Long Distance and Northwestern Telephone Industries in Belgium
Two Belgian industries, long distance telephone and Northwestern Telephone, owe their existence to denatured alcohol tax exemptions. Ether and artificial silk production use over 2,500,600 gallons of alcohol annually. Monaco prince reports discovery of luminous shrimps in the Mediterranean at depths of 1,100 to 1,600 fathoms with phosphorescent spots guiding their path.
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Belgium
Prince of Monaco
Mediterranean
Foreign capital drives industrial Russia under czar
It is not generally known that in industrial Russia foreign capital is developing its growth. Millions of American and English capital are invested in Russia and the czar's life or death holds paramount importance to those enterprises and interests involved.
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Russia
Summer Ocean Travel To Hit Record High This Year
Summer rail steamer and liner travel is set to exceed all prior years as trans Atlantic voyages grow despite late summer weather. Home resorts will be crowded while ocean voyagers are expected to be more numerous than any other season.
Baroness Bartlett-Coutts Celebrates 91st Birthday
Baroness Bartlett-Coutts of England, aged 91, remains active in managing her vast estate. Married William Ashmead Bartlett 30 years her junior, she at 67, and now plans possible travels to the United States while her mental powers and vigor remain strong.
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Baroness Bartlett-Coutts
England
William Ashmead Bartlett
United States
Climber Seeks Notoriety on Mt Hood Ascent
The patriotic American aiming for mountain climbing fame can find an outlet on Mt Hood, the Cascade's tallest peak. Hood rises over 11,000 feet, placing it among the world’s high peaks as the ranges extend across Oregon and Washington for 130 miles.
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Alps
Mt. Hood
Cascade Mountains
Oregon
Washington
Mr. Hood
French Doctors Note Long-Known Epidemic Disease
French physicians say epidemic cerebro spinal meningitis is not newly discovered but has been studied for over 60 years. They recall 1837 outbreaks at Bayonne among two regiments, from which spread to other garrisons. Spotted fever shortens with sunshine and warmth.
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Bayonne
Forests of the Philippines Worth Billions in Wealth
The census shows 747 varieties of timber in Philippine forests valued at about 3 billion dollars, double the forest wealth of Oregon and Washington. It notes vast coal, iron, and lead deposits with indications of gold and silver, suggesting wealth in the several billions.
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Philippines
Islands
Oregon
Washington
Mystery of Morffan house uncovers Rhett in New York
Renovation of J Pierpont Morffan’s Madison avenue home during the family’s Europe trip brings Flor ence Mason Rhett forward as household secretary to the financier. She is described as one of the nation’s highest paid women, with a reported salary of about 10 000 dollars a year, matched to H H Rogers and higher than amounts paid to Katharine Harrison and Elizabeth Altman.
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J. Pierpont Morffan
Madison Avenue
Thirty-sixth Street
New York
Europe
Florence Mason Rhett
United States
H H. Rogers
Standard Oil
Katharine Harrison
Helen Gould
Elizabeth Altman
Rising American drink bill prompts official concern
Bureau of statistics figures show higher alcohol use with 91,752,000 people spending an average of 18.33 dollars annually on stimulants and 91.65 per family of five. Whisky consumption rose from 1.01 to 1.48 gallons per person from 1896 to 1904, while wine intake doubled.
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Bureau of Statistics
Britain Builds Fort at Esquimalt to Strengthen Pacific Coast
Britain accelerates coast defenses in Western Canada by erecting a new fort at Esquimalt B C as the Pacific squadron withdraws to protect holdings in Asia. Esquimalt guards Puget Sound entrance with aging guns becoming a key unprotected position.
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Great Britain
Canada
Esquimalt
B. C
Far East
Asia
Puget Sound
U S Trade Shortfall Highlighted by Swiss Import Data
Swiss import statistics show Argentina shipped 349,893 bushels of corn in three months while the United States supplied only 16,592. Russia imported 2,451,410 bushels of wheat versus 85,100 from the United States. Germany imported 154,880 pairs of shoes with 5,720 from the United States.
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Switzerland
United
Argentina
United States
Russia
Germany
Migration of Herds From Texas to South Dakota
The 1905 cattle migration moves 75 000 Texas and Mexican cattle youngsters to the South Dakota range at low rail rates. Cowboys drive yearlings to El Paso and across the Rio Grande, while fences and pontoons test cattle crossing at Evarts Chamberlain and Pierre. The long trek westward follows lush short grass pastures and mild winter profits, amid cheering rails and booming stock trains.
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South Dakota “Range
Panhandle
Texas
Mexican
Missouri River
South Dakota
Southwest
Dakota Range
Dakota
South
Range Country
el Paso
Rio Grande
Mexico
Chicago, Milwaukee
Evarts
Chamberlain
High-Born Criminal of Berlin Plans Reform Memoir
The aging Roumanian conman George Manolescu alias Duke d'Otranto and Prince of Padua recounts a life of jewelry heists and hotel robberies across Paris, Japan, America, and Europe. He claims to reform and move to America with a reformation ally, detailing escapes from Berlin a sylum and a Monte Carlo fortune lost.
