Alpine Avalanche and Transport Projects in Europe and Africa
The article notes the near completion of an electric railroad between Rome and Naples, with a planned length of 1233 miles and fast trains. It also describes Central Africa’s heavy copper ore ingot currency and a New Buffalo Michigan wolf raid on sheep pens. Navy recruitment plans target farms and country towns in the interior, expanding beyond large cities.
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Rome
Naples
Afica
Navy Department
Navy
Citien
Vernon County Prosecutor Faces Self Suit Over Fees
A. J. King recently elected Vernon county prosecuting attorney may be required to defend a lawsuit against himself for 4000 dollars. The county alleges he collected fees but did not turn them in. The case has moved through several circuit courts and is scheduled for a rehearing on January 28.
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A. J. King
Vernon County
Mexican Republic Inaugurates Diaz For Sixth Term
The Mexicana show their affection by inaugurating Porfirio Diaz as president for the sixth time. Samuel Johnson cited praise for Bowwell but declined constant repetition.
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Samuel Johnson
Bowwell
Porfirio Diaz
Mexican Republic
General Heywood plans movement of Philippine veterans home
It is understood the commandant of the Marine Corps intends to recommend bringing back all piecers who have served in the Philippines two years or more and desire to return to the United States within months. Their billets would be filled by others whose service has been largely ashore since commissioning.
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Heywood
Marine Corps
Philippines
United States
Temperance group backs federal department for liquor control
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Indiana endorses creating a new federal department to oversee liquor manufacture and sale to ensure purity. They argue that only pure liquor would remove profits from the trade and force saloonkeepers out of business.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
Indiana
From Forty Dollars To Fifty five Thousand A Year In Twenty Seven Years
A new railroad president reportedly earns fifty five thousand dollars annually after starting with forty dollars a month in railroad work twenty seven years ago. Also cited is London Answers claim that five hundred convalescent soldiers sleep in paper huts at Netley. The town was built in under a month with huts of paper and stoves for warmth, fire risk minimized by a chemical treatment.
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Netley
London
General Sanger’s Cuba women census enumerators praised
General Sanger appointed eighty eight Cuban women as census enumerators amid doubt about their abilities. In rural districts they faced danger and discomfort, yet their patience, tact, and determination produced returns described as clear, exact, and clean. The general called their work splendid and noted their businesslike, uncomplaining efficiency.
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Sanger
Length of Life Theory From German Savant Prompts Debate
A German savant, Herr Richter, claims X rays can determine the number of years a person will live by examining principal organs. He cites examples and statistics, noting some exceptions, but admits accidents thwart his method and future experiments are planned for publication. New York herald.
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Flourens
Europe
Herr Richter
Imperial Colege of
Berlin
New York
Bishop Potter rebuked over education of preachers
Rev. Henry M. Lengel of Reading replies to Bishop Potter arguing that Christ called fishermen not scholars and that unlearned preachers can be powerful. Lengel, a mason and carpenter, says overeducation risks losing true spirituality and warmth. He rejects need for Latin Sanskrit or hieroglyphics to preach Christ crucified.
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Potter
Henry M. Lengel
Reading
Lengel
God
Preachers Oppose Midweek Prayer Meetings in Kansas City
Kansas City pastors adopt a resolution led by Dr Geo H Combs declaring midweek prayer meetings beyond usefulness. He says prayer meetings fail to educate or yield tangible results and have declined as people help others over time.
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Kansas City
Geo. H. Combs
Replevin On Wife Up Ends In Den Furnishings
Robert K. Coble of Evans on Hinman avenue Evanston obtained a writ of replevin to seize personal property from his wife four years after their marriage. He retrieved stamps and coins Bohemian vases a library of 4000 volumes and rare manuscripts valued at about 8000 plus first editions and antique texts including Pilgrim's Progress temple edition and Pepys Diary. The couple planned separation after travels and a bachelor den was demanded by Coble but the dispute centers on joint possessions and family articles.
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Den
Robert K. Coble
Evanson
Chicago News
Mabel Ferry
Hinman Avenue
Evanston
Hoth
Orient
Cable
Coble
India
Makuzo Woran
Temple
Pepys
Blushing Tree of the Everglades Captivates Explorer
Denver Post recounts Albert F. Dewey of Punta Gorda Florida describing a rare Everglades specimen he calls the blushing tree. The phenomenon arises when rain triggers pink coloration caused by tiny green to pink changing insects on a single tree species. Dewey and a taciturn Indian guide spent three days in swamps to witness the color shift and return to green after rainfall.
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Albert
F. Dewey
Punta Gorda
Fla
Everglades
Florida
Mr. Dewey
Semple
Tims
Denver Post
The Boer as a Fighter
Winston Churchill describes the Boer as a formidable, cool, self reliant fighter now in the country. He notes the Boers lack formal discipline yet operate with collective planning and individual initiative, adapting to open order warfare and modern destructive weapons.
Fur Trade of Russia's Great Nishny Fair Opens
The Nishny-Novgorod fur fair in Russia attracts European merchants to buy Siberian furs and karakoul skins from Central Asia. Opening ceremonies on July 15 feature religious rites while most stalls are sparse, and by July 25 shops operate in full. A church procession and prayers for fair success conclude the event.
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Nishny-Novgorod
Russia
Central Asia
Odd Russian Will On Graphophone Cylinder Reaches Court
In St. Petersburg the supreme court weighs a rare case to decide if a will spoken on a graphophone cylinder is legally valid. Heirs searched a mansion for a missing document after a wealthy landowner near Slomelnek died, only to find the recording by a visitor who played the supposed song and revealed the will. The judges debate whether such a recorded testament should stand and possibly set a new practice in will making.
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Supreme Court
St. Petersburg
Smolenck
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