Brief Notes on Blindness and Education Leaders
Edvin Amota and Sir Edwin Arnold are described as blind with hopes for partial recovery. Arnold remains mentally vigorous and continues literary work. Miss Beale wins a seat on the University of London senate, heading the Ladies' College Cheltenham. An Ipswich iron works manager extols twenty five ton electric cranes in rapid on/off operation. The cyanide process is outlined as dissolving gold in ore with potassium cyanide and precipitating it with zinc, noting low cost and simplicity. Wall Street figures named with initial J dominate recent activity.
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Edvin Amota
Sir Edwin Arnold
Fositits
Miss Beale
Senate
the University London
Ladies’ College
Cheltenham
Ipswich
England
McKinley and Knox Meet at Mount Union College
In 1869 at Mount Union College Ohio William McKinley met future Attorney General Knox then a student who helped mobilize the vote aiding McKinley’s rise to Prosecuting Attorney of Stark county. Also notes William Allen of Sunderland earned England’s 1900 Bravery medal for saving three from a collapsing fuel factory still.
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McKinley
Knox
Mount Union College
Ohio
Stark County
William Allen
Sunderland
England
Allen
All Sheeky Slang Grips Nation In Witty Exchange
A column notes the new slang all sheeky as versatile praise from golf links to dinner gowns. The secretary of war’s remark sparked amusement while a London physician faced a vegetarian vaccination quip about calf lymph.
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London
Bill to incorporate Rid ley Tennessee advances in legislature
A bill for the incorporation of Rid ley, Tenn., clears both houses. The text includes a descriptive boundary clause noting a black gum tree with a cross and mistletoe, and a bluebird on a limb near Ed Johnson's horse lot, located east of the landmark.
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Ridley, Tenn
Tennessee
Ed’ Johnson
Pan American Congress Attracts Hope For Attendance
Officials of the state department hope the Pan American congress at Mexico will meet with full attendance from republics of both continents. Exchanges in progress are satisfactory, and Chile on one side and Peru and Bolivia on the other are expected to compromise their differences. Philadelphia Times.
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State Department
Mexico
Department
Chile
Peru
Bolivia
Philadelphia Times
Mexico Bristles and U.S. Import Costs
The article notes American reliance on Mexican labor for bristle brushes used in paint and whitewash. It highlights ixtle Tampico fiber as the primary material, with the U.S. importing over 3,000 tons annually, about a third of Mexico's output, and paying $266,000 to Mexico for it.
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Mexico
America
Cats aboard liners guard loyal staff and famed saloon cats
Every large ocean liner carries six to ten cats allocated around the ship and listed on the rations. Some first class saloon cats have become celebrated on long voyages to India and Australia. Large sums have been offered for a sale extent on a great line, and staff guard it from avid admirers, with instances of cats found in travelers' luggage.
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India
Australia
Unnecessary Loss of Time Carried by Local Letter
W G Whedon cashier of Gest National Bank of Winteract Iowa relays a carpenter’s experience with Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The worker stopped work due to diarrhoea, tried the remedy after hearing of the cashier s cure and reports one dose cured him, returning to work. Sold by Wm Robinson & Co.
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W. G Whedon
Gest National Bank
Winteract
Iowa
Chamberlain
Wm. Robinson & Co
Nebraska Land and Crop Profits
A pamphlet extols Nebraska and Kansas farming advantages citing climate, soil, and abundant sunshine. It contrasts land values, crop yields, and school funding with Illinois, urging settlers to move west and invest in Nebraska farms over renting in Illinois.
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Nebraska
Neb
Kan
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Readers as hour glass sand and jelly-bag traits
A quotation compares readers to hour glasses, sponges, jelly-bags, and the Golconda slave, noting how some absorb and preserve value while others pass through or leave dirt behind. The passage uses Coleridge to illustrate varied reading habits and filtration of content.
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Golconda
Coleridge
A Man With Taste for Books Elevates a Life
Quote from Sir J Herschel on books shaping a happy life. A lover of literature gains access to great minds across history and nations, becoming a citizen of all ages and times through reading.
