Congress Adjourns as Hay-Pauncefote Treaty Moves Forward
Washington Letter from Elijah Lewis, December 24, 1900, notes Congress adjourns for holidays while the Hay-Pauncefote treaty is ratified with key amendments. It explains the shift from Clayton-Bulwer to a U.S. led canal policy, the Hepburn bill’s provisions, and the treaty’s wartime neutrality stance. The piece also covers Senate relic snuff boxes, Senator Petus’s behavior, Representative Lacey’s bird protection award, and preparations for McKinley’s second-term inauguration.
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Wasureron
D. C
Congress
Senate
House
Nicaragua Canal
United States
Great Britain
John M. Clayton
Edwin Lytton Bulwer
England
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
Nicaragua
Maritime Canal Company
Costa Rica
India
Far East
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Phillippines
Ct Ling
Councils of Nations
China
Britain
Filmore
McKinley
Hay
Dalian Pauncefote
Hay-Pauncefote
Davis
Hepburn
House of Representatives
Nicaraugua Canal
Lucas County
Enigan Lewis
Merchants Wonder Why Townes Trade Drifts to Advertisers
Merchants question why trade shifts to distant towns and note a pattern. The Western Printer and Publisher finds those drawn to trade are often engaging with advertisers, implying advertising draws customers away from their natural trading point.
Emigration tide turns as New England gains crowds
H W Collingwood editor of The Rural New Yorker notes emigration slows westward. Maine Vermont New Hampshire gain population while Kansas Nebraska stagnates. Growth driven by farming districts not cities, despite western booms. A reader at a meeting praised the piece.
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H. W. Collingwood
New Yorker
Maine
Vermont
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Kansas
New England
West
Union
Oklahoma
Hudson River
Lake Champlain
NewsSeark
Remark on Nile wilderness and political satire in Cape to Cairo
Excerpt critiques a desolate upper Nile landscape and calls for punitive action against the Marchand expedition. It absurdly proposes ministers of rival nations spend time at home with wine and cigars to avert conflict, illustrating satirical travel writing from Grogan and Sharo.
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Upper
Nile
France
Marchand
Cape
Cairo
Grogan
Sharo
Short Talks On Advertising By Charles Austin Bates
The piece urges refreshing ad copy rather than sticking with the same form. It cites a long running ad from 1866, notes extra costs can yield stronger display and cuts, and stresses setting aside time to craft ads carefully for better returns.
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Charles Austin Bates
New England farmers edges Western rivals with farming methods
A discourse on agricultural markets argues New England’s cheaper land and shorter hauls grant a global advantage. It cites science and new farming ideas as tools to outcompete western farmers and revive productivity, noting prior misperceptions about old farms.
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New England
Local Cork Leg Gift Celebrates Community Support
Friends and neighbors in Salina gathered at a young woman’s home after an accident and presented her with a cork leg through a spokesman. The event included music recitations and a supper, with donors later learning the limb fitted admirably.
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Salina
Kansas City Journal
Jerusalem of Today Excerpt From Mrs. Wallace Piece
An excerpt from Mrs. Lew Wallace's December Ladies' Home Journal piece portrays grim Jerusalem with blue mosque tiles as the Omar Mosque stands out. It 描 not a direct quote includes scenes of sorrow, ancient Jews in the land of their love, and visions of a desolate city where prophecy of Jerusalem’s heaps seems fulfilled.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Jerusalem
Lew Wallace
Palestine
Gethemane
House of Prayer
Mosque of
Omar
Tiber
Jehoshaphat
Boas Sees Indian Tongue as Dying Only With Indians
Professor Iranz Boas of the American Museum of Natural History says Indian languages will vanish only as the people die out. He notes Fort Rupert language study in British Columbia and his multiple expeditions to the area. He adds most dialects have no writing and remain largely unchanged by English exposure.
