Trade Union Favoring Cuba and Tropical Markets
Gen James Wilson argues for American customs union with Cuba and other tropical nations, calling Cuba a vast resource for sugar, tobacco, coffee, fruit, cattle and timber. He cites climate, forests, and minerals, notes annexation is unlikely, and envisions broader trade with Puerto Rico, Central and South America, aided by a modern overland network and the Union Pacific route to connect global markets.
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James Hi. Wilson
Tropica
Boston
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States
Cubs
Gen
Wilnan
Tandy
Tropics
Wilson
Cuva
United
Congress
Towa
Texas
Miasianippi
Ohio
Minanuri
Philippines
Central
South America
Wilaou
Thes
Abraham Lincoln
Benton
Lincoln
Union Pacific
China
Japan
Antilles
Centurion
Orient
Canada
Mexico
Africa
Relic of Webster Portrait Keeps Bangor's Memory Alive
An aging portrait of Capt. Luke Wilder, friend of Daniel Webster and early Bangor settler, hangs in the Bruce farm house overlooking the Kenduskeag. The tale recalls Wilder’s Revolutionary heroism, Wilder’s ties to the Websters, and Webster’s delayed commission, eventually bought by Jacob McGraw and passed to Webster’s niece Mrs Hassard.
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Bruce Farm
Bangor
Maine
Daniel Webster
Luke Wilder
Webster
Ebenezer
Wilder
Orator
Capt
Tancaster
Mass
Ballsbury
N. H
Websters
Statesman
Stark
Bennington
Hudson
Capt. Wilder
West Indies
Daniel
Ezekial
Kenduskeay
Capt Wilder
Bruce
Kenduskong
Hassard
Franch and American sports amusements contrasted
The Syracuse Evening Herald notes that France still treats dueling as a leading sport while the United States, shaped by harsher laws, endures higher football casualties in a single season. The piece humorously contrasts cultural attitudes toward risk and entertainment between nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Syracuse Evening Herald
Prince Henry of Prussia Dodges a Feud at Bonn Café
A diplomat recounts Prince Henry of Prussia in a Bonn cafe where he and an English guest discussed imperial affairs in English. A minor official overheard and warned the prince about lese majeste laws. The Englishman then abruptly stops and leaves as staff intervene.
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Prince Henry
Prussia
Berlin
Bonn
Hagliah
New York Times
Boats on the Dead Sea Reach From Kerak to Jordan Mouth
Progress brings a new motor boat line to the Dead Sea region linking Kerak with the Jordan River mouth. The first ship, dubbed the Prodromos meaning forerunner, is 180 feet long, carries 34 passengers plus freight, built in the German city of Dampburg. A second steamer is under construction as Greek cloister in Jerusalem backs the venture. The Kerak trade with inland towns is noted as important and the plan signals significant tourist traffic.
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Dead Sea
Judes
Kerak
Moab
Jordan River
Dumburg
Fiermany
Jerusalem
Not Sufficient Evidence At Port Scott Kan
A man claimed his wife and another were arrested on a serious charge after he testified at court he saw them in a church window singing from the same hymn book. The judge dismissed the case due to lack of evidence they sang out of tune.
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Port Scott
Kan
Immensity of Siberia in Global Context
The fragment notes Siberia's vast scale covering 120 degrees of longitude and about one ninth of Earth's land area. It suggests that the United States, Great Britain, and much of Europe could fit into Siberia with land to spare, highlighting its enormous extent.
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Siberia
Globe
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Russia
Jack Dempsey Memorial Fund elects officers in San Francisco
The Jack Dempsey Memorial Fund association met in San Francisco and elected officers led by President J L Herget and Secretary Timothy M McGrath. The group aims to raise funds for a monument at Dempsey's grave in Portland and to aid his children. Arthur Tyng, Harvard athlete, reportedly set a national strength record of 222.64 in Sargent measurements, with praise for his early potential and plan to reach 3,000 points this year.
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Jack Dempsey Memorial
Dempsey
Aasisrance
Tyng
Arthur Tyng
Harvard
Alles
Minnesota
T'ymg
Japan
Phi King to Coach Badgers Next Season
Phil King the Wisconsin football coach plans to return for the entire next season after initially resigning last fall. The athlete board works to secure his full tenure while Capt. Campbell of Harvard emerges as the only strong alternative. Fred Pabst Jr. of Milwaukee funds a new boat shell for the university crew now under construction in the east.
