Pekin Photographs Exhibition Shows Boxer Siege Damage
Reproductions from Pekin depict the British legation entrance fortified wall and a battered court building crowded with refugees. The set includes images of the legation secretary’s residence and Corporal Patrick Collins. Also noted is Jacob Riis receiving the Danish Order of Dannebrog and Senator Hanna’s unspoken practice of no prewritten speeches.
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Pekin
Legations
Legation
Patrick Collins
Inside a Hungarian Miner’s Home in Pennsylvania Coal
A New York Herald writer recalls a typical anthracite miner family scene in McAdoo. A non English speaking housemother serves goulash while children and animals play nearby. The strike family shows wealth and possible relocation to Montana or Europe. Captain Kell’s long naval career is noted, along with remarks on Ex-Speaker Reed and John Burroughs writing outdoors.
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New York Herald
Pennsylvania
Montana
Europe
McAdoo
Sugar passes through membranes by osmosis in solution
The article explains osmosis of sugar through animal membranes and its role in nutrition. It discusses diabetes, the liver's role in sugar metabolism, and Bernard's experiments showing sugar appearing in blood after liver passage. It notes the concept of internal secretion as a new physiological idea.
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Bernard
Zola Seeks to Clear Father’s Name Amid Dreyfus Fight
Emile Zola grapples with grief and public suspicion as he vows to vindicate his father Francois Zola. He alleges political opposition from the military and aims to prove the elder Zola’s honor after accusations related to the Aix harbor contract. He pledges lifelong effort to erase the stain on his father’s memory.
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Emile Zola
Dreyfus
Zola
Austria
Europe
Marseilles
Francois Zola
Aix
Growth of Golf Clubs in the United States
The United States Golf Association has expanded from five clubs six years ago to 25 associate and 225 allied clubs. About twenty state or branch leagues exist under the USGA, with many clubs preferring local membership. Newman’s Official Golf Guide 1900 lists about 900 organized clubs, led by New York with 153 clubs, and estimates at least 200,000 golfers nationwide.
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United States
Golf Association
United States Golf Association
Newman
New York
Englishwomen in Politics Across the Atlantic Gap
The article notes stronger political engagement among Englishwomen with London clubs like Primrose Dames and the Women's Liberal Federation shaping constituencies. It highlights many women act without party banners yet push issues of interest to them, contrasting with American readers. An aside mentions Icelanders eating dried fish with butter.
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England
Atlantic
Smart
London
Primrose Dames
Women’s Liberal Federation
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Christian IX
Denmark
Jacob A. Riis
Riis
N. FE. Riis
Ribe
Hanna
Fourteenth
United States Infantry
John McIntosh Kell
Georgia
Sunnyside
Navy
California
Perry
Japan
Alabama
Reed
John Burroughs
Riverly
Hudson River
Lattimer
Jacobs Oil
Carter
Evely
All Grecera
Catal
A. J. Tower
Boston
B. M .Rees
Hong
Bou
Atlanta
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