United States Crop Prospects and Demographic Notes
The 1895 article notes the U S potato crop at 282 million bushels, about 100 million more than 1804, record onion harvests, Artanta's exposition turning profit, Georgia’s strong expo performance, New Jersey’s 1895 census at 1,672,942 with 228,009 growth since 1890, England’s international strain, a Spanish plan to turn Cuba into a Canadian-style colony with veto power, Arizona governor predicting 10.09 million dollars in gold this year, and a cautionary view on capitalizing gold resources to create billionaire wealth.
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United States
New Jersey
Iowa
Minnesota
Arizona
Book counts on Bacon Shakspeare split by nation
The volume of works on the Bacon Shakspeare controversy totals 275. Of these, 181 are American and 69 English, with Germany contributing only two. The minor German input suggests the available evidence is not compelling to an impartial mind.
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Bacon- Shakspeare
Germany
Land of New Books
Fe Theodore
Murphy
Brown
Atlantic
Rockaway Beach
Jersey
English
Fife
National hymn America adopted by Episcopal church for all choirs
The national hymn America has been officially adopted into the Episcopal church hymnal and will be sung by every choir of that denomination in the United States. Others may follow with similar action regarding the anthem.
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America
United States
European stocks slump as investors fear new downturn
The article notes a sharp decline in South African mining shares with losses around 80 million in under a week, signaling further weakness ahead. Declines ripple through major centers including London Paris Berlin Vienna and other financial hubs.
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Europe
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Spanish Visitor Says Cuba Trade Blocked by U S
A Spanish visitor in Philadelphia claims Spain has been negotiating with England to sell Cuba and that England will buy if the United States agrees not to interfere. He says this settles the matter and the trade will not proceed.
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Philadelphia
Spain
England
Cuba
United States
Fraud Order Against Exposition Information Bureau
A fraud order was issued by the post office department against the Exposition Information Bureau of Atlanta Georgia. The operation centered on a man from Illinois who advertised to provide exposition information for fifty cents but failed to reply to letters and is alleged to have collected large sums of money.
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Post Office Department
Exposition Information Bureau
Atlanta
Illinois
British group forms pact to push canal project
The report notes a British syndicate backing Nicaragua canal construction but insists the project must remain under United States control for vital strategic reasons, regardless of how the canal is ultimately built.
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Nicara‘gua Canal
United States
England avoids aggressive claim on disputed South American border
The article argues England will not force possession of land at the Venezuela British Guiana border during current US tensions. It notes England sees the value of U S friendship over a territorial strip, and while not abandoning the claim, she won’t act as a bully as she did against Nicaragua.
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England
Venezuela
British Guiana
United States
South America
Nicaragua
Imprisoned Union Leader Urges Ballot over Strikes
EuGzxn quotes the imprisoned president of the American Railway Union urging labor to strike through ballots. He condemns voting for old parties as slavery to masters and argues only full overthrow of wage slavery and the current system through cooperative commonwealth would bring relief. He says silver is not a real issue and coins its impact as negligible.
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Dress
American Railway Union
Co-Operative Commonwealth
Prohibition law clash marks early wins and global notes
Attorney General Camp Bell secures a liquor sale conviction in Wichita on the 13th, while a stream of international and national items follow. London fraud suspect Col Jacques jailed. Breslau monk Liebknecht punished for seditious speech. Schlatter mystery prompts Denver intrigue. G A R leader Lawler disputes a gubernatorial bid. Bearded Lady Anna Jones remarries in St. Louis. Gomez and Maceo lead Cuban insurgents near Havana.
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P. Bell
Kansas
John Jennings
Jacques
London
Townly
New York
Breslau
Herr Liebknecht
Reichstag
Denver
Col
Fox
Mr. Fox
F. Schlatter
Schlatter
Thomas G. Lawler
Illinois
Hokins
Chicago
Josie Pa Ruz
Order
Philadelphia
Jake Gaudaur
America
Toronto
Globe
C. R. Harding
Gaudaur
England
Harding
James W. Forsythe
Department of California
Washington
Fifth Artillery
Anna Jones
Elliott
St. Louis
W. A. Donovan
Jamaica
Maximo Gomez
Antonio Maceo
Las Villas
Havana
Joan R. Tanner
Republican State Central Committee
Seymour Matthews
Gov
Matthews
Indiana
Atlanta
Thomas Byrnes
New York Police
Berlin
Carter
Republican Nattional Committee
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Grain blockade tightens grip on Buffalo as cargo ships wait
On the fourteenth the grain blockade at Buffalo intensified. Elevators are filling, railroads cannot supply enough cars, and many vessels line the docks awaiting loading. The steamship Mariposa departed San Francisco en route to Honolulu Auckland and Sydney with Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson and family aboard. Six tens of thousands in Chicago petition to study Bible in public schools nonsectarian. Filibuster expedition lands in eastern Cuba near Yarnas from Venezuela. Whitier homestead at Amesbury Massachusetts may become a memorial building open to the public. Car authorities closing the gate at a Lockport raceway due to low water threatens closure of factories and mills, jeopardizing 25 percent of local employment.
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Buffalo
N. Y
San Francisco
Honolulu
Auckland
Sydney
Samoa
Robert Louis Stevenson
Valima
H Comestead
Whittier
Amesbury
Mass
Lockport
Loceport
Awful Cleveland Car Crash Kills Thirteen
A deadly night accident in Cleveland Ohio when an electric car plunged from a viaduct into the Cuyahoga River, killing thirteen of fifteen passengers and the conductor. One man and one woman survived.
Mooberry trial and crimes across Illinois county notes
The report covers Mooberry's second trial for the fatal club attack on neighbor Charles Hinshaw with self defense claims noted. Also listed are: county funding for a western asylum site at Gel esburg. a Clinton wife’s death from a startled horse. Halloween victim William Mitchell’s death. a $100 reward for George Canning. Col Charles W Wolverton’s death. fire in Percy tied to earthquake cracks. early settler William Ellis’s death. Bloomington elopement of Pearl Andrus Miner. Rev Gerritt Snyder installed at Pana. Henry Becker’s death near Carlyle. bucket shop conviction of William Linell. Ford County Bank dividend. brakeman Charles Brice crushed. Jacob Bush’s death. a child burned in Clayton. Lucy N Wight’s Galena longevity. George Putnam’s five-year murder sentence. J F Bradshaw’s long illness and death. Crete Manufacturing Co plant fire.
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Blackwell
Alfreton
Derby
England
York
Ignacio, Co
Bannock
Grenada
British West Indies
James W. Boyle
Rockaway
N. Y
Bridgeport
Conn
Fifteen Die as Riverfront Car Plunges at Central Viaduct
A Cleveland disaster at 7 35 PM last night on the Central viaduct draw killed nineteen and left thirteen bodies in the river after a Cedar and Jennings avenue electric car sped toward an open draw gate. Motorman Rogers barely escaped as two passengers leaped free. rescue crews faced a long, agonizing task to identify and recover victims amid a city still seeking answers about fault and safety.
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Cleveland
South Side
Cuyahoga River
Jenning’s Avenue
Central Avenue
Charles Brennan
Cedar and
Jennings Avenue
Big Consolidated
Rogers
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