Senator Stewart Returns to Nevada Gold Fields at Seventy-Eight
Long-time senator William M. Stewart, once among America's wealthiest figures and famed as the Santa Claus of the Senate, travels to Nevada with a young wife to build a new fortune. He buys a ten-room, one-story home in Rhyolite, stocks 200 fowls, keeps mules, and plans future mining and legal work in the new gold districts.
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Nevada
United States
William M. Stewart
Santa Claus
Senate
Rhyolite
Nev
Senator Stewart
Washington
Western Mines
Virginia
Bill Stewart
Capitol
Washington Palace
Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Kirkwood House
New York
Orville H. Platt
Congress
Connecticut
Platt
Europe
America
Climate Overview Of Manchuria In Russo Japanese War Context
The article outlines Manchuria’s climate seasons from March to November with winds bringing heat and moisture, sowing in April, wheat harvests in June, and hot July to August rains. It notes severe winters at Mukden, extreme summer heat up to 100.4 F, long dry stretches, and a brief wet season, with Niuchwang and Vladivostok temperatures for winter, summer, and annual averages.
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Manchuria
Russia
Japan
M. J. Ross
Scientific American
Mukden
Niuchwang
Gulf of Liaotung
Russian
Vladivostock
Rights of Man and land greed threaten self employment
The Detroit News Tribune argues that natural rights to work come from nature not law, and legislatures cannot curb self employment. It cites land frauds and a Venezuelan case where one man acquired vast public land to profit from others’ use, blocking employment and denying man’s rights.
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Detroit News Tribune
United States
West
Castro
Venezuela
Political Machinery Shapes Votes Across Campaigns
The article argues that party organization dominates modern politics from national committees to state and local groups. It notes Hanna and Tilden as catalysts, outlines the Republican and Democratic structures, and stresses that despite strong machinery the American voter remains independent and discerning.
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Democratic National Committee
T. T. Taggart
Indianapolis
New York
August Belmont
Wm. F. Sheehan
Messrs. Taggart
Belmont
Sheehan
William J. Bryan
National Committee
Congressional National Committee
Congress
Washington
House
House of Representatives
United Staes
Twentieth Century Empire Building
The article argues power of war and empire growth in the 20th century with Japan Russia and other nations. It foresees centralization into several great empires created by assimilation rather than conquest. It predicts Japan in Eastern Asia, Russia and Germany expanding, England continuing empire building, and US spreading across continents.
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Japan
Asia
Russia
Germany
Austria
Europe
England
United States
National Committees Maintain Day-To-Day Activity
The Democratic and Republican National Committees keep steady oversight between campaigns. The Republican HQ in Washington is run by secretary Elmer Dover and Hanna’s former confidential secretary. George B. Cortelyou left a Cabinet post to take a role with the National Committee.
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Tion
Democratic National Committee
Republican National Committee
Washington
Elmer Dover
Hanna
National
George B. Cortelyou
Presidenty Cabinet Board
Ceed . Hanna
National Committee
Ancient and Modern Jew Observe Ram Horn Rites
The article notes the ram horn blowers, or shofar, during the Jewish New Year on September 80 5666, describing orthodox and reform practices and the ceremonial duties of the shofar blower who must be a strictly observant Jew. It explains the attire called tel lith and the ceremonial stand at the altar for this sacred office.
With His Favorite Punch in Politics Again
Colonel Watterson said he would enter the political arena in the fall but would not reveal his method. The New York Sun notes it is likely he will again target the Republican side and stir the elephant as in the past.
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New York Sun
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J. J. Dickinson
Samuel J. Tilden
Marcus A. Ilanna
Tilden
Republican Party
Thomas Taggart
Ernest
Haskell
The
Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
John Dinwiddie Driscoll
Maximilian
Mexico
Jacqueline
Louis Republic
N. Y
Doubleday, Page & CO
East 16Th St
Washington Post
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