Sir Charles Hardinge as India's new viceroy and diplomat
The article profiles SR CHARLES HARDINGE as a supreme diplomat and destined viceroy of India. It notes his aristocratic background, calm authoritative manner, and restrained power as a potential behind the throne figure in British policy. It traces his rapid career from Harrow and Cambridge to key embassies including Constantinople, Berlin, Washington, and St. Petersburg, highlighting his language skills and deep eastern policy experience.
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Charles Hardinge
India
Sir Charles Hardinge
Charles Dilke
Canterbury
Lord Esher
Marquis of
Tweeddale
Harrow
Cambridge
Constantinople
Berlin
Washington
Sofia
Bucharest
Paris
Teheran
St. Petersburg
Itis
Near
Persia
China
Foreign Office
Hardinge’s Diplomatic Rise and Court Influence
The text chronicles Sir Charles Hardinge’s swift rise after recall, becoming minister plenipotentiary for King Edward’s Lisbon Naples Rome Paris tour and shaping ententes with Portugal Italy and France. It notes his ambassadorship in St Petersburg (1904 06) amid the Dogger Bank crisis and Macedonia talks, aided by ties to Queen Alexandra and Osborne House through Lady Hardinge and the tsaritsa.
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Lisbon
Naples
Rome
Paris
Portugal
Italy
France
Foreign Office
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St. Petersburg
Dogger Bank
Japan
Macedonia
Not a Politician but a Civil Servant with Policy
The passage argues abstaining from party politics strengthens the British civil service. It notes Lord Curzon traveled to India with training and instincts of a politician, yet possessed his own policy. The text contrasts political maneuvering with administrative independence.
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Lord Curzon
Mexico to Unveil Independence Statue in Mexico City
Mexico City plans a September centennial unveiling on Paseo de la Reforma of a 153 foot statue of independence. The figure group on the socle represents Law Resistance Force and Progress with Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla on the pedestal, hailed as Mexico's George Washington.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla
Fugleman
Liberty
George Washington
Wooded Baden Buys Lumber
Baden buys lumber as forests cover 237 percent of the area yet the import mix includes 40 percent from the United States along with supplies from Russia Sweden and Noumania. A heading note mentions two miles in one cocoon producing silk.
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Baden
Germany
United States
Russia
Sweden
Noumania
Graftless City Seen as Unbuilt Prospect
S E Kiser notes in the Chicago Record Herald that while many things become less with time such as heatless palm rooms and meatless dinners the day may come when the horse vanishes and wagons lose shafts yet no graftless city exists in this hemisphere.
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Hemisphere
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record- Herald
Sir Charles I Hardinge Appointed to Lead India Policy
The article notes Sir Charles I Hardinge’s appointment as permanent head of the foreign office amid India policy shifts under Sir Edward Grey. It highlights his quiet, principled rise, loyalty to government aims, and a Times appraisal praising his common sense, steady judgment, and conscientious service over potential genius.
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Persia
Afghanistan
Tibet
Edward Grey
London
Foreign Office
Charles I Hardinge
Times
India
House Built From One Tree in Elma Washington
A fourteen room two story and a half house was built entirely from lumber of a single giant Douglas fir felled west of Elma. The tree yielded 40 000 feet of serviceable lumber, cut into six logs with a butt length of 28 feet and a stump diameter of 7 feet 9 inches. The tree rose over 500 feet high and its lumber value at 25 dollars per thousand exceeded 1000 dollars.
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Elma
Wash
Egyptian Cott 1 Crop Normal Prospects
Prospects in cotton are for a normal crop around 1 100 000 bales. Plants across fields show good stands and cultivation is proceeding well.
Turkish Fatalism Makes Soldiers Hard to Beat
The Turkish soldier’s mental habit of fatalism keeps him cool and enduring under pressure. He rarely panics and avoids conspicuous daring. Though not fast, he holds steady pace, making him hard to defeat except against the best trained or most aggressive troops.
Chrome ore trade routes to the United States in 1909
The report notes that half of Thodesia chrome ore exports entered the United States at Baltimore in 1909 totaling 11 470 tons out of 22 871. Netherlands and France are listed as other large buyers.
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America
Thodesia
United States
Baltimore
Netherlands
France
Glasgow Tests Spring-Linked Wheel Resilience
Glasgow experiments with a wheel design separating rims from centers by multiple springs to add shock absorption. The concept aims to reduce jolting and improve ride comfort.
What the Inventors Are Accomplishing on the River
A fragment discusses rowing and the idea of who will handle the oars in a long river trip. The speaker notes that while others enjoy the outing, "George" ends up resenting the task and targets the inventor of rowboats for blame. The passage hints at a humorous conflict over invention and responsibility.
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George
Danish Pedal Boat and Telewriter Spark Global Interest
A Danish inventor markets a two man pedal powered craft to ease work on the water and a telewriter advances rapid facsimile messaging. The telewriter records and transmits handwriting over wires enabling distant exchanges. Interest grows worldwide with potential for legal and business use.
Novel oil fuel traction engine for dragging artillery
Describes an oil fuel traction engine built to haul heavy artillery over rough terrain. It travels on an self laid steel track that forms a continuous chain, enabling movement over ditches rocks and steep gradients.
A Dark Outlook on Airships Obscuring the Sky
Richard Le Gallienne warns in Smart Set that the rise of airships will bring irretrievable loss of the sky. He argues aviation will destroy solitude and peace, replacing blue horizons with noise and traffic, altering dreams of better worlds forever.
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Broadway
Richard le Gallienne
Albanian noble in revolt condemned to die firing squad
An Albanian noble in the Turkish army defected to rebels and was condemned to be shot. His son joined the firing squad but, after being compelled to shoot, fired into the air and was later arrested for the act. He hanged himself in his cell.
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