Record of wide range of early 20th century tech and finance
A compilation notes Admiral Sampson on sympathy for British moves to Tugela, Rockefeller and Dr Harper oil trades, advent of electric cars, Massachusetts street railways, mint funding and machinery, women organized clerical groups, navy personnel questions, European finance volatility, animal testing on electricity, Midway Islands bird life, civil service reform in Turkey, and submarine cable economics.
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Midway Islands
United States
Kentucky Court of Appeals Declines Jurisdiction in Beckham Case
The Kentucky Court of Appeals rules it cannot review the Legislature's action declaring J. G. Beckham governor. Six of seven judges decide, four Democrats and two Republicans in the majority with one Republican dissent. The dispute heads to the U S Supreme Court, with potential resignations if jurisdiction is upheld. The episode prompts national scrutiny of Kentucky politics and suppressed suffrage amid post assassination tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky State Court of Appeals
J. GC. W. Beckham
Taylor
Beckham
Supreme Court of the United States
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Goebel
Snodgrass Defends Philippine Retention in Patriotic Address
Chief Justice Snodgrass told Memphis at General Wright's farewell that the Philippines should remain American territories under consent and permanence. He argued the flag would not be pulled down while the U S government endures, and urged faith in lasting U S governance under McKinley era policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Snodgrass
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Philippines
Memphis
Luke EB. Wright
McKinley
New
Philippine Commission
Snodgrass
America
Wright
James Daniel Richardson
Washington
House
Mr. Richardson
United States
New York Sun
The Spring Elections Sweep Republican Victories
The article notes sweeping Republican victories in yesterday and day before elections across the country. It cites strong disaffection with the Puerto Rican program and sharp anti imperialist and anti trust sentiment. Voters largely supported the Republican ticket, though local polls may not reflect national opinion.
Silver Republicans Return to the GOP Fold
Former Senator Lee Mantle of Montana declares the Silver Republicans largely return to the Republican party and criticizes Democrats over silver, expansion, and the Puerto Rico bill. Mantle notes Montana splits and warns against disloyalty while praising the party’s stance on imperial policy and mining interests.
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Helena
Montana
Cincinnati
Cox
Illinois
Chicago
Nebraska
South Omaha
Michigan
McKinley
House of Representatives
Union
Otis
Philippines
Puerto Rico
New York Sun
Silver Republican Party
Bryam
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Lee Mantle
Bryan
Coler's Firebrand Speech Stirs Tammany Complaints
New York comptroller Coler, elected on the Croker ticket, decries corruption under the city government and claims a conspiracy with Albany to shield robbers. He is a Brooklyn Sunday school superintendent and literary club president, described as a thorn in Tammany. The piece notes Roosevelt's New Yorker description and Coler's reformist stance.
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Office of Comptroller of
New York
Croker
Bird
Coler
Tammany
State Capitol
Albany
Gov. Roosevelt
New Yorker
New England
Alleghany Mountains
Bird Scoler
Brooklyn
Save the Old Village Protest at State Rail Committee
In a state house meeting the committee on street railways heard a petition from elderly villagers to reroute an electric line away from their village main street. A venerable resident spoke with Bryantian bearing, urging the change before a room filled with lawyers and officials.
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Massachusetts
Billie
State House
Wall
State Street
Lowell
William Cullen Bryant
What the Negro Has Done
A summary outlines progress by African Americans across education and property. It cites a 45 percent drop in illiteracy over 35 years, 1.5 million in common schools, 40,000 in higher education, 30,000 teachers, 20,000 trades students, 1,200 in scientific studies, 1,000 in business, 17,000 graduates, 260,000 library volumes, 156 higher ed institutions, 500 physicians, 300 Black authors, 3 banks, 3 magazines, 400 newspapers, and substantial library, school, church, farm, and personal wealth totals. It notes $10 million raised for education since the war.
German inventor develops fuel from ordinary earth
Artificial Coal George Montag a German inventor creates a process to turn ordinary earth into a coal like fuel. Experiments prove highly successful and major German manufacturers plan to adopt it. Any earth except sand and gravel can be used, with secret ingredients mixed in, bricks pressed and formed into a hard highly inflammable substance.
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George Montag
At the Altar: Wedding Tales From Clergy and Mischief
Raucous anecdotes recount wedding mishaps with bishops and rectors. A ring fitted tightly at St. Michael's Walthamstow as a guest urged the groom to suck his finger. A Thornhill rector pressed for the word obey, prompting the bridegroom to joke he would force compliance later.
