Explorer rides a turtle in London audience show
London audience watched M de Rougemont demonstrate riding a turtle at the Hippodrome. He mounted the reptile in a striped bathing blanket, then plunged in after it as the animal sank and resurfaced, crying Ta Ra Ra while the crowd laughed at the peculiar spectacle.
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de Rougemont
London
M. de Rougemont
British Association
Clifton
London ‘Daily Graphic
Australia
Srome
Australasia
Hippodrome
Jewish Landowners In Europe They Hold Vast Land Shares
A Zionist polemic cites figures from Menorah showing Jewish landholdings in Europe rising sharply from 1860 to 1900. Within the Pale and Poland plus European Russia outside the Pale, Jewish land ownership expanded to about 2.38 million dessiatins by 1900, with 1.445 million dessiatins owned and the rest rented, according to the statistics.
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Europe
Russia
the Menorah
Kingdom of
Poland
European
End of Ute War Signals Change in Indian Fight
The long Indian war ends as the Ute uprising proves futile and government policy reforms. The article recalls centuries of conflict with tribes like the Utes, Apaches, and Sioux, noting education and relocation reduced resistance and leaders like American Horse shifted to peaceful life while guiding others.
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Uncle Sam
Phillip
Massachusetts
Redman
Britain
Mexico
Spain
Colorado
Ignacio
la Plata
Arehuleta
Jim Brider
Union Pacific Railroad
Plains
United States
Utah
Rushville
Neb
Pine Ridge Reservation
Asker tale at Cardiff aid conference shocks crowd
Dr Harrington recounted a servant who left to marry and later returned prospering. She revealed her husband was an asker a wandering beggar who could visit about 320 streets daily earning roughly five shillings a day.
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Asker
R. Harrington
Prisoner's Aid Society
Cardiff
Toad Hidden in Stone Twenty Years Near Staffordshire
A toad found in a stone step chamber near Stone Staffordshire after steps were removed reveals a twenty year seal. The amphibian, in a coma at first, revived in sunshine, suggesting it lived enclosed within stone and cement.
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Staffordshire
George Lewis
Ben Butler Described as a Terror by Judge in Remark
An aged lawyer described Gen. Butler as a terror and torment to judges. He recalled Judge Sanger losing patience after Butler bullied him, then Butler quipped he could not answer the judge’s question.
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Ben Butler
Gen. Butler
Dialogue on bread and water misapplied proverb
The dialogue features Mrs. Jawback and Mr. Jawback joking about a proverb from scripture. They discuss casting bread upon waters and the impracticality of using one's own bread, with a pun about bread going to the bottom.
Plan of the Indian leader shifts to influencing Washington
The article notes a shift in strategy by a native leader who decides to influence Washington rather than lead a doomed revolt. It frames the change as a means to better serve his people and ends with reference to news of an Indian failure.
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Washington
End of Native Resistance Marked by Ute Defeat
The article recalls Geronimo as a prisoner and notes the 1876 Sioux War ending with Custer’s death at the Little Bighorn. It states Ute resistance ended with their defeat and submission to the United States, marking a lasting peace in the West.
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Geronimo
Miles
Fort Sill
Little Big Horn
Terry
Crook
Black Hills
Custer
Reno
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
United States
Wounded Knee
Pheasants Rise in Global Trade and Domestic Demand
An observer notes that English pheasants were imported in 1940 to 150000 for table use with a 10 percent rise last year. Breeders in America are in infancy but expect local supply to grow. Prices range from $2 to $15 with seasonal price increases. plumage fetches high sums for millinery and taxidermy.
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England
France
Germany
Belgium
America
East
Stone Cathedral Deliberately Seasoned for Enduring Structure
In Harlem a workman explains why St John’s cathedral arch remains slow to rise. Stone must season for two years before use and funding limits also slow progress, with the project framed as one built to endure.
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St. John’s Cathedral
Harlem
New York City
New York
Village Gossip Sparks Divorce Suit Echo
In a Weekly Budget item the editor Mrs Griggs is noted for journalism on housework being healthy. Mrs Wiggs states she is suing her husband for divorce over the matter and related disputes.
Blind Washington woman with noble lineage and astral dreams
A markedly cultured blind recluse in Northeast Washington lives amid squalor yet studies astronomy and materia medica. She claims descent from Russian nobility and once married a Grand Duke in childhood, while friends note her poetry and purported ability to foretell events. Prominent visitors visit her shanty as she awaits a spiritual voyage to the sky.
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Washington
Materia Medica
Washington as a Model City in Social Reform
The piece notes Washington’s effort to become a model city with social and economic reforms. It cites Congress as the district’s common council, blocking child labor limits and compulsory schooling while supporting some measures. It highlights passed bills on wife desertion, a juvenile court, condemned insanitary housing, and improvements like alleys and a special inquiry.
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National Capital
Broad Avenue
Washington Monument
District of Columbia
Congress
Washington
Capitol
Mrs. Root's fondness for Washington shocks wife of the secretary of state
Mrs. Elihu Root dislikes Washington life as much as her husband enjoys it. She helped lead his resignation as secretary of war and return to New York. She learned of his cabinet appointment only after invitations were extended and a dispatch confirming his state portfolio.
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Capital City
Elihu Root
Washington
Root
New York
Mr. Root
John Hay
Vice President Fairbanks Hosts Kansas City Visitors
Vice President Fairbanks greeted Kansas City Mayor and prominent officials in Washington during a deep waterways convention. He moved nervously and invited guests to visit. He later ordered his messenger to fetch his old shields as he waited alone in his room.
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Fairbanks
Kansas City
Washington
Jie
John
Depew Senator Faces President in Odd Exchange
Hot Shot for Depew notes Senator Depew as a cheerful, debonair figure who joins a president for a light exchange. The resident quips about youth and a playful hint of political stock, while another senator mutters a biting aside about an exploiting company.
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Depew
Debonair Depew
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