United States to Seek Trade Pact with Abyssinia
The United States plans to negotiate a commercial treaty with Abyssinia. Robert P. Skinner, the Marseilles consul general, will lead the mission, aiming to secure favorable conditions for American trade. The journey begins at Massowah and will pass through Adowa to meet Menelek II, with marines aboard a U S warship for transport.
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United States
Abyssinia
Robert P. Skinner
Marseilles
State Department
Mr. Skinner
Menelek II
Africa
Egypt
Soudan
Massowah
Red Sea
Masso‘wah
Italy
Menelek
Ethiopia
St. Mark
Loring
United States Army
Mexico
Old Mexico
Adowe
Khartoum
Sir Hewitt
Johannes
Adowa
Appetite and mentality in global eating patterns
The piece discusses how eating habits supposedly shape nations with analysis comparing daily food spend and annual exports. It notes Americans lead meat consumption about three pounds weekly, with Brits close behind, Germans slightly less, Russians about one pound, and Italians opting for macaroni bread and garlic. It praises Irish strength from potatoes and milk, and mentions a sturdy Scot raised on oats, plus a recipe for sweet apples with sugar and vinegar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Italy
Thevan Chronicle
Emerald Isle
Women as the backbone of the postal service
The Chicago Tribune cites that the United States postal service employs the largest number of women in any line of work. Many women are mail wagon drivers on lonely routes and in rural delivery. Women dominate the dead letter office and rural post offices, praised for their capable, light workloads and strong performance.
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United States Postal Service
Chicago Tribune
Physician Claims Drinking and Smoking Not Companion Vices
A physician who studied dipsomania argues that drinking and smoking are not companion vices. He contends the prevalent idea is wrong and that smoking and alcohol use do not inherently reinforce each other.
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Philadelphia
Indians on self sustaining path boosts hope for wards
Secretary Hitchcock and Indian Commissioner Jones praise reports from Indian agents noting many Indians voluntarily abandon government rations of one dollar per day to work on reservations or railroads. Rail companies in the west employ Indians, with wages raised 10 percent over Chinese labor, signaling improved prospects for the tribes. A second item covers Harry Sanderson, Tony Pastor manager, in Cranford, New Jersey, who feels unwell after a day.
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West
Hitchcock
Jones
Interior Department
Chicago Tribune
Redmen
Princess Alexandra of Cumberland to wed German crown prince
International matchmakers report Princess Alexandra of Cumberlandia to marry the German crown prince. a union would unite Hanover and Hohenzollern and end the Guelphian movement. The article notes Alexandra's Protestant faith and political significance.
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Alexandra of Cumberlandia
Hanover
Hohenzollern
Prussia
Kingdom of Hanover
Germany
Alexandra
Why Colombia Never Ratified the Canal Treaty
The article argues Colombia's refusal to ratify the Hay Herran treaty stemmed from internal graft and instability. It cites Colombia’s rough topography, scarce railways, and fractured politics as barriers to development, urging closer world ties, investment security, and regional modernization to unlock mineral and agricultural wealth. It notes Panama’s exception and Colombia’s lack of transportation facilities hindering progress.
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ILURE
Colombia
de Lesceps Company
Panama
Caribbean Sea
Magdalena PF
de Lesseps
Panama Canal
Bogota
Panama Isthmus
Losses From Loco Weed Hit Montana Stock
A Montana agricultural bulletin estimates annual stock losses from loco weed and poisonous plants at 100000 dollars. The report by J W Blankinship notes poison zones in central Montana foothills and eastern plains, detailing larkspur lupine death camas and water hemlock alongside loco weed and their spread through the plains.
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Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
J. W. Blankinship
Plains
United States
Alberta
Assiniboia
Mexico
Minnesota
Poisonous loco weed spreads from Kansas to Rockies
The piece notes extensive stock losses in New Mexico, Colorado, and Montana due to poisonous loco weed. In Montana the white loco is common on eastern plains and mountain meadows up to 8,000 feet, mainly from Livingston to Billings and near Musselshell and the Highwood range. Eradication trials show digging at specific seasons as the best control.
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Kansas
Rockies
New Mexteo
Colorado
Montana
Livingston
Billings
Musselshell
Little Belt
Highwood Mountains
Panama Canal Stakes Reflect Colombian Politics
Daniel Cleverton argues Colombia, led by Bogota, treats the Panama route as a bargaining asset rather than development, noting Panama’s desire for the canal contrasts with Bogota’s profit motives. He cites limited rail and road access, a river-based commerce system, vast untapped mineral wealth, and minimal manufacturing.
