War News and Labor Strikes Sweep the Nation
Reports from Santiago de Cuba and Madrid describe naval maneuvers and political pressure as Dewey and Roosevelt influence policy. Across the country, a sweeping building trades strike in New York affects 10,000 workers directly and 8,900 indirectly, ending with most stone cutters returning to union conditions after three weeks of sympathy strikes and eight weeks of lockout.
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Building Industry
Elie
New York
Sity
Walking Delacates
Toard
Oly
Chicago News Proverbs and Faded Sayings Tour
A garbled collection of proverbs and aphorisms from a Chicago page. Fragments reference friendship confidence growth and daily life observations with imperfect phrases and unclear context. The piece reads like a fragmentary local humor column or ad hoc moral note card.
May circulation record for Topeka State Journal
The Topeka Daily State Journal reports a May 1888 1899 period with a daily average of 17,113 complete copies printed over 26 issues. The paper notes nearly a ton of daily paper usage and two car loads monthly, marking a historic growth in statewide circulation.
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Topeka Daily State Journal
Topeka Daily Syate Journal
Topeka
Kansas
Faity
The
State Journal
State Journal Circulation Claims Dominance In Topeka
The State Journal touts city wide reach with an average carrier distribution over 7,300 daily copies in Topeka and suburbs. It asserts no Kansas paper matches its coverage, notes rising white paper costs, and describes carrier privileges, circulation growth since 1885, and extensive post and rail reach within three hundred miles of Topeka. It also claims high advertiser value and unique postage practices.
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Toad
State Journal
United States
Jesse of
Topeka
Mormivur
Cvenin Newspapera
Prugd
Newsboy
News Stand
Toeka
Daily State Journal
Kansas
Helton
Carbondale
Osage City
Wakarusa
Peterton
Baldwis City
Journal
Pos
Tadhia
Express
Post Office Department
The
State Journal lauded for detailed circulation figures
An advertising veteran from New York praises the State Journal for its elaborate circulation statement, calling it the finest ever seen in his thirty years. A. Frank Richardson, with offices in New York, Chicago, and London, represents the paper for foreign advertising and is its salaried agent.
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Aoe
State Journal
United States
New York
Kansas
A. Frank Richardson
Chicago
London
Richardson
New Kind of Racket In Orleans Roars Through Tampa Route
In Orleans on June 2 Caton Roosevelt and his Rough Riders were joined by sports figures ED Wrenn and A Larned with Burke, all from New York City, as trains arrived in five sections. The Roosevelt train stock numbered 65, with about 1,08 riders and 2,000 horses and mates across the convoys.
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Orleans
Caton Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Tampa
ED. Wrenn
United States
Canada
A. Larned
Burke
New York City
Roosevelt
Death rate returns toward normal in Chicago
Chicago reports death rate easing back toward normal after the grip epidemic. Last week total deaths ran about 1213 per 1000, with mortality from card disease and other causes rising modestly. The report notes controllable and uncontrollable factors and cites forty one deaths last week versus thirty four the prior week.
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Chicago
We City
Convicts Confirmed by Catholic Bishop in State Prison
Bishop McFatt administered the Catholic sacrament of confirmation to 59 convicts at the state prison in Trenton. Among those confirmed were three women. The men wore white shirts instead of striped uniforms and, at the bishop's request, took the temperance pledge after confirmation.
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Trenton
Jane
McFatt
Warships for Russia Contracts at Cramp Works
A credible Philadelphia report says Charles H Cramp secured from the Russian government contracts totaling 16 000 000 for William Cramp and Company shipbuilders to construct one first class battleship one first class cruiser and ten torpedo boat destroyers marking the largest foreign warship contract ever won by an American firm.
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Philadelphia
Charles H. Cramp
Russia
William Cramp & Lone
Soldiers Ride Free on Presidio and Ferries RR
Soldiers at the Presidio who wanted to reach the city had to pay five miles fare or buy a tickets for months. President George A. Newhall of the railroad granted free rides to all enlisted men, allowing easy travel to visit loved ones and return to camp. The gesture came as gratitude for their defense during hostilities.
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San Francisco
Preskito
Presidio
George A. Newhall
Anil
Flag At Emporia Santa Fe Employees Will Celebrate Saturday
At Emporia on June 2 the Santa Fe employees held a meeting at the clubhouse and decided to raise a flag next Saturday afternoon. The flag will be 12 by 21 feet and peeled from a pole two hundred feet high. It will be placed near the clubhouse. A J Goodhue, chairman, appointed committees on speaking, programme, music, noise and good behavior. Several speeches will be made and music provided. A large quantity of fireworks will be used in a big patriotic display.
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Tmporia
Santa Fe
Roubghouse
Houndhouse
A. J. Goodhue
Hutchinson Man Injured In Freight Run Accident
Frank H. Brashears, a Hutchinson resident and freight brakeman on the Hutchinson & Southern Fond to Blackwell, was injured when his right arm and left foot were caught during a coupling. He fainted from the pain as the wheel struck his foot. The extent of his injuries is not yet known.
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Hutchinson
Frank
H. Brashears
Frashears
Hutchinson & Southern
Blackwell
Hayti as storm center and land of contrasts
The Hayti region is described as a storm center in the West Indies with a vast Vega Real plain and towering mountain chains. The piece notes climate variety, potential sugar cotton and coffee output, and underlines political volatility with repeated revolutions and military rule. It profiles population, living conditions, and scant modernization in the republic.
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Hayti
Hispaniola
West Indies
Bayti
Missouri
Antilles
Porto Rico
al Mest
Mihols
Island
Republic
Africa
Malthus
Bayd
America
Hugh
Rons
Jamaica
Pait
Island history and politics in Hispaniola described
The article surveys Hispaniola including Hayti and Santo Domingo. It notes colonial shifts from Spain to buccaneers to France, then outlines leadership under Henri Christophe and Soulouque, and criticizes governance as a caricature. It details Tortuga’s role in piracy, trade patterns with the United States, and contrasts ports and commerce on the two sides. It mentions population, railways, and health issues like yellow fever, noting Port au Prince and San Domingo’s conditions and potential future if stable government arises.
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Indiana
France
Touissant L'ouverture
Hayti
Henri Christophe
Henri I
Soulouane
Faustin I
Marmalaie
Huyti
Santo Domingo
Tortuga
Turtle Island
Hispaniola
St. Nicholas
St As
Caribbean
Gulf
West Indies
Hayt
United States
Black Republic
Hast
Port Au Prince
San Domingo
Sar Domingo
Hayd
Central America
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American Medical Association
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