Baileyville Manufacturer Builds Oil Cloth Empire
Charles M. Bailey of Baileyville Maine has earned between 5 and 10 million dollars as an oil cloth maker. He started in 1847 in a small barn and now operates a factory spanning 24 acres of floor space. Knabeshue's airship in Toledo promises high performance, potentially shifting fashion away from automobiles to airborne travel for the wealthy.
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Charles M. Bailey
Baileyville
Knabeshue
Toledo
Moroccan Troops Parade In Khaki For British Mission Leader
Moroccan troops lined the road to the palace in honor of Mr. Lowther head of the British mission after his audience with the sultan. They wore khaki uniforms for the first time, with sale fickets still affixed to the garments in many cases.
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Lowther
Armenian Miss Agavine Gilbakian Graduates Medical College
Miss Agavine Gilbakian of Constantinople, protege of Miss Alice Miller of the Boston City Missionary Society, graduates from the Woman's Medical College at Philadelphia after a full course. She will serve a year as interne at a New York City infirmary before returning to Constantinople as a medical missionary.
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Agavine Gilbakian
Constantinople
Alice Miller
Boston City Missionary Society
Woman’s Medical College
Philadelphia
New York City Infirmary
Panama canal seeks workers from Japan China and Italy
The Panama canal commission plans to hire 2,900 Japanese 2,000 Chinese and 2,000 Italians for isthmus labor with bids from labor contractors. Wages are expected from 75 cents to $1.50 daily. The commission doubts white workers assimilate easily to Panama climate.
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Panama Canal Commission
Isthmus
Panama
Salaries and costs for U S professional baseball teams
The article notes large annual sums: over 2.577 million dollars in salaries to players, plus over 2.5 million in other salaries and club ground expenses, about 800 thousand in railroad fares, 100 thousand in sleeping car fares, 125 thousand in training costs, and around 500 thousand in additional expenses.
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United States
Marquis Oyama and Admiral Togo in War Lore
Marquis Oyama who took Port Arthur in 1895 and won Mukden is described as having Irish ancestry. Admiral Togo, whose fleet destroyed the Russian squadron under Rozhestvensky is noted as a Roman Catholic.
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Marquis Oyama
Port Arthur
Japan
Mukden
Adm
Togo
Rojestvensky
Pilgrims at Mecca Dam Their Sight Upon Tomb View
Devout Muslims vow to see the prophet's tomb at Mecca and then destroy their vision by gazing at white hot bricks supplied near the Kaabah. The bricks are sold by a local enterprise preying on pilgrims visiting the holy site.
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Mecca
Parrot Ranch Proprietor Turns Birds Into Lingual Habits
Martin Holts, an American founder of a parrot ranch near Victoria Mexico, has built a vast business and fortune by teaching thousands of parrots to speak. Fluently multilingual, he divides his flock into four language classes English Spanish French and German.
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Martin Holts
Victoria
Mexico
Holts
Secret Service to Guard Peace Envoys in Portsmouth
Secret service men will be sent to Portsmouth New Hampshire to guard the peace plenipotentiaries. Arrangements are completed for housing the men but officials will not disclose numbers or identities. Count Cassini the Russian ambassador had a U S bodyguard from the secret service during his travel.
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Secret Service
Portsmouth
N. H
United States
Count Cassini
Melba Paid Record Sum for Private Chevedon Performance
Mme Melba, the famed soprano, received 5000 dollars for four songs at W W Astor's Chevedon residence. The rate implies about 250 dollars per minute, a new high for a private artist engagement set by the American millionaire host.
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Mme. Melba
W. W. Astor
Chevedon
Wealthy Americans Dominate England’s Rich List in 1903
The 1903 income tax report shows 20 Britons earning over $250,000 yearly, paying nearly $11 million in tax, while over 433,000 others paid on about $1 billion. Corporations under English law faced taxes on roughly $1.15 billion in gross assessment.
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England
Wm. Waldorf Astor
Charles T. Yerkes
Michael P. Grace
Anthony J. Drexel
Great Britain
Canadian Immigration Surges Past 148000 Last Year
The last fiscal year saw 148000 immigrants to Canada, up from the prior year, a larger share of the population though less favorable than US figures. Subsidies paid to agents totaled nearly 100000, with cross country discrimination among agents drawing comment.
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Canada
United States
Real reciprocity conference eyed for potential trade gains
The Tribune notes the Chicago meeting of August 15 and 16 on reciprocity with other nations. It cautions against permitting free trade elements to dominate deliberations and warns that limited reciprocity with safeguards could aid export growth without surrendering American advantages.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
United States
Republican Party
The Voice of the Nation in Ohio Sees Prosperity under McKinley
A Republican platform in Ohio touts nationwide prosperity since McKinley’s 1896 election, praising sound money and protective tariffs. It credits the party with prosperity in wage, farm, and trade sectors, and predicts continued growth through 1905 while opposing reciprocity and Canadian wheat imports.
