Golden rod chosen New Jersey state flower
A long draft of miscellany notes on finance education and technology: Canada may join the U.S., France and Germany bank assets rise, New Jersey selects the golden rod as state flower while pansy rose and violet contended. ship values drop at auction. Horace Porter backs war with Chile. New York City public schools employ substitutes and raise salaries. Alaska education enrollment and funding. typewriter impact on telegraph offices increases efficiency. a scientist measures mental processing speeds. Coxey proposes Treasury notes for road funding with wide impact on labor and idle populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Horticultural Board of
New Jersey
Race for Life in 4A Prompts Nighttime Lifeboat Resolve
A maritime ballad recounts a perilous rescue at sea. Crew members race against deadly breakers to save those in danger, urged by the skipper to lift together. The shore watches with hope as the lifeboat battles the gale and triumphs at last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Death
J. L. Molloy
Templa Bar
The Hero of High Bridge and the Wheel of Destiny
A railroad superintendent recalls meeting Argus Steele keeper of High Bridge, a man tied to a mystery and a wheel that saved a train during the Casamicciola earthquake era. Steele shares his tale of searching for his missing child across nations, riding a bicycle wheel to avert disaster and secure proof of his child’s fate.
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sVery
Argus Steele
High Bridge
Boston
Baltimore
Thia
Steele
Naples
Casamicciola
Italy
Diretors
Len
Won
Indian Agency Dog Stirs Indigenous Curiosity in Montana
Major Peter Rowan at the Flathead Agency in Western Montana buys a coarse ugly bulldog to study animal life by Indian wards. Chiefs debate its traits and name him eg good, bad dog, highlighting diplomacy and truth in naming the animal amid curious observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Rowan
Flathead Indiana
Montana
Flathead
Gines
Helena
Foreign Honors and a Freedom of the City Claim
The text notes Primus Jomeon claims London granted him the freedom of the city while Secundus doubts this, suggesting he may have merely been presented a ceremonial gesture or misinterpreted the event. The exchange hints at prestige and possible confusion over honors.
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Primus—Jomeon
London
Secundus
Spice Ball Fashion Notes and Society Sketches
A column mixes fashion tips and social vignettes from the era. It covers spice ball decor, dress upkeep, and the trend of visible watches, plus profiles of a Baltimore railroad heir, Berlin nurse plan talk, and a travelogue of fashionable life across Europe.
HOUSES OF SNOW INDIAN DWERLINGS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL
The Eskimo skillfully quarry single storm formed snow blocks to build dome shaped dwellings. Blocks are cut with ivory knives and dove tail saws forming a spiral vault that locks without scaffolding. Winter huts rise ten to twelve feet high with inner benches, fur lined walls, and a cold air maintaining seal skin windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Thoughts on Talent, Courtesy, and Madagascar Reflections
A collage of aphorisms on vanity, sincerity, and education contrasts with an extended note on Madagascar. It surveys Madagascar’s climate, people, interior capital Antananarivo, and the native queen, plus language, religion, and military. It concludes with brief California eagle anecdotes about nests and ornament.
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Madagascar
France
Antananarivo
Reanagalona
Aland
Chicago Herald
Prominent Figures and Wealth Across Eras and Nations
A collage of notable people and aristocrats describes wealth, birth dates, and roles. It mentions the Duke of Devonshire with seven residences, Queen Victoria’s fortune, the Nizam of Hyderabad’s vast spending, and the aging and scholarly among them. It notes lawmakers, editors, and cultural figures, plus royal children managing farms and crafts, all in brisk, portrait-like blurbs.
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Duke of
Devonshire
Nerax Dow
Maine Temperanes
Ar Guanstowe
Annam
Queen Victoria
Dent Harrison
Govxnnon Brown
Mary
Teck
Agara
Groson
Maryland
Thomas Hanor
Dorchester
Marshall
Roberts
New York
Ralph Virlan
Tae Nizam
Hyderabad
India
Szime
Parti Itahs
Unieersity
Holland
Royal Palace
Evory
Eiuanp Heer Bropparp
Stoddard
Boreman Hoag
Massachusetts
John Eethe Hoar
Avenue Rivess-Coanern
Virginia
Xtarco VaLixy
Genes Kaisers
Washington
von Hallaben
Hallaben
Lava
Labor and wage notes from early international unions
A sweeping survey of labor conditions across nations notes 10 000 diamond workers in HoiLann and 34 42 000 carpenters in the Amalgamated Society. It mentions a resumed tailors strike, India steel plants, and a French strike costing 650000 in wages. It highlights women in nursing in Britain and Japanese island labor, plus Spanish wages and Warsaw public transport conductors.
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HoiLann
Prrissana
India
International Union of Tailors
France
United Room
Great Britain
N. 9
Lancashire
England
Sunderland
Clyde
Scotland
Amalgamated Society of Carpentera
Mexico
Japan
Carrisox
Benavalarce
Warsaw
Russia
Novaya Praga
Srudno
National debt rises in January
Treasury figures show a $1.31 million month increase in total debt, with declines in surplus cash and non interest bearing debt. Receipts reached $30.51 million for January, while customs and internal revenue fell versus a year ago, and expenditures rose to $5.65 million for the month. Estimated American capital for Mexican ventures exceeded $100 million.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Greenbick Redemption Fund
Treasury Nationsi
Depositarion
Idcom and
Bullion Astate Agatceare
Tne
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Chicago News
Weimar Shakespeare Society
Liverpool
Richmond
Inman Line
Horace Porter
Publi Schools of
New York Ciy
Normal College
Alaska
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia
Jacob
Coxey
Massillon
Kentucky
Congress
Treasury
Adams
Supreme Court
Congresa
Yorhest Grisley
Wheelmen’s Gazette
Tribune
North Carolina
Thad
Jennings
Venacion
Isaac Son
Perton
St. Louia
Detroit Free Press
Helen Watterson
St. Louis Republic
York
Europe
Garrett
New York Malt and Express
STOLT
Harald
Fraulein Helene Lange
Berlin
Wartos
Nurson
New Orleany Picayune
Mary Garrett
Ohio
St. Ives
Great Eastern Railway
Welles B. Clements
Shettingham
Midland
Cambridge
Kettering
G.turner
Roundtop
Portly
Miss Amiable
Ethel
Miss Sharptongue
Othors
Cupid
California
Aeschylus
Spectator
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