Odd facts and curiosities from around the world
A survey of miscellaneous notes covers money in animal skins, regiments with chiropractors, ship costs, Siberian exiles, bee yields, England’s public houses, naval cordage value, Tatar hospitality, rainfall hints from bee behavior, fuel costs on rails, a 1100 year old Chinese dictionary, New Caledonia convicts, and French colonial costs. It notes Queen Victoria etchings, a Denver letter, mountain ascensions, and Victoria’s continental reach. It adds pineapple pepsin, breakfast as main meal, a legendary Australian nugget, German paper berries for ships, U.S. distillery counts, salt yields by ocean water, Jerusalem’s water woes, Rhine body ID, drowning superstitions in Norway, infantry etymology, rail fares on the Isthmus, Charles I treasure sale, kangaroos near London, early manuscript caricature, and photos favoring the left profile. A St Petersburg maid absconds with 2,060,000 roubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
England
Pa-cut-she
New Caledonia
London
Queen Victoria
United States
Denver
Campbell Copeman
Washington
Mt. Rainier
Victoria
Australia
United Kingdom
Waterloo
Atlantic
Arectic
Jerusalem
Rhine
Norway
Spain
Leith Hill Common
British Museum
St. Petersburg
Brussels
Cuba Island Intervention and Cuban Independence Resolution
The Cuban resolutions urge independence for Cuba and accuse Spain of hostility near U.S. shores. The report ties the Maine disaster to Spanish culpability and calls for action on Cuban independence with minority support for immediate recognition of the Cuban republic.
United States Demands Spain Relinquish Cuba Authority
The article details congressional discourse on Cuba, calling for Spain to relinquish authority over Cuba and withdraw forces. It notes Senate and House actions, including resolutions, readings, and minority reports, tied to the Maine disaster and U S war tensions. The narrative follows committee leaders Turpie Mills Daniel Foraker and Adams as debate unfolds.
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United States
Spain
Cuba
Cuban
House
Adams
Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Davis
Maine
Havana
Turpie
Mills
Daniel
Foraker
Hoar
Pennsylvania
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Committee On ‘Rules
Messrs
Henderson
Dalzell
House Adopts Cuban War Resolution Amid War Fervor
The House, by 322 to 19, adopts a resolution authorizing the president to intervene to stop the Cuban conflict and secure a stable, independent Cuba. The body recognizes Cuban independence and calls for immediate relief to starving Cubans. The day, tied to the Fort Sumter anniversary, recalls wartime fervor and looming conflict.
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Cuba
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Newlands
Silverite
Republic of
Maine
Havana
Republic of Cuba
House
Dinsmore
House of Representatives
Spain
Old Fort Sumter
Spaniards Vow to Repel Any Attack on Spain's Cuba Sovereignty
Madrid correspondent for the Daily Mail cites Lieut. Gen. Correa asserting Spain will defend sovereignty in Cuba. He says the line will be backed by Europe, and Spain will match U S naval and military preparations with united cabinet resolve.
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Spain
Cuba
London
Madrid
Daily Mail
Correa
Iconstiquena
Gabe
United States
Key West Front of the Army Drives Chickamauga Change
A Chattanooga dispatch reports the Twenty-fifth Infantry will abandon Chickamauga and march to Key West Florida instead. The two companies expected to encamp at Chickamauga are ordered to Key West with haste, engines ready and cars waiting for the regiment’s arrival. In Key West residents debate war with Spain, some predicting inevitable conflict as Congress acts. others think Spain has waited too long to withdraw.
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Chickamauga
ChicaGo
Tribune
Chattanooga
Tenn
Key West
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Pla
Fla
Congress
Spain
Jefferson Birthday Dinner Celebrates Jefferson's Birthday
Washington observers marked Thomas Jefferson's 155th birth anniversary with a dinner at the National Rifles armory hosted by the National Association of Democratic clubs. About four hundred Democrats from across the nation attended, including many senators and representatives. In Ann Arbor Michigan a Naval Reserve Battalion of 100 men was formed at the University of Michigan with expected growth to 200 within a week.
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Jefferson
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
National Rifles Armory
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Naval Reserve Battalion
Ann Arbor
Mich
Naval Reserve
University of Michigan
Wheat market soars on war crisis in Curiaco
Curiaco on April 14 reports a heated wheat market with May futures at 1.093 dollars and a peak. July futures advanced to 88 cents, marking a 2 1/2 cent rise from Tuesday.
Lee's Testimony Links Blame to Subalterns in Maine Case
Gen Lee told the senate foreign relations committee that the explosion of the Maine was likely caused by officers handling mines and electrical wires in the Havana arsenal, not Blanco. He cited a telegram from Weyler and described tears he saw in Blanco, while noting Cuban sentiment for free Cuba and the risky harbor situation. He discussed possible torpedo placement after the Maine incident and the chance a few men could drop a mine from a boat in darkness.
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Washington
Senate
Davis
Cuba
United States
Havana
Congress
Island of
Lee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Maine
Morro Castle
Weyler
Laine
Gen
Blanco
Adm
Manterol
London
Gen. Lee
Frye
Bos
Senator Lodge
Montgomery
Foraker
Wagler
Senator Mills
From Her View They Plague Respectable Streetcar Etiquette
On an eastbound Euclid car at six o clock two well dressed women discuss seating norms. They complain women sit while men give up seats, lament social double standards, and note a pale seated man versus a stout woman after a long day at a desk and an afternoon euchre party.
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Euclid
Ental
Ady
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Catarrh Cure Promoted As Constitutional Remedy
There is widespread catarrh treated as a constitutional disease requiring constitutional cures. Nall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo is advertised as the only constitutional remedy, taken internally, with a $100 reward if it fails to cure. Sold by druggists at 75 cents, Hall's Family Pills endorsed.
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Nall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
Odd Eye Case Reveals College Student in Pupil
A dramatic anecdote from the Philadelphia Call recounts a oculist’s patient daughter whose eye reportedly contained a college student. The tale mixes humor with a startling image of an eye as a containing space.
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Philadelphia
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Promises Quick Foot Comfort
An advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful swollen and nervous feet with instant relief from sting of coins and bunions. It claims shoes feel easy, helps sweating and callouses, costs 25 cents with a free trial. Distributed by druggists and shoe stores, Allen's address is given in Roy, New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
Roy
N. Y
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Ine Garbage Record
Indiana
Thage
Committee On Foreign Relations
Angle Sam
Little Gal
Key West, Fla
Havana Harbor
Maprio
Vienna
Austria
Chicago News
America
Hood
Canada
Land of Plenty
Department Interior
Ottawa
Pittsburgh
Luumis
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