Trans-Alaskan Siberian rail plan aims for Paris by rail
French engineer M Lobel promotes a Trans-Alaskan Siberian Railroad linking New York to Paris through a 38 mile Behring Strait tunnel. Plans call for 3800 miles in Siberia and 1200 miles in Alaska, with a Russian concession and an American company to fund 250 to 300 million dollars.
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New York
Paris
M. Loley Gobel
M. Lofg
Belling Straita
M. Lobel
Atlantic
Parle Geographical
Alaska
Cape Prince of Wales
Cape Siberia
East Cape
Behring Straits
M. de Lobel
Alaskan
Diomede Islands
Siberia
Kutak
Gounell Ty
Nulato
Fairbanks
Dawson City
Grand Trunk Pacific
Gortsward
Klondike
Russia
France
England
United States
If I Might Sing Pall Mall Gazette Verse Imaged
The excerpt presents a lyrical plea for unbridled song to honor a beloved, imagining music freeing the heart from words and elevating Earth to wings and flame. It evokes beauty, transcendent light, and a transformative, almost prophetic vision.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Spirit in Flesh Senator Delivers Forgiveness Challenge
A refined social gathering scene unfolds in Mrs Alden's home where a mysterious ethereal woman, Miss Mitford, captivates the silent, flirtatious senator. Their charged exchange hints at longing and forgiveness as they confront illusion, desire, and social satire within a ballroom vignette.
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Mrs. Alden
Miss Mitford
Indianapolis
Railroads Over Pyrenees Link France to Spain
Governments of Spain and France plan three mountain rail lines to connect Toulouse and Barcelona. Northern Canfranc route adds a 4.8 mile tunnel costing 2 million with equal French and Spanish funding. Salau route requires a 54 mile tunnel at 3.85 million, plus extensive French section work. Eastern Pu l cerda route has no international tunnel but both nations will add smaller mountain tunnels. Construction to begin soon and finish within ten years.
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Pyrenees
France
Spain
Bay of Biscay
Mediterranean Sea
Toulouse
Barcelona
Canfranc
Salau
Opposites Discussing Marriage in Pittsburg Post
A humorous exchange from the Pittsburg Post ponders why a man would marry his opposite. One quip notes they are both “shark” figures, while another points out he has no money and she reportedly has a large fortune, highlighting the comic tension in social matches.
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Pittsburg
Battleship Supremacy and Crew Training Emphasized by Dewey
Admiral Dewey urges a naval policy built around more battleships, arguing torpedo craft are limited in rough seas and ineffective near battleships. He cites Togo and Ro jestvensky to stress crew training as the key to victory, noting Manila firepower and discipline mattered more than weapon size. The text then shifts to remarks on buckwheat flour color, butter and cheese coloring, and regional dietary preferences.
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George Dewey
Sea of Japan
Korean Strait
United States
Rojestvensky
Manila
Ben Davis
Baldwin
Stark
Missouri Pippin
Washington
Chicago
New Orleans
HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES by Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie argues self help lifts the submerged tenth by improving tastes and habits through study. He criticizes insufficient pension support for teachers in colleges, noting New York City's retirements for public school teachers as a model and lamenting the shortage of able young educators.
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Andrew Carnegie
New York City
Food Fads Studied by Farmers
Georges K. Holmes notes that farmers and dealers quantify consumer tastes in apples more precisely than judging livestock. A farmer tends to pick Rhode Island greening, northern spy, Grimes golden, or Jonathan varieties, while city buyers select by different criteria.
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Rhode Island
Grimes Golden
Jonathan
New Head of the G A R General John R King
Gen John R King is named Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic succeeding Gen W W Blackmar. A long time member and pension agent in Washington he served as a soldier from age 17 and fought in many Potomac battles. He was POW for six months and wounded three times. He helped organize the Boys in Blue and led the Maryland Department in 1900.
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John R. King
Grand Army of the Republic
W. W. Blackmar
Washington
Maryland
Army of the Potomac
King
Boys In Blue
Grand Army
Department of Maryland
Wilson Post No
Catherine the Great Odd Woman of Russia Empress
A recent writer portrays Catherine the Great as an unconventional ruler of Russia from 1762 to 1796. Her habits included rising at six, simple meals, and self made fire. She joined occasional musical “cat concerts” with Prince Dashkoff and mocked discordant tones.
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Catherine the Great
Russia
Prince Dashkoff
Blackberry Time and the Empress at Whist
A fragment describes Catherine finding a page in the antechamber who, unable to quit a hand, plays on as the empress, after dispatching the page on an errand, sits to hold his cards until he returns.
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Siberia
Catherine
Various Heavens and Hells Through World Beliefs
The Philadelphia Bulletin quotes an author outlining Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, Norse, and Christian depictions of hell. It notes ancient fears and the shift to focusing on gentler Christian themes, concluding with a wry remark about people who always appear at the wrong time.
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Odin
Thor
Nastrond
Hell
Philadelphia Bulletin
Trades Best Suited For A Man To Start His Own Shop
Mechanics in the business world lists trades favorable for a man to gain independence from an employer. Carpenters plumbers painters printers and cigarmakers are prime choices while machinists metal workers iron workers boot makers tailors and woodworkers form a secondary class. The piece notes many employers began as wage workers and journeymen can later become contractors through networks and opportunity.
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Jonas Howard
Need of railroads in the Philippines
William H. Taft argues for rapid agricultural and commercial growth through railway expansion in the Philippines. He notes only 120 miles of rail in the islands versus 2,000 miles in Algeria and asserts railroads will educate, elevate, and uplift the Filipino people and enable export of vast island crops to seaboards.
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William H. Taft
Philippine Islands
Algeria
Philippines
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