Liberia the First American Colony in Africa
Liberia the first foreign colony founded by American aid societies is discussed as a republic born in 1867 after Britain questioned sovereignty. The piece notes semi starved settlers, unfamiliar foods, and a scattered population of about 20,000 along 800 miles of coast with no true cities.
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Life In
United States
Coa Mion
Republic of Liberia
Great Britain
Liberia
America
Coast
Linn
Liberia colonization examined as path to Africa’s farms
The article surveys Liberia’s Montoa and Monrovia settings with coffee regions, farms and planter homes. It weighs colonization versus emigration, notes limited riches, land grants by the government, and the dangers of fever and forest life for colonists. It argues colonization’s past successes and failures offer lessons for future settlement plans.
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Monrovia
St. Paul's River
Liberia
Africa
America
Europe
Rural free delivery bills stir road reform talk
The piece discusses Congress increasing rural free mail delivery funds from 150 000 to 300 000 annually and urges state and local action for better roads. It highlights Illinois road delays due to mud, supports a Missouri highway commission and shared funding, and cites New York and Long Island progress in macadam road construction. It also notes London monogrammed gloves as a fashion note.
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Good Roads
Malta
Congress
Department
Postal Service
Illinois
Springfield
Chicago
Timou-Herald
Long Taland
New York
New York Sun
Road Improvement Trends Highlight Local Bond Votes
Rockledge borough near Philadelphia votes to borrow 20000 to macadamize a ronda. Quincy Optic credits the L A W for elevating good roads issue. Middletown Conn considers issuing bonds up to 100000 for city main roads. Louisville undertakers protest awful cemetery approaches as mud guards road use. advise delaying dying until summer dries roads.
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Rockledge
Philadelphia
Quincy
Ill
Middletown
Conn
Louisville
French Reporter Grants Entry by Music Hall Pass
A Paris palace access tale shows a reporter gaining admission during Faure's burial wait with a forged pass. The doorkeeper insisted on ambassadors only until a Les Ambassadeurs Entree Libre pass surfaced and cleared entry, illustrating cross national newsroom cleverness.
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France
Faure
Paris
Les Ambassadeurs
New York World
Reunion honors Wheeler hero of Santiago in Confederate tribute
Thursday session of the veterans reunion in Charleston General Gordon praised General Joe Wheeler as the hero of Santiago and a wizard of the Confederacy. He recalled Wheeler’s call to advance and lauded southern military leaders from Washington to Jackson. Winnie Davis memorial noted. resolutions thanked northern supporters. Jefferson Davis Monument group urged Daughters of the Confederacy to finish the monument using consolidated funds under their direction.
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Charleston
Gordon
Joe Wheeler
Santiago
Wheeler
Joel
Washington
Witffield Scott
Andrew Jackson
Mexico
Winnie Davis
Bishop Capers
H. Bennett
Louisville
North
Navia Monument Committee
Jefferson Davis Monument Committee
Jefferson Davis Monument Association
Daughters of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
A Hole Bored By Air and Knives
A boys experiment describes boring a pin through a pin using a bottle two corks a needle and two pocket knives balanced blades and a breath of air. The method relies on steady balance and patient care to create a clean hole as if by a lathe.
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New York Sun
Paris Automobiles Impress Dignified Traveler
An extract from a private letter describes a Fontainebleau breakfast trip of forty miles each way, totaling eighty miles by road in three hours. The writer, initially skeptical, praises rapid car travel and notes public automobile coupes and victorias in Paris at the same tariff as carriages.
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The
Boston Herald
Paris
Fontainebleau
Seine
May Come in July as Dewey Chooses His Course Home
Secretary Long stated the navy department will not influence Admiral Dewey’s choice of return route. By custom an admiral returns home in his flagship at the end of service abroad, and Dewey may go via Suez or directly across the Pacific. The department expects his arrival in the United States in early July.
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Department
Dewey
Long
Navy Department
Admiral Dewey
United States
Suez
Pacific
American Bicycle Company Incorporated in New Jersey
Articles of Incorporation show a capital of 80 million dollars authorized for the American Bicycle Company. The company is empowered to manufacture and sell bicycles, automobiles and other motor vehicles.
Old Slavery Pension Scam Alerted by Senate Inquiry
A Washington dispatch reports a bogus scheme targeting African Americans with promises of U S government pensions for former slaves. The Ex-Shive Mutual Relief Bounty and Pension Association allegedly collected over 150,000 from credulous individuals, with a Nashville address, 708 Gay Street, and manager I H Dickerson, seeking registration fees and charter funds while claiming pending federal legislation.
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Mig Penstone
Washington
United States
Union
Congress
Gay Street
Nashville
Tenn
I. H. Dickerson
Dickerson
Missouri Avenue
W. C. Lawson
Attorney Hwing Charges Bribery in Hanna Senator Case
Columbus attorney Cyrus Huling, aligned with Senator Hanna, accuses Hanna and associates in a dispute over the Republican governor nomination. Huling defends Hanna’s role and claims charges stem from political feuds, while Dick allies dispute the motives. Huling says he could provide an itemized bill and notes opposition from Dick over patronage and conscience.
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Hwing
Hanna
Columbus
Cyrus Huling
H. M. Daugherty
Charles F. Dick
George K. Nash
Huling
Snez
Ohio
Sons of Veterans Meet at Headquarters in Charleston Reunion
United Sons of Veterans meet at their Charleston headquarters during the Confederate reunion. They transacted a few business items, adjourned to Friday, and held the annual officers election. Credentials reported near full camp representation and committees welcomed the United Confederate Veterans and the veterans. Memorial services for Winnie Davis were conducted.
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Charleston
United Sons of Veterans
Committee On
United Confederate Veterans
Winnie Davis
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Sons OF Veterans
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