Policy of British Trade Unionism Explored by Fayant
Article argues English trade unions preserve caste barriers and hinder workers progress. It contrasts English workers’ complacency with American workers’ ambition, blaming the “ca canny” system for inefficiency. Cites American competition driving English costs up as English and American workers diverge in wage and productivity. From The Plight of the English Worker in American Monthly Review of Reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saabor
American Monthly Review of Iteviews
Personal Triumph of the Late Pope Leo XIII
William T. Stead profiles Pope Leo XIII, noting his rare blend of virtue and wisdom. The piece credits his outside-the-Church influence, peace efforts at The Hague, and global respect from Greece, Germany, England, and the United States, as he leaves a legacy beyond ecclesiastical bounds.
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Waterloo
Siike
Leo XIII
Hague
England
Vatican
United States
St. Peter
Leo XII
American Monthly Review of Reviews
Whistler and His Art by Ernest Knaufit
A condensed obituary sketch of James Abbott McNeill Whistler noting his high art reputation, international museums housing key portraits, and paradoxes of fame. It traces his cosmopolitan life from birth disputes to West Point years and early drawing talent, ending with a cited sketch from the American Monthly Review of Reviews.
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Whistler
London
York
Uncle Sam's Young Brothers and Early Independent Republics
An exploration of lesser known American republics before statehood including the Commonwealth of Watauga Transylvania and the short lived State of Franklin. The piece notes Texas independence and Vermont Republic era actions, reflecting on historical regional autonomy and its memory in later generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Commonwealth of Watauga
Tennessee
Watauga River
Commonwealth of
Transylvania
Kentucky
Continental Congress
Franklin
Frankland
North Carolina
Texas
Mexico
Vermont
Harper's
Increasing Demand For Attractive Kitchen Appliances
Demand climbs as households seek stylish bronze copper and silver plated appliances with dedicated spirit lamp or electric heating. Epicureanism grows as careful cooks pursue best foods and efficient tools. Cooking schools reinforce value of delicate cookery and high quality ingredients, urging healthier, smarter kitchens. New York Supplement.
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Tommerty
Baid
Pultle
New York
A Tosson In Manners And A Hat Remark
A young girl speaks to a business man famed for his lack of gunners. He adjusts his hat while she scorns it. He complains of a cold and quips about keeping his dint on while talking. The exchange ends with the hat removal symbolizing wit and social rebuke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tosnon
York
New York
Four-Leaf Clover Keepsake From a Florist Shop
A poem describes a four leaf clover gifted and kept in a florists shop. Symbols of luck and memory accompany a nostalgic scene of love, life, and distant lovers. The speaker recalls a cottage dawn, a hunter’s horn, and the old love notes that hover above the clover on the windowsill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Gladnenn
Mavourneen
Kate Maaterson
Love versus col and es by J. M. Nicholson
A local column by J. M. Nicholson discusses themes of love with a sharp eye for social detail. The piece contrasts passion and circumstance, framing relationships against public life and cultural norms of the period.
Love and Wealth Clash in Rural Courtship Tale
A hopeful Maggie loves Fred, but wealth and social status steer her toward Gilbert Downs. After a tense confrontation over marriage, a violent buggy crash tests loyalties. Fred saves Maggie’s life, and she realizes his steadfast childhood friendship may outshine gold.
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Maggie
Gilbert Downs
Red
Marray
Gilbert
Fred
Macgie
Mr. Downe
Rev
Maggle and Fred Endure Love Trials Before Wedding
In a Waverley Magazine excerpt, Maggle wrestles between wealth and love while Fred faces uncertainty. After days of strain and a planned move home, Maggle forgives past mistreatment and confesses lasting love. Fred reaffirms his devotion, and Maggle agrees to marry, marking a pivotal turn in their romance.
Women Billiard Players Grow in Popularity in France
A clubman notes rising interest among women in billiards with private home boards and visits to pro matches. French and American women participate, though many attend national club contests only as spectators. Notables such as Jil Han Russell and Alma Paget are cited, with health benefits of billiard motions mentioned.
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4 Star
France
Journaly
Eries
United States
Hanover Club
Brooklyn
Liederkranz
Windser Hotel
New Yok
Dulford
Paul
Myre
Tice
Attai
Mia
Almeile Paget
Waslington Star
Wit and folly in old prose and trade talk
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century page of aphorisms contrasts vanity, pride, and self correction with remarks on human nature. It includes maxims on wealth, society, language, and the hazards of overconfidence, ending with a trade note on Alaska salmon and a New York firm.
The Funny Slide of Life and Other Snippets
A collage of witty lines and mini opinions from printed satire. The Washington Star mocks commerce with a cheap beak joke while The New York Weekly and Boston Transcript offer quips on pessimism optimism and friendship.
