Open Door China Pact Note From Hay to Lord Paunton
The United States publicized the Great Britain Germany China open door and territorial integrity agreement with Washington's reply. Hay informs Lord Paunton that the principles favor free trade and nonterritorial gains, with both powers pledging to uphold Chinese integrity. A second note to the German chargé d’affaires mirrors the same day. Indemnity talks for China proceed, detailing potential restitution and damages for Americans, mission staff, and property.
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Washington
China
United States
Mr. Hay
Lord Paynecrote
Department of Stats
Great Britain
Germany
London
Marquis of Salisbury
Rtivery
Mtterat
Aries Mora
John Hay
Conger
Peking
Charles Danby
Legation
Este
New Use for Telephone Sparks Chicago Restaurant Tale
In a Chicago Chronicle note, a German-trained waiter in a city eatery becomes the focus of a broker's comic quandary. A Diember of the board of trade visits during a hurried luncheon as the broker weighs holding wheat for a rise versus selling amid uncertain weather and price movements. The scene unfolds with the broker distracted by market thoughts while the waiter serves, and the waiter’s napkin toss and abrupt exit punctuate the moment.
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Chicago
Germany
Chicago Chronicle
Board of Trade
Caghier
Theo
Useful Household Tips From The Housekeeper Column
Practical kitchen advice on saving scorched foods by immediate cooling and careful removal, reheating boiled potatoes with cloth steam, and keeping dishes fresh. Includes methods for steaming bread, reviving cold baked potatoes, and making rice pudding with steps and proportions. Light humor from Good Literature section ends with a kitchen gag about copper cleaning.
Population of United States in 1900 Reported
Washington reports the official population total for 1900 at 74,295,220 with 74,627,907 in 45 states, excluding 134,188 Indians not taxed. The census shows a 21 percent gain since 1890, totaling 14,225,40 more people in ten years, though Alaska and some military returns are incomplete.
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Washington
United States
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nevada
Ork
North Dakota
Oregon
Bee Tee
Pennaplyania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
South Carolina
Aristia
Aea
Columbia
Oklahoma
Xico
Fragmented OCR obituary style item with garbled names
A damaged OCR passage mentions various names and places in a jumble, referencing individuals in unclear context. It reads like an obituary or memorial fragment with scattered proper nouns and dates indeterminable from the text. The readable bits include references to New York and Elizabethport amid a garbled narrative.
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State Department
Makte
Cnited
Herman
Christense, Countess
Chefould
Warner
Gosnold
Ill
Warner's Safe Cure Co
Countess Chefould
Princess
Carmyniski
Owers
Warner's
Safe Curé Co
Anyond Ein
Princess Carmyniski
W. J. Dyer & Brother
Fifth St
ST. Paul, Minn
E.R. Perkins
Des Moines
DODGE
Rene
Garman
Farina
Soeover Sik
Uncle Sam
Oain
Indiana
Galbott
Respina
Alaska
Militars
New York
Nove
Bari Elizapethport
Sinters
Lave
Tor
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