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Phi King
Badgers
Phil King
Wisconsin
Gain
King
Capt
Campbell
Harvard
Fred Pabst, Jr
Milwaukee
University
Bicycle Riding Dying Out in Public Life
The piece notes a sharp drop in bicycle riding as a pastime, citing a drop from over 24 000 L A W 1 members to about 10 500. It argues cycling has declined as a leisure activity while cycle racing grows in popularity and profitability, suggesting cycling’s future lies in professional sport.
Keene to Be Honored by English Jockey Club
James R. Keene of New York is slated to receive the rare honor of honorary member in the English Jockey Club at an April meeting. It marks the first time a turfman is officially honored by England’s club. Also noted is the Penn relay meet at Franklin Field with every U.S. region represented as Wisconsin and California accept invitations to send relay teams for the first time.
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Jamon T. Keene
James R. Keene
New York
London
Mr. Keene
Jockey Club
England
Jockey Club of New York
Cftela
University of Pennsylvania
Franklin Feld
Apel
University of Wisconsin
University of California
Wisconsin Leads Four Mile College Championship Race
Wisconsin enters the quarter in the four mile college championship and, by the records of the four mile runners, should give the other college entries a hard race. Pennsylvania and Yale field strong teams with the Quakers averaging 4 minutes 40 seconds.
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Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Yale
Quakers
Howling Tournament Officials Plan Late Championships
State Howling Tournament officials of the Illinois Howling association are beginning to plan for the annual late championships, expected to be held early in April. With more clubs, running the tournament expeditiously is challenging. It is expected forty leagues will enter the team championship and every league will have a representative in the individual competition.
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Illinois Howling Association
The Irish Terrier Breed Origins and Early Exhibitions
The Irish Terrier dates to 1875 with its first exhibit in Belfast Ireland. Its English debut occurred in 1876 at the Brighton show with dogs Banshee Souda and other lineages. The note also mentions James Braid the open champion planning a trip to America.
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Belfast
Ireland
England
Brighton
G. Jamison
Movilla
Newtownards
Banshee
Buffer
Jess
Souda
Jack
Virgie
America
James Braid
Walter Camp poised to lead fair's physical culture dept
Walter Camp, a leading U.S. athletics expert, is likely to direct the department of physical culture and national games at the world’s fair, shaping an attractive exposition section. Alfred Harmeworth, London Mail owner, set an auto road record Paris to Monte Carlo in four days, with daily driving under seven hours, and joined a prearranged banquet by the London Daily Mall for M Santos-Dumont.
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Harmeworth
Alfred Harmeworth
London Mail
Paris
Monte Carlo
London
M. Santos-Dumont
Boxing figures and matches shape New York scene
Casper Leon named boxing instructor at Polo Athletic Club of New York while efforts push for boxing law passage in the New York Legislature. Plans unfold for Frank Craig to stage exhibitions in South Africa. Peter Maher quits the ring. Ben Jordan of England accepts a challenge from Jack McClelland of Pittsburgh.
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Gomip
Casper Leon
Polo Athletic Club of
New York
Frank Craig
Harlem
South Africa
Peter Maher
Philadelphia
Charles the Wreezler
Ben Jordan
England
Jack Mellerland
Pittsburg
McClelland
Jack Ward
Harry Forbes
Abe Attell
George Dixon
Joe Humphries
Billy Madden
Bob Armstrong
Denver
Ea’ Martin
Chicago
Loukville
Harry Worbes
Tommy Felts
Forbes
Terry McGovern
Hanrahan
Mary Ann Pune
Harbison
Hartford
William Ty Crowley
Nottag Athletic Cuit
Flaherty
The
Empire A
Philadelphia judge and jury weary after a drawn-out tale
A Philadelphia Days member in a Times of Philadelphia closing address kept the court amused with stories, then delivered a long pointless yarn that left the judge and jury disappointed. The lawyer offered the joke the judge supposedly told earlier in the car, while promoting Putnam Faceless Dyes as a facial product sold by druggists for 100 per package.
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Philadelphia
Times
Common Pleas
Putnam
Court rules death breach of promise damages case
Indiana courts expand breach of promise doctrine in Christianwen vers Crum, ruling that the death of a party in a marriage engagement constitutes a breach entitling the survivor to compensatory damages. Jury sets damages at six thousand dollars as just and equitable under the circumstances.
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Mane
Indiana
Christianwen
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Ala
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Quintin
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Galt Lame City
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