Stone for Governor of Pennsylvania urged by Northwest backers
Washington dispatch notes Congressman C. W. Stone of Warren, serving his fourth term, is being urged as Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor. The Kane Republican argues Northwestern Pennsylvania should unite to back Stone, praising his experience as Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of the Commonwealth and urging earnest support to secure the nomination.
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Washington
Pittsburg
C. W. Stone
Pennsylvania
Warren
Congress
Commonwealth
Stone
Kane Republican
Tax on Foreigners Sparks Naturalization Rush in Harrisburg
article notes a new per diem tax on non citizens prompting many to naturalize and others to leave the country. Shamokin saw 33 foreigners depart for Europe last week carrying about $50,000. tax after July 1 will deduct three cents per day from non citizen wages, split between county and school district, potentially raising $1,000,000 annually to offset alien pauper costs.
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Harrisburg
Shamokin
Europe
United States
Barn painting in progress at Conneautville Courier editor’s.
Anxious readers wonder whether the editor’s barn is being painted inside or outside and if the barn is kept clean. The item notes the barn is treated to a neat dressing of paint and invites exchanges to fill up space.
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Courier
Conneautville Courier
McKinley Praises Tennessee At Nashville Exposition
The greeting to President McKinley at the Nashville exposition signals a willingness among Southern people to bury past asperities. His Tennessee eulogy stands as a tribute to the state's historical research and its material progress.
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McKinley
Nashville Exposition
State of
Tennessee
Bicycle thief sent to penitentiary for two years
A Philadelphia bike theft led to a two year penitentiary sentence for the thief. The piece notes Warrens riders are careless and leave valuable property exposed, inviting theft.
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Philadelphia
Warren
Hanna routs rivals at Ohio convention shocks opponents
Democratic papers denounce Hanna as harmed by Ohio results while Toledo Republican convention returns show Hanna winning easily. The piece notes George H. Higgins of Erie is likely to be named United States District Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, succeeding Harry A. Hall, with ex-Congressman Heiner of Kittanning as leading rival.
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Mark Hanna
Ohio
Toledo
Hanna
George H. Higgins
Erie
United States
Western District
Pennsylvania
Harry Alvan Hall
Heiner
Kittanning
Death of Christian K Ross recalls Charley Ross abduction
The death of Christian K. Ross at Germantown Pennsylvania last week recalls the 1874 Charley Ross kidnapping. The loss of the child shattered the father and he spent a fortune seeking his son.
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Christian K. Ross
Germantown
Charley Ross
Timeline of Women Suffrage Milestones Across Regions
The passage lists key dates and places where women gained school, municipal, or full suffrage from 1838 through the 1890s. It notes early examples in Kentucky Kansas England Wyoming Michigan Minnesota Colorado New Hampshire Oregon Massachusetts New York Vermont Scotland Nebraska Wisconsin New Brunswick Ontario Washington Illinois Quebec Connecticut Ohio New Zealand South Australia Utah Idaho and others, with the question on suffrage expansion still pending in several areas.
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Kentucky
Kansas
England
Wyoming
Michigan
Minnesota
Colorado
New Hampshire
Oregon
Massachusetts
New York
Vermont
Scotland
Nebraska
Wisconsin
New Brunswick
Ontario
Washington
North
South Dakota
Montana
Arizona
New Jersey
Illinois
Quebec
Connecticut
New Zealand
Ohio
Iowa
South Australia
Utah
Idaho
Republican tariff managers eye last week of Senate debate
From Washington dispatches the Republicans expect this to end the tariff debate in the Senate. Schedules are reviewed with differences among Republicans still to be resolved. Democrats may press long discussions on coal leather hides lead ore reciprocity trusts and the Hawaiian treaty. The House plans adjournment from Monday to Thursday with possible Senate amendments and conferees upon a Thursday vote.
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Washington
Senate
House
Agriculture seeks to restore foreign meat markets
The Department of Agriculture aims to revive foreign markets for American meat, building on Harrison era gains created with the State Department and McKinley tariff reciprocity. With McKinley repealed, Secretary Wilson must restart the effort to open world markets for American farmers.
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Department of Agriculture
Harrison
Jerry” Rusk
State Department
Wilson
Rusk
Bryan and an Inmate Swap Quips at an Asylum
William J. Bryan toured a Western asylum and spoke with an inmate who denied being crazy while calling Bryan a fool. The exchange touched on Bryan’s stance for silver coinage and U.S. financial independence from foreign powers.
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William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
United States
Farmers urged to quit farming for better paying trades
In arguing for or against the Populist position, the Conneautville Courier notes critics question why populist orators do not tell poor farmers to switch to other trades. It cites examples from Linesville and Conneaut where farmers joined milling and meat trades, arguing competition makes business tough for both farmers and merchants.
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Linesville
Conneaut
Undergraduate Life at Yale in Scribner's July Issue
Judge Henry E. Howland presents a Yale life memoir covering 1850 to present day with anecdotes and reminiscences. Orson Lowell contributed original sketches to illustrate the article, enhancing the Yale review. The issue also features other valued articles and full departments.
