Immigrant Influx and Population Shifts Across States
Reader notes describe rapid western Louisiana settlement and drifting population trends in New York, broad comments on socialist forecasts, and judicial actions in Pennsylvania. The article discusses rising living costs in India, valuable metals use in Europe, a proposed cantilever bridge across the English Channel, railway accident stats in Russia, and suffrage changes in Kangas. It cites the Padfo rail road from Vancouver to Alaska, hospital prevalence in Savannah, and a typewriter industry boom. It closes with Senator Dawes on westward population movement mirroring slave state borders and a steady southern share amid heavy northern immigration.
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New York News
Dawes
United States
Biatoaman
Baltimore
Columbus
Ind
To Summer Land Poem Echoes From a Chilled Soul
A New York Observer item presents a poem about a bird which has flown to summer land and a speaker left in ice and snow. The speaker longs for the bird to sing on and send an echo back as guidance toward a warmer, hopeful counter land.
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Rome
New York Observer
The Countess Reifsky's Nihilist Vendetta
In a foggy midsummer night in St Petersburg a writer encounters Countess Reifsky at a plague district masquerade. The party mocks death while Nihilists reveal a deadly scheme, leading to a fatal charm of revenge and a morgue scene. The narrator and his ally John McPherson survive as the Countess dies months later.
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Countesa
Siberia
John McPherson
Alinhat
New
Engin
McPherson
Iater Mac
Riefaky
Fitte
Nikist Siva
Frank Leaslio
Roots Seek Water Through Wall Hole, Plant Logic Questioned
A California paper recounts a tree root following sewer brick casing to a high wall and through a hole to reach water, explained as habit of roots rather than knowledge. Botanists say roots grow in all directions, survive where moisture and nutrients found, die otherwise, a process honed by ages. Also notes a Kremlin ball: 21 feet 4.5 inches high, 67 feet 4 inches in circumference, weight about 443,722 hundredweights.
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Thaly
California
Kremlin
Moscow
Russia
Locust Plague Ravages Klang Soo Province in China
Consul Jones reports on efforts to dispel a vast locust swarm devastating Klang Soo, with villagers using bamboo spears, brooms, and paid labor to destroy eggs and insects. Chinese belief in a “king locust” and government proclamations accompany scenes of panic, sacrifice, and public action amid looming famine risks.
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Klang-Soo
China
Jones
Chin-Hiang
State Department
Kansas
Wang
Jone
Right or Left Hanted and the Left-Handed Bias
An analysis notes that left hand dominance appears in many tasks from bowing to steering, with parallels drawn to dexterity differences in Birmingham and everyday life. It observes varied handedness across activities, including soldiers firing right and some sportsmen preferring left.
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Birmingham
New City Hall Park Aims For Grand Modern Civic Center
The article describes a planned New City Hall in a park noted for its grand scale and architecture. It details a 380 by 290 foot footprint, five stories with a 200 foot bell tower, Louis XIV style, brick and granite materials, and eight elevators serving multiple entrances. Also mentioned are early municipal use and surrounding demolition plans, plus a side note on Lippincott's export values for 1892 and 1801.
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Americas
Ihe
St. Louia
Netaine
Louis MIV
France
Tony
Chiga
Bulhding
New St. Louis
Lippincott's
Ladies' Department and Fashion Notes From New York
A miscellany of women travel clubs in Boston, gown choices for the Chicago exposition, Mrs. Cleveland meeting etiquette, summer mourning fabrics, and fashion commentary on brunettes versus blondes. Also details of bridal gowns for a future duchess and circulating notes on crinoline trends.
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Aleo Grenadines
Sarah Antoinette
India
New York Post
Fashion Craze and Scientific Bits From The Era
Fragmentary notes discuss fashion shifts away from crinoline toward shorter skirts for mobility, with duchet opposing change but Worth leaning for modifications. Includes scattered science facts on plant varieties, rainfall, microbes, astronomy, and university reforms enabling women in education, plus notes on Neapolitan straw hats and purple outdoor wear.
Toothache man fears gas in Lewiston office
A reader recounts a strange Lewiston story where a man with severe tooth pain, seeking extraction without gas, is told a dollar with gas, and after a dramatic moment ends up shot. The tale, told in a humorous Lewiston (Me.) Journal voice, captures local wit and peril.