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Voice of
Ohio
Republican Party
United States
McKinley
Portsmouth
N. H
Kansas City Journal
The
Chronicle
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Revival of Democracy in Bryan Speech at Madison
The address titled The Revival of Democracy argues democracy has been revived in recent years. Bryan credits the era with revival while noting Republicans have adopted old Democratic policies. The piece critiques his praise of La Follette and hints at Bryan’s 1908 presidential bid and GOP support for his campaign.
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William J. Bryan
Madison, Wis
Bryan
Chicago Chronicle
LENDERS NOT BORROWERS The United States gold position debated
An editorial excerpt discusses U S gold reserves rising faster than population, lending to combatants, and shipments to Paris and London. It argues for tariff reform, municipal and national ownership, and policies seen as socialist, while praising current prosperity and urging conservative change.
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United States
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Paris
London
Greenback Redemption Fund
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Great West
Best to Go Slow on Tariffs and Big Firms
The Bangor News argues for gradual reform of railroad, express, and large oil and beef companies. It urges uniform rail rates, lower express charges, and decency from Standard Oil and beef interests, urging restraint until the Panama Canal is completed while noting Maine’s prosperity from existing tariffs.
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Standard Oil Company
Maine
Bangor News
Indian Blood and Senate Role Highlighted in Washington Letter
A Washington letter notes Senators Quay Curtiss and Clapp as having Indian ancestry or appearance, praising Clapp’s recent cross examination in railway rate hearings and recounting his Hudson, Wisconsin ties. It also covers Attorney General efforts to battle peonage, detailing a South Carolina phosphate mine case where Italian workers were coerced to labor to repay travel debts.
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Ashington
Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Quay
Curtiss
Kansas
Clapp
Minnesota
Interstate Commerce Committee
Hudson
Wis
Moses
South
Moody
Department of Justice
South Carolina
New York
Marble House Office Building Rise Near Capitol
A grand three story structure southeast of the Capitol will house 436 offices for House members. The classic building features a 57 by 87 foot caucus hall, a premier dining room, a monumental bronze rotonda, barber shop and post office, with Uncle Joe Cannon honored for authorizing the project.
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Capitol
House
National Library
House of Representatives
Hall of Representatives
Joe” Cannon
Fossilized Ideas on Municipal Ownership Debate
The Philadelphia Record mocks city leaders like Mayor Tom L. Johnson for promoting municipal ownership of trolley lines and utilities. It argues that such proposals echo medieval control, with public officials presumed wiser than the people in investment and labor decisions.
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Tom L. Johnson
Philadelphia Record
Hyperprosperity as a term in political talk
A quartet of editorials notes booming prosperity labeled hyperprosperity and questions whether Colonel Bryan’s silence signals impact on 1908 party plans. Texas plans to offer 6,000,000 acres of cheap land may influence political support or demand bonds to vote Democratic.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Colonel Bryan
Cincinnati Enquirer
Bryan
Indianapolis News
Ind
Texas
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Curse of liquor blamed for Pacific island hardship
Robert Lamb, author of Saints and Savages, argues liquor is a curse of Pacific islands. English law bans paying natives in drink, though evasion occurs. In a village a French trader paid cocoa nuts with drink. an old chief sobbed as he admitted making the boys drink, saying the bottles ruin them and have killed him.
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Robert Lamb
Pacific Islands
Lamb
The Old Tabard Tavern in London History
The Tabard tavern immortalized by Chaucer burned in the 1676 Great Fire. Restored and renamed the Talbot, it later became a glazing ginshop called The Old Tabard, before its demolition around 1873.
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Chaucer
London
Talbot
Tariff Revision And Equal Justice In Trade Policy
A discussion on tariff revision argues it should be considered openly when revision is needed to maintain balance and fairness. It asserts revisions, if required, will not injustice or disturb protective tariff principles and will benefit all interests involved. Source quotes an American Economist viewpoint.
Moody Busy at Justice Department War on Railroads
The Attorney General Moody is described as the busiest cabinet member. Formerly Secretary of the Navy, he now handles major legal battles including anti rebate railroad probes, anti trust suits, and beef trust prosecutions, while also taking on a vast and ongoing war against a wide system of abuses.
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Moody
Navy
Department of Justice
Beef Trust
Handy Heat and the Rise of Electric Heating
Electric heating gains popularity as power stations across the country report selling electricity for this use. It is noted as convenient for operating small tools and, under certain conditions, for cooking.
Chance for Glory
The piece notes that patience with coins offers a path to glory. It suggests disciplined saving and prudent handling can yield long term gains for a careful observer of currency markets.
