Making Paper from Silk to Tarred Sheets in Minnesota Mill
The Minneapolis Tribune describes a tarred paper mill on the East Side where rags and straw are sorted by women, pulped through a sequence of beaters and vats, and machine processed into standard papers and tarred varieties. It traces ancient origins from Egypt to Mecca and notes U.S. and world mill counts, workers, and outputs.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Main St
Egypt
Mecca
Spain
Italy
England
Ertford
Holland
United States
Manila
The Girl Who Tries On A Figure Reveals Her Story
A pock marked girl speaks to a Tribune reporter about body image and work as a figure model. She compares looks and height, notes earning twelve dollars weekly, laments being short, and discusses corsetry and fashion pressures among city girls.
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Tribune
Cloak Pines
The Use of Tears
The Use of tears is discussed as a continuous, natural discharge from tear glands rather than a rare expression of grief or even solely joyful moments. The Newcastle Chronicle notes tears happen constantly, suggesting they serve a purpose beyond mere sadness or happiness, mentioning dust as a potential context.
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Newcastle Chronicle
Origin of Toys Through Ages and Cultures
A compact survey traces dolls from European courts to China and ancient Rome. It notes French fashions used for dolls in 14th century Europe, early toy roles for both genders, and Roman games such as the turbo top and hoop trochus, highlighting cultural shifts in play.
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Europe
France
England
Chilren
Rome
Cicero
Segaie
Greece
Behind 40000 Pension Cases Reported Delays
May 24 report states the pension office is behind in current work with the board of review 40000 cases behind and the certificate division about a month late. Certificates issued late April rather than May. Most claims in the last act are prioritized due to smaller amounts. Commissioner Raum aims to end the fiscal year with a surplus, possibly 5 to 10 million dollars, to aid other debts of the “billion dollar Congress.”
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Pension Office
Board of Review
Certificate Division
Commissioner of Pensions
Foster
Congress
Raum
Treasur
A. Maurice Low
Safest explosive gun cotton showcased at Newport lecture
Prof. Munroe of the Newport torpedo station described gun cotton as the safest explosive when purified and correctly prepared. Demonstrations showed cutting blocks to fit shells, extinguishing a burning block with water, and a bonfire burning 2000 pounds without detonation.
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Scientific American
Munroe
Newport
Can't Fool Her Yonkers Woman Deters Beggar
A seedy man pleads for a half dollar to ease his sick child’s loss as a woman refuses to lend money. He asks for a quarter now and the rest later, but she declines and warns he should move on or call a policeman. He admits to tampering with others, and she ends their encounter by noting she will not be swindled.
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Yonkers Statesman
Tam
Dundee
Ferrie
Bryden
Flay
F Bryden
White
Vites Springs the
aaRow
Drummond
Hove
Asryden
Bristol
Wat
Denny
Adamson
Leven
Fifeshire
Paton
Tsivitcher
Black
King
Giles
Black Bryden
Ings
Hae
People's Party mobilizes as campaign scenes emerge this year
The article details the rise of the People's Party amid Democratic tension and McKinley opposition. It notes key figures Simpson, Peffer, Baumont, Weaver, and Kansan organizers, plus conservative Republicans seeking to block McKinley. National executive actions name Robert Shilling secretary and M. C. Rankin treasurer, with four new committee members: Washburn, Gaither, Donnelly, and Davis.
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aoRie Peoples Party
Sopp Sherman
McKinley
Simpson
Peffer
Aumont
Ansas
Hio Matalan
Foraker
Democratic Party
Campbell
National Executive Committee
Robert Shilling
Milwaukee
M. C. Rankin
Terre Haute
Ind
George F. Washburn
Massachusetts
G. F. Gaither
Alabama
Ignatius Donnelly
Minnesota
J. H. Davis
Texas
Fear not the third party movement in national politics
A Washington observer predicts the Cincinnati convention will demoralize the Northwest Republicans and block third party collusion with Democrats. He says the Democrats will push a conservative money policy, oppose financial panaceas, and frame relief plans while preventing government overreach in transport. The tide is seen as strengthening Democrats in the East and securing southern votes.
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Washington
Cincinnati
National Democratic Committee
Republican Party
Northwest
Democratic Party
People’s Party
South
National Association of Clubs
East
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
National Woman Suffrage Group Reports Massachusetts Meeting
The National Woman Suffrage Association of Massachusetts held its annual business meeting in Boston on Thursday. The month’s advances include Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont Methodist conferences voting to admit women to the general conference, Texas raising the protection age for girls to 14, and presbyteries in St. Louis and New Brunswick approving women as deaconesses. Women declared eligible for public office in Oklahoma. various gains for women in Australia, England, and the United States. Kiowa Kansas elects a woman mayor who closed saloons. two ladies named factory inspectors in the state under new law.
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National Woman Suffrage Association
Massachusetts
Boston
Methodist
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Texas
St. Louis
New Brunswick
N. J
Oklahoma
Australia
Mississippi
Cleveland
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Toronto University
Kiowa
Kan
Ames
Halley
Birth of Nationalism in Boston Commemorated at Tremont Temple
Friends of the movement plan two meetings at Tremont Temple on the Thursday after December 16 1888. Rev Dr F F Hale will preside at the afternoon session and Mrs Mary A Livermore will preside at the evening. Edward Bellamy is to attend and speak on Nationalism and its present and immediate needs.
