The Era of the Common People at the World Exposition
The essay lauds the World’s Fair as a triumph of the common people over society’s class system. It argues patriotism and progress arise from the masses, not elites, praising humanity, unity, and faith in man while condemning class distinguishing and phony society norms. It notes the fair cost about $200,000,000 and stresses the common people as humanity’s true rulers.
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Ealalic
Versgas
Rel Jon—'Hassl
Jesus Christ
Christ
Duke of
Columbus
Infanta
Ward McAllister
Butler
Earn Sinhat
World Idea
Standard Oil Company
Russian Princess Will Offers $1 Million for Year Long Tombwatch
Five years ago a Russian princess died in this city and left $1,000,000 to whoever stays alone for a year in a crystal coffin over her tomb in Pere Lachaise cemetery. The will forbids visitors, allows books and meals, and requires an hour walk daily before specific times. Frenchmen quit. an American could win after 865 days. Paris Correspondent.
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Pere Lachaise
Paris
Rail bending tests reveal hidden fracture risk in old rails
In Watertown arsenal tests old steel rails fracture when the head is in tension and base in compression, but bend when reversed. Planing off one sixteenth inch of the head prevents fracture. leaving corners untrimmed causes failure. The hardened head layer is blamed for initiating fractures that traverse the rail.
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Watertown Arsenal
Premiums Earned by Cramp Shipyards for Navy Vessels
The Cramps have collected 796469 in premiums on U S Navy ships including Yorktown Baltimore Philadelphia New York and Columbia with totals of 39825 106644 100000 200000 and 350000 respectively. Mr Cramp argued that future contracts will still raise vessel costs and premiums may not vanish. He joked the price ignores the premium probability.
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United States Navy
Cramp
Yorktown
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Columbia
Mr. Cramp
Philadelphia Press
Found In a Cave Near Elizabeth Town
A party of young men from Elizabeth town Hardin county explored a cave two miles from the town. They crawled five yards into a narrow passage and found a decayed box with two diamond rings three pistols and assorted jewelry. In another room they uncovered five human skeletons and a collection of cooking vessels.
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Elizabethtown
Hardin County
Henderson
Train stops for a waving lady in New Zealand
A New Zealand railway incident reports an engine driver halting a fast express when a woman waved to board at an untimed stop. The jokey stoppage ends with the realization passengers would have no change for a coin.
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New Zealand
The New Chinese Legation in Arlington Occupies Quarters
Washington correspondence details the Chinese legation in Arlington where Yung Yu and staff stay at $200 to $500 per day. The men roam freely in seclusion while women are kept private, and the minister stands out for his darker complexion. Yung Yu enjoys American cooking but employs a Chinese cook in the hotel kitchen. He has never left China before and rose from provincial official to ambassadorial rank.
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Board of
The
Arlington
Infanta
Yung Yu
England
Yang Yu
Legation
China
Ko-Ko
Chin-Keang
Bastor
Washington Cor
Boston Advertiser
Balloon screw propulsion experiments by Mallet
M Mallet and Langlois de Saulier designed a 74 foot diameter screw in a balloon car to provide vertical propulsion. At 100 revolutions per minute the device lifted a 28 000 cubic foot balloon by 333 feet per lift with the car rotating 0.04 revolutions per second and no adverse effect. The author notes its suitability for scientific experiments.
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M. Mallet
Academy
M. Langlois de Saulier
Father Tom and the Irish Miracle Jokes
Father Tom Maguire explains miracles to an Irish farmer who challenges him with an example. A prank follow up has the priest kicking the farmer and the farmer claiming pain as a miracle would be if he did not feel it. Curran and O Leary trade witticisms about St Peter and heaven’s keys.
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Tom Maguire
Father Tom
Begorra
Curran
Father O'Leary
St. Peter
O'Leary
Breaking Down the Barriers in Woman Suffrage
The piece notes irregular progress toward equality for women in politics and other spheres. While Michigan and New York struck down suffrage laws, New Zealand enacted a new measure and Dublin University opened a junior fellowship to female students.
