Various Observations From The Times On Global Affairs And South America
A string of remarks covers topics from life science and international arbitration to the spread of manufacturing in the South and the fate of African exploration. The piece notes press growth versus book shrinkage, bicycles and cars shaping economies, and a South Carolina vote on factory exemptions. It also recounts lightning transforming a woman's hair, critiques on African travel literature, and a Forum essay predicting South’s rise within a united nation.
Whose Mother? Question Echoes From Painful Past
Fragmentary verse raises a stark inquiry about lineage and honor. The lines hint at a boy with bright eyes, a bronzed son, and long-buried achievements as they circle a provocative question about a mother figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agate
Perlia
The Haunted Manuscript and the Desolate Refuge
A narrator tells of finding Monetta Loggeman after helping a dying old man during a storm. The girl, sole survivor with no kin, agrees to go with him to start a new life with his mother, revealing scant possessions yet hopeful for new dresses and care.
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Merose Nettleson
Arkansaw
Wall
Monetta Loggeman
Ahe
Monette
Grandpa
Evi
The War Comes On and a Love Quietly Grows
A narrator recalls a childhood companion Manette and her passion for books, the conflict of war, and a quiet romance that blossoms as he leaves home as captain. Manette rejects dull schooling, studies at home, and later accepts marriage, while the pair navigate longing and distance.
Various Scientific Notions and Inventions Highlighted
Eminent physicians discuss three hypnotic states and brain function. A French naturalist unveils a glossometer for bees tongues. Naturalists catalog over seven thousand sea shell varieties. Notes on nicotine levels in Syrian tobacco and antibacterial antimicrobis for tuberculosis. A spring-gun camera by George Shires captures wildlife, with night-ready flash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erich Langhold
International Physicians’ Congress
Wiesbaden
Alps
Himalayas
England
George Shires
Justice Shires
United States Supreme Court
Persia and Its People A Brief Global Overview
A historical summary describes Persia as an independent Asiatic state bordered by Afghanistan and Baluchistan. It covers 628000 square miles with about 9 million people, governed by a Hakin and a Chief Muslim judge. It notes climate, agriculture, commerce, and notable centers like Teheran Tabriz and Isfahan with limited direct trade to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Forkoy
Afghanistan
France
Soule
Hakin
sheikh-le-Islam
Che Shah
Baluchistan
United States
Peraia
Teheran
Tabriz
Rusia
India
Ispahan
Herat
Perato
H. Ruthven Pratt
New York
Washington
Blacksmith’s Credits and the Christmas Cheese Misread
An illiterate Welsh blacksmith kept accounts in hieroglyphs and misread a bill sent to Sir Robert Vaughan. The bill showed a cheese symbol but should have named a grindstone, sparking a comic quarrel over a missing hole in the word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Vaughan
Garith Jones
Griffith
Robert
Mechanical tester uses wet surface to mark imitation gems
Jewelers know Alutaina marks glass or paste diamonds when wet. A mechanical tester then uses a small aluminum disc spun by a motor to test a stone clamped at its edge. In Shanghai an organ carved from bamboo is noted.
