New York commerce share drops from seventy eight to thirty seven
State Engineer Adama reports New York's commerce has fallen from seventy eight percent of the nation's business to thirty seven percent. The note interprets the St. Louis Blar and suggests proximity to raw materials matters. The piece mentions Indiana granting the San Carlos railroad franchise and predicts some promoters may push to the Legislature, per the San Francisco Examiner.
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Adama
New York
St. Louis
Indiana
San Carlos
San Francisco Examiner
Fire proof buildings theory sparks NYC blaze prep calls
Chief Bonner of New York City says the recent fire confirms there are such things as fire proof buildings. With many tall structures, he urges immediate attention to preparations for blazes in these giant piles and outlines the actions needed.
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Bonner
New York City
Absentee landlords hold vast Chicago property
A Chicago paper notes about 130 million dollars in property in the city is owned by absentee landlords, many living in New York, a situation prompting debate on keeping Chicago residents in Chicago. From Sydney comes word of the brig Minera wreck where the captain survived a day on a plank while five others perished.
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Chicago
New York
Sydney
Minera
Franco German art links boost exotic stars in Berlin scene
In Berlin, renewed Franco German ties light up culture as top artists from both sides tour, including Maurel, Colonne, Cocquelin, Rejane and Yvette Guilbert who commands high pay. New Africa gains spark global rail mileage shifts while tales of Rosabel Raymond unfold in a Dublin style domestic drama of art, longing, and a charity tea.
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France
Germany
Wolf von Schierbrand
Berlin
Maurel
Mme
Richard
Cheer Up Amid The Storms Of To-Day
A compact urging line reads Cheer up as heavy rain pours and clouds darken the day. It promises brighter times ahead with steady faith that difficulties will pass and spirits will lift.
Engagement Revealed in Saturday Night Tale
In a salon scene Medora Dallas receives news that Mr Ballard is engaged to Rosabel Raymond. He proclaims the engagement with gravity and vanity while Medora reacts with color and silence, and Ballard muses on Rosabel’s appeal amid rivalries.
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Mrs. Megarrean
Hathersley Square
Miss Raymond
Rosabel
Rosabel Raymond
Dallases
Mr. Bullard
Medora
Medora Dallas
Mr. Ballard
World Sugar Output Figures and Beet Cane Shares
The World sugar production last year reached 7 385 000 tons with 4 925 000 from beets and 2 460 000 from sugar cane. Germany leads beet sugar output. Java tops cane sugar. the United States produced 845 000 tons. Several beet sugar mills have been erected in the country, signaling growing domestic beet sugar manufacturing.
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Germany
Austria-Mangar
France
Holland
Guadaloupe
Demerara
Benet
Tavis Es
Philippine
Mauritius
Apcre
Navigating the Yukon River to Dawson
In the Century account the Yukon mouth spans about a hundred miles with many channels and bars. The journey to Dawson is an eighteen hundred mile voyage, rough and uncertain, taking about fifteen days if no accidents occur amid vast ever changing scenery and silent nights in a remote wilderness.
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Yukon
Ckelo City
Dawson
Russian plan to expand gold mining worldwide
The Philadelphia Record notes Tianstang tops the list of gold producers alongside Russia. It cites a Russian government strategy to train mining engineers and send them to North America, South Africa, and Australasia, plus a plan to reprocess gold from mining residues.
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Tianstang
Trussia
Philadelphia
Ural Mountains
Siberia
Finland
North America
South Africa
Australasia
Russia
The Cycle Stile in English Fields and America
A New York Times note describes the bicycle stile as a cross shaped cut in fencing allowing pedal passage while the frame and wheels pass through. The handlebar passes over the stile, with several examples seen in English fields and some in America.
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America
New York Times
Maine Board of Inquiry Report on Destruction
The court finds the Maine arrived January 25 1898 in Havana harbor and was moored at buoy No. 4. It details disciplined crew, safe ammunition handling, locked magazines, and no dangerous stores below. It notes after two distinct explosions at 9 40 p m February 16 1898, with forward ship destroyed in Havana harbor Cuba.
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Wasatsatox
Court of Inquiry
Congress
United States Barrunsme Town
Kry West
Fla
United States
Maine
Having
Cuba
Luoy No. 4
Havana
Maine Wreck Inquiry Concludes Submarine Mine Destroyed Vessel
The court finds the Maine was destroyed by a submarine mine causing partial explosions of forward magazines. The evidence centers on blast effects seen on the wreck including frame 17 to 26 damage and bottom plating distortion. No person is held responsible. proceedings approved by naval authorities.
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Maine
W. ‘I. Sasa
A. Manx
U.S.N
W. T. Sanrees
U.S. N
U.S. Frangsum
Key West
Fla
M. Stearp
United States Naval Pareé
North Atlantic
Atlanta Markets Weekly Corrections Groceries Prices
Market report lists corrected weekly prices for coffee sugar salt tea and canned goods in Atlanta. Includes rice, flour, oats, corn, meal, barley, hay, stock meal, cotton seed meal, peas, potatoes, onions, honey, poultry, eggs, butter, lard, and bacon with various quality levels and per unit costs. Demand described as light with market glut in some items and prices show wide variance across commodities.
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New Orleans
Sugar House
L. W
Texas
Kyo
Georgia
Sevondes Amnall
Utter
Tennessee
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China
Thelen Poment
Trosabel
Pana
Dallas
Alicia
Dalles
Roaybel Raymond
Augusta
Bell
Madora
Mamma
Mrs. Dallas
Misses Dallas
Miss Augusta
Madame Ficelle
Ballard
Beil
Miss Medora Dallas
Hugh Ballard
Miss Medora
Matma
Matama
Miss Dallas
Misa Dallas
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Mrs. Whitworth Walkingham
L. McCarty
Heaton Traveler
the Board of Inquiry
Em Avery
Atlanta
California
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