Statue for Robert Morris planned by Philadelphia group
The Fairmount Park Art Association in Philadelphia will erect a statue honoring Robert Morris, the revolutionary financier, at a cost of 15000 dollars. Other brief items note the Buffalo Bird Protective Society defending English sparrows, pew sales in West Kensington London, Cunard building fast steamers to challenge German ships, and several small anecdotes on coffee, literature, and curios.
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Fairmount Park Art Association of Philadelphia
Robert Morris
Buffalo Bird Protective Society
Cunard Company
Austrian insurers fund to curb strikes
Austrian manufacturers adopt a plan to pay a percentage of payrolls into a common fund as insurance against strikes. If a strike is deemed unjust, the idle factory is paid from the fund by a committee. If the strike is justified, no indemnity is paid.
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Austria
Actor’s Staged Theft Plan Foiled by Police
Police questioned chorus girls after an actor devised a plan involving stolen jewelry to gain free publicity. A search warrant was served and the actor’s trunks were inspected. The supposed stolen items were found packed away, and the actor received a formal admonition before the company.
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New Havs
Springfield Republican
Zeppelinsque flying locomotive patent thrills science fans
Count Zeppelin secures a Washington patent for an aerial locomotive train with hollow tube frames thin skin shells and gas filled compartments. The design envisions a long string of connected trailers with vestibules and wind shields forming a giant elongated worm in the sky.
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Ang
Zeppelin Airship Trains and Gas Bags Powered by Novel Gear
The article outlines Count Zeppelin scheming a steerable aerial train of connected airships and trailers. Gas bags provide buoyancy, with skeletal supports retaining shape when collapsed. A central locomotive powers two air screws and is steered via gear from the cars. Passengers and crew ride in open boats hung beneath each balloon.
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Count Zeppelin
Virtue in Open Air Encourages Balanced Female Health
A period piece argues that outdoor life and diverse exercise build a healthier generation of women. It emphasizes open air breathing, varied activities, and all round muscular development over single-discipline work, warning against one sided training and monotony.
Sailor Wages Spark Protests On Grand Sloops
A prominent sloops owner faces widespread protest after raising sailors pay to double their wages in exchange for not reacting to his heavy swearing at sea. The New York Press quotes the captain boasting he can verbally rebuke his crew without rebuke, citing improved command and morale aboard.
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New York Press
Posting a Hayseed Among Capitol Visitors
An odd visitor from a nearby area, labeled as an O14 can, appeared among recent Capitol guests. The fragment notes exchange and curiosity about the visitor’s origin and purpose.
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Capitol
Hayseed Aims for Congress After Free Comforts
A Washington Letter from the New York Tribune recalls a provincial visitor who quips that Congressmen "have a mighty easy time" with free washing shaving feeding lodging and beds at the Library of Congress. He jubiliantly vows to go home and run for Congress.
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Vincial
Library of Congress
Hayseed
Congress
Washington Letter
New York Tribune
Largest Perfect Plank From California Giant Tree
A remarkable redwood plank cut from a famous California giant measures 2 inches thick, 4 feet wide, and 17 feet long. Its immense size and absolute perfection are highlighted as exceptionally rare in the wood world.
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California
Largest perfect plank ever seen carved from a California sawmill
A colossal wooden plank, created by accident at a major California sawmill, is described as the biggest perfect solid plank in the world. Experts note the difficulty and frequent disappointments in obtaining a flawless slice of such immense size and detail.
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California
Greenland’s sole journalist Educator Mr. Moeller
A Greenland paper in Godthaab credits proprietor Moeller with educating natives through journalism. He handles editing reporting printing distribution and business, producing a daily- read paper whose content grew from crude illustrations to current affairs. He even taught subscribers to read by introducing words then sentences.
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Greenland
Moeller
Godthaab
Beer Gardens in German Theaters Draw Large Crowds
In Stuttgart, the Royal William theater boasted an average daily patronage of 1600 from June to August 1900 with each visitor consuming about one quart of beer. Local papers praise the beer garden model as evidence that big cities can support more theaters of this kind.
