Various International Notes and Domestic Updates
A compilation of notes covers postal matters and business details, scientific terms, and global notes. Items mention Japan's imperial family counts, South African gold output, yellow fever foci, prison kitchen changes in New York, plans for Mexico City to Puebla rail lines, Brazil navy purchases, Morocco sugar demand, sea water research on tuberculosis, new U.S. money order form, a roof-top chicken farm in Ansonia, Siberian prisoners in San Francisco, Pamir plateau tribes, and the Washington weights and measures bureau.
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Mexico City
Puebla
Japan
Brazil
Morocco
Siberia
Pacific
San Francisco
Prevent
England
Pamir
Hindoo Koosh
Central Asia
France
Germany
Washington
Bureau of Standards
Democratic Campaign in Ohio Lacks Voter Interest This Year
The piece critiques the Democratic Party’s weak campaign in Ohio and Maryland. It notes a moribund state of the party, waning press enthusiasm, and the broader impact on future prospects. It argues leadership must reassess the party’s direction amid diminished political fervor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Ohio
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Democratic
Ohio Democratic Party
Maryland
Gorman
Americans Only Stand Strong In Global Trade Says Inquirer
The piece argues the United States is shifting from an agricultural to a manufacturing nation while maintaining vast food surpluses. It urges using natural advantages and population to sustain high living standards, with a stance against commercial exclusion and support for protectionist tariff policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Shaw
United States
Washington Post
McKinley
Buffalo
Dingley
Post
San Francisco
Chronicle
Skilled Labor Famine Prompts Calls for Trade Training
The piece argues a historic shortage of skilled labor across U S industry with 1 500 000 workers needed and widespread vacancies from cotton mills to farms It credits tariff protection for current conditions and urges young men to learn a trade to enter skilled ranks and boost national prosperity.
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New York
Great West
New England
Republican policies promote mining growth in Missouri and Kansas
The article credits Secretary Shaw's 20 percent ad valorem duty on British Columbian zinc ore with boosting U S zinc prices by 1.50 per ton and spurring renewed mining prosperity in Missouri and Kansas. It argues federal protection would grow mineral wealth, contrasting Republican and Democratic approaches and praising Missouri’s stable administration.
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Missouri
Kansas
California
Buckinghamshire Quaker Jordans as a Puritan Relic
The article portrays Jordans near Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire as a deeply preserved Quaker meeting house. It recounts notable figures such as William Penn and Isaac Pennnington, details the hiding galleries for protection, the 1688 first meeting at New Jordans, and Penn’s frequent returns. It notes Jordans as a quiet spiritual site attracting American visitors and its status as a historic parish landmark.
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Buckinghamshire
England
Windsor
Burnham Beeches
Beaconsfield
Jordans
Ers
Isaac Pennington
Penn
Abraham Butterfield
Thomas Elwood
Milton
Meeting House
Joseph Rule
Frend Joseph
William Penn
William
Charles 11
Whitehall
Tressed
Eld
Iris Friends
America
New York
Marriage as a Cure and The Summer Girl cartoon
A Puck cartoon quips that marriage cures diseases of the body, though bow legs and cross eyes are excluded as diseases. It also features a caption on The Summer Girl noting a character who resembles Mormon elders and plays on plural engagements.
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Puck
An Entertaining Chaperon at the Opera
The New York Weekly recounts a night at the opera where a chaperon provokes amusement. Clara admits she will not hire one again, preferring to risk being out of style. The chaperon’s antics keep Mr. Richiello distracted, allowing Clara to slip away at curtain.
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Fanny
Clara
Promising Sign in Newsroom Banter
In a chatty note from the Chicago Record-Herald, Elizabeth’s young man nears proposing, while a light jab about his nerve contrasts with a domestic detail. A hammock hook is reported pulled from the yard, adding a domestic snapshot to the gossip.
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Dockery
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
David R. Francis
Missouri
Bryans
Francis
Alton B. Parker
Chicago Record-Herald
Elizabeth
Chicaco Record-Herald
Russian ladies enlist in Cossack regiment to prove women can
Wisai notes Madame Pousep and several Russian women have joined a Cossack regiment to demonstrate female capability. George questions the claim while Mr. Loveascrap and Judge debate the idea.
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Loveascrap
Poers
George
Madame Pousep
Tippo Tib Declared Dead as Central Africa's Warrior Chief Falls
The Yonkers Statesman reports Tippo Tib, once ruler of a broad Central African domain, is dead after a long struggle with the encroaching forces of civilization. The fallen chief had founded cemeteries to showcase his prowess before civilization overtook his tribe.
