Education and population trends in the South in two decades
A New Orleans paper compiles data showing the South’s population rising 34 percent and school enrollment up 130 percent over twenty years. Southern school property value grew from 16 million to 51 million dollars, with Florida leading in enrollment and schooling days. The piece also surveys costs of new steel guns, workers’ lawsuits, and shifts in alcohol, coffee, and sugar consumption, noting overall temperance progress amid rising coffee use.
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New Orleans
South
Florida
Ohio River
Washington
United States
Edison
Antiquarian disputes Roentgen claim of x rays origin
An alleged antiquarian in Butte Montana questions Prof Roentgen's discovery of x or cathode rays arguing that ancient China knew light reflection tricks. He cites a 1832 London Philosophical Journal account of a Chinese mirror that reflected images from behind. The piece notes such claims are common but modern scientists are likely making real new discoveries.
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Butte, Mont
Roentgen
London Philosophical Journal
Confucius
Moses
Canaan
Promised Land
Prof
Charley Smith Uncovers Whisky Barrels in Walnut Shades
In Walnut Shades Missouri Ozarks Charley Smith finds three barrels hidden under brush filled with whisky from an unknown distillery. He tells friends who drink and spread the news as locals gather with pails and jugs. A sheriff seizes the remaining barrels leaving the crowd disappointed.
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Missouri
Ozark Country
Charley Smith
Charley
Veni
Vidi
Viel
Sam
New York Supreme Court Affirms Damages in Sage Case
The New York Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling awarding A. B. Laidlaw forty thousand dollars for injuries from an incident involving his employer Russell Sage. Norcross directed a dynamite device that caused the harm.
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Sage
Laidlaw
Mr. Sage
New York Supreme Court
A. B. Laidlaw
Russell Sage
Norcross
Pickles and the Sam foiled by a quarter scam
Hoe Pickles recounts his whitewash job for Mistah Simpson and being cheated out of a quarter by a sharp business deal. He laments the character of poor white trash and notes his efforts to stay ahead in a harsh system. Parcel Delivery by Wire proposes a citywide electric parcel system with central dispatch and bicycle couriers.
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New York World
Mistah Simpson
Transackshun
Chicago Times-Herald
Frank D. Prindle
W. J. Page
Grand Rapids
Mich
Council
The Garrote for Cuban Patriots and American Horror
A World article motifs a 1896 Morro Castle execution by garrote in Cuba, denouncing Spain's brutality. It quotes American reactions and notes danger to photographers near the spectacle. The piece condemns Spain’s punishment and reflects anti colonial sentiment. Also a light exchange in Pleasures of Playing remarks on gambling allure and newspaper sports columns.
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Spain
New York World
Morro Castle
Angichais
Havana
Sunday World
Presidential Brain Photography and Prison Memory
A London writer recalls a miner friend from Southwell Nottinghamshire who claims the best jail was in. Sir Mackenzie Bowell rose from printer's devil to premier. A quack oculist quips with a patient about whisky and failing eyes, delivering a humorous exchange.
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London
Dean Hole
Denver
Southwell
Nottinghamshire
the Inquirer
Mackenzie Bowell
Mixed miscellany of curiosities and notes from a distant era
Various scattered items describe egg yolk as coffee cream substitute for three cups, Holton Kansas barnstorming and an opera house sale, plans for a Daniel Boone monument cage in Carrollton Kentucky, and a survey of ancient fleets, geological wonders, and mineral finds. It touches Egypt navies, Stonehenge, Russian military capacity, Terra del Fuego, local wildlife, fish gill anatomy, and platinum deposits in New South Wales with speculative ore grades and prices.
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Holton
Kas
Daniel Boone
Carollton
Egypt
Red Sea
Mediterranean
France
Provinee
Vaucluse
Jean Nauveau
Nevada County
Cal
Stonehenge
Wiltshire
England
Russia
Terra del Fuego
Fitfield
New South Wales
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Carthage
Cord
Indiana
Cincinnati Enquirer
New York Sunday World
John Hall
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Congress
Cuba
Texas
Toper
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