Alpine Avalanche Highlights US Mexico Trade and Housing Views
The piece notes US purchases from Mexico totaling 91412 in November and compares monthly imports to yearly totals. It cites Count Bent Castellane praising US generosity while hinting New York’s demand. It also argues Mexican home locations offer similar advantages to California and claims an American dollar stretches further in Mexico for household expenses and rural costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Mexico
Senate ratifies Samoan treaty reshapes distant island holdings
The Senate approved the Samoan treaty with little opposition or debate, granting the nation one large island and several smaller ones far from North America, over five thousand miles away, whose names few can pronounce, illustrating a broad global excursion in three years.
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Senate
North America
Rows case overturned in Conroy Supreme Court ruling
The famous Rows case, once holding a conductor to be vice-principal of the railroad company in relation to other trainmen, is overruled by the recent New England Railroad Company v. Conroy decision Advance Sheets U. S. 6, 85. It now holds that the conductor is a fellow-servant of the engineer and brakeman unless special powers are conferred upon him.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
New England Railroad Company
Va. Conroy
U. S
Moody and Sankey's lasting impact on organ trade
Moody and his collaborator Sankey exerted a strong influence on organ sales for years. At the height of their fame, people sought to play their hymns at home, believing the organ produced the best effect. Their tours consistently spurred orders for small household organs, with thousands sold as a result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody
Mr. Sankey
Alwys
American Workmen Superior in Speed and Perception
An essay claims Americans are more alert and quicker in perception than foreign workers. It argues that with equal conditions, an American will complete nearly twice as much work as a foreign counterpart in the same time. The author stresses essential mercantile traits shaping this outcome.
Col Count Georges de Villebois Mareuil Leads Boer Army
Col Count Georges de Villebois Mareuil is described as the brains of the Boer army and recently received the thanks of the Transvaal government. A former French officer, he served in the Franco Prussian War and in Tunisia Tonquin and western Sudan, later joining the Boers through Dr Leyds. He once left the French service over a stalled promotion and advocated campaigns of surprise and ambush.
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Georges de Villebois Mareuil
Leyds
Yukon mail carrier laments sacrificing speed for safety
A Yukon mail carrier reports to the San Francisco chief that safety concerns forced delays in a Forty Mile River journey. He describes ice jams and dangerous holes that risk mail pouches, noting an opportunity on Nov 6 was lost after starting at daylight with two dog-drawn sleds carrying 200 pounds each.
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San Francisco
Star” Postal Service
Yukon
Uncle Sam
Psal
What South Africans Eat
German missionary recounts Transvaal native diets noted among Basutos. Hunters use nets and bells to trap mice while dogs sweep the field, and the captured vermin are whipped. Favorite dishes include snakes, monkeys, caterpillars, and locusts. Children and chickens compete for white winged ants during season.
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Woo Hae Juat
South Africa
Berlin Geographical Society
Transvaal
Philadelphia
Esquire usage questioned by London Daily Mail
The London Daily Mail critiques the overuse of the title Esquire and lists who legally merits it. It cites peers and knights, royal officers, sheriffs, and senior legal officers among those allowed to style as Esquire, while others should use simply Mr.
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Abumedi
Oliver Cromwell
John Brown
Esquires
King of
Heralds
J. Pos
Queen's Counsel
Order of Knighthood
Queen's Household
Court of Bankruptcy
Supreme Court
London Daily Mail
Warning on Damp Linen Dangers and Family Deaths
A warning on damp linen causing frequent colds and premature deaths urges thorough drying of all body linen before use. It links rheumatism from damp fabric to incurable conditions and warns carelessness will lead to slow, accumulating harm.
A Tale of Poverty to Prosperity Through Nancy McMahan
A displaced couple recounts shared poverty in a store district with Nora Brandon and the eccentric Nancy McMahan. After Nancy’s death she bequeaths items and a healing recipe, sparking a fortune through McMahan’s Tea. Jay expands business, profits fund a California ranch home for orphans, and the trio grows rich while aiding others.
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Nancy
Nora Brandon
Jay
Nancy M'Mahan
America
McMahan
United States
California
Nancy McMahan
Chicago Tribune
Smoking in Churches Across History and Barrage of Practices
The article surveys smoking in churches from the Dutch habit to South American, Seville, Wales, and Scotland. It notes spittoons for smokers, a 1642 papal bull by Urban VIII, and anecdotes of pipe smoke during sermons and vestry refreshment requests, illustrating varied reverence and acceptance.
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South America
Seville
Urban VIII
Wales
Archbishop of
York
St. Mary’s
Nottingham
Scotland
Color of the Eyes in Infants and Variation Across People
The article notes infants are born with blue eyes and their true color develops by the sixth to eighth week. It explains that eye color can vary within the same person or even the same eye, and debunks the belief that dark eyes are inherently stronger. It attributes lighter eyes to northern peoples and darker eyes to tropical populations.
Bee industry employs 2000 workers and earns 20 million yearly
An industry report notes the bee sector supports about 2000 workers and generates roughly 20 million dollars in annual revenue. It cites growth drivers and regional distribution, highlighting beekeeping, honey production, and related services as key components of the economy.
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Isou
Notable nautical signaling and ancient money notes
A garbled report references a ship captain signaling danger with a nahtsay and mentions a digestion remedy. It then cites Prescott on Aztec wealth as quills of gold dust and bags of chocolate gates. It adds a Greek precoinage use of iron and copper spikes valued as a drachma.
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Prescott
Greece
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