Diamonds by the Ton and the Global Diamond Trade
An old analysis compares diamond weights and values from Kimberley mines and other sources. It notes carats per ounce, ton-scale outputs, and historical production from 1867 to 1902, with global output rising to over 20 tons by the early 20th century. It remarks on market value and the long history of diamond mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberley
Cape Town
Vaal
Griqualand
Brazil
India
Notable Americans and Notable Names in 1900s Politics and Society
William T. Stead pursues bacteriological land regeneration in England. Boston’s new aldermen include a reporter, a banker, a carpenter, and a blacksmith. Miss EK W Williams becomes Minnesota Supreme Court’s first female lawyer to plead before the court. Eugene Zimmerman seeks British estates Tandera gee castle and Brampton house. Paris writer Daniel Lesueur leads Society of Gens de Lettres event. Wives of presidential candidates push home industries and dressmakers. Knox, Root, and Fairbanks favor American-made gowns or New Jersey silks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Stead
England
Boston
EK. W. Williams
St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Kilmore
Kimbalton
Great Britain
Eugene Zimmerman
Tanderagee Castle
Brampton House
Paris
Daniel Lesueur
Societe Des Gens de Lettres
Knox
New Jersey
Miss Root
Trousseau
Mrs. Fairbanks
Hoosier Capital
The Golden Rule Of Three Leadership
Three things to be pure just and honest. three to live courage affection and gentleness. three to govern temper tongue and conduct. Three to fight honor home and country. three to cherish the true beautiful and good. Three to think life death and eternity. Three to commend thrift industry and promptness. three to despise cruelty arrogance and ingratitude. three to love the wise virtuous and innocent. three to wish health friends and contentment. three to admire dignity gracefulness and intellectual power. three to attain goodness of heart integrity of purpose and cheerful disposition leadership.
Splinters and Squibs on Everyday Wit and Tradeoffs
A compact collection of quips and proverbs on bargains travel steerage tips style and thrift. The jokes address actors bookkeepers coaches and bets with wry notes on gifts long distance talk and fashion references to shoes and hats.
Punta Arenas the Southernmost Town on Earth
Punta Arenas in southern Chile claims the title of the globe s most southerly town near the Magellan Straits. Founded 1843 as a penal settlement it grew with mail steamers stopping there and coal mining nearby. By 1888 population reached about 2 000 and now stands around 10 000 making it the largest southern Chilean settlement and the only major town on the Straits of Magellan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punta Arenas
Antarctic
Straits of Magellan
South America
South Pole
Globe
Chile
Patagonia
Pavenier
Straits
A Rare Old Bird and Chestnut Turkeys in History
A broad survey of turkey scarcity and feeding methods contrasts English heavy oats and milk fattening with American corn and milk feeding. It notes rising chestnut demand, European and Japanese chestnut import history, and large groves. A George Ade anecdote mocks burlesque recipes from a Tainter cooking school.
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England
George Ade
Tainter Cooking School
Fattering European Purses Leave Billions In Europe
Elisha Flagg of American Express in London estimates Americans abroad this year number about 150,000 with an average expenditure near 650 dollars. He cites many tourists as students and business families, with a growing wealthy minority spending tens of thousands per person, making 100 million dollars a conservative figure for American money left in Europe this year.
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Europe
Elisha Flagg
American Express Company
London
Mr. Flagg
Our splendid novelist Trenry James and a jam maker feud
A publisher notes the Rye resident novelist Trenry James has moved to a countryside estate near a millionaire jam maker. The jam lord complained of trespassing servants. James replied with witty notes about poaching on preserves. Also a quip about Don Carlos weighing chair and royal meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenry James
Rye
England
James
Don Carlos
Portugal
Wit and wisdom from the Atchison Globe reflections
A collection of aphorisms and social observations on wealth, kindness, romance, and human foibles. The piece notes how humor, luck, and manners influence everyday life, with lines about marriage, money, and reputation as a survey of common vice and virtue. Specific examples illustrate how appearances deceive and motives differ from actions.
Some Lucky Fridays and the Nation’s History
A short essay argues against superstition about Fridays, noting a string of notable American events historically linked to Fridays. It cites Columbus’s voyage and discovery, Cabot’s commission, St. Augustine’s founding, Plymouth’s landing and compact, Washington’s birthday, Fortifications at Bunker Hill, Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga, Cornwallis at Yorktown, and the Continental Congress asserting independence.
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America
Columbus
Henry VII
England
John Cabot
North America
St. Augustine
United States
Plymouth
George Washington
Unfamiliar Facts From a Busy World
A roundup presents varied notes from around the globe. Victorian railway offices received 3,000 TOU vacancy applications while Bishop Moule of Mid China oversees vast missionary work. Alaska winters frustrate visitors with mosquitoes, and a Berlin Royal Mint chimney clean yields about $1,000 in gold. A Seneca Falls sewer dig uncovers a mythic skeleton, and Japanese prisoners once fed on barley to curb beri beri. Sanley, an English city, opens a new sewage plant costing $350,000 handling 9,000,000 gallons daily with crystal effluent.
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Moule
Mid
China
Durham
Alaska
Royal Mint
Berlin
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Japanese Falls
Sanley
Never Satisfied Grumbler Rejects Wealth Happiness
A chronic grumbler on the herring keg proclaims discontent with life. An optimist offers Rockefeller level income as a cure, but the grumbler rejects it, saying he would worry about longer lifetimes and seek shorter minutes to earn more.
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Rockyfeller
Corn Producer Revealed As Shoe Manufacturer Facturer
A dialogue reveals a corn producer is actually a shoe manufacturer. The exchange shows Church and Gotham clarifying the confusion over his business, with Gotham affirming the shoe making claim directly.
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Church
Gotham
Our Unsettled Lands Expanding Frontiers for Development
An article argues that despite assumptions, vast unsettled US lands remain. It cites 1.27 billion acres of national domains with only about one third appropriated, noting substantial tracts in Alabama Louisiana Mississippi Michigan Minnesota Montana and large government holdings in Nevada New Mexico Arizona and Idaho. It emphasizes agricultural potential across older states and territories for generations to come.
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America
Alaska
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
Porto Rico
Guam
Samoa
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Pennsylvania
Nevada
New Mexico
Arizona
Idaho
Restorative Promises Nerve Strength for Digestive Ailments
An advertisement claims Dr Shoop's Restorative strengthens weak stomach, heart, and kidney nerves, avoiding drugs to stomach, heart, or kidneys. It asserts quick health return by addressing the cause and notes availability from F B Jones.
Europeans Do Better in Hunting Says Boston Paper
A Boston paper contrasts European royal and presidential hunting with American practice. It notes Kaiser’s sheep drive guarantees a hit and Rambouillet rabbit hunts are prearranged, while U S leaders seek various game in different regions with reporters following. It predicts a future president may return empty handed.
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Europe
Boston
Rambouillet
Rockies
Mountain Lons
Long Island
Louisiana
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Ceeds
Asromet
S. D. Eland
Brewton
Lumiego
C. L. Cates Hancock
Mino
Bellami
Swansor Rheumatic Cure Company
Dept
Lake Street
Chicago
Saucen Evans
The
Iron Ox Remedy Co
Detroit, Mich
Dr. MacFarlane
Dr. King
Bettis
Bowers
Smith
Powers
Benners
Jenners
Baggs
Waggs
Tobbacco
Jean de Rescke
New York
de Rescke
de Reszke
Ile
M. de Reszke
Atchison Globe Lights
Burgoyne
General Gates
Saratoga
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Continental Congress
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
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