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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1898
Page
6
The Washington Star laments poetic patrons who urge outbursts rhyming Philippines with lines mines or desigua. The note warns against forcing slant rhymes and urges adherence to proper verse craft amidst patriotic sentiment.
One sixth of the population has an account at state savings banks. Depositors total 68 800 000 000 francs in 1896. Interest rate is A per cent. More than half of depositors are women, most of them from the working class.
Sheffield firms hear that sentiment against England in Spain is high and merchants may refuse to honor obligations. The note says this is not a new method of paying old debts and that the Spanish race has a habit of repudiating debts about once in twenty years.
The Troy Prosa argues that severe military discipline yields health benefits and stronger character. Regular drill, rationed meals, and rest aid fitness, while exposure and hard work toughen body and mind. Benefits depend on self care and avoidance of thoughtless excuses.
The article notes April fire losses in the United States and Canada surpass eight million dollars, down from nearly eleven million a year ago and twelve million two years back. It states U S fire losses over twenty three years equal one tenth of overall state and territory valuations, with more than half insured, yet losses still represent a vast annual destruction of wealth and spur no proven prevention.
The Swedish and Norwegian committees propose a shared foreign ministry with a common council for foreign affairs and a jointly represented diplomacy. A common foreign minister could be Swedish or Norwegian but not a national legislator, with impeachment by a combined high court. Norway favors proportional funding and a fifteen year consular union, while a minority pushes for separate ministries and representations.
In New York a Cuban exile and fruit merchant Ferdinand Baya clashes with Endicott over Spain and Cuba Libre after a cable from Ybarra about Juan Baya and a ship Don Carlos. Aboard the Don Carlos Juan vanishes and Baya’s loyalties fray as rumors swirl of Cuban unrest and a looming dinner at the Alfonso Club.
A dramatic scene unfolds aboard a Cuban voyage as Juan Bays, a starving reconcentrado and brother of Juan Bays, appears at a celebratory Club Alfonso dinner. He proclaims Cuba Libre while recalling Weyler and Campos, collapses from hunger, and is revealed as a wreck brought aboard as a stowaway with a mystery of origin.
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