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Berlin
Raffles
America
d’Otranto
Prince of
Padua
George Manolescu
Roumania
Paris
Lony
Japan
London
Italy
Switzerland
Manolescu
Europe
Prince Lahovary
Herzberg
Austria
Monte Carlo
Wool Clip In Montana To Bring $9 Million This Year
Montana expects a wool clip of about 42 million pounds with over 25 million contracted at roughly 21 cents per pound. About 7 million sheep yield an average six pound clip, signaling a prosperous year for sheep men as eastern buyers rush in to secure the wool, accelerating the market before July.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Great Falls
Billings
Big Timber
Dillon
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Chicago
New York
Beware of High Returns Swindles Warn Post Office
The post office department warns against fraud orders touting exceptionally large returns for labor or capital. Youth's Companion notes such promises should raise suspicion and questions why the promoter does not keep the gains. The few cases of big profits are used to sell overvalued patents and mines, while ordinary people cannot afford such risks.
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Post Office Department
Strictly Vegetarian Eggs
A vegetarian at breakfast chats with a stranger about a strictly vegetarian diet. The stranger says he rarely eats meat, but the vegetarian points out he ordered eggs, exposing a humorous misunderstanding of dietary labels.
Vegetarian dialogue sparks egg ethics debate
A New Haven Register clipping presents a dialog where a vegetarian argues eggs are meat since they become birds, while a stranger defends eating boiled eggs as a different kind of eggs. The exchange highlights views on food and animals.
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New Haven Register
Quite Hopeless Jack and Bob Exchange Wit
A humorous exchange features Jack telling Bob his sister could learn to love him. Bob questions the notion while Jack deflects with a quip about her brightness, framed as a courtroom jest by a judge.
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Bob
Jack
Polar Bear Attack At Fairmount Park Zoo
In Philadelphia Fairmount park a polar bear pulled seven year old Willard Kyle into its cage after climbing the railing. The boy suffered severe injuries as the bear mauled him before keepers arrived with spades and tools to free him. The incident caused panic among nearby children.
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Chap
Philadelphia Zoo
Philadelphia
Zoological Gardens
Fairmount Park
Willard Kyle
Kyle
Bear Attack Ends With Rescue of Injured Boy
A bear mauled a boy named Willard, drawing blood as it bit toward a fatal finish. Keepers struck with shovels, forcing the animal back while the boy was saved and rushed to Superintendent Brown's home for medical care.
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Willard
Brown
Eleven Year Old Girl Declares Vow of Marriage in Court
An 11 year old girl testified at Jefferson Market police court that she is the wife of Jacob Finelite a wealthy real estate dealer. Finelite and his grown children attended the hearing his lawyer said the girl had never been seen by Finelite before. Aaron Rips testified the marriage occurred in a Jersey City saloon early in January with Rabbi Garlan performing the ceremony.
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New York
Jefferson Market
Jacob Finelite
Finelite
Finn
Aaron Rips
Jersey City
Rabbi Garlan
Woman in Men's Clothes Arrested After Flight
Mrs Elizabeth M Resch 28 was arrested in Pittsburg after three months in male disguise while performing hard labor. She fled from boys who had taken her coat watch and money and confessed her sex only at the central station. She had worked as a dairy man and was discharged from custody.
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Pittsburg
Elizabeth M. Rescheacher
Central Station
The Parting Shot in a Witty Exchange
Miss Million frets about a wedding tour in a sharp Tit-Bits exchange. Miss Rosebud teases that people will think she is his mother, signaling social embarrassment and clever humor.
The Busy Baron Confides in Library Interview
Miss Stocksanbons wonders at the baron's arrival while Mr Stocksanbons reveals he just spoke with him and he sits in the library debating if he loves her.
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Miss Stocksanbons
Mr. Stocksanbons
Northwestern Students Seize Evanston Circus Night
About 150 Northwestern students invaded Bodkins' Circus in Evanston disrupting the show at Emerson street and Railroad avenue. They rushed the roped section, jeered acts, and staged a partial aftershow before police dispersed the crowd with several injuries reported but no arrests.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Evanston
Bodkins
Emerson Street
Railroad Avenue
Mme. Beléske
Revolving doors thwart hunter of elusive summonses
A man who delivers court summons recounts chasing a quarry through a hotel revolving door. He details how the fleeing subject slipped between door compartments and escaped as three women crowded the entry, preventing pursuit. The tale illustrates the perils and quirks of serving legal notices.
Lightning Toasts His Bread In Dining Room Beating
Two East Stroudsburg residents endured a wild electrical storm when a bolt struck their dining room. Dr Cross was knocked from his chair under the table. He rose to find the bread he was eating toasted by the shock, a remarkable household incident.
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Stroudsburg
East Stroudsburg
Drs. Angle
Cross
Dr. Cross
Niagara a Little Later
Visitor asks if the falls are running today and a Native suggests waiting a few days for rain to wet them. The exchange hints at weather affecting Niagara Falls visibility and tourist expectations.
