Dan Lawyer Joins Chicago & Great Western as General Counsel
The St Paul Daily News notes Dan Lawyer has accepted the position of general counsel for the Chicago and Great Western Railroad and will abandon politics. The piece criticizes religious belief as a political qualification and urges civic patriotism, arguing such organizations conflict with the federal constitution.
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Dan
Chicago & Great Western Railroad
Minnesota
Avny Organization
Vote on Pfeffer free coinage amendment tallies
The repeal bill test of financial sentiment showed 37 in favor of free coinage: 23 Democrats 10 Republicans and 4 Populists. Opposed: 48 votes from 21 Democrats and 27 Republicans.
World’s Fair Attendance by Month and Passes Total
The opening day attendance reached 21 458 910, distributed as May 1 050 037, June 2 675 113, July 2 760 263, August 3 515 493, September 4 658 902, October 6 799 102. Total passes issued to employers, exhibitors, concessionaires, and related groups is 6 953 818.
Suspension of Leech Lake line halts settlement drive
Minneapolis lumberman notes that spring suspension and uncertain completion of the Leech Lake branch of the Great Northern line slowed settlement. Towns were laid out, mills protected, logs cut, and homesteads taken, but grading finished and rails not laid. Cass and northern Hubbard counties feature timbered land with pine, hardwood groves, meadows, and great lakes.
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Tue
Minneapolis
Leech Lake
Great Northern
Cass County
Hubbard County
Columbian Exposition a Near Ideal Triumph of Chicago
The Pioneer Press lauds the Columbian Exposition as an unmatched success in life and art. It praises American achievement and Chicago’s role, noting its unique, cosmopolitan displays from coast to coast and its enduring majesty as the era closes.
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Lake Michigan
United States
Chicago
White
Pioneer Press
Logging Will Be Light This Winter at Northern Mill
Ray W. Jones of the Northern Mill company reports limited forest operations for winter. He estimates carrying over forty to fifty million feet of jogs, but plans only twelve to fifteen million feet logged this season. Five camps are active with 125 men employed. wages average twelve to twenty dollars, twenty percent below last year. Lower labor and supply costs do not offset tighter financing and abundant pre cut logs, keeping new contracts scarce this fall.
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Ray W. Jones
Northern Mill Company
Brainerd
Jones
Murderers Hum Wing Sing and Hum Hong Sentenced to Twenty Five Years
Hum Wing Sing and Hum Hong received twenty five year sentences for the murder of Lee Chang after a motion to quash the indictment was denied by Judge Holland. The two prisoners were then escorted by Sheriff Spalding and C E Cole to Stillwater state prison. They asked to cut their cues before the trip, preferring to do so prior to arrival.
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Hum Wing Sing
Lee Chang
Holland
Stillwater
Sheriff Spalding
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Spalding
Exposition Finance Stands With Large Surplus Despite Costs
Chairman Peck and Treasurer Seeberger report $2.515 million on hand plus a souvenir coin fund totaling about $1.5 million. Six months of concessions yielded roughly $3.75 million with $250,000 in deductions, admissions and minor sources around $10.5 million, and total revenues over $14 million since start. Construction costs reached $19 million while operating expenses run about $7 million. Stockholders now see a 15 to 20 percent potential dividend, contingent on final dismantling costs.
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Finance Committee
Seeberger
Treasury
Secret patriotic orders face scrutiny in Chicago conference
The Minneapolis Journal notes a recent Chicago gathering of secret patriotic orders that plans a national convention next spring while condemning secrecy and urging open, public oversight. It praises the National League for the Protection of American Institutions founded in 1889 for its open, nonsecret stance and its goals to safeguard public schools and ban church state funds.
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Minneapolis
National League For the Protection
League
Gen. Grant
Mrs Porter Pater Critiques Husbands Duty at Exposition
In her closing speech Mrs Porter Pater argues that if husbands must support their wives and children, many men fail at this duty, admitting that many men today cannot provide for their families with comfort. She comments that Mrs Palmer would agree if she described it as a great many men.
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Palmer
Brainerd Visitors Highlight Grand Rapids Notes
Grand Rapids hosts C H Stratton of Brainerd and C H Douglas returning from a Brainerd trip. R M Stitt of Brainerd arrives to inspect timber plans for winter work. R G Sparks of Brainerd visits with relatives, Dr Courtney of Northern Pacific sanitarium in Brainerd is in the city.
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Grand Rapids
H. Stratton
Brainerd
R. M. Stitt
Little Falls
R. G. Sparks
Courtney
Northern Pacific Sanitarium
Incidental piano swap wows theater crowd
A New York Sun account describes a spectacle where a relief pianist quietly takes over as the bass end of the keyboard, while the original player slides away. The two perform in perfect timing with continuous motion and no musical disruption.
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New York Sun
Catherine the Great and the Libraries of Voltaire and Diderot
The article recounts Empress Catherine II’s purchase of Voltaire and Diderot libraries. Voltaire’s seven thousand volumes joined the Russian imperial library in the Hermitage, with Houdon’s Voltaire statue nearby. Catherine paid 16 000 pounds for Diderot’s collection, keeping it in his Paris library until his death, and paid him a 1000 pound annual salary. A delayed payment episode saw a 25 000 pound check issued after a clerk’s negligence.