Fireless cook stoves eyeed by American authorities
United States consular clerk George H. Murphy reports on German fireless cook stoves or hay boxes. Army officers study their use to save fuel and labor, noting airtight hay packed chests lined with felt or paper and used after initial boiling for hours to finish cooking and keep food hot.
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RMY
George H. Murphy
United States
Frankfort
Germany
Army
Murphy
Cannibalistic Bass Suppresses Supply In Washington Ponds
Washington officials report cannibalism among juvenile bass in evolving fish ponds near the Washington Monument. Superintendent Chester K. Greene describes 1 to 2 inch bass preying on each other and a 6½ inch fish attempting to swallow a 4¾ inch mate, prompting a spring and summer restocking plan to prevent losses.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Chester K. Greene
Mr. Greene
Superintendent Greene
Hybrid buffalo described as new meat form from cross of bison and beef
Experiments by American ranchmen yield a new meat called hybrid buffalo. It is a cross of bison and beef with intensified qualities. European rulers reportedly praise it though its wild cattle rearing makes market delivery difficult. It improves with age, tastier after a month or two than the finest beef.
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Europe
Bearskin Special Train Rumor Sparks Local Excitement
A Chicago News report describes orders to clear the road for the Bearskin special. The station master speculates the famed Teddy Roosevelt train may be returning, prompting local curiosity and anticipation.
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Teddy
Chicago News
Lucky Miner Heir Claims Vast Estate Value in Canada
Halifax youth Robert H OCal laghan is revealed as heir to an estate valued around £90,000 after work in a Canadian mine. The inheritance increases his prospects and prompts attention from local and family circles.
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Robert H. O’callaghan
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Reactionary figure rises through imperial ranks from tutor to procurator general
A strong reactionary born a peasant advances from study at the university in Kiev to a tutor position in the Alexander II family. He later becomes privy councilor and, with Alexander III on the throne, is appointed procurator general.
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Chicago
John M. Collins
Collins
Zimmer
Pinkertons
Haymarket
Zepf
Harrison Street
Kieff
Alexander II
Alexander III
Scholar Statesman Loses Prestige Amid Political Turn in Lodge
The piece notes Henry Cabot Lodge once praised as a disinterested scholar now seen by many as a politician. It recalls his career from 1887 to 1893 in Congress and since as U S senator, and cites strained ties with President Roosevelt after opposing arbitration treaties. It also lists Lodge’s historical writings and biographies.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Congress
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Senator Lodge
White House
Boston
America
George Cabot
Secretary Wilson Praised Amid Cotton Scandal Debate
The article notes President Roosevelt’s defense of Secretary Wilson, praising him as the department’s best ever while acknowledging the cotton report scandal. Wilson, age near 70, has led the Agriculture Department for over eight years, with strong farmer backing and a career as Iowa farmer, congressman, and agricultural educator.
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Roosevelt
Paul Morton
Wilson
Department
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Ayrshire
Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa Agricultural College
Jersey Lily Langtry to Debut on Vaudeville Stage
The famed beauty Mrs. Lillie Langtry, once favored by royalty, is reported to be entering vaudeville. Born in Jersey as a clergyman’s daughter, she married Edward Langtry and later Sir Hugo de Bathe. Her stage debut was in She Stoops to Conquer in 1881, followed by tours to America and mixed critical reception.
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Langtry
Island of
Jersey
Edward Langtry
Prince of Wales
London
Hugo de Bathe
England
America
Special Mourning Shoes Show Modern Grief Fashion
Shoes for mourning are a specialty made in Lynn and shown by a firm among its staples. The mourning shoe is black leather with a stylish last and black ribbons and beads. A Lynn order for white canvas shoes carried the note to black edges and heels to suit the mourner.
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Lynn
Notable Meeting at a Party Sees Paleontologist Grimes Intrigue
Miss Wellalong notices a scholarly man watching her at a social gathering. Hostess reveals the observer as Prof Grimes, renowned paleontologist, who expresses strong interest in the guest. The scene suggests an upcoming introduction and a promising connection.
Lessons of Reverence and Patience for Daily Duty
A reflective note urges humility toward the lowly and patience in small tasks. It counsels seeking meaning in ordinary duties, and finding universal lessons even from simple, nearby realities.
Somewhat Different
A brief joke item from the Chicago News notes that a wife who was once pensive before marriage is now described as expensive. The exchange features a man named Smith humorously answering about his wife’s changing demeanor.
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Gray
Smith
Chicago News
French archaeologist Ms Dieulafoy wears masculine attire in London
An interesting visitor to London is Mme Dieulafoy a famous French traveler and archaeologist. Alone with Rosa Bonheur she shares by special permission of the French government the right to wear masculine attire.
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London
Mme. Dieulafoy
Rosa Bonheur
Cremation Practices Among Priests in Ceyion
Dried wood steeped in oil is used to cremate departed members of the priesthood a common sight in Ceyion.
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Ceyion
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