Power from Water and Legal Reform Across Nations
The article notes how water power spreads globally from Spain to Italy and Germany. It describes villagers reacting with hisses in West Africa and Basutos applauding speakers in assemblies. It mentions Spain using waterfalls for electricity and Italy boosting silk output with water power. It also notes German issues with indictments and habeas corpus, and a Bundesrath bill to award damages to those unjustly jailed.
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Germany
Imperial Bundesrath
Rubber cultivation in Siam advances with Para trees
The Siamese experiment plants thousands of Hevea brasiliensis Para rubber trees in diverse sites with varying moisture and sunlight. They reportedly grow very well despite little special care.
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Siam
Para
Mrs Daniel Sully Sews A Bride Trousseau In Needle Art
Mrs Daniel Sully, long in the public eye as the wife of the ex cotton king, is regarded as an expert needlewoman in America. Her embroidery rivals convent work and she often gifts a bride with a trousseau of lingerie, all handmade by her.
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Daniel Sully
America
Estimate of idle workers by industry
A daily paper lists idle workers across industries: railroad employes 120000, New England mill operatives 80000, packing house employes 75000, iron and steel workers 140000, coal miners 60000, workers 140000, other trades and industries 180000, totaling 665000.
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Railroad
New England
Packing House
Iron and Steel
Peru power line project to run from Lima to Andes foothills
A new firm of engineers and architects will build a long electric power station chain from Lima to the Andes foothills in Peru. Transporting heavy machinery and materials 50 miles inland will face major difficulties due to poor coastal access and uncertain road conditions near Lima.
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Lima
Andes
Peru
South America
Everlasting orchid as new London fad at World’s Fair
An English visitor wore a nearly two month old orchid in his buttonhole calling it an everlasting buttonhole. He claimed it is a new London fad and that the orchid variety stays fresh for days after plucking.
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London
El Azhar University Reads Its Title From 975 A D
The article notes El Azhar in Cairo as the world’s oldest university still in operation, dating its founding to 975 A D. It contrasts El Azhar with Oxford Paris and Bologna, highlighting its immense antiquity and Western view of its odd grandeur.
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El-Azhar
Cairo
Egypt
Oxford
Paris
Bologna
el- Azhar
Colorado colonization drives draw settlers to Arkansas River lands
Colonization projects gain momentum in Colorado agricultural districts as negotiations proceed to buy 5,000 acres along a twelve mile stretch of the Arkansas river for rancher colonies. A sizeable Illinois group plans to settle in the San Luis Valley on several thousand acres.
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Colorado
Arkansas River
Illinois
San Luis Valley
Colorado fish and game department expands fry distribution
Colorado plans extensive stocking in eastern streams with nearly 600000 eastern brook trout fry released last spring and more to follow. Rainbow trout will receive similar large scale distribution later in the season across Rocky Mountain waters.
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Colorado
Fish and Game
Rocky Mountains
Corn crop progress mirrors cotton yields in the South
The article notes that the corn crop, though not a cash crop, is advancing as well as cotton and is expected to yield heavily. A strong corn harvest would reduce farmers feed and labor costs, lowering the overall cost of maintaining cotton crops.
Entomologists Question High Cotton Boll Weevil Losses
Washington agricultural scientists doubt the inflated damage claims from the cotton boll weevil. They cite census data showing 1903 cotton ginned nationwide with total losses around 49.27 million dollars, while the entomology bureau puts losses at not over 15 million.
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Agricultural Department
Washington
Census Office
United States
Bureau of Entomology
Convention Drama Shapes Parker Nomination Split Over Gold Standard
A heated party convention adjourned amid threats to overthrow Parker and nominate anew. Parker supporters and Hill adherents clashed over a telegram to Parker on the monetary standard. Bryan spoke as Parker was saved by a two thirds vote, while Hobson addressed race questions during a short morning session.
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Tillman
Parker
Hill
William J. Bryan
Dockery
Missouri
Richmond P. Hobson
Parker and Davis the Candidates
At the Democratic National Convention in St Louis the ticket was named with Alton B Parker for president and Henry G Davis for vice president. The result of the roll call showed Parker securing the necessary two thirds after state shifts, and the session ended in a rush to finalize the slate. A Parker telegram declaring support for the gold standard sent a shock that paralyzed convention progress before the final votes.
