Mexicans as Engineers and Mechanics Highlight Old World Skills
A vintage essay extols Mexican artisans in architecture, aqueducts, and metalwork. It lauds Queretaro’s water arches, colonial craft, and Aztec metallurgy, noting peaceful era progress and foreign rail connections transforming old Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Infermo
Qosan
Chesterfield
Queretaro
Marquis de Villar
Carnegie
Eveni Ag
North America
Ruskin
St. Mark’s
Maximillian
God
David
Mt. Zion
Spain
Cortez
Queen Wilhelmina Receives Letter From Dutch Schoolboys
A quirky note from two Dutch schoolboys to Queen Wilhelmina pleads for their teacher not to be dismissed. They praise her kindness and ask mercy, claiming she has not erred and expressing fondness, prompting the queen to promise an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen
Bathery
Wilhelmina
American Goods Discriminated Against in Russian Trade
Special correspondent Frank G. Carpenter reports on Russia as a vast future market, noting heavy German influence in St. Petersburg and U.S. goods blocked by tariffs. He describes St. Petersburg markets, religious practices, bazaars, and the clash of American trade with Russian barriers, including a $17.50 bicycle duty for the U.S. vice consular official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Germany
Stettin
Oder
Baltic
Kronstadt
Russia
Schweitzer
Limburger
Europe
New York
Salt Lake City
Denver
European
United States
Alaska
Russian Empire
Asia
Neva
Novyski
Nation
Jack
Hernando de Soto
Dresden
Frontier Customs Offices
America
Frank G. Carpenter
Questions and Answers From The Information Bureau
Readers submit queries on seining laws in Kentucky and the Ohio River, pronunciation of Pitcairn, the old National Road, and immigration trends. Answers cover legalities, geography, pronunciation notes, and census figures with brief clarifications.
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Reacer
Kentucky
Ohio River
M.L
Eubank
Pitcairn
Washington
Wheeling
Ohio
Columbus
Indiana
Twnneis
St. Louis
Fis
Electric Railways Claim 100 Lives Monthly
A grim tally shows electric railways kill about 100 people each month. Authorities and safety advocates call for improved protections and enforcement.
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Stanley
Bowdle
Ihen Cortez
Mexico
Montezuma
Granada
Seville
New Spain
Anahuac
Mexico City
Paris
New World
Zacatecas
Museum of Mines
Guadalajara
Sam
Valasques
Queen Wilhelmina
The
Sunday Commercial Tribune
Central Africa
Moscow
Gostinyi Dvor
Nevski Prospect
Uncle Sam
Bureau OF Information
Secretary of State of
M. B
Montgomery County
Madisonville
Ss. P. M
Ripley
Miss
Obadiah Holler
Abington
Ind
W. C
Hague Peace Commission
Hague
Netherlands
Peace Commission
Springfield
Carlotta
Maximilian
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