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Palosopher
New York Weekly
Harry
Tom
S . Dick
Boston Transcript
Boston Boy Once More Marmint Fragment in Dialogue
A collage of fictional exchanges from late 19th century papers shows a shop boy, a matron, and a Boston boy named Marmint in witty, clipped quips about jobs, marriage, and manners. The snippets illustrate tone and social chatter common in era humor pages.
Magnificent four color cloth edition tale praised
Balthmore News hails a lavish edition described as half imprecco with gold uncut edges and four color pages. The text mentions eliminated pages per quarter and extols the work as the finest published this century.
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Lily
Phrase of a Pet Hampered by a Switch Phrase
A fragment from a New York gossip page quotes a Mele Tommy household pet saying a childlike plea to hide a switch. The tone reads as playful dialect with unclear attribution and minimal context.
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Mele Tommy
VHF
New York
Swi
Quotes and oddities from scattered campus and society notes
The item mixes quips about doctor visits and patience with odd college fundraising for Northern Pieh University students who earned up to $500 each through a weird "hash-howse" diet. It also notes photography in China and an Empress confronting national prejudice, plus a stray reference to the wives of a foreleg official at a palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Measwuta
Nornh Pieh University
Uaven Chronicle
China
Jim
Wassaitor
Constantinople
Turkey
Vasiliko
Truty
Monastir
Eal Mim
Trots in Two Minutes! Lou Dillon Smashes World Record
Lou Dillon, a two year old trotting mare, set a world trotting record on the wire track at Headville Readville Mass, finishing in 2.00 minutes. The previous record was 2.¢ by Crescour. Dillon’s quarter splits show 854, 3 out, 30M, with the shoe bought by C. W. G. Billings at a Cleveland auction last winter for 10 dollars.
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Lou Dillon
Headville
Mone
Readville
Mass
Crescour
Tow Dillon
C. WK. G. Billings
Cleveland
Ohio
Fire in Budapest building kills over a hundred
The four story Budapest structure housing a fancy goods dealer named Goldberg and residents burned. About 200 workers trapped. escape blocked by flames. Thirteen people died jumping from windows. twelve died inside. Goldberg's wife and son among the dead. One hundred and twenty lost their lives overall. Damage estimated at 4,000,000 kronen, largely insured.
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Budapest
Hungary
Goldberg
James
Ives
Prices To High Par Public Buildings In Pa Woonsocket
Prices to high for public buildings in Carbondale Meadville and Woonsocket prompt the treasury to refer cases back to Congress as funds are unavailable to buy desirable property. Walters strike a failure as Chicago restaurant workers quit a small portion of the union.
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Carbondale
Meadville
Woonsocket
Washington
Walters
Chicago
Mie
Gettag Big S
Williamstown
Denver Health Dept Probes Poison Dairy Suspect Preservatives
Health authorities in Denver report complaints against a dairy supplier using formaldehyde based preservatives. Nineteen infants have died in Denver from diseases traced to contaminated milk products. Colonial region near San Tian mentioned as broader concern. Authorities fear wider contagion.
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Health Department of
Denver
Callas
Unclear OCR Entry On Vennaylvanloe Day Observance
Fragmentary text references a day at St dente and mentions committees, war context, and individuals like Phithers and Ware. The readable parts are disjoint and non coherent, lacking clear event, date, or location details to form a proper news summary.
Tartlwhs Bleenbavier Sid Selina Receives Sauteed Fran
In a Bayt Manly event a figure named Tartlwhs BleenbavierSid Selina received a dish described as sauteed fran to fer Geraviay during the nineteenth four week Lwantiia FAL, with Panes saaivedk NS noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Selina
Lwantiia
Panes Saaivedk
Bayt Manly
Humbert trial ends with guilty verdict in Crawford plot
Madame Therese Humbert and relatives were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for fraud tied to a forged fortune from a phantom American heir. The trial exposed a long chain of schemes involving fictitious Crawford identities and loans used to secure money from banks and lenders.
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Parla
Maltie Laborl
Dreyfus
Crawfords
M. Crawford
Crawford
Regvier
Reguier
Regnier
Marshal Bazaine
Laborl
Romaine Dauregnac
Bismarck
Ile
Humbert
Shonahe
Mme, Mwamber
Prince Bignarck
Mme. Therese
Frederick Humbert
Romaine Dauregine
Emile Dauregine
Mattre Laborl
Mme. Muenbert
Robert Henry Crawford
Sheck
Nice
Wyance
Robert Crawford
Jin
Nute
Huwysers
le Safe
French Republic
British Kill 700 Tribesmen in Northern Nigeria
A British column of thirty whites and 600 natives with four Maxim guns attacked Burini in Northern Nigeria. After a fierce fight the rebels were routed, losing about 700 men. The town was destroyed. British casualties were eleven killed and seventy wounded. The former Sultan of Sokoto and several western chiefs were killed.