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Bishop How
Ibbetson
St. Michael's
Walthamstow
Thornhill
Dewsbury
Destitute Gen McCook Ends Career in California Home
Gen Edward Moody McCook, a member of the famed fighting McCook family and Civil War veteran, has entered a California soldiers home. Born 1835 in Steubenville Ohio, he later served as Colorado governor and Kansas legislator, earning a reputation as an eloquent orator and capable leader.
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Edward Moody McCook
California
John McCook
Steubenville
Ohio
Colorado
Wes
Kansas
Sumter
Kansas Legion
McCook
Death of Hon. Edward J. Phelps noted diplomat and jurist
The New Haven obituary honors Edward J. Phelps born 1822 in Middlebury Vermont a Yale law professor and former minister to Great Britain. He served as second comptroller of the treasury under Fillmore and was a Vermont constitutional delegate in 1870. He led the American Bar Association in 1880 and contributed poems and works on law and the U S Constitution. He helped settle Bering Sea arbitration and was a noted after dinner speaker with Yankee wit.
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New Haven
Conn
Edward J. Phelps
Court of St. James
Phelps
Vermont
Middlebury
Middlebury College
Burlington
Fillmore
Treasury
Democracy
American Bar Association
Yale University
Great Britain
Democrats of
United States Senate
Bering Sea
Move to issue half cent coins for change in retail trade
A nationwide push aims to circulate a one half cent copper coin for general use. Major New York Chicago Philadelphia and Pittsburg stores back the idea with a 4 cent messaging coin proposed for advertising. The coins would bear cent on one side and the issuing firm’s name and address on the other. The U S government has not sanctioned the coin yet and the effort seeks official recognition of a 4 cent piece.
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Artment
United States
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
New York Herald
Birds of Passage at Gibraltar Prompt Unsettling Encounter
A traveler recalls meeting a cordial English couple in a Gibraltar hotel who seemed friendly until a servant interrupted with a curt remark. The man notes the incident cooled his eagerness to make friends, reflecting on social challenges abroad and the duchess of Cleveland’s entourage nearby.
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Gibraltar
Duchess of Cleveland
Lord Rosebery
The Use of Grapes in Medical Treatment
Grapes function like mineral waters nourishing the body and soothing nerves with a pleasant taste. They are praised for aiding digestive organs stomach catarrh heart disease and dyspepsia and for helping conditions from alcoholism. The grape is also said to aid chronic bronchial catarrh scrofula throat diseases and asthma.
Provo Power Line Moves 2000 Horsepower Eighty Miles
H R Newcomb of Telluride Power Transmission says the Provo plant transmits about 2,000 horsepower to Mercur and Tintic mines via an eighty mile aluminum cable loop. The system uses 40 000 volt lines, yields around four percent loss over forty miles, and can be expanded to 6 000 or 8 000 horsepower.
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America
Grone
The
Swords
Provo
Utah
H. R. Newcomb
Telluride Power Transmission Company
Newcomb
Cleveland
Ohio
Denver
Telluride
Mercur
Tintic
Provo Canon
Provo River
Correcting bashfulness through selfless focus
Margaret E Sangster in the April Ladies Home Journal urges shy individuals to stop dwelling on themselves. A college student in a room full of 500 women shows ease when not self aware. The piece advises shifting attention to actions and others to overcome self consciousness.
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Margaret E. Sangster
April Ladies’ Home Journal
Stamp stamping rules and new ship propulsion trial
The Postoffice warns stamps must be placed in the upper right corner to avoid delays and possible rejections. Also reported are experiments by a major company to power ships with gas engines fed by gas produced on board from roasted coal, aiming to save weight and space versus steam power. A light exchange adds a quip about libraries.
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Postoffice Department
Eanes
Stomach Troubles Told as Spring Woes and Remedies
An old advertisement frames spring stomach troubles as sour digestion and poor appetite. It argues the stomach is overworked and urges Hood's Sarsaparilla as the tonic and digestive strength cure praised by thousands in letters.
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Canon City
Sampson
Tugela” Bulter
John D. Rockefeller
Dr. Harper
Standard Oil Company Traducers
Congress
Philaddelphia
Lady Bookkeepers’ Union
Amalgamated Association of Gentlemen Clerks
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire Gentlemen
Navy Department
Comptroller
Navy
Naval Personnel Act
Long
Treasury Department
Europe
France
Germany
Comptes Rendus
Prevost
Battelli
Turkey
Mussulman Goight
Senate
Tammany’s
THORN
Bird S$. Coler
Tigers
Edward Moody M’cook
E. J. Phelps
Kees
Fessor
Inum
Jimmy
Ite
Meese
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