Lord Cromer and Egypt’s governance shaped by Cremer era
The article traces Lord Cromer’s role as His Britannic Majesty's Agent and Consul General in Egypt, noting his influence on finance and administration. It cites 1877 to 1883 service, Baring’s early reform efforts, and Cremer's significance alongside Kitchener, Nile irrigation projects, and land administration proposals as pivotal in Egypt’s modern history.
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Lord Cremer
Lord Cromer
Great Britain
Egypt
Cap
Evelyn Baring
Baring
London
International Commission
Khedive Ismail
England
France
India
Enn Pasha
Cairo
Tord Cremer
Kitchener
the _ ve
Peion
Omdurman
Cremer
Nile
Assan
King’s Greyhounds: The King’s Messengers of Swift Duty
A 35 year veteran Captain Wynter served as a queen and king’s messenger. The goldimgreyhound badge and a sealed paper authorize foreign travel and enforce royal orders. The noble corps is treated with diplomatical respect, though occasions reveal variable audience.
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England
Wynter
Golden Fleet
Corps
Lord Salisbury
King Peter of Servia Amid Regicide Threats and Regency
King Peter faces a fragile throne as the regicides of Alexander and Draga remain in power. Conspirators plot his downfall and support Crown Prince George, while Peter fears constant aggression and a potential regency crisis.
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Servia
Peter
Alexander
Draga
George
Black George
Gervia
Ster
House of Obrenovitch
Hungary
Russia
Paris
Balkans
Herzegovana
Montenegro
Italy
Engagement of Commander Booth-Tucker to Col Emma Reid
Announcement confirms the engagement of Commander Booth-Tucker of the Salvation Army to Col Emma Reid, director of Salvation Army forces in Ireland. The couple’s career includes farm colonies to aid urban workers, with Booth-Tucker formerly leading the Army in the United States and India before directing international work.
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Booth-Tucker
Emma Reid
Salvation Army
Ireland
United States
Tucker
Booth
India
Frederick St. George da Latour Tucker
Indian Civil Service
London
Pan
Salvation
Senator Pinckney Whyte Aged Maryland Statesman
Senator Pinckney Whyte of Maryland, aged 83, serves in the Senate after succeeding the late Senator Gorman. He is present at opening sessions, maintains active law practice, and has held roles as Maryland treasurer, house member, mayor of Baltimore, and governor of his native town before his current vacancy.
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Senate
Pinckney Whyte
Maryland
Gorman
Whyte
Maryland House of Delegates
Maryland Treasury
Car
Bal Thisi
Peter
Virginia
Gladsee
Prisoner Lives and Cruelty at Schlusselburg Fortress
The article recalls October 30 1995 amnesty allowing many Russian political prisoners, including Martha Grusenberg, freed from Schlusselburg near Lake Ladoga after 12 years. It describes brutal conditions, restricted diet, darkness, forced isolation, harsh wardens, and the mental and physical decline of inmates, with dramatic escape attempts and post release deterioration.
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Martha Grusenberg
Schlusselburg
Lake Ladogor
Moscow
Russia
Bakunin
Schlosselburg
Dresden
Michael Bakunin
Tailoring Town in Amiens Spawns Home Workshop Pairs
In Amiens France a large tailoring industry exists with thousands of trousers made by women at home. They supply their own sewing machines needles and thread and are paid four cents per pair.
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Nicholas
Bakunin
Schlosselburg
Amiens
France
Too Cold for Comfort Balloon Reaches High Altitude
Instruments from a Zurich Institute of Meteorology balloon show a height of 32700 feet and a temperature 104 degrees below freezing.
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Zurich Institute of Meterology
The Ruling Instinct of Housekeepers in Adversity
Vignettes show housekeepers clinging to control amid burglary fire and illness. A meticulous mistress mourns guests at ruined home while offering tea. A delirious patient frets over greasy kitchen maid imagery, revealing relentless housekeeping fixation.
