Remarkable War Department Letter on Sumner Family
A long hidden document shows Charles Pinckney Sumner wrote to Philip Barbour in Adams administration days asking for his son Charles Sumner to join West Point. The request was ignored. he attended Harvard and later became a U S senator.
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War Department
Charles Pinckney Sumner
Philip Barbour
Virginia
Ander
John Quincy Adams
Charles Sumner
Military Academy
West Point
Charles Sumer
Harvard University
United States
Cedar Crests Diminishing Across Northeastern Forests
Cedar forests persist in Aroostook county Maine and across northern New Brunswick and Quebec regions including Temiscouata Rimouski Bonaventure and Gaspe where cedar thrives on high ground and swamps. Nova Scotia lacks cedar and southern New Brunswick has too little to supply railroad ties.
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Aroostook
Maine
New Brunswick
Temiscouata
Rimouski
Bonaventure
Gaspe
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Electric Mail Coach Impresses German Auto Circles
A new electric mail coach seating eighteen, with an eighty cell battery weighing 6 600 pounds, runs over forty seven miles on fair roads at nine miles per hour or over thirty seven miles at sixteen to nineteen miles. The coach plus battery weighs 13 200 pounds and is driven by 27 1 2 horsepower motors.
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Germany
Street Railway Decision Features State Interest Limitation
The court in Oren ex rel Barbour v Pingree (Mich) holds a street railway system carrying freight and passengers, including lines to other towns, to be an internal improvement. This falls within constitutional prohibition on state involvement in such works.
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Oren
Barbour
Pingree
Mich
Tappan House Once Used as Prison Now to Be Soap Factory
The 1776 stone house at Tappan New York where Major Andre was imprisoned and executed is to be converted into a soap factory. After years as a hotel visited by thousands, the proprietor’s license was revoked and the property was leased to New Yorkers planning soap production.
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Tappan
N. Y
Maj
Andre
Lord Wolseley Predicts Fast End to South African War
Lord Wolseley, famed for sanguine views, predicts Pretoria will fall before May ends. Speaking at Battle Abbey as guest of the Duchess of Cleveland, the British commander in chief voiced strong confidence in a swift victory in South Africa.
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Lord Wolseley
England
Battle Abbey
Duchess of Cleveland
Pretoria
Chicago Tribune
Poor Man and Lady Exchange A Quip on Work
A vieux quip shows Perry Patetic begging for work while a kind lady offers a quarter. The poor man jokes that he hasn’t worked so long he might not recognize a job if it came up and tipped its hat at him.
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Perry Patetic
Wall Paper With Bonds Asks Investors For Lifespan
In New York a business man uses wallpaper made of thousands of 6 percent bonds as decor in his study. The bonds, engraved and printed at a cost of 2500 dollars, were created by a company that failed to attract investors and never floated. The apparent value is 400000 dollars, but the wallpaper is worthless.
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New York
Expression Origins and Wit in Stray Stories
A fragment from Stray Stories discusses the origin of the Expression and the way Hewitt and Jewett’s quips reflect gender dynamics. It notes women’s tactic of making a man feel known and references Adam and Eve to illustrate men being perceived as similar.
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Hewitt
Jewett
Adam
Eve
Moving Michigan Mills to Canada Over Ontario Timber Laws
A large number of Michigan saw mills are being moved to Canada due to Ontario laws requiring alloyed timber cuts from government leased lands to be manufactured within the province.
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Michigan Mills
Michigan
Canada
Province of
Ontario
Hetty Green Visits Bank With Noted Reticule
Hetty Green visits the New York Chemical National Bank daily while clinging to her famous reticule said to hold millions in stocks and bonds. The artifact is a well known symbol of her vast wealth and cautious investing style.
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Hetty Green
New York Chemical National Bank
Delinquent tax list among smallest ever published
The Burnett County Journal notes the delinquent tax list is one of the smallest ever published in the country due to rising settlement and prosperity across the area. It credits local county printing for enabling regional papers to exist and predicts papers must rely on merit and local business like other counties in less favored tax notice locales.
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Tn North
Burnett Couny Journal
Grantsburg
Wis
Amber of the Baltic shores prized as ancient jewel
Amber, fossilized resin from conifer trees, is found worldwide but most abundantly along the Baltic coast between Memel and Danzig. It forms on the oblong spit into the sea, valued for centuries as a gem worn by many women.
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Baltic
Memel Danzig
The Goat Thief Caught In Jersey City
Police finally nab a disreputable goat caught in the act of stealing crape from doors marking deaths. The animal was seen swallowing a long crape scarf pulled from a door bell.
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Jersey City
Savings Banks in Schools Reach 97 Cities in Fifteen States
The school savings banks program started in one Long Island City school in 1885 and by January 1, 1900 was active in ninety seven cities across fifteen states. Of 179,630 pupils surveyed, 52,694 saved $806,015.97, with $525,209.27 withdrawn, leaving $280,806.20 outstanding to depositors.
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Long Island City
N. Y
Etymology of Pickaninny Traced to Jamaica Slaves
A writer in the current American Anthropologist discusses the word pickaninny and traces its origins to Sir Hans Sloane 1707 Jamaica History. Sloane noted piganinnes as a corruption of pequenos ninos used for black slave babies in Jamaica.
