Samoan Island Mission Aims and German Rivalry
In Barpaton Maine January report the Samoan group is described as increasingly civilized under Christian mission work begun by English and London Missionary Society planners. The article contrasts German mercantile dominance in Apia with robust native churches, self-supporting missions, and a thriving Samoan Mission Seminary at Malua, detailing population, geography, climate, and the economic ties to the United States and Pacific trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barpaton
South Pacific
Tak
Deutsche Handels
South Sea
Mataafa
Harbutt
Tutuilla
Manua
Germany
Samoan Islands
Deutsche Handels, Plantagen Gesellschaft
H. M. Ruge & Co
Apia
Honolulu
Hawaiian Bee
Prents
United States
San Francisco
Sydney
Hawaii
Samoa
New Zealand
Apia Harbor
Apia Bay
America
Teir
Islands
Samoan Mission Seminary
Ihe
Malua
Geor. Turner
Charles Hardie
London Missionary Levy
Williams
Sapaalii
Manono
Upolu
Tutuila
Aso
CuHanrves O
Stickney
Samoan Crisis Echoes in Small Town Interview
Rev Charles Harbutt of Bridgton recounts a visitor from Samoa and discusses U S policy amid Germany’s actions. He urges firm use of the Monroe doctrine and criticizes British apathy as Washington contends with Samoa and international naval presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland 1
Harbutt
Bridgton House
Fn Museum of
Germany
Yee
Old England
Two New York Spinsters Turned Book Shop Success Story
Two cultured New York women, once living in ease on Madison Avenue, lost their father’s entangled estate and started a novel book shop. They opened a dual room shop near writers and editors, created a charming library atmosphere, hosted tea, and built a popular informal club over two years. An elderly Maine uncle’s bequest changed their fortunes, and they closed the shop. The tale invites any clever woman to seize the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Madison Avenue
Europe
Maine
Henry
Leary
George
Richmond
Augusta
Jon
James Carroll
Australia
Wanderer
Russia
China
Jersia
Louisville
California
Illinois
Waterman
Arkansas
Orado
Jerse Green
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Henry's Lake
Caspian Sea
Love Letters on Five Dollar Bills Make a Fashion
A Buffalo man who won a sweetheart by scribbling love letters on five dollar bills starts a trend. Women refuse such notes on five and demand higher denominations. The admirer replies with a message threatening to end the romance unless twenty dollar bills are used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Opiec
Deacon Aiken and Mr Smith Oxen Note Anecdote
In Antrim New Hampshire Deacon Aiken and William Smith were close friends. Aiken bought a yoke of oxen and, lacking cash, wrote a promissory note to Smith. Smith withheld the note until the debt was paid in full, then accepted it, grateful for the repayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antrim
N. H
Deacon Aiken
William Smith
Aiken
Mr. Smith
Smith
Aix
Boston Cooking School Demonstrates Terrapin Veal and Oysters
The Boston Cooking School class led by Miss Maynard showcased terrapin veal and oyster a la Duxelles with detailed steps for browning, simmering, and sauces. The session covered spaghetti, sponge cake, frozen coffee, and cream dessert, with notes on egg whites, flour, and oven handling as part of a broader 12 lesson cycle starting February 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Maynard
Ren
Marcu
Mattonuck
Woman's Progress in Business and Public Roles
The current Woman's Journal notes women increasingly enter real estate, banking, and other fields worldwide. It highlights E G Woelper and Mrs Carne B Lacoste as agents, two new female bank directors in Atlanta, the rise of women managing large sums, a surge of suffrage and educational movements, and profiles including Miss Mary F Seymour and Miss Catharine J Simonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Journal
Woelper
Equitable
Carne B. Lacoste
Malden
Atlanta
Canada
Business Woman’s Journal
Mary F. Seymour
New York
Ycean
Glasgow
Scotland
Woman’s Educational and Industrial Union
France
Chamber of Deputies
New Century Guild
Philadelphia
Cambridge
Eng
Sargent
House of Presentatives
Opens
Kan
F. E. Benedict
Philadelpha
Mary Lowe Dicknson
Denver
Col) University
Youmans
Ohio State Senate
Catharine J. Simonds
Franklin School
Japan
Red Cross Society
Tokio Charity Hospital
What a Young Wife s Affection Accomplished
A Philadelphia society man recalls two dances with comic misfortunes. At a private party a blue silk garter lies on the floor and is swept away by a maid. Another party sees an overskirt fall when a paper reveals the wrong journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Preas
The Emperor of Japan as a Prone Person Learns Lunch Rites
London Figaro details the Emperor of Japan as a punctual eater who breakfasts at seven or eight, uses forks with foreign foods, then chops with chopsticks for Japanese meals. He sits to dine, eats with meals varying between foreign and native, and usually eats alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperor of
Japan
Lee
Do You Want to be Rich Is Courtship a Failure
A witty line asks why ambition and romance sometimes clash. The quip questions if courting success equates to wealth, framing love as a measured outcome in social life.
