Cuba as a Latin Pearl and Sugar Power in 1904
The piece extols Cuba as a potential economic hub under peaceful governance, detailing its geography, climate, and population distribution. It cites Havana as the leading city, outlines land use with vast undeveloped tracts, and notes American investment in sugar, tobacco, railways, and other sectors totaling hundreds of millions. It also provides trade figures with the United States for the prior fiscal year and sugar production data for 1904 and 1905.
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Cuba
Antilles
Gulf States
Long Island
Cube
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Delaware
New Jersey
Key West
United States
Havana
Tampa
New Orleans
New York
Panama Canal
Puerto Principe
New York State
Washington
Santiago
Gaines
Havena
Tobreco
Department of Commerce and Labor
Phareax
Cunha
Steinhart
Truit
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Thia
Cuban commerce and finance under U S rule discussed
An article details Cuba's principal crops and 1904 customs receipts, noting currency uses, bond prices, and further debates on U S intervention amid civil strife. It also condemns The Clansman play, urging Southern cities to suppress the production during tense racial unrest.
Reigning Families End Differences Across European Courts
Reconciliation flows among European royal houses as Edward's visit to William and the Russian Grand Duke Cyril's marriage ease tensions. The Munich meeting signals broad royal acceptance, while other aristocrats like Lord Clifford and the Rothes claim long ties to power. Royal and noble intrigues weave through Europe as dynasties adjust to modern era pressures.
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Europa
Edward
William
Friedrichshof
Homberg
Berlin
St. James
Hohenfelsen
Paul
Russia
Kopertal
Romanoff
France
Paris
Munich
Germany
Cyril
Europe
Grand Duchess of Hegse
Hatersburg
Grand Duke
Vlddimir
Tegernses
Bavaria
Vladimir
Forlorn vagrant jailed. girl on front steps spurs gossip
A distressed vagrant received thirty days from Judge Mullowny after an unsettled court appearance. The piece also recounts social observations from Virginia visitors about a seventeen year old girl, neighborhood reactions to a courting couple, and a Perry County incident involving a $10 bill and a color line in a shop.
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Virginia Tmatyoq
Sophia
Tye
Roosevelt Declines Presidency. Bryan Emerges as Democratic Pick
The Smyrny Journer reports a telegraph from New York stating Theodore Roosevelt will not run for president in 1908. The Democrats favor William Jennings Bryan, who recently visited the city, while Republicans nowhere yet settled may back Roosevelt or possibly Joseph Cannon. Observers doubt Cannon’s energy for the chief executive role at age seventy.
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Smyrny
New York
Rooegevelt
United States
Bryan
Republicana
Roosevelt
Cane
Washington Post
Joseph Cannon
House of Representatives
Washinton
New York Mapers
Cannon
Atlanta Riot Described as Deplorable Race Fury Exhibition
A Philadelphia account compares the Atlanta riot to Civil War era New York draft disturbances, calling the events a deplorable display of race violence and savagery. It recalls mobs attacking Black residents and even targeting an asylum for colored orphans.
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Philadelphia
Atlanta
New York City
Contempt for Wealth Debate a Congressmans Denial
The piece discusses charges that Congressman William Alden Smith is a millionaire, defending him against the insinuation. It argues wealth alone is not condemnable and notes Smith’s twelve years in Congress with no corruption allegations. The author asserts the unfairness of labeling him a millionaire based on irregular methods and highlights the public tension between rich and poor.
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William Alden Smith
Michigan
United States
Philadelphia Ledger
Congress
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
Warm weather raises tea prices but coal costs stay high. A girl deciding to marry often sees only a man’s chance to escape. It suggests a man should settle down so his family can return from summer vacation. The writer jests about plans and humor in domestic life.
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New York Press
Progress of This Nation at Pike Centennial Celebration
Colorado Springs reports the Pike centennial events with speeches by Gen. Frank Wail and Judge Wilbur F. Brome. Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks addressed 10,000 in Acacia Park, praising republican institutions and moral progress while urging clean public service and dedication to public welfare.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Floneer
Stratton Park
Cheyenne Canyon
Frank Wail
Wilbur F. Brome
Denver
Charles W. Fairbanks
Grand Opera House
Acacia Park
Pike
Fairbanks Las
Bublia
Littauer Retires and Nominates Durey in Saratoga District
Representative Littauer of New York retires from Congress and nominates Cyrus Durey, postmaster of Johnstown, as his successor for the Twenty fifth New York district in Saratoga County. Durey, a Republican state committeeman, is described as a steady leader. he is 42, with English and Dutch ancestry and managing a large Adirondack lumber company.