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St. Louis
Alton B. Parker
New York
Henry G. Davis
West Virginia
Dockery
Missouri
Parker
Hearst
Cockrell
Wall
Olney
Davis
Sheehan
Jones
Alton Brooks Parker
Judge Parker
William F. Sheehan
Esopus
N. Y
Democratic convention erupts in late night nomination chaos
In St Louis on Friday night the Democratic National Convention stretched to 2:10 am as waves of delegates and galleries cheered for Parker Hearst Miles Wall and others. After nine hours of oratory Bryan delivered a tearful appeal for party principles.
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St. Louis
Committee On
Martin W. Littleton
New York
Judge Parker
Parker
E. M. Delmas
California
Hearst
L. Irving Handy
Delaware
Judge Gray
David Overmeyer
Kansas
Nelson A. Miles
Ichard Olney
Massachusetts
Maj. Collins
Boston
Mayor Rose
Milwaukee
Wall
Wisconsin
Senator Cockrell
Champ Clark
Missouri
Bryan
Opening Session of Democratic National Convention at St Louis
In St Louis on July 7 the Democratic National Convention met for two hours and fifty minutes. Rep John Sharp Williams served as temporary chairman, committees were formed, and Grover Cleveland received enthusiastic cheers. The session adjourned after appointing officers and planning future meetings.
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St. Louis
John Sharp Williams
Grover Cleveland
J. K. Jones
National Committee
Jones
John F. Cannon
Grand Avenue Baptist Church
John 8. Williams
C. A. Walsh
John I. Martin
Bryan Ovation Highlights Democratic Convention Day
St Louis July 8 The Democratic National Convention adopted the rules committee report after a day of speeches led by William Jennings Bryan who sought to overturn the credentials committee with contested Illinois delegates. The minority report was rejected 647 to 299. Bryan received one of the era’s greatest ovations at the coliseum.
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St. Louis
Committee On
William Jennings Bryan
Illinois
Bryan
Officer Slain as Arrest Attempt Ends Tragically
Dubuque Iowa July 7 Laborer James Reed shot Officer Daniel Norton through the heart during a attempted arrest at the request of Reed s wife who claimed he had threatened to kill her Norton died of the wound and Reed was detained
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Dubuque, Ja
James Reed
Daniel Norton
Norton
Reed
Drowned While Ford Attempt Near Vinita Iowa Territory
Three Robinson children, aged young, drowned when their wagon was carried by a swollen Prior Fork stream south west of Vinita during a ford attempt. The Robinson family, farmers, were traveling with James Robinson at the time.
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Vinita
I. T
James Robinson
Prior Fork
Here
Robinson
Alleged Forger Arrested in St Louis Case
Robert B. Taylor, longtime employee of a New York bank, was arrested in St Louis by secret service agents on charges of passing forged National Bank notes. He reportedly passed about 3000 in two days, and 3550 in forged currency was found on him.
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St. Louis
Robert B. Taylor
Central National Bank of New York
United States Secret Service
National Bank
Taylor
Reverend Joseph Collie D D 80 dies in Delaware
Beloit Wis July 9 Reverend Joseph Collie D D aged 80 a member of the first class to graduate from Beloit college in 1851 and father of Dean George L Collie died Friday in Delaware Wis.
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Beloit
Wis
Joseph Collie
Beloit College
George L. Collie
Delavan
Diverse plant life and early radium heat theories
The article notes India hosting 15 000 native plant species versus Europe’s 10 000. It cites Rutherford on radium’s possible role in Earth heat. It describes ficus elastica rubber production in Asia and Australia and a case where extreme cold therapy reportedly cured dyspepsia after exposure to near zero temperatures.
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India
Europe
Rutherford
Royal Institute of London
Burma
Assam
Netherland
M. Raoul Pictet
Coffee and Postum Cure Alleged in Diet Change Tale
A Missouri woman recalls 25 years of stomach agony and misdiagnoses until trying Postum. After three months coffee was replaced by Postum with health improvements across herself and family, proving coffee as the trigger. A ten day Postum trial is urged. note the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Missouri
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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