Goings On In National Affairs And Public Notices
A compilation notes diverse items from the era including yellow fever history, cholera and plague mentions, digs at government by injunction and railroad rate fights, a potential cabinet appointment shuffle involving H Clay Evans, New York as a financial hub, Mexican government debt payments in New York, Powderly in government service, grain vitality from cold spells, and pension bureau leadership disputes.
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Mavana
Mantle
Sugar Facts World Sugar Production and Consumption Study
The World’s Sugar Production and Consumption, 1866-1900, shows sugar output rising from 1,150,000 to 2,690,000 tons and population expanding from about 350 million to 1.6 billion. It notes a shift from cane to beet sugar, with beets increasing their share from near 0 to 11,500 percent in output by 1900, while cane dropped from 95 percent to 89 percent. The study uses Treasury Bureau statistics to compare per capita consumption and global supply factors.
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Tremury Bureau Westefistics
Muse
Sugar Import Costs Rise in European Zones
A statistical report shows a sharp rise in beet sugar production and import costs. Bureau data derived from foreign ports indicates average sugar import prices climbed to 2.49 cents per pound in a recent year, reflecting broad price increases across imports.
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Wiatemsente
Will the Flag Come Down in Cuba Debate
The letter questions U S policy in Cuba and challenges The Globe-Democrat comment on maintaining control. It asserts the United States will not surrender its hold, citing constitutional admissions and leased lands for bases to enforce terms. The piece critiques reciprocity talks and immigration provisions tied to Cuba and ends urging a clear timeline for when the flag would come down.
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Washington Post
Cuba
United States
Globe-Democrat
Post
G lobt-Democrat
Cubs
Spain
Pole i
Bingley
Imaal
Canada
Poe
UN Globe-Democrat
Blame over sugar factory move in Michigan case
The Grand Rapids Press reports Benton Harbor’s $525 beet sugar plant loss as farmers shunning beets and a bounty repeal hurting dividends. It argues the facility should not have opened there and suggests moving production to harsher odds elsewhere, including Canada, due to stronger profits from other crops.
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Michigan
Grand Rapids
Penton Harbor
Cleveland
Heriin
Berrien
Michtxam
Bay City
Alma
Canada
Benton Harbor
Origene
Cad
Menhac Baoceteenen
Globe Sights: Rambling Scattered Notes From Atchison
Fragmentary Globe column mocks prices and local morals, noting high raspberries and a philosopher in Atchison. It jokes about workers watering down labor, and wryly observes romance, travel, and social pretensions as a quip filled social panorama.
Local Drunken Habits Spotlight Atchison Visit
A government employee from a neighboring town, which boasts temperance, was in Atchison today drunk. The write up notes alcohol’s impact on careers and mentions a piano playing girl and an office clerk who waste time and struggle to change.
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Feria
Ifr
Aienee
Dow
Atchison
Jose
Quaker Reflections at Philadelphia Record Panel
Humorous exchanges parodying sermon tones and political talk show quips. A series of brief witticisms by fictional speakers, referencing actors, politics, and social quirks, with a closing jibe about leadership in Germany.
Pointed Paragraphs From Levom Chicago News
A garbled column fragment discusses experience shaping a person, memory of memory, and the value of persistence. It mentions Kaiser Wilhelm, debtor types, and social advice about women and fortune, with incomplete phrases and unclear context.
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Levom
Chicago News
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A fragmented excerpt argues about female perception and love in marriage. It notes a woman may cry for reasons or to create one, suggests beauty enables wealth and luck, and warns sins of later generations cast a shadow on family names. The passage muses on loyalty and jealousy in romantic ties.
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New York Press
Plunket Greene Arrives Topeka For Benefit Recital
Arrangements are made to bring Flunket Greene, famed New York ballad singer, to Topeka next month for a song recital at the Auditor for the Modoc club’s benefit. The Apollo club of Kansas City will escort him and stage one public performance, with plans for future Kansas City Topeka musical exchanges and a May festival. The engagement date is provisional.
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Flunket Greene
New York
Topeka
Apollo Club
Kansas City
Modoc Club
Plunket Greene
Dublin
Ireland
America
Greene
Ameuhir
Washington
Kanesh City
Apolio Club
Bir Greene
Apelio Club
Tal
Singers
Areer
Greene Ie
Town Grows. Board of Trade Organized to Promote Interests of City
A new Board of Trade has been formed to advance local commerce and community development. Leaders aim to unite business, civic groups, and residents to attract investment, create jobs, and support infrastructure projects for sustained urban growth.
Many New Buildings in Santa Rosa New Era Begins
Santa Rosa New Mexico March 2 Santa Rosa shifts from shanty town to permanence as two large wholesale houses rise and two banks plan two story buildings The First National and Guadalupe County banks are under construction A merchants board of trade is formed to promote city interests with H D Meyers elected president and H T Catlin named Rock Island agent.
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Santa Rosa
N. M
Guadalupe County
Stade
H. D. Meyers
The Turn of the Wheel Cabman and Valet Scene
A cabman narrates a tale of an out of work valet and a generous stranger. Amid tea and a chop the valet recalls his misfortune and mocks dining halls. The scene shifts to a tense temper at the counter as the valet growls of hardship and competition.