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Iranz Boas
American Museum of Natural History
Fort Reupert
British Columbia
Boas
New York Mail and Express
An Old Custom Revived At Historic Banquet
A winter dinner for Admiral Dewey in Brooklyn saw each guest depart with his dinner plate as a keepsake. The article recalls Dr Nicolas Tulp of Amsterdam who celebrated fifty years on the city council with a feast where guests took dessert plates and porcelain pipes and tobacco satvers, a blend of general and rare customs.
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Admiral Dewey
Brooklyn
Nicolas Tulp
Amsterdam
The Musical Doorkeeper Invented in Germany
A German inventor patented the musical doorkeeper a device to replace the warning bell in small shops. It plays a tune when the door opens and another when it closes. The tempo indicates the speed of the door movement and tunes can be changed as desired.
Room Preserved as Robert E. Lee Left It at Washington and Lee
In the basement of the chapel office of the late Robert E. Lee remains untouched exactly as he left it. The room is dusted only occasionally and kept with windows closed. His last morning's letters lie on the table under a paper weight while morning faculty reports stay unexamined.
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Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Robert ©. Lee
Sailor Named Sexton At Annapolis Chapel
An aging sailor, long overseas and now incapacitated for sea duty, is appointed sexton of the Naval Academy chapel at Annapolis. He requests a Bible from the Navy’s Bureau of Equipment and Supplies, specifying it must be a good religious Bible for personal use, despite abundance of pew Bibles.
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Naval Academy
Annapolis
Bureau of Equipment and Supplies
Navy Department
Washington
Royalty on dress tastes from Europe’s rulers in Modern Society
In Modern Society a collection of opinions from European potentates on masculine attire is recounted. The Prince of Wales and other monarchs praise well dressed appearance while lampooning ostentation. Dialogues reveal wit about English and Belgian dress styles and court etiquette.
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Europe
Abes
Germany
San Seyesore
England
Duke of Cambridge
Tearl of Lonsdale
Austria
Vienna
Senator Chandler Keeps Twenty Diaries and Uses Them
A light anecdote notes Senator Chandler claiming 20 years of diary entries guide his recall. He explains he records daily events, meetings, and discussions, saying he would not take $1,000 for the diaries. The tale originates from the Tacoma Ledger.
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Chandler
Senate
Tacoma Ledger
First bona fide commercial cablegram in the U S
Colonel J J Dunne of this city returns from Europe and is credited by the Philadelphia Record with sending the first paid commercial cablegram received in the United States in 1858. He recalls sending a 20 word message from London to Nevada City that cost 86, and earlier a 20 word message costing 100, with dispatches then limited to that word count.
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J. J. Dunne
Philadelphia Record
Europe
Queen Victoria
Buchanan
Colonel Dunne
London
Nevada City
Abolish Botany Bay Move Seeks Banks Bay Name Change
Australian movement aims to replace Botany Bay with Banks Bay before the new century. The Sydney Sunday Times urges adopting Banks Bay to spare the Commonwealth from the taint of convicts in its name.
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Botany Bay
Australia
Banks’ Bay
Sydney Sunday Times
Commonwealth
Botany Banks
Hall of Fame picks include Boston Latin five boys
The Rev Edward Everett Hale praises the selection of five Boston Latin school boys for the Hall of Fame. He notes one in six should satisfy Latin school pride and lists John Hancock Henry Knox Lothrop Motley Wendell Phillips and Charles Sumner among those honored.
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Edward Everett Hale
Hall of Fame
Boston Latin School
John Hancock
Henry Knox
Lothrop Motley
Wendell Phillips
Charles Sumner
Turkeys Sent to France From Rhode Island Farm
A dozen and a half fine Rhode Island turkeys from the late Horace See to were shipped to France. In France the Marquis de Breutil will attempt to breed the birds for market. The turkey is distinctly American and has not thrived well on the European continent.
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France
Rhode Island
Horace See
Marquise Gu Breutil
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F Street
Gage
I. Pierpont Morgan
Cablegrama
Boston Pride
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