Warship to Samoa and Pacific Crisis Reported
Reports from Apia indicate German actions in Samoa triggered protests by American and British authorities. German consul expelled, chief justice reassigned, and tensions rise as Berlin-Berkeley discussions loom. President McKinley may deploy Admiral Dewey’s squadron to protect U S interests if hostilities escalate.
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Apia
Watlim
Berlin
Germany
Great
Dri
Gotter Ag
Goermany
Ty Bertin
Terry
Cruiver Muulad
Ban Piege
Acaputen
Atun
Farmers Enthusiastic Over Record Harvest and Prices in 1890
Statistical reports from the Department of Agriculture show unprecedented crops and prices. The 1890 corn crop reached 2 283 575 000 bushels valued at 140 270 080 dollars, while wheat hit 27 ... The record expansion includes larger acreage and higher farm values, with oats and rye prices also improved, though potatoes decline from earlier peaks.
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Ficurea
Ishs
Department of Acticulture
Tsot
Agricultural Department
United States
Gaten
Itan Seling
Germany Charged With Tri Partite Treaty Violations
The report alleges Germany backs Matonfa in attempts to overturn Gorecumvent, with Chief Justice Chambers Germany Necomen Ageresalyve cited. U S and consular communications warn of perilous implications for the Samoan Talands, amid broader wartime exchanges and farm commodity export figures.
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Lea
Enei
Germany
Herlin
Ageresalyve
Matonia
America
Cleveland
State Department
Insurgent in the Philippines and other world notes
The piece references the Philippine insurgents seeking independence without allies, America's stance on Spain and the Maine affair, Queen Til seeking restitution, and a U.S. judge ruling poker as non-gambling. It also notes the Philadelphia bank president Gadeon Mareb being sentenced to twelve years, with other items hinted.
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Tavana
Philippine
Agustae
Witliog
Hall
America
Tum
Maine
Yal
Patie Gadeon Mareb
Philadelphia Keystone Bank
Successor to Gen Eagan Col John F Weston Reported Rejected
Washington reports Col John F Weston, a top subsistence department officer, rejected as successor to Gen Eagan as commissary general. Weston led the chief commissary during Santiago and has served since 1876, with earlier line service and volunteer duty in the Fourth Kentucky Cavalry.
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John F. Weston
Laigan
Magan
Waalington
Elis
John F Weston
Heentnot
Seaate
Gen
Eagan
Het Cal
Weston
Santiago
Forrth Kentucky Cavalry
Tnt
Elase H
Ners Dee
Senators Cockrell and Gorman Eye 1900 Democratic Nomination
The Kangae City Times notes Senators Francis M Cockrell of Missouri and J. L. Gorman of Maryland as hopefuls for the 1900 Democratic presidential nomination. It portrays Cockrell as an old fashioned Democrat with national experience and cites his war record. The piece mentions Gorman’s anti expansion stance and opposition to the peace treaty ratification.
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Cockrell
Gorman
White House
Kangae City
Bryan
United States
Francis M Cockrell
Cordroll Fa
Chicago
the Times
Isa
Maryland
Ifo
England to Retaliate Over Frane Sugar Trade
The British cabinet plans trade retaliation to protect sugar growers as France resists reform. England seeks action to curb sugar shipments while Germany and others agree to reductions, aiming to shield colonial producers from bounty-fed competition.
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Frances
Germany
Amstrea
Franer
England
Buripe
Fragmented World News Digest Brief
A jumble of isolated items reports on Parroty revenue in South Ameren and a Berlin claim by a Filipino delegate about a prolonged guerra. It notes McCulloch’s tour plans and the death of Smith Edwards in Missouri. Other items mention grain waste industries, military orders, fossils, a New York wife’s arrest claim, and possible abandonment of Western army posts after Cuba and Philippines withdrawals.