Vast array of curiosities from age old odds and ends
A long list of 奇怪 items appears from leather belts to African mountains and Confederate coins. Notable mentions include a 240 carat diamond in Cape diamond field, a 642 inch crab claw at Charlotte Harbor, and a 7.5 foot beard worn by Louis Coulon in Montlucon France. The emperor of China delays marriage due to palace fire and Japan’s household budget reaches 2.5 million a year.
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Europe
Chicago
Cape
Orchard Lock
Oswego
N. Y
China
Hawkinsville
Charlotte Harbor
Fla
Louis Coulon
Montiucon
France
Palmyra
Jews' Free School
Spitalfields
Fug
John Wanamaker
W. R. Thurston
Gloucester County
T. J. Summers
Americus
Confederate States
Perignan
Pyrenees
Poverty Simmons
North Carolina
Giovanni P. Morogini
Irvington
Hudson
St. Louis Coal Company
Danville
Anne McCullough
Pittsburg
Des Moines
Martha Washington
Japan
Quaritch
America
Nan
Chicago Board of Trade
Napoleon Boneparte
Benjamin Franklin
General Sherman
Charles Dickens
Gladstone
William Makepeace Thackeray
Inauguration Hall
Washington
Louis J. Beech
Newark
N. J
Venus
Osweizo
United States
San Bernardino
Cal
Broadway
New York
Epidaurus
Greece
Mycene
Victoria
Windsor
South Kensington
Bomay
India
Victoria Building
Austria
Chamber of Deputies
John Wilson
Astor
Salmon Base
Chanos
New Year's in Chinatown A Satirical Tale
A lively English verse piece satirically contrasts New Year celebrations in Chinatown with xenophobic stereotypes. It allegorizes "John Chinaman" and a parade of Chinese dishes and customs, highlighting cultural clash and mock-essays on race and assimilation during the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
A Sleepin g Car Cleaning Routine Described by Railroad Men
A New York railroad worker describes the laborious posttrip cleaning of a sleeping car. Every part is scrubbed, aired, and sanitized, from carpets and mattresses to curtains, beds, and pillows. The process employs dozens of cleaners, with double linen sets per car and weekly ceiling veneering cleans, ensuring thorough sanitation before the next outbound train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mail and Express
New York
Ly Hk
Chauncey Depew Describes Fame S Toll On a Desk
Chauncey M Depews Grand Central office desk reveals the burdens of fame as a flood of mail pours in daily. An assortment of odd items arrives including a playful inaugurational ball invitation and a curious puzzle, all lying amid papers and familiar notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eppen
Chauncey M. Depew
Grand Central “Station
Yale College
Chappaqua
Horace Greeley
Eeak
Daniel Webs
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South Pacific Islands
H. Bernard Carpenter
Beore
Hollis Street
Kev
William Harbutt
London Missionary Society
Lantoa
Olosinga
Ofna
Anna
Tatuila
Manona
Anolima
Savaii
Tropics
Pacific
Missionary Society
Gonn Regsonal
Hobart Town
Tasmania
Pier Cotta
Fonon
Tegionary Society
Gordon Cummings
Rives
Fenell
Mesars. Williams and
Harff
England
Malna Seminary
Salugata Bay
Upola
Leone Bay
Zealand
King Tamasese
King Malietoa
Congress
Samoan
Charles Harbutt
First Congregational Church
Bridgton
Boston Cooking School
Oyster
Spachetti
Jobster Newburg
Philadelphia Society
London Figaro
Chinatown
Opin
Fan-Tan
Ching-s Ung
John Chinaman
Joan
Melican Man
Chauncey Depew
Queer Mail
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