Bible at the Poor Man's University and Miscellany
A column reflects on Secretary Hay's Scriptural references in a peace congress address, praising Bible literacy as culture. It notes Senator Hoar and Lincoln for similar quotational skill and calls the Bible the poor man's university. The piece also covers Chaffee in uniform, consular staffing by Americans, and other brief global notes on war, education, and policy.
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Hay
International Peace Congress
Hoar
Lincoln
Fai
Senator Hoar
Diplomatic Quarrel Between Japan and Russia Heats Up
Washington reports a frigid stand between Russia's ambassador and Japan's minister as both avoid meetings amid war tensions. Aimed at easing friction, they will visit the State Department at different times, and perfume debates color diplomatic day gatherings. Ostrich farming in Arizona, salmon tagging, and humor in politics accompany broader dispatches.
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Washington
Count Cassini
Russia
Japan
State Department
Hay
Cassini
Takahira
White House
Liberal Appropriations and Ridicule in Light Verse
A collage of witty quips from periodicals on education costs and public spending. Bits reference education funding, polio costs, and satirical takes on politics and medicine, echoing humorous exchanges about public policy and social issues of the era.
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Brooklyn
Costliest miter in land bears rich jewels
The most costly miter in the United States worn by Bishop Horstmann of the Cleveland diocese is valued at about 10 000. Gifted by Mrs. W. J. Gordon, the jeweled crown was funded to honor Bishop Gilmour and later augmented by Mr. Gordon. It features diamonds seed pearls amethysts and other gems with a pearl necklace outline and a large diamond cross at the center.
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Unites States
Horstmann
Cleveland
W. J. Gordon
Gor
Gilmour
Gordon
Chestnuts Cure Craving Says Nervous Specialist
A nervous specialist argues the chestnut cure will curb drinking, claiming there should be less drunkenness this season than in any other.
Australian Amateur Proposes Milky Way Shadow Theory
Sydney amateur astronomer A L Adams claims a new theory that the Milky Way is a shadow causing the bright band seen across the sky. He outlines the idea in a paper and says the phenomenon remains visible as a shadowy arc.
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L. Adams
Sydney
Londons Mail
Mr. Adams
Private sanatorium owner vents on chestnuts as antidote to liquor
Philadelphia Record reporter quotes Hon William Wildwood Rockhill claiming roasted chestnuts can curb alcohol cravings by absorbing liquor and reducing stimulation. He discusses astronomical analogy and notes a planned paper on his ideas before a British astronomical society branch.
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Philadelphia Record
Night blooming cereus and London fogs featured in old Times report
The London fog inquiry traced three fog causes from warm and cold air contact and layered atmospheres, noting smoke-laden particles resist sunlight. Meteorologists found wind speeds of 12 to 17 mph dispersed most fogs, with smoky fogs persisting in damp air. Separate item reports a 23 year old night blooming cereus in Mrs. Cottrell’s care blooming after 17 years, including a 82 hour bloom freak and multiple yearly blossoms.
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A. R. Cottrell
Third Street
North
Minneapolis Tribune
London County Council
Meteorological Council
Royal Society
London
A. Carpenter
Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Carpenter
Kew
Japs Turn To Cigarette As Tobacco Use Rises
During the last ten years tobacco consumption in Japan has increased markedly. The old Japanese pipe, once the common method, has been supplanted by the cigarette as the preferred form of smoking. In 1889 the Japanese government monopolized the tobacco trade, since.
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Japan
Japanese Paper Attacks Teachers Over War Chauvinism
The Kyoi- Ku-Kai censures Japanese schoolteachers for discussing the war and inflaming patriotism. It notes 56,000 of 109,000 public school teachers have joined the army and questions whether higher education gave Japan an edge over Russia in the war. Crime of Perjury Declines in Germany Featured.
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Kyoi- Ku-Kai
Gypsy Trolls and Tobacco Tales From The Era
A miscellany recounts a cow milking misadventure with a terrier, origins of the term gypsy, rising cigarette imports and tobacco policies, Japanese market growth, and a tale about Pope Leo XII noting a new Vatican statue during an audience with Englishwomen.
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Leo XII
Vatican
Steel-wheel fire alarms aid New Jersey towns
Most towns in New Jersey including Long Branch use steel-wheel fire alarms. The steel rims from disabled Central Railway of New Jersey locomotives drive the system, mounted in wooden towers or hung on strong posts to alert surrounding communities.
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New Jersey
Long Branch
Central Railway of New Jersey
British Manufacturer Faces Global Competition Debate
An English manufacturer who spends several afternoons weekly golfing and evenings bridge and a “change of art” on weekends questions whether he deserves sympathy for American or German competition. The remark suggests critique of complacency amid international rivals.
Corbin Park Buffalo Herds Decline and Expansion Noted
A New Hampshire observer writes of Corbin Park as the nation’s largest fenced game preserve, home to a thriving buffalo herd that has grown to 160. The piece recounts the herd’s origins in 1890, a 1900 boost, and calls for multiple small government herds to prevent disease losses, arguing for buffalo robes and national conservation.
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New Hampshire
Croydon
el ‘Mountain Forest
Corbin Park
America
Austin Corbin
Newport
van Cortlandt Park
New York
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Defiance Express
Daily and
Weesly
Defiance
Ohio
Maasrenece
Chaffee
Gen
Far West
War Department
Washington Star
Gen. Chaffee
Army
Providence Journal
Manchester
England
Guardian
United States
Bank of England
Gen. Corbin
Harper
Chicago University
Spain
France
Ministe
Takami
Europe
Atlantic City
Arizona
Secretary of the Interior
Salt River
Josish ‘Harbert
Phoenix
South Africa
Salt River Valley
Fish
Bowers
Pacific Coast
Bureau
Sacramento River
Rogue River
Columbia Basin
United States Fisheries Bureau
J. Adam Bede
Minnesota
Bede
Speaker Cannon
Cannon
James Whitcomb Riley
Hubbard
West Virginia
Henry Gassaway Davis
Chicago Tribune
Ashion
Elphant
India
Siam
Lord
Caspar Whitney
Sanderson
Keddah
William Wildwood Rockhill
Earth
Adams
British Astronomical Association
China
Edwin H. Conger
Cere
Minneapolis
Ben Record
German Empire
Manchuria
Port Dalny
Liaoyang
Slave Fine Alarm System
Corbin
Buffaloes
Gulf
Yellowstone National Park
C. J
Buffalo
Harold Bayne
Norah
Oi Allus
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mamma
Tommy
Chicago Journal
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