World News Snatches and Local Measures of 1895 Era
Old notes mix cultural bids and civic plans. New York to spend 1 040 000 dollars on asphalt for cyclists. Worcester museum gift 200 000. Marital secret of Miss Hay and Elisha Warren. Wool price factors as Australian sheep losses hit 8 500 000. Winnebago county plans workhouse 3 500. Tramp relief totals 4 300. English strikes 778 incidents with 250 000 affected. Port shifts see New York share fall to one seventh. Kansas City Sabine Pass line boosts grain exits.
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New York
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
New Orleans
Kansas City
Sabine Pass
War and the people's veto on rulers in conflict
The author argues war is a game rulers would not risk without popular consent. Past power allowed defeats without dethronement, but modern rulers face public criticism and insurrection risks. Examples include Italy, Abyssinia, and the Russia Turkey war influencing European reluctance to wage war. The shift bodes well for the future.
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Italy
Abyssinia
Russia
Turkey
Europe
New Flag Star Pattern For Utah Statehood Adopted
The secretaries of the navy and war, with president approval, settled a flag arrangement for forty five stars. The design splits into two groups twenty four and twenty one, forming rows of eight and seven stars alternately for a symmetrical national banner.
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Utah
Secretary of Navy
Secretary of War
Tariff and silver clash as party lines sharpen
National discussion cites Senator Carter and Senator Sherman over silver and tariff policy. The piece argues Republicans drift from bimetallism toward a gold standard, warning of a possible party split in 1896. It contrasts Sherman and Cleveland with true bimetallic aims and urges restoration of monetary balance.
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Carter
National Republican Committee
Senate
Republican Party
Minneapolis
Harrison
Congress
United States
Carer
Messrs
Sherman
Hoar
Gear
Senator Teller
Royal Commission
Mr. Sherman
Teller
Cleveland
Orpheus Joke Plays On Lyre Mockery
A young man telling tall tales is challenged by a girl who quizzes him on myth figures. He claims Diana then corrects him to Orpheus, noting the lyre link as the joke lands.
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Diana
Orpheus
Cure promises for ailments and warnings about dangerous remedies
The ad extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for kidney health and multiple illnesses while warning against mercury-based tonics. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co of Toledo and advertises Hall's Family Pills. The piece notes caution about unsafe remedies and hints at a dubious scheme.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Ohio
Mothers Hope in Blood Tonic Hood's Sarsaparilla
A letter describes a 19 year old girl named Cora gravely run down with consumption like symptoms. The writer claims Hood's Sarsaparilla restored blood quality and quantity, improving health and extending life, as mothers anxiously watch afflicted daughters.
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Hood
Cora
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Townsend Messenger
Stout & Watt
Amelie Rives-Chanler-Troubetzkot
Stephen Salisbury
Worcester
Mass
Nene Hay
Elisha Wair
Laporte, Ind
Australia
Winnebago County
Wis
Brown County
England
Bright
Flood
Cora Peck
Amsterdam
N. Y
Hood & Co
Lowell, Mas
Hood’s Pills
Imarke
Ianship
Union Fence Company
DE Kalb, Ill
War Department
Columbia
Hartford
Pope Manufacturing CO
Conn
Colum
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