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Boston
Friends of the Movement
Tremont Temple
F. F E. Hale
Fatewaliers
Mary A. Livermore
Edward Bellamy
Rev. F
Press freedom becomes target in Florida House vote
Florida House passed a resolution allowing members to claim misrepresentation by any newspaper, ejecting reporters from the chamber. Kentucky farmers at Covington nominate a state ticket while Illinois lawmakers back Springer for Speaker. Kentucky Republicans nominate Wood, Crawford, Farmer, and Berea’s Judge for state offices as they back election law reform and equal poll rights. Delaware rejects a consu reelection plan.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Covington
Pollock Barbour
Jefferson County
5. FI. Smith
Franklin County
E. L. D. Gutty
Butler County
W. G. Fulkerson
Ohio County
I. G. Salty
Trigg County
People’s Party
Illinois General Assembly
William M. Springer
House of Representatives
T. A. Wood
Mt. Searing
L. J. Crawford
Newport
Eli Farmer
Somerset
L. Judge
Berea
Harrison
Congress
Pie Ante Otters
John Howell
Delaware
How to size a lawn tennis court in old guidance
A Tribune inspired note explains standard lawn tennis court dimensions: 78 feet long by 27 feet wide, center net at the midpoint, posts 2 feet outside the court on each side, net height three feet six inches at posts and three feet in the middle, baselines 39 feet from ends, service lines 21 feet from the net, and a half court line LH dividing the space into right and left courts, with diagonally placed end and side lines and additional reference lines KL MN.
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Johnny
the Tribune
The Front Yard's Peerless Pride in Suburban Myth
A comic verse tale follows Polyxena Maia Mintha, daughter of well-to-do Athens parents, who marries Mopsidos. A pedlar sells a hardy bulb called Mithridatic sempiternal phylli malou, claiming grand blooms and flavors. Polyxena buys it, tends it lovingly, but the plant dies. The husband scoffs, declaring it an onion. The story links ancient Attica to modern New Jersey suburbs, ending with a social quip on pedlers and marriage across ages.
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Polyxena Maia Mintha
Mopsidos
Athens
B. C
Polyxena
Phoonicia
Phoenicia
Anatolia
Pedler
Attica
Earth
Jersey
Westchester
Fertie Plains
Josephus-on-the-Hudson
Bohunkus-by-the Sea
Sheriff Spens
Bryden
Ferrie
Eis
Pou On
Mien
All-A-Right Heroine of a Detroit Store Incident
A Detroit Free Press piece recalls a young store clerk nicknamed All-a-right for her courteous nature and slow speech. She answers politely when corrected and helps customers, even as an accident maims her. Ambulance crews attend, and she faces injury with calm, uttering her soft responses as she endures.
Maxim's Skyward Dream: Maxim on Aerial Screw Flight
Hiram J. Maxim, the inventor of the machine gun, envisions a large airship propelled by two 18 foot wooden screws. He explains a 110 by 40 foot craft using petroleum steam, tested on a track, capable of lifting heavy weights and rising with speed.
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Wasntaton
France
Hiram J. Maxim
Whitworth
Mr. Maxim
Bank on wheels shifts banking to rural New Zealand
Pittsburg Dispatch reports a bank in New Zealand operating a mobile bank car that visits country districts to accept deposits cash checks negotiate loans and discounts and perform standard banking services. The mobile bank, inspired by the American pay car, aids settlers far from towns where few farms escape heavy mortgages while public debt runs high and taxation averages 17 per person.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
New Zealand
Not a Fable A Socrates Letter Mix Up with Xantippe
Detroit Free Press recounts a humorous tale of Socrates and Xantippe at home. He admits he forgot to mail a letter, prompting a playful exchange and a postscript praising women’s charm.
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Detroit Free Press
Socrates
Aspasia
Xantippe
Sam
Animal responses to earthquakes across history
The St Louis Republic notes that dogs horses cattle and aquatic life show distress during earthquakes and often before shocks occur. Reports from 1749 to 1880 describe fish frenzy in canals cats frantically in houses and horses tearing stables, while birds conceal themselves or fly inland, suggesting animals sense impending tremors.
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St. Louis Republic
London
Tokio
America
Durgin Chess and Checkers Notes May 26 1891
Edwin A. Durgin reports daily meetups for chess and checkers at Boston locations. Includes Solution of Position No 1540 with move sequence and results, and a preview of Position No 1641 ending from the Single Corner.
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Boston
Edwin A. Durgin
Mass
Tremont St
C. Taylor’s
Water St
G. D. Bughes
Loons and Their Young Nature Study Observations
Dr Morria Gibbs describes the common loon Urinator imber from North America. Observations detail parental care young riding on the mother's back, the young securing themselves with tail feathers during dives, and the peculiar laughter like calls from northern lake shores.
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Morria Gibbs
North America
Widows as a Path to Happiness in History’s Great Men
A speaker argues that famous leaders like Nelson, Napoleon, and Washington chose widows as wives, praising their judgment and stability. He suggests widows provide reliable partners and jokes that maidens should also marry to become widows, framing marriage as a safe, superior policy.
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Mr. Weller
Charles XII
Frederick Pe Great
Admiral Nelson
Napoleon
George Washington
Lord Beaconsfield
Nelson
Washington
Our Foreign Conquest of Derne in Tripoli
The article discusses Derne in Tripoli as the only Old World town captured by the United States. It outlines Barbary pirate threats across Algiers and Tunis, the tribute system, and the 1801 declaration of war by the Dey of Tripoli. It notes four years of fighting culminating in 1804 when Gen Eaton and the American navy raised the flag over Krates and peace followed.
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Detroit Free Press
United States
Derne
Tripoli
Africa
Algiers
Morocco
Tunis
Europe
England
Mediterran Sea
Krates
Eaton
Atenas
Cod and herring fisheries yield immense but waning harvests
Estimates claim Newfoundland waters annually yield 60 to 100 billion codfishes with each fish laying about 3.5 million eggs and a single ced row containing billions. A six to seven ounce herring contains tens of millions of potential offspring, and even with allowances for destruction the counts imply substantial but diminishing yields.
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Detroit Free Press
Newfoundland
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