Germany and Britain face peace disturbance charges
The report lists Germany accusing Britain of trying to disturb Europe’s peace, Belgium and Italy adopting a 24 day timekeeping method, and old day and night distinctions to be abolished. It notes Japan’s abundant but smoky fuel, a London Guildhall refusal to accept Joseph Whitaker’s bust, and U.S. college newspapers run by students. It covers New York state prison term statistics, Munk’s brain physiology views on gymnastic breaks, immigration since 1820, Southern colored industrial education plans, and an innovation in railroad car finishing using copper sheathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munk
University of Berlin
New York, New Haven
Hartford Railroad
Pathfinder
Munich
The
New York Tribune
Europe
Munoich
West Virginia
Mas Blanche Berard
United States Military Academy
West Point
Albany
James M. Warner
Daly's Theatre
New York City
Marion
Ars
Amagnisci
Long Island
New York Custom House
Aseta
United States
St. Louis
Blg Walker Drygoods Company
Attorney General of
Ohio
Fromao
Hiawaths
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railroad
Rome
West Memphis
Arkansas
W. Godfrey Hunter
Kentucky
Araco
Hunter
Birmingham
Ala
Willmar E. Coleries
Indiana
Mms
Moe Hall
Auloide
Fort Wayne
St. Paul
Wisconsin
Sian Francisco
Christopher Krenke
Chicago
Springfield
Critics Probe Export Packing And Mock Naval Names
The New York Tribune notes US businessmen mishandling exports to Mexico and South America, urging care to avoid harming markets. It mentions Munich’s music cure and a London correspondent's lament over British naval swagger, proposing humorous vessel names to replace offensive ones.
Fateful verse echoes on courage and justice in upheaval
Fragmentary lines evoke a struggle between fear and defiant virtue. A “mighty river” and “philanx” of hope rise as the Prince of Right inspires a noble temple of conscience, resisting years of iron rule. The text hints at a rebirth of moral resolve amid oppression.
The Power of Love Ends a Twisted Courtship Tale
Clarence Parker, spoiled by his mother, clashes with Myra Delano a western beauty. Her frank, fearless charm loosens his indolence as they fall in love. Myra’s influence awakens ambition in Clarence and softens two grieving families ending in a quiet church wedding.
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Clarence Parker
Clarence
Europe
Claire
Apollo
John
Myra
Cheatant Hill
Myra Delano
Eho
Clara
Chestnut Hill
Sebe
Mrs. Parker
Popa
Ciara
Earth
Cleronce
Mia Parker
John Delano
New York
Mra. Parker
Clara Parker
New York Ledger
Fragments on science and industry across the era notes
The text surveys chemical additives to milk, European sanitation concerns, bird mating, glacial theory, predators in Lapland, solar position delays, a Frankfurt medical electrolysis claim, pigment permanence on cotton, and details of the Jungfrau Electric Rack Railroad including power, gradients, curve radii, train capacity, length, rise, speed, duration, and a $2 million cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Sweden
Norway
Lapland
Frankfurter Zeitung
Frankfurt
Jungfrau
Ateapeat
Clerks Celebrate Promotions With Cigars in War Department
An elderly War Department clerk notes a forty year tradition of celebrating salary promotions by passing around high quality cigars within divisions. The custom, once personal, now spans large groups, with the donor sending a messenger and a labeled box. Some departments may differ but celebrations remain common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Woman Bank Cashier and Director Noted in City
A feature on Mrs. Sarah Frances Dick and Mrs. Fredericks Drover highlights the First National Bank's distinction as a bank with both a woman cashier and a woman director. Dick entered banking as an assistant cashier in 1873, later became cashier in 1881 after a reorganization, and has served with acknowledged accuracy. The piece includes broader notes on notable women in business, fashion trends, and social topics from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Sarah Frances Dick
Fredericks Drover
Sarah F. McGraw
Julius Dick
Woman passes civil service exam for translator post
The Adjutant-General’s office sought a male translator but no man passed the test. Miss Maud Stalnaker, the only woman to pass, was certified by the Civil Service Commission after translating technical military articles into four languages. The Adjutant-General then refused the position to a woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adjutant- General's
Columbia University
Civil Service Commission
Proctor
Maud Stalnaker
Miss Stalnaker
The Lark's Song Fixed In Print Through Ages
Since 1650 naturalists have tried to fix the lark song on paper or instrument. Athanasius Kircher first transcribed it in Masurgia Universalis, but the result fell short. A modern schoolmaster has published a newer version pleasing nature lovers and common readers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volvo
Athanasing Kircher
Masurgia Universalis
Clerman
Friends of
Nature
Great Benefaction Funds New Orleans Education Monument
A bequest from John McDonough totals over 31 million to New Orleans for education. Plans envision erecting more than thirty public buildings. about 18,020 children are enrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
John McDonough
Did You Ever Feel Nervous in Public?