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Niagara
Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Poser. Jim-Scrawler Among Men of Letters
A playful jab noting Jim-Scrawler's following among literary men and Cassell's references to the pace of their correspondence.
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Poser
Jim—Scrawler
Men of Letters
Jack
Cassell
Correct English Usage Principles From Edward B War man
Author Edward B Warman presents a compendium of common linguistic errors and their proper forms. He cites examples to avoid preposition endings and other misuses, urging readers to replace phrases like to for at and to have gone for to go with clear, modern equivalents.
How Long Whales Live
Dr True of the National Museum notes no exact data on whale lifespans but believes some exceed 40 years. He cites a harpoon found in a 1890 whale from a ship sunk in the Civil War era as supporting this view, while rejecting 1000 year life estimates as fanciful.
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True
National Museum
Local editor cites spelling tips and usage cautions
A brief note lists guidance on preferred terms such as veterinarian over veterinary and neighborhood versus vicinity, urging precise word choices and avoiding informal or misleading phrasing in reporting. It emphasizes correctness and clarity in newspaper language.
Invention of Paper Across Ancient China and Modern Corn Pulp
The article traces Tsai Lun as the inventor who transformed writing by creating paper, notes its early use on bamboo and cords for deeds, and explains the shift to pulp. It highlights later innovations including corn stalk fibers for wrapping paper and stationery, implying economic benefits for farmers.
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Kwang Wu
Ts’ai Lun
Domestic service habits in Rio Grande do Sul reported
A consular report notes Brazilian domestic workers rarely sleep at home. Servants typically depart at seven each night and return only after seven or eight the next morning. Some households leave a window pane removed so bakers and milkmen pass goods without waking residents.
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Brazil
Rio Grande Do Sul
Sawing Stone with Wire in French Quarries
In some French quarries stone is cut by steel wire cables moistened with wet sand and looped over pulleys. The continuous cable moves from 1000 to 1200 feet per minute and is fed with water and sand to form the cutting material. A 500 foot cable can cut 100 feet long.
Senator Suggests Charge For Graft Investigator
In a Washington Star exchange, Senator Sorghum asserts the man under graft inquiry should face charges of criminal carelessness, framing the alleged conduct as negligent despite ongoing investigation. The remark highlights how carelessness is proposed as a prosecutable angle amid political scrutiny.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Cordelia I and Elvira Debate Marriage Offers
Cordelia notes six marriage offers last month while Elvira praises the bulldog tenacity of a suitor as deserving a better fate. The exchange appears in a Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt.
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Cordelia
Elvira
Philadelphia Inquirer
American Mingling of Blood Essay Excerpt
An optimistic Lookout piece asserts immigration has long been a source of power for the United States. It argues that America benefits from the mingling of diverse peoples and that the immigrant and nation enrich each other.
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United States
America
Soldier Weds Girl 2000 Miles Away by Telegraph
Sheridan Wyoming witnessed a telegram wedding as Sergt. James Murrell of Fort McKenzie and Miss Mary C Slaughter of Bowling Green Kentucky were joined in marriage by telegraph with two preachers coordinating the ceremony. The couple’s romance began in Glasgow Kentucky nearly eleven years ago and carried through service in Cuba and the Philippines.
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Murrell
Miss Slaughter
Glasgow
Bowling Green
Cuba
Philippines
F. A. Faux
Sheridan Wye
Mary Slaughter
Mary
James Murrell
Mary C Slaughter
Rev
W. R. Perine
Priest Offers Burnt Offering in Mexican Cathedral
In Guadalajara a priest named Apilino Osorio set his vestments alight before hundreds, declaring divine wrath and burning himself on the cathedral floor. He had summoned the congregation to bless each home, then died as a result of the self immolation amid claims of mental imbalance from religious fervor.
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Houston
Tex
Guadalajara
Mexico
Apilino Osorio
Caule
Osorio
Eaten Up by Bear in Georgian City Menagerie
In Tiflis, German John Kluger, owner of a town property and a bear collection, met a grisly fate after boxing bears while giving them champagne. A newly acquired bear resisted, leading to Kluger’s strangling and partial cannibalization as the animal consumed half his body.
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Vienna
Tiflis
John Kluger
Am Bear
Rooster Attack Claims Life Of Wisconsin Baby
An 18 month old boy from Eu Claire Wisconsin, son of John Smith, was attacked by a black Minorca rooster which drove a spur into the back of the head. The child died two days later.
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EU Claire
Wis
John Smith
View Spoof Promises Peak Reward
Scout asks where the advertised view lies and Farmer Takeminn explains a circuitous route via Pokeville to Hen Lake, then Moose Landing, followed by a climb of Skeeter mountain to Lover's Leap for the promised panorama. The exchange highlights rustic humor and scenic bravado.
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Pokeville
Hen Lake
Moose Landing
Skeeter Mountain
Puck
A Drawback. Old Lady and Child Exchange Quip
A brief Brooklyn Life quip shows an old lady chiding a growing child as cosmopolitan boy Cosmo jokes about maturity. The exchange highlights a playful domestic moment in urban humor.
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Cosmo
Brooklyn
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