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Littauer
New York
Congress
Saratoga
Hamilton
Fulton
Warren
Montgomery
Cyrus Du~rey
Johnstown
Ma Littauer
Durey
Cloversville Herald
van Buren
Adirondack Lumber Company
Labor War on Cannon Prompts Gompers Chicago visit
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor arrives in Chicago to launch a political war on Speaker Joseph Cannon and signals support for the progressive alliance as labor seeks to defeat Cannon in the upcoming election. He dodges local stance but backs alliance propaganda and hints at possible campaigning.
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Samuel Gompers
Chicago
Agsaile
Washington Post
American Federation of Labor
Joseph Cannon
Progressive Alliance
United Labor Forces
J. D. Pierce
Way
Alliance
Cannon
Gompers
Organized Labor
Gen McCook Hospitalized with Inflammatory Rheumatism
General Edwin McCook commander of Sherman’s cavalry in the march to the sea and former Colorado governor remains bedbound at Baptist Hospital in Chicago suffering inflammatory rheumatism. Seventy three, blind in one eye and with a useless right arm, he draws on aid from old army comrades and maintains resolve despite six weeks of confinement. Harvard Medical School dedicates its new Longwood campus buildings, a grand marble expansion praised as the university’s largest addition.
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Lagy Rothes
Leslia
Fifeshire
Alnea
George Waldegrave Leslie
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Leslie
Levan
Leslie Haune
Norman Lesils
Rothes
Cardinal Bethune
Duke of Rothes
Charles IX
John
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Scotland
Sedlan
Thomas Edwarda
Prinknash Park
Gloucestershire
Ika
Exeter
Hhe
Kia Gragt
George Gwyther
Chicago
The
Baptist Hospital
Edwin McCook
Cavalry
Colorado
Armay
Sherman
McCook
John McCook
Congressman McCook
New York
Daniel McCook
Morgan
Harvard
Boston
Harvard Medical School
Bulding
Longwood Avenue
Fenway
Montana Democrats in Session at Butte Convention
The State Democratic convention in Butte opened with former Senator A J Frank as chairman of the state central committee. After Rawlin Norris of Beaverhead County was elected temporary chairman and committees formed, the meeting recessed. Ambassador Tower arrived in New York on the Kronprinz Wilhelm from Bremen, Sept 25.
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Butte
Mont
United States
A. J. Frank
State Central
Rawin Norris
Beaver Head County
Ambassador Tower
New York
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
Kronprinst Wilhelm
Bremen
Physicians discuss plague control and public health in Germany and India
Dr Hubert Sattler of Leipzig discusses German methods to combat plague witnessed in Calcutta and Canton, praising centralized enforcement and sanitation. Dr Harvey Wiley reports progress on the U S pure food law, noting regulatory drafting by October and benefits to consumers and babies. James R Gardner notes Southern cotton mill challenges, labor issues, and potential immigration shifts to expand southern textile production with a $700 million crop value and 100000 spindles worldwide.
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Hubert Sattler
Leipzig
Willard
India
China
Calcutta
Dr. Sattler
Hnglish
Tn Canton
New York
Germany
Harvey Wiley
Agricultural Department
New Willard
Commission
New York City
Dr. Wiley
Syhjeh
Mannufacturer
James R. Gardner
Charlotte
N. C
South
Europe
New England
Scared Both of Them at Law Court
In a vignette from Mr Justice Maule's bench a bellowing counsel bullies an elderly female witness until she trembles and the judge rebukes him noting the fear he instills. The exchange ends with the judge quipping that the lawyer also scares him.
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Justice Maule
Worship a Deux in Prom Harper's Weekly
When Dean Swift was summoned to Loracor he started the custom of reading prayers on Wednesday and Friday. On the first Wednesday only his Clerk Roger appeared as he began with a playful line about the Scriptures moving you and me in aundry places, then continued to the end.
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Mr. McM
Hoya
Twick
Hallie
Harper's Weekly
Dean Swift
Roger
Aundry
Fortune-hungry crowd surrounds Markley in Philly
In the Philadelphia Press a boastful retiree Markley is said to have more money than he can spend while eager suitors seek favors. The Chicago Daily News reports a deputy sheriff delivering subpoenas to the multimillionaire who quips that they already have a newspaper.
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Philadelphia Press
Markley
Chiesgo Daly
Reultimaillonaire
Perseverance and humour mark long life tales
In a Philadelphia Pete Ledger interview a reporter asks how to reach a great age. The centenarian replies that perseverance kept him going, joking that he “kept on lyin.” A Porto Rico Review note praises September magazines as entertaining and instructive, though aging pictures of familiar actresses feel monotonous.
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Bill
Porto Rico
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