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from various papers. Tiny vignettes feature lovers, preachers, and sentimentalites, including a lyric fragment about Lucinda and a wedding night, followed by witty exchanges at a social gathering and jokes about misheard lines and mischief among readers.
Buffalo Shoes Horror Fatal Fire at Washington and Exchange
Three Buffalo residents perish in a fierce hotel blaze at the old Chicago House near Washington and Exchange. Edward O'Donnell Paddy Brennan and William S Hanahan die in or after the third story fall and smoke. Mrs Wilson and William Wilson are injured. Firefighters, police and spectators contend with gale force winds as the building is gutted.
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Burraro
Chicago
Washington and Exchange Streets
O’donnell
Hanahan
Brennan
Paddy Brennan
Fitch
Dex
O'Donnell
Police Department
Guthe
Joseph Hart
Exile of Madagascar Queen to Reunion Island
The French government exiled Queen Ranavalona III of Madagascar to Reunion Island after Madagascar became a French colony in 1898. Born in 1841, she ascended the throne in 1883 and resisted before yielding to a French protectorate in 1895. Exile follows ongoing revolutionary efforts seeking restoration.
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Reunion
Madagascar
Ranavalona III
Mauritius
Indian Ocean
Ranavalona
Relt
Disorder at Meeting for Arbitration at Cooper Union
A large mass meeting at Cooper Union in New York favored ratification of the arbitration treaty with speeches by Mayor Strong and Seth Low among others. Civil Justice Wauchope Lyne led a back crowd in pressing resolutions to reject the treaty, while the crowd sang America as the meeting dispersed.
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Cooper Union
New York City
Strong
Seth Low
Columbia College
Charles 8
Fairochild
Wauchope Lyne
America
Grape Fruit Costs and Mislabeling Contrast Across Regions
A Chicago Record column warns that buyers often mistake grape fruit for oranges, recounting a past mislabeling issue and noting that grape fruit, once rare, now widely cultivated. It highlights fruit sizes, weights, and regional prices from Florida California and Jamaica, with flavor and quality differences.
Multiple executions and disasters reported in brief
Two murderers hanged in Dorchester New Brunswick and La Pinta Maryland, details of their crimes and victims. Three Buxen children drown near Bowmansville, and a mill pond tragedy. Five aldermen indicted for bank wrecking in Louisville by J M McKnight. Fez wall collapse kills 180 workers. Cuban prisoner’s widow narrates to White House. Five loom fatalities in Mexico wagon workers clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Buxen
Bowmansville
Canada
Mills
Rest and Work Learn a Different Art of Rest
The text argues rest is an art learned over years, distinct from simply sleeping or idling. True rest arises from changing scenes and activities, engaging different faculties, and balancing toil with light, enjoyable activity to avoid burdening the stomach or life with excess stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taen Tha Htento Mouen
Labor unions and strikes across nations in the era
The report notes new unions in Greater New York and Germany's 1895 strike affecting around 200000 workers. It cites factory slowdowns in Burnley and Foxhall, a police incident in Birmingham, and limited union membership in Britain and Turkey. It also mentions reduced working hours in Russia and labor demands in Toledo, with two Pennsylvania plants hiring 70 workers after layoff-induced constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Union of Custom Takors
Brotherhood of Carprnters
Greater
New York
Germany
Ttis
Burnley
Foxhim
Great Hetain
Troland
Trades Action Societies
Russ
Toledo
Dia Dng
Counsil Ln
Tinton
Temla
Political Appointments and Tariff Debates Stir Washington
Secretary Bliss names Perest Raynor and Frederick Hvans Jr to top staff posts in Brooklyn and Newark. Senate references discuss Henderson as U S Senator nominee from Florida, while Pettigrew seeks tariff amendments. Debates include tariff revenue estimates, sugar and wool gains, and Speaker Read’s GOP caucus renomination.