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Scribner’s Magazine
Henry E. Howland
Yale
Judge Howland
Yale Life
Orson Lowell
Senate opposition to Hawaiian annexation noted
The article cites Senate opposition from Democrats to the Hawaiian annexation proposition while noting Presidents from Polk through Cleveland supported annexation. It also mentions Hon AC W Stone as a chairman on coinage, weights and measures under Speaker Reed, and closes with a public exhortation about welcoming prosperity and greeting distant relatives with bend the mail.
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Senate
Democratic Party
Cleveland
AC. W. Stone
Reed
Southern Democrats May Shift to Protection in Coming Years
The St. Louis Democrat argues Senator Mc Enery of Louisiana is not required to prove long held support for protection. It predicts about half of Southern Democratic leaders will move to the protection side in coming years, disregarding past positions.
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Senator McEnery
Louisiana
St. Louis
Society Enlists Secret Orders for Em Bossed Address Cards
If you belong to any secret society and want a printed address card featuring a handsomely embossed emblem of the order, call at the Mat. office and make your choice.
Local Rumble Over Races Sparks Town Rivalry
The Herald asks why Titusville cannot have a week of strong races like Warren and Bradford, noting Titusville’s status as a neighbor and its distinct community.
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Titusville
Warren
Bradford
The
Herald
Tariffs and Protection Fuel Debate On Domestic Industries
The discussion argues for protective duties to shield wool, leather, and sugar industries from foreign competition. It contends duties raise cattle raisers' income, keep shoe prices low for consumers, and spur American manufacturing while criticizing Grover Cleveland and free trade reforms as harming workers and business. It cites McKinley Tariff-era prosperity and urges sustained protection.
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Grover Cleveland
Harrison
Salads as a Daily Diet Suggests Healthful Meals
Mrs. S. T. Rorer advocates salads as wholesome everyday fare in The Making of Salads. She praises olive oil lemon juice and light seasonings for greens and urges daily inclusion for health and digestion, noting fats aid digestion and TB sufferers benefit from simple dressings.
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S. T. Rorer
Ladies’ Home Journal
Tour Around Chautauqua Lake Inspires Summer Read
Theodore L. Flood writes for the July Chautauquan with a vivid piece on A Tour Around Chautauqua Lake. The issue features illustrations and almost eighty half-tones showcasing literary talent and artistic taste for summer readers.
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Theodore L. Flood
Chautauqua Lake
Hard Times Reflected in Frugal Rural Expenditures
An exchange notes hard times with examples of thrift and substitution. The community lets timber rot, buys fencing, throws away ashes, and buys soap. It raises dogs and hogs, grows weeds, and buys vegetables and brooms. Fish with a $4 rod. Build schoolhouses and educate children away from home. Send boys with a $40 gun and a $10 dog to hunt ten cent game.
Dunn's Review Finds No Step Back in Business Gains
The crop prospects brighten and industries meet growing demand. Labor issues once threatening are adjusted, and the Treasury remains strong despite gold exports driven by premiums paid for foreign governments.
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Dunn
Editor Proposes Linen Suit for Hot Weather
The Atchison Globe editor declares plans to buy a linen suit for hot weather. He says it will look wild like the devil yet as good as a shirt waist in style and comfort.
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Atchison Globe
Harrisburg Letter Details Beer Bills and Revenue Moves
A Harrisburg briefing describes how legislators plan to amend the Bliss beer bill to boost state revenue through graded license fees and broader licensing. It notes Senate activity on revenue measures, the Hamilton road bill needing a $1,000,000 appropriation, Merrick’s school fund reform, and vetoes impacting the National Guard.
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Iain
Harrisburg
Sclons
Quay
Senate
Committee On Judiciary General
Grady
Merrick
Tioga
House
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Warren State Hospital
Warren
Conewango Creek
Hastings
National Guard
Simons
Losch
Capitol
Miss Benser Inherits Large Fortune From Illinois Estate
Miss Benser of Pittsburgh at 18 becomes heiress to more than 155000 dollars in personal property plus substantial real estate after guardian confirms the Illinois estate. Her guardian, Attorney Ivory, filed bond once the amount was known.
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Miss Benser
Pittsburgh
Charles A Benser
Rock Island, Ill
Benser
Moline Wagon Company
Illinois
Unger
Edna
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Ivory
Rock Island
Reasons Why Chamberlains Col ic Remedy Is Best
Advertisement extols Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a universal cure with instant stomach relief and reliability in severe dysentery cholera infantum and epidemics. It claims safety pleasantness and life saving record, with 25 and 50 cent sizes sold by Morris & Mullen Warren and P B Canfield Corydon.
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Chamberlain
Morris & Mullen, Warren
P. B. Canfield
Corydon
New Great South American Kidney Cure Promises Quick Relief
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relief in six hours. The remedy relieves pain in bladder and kidneys, back, for both men and women. It stops water retention almost immediately. Sold by Hertzel and Saner, Warren Pa.