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Lewiston Doubot
Lewiston
Fragmentary dialogue on love and stock exchange experience
In a clipped exchange from the New York Press a man asks if she thinks of him after a big tie and she delays as she must go. He hopes she will give him a chance while she plans to depart then. The chatter shifts to a failed stock venture where a speaker gains experience and friends' sympathy.
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Otho
Bavaria
Tam
Saya
Paris
Philadelphia Telegraph
Penénny
Hia Uya- Jeay
Munich
de Colla
New York Press
Stock Exchange
Inside the Mormon Temple As Described By Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly reports on the interior of the Mormon temple noting restricted access for Gentiles and detailing lavish rooms. Descriptions include a 57 by 84 foot basement with a bronze baptismal font perched on twelve oxen, white and gold upper halls with costly onyx basins, and beehive emblems. The article cites costs ranging from six to twelve million dollars, with insiders claiming the higher figure.
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David
Jerusalem
Bathia
Brigham Hostiiies
Harper's Weekly
Fragmentary chat yields unclear scene and names
A garbled 40 page exchange shows misheard words and fragmented dialogues. Speakers reference a prior marriage and a near illness, but the text is incomplete with missing context and proper nouns. No clear event, date, or narrator identified.
Six Months Dairy Cow Breed Competition at World’s Fair
At the Chicago World’s Fair Dairy building a six month test compares three milk producing breeds to determine the best overall for milk cream cheese and butter. Short Horn Jersey and Guernsey associations enter 75 cows milking three times daily with weights specific gravity and solids recorded. Butter production and other results will be published after the fair.
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Theaiz
Chicago
Jersey
Guernsey
Local Directory Sets Open Date for World’s Fair
By a vote of thirty five to two the Columbian Exposition directory decides the World’s Fair should open every day including Sunday from May 11. The resolution cites Congress appropriations of 2 500 000 and deductions of 929 920 for payments, allowing opening without restriction after the Sunday closing clause is freed.
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Aee
Tate
Congress
Lon Company
Italy Hobbles Grain Budget With Imports Report
Reports from Italian districts show grain losses forcing imports beyond plan, with estimates that five quintals per receipt will likely cover the deficit. Emperor William II uses a strict telephone etiquette, issuing orders with no farewell while subordinates await completion. A Shigdom at Lake Albert Nyazara is proposed by U. S. experts as a feasible, best-suggested plan.
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Italy
William II
Bitane
Ward
Lake Albert Nyazara
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New York Quotes Late Wholesale Prices of Country Produce
New York markets report late wholesale prices for country produce, with traders noting shifts in corn, wheat, and dairy values. Analysts expect modest gains as seasonal demand returns and transportation costs influence bidding across regional buyers.
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New York
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Englash Channel
Ministry of Comunication
Russa
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Populiet
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British Columbia
Washington
Oregon
Chicago Herald
Alaska
Bohring Straits
Brooklyn
New York Tribune
Savana
Philadelphia
Orange
Bear
Colt
Countess Reifsky
Evan Evans
St Putersburg
Kinste
Imost
Bearn
Hare
Fta
Siberian
Boya
Newton
Kunyenye
Camora
Bothy
Chambers Journal
New City Hall
St. Louis
Ladies' Department
Woman's Beat Tour Association of
Boston
Pont
Cleveland
New York World
Brunettes
Gladstone
Boddo
Beddeo
Germany
Switzerland
Continent
New York Commercial Advertiser
Arthur Greavouryy
Duke of
Pats
The
London News
Anys
Podroasmaking World
Mr. Duchet
M. Worth
Republic Toibe
WOMEN
College
Geesoin
Aasingto Tobacco
Equator
Earth
Tennegaco
Andrews
Bio University
Snow
Women’s College
Corporation of the University
Agu
Gaudamonnthe
Thoes
New York Independent
Larga
Iceland
Gresnland
Labrador
Hebrides
Mara
Mare
Lottera
Defaalt
Ieee
St. & Penn
Western
State
Penn
Furesh
Onan
Up River
Florida
Phila
Seeeyeenes
L. L
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Norley
Renyes
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