Growth of US Cities Surpasses Rural Areas in 1900 Census
The 1900 census will show New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia as the nation’s three largest cities with New York near 3.5 million and Chicago around 1.8 million. Philadelphia should reach 1.2 to 1.3 million, while several New Jersey towns near New York reduce consolidation. Overall urban growth rises faster than rural, with St. Louis, Boston, and Baltimore highlighted in estimates, and the trend could pose new political questions for the future.
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United States
New York Bay
Brooklyn
New York City
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
London
Jersey
City
Newark
New Jersey
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
America
Europe
England and
Wales
Department of Labor
Washington
St. Louis
Boston
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Cleveland
Southern textile mills bloom in southern states boom
Southern textile growth outlined by the Southern railway shows last year’s gains of 13 096 looms and 422 049 spindles. The cotton crop is projected near 26 000 000 acres with mills across North Carolina Georgia Alabama and South Carolina expanding building or planned as many operate with water power. Mills produce sheetings tickings prints shirtings drills hosiery and wool cloth while farmers’ small plots support local cotton farming and a strong prospect for Orient trade.
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Southern Railway
New York
India
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
South
Augusta
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee
Virginia
Orient
Indians adopting white man ways on reservations reported
Youth's Companion cites United States Indian agents reports showing Indians on reservations increasingly reading, building houses, and adopting white attire. Nearly 100000 reading, 1100 houses built, over 25000 houses owned, many no longer nomadic, yet moral questions remain about civilizing effects and the true aims of assimilation.
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United States Indian
Proper Stair Climbing Stresses Equal Weight Distribution
A Chicago physician advises practical steps to climb stairs with less fatigue. He warns against rising on the ball of the foot or bending the torso. Instead, place feet squarely, move slowly, and keep lungs unrestricted for better heart and muscle function.
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Tforfe
Chicago
Not Superscilious Passenger Averts Social Clash On Trolley
A striking young woman on a Jackson avenue trolley draws stares with aristocratic dress and a regal air. At the door she recoils when the conductor touches her sleeve, claiming discomfort. an elderly man and conductor explain she fears contamination after vaccination, prompting mixed reactions from riders.
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Jackson Avenue
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Boer Tactics Attributable To Frontiersmen Not Foreign Officers
A Confederate veteran in the New Orleans Times-Democrat argues that Boer successes against the British arise from frontier hunter skills rather than foreign officers or modern science. He says natives did the planning while foreign experts handled artillery, noting revolutionaries and pioneers influenced their tactics.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Washi
Mocking bird imitates sentry whistle during Ladysmith siege
A Daily Chronicle correspondent reports a mocking bird near Ladysmith that imitates the sentry whistle used to warn of fire. The bird repeats the signal day and night as bombardments continue, while other camps rely on whistle blows. Also noted is a London Chronicle claim that Napoleon's telescope, used by Napoleon I, turned up in Turin.
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Daily Chronicle
London
Ladysmith
Gordens
Benarea
Napoleon
London Chronicle
Napoleon I
Turin
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Oiv
Isation
Asbury Park Hotels
Hotel Brunswick
Yadine Hilal Leetospect
Coleman House
Frank Beconover
Sunset Hall
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Ocean
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First Avenue
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Besch
Harry J. Rockafeller
Westminster Pavilion
A. Cliver
Bourth Ave
Kingsley
Philip Hildrich
Grand Ave
Hotel Superior
Grand Central
Orme
Imperial Lior Socsummr
Imrov
Bangs Avenue
Main St
Union Depot
Edward B
Palen
Lizthn
WM. Debow
FiearTotor
Bristol
Annington
Claes
Banta
Madison Modern
Edgemere Inn
M van Wickle
The
Willard
Leadley
Alli Bates
Perises
Ocean Front
Devonport
Catsipon
Hock Strout
Dell
Magnolia
Dufeleld
Norwood Hall
Elegaley Biren
THAVI8
Trumprour
Seventh Avenue
Asbury Park
Muskegon SA
Wime
Q. D. Schanok
Metropolitan Hotel
Bili Ee Rood
Ocean Grove Hotels
Cox
Carrollton
Om Ocean Petry
Auditorium
Wilson
P. O
Webb Avenue
W. A. Cross
Prop'r
Edwin A. Weis
Cookman Avenue
Zacharias & CO
Mattison
Youngs
Hunter and Trapper
Yost
Océan Grove
All Avenue
Harry Yobt
Candy Esculetts
Y. C. Grenelle
Arbury Park
N. J
Profetts Drug'co
Phila
Merchant Tailor
Muller Merchant Tailor
Mattison Ave
Premo
Rochester Optical CO
South Street, Rochester, N. Y
Commie
A. W. Cornelius
Cookman Ave
M. L. Ferris
Boarding
Dayton
Barnes Sterling Crawford
Spalding Sporting Goods
Mattison Avenue
NEW York and New Jersey Telephone Co
Broadway
Long Branch
Sanford's
Nattison Ave
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