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Russia
Voltaire
Diderot
Hermitage Palace
Houdon
Catherine
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Paris
Child writes note to Devil in garden tale cited
The passage recalls a boy punished to bed early who leaves a note for the Devil in a garden hole. It contrasts ancient and Roman childhoods with scant surviving Greek childhood voices and mentions Catullus Ovid and Greek epigrams and toys for the dead.
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Catullus
Ovid
London Spectator
The Lost Continent Lecture by Dr Bowdler Sharpe
Dr Bowdler Sharpe of the British Museum spoke at the Savage Club on The Lost Continent. He mapped world zoo regions and bird forms and linked isolated species to a vanished ancient land. The idea of a southern tropical continent uniting South America, Madagascar, and Australia drew scientific interest amid Forbes discoveries.
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Bowdler Sharpe
British Museum
Savage Club
A Mistress Reprimanded as a Prima Donna by a Frustrated Lover
A letter cites a man saying his maid is a prima donna and a horrible creature who mistreats him. He vows revenge by opening the drawing room window and howling to mock her voice when she’s away, hoping neighbors hear a cracked sound.
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Cook
Bound to Be Ladylike and Other Brief Columns
A collection of light anecdotes and curiosities. A playful exchange on propriety shows a kiss kept ladylike to avoid whistling. Various notes discuss usefulness of effort, idle youth risks, ancient war chariots, treasury bills in circulation, a speaker’s ebony mace, and Dolma Bagtc meals for thousands during a sultan’s visit.
Origin of Yachting and Its Early Royal Patronage
The piece traces yachting from its Danish etymology to early royal involvement. It notes English beginnings with a 1588 Cowes-built yacht, Charles II patronage spurring growth, and the Bezan versus Jamie race. By 1720 Cork harbor hosts the Royal Cork Yacht Club, marking organized racing’s start and the sport’s spread to commoners.
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Lambeth
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Gravesend
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Royal Cork Yacht Club
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London
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Royal Yacht Club
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London Times
Farmer Pays Neighbor After Intrusion in Henhouse
A Maine farmer heard smothered squawks at midnight and found an intruder in his locked henhouse. He trapped the neighbor outside and the visitor paid $28 for time and sleep loss, underscoring the old joke that there is money in farming.
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China
Lewiston Journal
Early English Glass Windows Chronicle
The first glass window in England was installed at Teltram abbey in 660 A D. Glass windows did not become common for centuries. In 1577 the glass casements of Ainsworth castle were removed and stored when the owner and family traveled visits.
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Teltram Abbey
Ainsworth Castle
St. Louis Republic
Timber Titcomb Tale Ends In Quiet Death After Storm
A Springfield church doctor known as Timothy Titcomb is remembered in a San Francisco Argonaut anecdote. During a service a choir member and Dr Hol land assist Miss Etta S into a bus as a thunderclap spooks them. He jokes Ett in terror packs home in a bus, a pun on Et in terra pax hominibus. He dies years later in his bed.
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Timothy Titcomb
Springfield
Mass
Etta S
San Francisco
Fishermen recover watch with 13 pound pickerel tale
On Piseco Lake in Hamilton county a party including L. E. Everest and Professor Spencer fished for pickerel. Everest hooked a big 13 pounder while a smaller three pound fish held a gold chatelaine watch in its stomach. The watch, lost earlier at Adirondack hotel, was recovered and returned to a grateful Albany visitor.
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Piseco Lake
Hamilton County
L. E. Everest
Spencer
Brooklyn
Everest
Deen
Adirondack Hotel
George A. McCoy
Albany
Albany Journal
Do Swans Sing Before They Die
A historical note explores the old belief that swans sing when dying. The piece cites a Virginia newspaper anecdote claiming a neighbor heard a sweet flageolet-like sound before swans were found dead, but deems the tale legendary and unlikely.
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Virginia
Potomac River
Mount Vernon
Potomac
Pittsburg Dispatch
Fashionable fringe fading as bandeaux return in hair styles
The article notes fringe giving way to softly waved bandeaux with a nostalgic nod to mid century portraits. It mentions a revival of puffed waves and front hair styled into two rolls, offering a piquant look for young faces and a softening effect for older or coarser features.
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Jennie Lind
New York Sun
Bible flood dates cited in a correspondent letter
A reader letter discusses a biblical deluge with dates 1756 B C to 1656 B C and 877 days, noting the ark resting on Mount Ararat on May 6 1656 B C and Noah leaving on Dec 18. It cites Genesis chapters seven and eight as basis for calculations.
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Mount
Ararat
May Acquire Them Brilliant and Impulsive People
A London Tit-Bits quote frames a lecturer on physiognomy describing "brilliant and impulsive people" as having black eyes or likely to acquire them through impulsiveness. The remark reflects period gossip and popular science fringe thinking.
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London
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