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de Wet
England
Kruger
Transvaal
Germany
Royal William Theater
Stuttgart
Russia's Naval Estimates for 1901 Revealed
The 1901 Russian naval budget totals 97,097,666 rubles about 74 million dollars. Seventy six million rubles would go to fleet strength and harbor work at Vladivostok Port Arthur defenses get three million. The total exceeds 1900 by 10,500,000 rubles.
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Russia
Vladivistok
Port Arthur
Germans Train Foregin Officers For War Effort
Twenty seven Japanese and seventeen Chinese officers join German forces for tactical instruction. They are representatives of other foreign armies and will be enemies to the Kristyun as long as the Kristyun wishes.
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Hethen
Allerse
Kristyun
Hethen Kristyun
Skull Borer Causes Insanity Among Central American Indians
Two American scientists report a bug called the skull borer linked to dementia and violent insanity among Batchua mountain tribes in Central America. The insects bore holes in skulls, triggering various brain-lobe related dementias. branded criminals with royal protection live among them, creating a dangerous threat to life and property.
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Central America
Batchua
Women and plain men in royal musings on love
A circulated exchange among European royals cites the Queen of Portugal asking if women can love plain men. Empress Catherine replies that yes if handsome men are not available. Queen Margherita and Princess Henry offer views on age and, respectively, character or deeds determining appeal.
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Portugal
Russia
Margherita
Italy
Henry of Battenberg
Blind People Basket Modeler by Thomas Taylor
A basket modeler designed to aid blind people in basket making uses a wooden baseboard with drilled holes and steel pins to form shapes. Wicker is then guided over the pins, enabling fast and accurate construction under the expert supervision of Thomas Taylor of the Liverpool school for indigent blind.
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Thomas Taylor
Liverpool School For
Public Epe Case Details Kiss Complaint Against Mansfield
Miss Katherine Grey sues actor Richard Mansfield in New York alleging distress from his stage kiss and insulting conduct. She seeks 3500 dollars for damages claiming medical aid was needed and that his actions caused nervous prostration. Trial date pending.
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Katherine Gray
Mason
San Francisco
Richard Mansfield
New York City
Miss Grey
Morrison
Katherine Grey
Mansfield
Massachusetts Leads in Sweatshop Reform but Trade Shifts
The piece notes that strict factory laws and inspections ended sweatshops in Boston and Massachusetts, while the trade moved to New York City. It observes New York still supplies the goods to Boston, and praises Massachusetts for pioneering reform despite costs.
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New York
Massachusetts
Boston
New York City
Old Bay States
Ada Rehan in Sweet Nell of Old Drury debuts post Daly era
Ada Rehan, hailed as America's leading actress, returns to the stage last Monday in the new three act comedy Sweet Nell of Old Drury by Paul Kester. The portrayal follows Nell Gwynne’s rise from Drury Lane oranges to Pall Mall grandeur amid strong audience approval. The report also notes world events including a Madrid congress on compulsory arbitration, and a Florida town Baionville with a black majority facing a local option law case against postmaster James E. Clark.
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Ada Rehan
Sweet Nell
Augustin Daly
Thea
Sweet Nell of
Old Drury
Paul Kester
London
Madrid
Chile
South America
Baionville
Fla
James E. Clark
Tropical Warmth Planned at Cyclorama Exhibit
The Cyclorama Records board orders changes at the Battle of Manila exhibition building to maintain tropical June day temperatures during winter. Manager James Hutton recommends the move to ease visitors and their wraps in freezing weather.
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James Hutton
Chicago Chronicle
Salary and character in work ethic says Success
The piece argues an employee risks character and dignity beyond salary. It claims pride in doing good work shapes manhood and womanhood, and that dedicated effort will eventually lead to better pay and advancement.
Peruna Cure Praised by Minneapolis Woman
A prominent Minneapolis lady, Mra. M. A. Theatre of Rebecca Lodge and Woman's Relief Corps, writes from 1838 Jackson Street praising Peruna for chronic catarrh. She credits long relief, noting improved health over twenty years and permanent cure as the medicine removes the systemic cause. The company offers books on catarrh and health for women.
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Mra. M. A
Rebecca Lodge
Iola Lodge
Woman's Relief Corps
Jackson Street
Minneapolis
Minn
M. A. Theatre
Mixa
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Peruna
Peruna Medicine Company
Ohio
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