Aberdeen Herald Gabfest on Language and Education
The Aberdeen Herald reviews a mix of topics from a sash trust and gum games to a critique of English usage In union is strength is cited with Brooklyn teachers wages and lawsuits The piece ends with a reflection on college students resisting exclusiveness and threats to democratic equality at universities
France faces new Dreyfus case in marine ministry
The Rennes era echoes as Jean Philippe, a ministry of marine official, vanishes amid claims he plotted to sell French naval information to foreign powers. Authorities say evidence is strong though details remain murky in this provocative accusation.
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Dreyfus
France
Ministry of Marine
War Department
Rennes
Jean Philippe
Monsieur Philippe
Paris Theaters Raise Prices Post Exposition Opening
The report notes higher theater prices in Paris after the exposition opening and mentions hotels advertising 89 rate as part of the fair publicity. Parisians respond with concern about costs for visitors and locals alike.
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Paris
Woman’s clever revenge on husband’s lodge habit becomes six meetings a week
A newspaper excerpt notes that rising Paris Exposition prices may deter visitors, while educators urge practice-based learning in schools. It then recounts a comic tale of a wife turning the joke of men staying out late at lodges on its head by joining six societies herself, leaving husband unable to object and sealing the gendered reversal.
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Joe Miller
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R. of A
C. of I
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D. of 8S
Detroit
New York
Royal Linguists: German Emperor Impresses in England Visit
The German Emperor speaks English with little accent and acts as a skilled linguist during a recent English visit. The Empress talks well though with a strong accent while the royal children prefer their mother tongue and sometimes shy from English speeches. Prince of Wales speaks German fluently.
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England
Prince of Wales
Proverbial Wisdom on Wives and Barbers
A collection of quips about family pride and loyalty, noting that boasting about mothers’ pies is a bore and that true friendship is shown by restraint. It advises not to argue with a barber and hints at the quiet bonds that bind friends beyond overt bravado.
Collection of terse world items from the wires
Filipino insurgents fight to keep Americans out of southern Luzon. Plague in Honolulu is stamped out with 62 total cases and 53 deaths. A brother of President Steyn is captured by the British. General White arrives at Durban and sails for East London. England rejects U S intercession in the South African war. An O R & N freight hits four Japanese workers near Baker City, two killed. Riots in Martinique and threats against whites. The U S buys the steamer Columbia for Manila service. Armenia carries supplies to Manila and rails to Vladivostock for Siberian railway needs. Senator Sewell rebrands Paris Line as Philadelphia. Trans Atlantic mail ships St Paul St Louis New York named for American cities. Sudborough sues for damages over arrest. Actor John Z Little dies in Brooklyn. San Francisco reports bubonic plague case. Chinatown cleanup urged. Newark tenement fire kills fifteen. A boy shoots mother. fatal wound. Anti imperialist vote expected 2 000 000 to 8 000 000. Spanish American war veterans in Walla Walla plan Lawton camp. Rand Drill Company president dies in New York. Lila and Mattie wrecked on Tillamook bar. Puerto Ricans face months of hunger. Germans bound for Pretoria arrested at Lourenco Marques. Japanese refuse foreign insurance business. Chinese tongs in San Francisco seek peaceful settlement after recent deaths. Wah Ting Sin Suey Ying tongs clash with Suey Sing. Two leaders shot in business places.
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Orange Free State
George White
Durban
East London
England
United States
South Africa
Baker City
Martinique
John Z. Little
Brooklyn
Cénétan Erill
San Francisco
Chinatown
Philadelphia
Newark
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Chicago
Erving Winslow
Anti-Imperialist League
Walla Walla
Wash
Henry W. Lawton
Addison C. Rand
Rand Drill Company
Laflin & Rand Powder Company
New York
Lila
Mattie
Tillamook Bar
Puerto Rican tariff settling urged as major issue
The report highlights Puerto Ricans demanding a settlement of the tariff dispute influencing island governance. It notes other items including Yale establishing a forestry school, Guam proclamations freeing peons, and a Manila bound transport with medical corps.
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Yale University
Leary
Guam
Snowbound Regions Record Heavy Winter Storms
In Illinois Michigan and Indiana a historically heavy snowstorm persisted along the southwest and west. Cripple Creek Colorado reported February gold output at 2 296 700 dollars. Kentucky lawmakers allocated 100 000 dollars to pursue Goebel's murderer. College presidents and professors convened in Chicago to form an alliance against diploma mills by standardizing higher degrees.
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Cripple Creek
Col
Ilinois
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
Goebel
Chicago
Big Strike Extends Across Nation After Conference
After talks between the International Association of Machinists and the National Metal Trades Association, President James O Connell announced immediate strikes in the United States and Canada affecting about 100000 workers. A first strike would hit Cleveland, with further action planned in railshops and major cities, as negotiations broke off.
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Chicago
International Association of Machinists
National Metal Trades Association
James O'Connell
United States
Canada
Machinists’ Union
Columbus
Paterson
N. J
The
International Association
James O’connell
International Union
Cleveland
O’connell
Reed
Union of the
Mr. O'Connell
Atlanta
Constitution
Columbia
Neeces
Orangeburg
Boer Sympathizers Hear Pro-Boer Speeches at Cooper Union
A March meeting at Cooper Union led by George E H van Hoesen featured Montague White John E Mulholland and P L Wessels. Speakers urged US intervention to stop hostilities and defended Boer rights while condemning British actions in the diamond fields and Johannesburg.
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Cooper Union
George EH. van Hoesen
Montague White
John EF. Mulholland
P. L. Wessels
Orange Free State
van Hoesen
Johannesburg
Cloemfontein
Kruger
Wessels
England
America
United States
The Cuban Problem and U S Plans for Cuba
A Washington report outlines the four week deadline for Cuban inhabitants to choose Cuban or Spanish citizenship, the plan for municipal elections and a convention to decide Cuba's government, and the U S withdrawal of control. Senators Foraker Platt Aldrich and Teller head a Cuba relations mission to study the April plebiscite and possible plebiscite duration.
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Times
Washington
Spain
Cuba
United States
Senate Committee of Cuban Affairs
Senator Foraker
Puerto Rico
Senator Platt
Connecticut
Aldrich
Teller
Platt
Itoes Interview On War Rumors And Japan Policy
Marquis Ito says rumors of Russo Japanese war are unfounded and that both nations agree not to encroach on Corea. He states Japan will defend its interests with power, not seek conquest, and sees no money for war. He also calls the current reform movement insignificant. In New Orleans Iglesias declares dictatorship amid Costa Rica political turmoil.
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the Herald
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Russia
Japan
Corea
Tokio
England
Reform Revolutionary Movement
New Orleans
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Greytoven
Iglesias
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