Egypts Railways Mirror Ancient Nile Civilizations
A reader compares the Alexandria to Upper Egypt railway to modern standards, noting double tracks heavy rails and signaling while peasants till fields using ancient tools. The article reflects on Egypts irrigation pumping works, rich lands, and the cradle of civilization linking ancient and modern progress observed from a train between Alexandria and Cairo.
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Africa
Alexandria
Upper
Egypt
Ruth
Virginia
Great River
Arabia-Felix
Nile
Cairo
Valley of the Nile
New Kitchen Utensil Separates Egg Whites From Yolks
An inexpensive device by Fer nand Salomon of Philadelphia attaches to a tumbler with a spring clip. It allows the entire shell contents to fall onto a strainer with narrow slits, letting thin white pass into a side glass while the yolk remains on top and then drops into the second glass.
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Fernand Salomon
Philadelphia
Water from Trees: Myth or Woodsman Secret Revealed
The Memphis Scimitar reports that seasoned woodsmen seek water in dry forests by boring into cottonwood or willow trunks at a vein to obtain clear mineral flavored water under pressure. The water, richer than well water and carbonated, is said to flow without deep roots, a remarkable adaptation during baking dry seasons.
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Memphis
Huntsmen
Democrats Oppose Shipping Subsidy while Criticizing Republicans
The piece argues Democrats oppose a proposed Shipping Subsidy bill that would aid American ships in foreign trade. It contends foreign-built ships dominate, subsidies abroad exceed 26 million annually, and Republican policy seeks to level the field with subsidies, while Democrats denounce misuses of taxpayer funds and British influence.
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Democratic Party
United States
Great Teip
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Irera
Austria
Japan
Republican Party
Republican Campaign Fund
England
Great Britain
Bryan’s Lincoln Ward Property Figures Highlight Personal Wealth
The Lincoln Fifth Ward assessor books show Bryan’s personal property values for several years, reflecting his wealth in the context of his Chicago remarks on voting and prosperity. The piece frames the 1900 speaker as a resident of Lincoln while noting his income and assets.
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McKinley
W. J. Bryan
Chicago
City of
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Nation's Money: Coinage and Bank Note Circulation Rise
The year ended shows coinage at 184,324,793 pieces valued at 141,301,860 with 7,662,786 gold pieces and 75,350,254 silver pieces. National bank note circulation totals 309,559,719, up 68,291,023 for the year and 0.07 million for the month, with bond-based circulation at 274,115,552 up 68,851,458 for the year and 11,026,435 for the month.
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United States
National Bank
What the Republicans Did
The Republicans are doers not boasters. They promised protection and prosperity and delivered. They passed the currency bill to the satisfaction of opponents and opened trade with Europe in China. American wheat cotton lumber iron steel machinery and more will have equal rights with foreign products.
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McKinley
Republican Party
M. A. Hanna
Europe
China
An Elastic Alliance in Silver and Democracy
The piece argues that the tie between Democracy and free silver shows the same flexible pact as a supposed link between silver and wheat, an elastic arrangement shaped by campaign needs.
Military Records Compared for Republican and Democratic Colonels
The military record of the Colonel at the tail of the Republican ticket will stand comparison with that of the Colonel at the head of the Democratic ticket.
Labor and trusts close the gap as wages rise and hours fall
The piece argues labor and capital move closer through arbitration and conferences, highlighting unions like the Amalgamated Association and the AFL. It notes steady employment, higher pay, and shorter hours, while challenging anti-trust rhetoric and praising Republican prosperity policies since 1896.
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Democratic Party
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
International Typographical Union
United States
American Federation of Labor
Theodore Schaffer
Federal Industrial Commission
McKinley
Republican Party
Political Small Shot Ends Tammany Trust Fever
A fragmentary note surveys wartime politics and figures like Vallandigham and Bryan. It mentions Corn and Wheat crop trends in Kansas and Nebraska as Democratic arguments and notes Lentz's growing prominence as a debater with many premises.
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Tammany
Pettigrewism
Vallandighamisn
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Kansas
Nebraska
Mr. Lentz
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Senator Hanna
William McKinley
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