Russia Plans Great Canal Across Empire Linking Baltic and Black Seas
A prominent proposal envisions a deep naval and commercial ship canal across Russia uniting the Baltic and Black seas. The route would permit heavy battleships and freight steamers to travel quickly to Mediterranean markets, boosting wheat and petroleum trade and accelerating urban growth in ports like Odessa Riga Kiel Ekaterinoslav and Lodz as populations surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Baltic
Black Seas
Empire
Russia
Mediterranean
Asia
Europe
Africa
Ekaterinoslaf
Kherson
Odessa
Lodz
United States
Riga
Kiel
Legal Quibble Echoes in Historic Budget Debate
The report recalls a 1878 exchange where Mr Parnell labeled a statement by Mr Henry James unwarrantable and demanded withdrawal. Parnell apologized and likened the remark to the wit of a petty sessions attorney. The anecdote parallels Lord Salisbury's remark about Gladstone in the 1861 budget debate.
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Parnell
Henry James
New York Times
Petty Sessions
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Gladstone
Gladstone
Penny Daily Press
Robert Cecil
Russia plans a ten times longer waterway from Baltic to Black Sea
The article details a vast Russian waterway project linking Riga on the Baltic to Kherson on the Black Sea. It envisions a 1,000 mile canal through the Dvina Beresina Dnieper system with 213 foot wide surface, 114 foot bottom width, and 29 1/2 foot depth, requiring about 150 miles of digging and two locks. Five years, 200 million rubles, or roughly $154 million, are forecast for completion.
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Riga
Dvina
Dunaburg
Beresina
Dnieper
Europe
Loief
Black Sea
Kherson
Baltic
Russia
Eddie Recalls Kindergarten Lesson on Present Struggles
Four year old Eddie returns from his first morning at kindergarten and tells his mother the teacher made him sit on a chair for the present but did not give him any present. The exchange captures youthful confusion and disappointment lingering after a first day.
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Eddie
Chicago News
Bank of England Produces Fifty Thousand Notes Daily
A daily output of about fifty thousand Bank of England notes is reported, indicating high volume monetary production.
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Bank of England
Porto Rico’s Odd Transport Mix Faces Modern Upheaval
A Philadelphia Times review contrasts Porto Rico’s old ox carts and donkey carriages with new American rail and electric plans. It notes small horses, barouches, and mule trains sharing roads with modern cars, and predicts rapid change as railways and electric lines unfold.
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Porto Rico
Ponce
San Juan
Spain
Pearl of the
Antilles
Guardia Civil
Egypt
Philadelphia Times
King Kalakaua Dances Hula on Honolulu Hotel Table
An 1889 encounter recounted in the Cincinnati Enquirer describes King Kalakaua of Hawaii dancing the hula on a hotel billiard table in Honolulu. Guests and musicians watched as he joined in a lively late night performance before the chandelier incident and a swift resolution of damages.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Paul Trommutz
San Francisco
Enquirer
Emery
Pacific Coast
Honolulu
Kalakaua
Royal Palace
Knights Templar
Heidelberg
Portable Elevator for Farmers Grain Handling
The article outlines a portable combined power and elevator to help farmers load and market grain directly, reducing middlemen profits and enabling direct sales to primary markets. It also notes a plan for a new sink pattern for camps with water connections and disinfection provisions.
Perfection of Modern Pumping Engines
A New York inspection of newly installed high speed pumping engines showed near silent operation yet they had been continuously pumping water for forty eight hours. An expert from an interior city observed they would reveal their limits at higher speed. The demonstration surprised him as the engines kept pumping water throughout.
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New York
Reviving His Credit After Marriage Banns Incident
A man used a Yorkshire church banns reading with a rich, unattached lady to whom he was not engaged and who had no intention of marrying him. He claimed his credit had ended and astonished the town when banks published the match between him and the continental heiress, after which his credit was revived.
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Yorkshire
Notables and Fashioned Honors in Briefs and Gossip
Sol Smith Russell cites John E. Owens William Warren and Joe Jefferson as his principal influences. Frank Hunter Fotter a nephew of the New York Episcopal bishop is Sig Fillipe a grand opera tenor. The London Academy reports Mr Watts has accepted a life size or larger statue of the late Lord Tennyson. Humbert grants the infant son of the Duke and Duchess of Aosta the title Duke of Apulia. Rear Admiral Walker plans to cut his famed whiskers. Emperor William orders a diamond studded walking stick for the sultan. The Hartford Courant notes ivy from Walter Scott's Abbotsford was planted under President Francis Wayland’s Providence window given by the doctor's father.
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Frank Hunter Fotter
New York
Sig. Fillipe
Watts
R. A
London Academy
Lord Tennyson
Humbert
Apulia
Aosta
Walker
William
Sultan
Frederick the Great
Hartford Courant
Henry L. Wayland
Philadelphia
Francis Wayland
Walter Scott
Abbotsford
Providence
R. I
New Iron Slag Process Yields Ethylene Gas Carbolite
A Chicago iron worker has invented a method to exploit furnace slag to produce ethylene. Slag is melted in a converter, coke is forced through, and carbon electrodes convert it into carbolite, a glassy substance that yields five cubic feet of ethylene gas per pound. The plant is simple, inexpensive, and claimed to cut heat and power costs to one tenth.
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Chicago
Bessemer
Scientific American
Typhoid Carried by Flies Warns Camp Sanitation
A commission of medical experts appointed to study typhoid in U S army camps reports unanimously that the common fly spreads the infection even where water and drainage are good. The group notes flies feed on fecal matter, swarm in tents, and contaminate food, stressing the sanitation implications for temperate camps.
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United States Army
War Department
Lee
Vernon C. Vaughn
Shakespeare
Philadelphia
Army Medical Corps
Sofa Cushions Signal Fashionable Home Wardrobe
The cushion now rivals the shirt waist in home style, featuring cross stitch canvas work. Designers highlight endless color gradations and intricate designs using ten to fifteen worsted shades. A ruffled pillow edge with two to three rows of ribbon completes the look with stitched detailing.
A Paradox in Gravity Puzzle With Two Walking Sticks
A diagram shows two sticks touching past a lower book and diverging to form a V with a double cone as a body placed at the midpoint. When released the cone rolls downhill toward the touching point. the puzzle asks for the direction and reasoning. Two Club Monogram books to be awarded Thursday.
Hat on Approval Sparks Quick Sale Plan
Florence shows a hat to John asking for his opinion. He notes he has not bought it yet and mentions another, five dollars dearer, that he may choose. He urges a morning telephone call to secure the sale before others.
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Florence
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