Napoleon last phase edition exhausted in England
The first edition of Lord Nosebery's Napoleon the last Phase of 10 000 copies sold out in England. The Athenaeum criticizes its style as more after dinner speech than historical. A Camden New Jersey man seeks quick wealth through a misleading ad offering wealth secrets. Modern science notes Nicaragua canal depth plans for fresh water density effects. The Vera steamship sinking off Caspian Sea with Persia gifts and carriages lost. recovery unlikely.
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Lord Nosebery
England
The
Athenaeum
Nicaragua Canal
Persia
Europe
Caspian Sea
Paria
Dalzell Urges Civil Manners in World Power Role
In the IH house Representative Dalzell criticized the French chamber of deputies saying no other parliamentary body could surpass its disgrace. He argued that to be a world power, American statesmen must learn official good manners toward fellow members of the world-power society.
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Dalzell
Chamber of Deputies
Largest Swiss tree described in Melehthal on mountain slope
The text notes the largest tree in Switzerland located in the Melehthal on a mountain slope at 450 feet height. Its trunk circumference is forty feet at the base, twenty-six feet six inches from the ground it narrows to twenty-six feet, a branch reaches four feet in thickness, and the top diameter measures eighty four feet. It shows some signs of age yet remains perfectly healthy.
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Switzerland
Melehthal
Percked
Hermit Ypsilanti Smith Found with Bonds in Hut
A chest in Hermit Ypsilanti Smith’s hut near Fletcher Ohio yielded forty five thousand dollars in government bonds with coupons attached and thirty years to run. Smith, who died years ago, was said to have lived in Miami county for four decades and left no known money. Pension vouchers totaling about two thousand five hundred dollars were also found, untouched for years, amid his deranged years following his wife’s death.
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Ypsilanti Smith
Fletcher
Miami County
Maltese Cat Survives Long Ride in Flywheel Rim
A Maltese cat rode inside a Plymouth Refrigerator flywheel at a Sheboygan plant for two and a half hours. The wheel, 38 feet in circumference and 87 RPM, covered about 93 miles. The cat emerged alive though with a limp.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Plymouth Refrigerator Company
Portrait Painter Delays Prompted by Lady Mexborough Child
Augustus Hare notes Lord Mexborough pressed Sir Thomas Lawrence for the finished portrait of Lady Mexborough and her baby. The artist replied he would finish after another sitting, and the lord suggested the baby be brought to the Guards.
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Augustus Hare
Lord Mexborough
Thomas Lawrence
Lady Mexborough
Poison in beer linked to sulfuric acid traces in Britain
The Englishman dies as brewers allegedly adulterate beer with sulfuric acid from iron pyrites and arsenic. The poison mixes with sulfur into the brew before sugar, risking serious illness. Reports of alcoholic neuritis rise in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Chester, with nearly 800 cases in Salford district and sixty one fatalities. Mineral chemical use in foods and drinks alarms observers about future disease.
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Birmingham
Liverpool
Chester
Salford
Illinois Class Battleship Ilimate Aims For Naval Supremacy
The Illinois class battleship Ilimate built at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia is praised as a powerful future threat to enemy fleets. Lieutenant Gelm describes its 13 inch guns, 6 inch rapid fire guns, armor, and turbines, noting 489 crew, 268 foot length, 72 foot beam, 12,325 ton displacement, and speeds of 16.5 to 17 knots. The ship features heavy Harveyized armor, advanced dynamos, and comforts rivaling a modern hotel.
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United States
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Newport News
Oregon
George EB. Gelm
Masonic Temple
Chicago Chronicle
Sam
Admiral Farragut
Hartford
Tllinois
Alabama
Wisconsin
Horn
Tropics
Farmer Fights Monster Baboon in Graaf-Reinet
South African farmer Van Niekerk joined a brutal hunt as baboons ravaged Graaf-Reinet area. After dogs suffered fatal injuries, the farmer battled a towering male baboon on a rock ledge with a clasp knife, delivering a fatal stab to the heart.
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Graaf-Reynet
Cape Colony
van Niekerk
Speeuly
Nickerk
Chinese Minister's Son Leads Parade Cadet Scout in Washington
The centennial celebration in Washington featured Wu Chad-chu, son of the Chinese minister, marching with a company of high school cadets. The 15 year old, fluent in English and raised with American customs, wore American dress and hid his queue for comfort.
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Washington
United States
Chad-chu
Wu Chad-chu
Argentina to Import 20000 Japanese Farmers for Colony
The Argentine government plans a major colonization effort bringing over 20,000 Japanese farmers to the province of Formosa. It notes French, German, English, Italian, Irish, Russian and Polish settlers have shaped urban and rural life, but rural growth will rely on Japanese settlers for development.
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Japan
Argentine
Formosa
The sufficiency of merit in Quarles’s view
Quarles argues that true merit lies in recognizing its own insufficiency. The passage frames merit as awareness of limits and humility before a higher standard, challenging the idea that merit alone guarantees adequacy.
Peruna and Congressmen Endorse La Grippe Remedy
A Peruna advertisement cites endorsements from Congressman Geo H. White and others across the U S about La Grippe and catarrh. Testimonials from Mrs. C D Powell Miss Emma Jouris M W Howard L D Wallace Mrs M A Sharick and Clarice Hunt praise Peruna as effective for grippe after-effects hearing loss and catarrh with notes from Chehalis Chicago Minneapolis Fremont Ogden Tarboro and Everett.
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Emma Jouris
Golden Rod Sewing Circle
Burling Street
Chicago
Ill
Veruna
L. D. Wallace Grippe
Mra
M. A. Sharick
G. A. R. Woman's Relief
Clarice Hunt
Saltlake City
Salvation Army
Ogden
Utah
Perona
White
Tarboro
N. C
H. White
Congress
T. W. Collins
Independent Order of Good ‘Templars
Everett
Wash
Peruna
Peruma Medicine Co
Columbus, O
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Alpine
Camden
N. J
Illinois
Uncle Sam
Quarles
Howard
Geo. H. White
C. D. Powell
Epworth League
Loyal Temperance Legion
Chehalis
Congressmann Howard
Fort Payne
Ala
le Fgna Medicine Co
Columbus
M. W. Howard
la Grippe
D. L. Wallace
International Barbers’ Union
Western Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Wei
Aower
Ne Dlac
Ull Iit
Free Catracocue
Tower Co
Boston
Mass
Wooley, M. D
Atlanta, Ga
Eureka
Walt
Gannon
Whitesboro
W.N. U
Houston
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