Monuments Along Brandywine by West Chester Man
Andrew Carntegle John G Taylor of West Chester plans and completes a Lafayette monument on Brandywine battlefield costing about 8000 dollars with granite blocks, amid broader efforts by Mr Taylor to honor Revolutionary War commanders. A public reading room and other memorials exist in a Quaker cemetery setting as a National Park bill seeks 50000 dollars in Congress.
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John G. Taylor
West Chester
Brandywine Battlefeld
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Lafayette
Taylor
Brandywine
Pennsylvania
Washington
Howe
Chester County
Historical Society of
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St. Peter's
Birmingham
Battleground
Congress
Chess Loving Village in Hungary Demands Everyone Play
In a Hungarian village nearly unique, every man, woman and child is urged to play chess. Prizes reward schoolchildren for proficiency, with problems to solve at home. The village has produced players rivaling Lasker, Steinitz and Tchigorin, and each Christmas hosts a major tournament with prizes from the burgomaster.
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Hungary
Schoo
Lasker
Steinitz
Tchigorin
A Pigtail Party at a West Artist Studio
The Philadelphia Record notes a late night pigtail party hosted by a west coast artist. Guests learned the dish centers on fried pig tails served with sauerkraut sausages cheese and pretzels. He cites St Louis as common pork tail fare costing about twenty cents a dozen and says east markets rarely stock them.
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Philadelphia
St. Louis
Moral Effect of Diets Across Foods and Sexes
The article cites Pearson's Weekly on how different diets affect mood and energy. Pork diets may induce pessimism, beef boosts strength and audacity, mutton risks melancholy, veal lowers energy, eggs and milk aid health in women, apples aid brain work, and potatoes dull. Mustard is praised for memory longevity.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Kansas legislator candidate praised for railroad quote
The Hon. Bill Brown of Kansas, once chairman of the railroads committee, is urged to run again for the legislature. He gained fame years ago in the Kansas house by describing a Pratt county railroad as “It hasn’t got no termini at ary, end.”
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Bill Brown
Kansas
Brown
Kansas House of Representatives
Pratt County
Chemistry of Confection I Importance of Pure Milk and Sound Eggs
An old Scientific American excerpt explains how flour confections rely on milk as a moistener and enriches flavor with its fats sugars and proteids. Eggs serve as key moistening agents, while glycerine and aerating agents like ammonium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate create carbon dioxide to lighten dough. It details milk composition and the chemical actions during mixing and baking.
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Scientific American
Wages of Deception in a Tropical Morning
Two young women relax in their light robes when a demanding visitor arrives and hides them behind a piano to avoid being seen. The caller, a highly respected local woman, waits inside while the pair fear exposure until she finally leaves. The scene ends with their relieved but exhausted escape.
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New York Press
Typical Scot Lord Balfour New St Andrews Chancellor
A Typical Scot notes Lord Balfour of Burleigh has been installed chancellor of St Andrews University succeeding the late Duke of Argyll. The profile says he is a serious, hardworking Scot who rose from a sma' Scotch laird to a dignified head, educated at Oxford and now a portly, grave figurehead by the North Sea.
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Lord Balfour
Burleigh
St. Andrew’s University
Duke of Argyll
Oriel
North Sea
The Bat Pin and the Cow Mystery
Ezra Whitney lost a valuable cow in a strange incident. While chewing hay the cow swallowed a long hat pin and died soon after. Dr Freeman conducted an autopsy and found the pin had pierced the cow s liver.
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Ezra Whitney
Freeman
Rockland Courier-Gazet
Census Bureau reports rise in median ages across races
The Census Bureau released a statement on aging showing the median age for the total population in 1900 was 22.8, up from 21.9 in 1890. White median age rose to 23.4 while colored populations reached 19.7, with decades of gradual increases for whites and similar gains for colored groups, reflecting shifting demographics.
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Census Bureau
Happenings of Interest Over Land and Sea
A condensed news roundup notes Franco port investment, Prussia and the United States relations, Mississippi lawmakers repeal valued policy law, a Cincinnati property loss of 100000, Rev Morris Wilson homicide in Genea W Va, municipal water ownership in England, wills in San Francisco and Kentucky shootings, retirements and political reminiscence writings, Atlanta delegation to presidential visit, Democratic campaigns in Lorain and Tennessee, political tours through several states, volcanic eruption near St Vincent and European gold supply, coalfield strikes in Kanawha and New River regions, Machivique evacuation mention, congressional nominations in Tennessee and Texas, president denying Philadelphia strike talks, New York gambling fund for Devory win, racial attack in El Dorado, European troop movements, oil and gas patent surge, Emperor William reception, Corbin and Wood, Panama canal bonds, Seven Oaks byelection Lib win, Mont Pelee condition in Martinique, St Vincent to St Lucia cable break, McMillan successor candidacy undecided, ex-Gov Hogg to host Bryan and others, Minnesotan AT Towne in Velasco Texas.
Posen Germans Celebrate Kaiser Day Amid Maneuver Shifts
In Berlin on September, German residents of Posen observed Kaiser Day with fervor as army maneuver HQ moved from Posen to Frankfort on the Oder. Tens of thousands, including many cavalry, joined the celebrations despite the strategic transfer.
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Posen
Frankfort
on-the-Oder
Kaiser
Thomperor
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