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Michigan
New York
New Zealand
Dublin University
Lowell
Mass
Daily Mail
Army mission helps pensioners cash checks in New York
Grand Army men in New York organized a mission to cash pensioners’ checks to avoid prior saloon and shaver deductions. Colonel James, a national bank president, sent 100000 dollars in cash to the mission on check day, and veterans collected the money with no deductions. General Swayne, General Webb, Colonel Van Wenselaer, Colonel Hoadley and others guaranteed the bank against any loss in handling the funds.
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Urane’ Army Exchange
Grand Army
New York
James
National Bank
Swayne
Alexander Webb
Killian van Wenselaer
Hoadley
That Bottle of Mucilage
A short tip promotes making mucilage at home from gum arabic and water with a drop of carbolic acid. It claims this DIY mucilage costs five cents and works for repairing schoolbooks and magazine pages, offering an alternative to stationer bought gum.
The King and a Question of Weight in Black and White
The fragment debates a king's fitness and power tied to physique. It weighs opinions on corporal stature, authority, and fear of rivals, noting a ruler’s frown as threat to potential pretenders. The tone mirrors period vitriol and speculative politics.
In New York a Tide of Inefficient Servants
Cholly Knickerbocker laments New York's service problem as establishments hire inept staff who misadvise owners leading to costly errors. He mocks faux country wisdom and notes frequent accidents with horses and mishandled soups, reflecting urban frustration with overpaid amateurs.
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New York
Cholly Knickerbocker
New York Recorder
Last War of 1812 Pensioner Benjamin Churchill Dies
Benjamin Churchill of Galesburg Ill died at nearly 100, the last 1812 veteran on the agency list. Born in Alexis New York he served as a private in Captain E Wheeler's New York militia. Pensions varied from 12.40 to 80 dollars monthly via a special act.
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Clemens
Benjamin Churchill
Galesburg
Ills
Captain E. Wheeler
New York
Alexis, N. Y
Churchill
Chicago Herald
Russo-Franco Love Feast Arising In Moscow
A committee of Moscow ladies forms to reward Mme. Adam for organizing subscriptions for gifts of jewelry to wives and relatives of Russian officers who visited France. They plan a colossal tea brewing machine engraved with Russia and France arms and the words Cronstadt and Toulloin Paris Correpondent.
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Mme
Adam
France
Czar
Rugsia
Cronstadt
Touloin
Paris
Pin in Eye Causes Chicago Woman to Win $10,000
Mrs Anna Swinarton of Chicago recovered $10,000 in the New York City court of common pleas before Judge Giegerich and a jury against dry goods merchant George le Boutillier. She said a cashboy in his Fourteenth Street store threw a pin that struck her eye on March 13 1889 while she waited for change with her young son. She had sued for $50,000 damages.
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Anna Swinarton
Chicago
Court of Common Pleas
New York City
Giegerich
George le Boutillier
Fourteenth Street
Swinarton
Substantial Studies Better Than Facts Opinion Letter
A Pittsbury Press note argues public schools should focus on substantial studies in primary branches rather than a scatter of facts. It contends a broad but shallow curriculum leaves pupils inadequately prepared for the world.
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Pittsbury Press
Borax in the Arts and Its Practical Uses
The article describes borax as a constant in arts guiding glaze for china earthenware and tiles. It notes its roles as enamel flux for granite ware mordant in calico printing and dyeing and a metal flux enabling lower melting temperatures. It also mentions mixing four parts borax with white sand to create a hard glass and adding borax to slaked lime to make plaster fireproof.
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China
Interior of the Mormon Temple Shrouded in Mystery
Harper's Weekly recounts the temple’s sacred precincts kept secret from Gentile reporters. It notes some interior areas are as sacred as the Holy of Holies in ancient times.
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Mormon Temple
David
M. Jackson
Harper’s Weekly
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