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South Ameren
Berl
McCulloch
Menmla
Smith Ediwards
Smithton
Hasano
New York
Wahington
Miles
Washington
Oay
Chickamauga National Path
Berlin
United States
Admiral Dewey
Alaskan Commercial Company of
San Francico
California
Baltimore
West
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Words of Wisdom and Reflections on Faith and Freedom
A religious column surveys enduring Bible verses linked to historic martyrs and reformers, citing Wishart, Knox, Rogers, and Augustine. It warns against chasing happiness in wealth or novelty, urging inner spiritual kingdom as true salvation, with anecdotes from a Tennessee farmer and a slave turned exhorter illustrating devout faith.
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Tinga
Facholars
Cot
George Wishart
West
Thomas Corret
Scotland
Eadsdane Grey
Join Buss
Mar
John Rogers
Blé Thomas
Europe
St Augustine
Roy the Less Mal
Chris. Tan
Chris
Tian
L. Moudy
A Prayer and Reflections on Cheerfulness
A devotional fragment describes a humble prayer seeking mercy and forgiveness, listing four offerings of the soul including nothingness and contrition. It also notes Robert Southey on dislike of others and concludes that cheerful conduct stems from faith, courage, and reliance on divine strength.
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Robert Southey
Quotations on character and virtue in a torn manuscript fragment
A fragmented page presents moral aphorisms on self-knowledge, courage, luck, and virtue. The text cites quotes and adages from various voices, urging cheerful influence, personal responsibility, and enduring life as a moral condition rather than a time span.
Curious Questions and Odd Inquiries at the Institute
A lively record of visitors at the Smiths Institute asking offbeat questions about relics from Eden and the universe. Doorkeepers admit limited treasure, while anecdotes highlight humorous misunderstandings and Bibles of odd lore.
Was Equal to the Occasion in a Kentucky Barn Sermon
A colored preacher in a rural Kentucky district uses a tobacco hogshead as a pulpit. He shouts a moral line about righteousness and wickedness, causes the hogshead to collapse beneath him, then reappears gripping the barrel’s chime and exclaims a revivalist flourish. The Boston Transcript reports the anecdote.
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Kentucky
Bross
Boston Transcript
Porto Rico Statehood Debate and Public Opinion
Public leaders debate whether Porto Rico should be granted statehood, noting unprecedented questions on its status and a new approach to constitutional questions. The piece interleaves observations with ad copy for Lipstetter's Stomach Bitters and trivia on Mohammedan ink beliefs and Bavarian beer consumption.
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Porto Rico
Ben
Iipstetter
Sisters champion Peruna as grippe remedy in Ohio asylum
Letters from Sisters of St Francis at St Vincent's Orphan Asylum Columbus describe widespread grippe and praise Dr Hartman's Peruna against influenza coughs colds and bronchitis. The note adds a reference to Dr Hartman's book Winter Catarrh and the Pergna Drug Mfg Co of Columbus Ohio.
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Sisters of St. Francis
Fyartman
Sr. Vincent’s Oritan Asylum
East Mary Sr
Con
Rose Ave
Columbus
Ohio
Hartman
Sisters of St Francis
St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum
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Philadelphia
Reaculiecil
Heronnds
McKinley
Jenoeys
London Times
Tuvala
Tabune
Farmers
U. S
Apta
Ratioa Fins
Syne
Australia
Auckland
Mission House
Japan
Alexander Unade
Kiames
Ilrosgald
Methodist Episcopal Chatmhae
Mra Alesander
RP Vbvawh
Tler
Misa Otto
Mise Hewitt
Philadelpala
Til
Gen. Eagan
de Cot Scotledd
Tennes
Lrat—Ouree
Tom
Bem
Berm
Tirle Ren
Tim Leh
Christ Jesus
Couss
Charles A. Murdock
George Washin
Institute
Lden
Indy
Washington Star
Egypt
Jay
Asiimulus
Sisters OF St-Francis
Mexico
GATES
Rock Island
Colorado
San Kynucisco
Los Angeles
Pullman
Sea
Ionm Sebastian
G. P.A
Chienge
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