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Hertzel & Saner
Warren
Brilliant Entertainment at Astor Carlton House Reception
William Waldorf Astor hosted his second Carlton House Terrace reception in London after a dinner party for 40 guests. Notables included Prince Alexander of Teck Ambassador Hay Grand Duke Michael of Russia Earl Cadogan and many duchesses. The event featured lavish jewels and a musical program with Paderewski Melba Plancon and others.
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Carlton House Terrace
William Waldorf Astor
London
Prince Alexander of
Teck
Ambassador Hay
Mrs. Hay
Miss Hay
Michael
Russia
Earl Cadogan
Ireland
Fandel Phillips
Countess of Essex
William Vernon Harcourt
Ronalds
Bradley Martin
Leiter
M. Paderewski
Mme. Melba
Pol Plancon
Remarkable Jesuit Cross Unearthed in Pennsylvania Quarries
A petrified wooden cross, likely linked to a Jesuit missionary, was found in Ira W. Logan’s stone quarries near the Ohio and Beaver rivers. Measuring 18 by 24 inches, it lay in limestone formed about nine centuries earlier. Historians tie it to Celeron’s 1749 expedition. the cross will be given to the Carnegie Museum.
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Ira W. Logan
Ohio
Beaver Rivers
Pennsylvania
Celeron
Allegheny
Ohio River
Carnegie Museum
Rapid Growth of Confederate Veterans Camps in South
Adjt. Gen. Norman, under Gen. John B. Gordon, reports 1,000 camps registered in the United Confederate Veterans with over 100 more applications. Soldiers and sailors urged to join at once by letter or wire to New Orleans to be represented at the Nashville reunion and aid needy comrades and widows and orphans.
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Adjt
Norman
John B. Gordon
United Confederate Veterans
United Confederate Veteran Association
Confederate Brotherhood
New Orleans
Nashville
Skull capacity contrasts found by Lombroso and Bordier
Dr. Lombroso reports Italian criminals show ten percent lower skull capacity while Dr. Bordier observes the opposite in France, indicating contested ideas on criminal anthropology.
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Lombroso
Bordier
France
X rays cause dangerous heart palpitations in tests
Seguy and Quenisset report that X rays induce violent and unendurable palpitations unless blocked by a metallic plate. Studies involved medical students and the researchers themselves. Alaska is vast and resource rich yet isolated from the continental U S. Bermuda harbors few native land birds but hosts many visiting species and even wintering bats from the United States.
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M. Seguy
M. Quenisset
Alaska
United States
Mississippi
Cuba
M. Martindale
Pharmaceutical Society
Bermuda Islands
Bermudas
Fashion Notes on Home Furnishings of the Era
A Leisure Hours piece outlines trends in wealth decorating with initials carved in gilded centerpieces on chairs, all-wood high backs, and silk pillows for sofas. It notes a craze for genuine colonial furniture, mahogany tables with carved feet, mismatched chair sets, and white and gilt finishes fading from fashion.
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madam’s la@esk
Sleepy Hollow
Etymologies of Classic Dishes and Foods
The excerpt traces the linguistic roots of dishes like mulligatawney gooseberry fool forcemeat and macaroni. It notes origins from East Indian pepper water Teutonic honeycomb North American Indian parched corn and Greek derivations. It also mentions Sally Lunn and the Bath pastry tradition.
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Sandwich
Sally Lunn
Bath
England
New York City Consumers Face Daily Food Drink and Tobacco Costs
The passage notes that New York City residents spend about 1,000,000 dollars daily on food drink and tobacco. It discusses fashion trends in invitations and writing paper, including long envelopes, monograms, blue or green enamel backs, plaid and brocade printing, pale blue gray pink and cream colors. It also comments on a novelty in the coup spoon design linked to mustache styling.
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New York City
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Aecenarcesass
W. W. Astor
Confederate Veterans
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Glade
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R. E. Geer
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Penn
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Alley
Nodse
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Jackson Hoover
A. L. Cole
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F. M. Downing
W. A. Olmstead
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Grand Valley
Hinckley & Rice, Solicitors
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Nichols
Charles Chase
Jason Andruss
Frank B. Eeterre
D. Martin
D. M. Howard
Warran
Chief Cause
Kilmer
Philadelphia Weekly Press
Old Colony
Stowell’s Evergreen
Pride of the North
Siegfried & CO
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Eport
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Ceereee
U. S
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Spccie
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Pa Telephone
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W. Parshall
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Parmlee
D. L. Gero
New York Weekly Tribune
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Weekly Tribune
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Geo. W. Best
Tribune
Pickett Hardware CO
Syracuse Steel Plows
Planet Jr
the Pickett Hardware CO
Lin’s’p
Deering Binder
W. B. Mead
Jackson Run Creamery
Monarch Cycle Mfg. CO
Emiaco
Russell, Momence Coupe
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