China Awakening Through Education In Tientsin Visit
The author notes China under Yuan Shikai leads reform in Tientsin with a sweeping education drive. A Chinese normal school for women receives government support and high stipends, while industrial and science facilities expand. The Y M C A and local government promote modern schooling, police opium and gambling, and curb foreign excesses, highlighting a broader rise in Chinese educational and social reform.
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Trentein
Robertson
Tientsin
Fay
Yale
Iia
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Operaton
Board of Education
Japan
Wyoming News Roundup Highlights Flood Losses and Local Developments
A Chugwater valley flood destroyed county bridges costing $10,000 in Laramie County. Wyoming census notes in 1906 show only one woman over sixteen earned $15 weekly. Fort Collins-bound Prof W F Gilkison resigns from the University of Wyoming to return. Penlantander’s body brought to Laramie after a lightning strike while sheep herding near Fish Creek. Frontier Days plan considers a Denver to Cheyenne auto race. Ex Sheriff Webb gains liberty on $800 bail pending Supreme Court action. Cheyenne pamphlets and 100000 ads prepared for Democratic convention. German American Trust sues Western Alkali in Green River. Annapolis cadetship prospects for I M Thompson rise. Salt Co-operative Ditch case upheld irrigation rights. Thermopolis placer field tests show river values, 7 to 25 cents per yard. Wyoming broncho busting entries include Danka and Old Steamboat. Denver event precedes Democratic convention. Laramie-Cheyenne industrial route talks for Crow Creek maneuvers. new road to maneuver camp built. Union Pacific Cheyenne valuation rising to 363000. tax rolls show large increases across Colorado and neighboring utilities.
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Chugwater
Laramie
Wyoming
W. F. Gilkison
University of Wyoming
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Charles A. Penlantander
Fish Creek
Cheyenne
Denver
Frank M. Foote
Bvanston
Idaho
State Supreme Court
Industrial Club
Warren
Carpenter
District Court
Lander
Co-operative Ditch Company
Wyoming Central Irrigation Company
State Board of Control
Thermopolis
Rocky Mountain
C. N. Andrews
Riverton
Andrews
Big Horn River
Wyoming Range
Clayton Danka
Crow Creek
Dale Creek
War Department
Union Pacific
City Board of Equalization
Big Shop
Colorado & Southern
Burlington
Northern Colorado Power Company
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
R. B. Carr
Tina Es
Fame, fasting and a joke on after-dinner speech
The Pont Saturday Evening highlights John D. Rockefeller's abstinence from feasts and his quip that after-dinner speeches resemble a bicycle wheel with longer spokes. The piece weaves elders’ advice and hints at material support versus tradition.
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John D. Rockefeller
J. D
Pont
Spanish prince becomes private in king's regiment
A year-old prince of Spain reportedly joins the royal regiment as a private soldier. General Sherman may describe this as a notable shift in royal duties amid comments on war and leadership.
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Prince Royal of
Spain
Sherman
Denver
National Question Sparks Kentucky Peanut Panic
Night-riders threaten peanut crops as baseball season opens stirring wider concerns. The issue escalates from local tension in Kentucky to a national affair, calling out the regulars as tensions rise.
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Kentucky
Pitteburg
Parrot's Silent Trick Sparks Town Tale in Nicetown
In Philadelphia, stock dealer Jacob Hope displays a phonograph trained parrot. A Nicetown man once commanded a parrot to say Uncle, but after cruelty the bird persisted as the owner discovered his Plymouth Rock fowls dead and the parrot shouting the phrase from the coop.
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Nicetown
Jacob Hope
Philadelphia
Ike
Mr. Hope
Saved Himself First and Then Went Back for Joe
A rowing boat capsized leaving Sam and Joe in the water. Sam swam ashore while Joe clung to the overturned craft. Sam declared he must save himself first, then return to rescue Joe.
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Sam
Joe
Conflicting Tools Prompt Mystery in Rilkins Dialogue
A humorous exchange pits Milkins against Rilkins over Windly’s work habits. Milkins questions Windly’s absence while Rilkins quips he may be so busy tooting his own horn he cannot hear the factory.
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Milkins
Windly
Rilkins
Quip Reflection on Credit and Humanity
A quotation contrasts personal creditors with vast numbers who owe nothing, questioning why creditors fuss over limited debts when millions remain unindebted. The speaker muses on broader moral issues of debt and social rank, framed in a wry, urbane voice.
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Tientein
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Pratt
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Tlentain
United States
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Agli Olimpse Tientein
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Gracie
Stove
Brown Palace Hotel
Besemsn Blan
Colo
Maiaroches
Lawrence
Cole
Denver Mantel & Tile Co
Chicago
BE. E. Burlingame & CO
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