Coast Survey Denies Alaska Boundary Fixing Claims
Washington officials of the Coast and Geodetic Survey reject a Victoria paper’s claim that U S surveyors fixed boundary lines in Alaska near Portland Canal. They say no recent surveys were aimed at defining boundaries and any monuments were trig points from triangular work.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
Alaska
Washington
United States
Victoria
B. C
Portland Canal
Congress
Timber Sale Allowed for Burned Land in Pacific Northwest
Vancouver Washington November 17 It is decided by the general land office that bona fide settlers may cut off and sell timber damaged by recent forest fires in Clarke Cowlitz and Skamania counties without a permit if they settled in good faith and filed survey entries. The policy aims to aid settlers as timber value declines.
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Vancouver, Wash
General Land Office
Clarke
Cowlitz
Skamania
E. M. Rands
United States Land Office
Binger Hermann
Clergy Protest Balfour Amendment on Education Bill
London churchmen condemn Mr Balfour for altering the education bill to shift church school control from parish clergy to managers including up to five laymen. They call it a blow to the National Church and its ability to train youth in schools.
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London
Balfour
National Church
Butler found guilty in bribery trial over garbage contract vote
Col. Ed. Butler, millionaire and St. Louis politician, was found guilty of attempting to bribe Dr. Chapman of the St. Louis board of health to influence his vote on the indorsement of the garbage contract with the city. The jury set his punishment at three years in the penitentiary.
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Columbia, Mo
Col
Ed. Butler
St. Louis
Champman
Wheat Shipping Records Broken at Puget Sound Ports
October exports of wheat from Puget Sound ports broke all prior records. The report compares bushel exports for the first ten months of the past three years, listing figures by month and port to show the record-breaking totals.
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Puget Sound
Ps Ihona
Nationalist Party Gains Control in Cuban Congress
Havana reports the Nationalist party now controls the house of representatives after a Radical element alliance. Speaker Pelayo and Republican executives resign. Palma faces a potential push to repeal the Platt Amendment and rescind military orders.
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Havana
House of Representatives
Pelayo
Palma
Shot at Leopold hotel but king unharmed in Brussels
An Italian многих man Rubino fired three shots at King Leopold II as he headed to a Te Deum at the cathedral. He was seized by the crowd and confessed anarchist beliefs. No injuries reported. In other notes, Wisconsin backs Cannon rival and grain traders move wheat to Puget Sound for export.
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Brussels
Qenen Marie Henriette
Rue Royale
Rubino
Leopold
Washington Rural Free Delivery Routes Count
Washington reports 43 rural free delivery routes established with 23 petitions still to act on. A total of 85 applications were filed, with 10 rejected after inspectors showed unfavorable reports. The postal system expands facilities from Circle, Alaska to Shanghai, China at domestic rates.
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Washington
Washinon
Post Office Department
United States
Circle
Alaska
Shanghai
China
Cholera at Manila prompts alarm as cases rise
Manila reports an average of 30 cholera cases daily with multiple sites infected including Funston reserve hospital Santa Mesa camp and Bilibid prison. Officials warn that a polluted water supply could trigger a general epidemic while provinces show declines. Seville solemnly deposits Columbus ashes in cathedral mausoleum with naval and religious dignitaries.
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Manila
Funston Reserve Hospital
Santa Mesa
Bilibid Prison
Seville
Spain
Christopher Columbus
Cadiz
Home Remedies From the Past: Skincare and Health Cures
A collection of old time health tips includes brine baths for sciatic nerve pain and neualgia, dandruff scalp washing with pilatine, cautions on acetic acid for warts, and advice on breath from teeth. Other remedies cover night sweats with alum water, easing heat eruptions with polyrhelic glycerine and water, citrate of lithia for puffiness under the eyes, and general dietary and sleep guidance.
Suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt praises husband’s support
Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National Suffrage Association, credits her husband with giving her leisure to pursue suffrage work. She notes she was a teacher and a law student who was led astray by matrimony and says a busy winter awaits as state legislatures convene and she helps push suffrage bills.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
National Suffrage Association
Suffrage Path and Political Realities Outline
The passage discusses state by state progress on women's suffrage, noting that constitutional amendments are lengthy and twenty eight states grant voting rights in some areas. It highlights efforts by women's federations, labor, temperance groups, and suffrage associations, stressing that the main goal is ensuring women receive ballots regardless of how they vote.
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Women's
Heat Radiator Lamp Generator Proposed by George S Chase
An article describes a radiator like heater using rising heat rays from a lamp to warm a room. The generator, built from thin metal plates, circulates heated air and draws cooler room air over the hot surface. It is adjustable to use lamps of various sizes and allows instant lamp removal.
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George S. Chase
Springfield
Mass
Bunyan's Chapel Demolition Underway in Southwark
A dilapidated double-house in a narrow Southwark street is among London buildings slated for destruction. The structure sits in the midst of the slum district and differs little in appearance from surrounding neglected dwellings.
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London
Narow
Southwark
John Bunyan
Crown
Oddities and Observations From Far and Near
The piece surveys a ramshackle chapel with Bunyan ties, Beijing’s troop accounting quirks, Japanese poetry by an emperor, and a cautionary note on a man pursuing too little and a wife keeping secrets about weight.
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