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Putin
Queen Victoria’s Balmoral Housekeeper Rules With Iron Hand
The article notes Mrs. Mussens, Balmoral’s housekeeper, wields strong control over all visitors and even the Queen, who defers to her judgment on appointing staff and maintaining order within the royal domain. It also surveys fashion and etiquette guidance from Parisian sources, with tips on perfumes, baths, and dress details for American and European women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Great Britain and Ireland
India
TWO BISHOPS ELECTED AT METHODIST CONFERENCE
Chaplain McCabe and Earl Cranston were elected bishops after ballots at the General Conference in Cleveland Ohio. The election followed intense debate over postponement and rules as 604 votes were cast with 386 needed. McCabe won on the nineteenth ballot and Cranston on the sixteenth.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Crevenant
Chapin In
MaCabe
Earl Cranston
Bowman
Methodist Church
Methodist Christian Endeavor
United States
Charivn L. Stafford
Iowa
Buckley
Protestant Episcopal Church
James B. Mace
New Jersey
Me. Hill
Sforder
A. d. Kynatt
Paradelphins
Chaplain McCabe
Chapain McCabe
Earl Cyanston
Cincinnati
Archduke Otto Francis Joins Austro Hungarian Line
Dispatches from Budapest report Archduke Otto Francis Joseph dies suddenly. The Archduke was popular in Hungary and the main celebration planned for June 8 is postponed as mourning is ordered. Archduke Charles Louis’s second son Otto becomes heir, with Francis Ferdinand and Rudolph figures noted in succession context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Francis Joseph
Archduke Charles Louis
Hransia Joseph
Austria
Vivanz
Bada-Pesth
Hunorary
Hungary
Archduke Otto Francia Joseph
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Archduke Rudolph
Prince Imperial
Suicide ends suspected cattle thief escape attempt
At Burlt, Nob, John Carberry, linked to the Fenton cattle stealing case, shot himself moments before the sheriff reached him to arrest him. Authorities report the man died at the scene and the arrest attempt concluded without officers taking him into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulcide
Btuart
Nob
John Carberry
Fenton
Fifteen Years For Hammond And Other Actors
A Pretoria despatch reports the Transvaal Executive Council has set Colonel Frank W. Rhodes and fellow Reform Committee members including Lou Rhodes Lionel Phillips George Farrar and John Hays Hammond to fifteen years imprisonment for high treason. The sentences were previously commuted and it is hoped the term may be reduced. The dispatch notes that fifteen years in Pretoria jail for middle aged men is nearly equivalent to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Pretoria
Executive Council
Transvaal
Frank W. Rhodes
Lou Rhodes
Lionel Phillips
George Farrar
John Hays Hammond
Johannesburg
Tremont Conflagration Destroys Cranberry Bogs and Woods
A northwest wind-driven fire started near Kelly's Sawmill and swept toward Pargzer's Mills and White Island Pond, destroying over twenty miles of land including the world's valued cranberry bogs and extensive woodland. In Ohio Air Line Junction a freight wreck killed seven and injured five. a dispatcher error caused a collision near Chapin and Little Mountain in South Carolina, killing one ringer and two trainhands and burning fourteen box cars.
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Sandwich
Mags
Tremont
Kelly
Hia
Irigou
Pargzer's
White Island Pond
Chapin’s
Tittle Mountain
South Carolina
Newberry
Williford
Carlton
Texas
Kansas
Kentucky
Illinois
Elva
Anderson Jones
Jones
Air
Sennes
Kan
Sabetha
Peru
el Grab. Wortom
Daszel
Bernard Parish
Ioond
Poyuins Plantation
Henry Whalen
George W. Ives
Hamden
Conn
Elaven
United States
Indiana
New York
Andover
Howard
Notrport
Jackson
Walling
Pearl Bryan
Waldo
Wis
Onapari
John Ler
John O'Connor
West, Virginia
Hazleton
Penn
J. Ae Eat
Lousville
Democratic State Committee
New York City
Saratoga
Centralia
Michael Gokt=gan
Nvararfolk
TS. Cramer
L. Dashiel
Samuel National Bank
Wellington
Eugene Akers
Akers
Cottage Grove
Henry County
Tran
Turkey
Terrell
Austin
Washington
Cleveland
Terrel
Rhode Island
House of Representatives
Killiiea
Clis
Lexington
Masso Todd
Lyman Bosch Todd
Robert Todd Lincoln
Lincoln
Margaret Snyder
Myrtle Bilwerthorn
Foorville
Dudley
Mass
Nora Perry
Postess
Wooster
Saran Scofiald
Armonk
Mosholu Parkway
Congress Debates Pensions Bills and Immigration Health Certificate
In a long Senate session on May 7, 72 private pensions bills advanced in Committee of the Whole. Hansbrough reported favorably on a Lincoln memorial at Gettysburg. Debates over Alabama election returns and a Cree Indian deportation bill for Montana proceed. Fort Leavenworth penitentiary and forest reserve penalties move forward. Immigrant health certificate proposal to require medical clearance on arrival is introduced.
