Sugar Tariff Debate and Cuba Policy Reflections
The Challis Messenger cites Senator Hoar on federal courts for lynching and urges repeal of the raw sugar tax. It argues free sugar would boost jam and jelly industries, benefit beet and cane producers, and shift revenue away from a privileged class. It also questions U S involvement in Cuba and protectionist policies.
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Senator Hoar
Europe
Great Britain
Cubs
Cuba
Republic
Ibis
United States
Entorpe
Reprimand Seen as Honor for General Miles
The people of this country regard that reprimand as a new honor for General Miles and another demerit for the administration.
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Miles
If Mr Roosevelt Keeps On Driving Nails In His Coffin
A witty political quip suggests Franklin D. Roosevelt will deepen partisan fault lines if he continues harmful policy choices, portraying his position as increasingly marginal and vulnerable to defeat.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Perkins Island townsman paradise of patronage and politics
A long editorial mentions Perkins in Maine as a tiny 72 resident town with 16 voters where every citizen holds an office and patronage flows freely. It cites its historic lore, local figures, and chain ferry access, contrasting with a scientific discussion on monkey learning by Edward Thorndike.
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Perkins
Col
T. H. Parkins
South Boston
Mars
Beaton Evening Record
House of Representatives
Aseker
American Commonwealth
Perkin
Swan Island
Kennebec
James Whidden
Masaschusetts
Norridgewock
Canada
Sachem
Abbagad
Arnold
Garden of Eden
Edward L. Thorndike
Zoological Garden
Moving Paris correspondent details doomed Soudan auto project
A Paris dispatch chronicles a late stage motor car venture to supply the French Soudan regions Niger and Senegal. Sixty nine horsepower wagons, each costing 450 pounds, lie buried in sands after miscalculations. The firm offered 24,000 pounds worth of motors at the African Wash.
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Paris
Soudan
Niger
Senegal
Seminole Green-Corn Dance Described By Traveler
A traveler recalls witnessing the famous Seminole green-corn dance in Indian country. He notes wild leaps and grotesque contortions with dirgelike music. A village physician counters that similar effects occur here from overindulgence in green corn.
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Chicago Daily News
Go Away Back And Sit Down Card Mystery
Grimily and Fweddy discuss a cryptic card given by a woman. The card bears the words Gabald and a single, puzzling inscription. The men fail to decipher it, leaving Probable Meaning unsure about the next steps.
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Anid Pweddy
Fweddy
Gabald
Anid
Whisky the Jewelers Card in a Japanese Market Grave
A Chicago Chronicle humor piece presents a tradesman card from Yokohama advertising a jewelry maker in town. The card boasts products from Japanese crystals to curios and electroplating, promising engraving and design services at low prices with a call to try.
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Yokohama
Afojoho Tichome
Jinrikshaman
Chicago Chronicle
Decline of Reunion Island Reveals Collectors’ Grievances
A report on Reunion, once a sugarcane powerhouse in the Indian Ocean, shows poverty and stagnation after the beet sugar boom collapsed. Labor shortages, trade concentration in Chinese and Indian merchants, limited rail and telegraph growth, and forest decline threaten the colony's future as France neglects improving sea links and interior roads.
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Reunion
Indian Ocean
France
Ths
J. Andre
Avin
Tahiti
Pacific
Algeria
Tunis
Madagascar
Autograph of Webster and Paul Jennings Freedom Papers
An 1847 Webster autograph notes paying Paul Jennings, son of Madison era slaves, eight dollars monthly with board clothes and washing. Jennings later wrote A Colored Man's Reminiscences of President Madison, reflecting on his life as Madison’s body servant and author.
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Buffalo
Webster
Paul Jennings
Jennings
Madison
President Madison
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W. Fereseill
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