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Miver
Honda
Magdalena River
Capitol
Barranquilla
Cartagena
Caribbean
Hopdla
Bogota
Magdalena
Puerto Berrio
Colombia
Asia
Daniel Cleverton
Collector of Skull Specimens Seeks More for Cabinet
The St Joseph area article describes Hotel M Jenkins inquiring for fine skulls with a stated cache of 348 specimens. Jenkins cites travels from the Holy Land to Egypt and the Pampas, noting skulls from disasters like Galveston and Mont Pelee, and asserts skull studies aid history.
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Gewrea
St. Joseph
M. Charl W. Jenkins
Jenkins
Corpus Christi
Tex
Mound Builder
Colorado
New Mexico
Holy Land
Egypt
Pampas
South America
Peru
Chili
Amazon
Galveston
Mont Pelee
Composite stock food from Germany blends grain chaff and blood
A German prepared stock food combines ground grain hulls, peanut hulls, molasses, steam dried sterilized blood and added phosphates. Sold as 165 pound bags at 2.75 dollars retail, it preserves well and is fed to horses and cattle starting at one half pound daily up to five or six pounds.
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Germany
America
How to Make Hogs Pay
A farm advisor argues for economical hog management. Sows should exercise before and during gestation, with ample feeding to build bone muscle and fat. Small to mid-sized litters are preferred for healthier, better suckled piglets.
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William Hewitt
John
Zion
Ras Alula
Prester John
Theodorus
Solomon
Issin
New Yorker
Baltimore American
Harry Sanderson
Tony Pastor
Cranford, N. J
Princess Alexandra OF Cumberland
North Atlantic
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
Washington, D. C
Savannah
Mexican
Pacific
Atlantic Seaboard
Atlantic
Berlin
Turin
New York Herald
Sanderson
Easton
Metre Wilholt
Lebanon
Metre
Washington
Composite Stock Food
Defiance Sc
Aibavis
T'1 Te Phelps
R.A
Sea Math
McClintouk
A Vins
Rye M
J. Phelps
W. M
Ompga Lodge
No. 1
F. & A. M States
Ovp Fellows
FT. Defiance
Lodo Oscar Smith
Noble Gran
W. T. Young
Knights OF Fytmias
Hannock Lodge
P. Ge
Aeegrner Olnton and Firke
Etrest
C.J. Daoust
G. “Gueboan
Enighte and Leslee—Moewabors
Fort Defiance
T.M
Lewis Blocks
Third
Earl
National Union
Anthony Wayne Council
Music Hall
Grand Glaize Tribe
Diembrock
Clinton Street
Crossland
Fred A. Schlosser
R. Royal Arcanum
Defiance Council
R.A. Ne
Hall
N. W
Clinton Third
Peter Dickman
Sts and Ladies of Columbia
Geqreka Council
Cimpach
Amos Ewing
I. Stewart
Federal Labor Union
Defiance
Federal Labor Union No. Loi7s
Schults Batl
F. Dirr
Fred Zollers
Defiance Lodge
Elipartert
Bohannon
Peter Seible
Rand Army Republic
Bishop Corps
W. R
Sfemortatall
Mary Bell
Annette Weller
Daughters OF Veterans
Hannah Boutelle
Mercorial Gadie Lee
Presidensall
Nora Seible
Phelps Command
U. V
U-V
U- Hal
CG. Robinson
Mattie Gleason
Ben Bur
Arrius Court
W. Rink
Karl Groweg
Knights OF Honor
Ngucetindie
John ¥ Hasilton
Onenry Klein
RED Cross
Defiance Commandry
No. m
Order OF the Red Cross
Alt
Wesesener Staton
Third Streets
Syl Hull
WM. Ort
Defiance Homestead
Brotherhood OF American Yeomen
Meew
Home Guards
Defiance Home Guards
John Adams
AID Society
German Aid Society
Clinton
Walz
Xunssuuu Aid Society
Esas Fionth
Red Men's Hell
PE. Hepman
John Young
Ladies German Aid Society
N.W
Clinton and
Barbara Winkler
Many Winkler
Parar Society
Preisendorf
Catholic Knights OF America
Jackson
Ball
Christ Diehl, Sr
M. J. Walz
Catholic Knights OF Americn
Catholic Knights OF One
Tackson Streets
Kirutsch
Joseph West
Catholic Knights OF On
Comer
ST. Bonifacius Benevolent, Society
Oh Town
Frank A. Walz
Joseph Veit
Aloysius
Eicg
Secretar
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