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Sir Hans Sloane
Jamaica
Hans
Tree Planting Custom Marking Childbirth in Japan
The article explains a tradition in Japan where a sapling is planted to commemorate a newborn. The tree is cared for until the child marries, then cut down to make furniture for the couple’s home.
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Japan
Lumber Demand Shifts Maine Timber From Sawmills to Pulp Mills
Maine forests face a shift as about 225 million feet of the 555.5 million feet of logs in the current season are expected to go to pulp mills rather than sawmills. This demand for paper material reduces lumber output and raises costs for builders.
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Maine
Viennese Telephone Girls to wear uniform on duty
The girls who handle Viennese telephone lines must change into a uniform before duty to prevent dust from affecting equipment. The outfit is a dark skirt and waist with sleeves, striped in black and yellow to reflect national colors.
How is it Bre’r Williams blinds with light
A humorous exchange cited from an Atlanta Constitution quote shows a colored parson pressing Bre’r Williams about a church collection. Williams replies that the preacher’s light on the subject is so strong it blinds him.
Children Held Sacred in Japan
Across Japan children are treated as sacred beings with name and address on a neck ticket. If a child strays, food shelter and kindness follow wherever they go, reflecting a national ethos of care for the young.
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Japan
Dr. Peal
Paat Mepiing Co
Cleveland
Tilden & Loughran
Ames
Iowa
Miscellaneous World Notes From Historic Press Snippets
A collage of brief items spans fires in Chicago 1899 to land deals in Chihuahua for 400 colonists, local politics in Bremen and Philadelphia ordinances, demographic shifts in London’s Hebrew population, Roosevelt jewelry taste, a Dead Sea steamship line, and early Belgian postal history.
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Chicago
Chihuahua
Mex
Missouri
First
Senator Tillman
Gov. Wells
Utah
Pointed Paragraphs On Boasts, Trances And Truths
A collection of wry maxims and quips on dignity sleep walking drinking and fate. It touches on leadership, history, fashion, youth and marriage with sharp turns and rural editor satire. The Chicago News line adds a playful jab about a noisy spectator.
Reflections Of A Bachelor In New York Press
A humorous collection of satirical observations on women and marriage from the New York Press. It mocks stereotypes about widowhood romance and wedded life with sharp lines on love, appearance, and social norms.
Congressman Studies Fishes and Seeks Marine Station
Representative Small of North Carolina focuses on ichthyology and aims to establish a coastal marine fisheries research station to study related problems.
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Small
North Carolina
Isis State
New Jersey Population Varies Between Night and Day
The article notes New Jersey’s population shifts from about 2,000,000 at night to roughly 1,800,000 at noon. It states 200,000 are away at work or shopping in New York and Philadelphia.
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New Jersey
New York
Philadelphia
Divorces in European Cities Compare Rates
Copenhagen records the highest divorce rate among European cities at 572 per 100000 marriages annually. Paris shows 362, Berlin 302, Vienna 190, and Buda Pesth 45 in the comparative figures.
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Copenhagen
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Buda-Pesth
Country Advantages in Town Build Garden City model in England
A Garden City association in Town England promotes cities combining country life benefits with urban conveniences. The plan aims to blend open spaces, fresh air, and rural calm with the duties and facilities of town living.
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England
Not as He Realized Says Wife Confined at Home
A Yonkers Statesman item notes a dispute over a statement about a wife being shut up indoors yesterday. The exchange clarifies she was indoors all day, though not necessarily confined.
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Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
New Dynamis Contract Cuts Dynamite Price
The Transvaal government and a dynamite factory registered a new contract last Tuesday reducing dynamite prices. This agreement, reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer, signals changes in local explosive procurement policies and potential cost savings for industry users.
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Transvaal
Cincinnati Enquirer
Income Tax in India Cites Threshold and Low Reach
The article notes income tax in India applies to incomes of 33 and upward, and claims only one in 700 earners fall under its scope. It presents a view of a high threshold with a small taxed cohort.
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India
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C. F. Ames
Odd Fellows Hall
R. T. Sisson
E. S. Proper
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J. ¥. Martin
First National Bank
Nevada
W. H. Wynn, JR
Attorney-At. Law
J. A. Fitchpatrick
Fitchpatrick & McCall
Edward M. McCall
Opera Block
A. Richmond
M.D
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DRS
Richmond & Hutchison, Physicians and Surgeons
Bosworth's Drug Store
W. E. Harriman
Ysician
Hamilton Block
Thurston
W. E. Winsett
Story County Bank
H. Kelso
D. D
Nover Hamilton's Grocery
F. Posegate
A. K. Banks
Roland Iowa
Sansion
BS Office
Igwa
MO. H. Williams
Budd Block
A. A. Adamson
Read's Meat Market
TLE Bros
Kesota
South Dak
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Rices
Cooley
Bremen
London
Roosevelt
Montreal
Great Britain
Pacific
Hawaii
California
Dead Sea
Russia
Hanna
Star
Belgium
Europe
The
Ark
Chicago News
New York Press
Africa
Asia
Chicago Record
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Mercator
Madison Street
B. Elliott & Son
Queensware
Times
Jardinieres
J. B. Koqser & CO
Bower & Longsdorf
Lowa
White
Eagle Price
Judge’s
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