Publication news and notable forthcoming books listed
Hall Caine’s The Eternal City has sold 325000 copies. Funk and Wagnalls announces The Socialist and the Prince by Mrs Fremont Older. New novels by Lucas Malet and Jean Webster are planned, with notes on other works and a rare 11 foot copper globe in Tsarskow Selo highlighting historic geographies.
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Hall Caine
Funk & Wagnalls Company
Fremont Older
Lucas Malet
Richard Calmady
England
Public statements by O Havemeyer on sugar industry and immigration
The president of the American Sugar Refining Co. defends disclosure limits for corporations and argues for low prices to boost consumption. He cites price trends from 4.55 cents per pound, with 2.64 net after government take, and notes rising consumption. He opposes anti trust measures, predicts serious immigration concerns, and calls for restricting entrants from eastern and southern Europe and Syria perceived as undesirable. He warns of a future law to exclude those not physically vigorous who may lower living standards.
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H. O. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Co
Europe
Syria
Ellis Island
Need of Restriction of Immigration
Commissioner Williams argues for selective immigration limits, noting past benefits from European entrants and the shift toward urban city immigration. He compares charity rates between aliens and native born, urges proper regulation rather than total bans, and suggests Europe contains both desirable and undesirable entrants.
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William Williams
United States
Northwest
Great Britain
Germany
Scandinavia
Europe
Fighting the Big Packers in National Livestock Showdown
John W. Springer, elected fifth term president of the National Livestock Association, leads cattle growers of the West in a major struggle against meat packers. The movement aims to secure better terms from packers or prompt cattlemen to run their own packing houses, backed by Springer’s proven organizational skill and wide Western grazing interests.
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West
John W. Springer
National Livestock Association
Joan W. Springer
Mr. Springer
Denver
Springer
Beauty of Russian Court Grand Duchess Serge
Among the ladies of the Russian court none equals Grand Duchess Serge sister of the Czarina and niece of King Edward of England in personal beauty before her marriage. The article highlights her rank and connections within European royalty.
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Serge
Czarina
Edward of
England
Mar
Make the Trusts Show Up
James J. Hill argues for distinguishing honest monopolies from speculators. He urges requiring trusts to disclose assets and value before selling stock nationally, comparing good consolidated firms to harmful schemes and proposing honest reporting across state lines.
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James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Congress
Herr Krupp
Germany
Rhode Island
California
Dogs Better Than the Baby
Dr. G F Shrady argues in Medical Record that modern women avoid or inadequately rear children. He cites social status, urban living, and Anglo-Saxon prudery as obstacles to large families, noting how France has pursued state incentives while medicine alone cannot reverse the trend.
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G. F. Shrady
Medical Record
France
Passing of the bicycle marks a drastic industry decline
Chicago Inter Ocean notes a collapse of the bicycle era with 300 U.S. factories in 1895 producing 500 000 machines costing users 37 500 000 annually yet demand outpaced supply. By 1900s leagues, newspapers, stores, and clubs shrank. sales and memberships plummeted as interest waned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
League of American Wheelmen
Wheeling
League
Chicago
Inter Ocean
German Princess Chooses Russian Grand Duke as Husband
Princess Elizabeth of Hesse Darmstadt, daughter of Princess Alice of England and Victoria’s granddaughter, wed Russian Grand Duke Alexander III. Nine years ago she converted from Lutheranism to Orthodoxy, gaining popularity as an intimate of the Czar and Czarina. The Grand Duke governs Moscow, where the couple spend part of each year.
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Riage
Elizabeth of
Hesse-Darmstadt
Germany
Alice of
England
Serge
Czar
Alexander III
Moscow
Long Evenings and an Arctic Evening Suit
An Arctic explorer notes they carry an evening suit while a friend jokes about frequent changes in cold climates. The friend remarks evenings stretch six months in the north, highlighting extreme daylight conditions and social customs.
Pallette DeAuber Delights Odd Genius Art Scene
The artist Pallette DeAuber showcases a quirky blend of painting and cartography, presenting a $300 pop art piece based on an inexpensive 30 cent map as a playful, provocative work.
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Superior Art
Pallette—DeAuber
Pallette
The King's Perquisites for the Crown
The article lists royal perquisites of England noting the king's rights over landed sturgeon and items presented to the crown. It mentions a sturgeon from the Thames at Queen Victoria's wedding banquet and yearly gifts including tablecloths doves hares a catapult cumin seed horse halter scarlet hose currycomb tongs crossbar gray fur nightcap falcon knives a lance and a tailor's silver needle.
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England
United Kingdom
Thames
China to establish general post office under Hart
China plans a general post office to be administered by the marine customs service led by Sir Robert Hart. The move centralizes postal operations and places management under Hart, signaling a major administrative reform.
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China
Marine Customs Service
Sir Robert Hart
Sap Drip Nostalgia Amid Utica Woods
A nostalgic poem evokes maple sap season near Utica Globe era imagery. The speaker recalls sap collecting, sap barrels, old sleds, a mare, and siblings, linking memories of woodsmoke, brooks, and robin songs with the sap run and rural childhood freedom.
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Utica Globe
Sakhalin Island the Great Penal Colony and Living Tomb
A historic account surveys Sakhalin as Russia s feared penal island with prisons on the northern coast. It describes brutal transport convoys, stockades, iron cages on convict ships, and a harsh climate that bred endless punishment with few ever returning home.
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Russia
Sakhalin Island
Sakhalin
Asia
Alexan
Hope
Siberia
Sakhalins
St. Petersburg
Charles H. Hawes
Alexandrovsk
Shredni-Kolymsk
Women of New Guinea Skirts of Grass and Leaves
Women and girls in New Guinea wear knee length skirts woven from native grass or leaves such as cocoanut and banana. The grass is plaited into a belt at the top and dyed red black or light brown, producing a harmonious effect. The banana leaf skirts cause a waddle like the girls, and a quip from boys at Anglican Mission headquarters contrasts the walk with that of the girls. A woman’s youth is judged by other women.
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New Guinea
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LWA
W. E. Lenley
John H. Farmer
EK. P. Dutton & Co
M. Carta Sturge
Cambridge
Canon Scott Holland
Century Company
Jean Webster
Herbert 8S
Stone & Co
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
H. K E. Parkhurst
University of Chicago Press
Robert Francis Harper
University of Chicago
Ruth McEnery Stuart
Napoleon Jackson
Academy of Sciences
Tsarskow Selo
Frederick of
Holstein
Havemeyer
Packers
National Live Stock Association
Slater
J. J. Hill
Queen Victoria
Grand Duchess Serge
Brother
Drovsk
Okhotsk
Empire
Odessa
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