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Bliss
Perest Raynor
Brooklyn
N. Y
Peivata
Peico Lane
Raynor
Fourth National Bank of
New York
Hobart
Frederick Hvans, Jr
Newark
N. J
Harry Ecstienelis
New Jersey
Wr. Henderson
United States
Aunator
Florida
Committee On Privileges
Riccilona
Ways
Pettigrew
Dingtoy
House
Ways and Means Committee
Read
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Spealer
Bajfley
Leo
Havana
Treasury Department
Crespo
Washington
Oldest Georgia veteran William Kilpatrick dies at 108
The aged Cartersville resident, the oldest man in Georgia, died aged 108. He enlisted in the Confederate Army at 72 and served through the war, leaving a long record of service. The 108-year-old’s passing ends a remarkable frontier life marked by endurance and memory.
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William Kilpatrick
Georgia
Cartersville
Confudecaie
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Belgium
Italy
A. m
Japan
Guildhall
London
Joseph Whitaker
Yale
Barnerd
Cornell
Princeton
Brown
Bradora
Talane
University of Pennsylvania
University of Wisconsin
University of Michigan
New York State
England
Scotland
Turkey
Greece
Atlanta Constitution
Concord
N. C
W. ©. Goleman
Columbia
D. C
Mexico
Western Hemisphere
Bouncer
Anna Rhetlos
Max O’rell
New York Journal
Daughters of the American Revolution
Barnard
Romber
New York Times
Nogua Menelik
Abyssinia
Ingpesta
C. H. Lippincott
Minneapolis
Minn
Merrifield
Western Union Telegraph Company
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Bellamy Seara
Cincinnati
Rookwood
Misa Carolina Nolan
Boston
Frances E. Willard
Horsmonden
Kent
Simon Willard
Mass
Sologig
Maria Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Procasor Ray Lankester
Margaret E. Hood
James Hood
Frederick
Batsman
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Penn
Daniel Scholl Observatory
Beckwith
Maiden Lane
Jane Harrison
Berlin
Pashion
Normandy
Gossir
Omaha
Neb
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Strugs County Hospital
Gothenburg
Halland
Faure
Thaus
Lucinda
Denver Post
Cleveland Lender
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Deacon Black
Bloomtown
Rev
White
Detroit Tree Press
Timming
Dollie Fliptop
Indianapolis Journal
Alice
Jack
Newcastle
Rush
Sevier
Shorthair
Longhair
Cleveland
New York Weekly
Eab
Reyal
Helen
Nellie
China
Jamaica
John E. Sullivan
Dorchester
N.B
Eliza Dotcher
Meadow Brook
N. B
George Matthews
James J. Irwin
la Pinta
Provdent
Louisville
J. M. McKnight
German National Bank
Live Boon
Fez
Morocas
North Africa
Flye
Owap
Catoree
the Arbor World
Stolnitz
Moscow
Bombay
India
Mandalay
Transvaal
Cape Colony
Rhodes
Jameson
Honger
Afapiln
Philippine Islands
Crato
Puerto Principe
Cuba
Philippines
Ruiz Rivera
Mateo
Pinar del Rio
Oceante
Melbourne
Australia
Samoa
Argentina
Uruguay
Bay of Biscay
Henry Drummond
Lapin
House of Representatives
Queen Victoria
Nice
Blalz
France
State Department
Wiley
Bordeaux
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