Foreign ideals and duties touch a Georgia city frontier
The Vienna Progress contemplates how loyalties shift with birth and adoption. A Trenton minister is named inspector of paying, urged to pave streets with good intentions. The New York Times notes English Socialists praise American trusts and predict nationalization. Technical explosive warfare could render current war obsolete. Minnesota holds vast uncultivated land inviting farm immigration as its 1890 population nears 1.8 million, with 1900 projections around 1.5 million.
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Minnesota
Colored businessmen report totals at Westers institution
Report to 9 Westers institution shows 1624 colored businessmen collectively holding capital of 5 416 829 dollars. New York leads with 398 000 dollars, Richmond Virginia 303 000 dollars, Charleston South Carolina 212 000 dollars, Pine Bluff Arkansas 210 000 dollars.
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Westers Institution
New York
Richmond
Charleston
8. C
Pine Bluff
Ark
Dewey Hymn Praise Sparks Mixed Musical Reactions
Walter Damrosch and an Italian composer both issued musical tributes to Dewey. Critics praise serious works like Manila Te Deum while praising popular numbers such as A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight and The Kissing Bug Two Step. The piece then shifts to a discussion on road building and rural taxation, denouncing antiquated methods and urging that farmers not be forced into skilled labor outside their calling.
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Walter Damrosch
Manila
Dewey
American rail makers seek Formosa markets amid global expansion
American locomotive builders have shipped to Manchuria, Korea, Siberia, Japan, Siam, Ceylon, the Himalayas passes, Egypt, Morocco, the Gold Coast, the Cape, Madagascar and now plan to enter Formosa. Up to now Germans and English dominated Formosan trade. The piece wryly notes American enterprise may soon conquer remaining markets.
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Manchuria
Korea
Siberia
Japa
Siam
Ceylon
Himalayas
Egypt
Morocco
Gold Coast
Cape
Madagascar
Formosa
Alexander
The Democratic Spirit in American Youth and Public Virtue
A Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post essay contrasts American children with Old World youth, noting rebellion as a child but strong citizenliness as an adult. It argues freedom shapes character, yielding affection and respect for liberty, the roots and fruits of true democracy.
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Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
Louisville Schools Adopt Spiral Steel Fire Escape
Louisville school children gain a new fire escape system featuring a six foot diameter steel cylinder outside each building. An opening from every floor leads to a central spiral steel chute guiding evacuees to the ground. A standpipe in the cylinder supplies water to the roof and each floor.
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Louisville
Seven Dancing Turkeys Exposed At County Fair
In a county fair tale, Bez Samuels shown seven large turkeys in a cage with a peanut stand. Secretly he used coal heated feet under one cage bottom to force the birds into a Highland Fling, a cruel trick exposed by observers who warned a nearby town.
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Bez Samuela
Bea
Franklin County
Bex
Franklin Gazette
Bez Samuels
Bez
Fair Grounds
Mose Evans
Samuels
Onr
Yonath
Tom
Lim
Daan Moss
Conte
Governor Geer Highlights Newspapers as Public Educators
Oregon Governor Geer addressed the National Editorial Association in Portland, praising the press as a powerful, independent public educator shaping moral gains. He noted newspapers influence policy, educate citizens, and foster national welfare, while maintaining reliability as information demands rise.
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National Editorial Association
Portland
Oregon
Geer
United States
What He Couldn't Sell Dog Tale
A man walking with his son spots a German laborer’s dog and offers five dollars, but the owner refuses claiming the dog is not for sale. The exchange ends with the owner noting he cannot sell the dog’s wagging tail when he returns home, illustrating the unbuyable attachment.
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King Ohasiles
Papa
Georgia News Items Will Summon Advisory Board
Governor Candler prepares to reunite eleven Georgia militia officers for a major session in Atlanta. Reorganization of state troops and guidance on disbanded units tops the agenda as the board meets before month’s end. Also notes on car building, industrial delegates, Mormon work, Doles-Cook Brigade reunion, Boston farmers gathering, troop movements, stock sales, sugar cane mills plan, and more.
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Candler
Military Advisory Board
Georgia
Atlanta
John M. Kell
Sunny Side
A. J. West
A. R. Lawton
First Infantry
Savannah
W. E. Wooten
Fourth Infantry
Albany
E. D. Huguenin
Second Infantry
Macon
W. 8. Shepherd
Wide Dew Camp
Columbus
Beirne Gordon
W. A. Patton
Third Infantry
Rome
A. J. Renki
Sixth Infantry
Augusta
J. 8. Dozier
W. W. Barker
Fifth Infantry
Byrd
Huntaville
Ala
Georgi
T. M. Swift
Elbert
J. Pope Brown
Pulaski
J. Harris Chappell
Baldwin
Doles-Cook Brigade
Doles- Cook's Brigade
Association of National Volunteers
Boston
Candler Ies
W. J. Northen
Pope Brown
J. A. Mangette
J. M. Smith
Nathan Bennett
P. J. Berkeman
Allen V. Groover
Geordha
United States
D. G. Purse
Board of Trade
Stevens
Iown
Valdosta
Quitman
Thomasville
Bainbridge
Helens
No Negro Regiment Will Be Massed at Fort McPherson
Reports from Atlanta and Washington indicate the War Department abandoned plans to station a negro regiment at Fort McPherson Georgia. Local officials including the mayor and Governor Candler urged reconsideration, fearing southern unrest and potential harm to soldiers. Army officials conceded the objections and no troops were sent.
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Key West
Atlanta
Fort McPherson
Hy War Department
Washington
McPherson
Root
Candler
Soldiers Leaving Manila for Home in Three Regiments
A Manila dispatch notes that Kansas, Washington, and Nevada units will depart soon for the United States. About 800 Kansans sail on the Tartar with 200 remaining in Manila and 150 re-enlisting. Washington regiments ship 975 men on the Pennsylvania while 8 officers and 206 stay, many re-enlisting. Casualties include Kansans with three officers and thirty men killed and 122 wounded by disease or battle. Washington losses include several officers wounded and men killed or dying of disease.
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Philippines
Manila
United States
Kansas
Tartar
Washington Regiment
Pennsylvania
Nevada Cavalry
Ohio
Washingtons
Jiminez released from custody on special steamer
General Jiminez the Santo Domingo revolutionary aspirant to the presidency is granted leave from Santo Domingo by a specially chartered steamer George Crossse to depart from Santiago de Cuba. General Wood, the military governor, received orders from Governor General Brooke to release him unless there are signs of plans for a filibustering expedition.
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Jiminez
Santo Domingo
Santiago de Cuba
George Gcrosse
Wood
Brooke
Sampson to retire after Dewey celebration relief
Washington dispatch reports Admiral Sampson to be relieved of command of the North Atlantic squadron after the Dewey celebration in New York. He requests the change and will take shore duty, likely commanding a navy yard, following a brief leave.
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Wii
Washington
New York
Sampoon
North Atlantic
Navy
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Vienna, GA
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Trenton
N.J
New York Times
America
Europe
Showman
A Stephens
Boz
Box
BRZ
Americas
Georgia and Alabama Railway
South
W. D. Rencher
Bowersville
Aod
Miami Steamship Companies
War Department
Eagle and Pleyix Mill
Cuba
San Domingo
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