Passing of Icarians End of the Longest Pure Communism Experiment
The Icarians founded by Etienne Cabet in the United States dissolved after Judge H. M. Towner discharged the community’s receiver and wound up its business. Originating in France, the group settled near Corning Adams County Iowa after exploring Texas and New Orleans. Internal divisions, competition with individual wealth, and schisms led to the 1895 receiver action ending the communal colony once led by Cabet.
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Western Hemisphere
H. M. Towner
District Court
Cabet
France
Louis Philippe
New World
Icarians
Texas
French Department
New Orleans
Nauvoo
Ille
Illinois
Cabot
Cheltenham
St. Louis
Mississippi
Iowa
Adams County
Corning
Icaria
Britain considering dethroning Khedive Abbas of Egypt
The New York Sun reports London weighing removal of Abbas Pasha as Khedive and replacement by his brother Mohammed Ali. Britain accuse Abbas of defying advisory tutelage and provoking anti British sentiment, especially around a proposed visit by the German emperor. A pensioned retirement and increased British control are suggested outcomes.
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Abbas
Lord Cromer
Egypt
Berlin
London
William
Nile
Eragople
Europe
Abbas Pabha
Mohammed Ali
England
France
Ismail
New York Sun
Amusing Tales Of Senator Cockrell And Misnamed Encounters
Short anecdotes recount Senator Cockrell’s famed memory and social guile. West claims Cockrell’s Missouri brigade could keep him in the Senate for life. A crowd recalls a scene where the senator playfully identifies a constituent as Jim Jones, then calls him Jim and endorses his political work, while another quip ends with the general floored by a misnamed exchange.
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Senator Cockrell
Senator West
Cockrell
Missouri
Senate
Columbia Herald
Cockrell Brigade
Jim Jones
Jones
Jim
Smith
Mazarin Bible Sells at Sotheby Rooms for 14750
A Mazarin Bible sold in London at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge for 14750 after previously fetching 19500 due to minor defects. Printed by Gutenberg and Fust circa 1450 55, copies are highly valued. Earlier sales show vellum copies reaching 38400 and paper copies about 2690 at distinct auctions.
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Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
London
Gutenberg and
Fust
New York Sun
Aluminium Hand Car Advances From St Louis Firm
A St Louis company builds a hand car largely of aluminium alloy for wheels body and walking beam with steel tubing axles and bicycle style gearing. It includes ball bearings hub brake and adjustable speed. Weighing under 160 pounds it is liftable by one man and two men may run it 80 to 85 miles an hour for a limited time according to American Manufacturer.
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St. Louis
Progressive Japan Moves Toward Electrified Nation
The Japanese government asks an American company to build electric power plants for lights and street cars across the kingdom. Officials project a modern push that will soon render the Flowery Kingdom fully developed.
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Boston Journal
Stop Singing Ends In Contract Offer At Manhattan Beach
After a band concert near Manhattan Beach fireworks Sonia submitted The Bride Elect to Klaw & Erlanger and B D Stevens. A telling tale says Sousa refused to advertise as a lyric tenor and piano virtuoso, with managers either signing after the finale or urging him to stop singing.
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Sonia
Messrs. Klaw
Mr. Sousa
J. P
Indian's Coal Claim to Great Northern Fooled Hill
Bob Lyons of Rainy Lake in Minnesota boasted he salted a lake bottom, sampled coal and impressed J. J. Hill. Experts deemed the coal promising, the railroad advanced money and food for two years, but Hill and companions later realized the claim was fraudulent.
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Bob Lyons
Rainy Lake Country
Minnesota
Presidente Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Lyons
Duluth
J. J. Hill
St. Paul
President Hill
Bokhara Sport Described as Horseback Football
The orientals of Bokhara engage in a curious game likened to football on horseback without sides. A riderless goat serves as the ball as about 200 horsemen vie for possession.
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Bokhara
A Salvation Army Hotel For Women Opens In Chicago
The Mina hotel offers 15 cent lodging for women, a clean bed and bath, and a reading room with periodicals. Captain Clara Van der Schouw runs the second floor facility, which houses nine rooms holding 40 beds and organized spaces for rest, meals, and recreation.
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Salvation Army
Chicago
New York
Chicago Woman’s Lodging House
Mina Hotel
Booth Tucker
Clara van der Schouw
Clara
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
von der Schouw
Mary E. Ltonarp
Household debates on women skills and duties.
The piece weighs the value of domestic science for women, recounting stories of educated and housekeeper sisters and a wife of a scientist who longs for stronger housekeeping knowledge. It also describes Salvation Army lodging for women, its goals, cost, and social aims, plus carpentry notes on a handmade bench.
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New Orleans Times- Democrat
Soups Without Stock and Emergency Soups
Sallie Joy White explains that soup maigre uses a milk or cream base with vegetables or fish, avoiding heavy meat stock. These soups are favored during Lent and summer for lighter nourishment and quick preparation, with seasoning as the key secret of good cooking.
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Sallie Joy White
Woman’s Home Companion
Coloring For Candy From Cinnamon Drops
A clever schoolteacher creates pink coloring for candies and frosting by soaking 5 cents worth of bright red cinnamon drops in water. She obtains a half pint of rosy tint that resembles strawberries, watermelons or roses with a faint cinnamon hint and ease of preparation.
A Nice Dish of Celery
A simple celery recipe describes stewing six firm white stalks in cold water two to three hours then simmering in broth for two hours. It finishes with a cream sauce poured over the celery before serving.
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Etienne Cabet
Revue Ioarienne
Inter Ocean
General Cockrell
Jim Hill
Mazarin Bible
Progressive
Japan
Hill
Fifteen Cent Lodging House
Salvation Army’s
New York Tribune
Soup Maigre
Maynard Restaurant
H. E. Boyd
Maynard Block
THE
CEM
Maynard
Ching
Gem Washing Fluid Co
Maynard, Mass
Hapgood
Stow
Anterprise
Horace Tattie
Ernest Hosmer
D. D
So. Acton
Santi
H.S. Richardson
Concord Mass
Victor Hub
South Acton
Mass
Westerly
Quincy
Scotch
S. Fowler
Plao
James T. Foote
Glendale Street
Wilfred Wheeler
Florist
Concord
Concord Junot
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