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Sy Barry Pain
Stame
A. B.C
Town growth plans and hotel demand amid oil region prospects
The text outlines a developing town with officials Lane George H. Smith and J B Jones in leadership, declaring ambitious plans. It notes hotels, a furniture block, future building, tolls on rental demand, and a hoped for oil discovery to spur manufacturing enterprises. It also mentions rail company growth and a townsite survey near the courthouse with a push for a fine hotel and various trades. A separate narrative fragment recalls a meeting with a former colleague, a valet contemplating past choices, and a cabman recounting hardship.
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George H. Smith
LF Fourier
J. B. Jones
Stepps
Holts
Burnett
Bascom
HT. Catlin
Omaha
G. A. McQuade
Court House
Co HB
Snubbed Dean Howells on river trip sparks unlikely tale
Parkersburg West Virginia March 28 A river trip with William Dean Howells yielded a commended yet snubbed encounter. A Cincinnati bound passenger mistook Howells, who offered to butter wafers and urged a pilot house visit but was rebuffed. The woman later learned his identity and feared his revenge in a future novel.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Uuter
William Dean Howells
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Cease
Virginie
Pomeroy
Howells
Mr. Howells
Bima
Young Girl Kidnapped Near Hartford City Indiana
In Hartford City Indiana on March 25 a 14 year old girl, Wil Mam Bates daughter, was abducted after a church revival by two young men who knocked down her elder sister before fleeing in a buggy. The girl later returned home unharmed but drugged. Police launched a citywide search with no success for the abductors. Frank Lexaoemer and another suspect were arrested on related charges.
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Hartford City
Ind
Wil- Mam Bates
Frank Lex Aoemer
Great Rock Island
Utah
Montana
Washington
Oregon
A. Ster
Moon Watch Amid White House Memoir
A wartime reminiscence recalls President Cleveland instructing Secretary Olney to look at the moon. Sergt Marcy describes an amused scene with a French aide and the president expressing equal interest in the lunar halo and an eclipse. Olney is told to observe the night sky, sparking a grateful follow up from Cleveland.
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Sergt. Marcy
Seventh Precinct
Cleveland
Olney
Harry
Man Arrested In Marriage Plot Near Marysville
A man, bent on marrying Mim Mary Bennett, used a stolen check to buy seed and shoes after luring his sweetheart. He fled toward Columbus but was captured at Plain City. $4 recovered from his person and $20 in his hat. The wedding was postponed.
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Marysville
Mim Mary Bennett
Lvery
AS. Turner
Henry Vaughn
W. G. Mitchell
New California
Yerkes
Ernest Hammer
Hammer
Pogie
Southard & Court
Marshal Murphy
Columbus
Plain City
German Carp Debate Shakes Kansas Ponds and Politics
An obscure piece discusses German carp in Kansas waters, with references to state official Wey and concerns over carp as food. It notes farmers’ distrust, historic plantings, and debates about introducing carp to ponds, including political questions raised by Senator Phe and calls for moving carp to state waters.
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George W. Wey
State Tech Ene
Kansas
Ipsie
Mr. Wiley
Phe
Kanes
Wisth
Masui
Ranehe
Cary Ats
Raguito
Director of New York Menagerie Sends Order to Kansas
A New York menagerie director named Job Smith allegedly issued an order for a man to be delivered to Kansas. The report notes a prior period with provisions for dealing with deaths and the handling of souls amid ongoing disputes over the arrangement. The text includes references to a Missouri Avenue area and internal details suggesting a contested transfer.
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New York
Kansas
Job Smith
A'S Park
Smith
Smith Was Braiete Dow
Warren
Ube En Coleony
Gorman Favored by Southern Democrats in New York Talks
Washington reports Lewis Nixon, a Tammany leader, has spent days in the capital discussing Democratic strategy. Southern Democrats largely back Gorman for president but insist New York present a candidate acceptable to both Tammany and anti Tammany factions, with Parker noted as a potential model. Harmony among New York Democrats is required for nomination.
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Washington
Lewis Nixon
Gorman
New York
Parker
Nixon
The Strenuous Life and Piles Cure Claims
An article argues that modern life harms health and that women suffer more from piles than men. It touts laxatives and the Pyramid Pile Cure suppositories as a quick, painless remedy, offering a mail order option and a promotional book on piles.
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Cannes
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Topeka State Journal
Frank PB. Maclennan
Tea
Ie Papas
Hk Ea Tcansus
MmiEw
Esc Sit van Ee
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Associated Freee
Jour- al Bafiline
Wise
Huey
Wghe
Cech Rhodes
Rochester Democrat
al Chronicle
Afienenports Tribune
Tiv Karras
H. Clay Bivins
Kanaan
Evans
GLOBE
Atchison Globe
Joan of Arc
Philadelphia Record
Scribbier
O'Seague
Langwind
Deacon Kandid
Waga
Ee Genie Aoe Lely
Plunket Green
Iimybouy
Saint Patrick's
Board of Trade
H.T. Catlin
Rock Island
Selsborough
Lord Selsborough
Smitt
Wall
Pecos River
Dean Howells
S.S
Swift Specific CO
Ataste
Evi- Sone
Raeesersterd Eens
Fish Commission
Wiley
Topeka Water Co
Quincy Street
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