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London
Colonial Office
Chimherlvla
Nigeria
Burini
Sokoto
Sunday League letters press Pensacola officials over Sabbath laws
The Sunday League of Florida demanded enforcement of Sabbath observance, sending letters to Pensacola's Sheriff and Mayor. The Mayor cited state statutes and lacked authority, while the Sheriff required warrants from those calling for enforcement. Prominent figures mentioned include Bronson Howard and Dr. Douglas E. Campbell. The piece also notes various other notable individuals and international mentions.
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The
Sunday League
Florida
Pensacola
Hove
Wiilech
None-Made Automobiles Rise From New Jersey Shops
In Trenton last week many registrants listed self built cars as the makers of their vehicles. The drive shows a trend of village blacksmiths and local builders crafting machines, with foreigners dominating motorcycle licenses and a total of 8636 licenses issued.
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Secretary of State
Trenton
New Jersey
Electron Theory Lecture by Dr Kaufmann in Germany
Dr Kaufmann in Germany traced electron history in a recent lecture. He said roots reach back about twenty five years with recent growth in steam related developments producing a flourishing plant and rich literature. He notes inertia gravitation heat and other phenomena tied to electrons as a broad theoretical framework. In Teneriffe Canary Islands five thousand women make drawn work valued at about two hundred fifty thousand dollars annually for English and German buyers.
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Sofia
Vulgaria
Monistir
Armensko
Krushevo
Moga4tix Indialis
Hlorhin
Monastir
Vilayet
Adrianopole
Adrianople
Bronson Howard
Pasadend
Cal
Douglas E. Campbell
Stanford University
New Zealat
Australis
Queen Dragan
Lake Zuriehall
Lor
Mary Chandler
Lowell
Mass
America
Marion Crawford
Conan Doyle
London
Weald
Tnt
Q Atmmnon
Kaufmann
Germany
Teneriffe
Canary
Dlands
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Ernest Knaufit
Uncle Sam
Young Brothers
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J. M. Nicholson
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Maggle
Hie
Waverley Magazine
Alasua
Alanka
Washington Star
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Boy
Marmint
Switchman
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Balkalls
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Ushuh
Farkey
Russia
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Polaoned
Mukkin
Silanta
San Tian
Porto Teo
St. Dente
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Ernie Sytvauidit
Majer Weil
Dorney Taal
Varlig Navigatorn Wes
Humbertsall
Urlaon
Hatele
Sunday Law
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Katherine Rice
Evan
Relist
Asbury Avenue
Asbury Park
Borden
Wawkins
Sistarn
Rounton
M. A. Bodine
Hammonton
Ogo
W. Evans
Ancora
Bodine
John W. Snowden
Philadelphia
J. W. Snowden
Milas Evans
South Jersey
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Carlton Loveland
Mount Holly
Ranecocas Creek
Ind
Carlton, Jr
Oad
John Skillman
Rahway
Chicago Express
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Salem County
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Woodbury
Sinter
William Truland
Delaware
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Alster
Woodbury Heights
James Kilpatrick
Woodstown
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Medford
Augustus van Selver
Burlington
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Cedarville
Gloucester County
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John Daniels
Mantua
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George Magrady
Marady
Washington Item
Indian Territory
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Langford & Walker
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Root
Geological Survey
Dole
Hawaii
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Afint
Sherman
Sinalia
San Francisco
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Inboverr
Buffalo
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Ithaca
Corntll University
Brunswick
Charles A. Basler
Alisz Lottie Tatlock
Joseph Jacobs
Basler
Depew
New York City
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White Star
Snyder
Board of Education
Clarence Sharon
Philippines
Kansas National Guard
Seaboard Air Line
Wiedmont
Ala
Sherif Price
Cherokee County
Friends of the Negro
J. C. Ide
Philippine Commission
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Fairfield
Pennsylvania
Quay
T. Tynch
Ardmore-Ind
Halifax
Seattle
Wash
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Townnett County
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Grand Trunk
Francis Bourne
Southwark
Congresstion of
Propaminda
Cardinal Vaughan
Westminster
Ekaterinoslav
Whitaker Wright
Hig
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Lord Cranborne
Marquis of Salisbury
Lord Rothschild
Land
British East Africa
Salazar
Tampico
Alfonso
Huesen
Spain
F. J. Larsseh von Moenniel
Berlin
Supreme Court
Au Hencia
Warvana
Maton 2As
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Aya
L Pompelt
M. Pellotan
Minster
Marine
Josephine Denise
Ure
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Trawas
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Lusgin
Japan
Lugland
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Almerian Shipping Teast
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