Editors and Officials See Health of Ohio Institutions
The Marietta Register editor Alperman returns to health but stays away from Marietta. Ohio boards of education meet in Columbus with Commissioner Wonebrake urging attendance. The Trenton Register ends editorial tenure of Wilson after 34 years, with praise for his work and influence in education. Other notes report Republicans ready to vote, Bryan’s tour, the Roberts report to the House, and Alaska and Nicaragua canal developments.
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Marietta
Boards of Education of
Ohio
Southern Hotel
Columbus
Board of Education
Wonebrake
Bnrick RE
Wilson
Trenton Register
Auwellana
Nfe
Lawrence County
Washington Letter on McKinley and congressional inquiries
Washington describes President McKinley demanding publication of all records and instructing cabinet members to resist partisan attempts to extract information. It notes Democratic resistance to Republican fiscal plans and cites Arkansas Senator Jones questioning Aldrich over the lack of Democratic speakers on the bill.
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Washington
McKinles
Congress
McKinley
Resolu- Louse el
Houe
Jones
Arkansas
Aldrich
Hungarian Watchmaker Seeks Clients in New Venture
An immigrant Hungarian watchmaker, claiming months in business, states his address and services in a letter. He advertises repairs and improvements on watches, jewelry, and diamonds, with offers of favorable prices for old gold and weekly installments at a shop on No Avenue B.
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America Tsu
Sigmund Barnay
Avenue B
Curious Nev. clock uses geyser to drive hands
A Boston Traveler noted Amos Lane of Armidee Nevada built a unique clock powered by a geyser. The mechanism uses a face, hands and lever connected to the geyser which shoots hot water every 33 seconds, moving the hands precisely.
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Nateral
Boston
Amos Lane
Armidee
Nev
Pigeon Post to Boost Russian Army Mobility
Regimental pigeon post to become standard in Russian field forces. Trials in maneuvers show birds delivering messages faster than mounted messengers, validating their usefulness as regular equipment during mobilization.
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Rechas
Tinlinos Intreentina and Argenine Laliaus Population Note
In a shortened census style line the text notes that Tinlinos Intreentina and Nne are among the fourth portion of inhabitants of the Argentine Republic identified as laliaus.
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Nne
Argentine Republic
Laliaus
Doctor and Patient Cites Medical Advances Across Nations
The article notes global medical topics including a tuberculosis hospital plan for Army officers, newborn hospital telemedicine experiments in New York, European surgical cinema, and visual monitoring of epileptic movements in Vienna. It also advocates hot water as immediate relief for coughing and chest irritation, describing its soothing effects and promotion of secretion.
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Contagioun
France
America
New Orleans
Frisco
Fort Bayer
New York
Vienna
Automobiles Hit World Wide Buzz And Hazards
Steam plows to entrench in South Africa and new auto mobile services in England. McKinley rides in an steam car. A gasoline accident burns a rider as omnibus flames seen in New York City. Europe plans signaled limits for crowded carriages.
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South Africa
Newcastle
Sunderland
England
McKinley
Washington
Motor Car Journal
Ita
Fh Avenue
New York City
Industrial Notes Across Nations and Industries
Washington reports 2000 union printers. Austria uses potato flour. English organ contains 64500 miles of wire. Michigan sees eight beet sugar plants built within a year. Pittsburgh plans municipal production of wagons and equipment. A syndicate aims to build a single rail high speed electric line Liverpool to Manchester. Dresden museum shows a 1839 proclamation about trunk forwarding and station arrival.
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Pittsburgh
Synniicate
Liverpool
Manchester
Mailway
Dresden
Fragmentary old world trivia and random quotes
The passage lists assorted historical facts and clichés about Jews in Japan, Milan streetcar fares, Hungarian gypeles, Swiss military size, Russian timber rafts and logs, artesian wells, and a lottery style name draw for a child. It reads as a miscellaneous collage of dated statements and beliefs.
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Japan
Milan
Hungary
Europe
Republic
Switzerland
European
Russia
Ufe
Globe Lights Reflect Seasonal Strains and Tax Burdens
The Globe comments on holiday generosity and family frictions as December taxes loom. It notes how women separate friends by who can be bought with Christmas cant and presents while men face borrowing to pay taxes. The piece humorously warns that gifts may come back as charges.
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Johison Globe
Bulls Fight by Fire Ends in Two Deaths at McCormick Barn
A fire at Leander J. McCormick’s Lake Forest, Alabama barn trapped two imported Swiss Broke cattle in the basement stalls. The bulls fought to the death as flames engulfed the structure, collapsing the building and burying them amid the blaze.
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Leander J. McCormick
Lake Forest
Mr. McCormick
Switzerland
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Cashing Drafts Abroad Reveals Bank Procedures
A New Orleans resident describes his Paris visit and an English £100 draft process at a major bank. Customers wait in a reception room, a messenger retrieves the draft, and a loudly announced name hands over the banknotes. The cashier claims the bank has never had loans, admitting no risk in the catch-as-catch-can method.
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New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Paris
John Smith
Paul Kruger
Pretoria
Brigham Hf. Roberts
Ctoh
Siamese fighting fish in White House aquarium amuse visitors
The paradise fish, a cannibalistic Siamese fighter, thrives in the White House aquarium where six hundred to a thousand populate tanks. They feed on raw meat, prey on goldfish, and respond to the keeper with a whistle-like sound when food is near. Finland editors seek aid as censorship dents circulation, offering a five percent fee for protection.
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White House
Siam
Finland
Mammoth Acre Party Planned at Grand Central Palace
An event drawing 2,400 attendees is planned at Grand Central Palace New York to raise funds for completing the Church of St Philp Neri in Bedford Park.
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B. Shepard
U. S
St. Michaels
Alaska
McKinley
Randall
Grand Central Palace
New York
Church of St. Philp Neri
Bedford Park
Germination Test For Crimson Clover Seed
A simple at home germinator test uses a moist flannel on a plate with counted crimson clover seeds covered by a second plate. Seeds germinate and are counted as they sprout. Good seed should sprout 0 to 90 percent within three days per the Cincinnati Farmer.
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Department of Agriculture
Facts for Farmers and Economic Parallels
A collage of farming wisdom and economic observation. Notes urge strong family farms with education as a nest egg and caution toward debt while illustrating small reforms like fence removal. The piece cites an English estimate of a billion dollars in foreign capital in Russia’s manufacturing and shipping sectors.
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