Finnish Women in Diet Alarm Finland's Men
Surprising dispatch from Helsingfors reports nineteen Finnish women elected to the diet including nine socialists marking a first in national government. Interview with Finns in New York highlights Finland's reform era with women voting and farmers wives potentially joining the diet, while male opposition remains implicit. The diet of about 200 members operates under the czarist grand duke with veto power over state matters.
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Russia
New York Evening
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Brooklyn
Antell
Exposition at Jamestown Showcases Smith Statue and Peace Efforts
William Cooper’s sculpture of Captain John Smith is featured at the Jamestown exposition with plans to unveil the eight foot bronze on a pedestal. The article notes the naval display, Smith Harbor, Discovery Landing, and Raleigh Square as part of a colonial themed grounds and highlights efforts by Richard Bartholdt toward international arbitration and world peace.
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Exposition Playground
Chicago
Buffalo
St. Louis
Portland
Captain Smith
Pocahontas
Willam Ordway Partridge
Smith
William Cooper
Thomas Ball
Italy
New York
Cooper
Elephant to Get Three Story House in Bronx Zoo
The Brooklyn Eagle reports Gunda the elephant will receive a new three story home in the Bronx Zoo costing $150,000. Plans show gym, sun parlor, trunk room, bathroom with hot and cold water, and jungle style dining. no elevator, but gentle runways connect cellar to garret.
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Brooklyn Eagle
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War Against War Federation Aims At World Peace
The New York arbitration and peace congress April 14 17 is described as a key battle in the war against war. Visionaries Bartholdi and d Estournelles push for a world parliament and binding international law, with figures from Britain Germany France Canada and the Netherlands attending Carnegie Hall.
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Baron d’Estournelles
Robertus Love
National Arbitration and Peace Congress
New York
United States
Warriors of Peace
William Randal Cremer
Interparliamentary Union
Cremer
Washington
Cleveland
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Hall
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St. Louis
Great Britain
William T. Stead
London Review of Reviews
C. F. Moberly Bell
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London Times
Clement K. Shorter
London Sphere
Robert Ball
Cambridge University
Hammond Hall
London Graphic
William Turner
Edinburgh University
von Loewenfeld
Baron D'Estournelles de Constant
Arl Grey
Canada
Maarten Maartens
Holland
Baron D’estournelles de Constant
France
London
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Europe
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Yale
Hampton
Tuskegee
Japan
China
New state urged from Washington Idaho Oregon Inland Empire
Spokane attorney W F Meier argues for remaking the three northwest states to form a new Inland Empire state. He notes uneven geography and rail and port access, cites Washington’s Cascade barrier and Olympia capital, Idaho’s mining and irrigation, and Oregon’s diverse regions. Possible borders include Cascades or Columbia Basin with northern British Columbia. Names suggested Lincoln Jefferson Whitman.
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British Columbia
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California
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Blue Mountains
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Whitman
Wireless cab order ends Pacific coast revenue cutter use
Assistant Secretary Reynolds banned the wireless system on Pacific coast revenue cutters after a Seattle operator misfired a cab order from Puget Sound. The incident followed a winter inspection in which wireless signaling impressed Reynolds, leading to discontinuation of the service a few days earlier.
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Seattle
Mark Twain and Sir Henry in Harpers Weekly Tale
A Harpers Weekly reader summary recalls Mark Twain recounting stories while a young Perkins tries to preface with You must have heard this before. Twain replies that courtesy fails and, after three repetitions, proclaims I invented it in Missouri where truth is at a discount.
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Sir Henry
Harpers Weekly
Mark
Perkins
Mr. Clemens
Irvin
Missouri
Irving
Russia plans Arctic voyage to explore Bering Strait approaches
The Russian ministry of marine ta draws up a project to fit out an expedition to explore approaches to the Bering Strait between Siberia and Alaska. Lieutenant Colonel Sergeyor is named leader for a two-ship Arctic voyage set to depart next July. Key issues include carrying ample coal and transporting wintering houses for use on the Arctic coast.
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First Lemon Club Formed in Milwaukee Society Circles
The Crate No 1 of the Alustrious Order of the Lemon organized in Milwaukee with officers titled Grand lemon, Grand lemon aid, Grand lemon peel, and Grand lemon squeeze. Members are noted as well known Milwaukee society girls and candidates must sing an initiation code about lemons.
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