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Hansbrough
Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
Alabama
Democrate
Senate
Beaste Committee On Pensions
Nancy Gallabach
Voto
Montana
House
Fort Leavenworth
Kaa
House Committee On Public Lands
Prince
Hieticn
Secont Distrot
North Carolina
Gray
Dem
Del
Sewell
Rep
N. J
West Point Military Academy
Blackburn
Hale
Annapolis
Hous
Congress
Yeas
Afty
Benator Teller
Committee On Forest Reservations
Sherman
United States
Marine Hospital Service
International Treaties Discussion With Arbitration Focus
President Cleveland spoke with Gardiner Hubbard and J L Curry about forming a committee, with Edmunds Angell and Henry Kitchcoot, to push for international arbitration. At a Washington conference April 22 23 the group urged U S action toward arbitration and welcomed the English speaking nations collaboration. The president praised the conference for its pro arbitration sentiment and pledged support for continued education and cooperation among allied peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Gardiner G. Hubbard
J. L. O. Curry
Apnaio
Edmunds
Angell
Michigan University
Henry Kitchcoot
Washington
United States
Waa
Spitting Ban Enforced in Public NYC Transit Buildings
New York City Board of Health made a Sanitary Code section a law prohibiting spitting on floors of public buildings, railroad cars, and ferryboats. Officers must post notices and staff must warn violators under Section 229. The Board adopted Boation 223 and voted to enforce the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Board of Health
Sanitary Coico
Message Sends Across Cable Circuit to Tokyo and Back
At the Electrical Exposition in Grand Central Palace New York City a message from Chauncey Mr Dopow traveled the cable circuit to Tokyo Japan and returned in fifty minutes.
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Grand Central Palace
New York City
Chauncey Mr. Dopow
Tokyo
Japan
Washington Items and nominations in Congress
The summary reports pardons and presidential nominations. Jamison was pardoned after a Virginia sentence for false distillers' entries. Owens’s seat from Beveatt Kentucky was confirmed. immigration bills discussed. Alaska Commissioner nominee N. B. Jackson named and Wrangel residence noted. Consul appointments and Senate nominations to Patras, Greece and Minnesota District Judge, with various congressmen and committees referenced.
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Washington
T. ¥. Jamison
Virginia
Senate
Spaceprint
W. ©. Owens
Beveatt
Kentucky
N. B. Jackson
Alaska
District of Alaska
Wrangel
Renato
William Loohren
Minnesota
United States
District of Minnesota
Norsdp
Robert Lee Jenkins
North
Dato. Ing
Patras
Greace
Alexander W. Terrell
Binutes
North Carolina
Greece
Legation
Sean
John CO. Toransy
Chigants Ato
Lonman
Eon City
Tis
Cartan
Noticn
Fi Fiasianat
Bi Reno
Oklahoma
Gover Sonslttions Tear Washo Pevattea
Coeesfally
Bethlakhem Steel Company
Bothichem
Pana
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Chicago
London
Life
Washington Star
Maine
Eystem
Kroger
Krager
Ag Enthuniasta
South
Trenton
Charleston
Caroline
Department of Agricultura
New York Herald
Carly
James Poyn
New York Independent
Africa
Livingstone
Slatin Pasha
Forum
van de Greatesya
Northwest
Great West Stuoll
Louisville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Barden
J. T., Eastwood
Munotto
Jasperson
Margaret
Manette
Becauas
Ambrose
Enid
Rho
Minette
Munette
Tapoko
Ione Day
Dominicker
Shangha
Chios
Wats
Emma M. Hooper
Ladies’ Home Journal
Bhoks and Stockiway
Gossir
Snean
Anthony
California
Boston University
Italy
Russia
Maybrick
Orleana
Pasteur
Earl of Chichester
Stevenson
Europe
Berlin
Brooklyn Health Protective Association
Kate Chase Sprague
Yua
Max O'Rell
Buda Pesth
Dublin
Catharine W. McCullough
D. J. Davis
San Esmeisco
Hippolyte
Paris
J. M. Savage
Boston
Spain
Mma. Romero
Mias Annie Scott
Central Normal College
Kansay
Justice Brewer
Supreme Court
North Dakota
Jamestown
Naples
Farhion Notes
Maans
Aualier
Maire Poplin
Theo
McCabe
Francis Ferdinand
Ly ‘Cabletram
Idaho
Pocatallo
NoKin- Joy
Fred T. Dubois
Bida
Lagos
Wear
Havana
Louis Billow
Jacob Hess
Fremont
Hess
Liv
Painted Post
N.Y
N. Y
Bronson House
Love
Weston Engine Company
Ripley
Abto
Adigrnt
Abyrainia
Bulawayo
South Africa
Napier
Kissonnoh
Baron von Rotze
Germany
Baron von Schrader
Annie Dyar
Arthur E
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