RELIC OF WEBSTER Portrait of Capt Luke Wilder Recalls Revolutionary Ties
Older residents recall Daniel Webster and his close friend Capt Luke Wilder a Bangor resident born in Lancaster Massachusetts Wilder served in the Continental army at Bennington and later faced financial reverses in Maine He died in Bangor on November 24 1826 The portrait by Hoyt came to Mrs Hassard via Jacob McGraw after a Bangor banquet honoring Webster and Wilder. the sitter was about eighty four at the time.
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Prince Henry of Prussia in Bonn Cafe Exchange
A diplomat recounts Prince Henry of Prussia in a Bonn cafe overheard by an English friend. The prince warns against discussing imperial matters, noting a loose majeste law while the Englishman backs off after a pointed remark and the manager is alerted. New York Times.
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Berlin
Bonn
New York Times
Motor boats to link Kerak and Dead Sea on new line
The Dead Sea region long a desert solitude will gain a motor boat route between Kerak and the Jordan river. The first steamer Prodromos, built in Hamburg, will carry 34 passengers and freight. A strand steamer is under construction by Greek cloister promoters in Jerusalem.
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Dead Bem
Dead Sea
Judes
Arlan
Piyina
Kerak
Moab
Jordan River
Hamburg
Germany
Ans Heen
Jerusalem
Not Snticient Evidence at Fort Scott
In Fort Scott Kansas a husband had his wife and a man arrested on a serious charge but could only testify that he once peeked into a church window and saw them singing from the same hymn book. The video report noted no evidence they sang out of tune and the culprits were released.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Siberia's vast expanse overlaid with Eurasian geography
A fragmentary passage notes the immensity of Siberia stretching across 129 degrees of longitude and capable of containing Europe except Australia within its broad landmass, highlighting vast geographic scale.
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Armenia
Siberia
Europe
Aussia
Who Puts Up For It The Cuba Relief Debate
An editorial inquiry highlights the orchestrated push for Cuban sugar and tobacco tariff relief. It questions the sources and methods behind sympathy campaigns claiming a duty to Cuba while alleging the sugar and tobacco trusts stand to gain most from any duty reductions.
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Michigan
American Economist
Cuba
Sugar Trust
Tobacco Trust
Havemeyer
Industrial Commission
Sugar
Ways and Means
Edwin F. Atkins
Boston
Payne
United States
Atkins
Tobacco
Cubs
United
What Farmers Will Think on Tariff and Politics
The piece argues farmers will oppose a tariff shielding producers if they see it protecting manipulators. It warns working men focus on immediate gains, and predicts Republicans could lose farmers’ support if they back sugar refiners while taxing growers. It cautions the next elections may differ from 1896 and 1900 per New Orleans Item.
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New Orleans Item
Protection policy not police power for Michigan farmers
The Detroit Journal argues protectionism should not be treated as a police power or charity to foreigners. It criticizes a senior Michigan senator’s stance and warns against sacrificing one domestic industry to placate revolutionary influences in the tropics.
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Michigan
Tropics
Michian Farmers
Detroit Journal
Knowledge of Cuba economics misattributed to Wood
The text suggests General Wood, Cuban political governor, forms his view on sugar and tobacco values and trade from medical writings. It argues many statements in various communications may be erroneous, implying the general's economic knowledge is largely drawn from materia medica sources rather than trade data.
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Knowtertee
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Materia Medica
Sugar trust seeks tariff removal amid cries from Morayida
Heartless Ofspring notes the Democrate claim the tariff breeds trusts and cites the sugar trust pressing Congress to end tariffs. Morayida Fails (N. C.) in Yellow Jacket mocks the idea, asking if it beats thunder that the Sugar trust wants mercy from Congress.
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Suger Trust
Sugar Trust
Congress
Ts Mammy
Morayida
N. C
Yellow Jacket
Fiat Free Trade and Reciprocity Debate
The New York Press argues that reciprocity allowing foreign goods to replace American products amounts to free trade, asserting such arrangements, whether formal or informal, undermine domestic industry.
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New York Press
Hop Shortage Fears Rise in U S Market
The piece notes alarm among beer drinkers as the U S hop crop of 150000 bales this season dwindles to about 10000 on the coast and possibly 500 in New York state. With brewing stocks light, hop famine seems likely and new hops may not be harvested until September. The article riffs on a spring joke about brewers not needing hops as dealers water the market.
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United States
New York State
Peruna Endorsements From Congress and Patient Letters
Washington February 4 1899 Congressman Howard praises Peruna as a reliable remedy after two weeks use. Letters from Dr Hartman and patient A C Lockhart describe catarrh and dyspepsia relief, urging others to try Peruna and requesting a free catarrh book from The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus.
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Washington
He, Persina Medicine Co
Columbus
M. W. Howard
Howard
Fort Payne
A. C. Lockhart
Corner Cottage St
Ae Road
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Lockiart
Peruna Medici
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