Street of Nations at the Paris Exposition
Paris June 1 1900 readers tour The Street of Nations at the Paris Exposition where pavilions for Greece Persia Finland Belgium Germany Spain England Denmark Hungary Bosnia Herzegovina Austria United States and Russia showcase distinctive architecture and local life. The thoroughfare offers a geographic lesson with in situ costumes and country-specific industries.
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Valerian Gribayedoff
al Cence Commercial Tribune
Paris
Verybody
Champs Elysees
Seine
the Invalides
Holland
Greece
Homer
Persia
Finland
Peru
Belgium
Audenaeme
Germany
Nuremberg
Spain
University of al
Cala
Toledo
University of
Salamanca
England
Denmark
Hungary
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Austria
Vienna
United States
Washington
Sam
Goolidge
Montezuma
Russia
Trocadero
Fighting Americans With The British Army At Sanna's Post
Cape Town May 65 reports show many foreigners and Americans enlist in colonial squadrons and Royal Canadians. A Texas cowboy nicknamed Todd proves a natural horseman in the mounted force at Corne Spruit, while officers praise Yankee troops as good soldiers despite rough roughness.
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Capé Town
Great Britain
Texas
Prairies
Amer
Cape Town
Rosebank
Light Horse
Africa
Frederick Remington
Roberts
Sanna
Corne Spruit
Todd
Royal Horse Artillery
Broadwood
Basuto
Thaba N’chaymen
Heroic Ride In Modder River Campaign Stuns Boers
The March retreat to Bloemfontein's outskirts turns deadly at Modder River. An American rider named Todd braves Boer fire to herd two riderless horses to the battlefield doctor, delivering a wounded man and the horse to safety amid shelling and a trapped unit.
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Modder
Bloemfontein
Roberts
Martin
Todd
Even the worm will turn in a Chicago tale
A short fable notes a worm turning into a butterfly and a butterfly declaring the adage Even the worm will turn. Red spider gnat and grasshopper discuss the change revealing a current field saying in a homely morality vignette.
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Chicago News
Arctic Expedition Aims to Uncover Hidden Life in Far North
A scientific party led by Gustav Koltoff of Upsala will sail to Beeren Island and Greenlish to study bird and plant life and Arctic insect fauna. Dredges will probe deep seas from Spitzbergen to Jan Mayen, with Jan Mayen landing possible, then to northeast Greenland by July end.
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Greenlish
Greenland
Arctic
Spitzbergen
Peeree
Sweden Plans Arctic Expedition to Study Birds and Musk Ox
G E Broms reports on an expedition from Stockholm to the Duna Islands with 15 crewmen and provisions. The voyage aims to collect rare birds and possibly Arctic musk ox, establishing a floating museum and aviary aboard to breed and display captive species for the Government Museum at Stockholm.
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Duna
Sweden
Bell Sound
Ice Sound
Advent Bay
Stockholm
Ted
Arctic
Wesleyan Female College Claim Stirs Historical Debate
A claim arises that Wesleyan Female College in Macon Georgia was the world’s first women’s college. The institution was founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church South in 184? at the Macon campus.
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Wesleyan Female College
Macon
Methodist Episcopal Church
How to Select Vocal Music for Amateur Singers
Guidance for young singers on choosing accessible American songs with simple piano accompaniments. Names several composers and pieces, stresses matching voice type, proper diction, English texts, and alignment of words with music to avoid misfit and strain. Encourages testing for understanding and natural pronunciation.
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McDowell
James H. Rogers
Chadwick
Frederic Field Bullard
Albert W. Noll
Eugene Cowles
Mary Knight Wood
Rose
Wil
Liam Arms Fisher
Carl Minetti
Harry Eldridge
Charles 8. Burnham
Homer N. Bartlett
Alli
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South Africa
George H. Hollister, Jr
OF Arms
J. J. van Allen
Rhode Island
Asfield Hospital
G.E. Broms
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