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Sid
Treasure City of Raamses Discovered by Petrie Team
Egyptologist Prof. Flinders Petrie reports the remains of the Temple of Onias near Cairo, 18 miles north, identified as the famed treasure city of Raamses built by the Israelites in bondage per Exodus.
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Raamses
Flinders Petrie
Onias
Cairo
Federal judge ferried by marshal after office corridor wash
A New York Sun account details why post office porters scrub corridors at five pm, not four. A federal judge, staying after closing, rode on Deputy Marshal Mike Blake across a soapy floor as Commissioner Shields witnessed, prompting a decision to move the cleaning to a safer hour.
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Post Ofice
New York Sun
Mike Blake
Mike
Shields
Jordan
John
Marshal
Help on the Firing Line at Fort Myer Demonstrates War Field Medicine
A demonstration at Fort Myer shows the army hospital corps system from ambulance autos to mobile and field hospitals. Maj. Glennon Dr. Smart and Lieut Hillingsalea oversee rapid first aid, with 31 medical officers, 69 support men, and 108 bed mobile hospitals aiding 1852 soldiers in moving from the firing line to base hospitals.
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United States Army
Army
Say
Fort Myer
Potomac
Washington
Hospital Corps
Maj
Glennon
Smart
Lieut
Hillingsalea
Guna
The Sunday Rowdy A Pest on New York Transit
The Sunday Rowdy is a pest in New York causing misery for riders on holiday and in hot crowded public transit. Transportation managers admit past failures and press for efforts with city authorities to curb the disturbances. Jail for a dozen or so disruptors could ease the worst annoyances.
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New York
N. Y. Sun
Hicks I Wonder Why Old Maids Are Thin
A wry exchange from the Philadel phia Ledger notes a quip about women’s fate and social progression. Hicks questions why single women seem slender while Wicks attributes it to Providence.
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Hicks
Philadelphia Ledger
Lake Erie captain recalls Perry victory of 1813
In these waters the Lake Erie captain cites Perry's great 1813 victory. A passenger with a monocle questions the equivalence of the Great Lakes currents to a river in this Chicago Tribune exchange.
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Lake Erie
Perry
Great Lakes
Chicago Tribune
Japanese Soldiers and Canteens In Manchuria War Lore
A Boston Herald summary notes Japanese traders near armies in Manchuria carried various goods from cigarettes to beer and sake. It cites low soldier pay, rationed cigarettes, and beer as a daily staple, with canteens near front lines and emperors funding extra tobacco. It mentions officers’ reactions to abstinence poems and observes Japan’s beer industry growth and officers’ tastes.
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Manchuria
Boston Herald
Eign
Manila
Nanshan
Shako
Army
Sake
Japan
Marshal Oyama
Ken. Kodema
Slasher criticizedMeter in Poem Review
Fragmentary exchange cites the Slasher faulting meter in poems reviewed by the Minor Poet and mentions the Monday Review ward and Chicago Chronicle in a stylistic newspaper voice. The line hints at literary critique without clear events or outcomes.
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Bister
Monday Review
Chicago Chronicle
Replenishing Oyster Beds With Reused Shells
The piling shells at the oyster wharf are rapidly vanishing as they are loaded onto vessels. They will be carried to depleted beds near the river mouth and the eastern shore of Maryland and Virginia where spat will attach. In about three years the beds should teem with oysters again.
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Maryland
Virginia
Distinctly Eligible Baseball Player Engages In Love
A Philadelphia Bulletin item recounts a scene where a young woman reveals her fiancé Harry Harker is a professional baseball player earning $15,000 yearly. The inquiry from her father highlights disbelief that such a career matches his income and status.
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Harry Harker
Scott
Philadelphia Bulletin
Fever Barricade Shocks Countryman
A countryman encounters a wood barricade and learns it blocks fever spread, joking that he has heard of the board of health but never seen it before. Tit-Bita.
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Board of Health
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