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Tippo Tib
Central Africa
Perry Belmonts Horses Attract King Edward In England
King Edward I recalls Perry Belmont of New York as a noted lawyer, politician, financier, diplomat, and turfman. The monarch has requested Belmont send some of his horses to race in England, highlighting Belmont's diverse career and social prominence in New York circles. Belmont was born 54 years ago.
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Edward
Perry Belmont
New York
England
Belmont
Harvard
Columbia Law School
Congress
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Spain
New York City
Manhattan
Metropolitan
Knickerbocker
New’ York
Army and Navy
Tilden
Jockey
Mr. Belmont
Genial Kansas Editor William Allen White Reevaluates West
The piece extols William Allen White editor of the Emporia Gazette as a premier western interpreter. It notes his views on William Trevers Jerome and Thomas W. Lawson, comparing reactions to their speeches with a dining room anecdote. White’s birthplace Emporia Kansas and education are listed.
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Court of
Bayville
Kansas
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
William Trevers Jerome
New York
Thomas W. Lawson
Kansan
Mr. Lawson
Mr. Jerome
Jerome
Emporia
Kan
Eldorado
State University
Lawrence
Russian Jewry debate sparks Chicago lawyer profile
A New York meeting questions Adolf Krause's authority to lead an appeal to Count Sergius Witte for persecuted Russian Jews. The piece notes Witte's openness to Krause, while many Jewish groups insist he lacks mandate. A Chicago lawyer, born in Bohemia in 1850, emerges as the central figure in the surrounding controversy.
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United States
B’nai B’rith
Adolf Krause
Count Sergius Witte
Russia
Sergius
Mr. Krause
Workingmen’s Circle
Bund
Zionist Societies
New York
Krause
America
Sergius Witte
Bohemia
Chicago School Board
Retiring Consul General at Paris Honored for Service
John Kennedy Gowdy former sheriff of Rush County Indiana retires after eight years as United States consul general in Paris He served in the Civil War with Indiana cavalry participated in John Morgan’s raid and fought under Generals Burnsides and Sherman He later led as a county official and chaired Indiana’s Republican State Committee before his Paris posting in 1897 at age 62.
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John Kennedy Gowdy
Rush County
Indiana
American Board of Trade
Paris
France
United States
Gowdy
Fifth Indiana Cavalry
Kentucky
Ohio
John Morgan
Burnsides
Sherman
Georgia
Republican State Committee of
Republican Party
Prince Gustaf Adolph Aims for Norwegian Throne
A confidential mission from King Oscar to Denmark fuels speculation that Crown Prince Gustaf Adolph seeks to place himself on the Norwegian throne. The piece notes his military zeal, alleged hard line, family disputes over disinheritance, and history of Bernadotte rule dating to 1818.
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Denmark
Oscar
Sweden
Gustaf Adolph
Norway
Prince Gustaf
King Oscar
Prince Oscar
Napoleon
Bernadotte
Gustaf
Nassau
Grand Duke
Luxemburg
Wiesbaden
Maine Sailor Deserts Roosevelt Voyager Beliefs
Stephen Morse, a sailor who joined the Roosevelt voyage with Peary, deserts in South Paris Maine and doubts the Arctic ship will return from the North Pole search. He predicts the Roosevelt may become unseaworthy before reaching Peary's intended winter quarters next September.
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Peary
Maine
Paris
Lieut. Peary
Roosevelt
North Pole
Stephen Morse
New York
Morse
Sydney
C. B
Perry
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Defiance Express
Will C. Kegel
Latty Bldg
Court ST
Defiance
Advanc
Long
Northwestern Telephone
Imperial Family of
New Orleans
New York State
Colins
State Department
Guenther
Frankfort
Quinton
Academy of Medicine
Cortelyou
Hitchcock
Ansonia
Long Branch
N. J
W. E. D. Stokes
Democratic Campaign
Iowa
Wilson
N. Y
Bryan
Chicago Post
St. Louis Globe- Democrats
Col. Bryan
Philadelphia
Manila
Cate
Evangelist Taft
Bourke Cochran
Chicago Tribune
Party of Protection
Friends
Jordan's Farm
Jordan
New Jordans
Pennsylvania
Gulielma
Gulielma Springett
King's Farm
Chorley Wood
Westminster Abbey
Violet Young
Hiram
Yonkers Statesman
Miia
Jordan's
William Pen
Sam
Bos
Yonkers
King Edward
Columbus
Yickete
Hocking Jalley
Fisher
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chattanooga
JA. Williamson
DP. A
Toledo
D. G. Edwards, P. T. M. Cincinnati
Souta
Ty Defance
Ottawa
Gy Sidney
Piqua
Dayton
Hamilton
Cinennati
North Hound
Cneinoati
Hautton Preyton
Ty Sidbey
Iyi Ly Ouans
Columbus Grove
Railway &O
Od Fe
Se Edwards
Ube
Bill Heads
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