Thanksgiving musings on legislature and national unity
The piece comments on lawmakers delaying work and rushing bills, warns against procrastination, and urges preparedness for the next session. It also praises President McKinley’s Thanksgiving proclamation, emphasizing gratitude for harvests, national progress, and unity. The author notes national pride in the recent election and the peaceful transfer of power as grounds for thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Galveston
William McKinley
United States
Nationwide push on schools boosts republic hopes
Commissioner of Education notes nearly seventeen million pupils are enrolled across U S schools from primary to university levels. He stresses illiteracy as a danger to popular government and credits private and public efforts for progress since the 1880s. He forecasts continued gains in the South and for negro education over the next decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Commissioner of Education
South
Education and the illiterate vote in a republic
The piece argues mass education is essential to guard liberty. It warns illiteracy enables corruption and unreasoning rhetoric, while schooling builds a citizen army of seventeen million youths ready to defend institutions and uphold democratic rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Call for Restrictions on Carbolic Acid to Prevent Suicides
Editorial notes a rise in personal crisis reports and suicides, highlighting carbolic acid sales as a key risk. It urges strict restrictions to deter self-harm, noting limited deterrence from existing laws and the ease of obtaining poison in many drugstores. The piece calls for additional barriers to reduce such tragedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Jack
Pan-American Exposition Promises Complete Opening May First
Pan American Exposition grounds in Buffalo cover 350 acres with thousands of workmen making rapid progress. The site lies north of the city in a grand landscape adjacent to a major park. The project, with a population of 400,000, aims to present an unmatched display of nineteenth century development and beauty, with total costs likely reaching 10 million dollars excluding exhibits. The exposition seeks to open in a state of completeness by May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Exposition aims to display western world progress
The Exposition seeks to inform the public about nineteenth century progress and Western Hemisphere achievements. It features divisions from electricity to agriculture, with exhibits from Hawaii, Porto Rico, Guam, Tutuila and the Philippines. It receives New York and national funding and runs six months with about 12,000 stock subscribers. John G Millburn of Buffalo serves as president and William S Buchanan as director general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiwaiian Islands
Porto Rico
Guam
Tutuila
Philippine Islands
John G. Millburn
Buffalo
William S. Buchanan
Chicago
United
Maric Bennitt
Pan-American Exposition to Offer Varied Restaurants in 1901
The Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo from May 1 to November 1, 1901 will feature multiple restaurant options across grounds. Camps include midways entrances to buildings and the Temple of Music with refreshments, aiming for affordable, healthful meals and diverse cuisines.
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Nner
Buffalo
Temple of V Music
New England
Eagles Decorate Exposition Ethnology Building
Remarkable staff sculptures destined for eight panels of the Pan-American Exposition Ethnology and Archiology Building will feature colossal eagles and lions. Clerical models show the eagle stands nearly 16 feet high, with about 10,000 pounds of clay aged for casting each two-ton figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Se Rervicr
Pan American Exposition food exhibit plans at Buffalo
The Division of Foods and Their Accessories led by Mr G Edward Fuller prepares a vast Pan American exhibit at Buffalo for 1901. It will educate on East and West Indies crops such as allspice ginger vanilla and coffee. A conservatory and museum will display economic Pan American plants vines and trees to boost production and consumption of teas coffees and spices.
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Buffalo
Pennsylvania
General Department of Horticulture, Forestry and Food Products
Frederic W.taylor
G. Edward Fuller
Fuller
Far East
Western Hemisphere
East
West Indies
East Indies
Mexico
William
Germany
Republic
Pan Ameren
Pan Ameria
Europe
Asia
Africa
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Press Printing CO
America’s School Army
City of
Agriculture
Midway
Temple of Music
Albright Gallery of Art
New York State
Louis Ho Ayme
Guadeloupe
Stanley
Livingstome
Arial
W. A. Nall
Webb
N. F. Clayton
Druggast
Wim. H. Mullen
Lockland
Dr. King
Science
George F. al Pregate, Pres
F. C. Leaming, Boe, and
Trena
Rtate & Warren Fits
Trenton, N. J
Ribsam & Son
Donnelly
Opera House
Trenton
East State Street
Bewark Nl
Pappler
Globe
Western
Ferriss
Thomas Pefpler
Hicktstown, N. J
James Beggs & Co
New York City
Beacen & Rue
Gents Furnishings
D. C. Lewis
Sarah A. Brown
Henry W. Brown
James L. Brown
Widdlesex
James E. Brown
Fea
Henry WO Brown
Diatad
Lupton Bros
Matawan, Keyport
Perth Amboy
Matawan
The
Davison
Lehigh
ES. D. Davwisow
Jamesburg, N. J
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