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J. Herschel
Didn’t Marry For Money Ends With Health Gift
Boston man who recently married a ailing wealthy young woman finds happiness as she regains health using Dr King’s New Life Pills. The remedy promises relief for jaundice biliousness malaria fever and ague and liver and stomach issues. Only 25c at Wm Robinson & Co.
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Boston
Dr. King
Pitts
Wm Robinson & Co'e
Life saved by Chamberlain's Cholera Remedy testimonial
A E Laufalette of Gregory Landing Missouri credits Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life during a severe illness. He says a neighbor gave him the bottle, it brought instant relief and he recovered fully, remaining in good health for nine years. Sold by Wm. Robinson & Co.
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A E Laufalette
Gregory Landing
Clark County
Misouri
Wm. Robinson & Co
Scientific party to study Malay Peninsula fauna and caves
A London expedition led by N Annandale and H C Robinson sails to the Malay peninsula to study pre Malay tribes fauna birds and plants and large limestone caves. Robinson will sample marine life with dredges and tow nets and pump sea water through nets to collect surface plankton during the voyage.
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London
Malay Peninsula
N. Annandale
H. C. Robinson
Jalor
Lower
Siam
Patan
Biserst
Robinson
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
Costly State Funeral Of Alexander The Great
The article notes the most expensive state funeral in history possibly that of Alexander the Great. About a million was spent on his burial with a gold coffin filled with costly aromatics and a diadem upon the head. The ornate funeral car weighed so much it required eighty four mules and a year to move from Babylon to Syria.
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Alexander the Great
Alexander
Babylon
Syria
French Gallery Buys American Masters As Patriotism Grows
An American writer praises France for purchasing works by Whistler Sargent and others for its national galleries. He laments U S indifference to preserving its own art and warns that future regrets may follow if Whistler Cardif Docks and Sargent Carmencita remain elsewhere. He argues true patriotism lies in safeguarding national art heritage.
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FrenchArt-Galleriees
France
Luxembourg
United States
Whistler
Sargent
Walden
Cardiff
Émile Fauget’s reception to the French Academy delayed
Émile Fauget, elected in 1870 to succeed Lamartine, never received official admission to the French Academy. The anticipated reception did not take place, leaving his status with the academy unresolved.
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Wotiies
Emile Oliver
Émile Fauget
French Academy
Lamartine
Pone
Bluff and Genial Farmer Sir William Brampton Gurdon
The Suffolk MP Sir William Brampton Gurdon is described as a bluff and genial farmer who backed the deceased wife's sister bill. He served as private secretary to Mr. Gladstone in the 1860s, attended the Paris monetary conference in 1878, and joined the royal commission to the Cape in 1881 regarding the Transvaal question.
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William Brampton Gurdon
Bill
Suffolk
T Mr. Gladstone
Paris
Cape
Transvaal
Portraits Presented at Fairfax Courthouse History Event
Fairfax Courthouse in Virginia recently received portraits of notable early locals including George Washington and George Mason. The Washington portrait was donated by Professor R Andrews of the Corcoran Art Gallery, and the Mason portrait by Carl Gunthearz of Washington.
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Fairfax
Washington
R. Andrews
Corcoran Art Gallery
George Mason
Carl Gunthearz
Vermont farm counts rise to 1900 total
Enumerators report 33,109 farms in Vermont in 1900, up from 36,522 in 1880 and 32,573 in 1890. The 1900 total exceeds 1890 by 2,413 and is 5,? hundred more than 1890, reflecting continued growth in agricultural holdings.
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Vermont
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Louisville, KY
R. J. Wemyss
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Alabama
Mississippi
Larcestetr Byall Nein Iits
Aoinesten
New
Tuttle
Adams Express Company
Gures
Saimpie
S. A. Tuttle
Beverly Street
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EO. DeWarr & Co
Chicago
Higrandss Med
Mre S. Pease
Lawrence, Han
Wall Street
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. R. Keene
J. J. Hill
J. Stillman
J. Schiff
J. H. Moore
J. W. Gates
J. Loeb
George J. Gould
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Farmington, Il
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Kodotol
Hubbad
Hubbard
Memler Bros
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