
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Ghallis
Idaho
Persia
Acta
Ireland
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Alexander III
Maximilian Bavaria
Maria of Cumberland
Park Coast
Columbia River
San Francisco
Congress
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Colony
South Africa
Rhodes
Gomera
Canary
Bryans
Wandard
Redt
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Tin-Plate Trust
Utlea
Peninauta
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Little Holy Cross
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