Spanish flags and tariff doubts shape the news
The State Journal notes a Kansas City interest in Spanish flags amid anti Spain sentiment, ridicules towel of bravado, and urges real action in Cuba. It critiques Western senators for blocking tariff and silver bills while the country faces money hoarding and government money limits.
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Cuba
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Weather and finance chatter from a fragmented 19th century page
A garbled column mixes weather notes for Eupens with speculative finance, currency parity, and political debate. It references silver and gold values, the Monroe doctrine, and calls for international conferences, alongside fleeting mentions of figures like McKinley and Harrison, and notes on trees planting and election irregularities.
Confederate Monument Contract Set for Dallas Park
Dallas march 16 the contract for a Confederate memorial in the city park was awarded to Warren Reed and Jonn A Bergen & Sone Fort Worth. The granite base will feature marble bas reliefs of Generals Lee and Stonewall Jackson and a life size Confederate private soldier will crown the monument. Cornerstone laying is planned for May 25 during the Confederate reunion.
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Dallas
Texas
Tex
Warren Reed
Jonn A. Bergen
Ingersoll to Speak at Militant Church April 12
Robert G Ingersoll will occupy the pulpit of the Militant church on Sunday morning April 12. Dr Rusk has received a telegram from Iger s oll s manager confirming 11 o'clock as the speaking time. The venue for the service is not yet settled and arrangements at 2296 Wabash avenue are being discussed with Ingersoll’s representatives.
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Robert G. Iogersoll
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Wabash Avenue
Women's Christian Tomersace Union
Willard Hall
Ice Jam at Kennebec Gorge Targeted by Dynamite Plan
A march 14 movement in Avuteta Maine aims to dislodge a massive Kennebec ice and log jam near Richmond. Mayors from Augusta, Hallowell, Gardiner attend a Gardiner meeting with business leaders and lumber interests to authorize blasting a channel about 800 feet wide from the Chops to lower jam, employing two hundred men to attack the gorge on the Swanisland side with dynamite. The jam comprises logs, ice, lumber, bricks and wreckage up to 20 feet high over about five miles.
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Avuteta
Richmond
Gardiner
Augusta
Hallowell
Heards of Trade
Edwards Manufacturing Company
Reanebec & Boston Steamboat Company
Kennebec
Fruit Trees Bloom Across Dallas and North Texas
In Dallas on March 16 the north wind eased. Fruit trees have recovered from a brief freeze and are in full bloom. The outlook is for widespread spring verdure across Texas as trees flourish and damage is minimal.
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Dallas
Texas
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences under construction
Brooklyn breaks ground on a grand center for education and art in the form of a new Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. The first wing rises toward an 80 foot central dome with Indiana limestone, Greek portico and extensive lecture rooms and galleries.
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James A. Dana
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Gray
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Morse
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Torrer
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Cooke
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Garrison
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Curtis
King
Bellows
Beecher
Institute
Augustus G. Graham
Times
Lowell Institute
Boston
Franklin Institute
Philadelphia
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Maeeam
Joax F. Wiovansy
Bargain Parlor Prices on Wide Wool Dress Goods and Accessories
Kansas store advertises weekly bargains on 38 inch all wool serges 25c, wide wool crepons 58c, all wool fancies up to 690, and cretons 75c to 58c. Also street gloves 1.00, umbrellas 1.00 to 2.50, belts buckles 19 and 25c, wash silks 25 and 39c, and apron ginghams 15 per yard with border. Additional items include twilled cotton crash 400-yard roll, 60 inch bleached linen 50 yards, and large line of shirt waists at unusually low prices.
Lottie Bowes Featured In New York Drama Page
A full page picture of Miss Louie Bowes, stage name Charlotte Crane, graces Leander Rich York Dramatic News with a Morrison Chicago photograph. The caption notes Bowes and Will Wadsworth visited Chicago, with Bowes touring as Decatur to Alabama, and mentions Crane’s recent Los Angeles stop with Tim Murphy’s company and an upcoming San Francisco engagement.
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Leander Rich
York Dramatic News
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Chicago
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Miiss Bowes
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Topska
Will Wadsworth
Aforrison
Topeke
Wadeworth
Decatur
Los Angeles
Cal
Tim Murphy
San Francisco
Rossville Athletic Association Elected to Promote Innocent Sports
Rossville Athletic Association Chartered to establish a bicycle track baseball and tennis ground and other innocent sports. Capital stock $1000 total, shares $1. Officers: A W Gabbey president Mary AF Jamieson treasurer. directors: J Bradley Spd and Charles E Fritz.
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Rossville Athletic Sociation
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Old Soldiers Employed by Administration in Wilson County
Governor Morrill replies to an inquiry from Wilson county settlers on veteran employment. He states 114 old soldiers hold positions and 170 sons and daughters of veterans are employed, out of 782 total state employes, including elected officers but excluding agricultural college and Carmel school staff. More than a third are old soldiers or offspring of veterans.
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Fueronia
Wilson County
Morrill
Coll Carmel School
Pingree Favorite Prohibitionist Boosts Detroit Mayor for Governor
Prohibitionist A M Todd of the state central committee lauds Hazen Pingree of Detroit for Michigan governor. He frames Liberty as the issue and cites his Republican record, urging cross party support for a candidate who defends liberties and popular rights. Also notes a harp concert and a train fare sale with special return tickets.
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Abraham Liccola
Hazen & Pingree
Detroit
A City Without Dogs In Muncie Threatens to Empty Streets
A Chicago Tribune spoof notes Muncie Indiana may soon lack dogs as City Dog Killer Al Cox reports killing nearly 200 in two months. Cox earned 41 dollars for two weeks work, raising protests to abolish the office. voters would need a costly election to decide.
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Muncie
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al Cox
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Chicago Tribune
Sleepless Wonder Dies? Indiana Man Nearing End
Russiaville Indiana, 61, George Woodruff, famed for decades of wakefulness, has battled a mysterious sleepless condition since 191? and now is dying. Despite three years of lost sleep in ten years and visits to eminent doctors, relief remains elusive as his health declines. A Detro it Free Press note cites a Georgia governor’s junket and Waycross being called the driest town, joking about carpenters not allowed to carry speveils.
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George Woodruff
Indiana
George Woodruf
Russiaville
Ind
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Sheekill
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Atkinson
Georgia
Waycross
Personal Notes Show Celebrities in Low Spirits and Public Gapes
A jumbled set of remarks notes President Cleveland as his own figurehead, Abyssinians as belligerents, and Dr Jameson claiming immortality. It mentions wax fare museum, Prince of Wales low spirits, Queen Victoria shoes, a Scottish novel glossary praised, Faure weary of office, and General Miles flooded with autograph requests for his photograph.
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