Page proof echoes in Senate over grammar quarrel
In Washington’s Senate chamber a New York Tribune page, famed for exact grammar, corrected Senator Tuen’s line on the Panama canal commission. When he said if the commission are agreed the page whispered If the commission is agreed prompting laughter as the speaker adjusted the phrase.
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New York
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Panama Canal Commission
Scarator Allison
Commsion
Root Corrects Office Etiquette With Humble Lesson
Elihu Root returns to law practice in New York and questions helpers by first names. The new office boy, James, misnames staff such as the janitor Mr Reilly and window cleaner Mr Lantz. Root insists on using first names, then a visitor asks to see him, adding a note on the day’s odd interactions.
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Elihu Root
New York City
Mr. Root
Mr. Reilly
Jimmie
Mr. Lantz
Conscientious Assassin Stabs Twin Pedro Trevino in Mexico
The Mexican Herald reports that on Sunday in Monte rey a Pedro Trevino was stabbed, and on Monday another Pedro Trevino was stabbed and killed near San Luisito. Authorities believe a professional killer targeted the two men with the same name, killing both to ensure the other party could not be identified.
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Pedro Trevino
Monterey
San Luisito
Mexican Herald
Vast U S Hotel Industry Growth and Wealth
The United States hosts about 41 000 hotels with invested capital over 6.09 billion dollars. The sector employs roughly 3.5 million people and continues to expand. Some top houses are valued at as much as 1.5 million dollars.
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United States
New York
Come In and Have a Fit Sign Spurs Amusing Incident
A New York motorman stopped his car on the sidewalk to have a fit. An ambulance surgeon and a policeman blocked him from continuing. Across the street a basement shoe shop bore a sign reading Come In and Have a Fit, adding a comic twist to the moment.
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New York
Sea serpent sighted near Fettsilong Bay reports
Scientists weigh a report from the French gunboat Avalanche commander of two sea serpent sightings off Tonquin. Creatures were described as enormous with a back ridge. shots had no effect and cameras showed the monster vanished on deck.
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Tonquin
Senator Bate and the dry smoke superstition tale
The Tennessee senator once fought beside his brother in war and almost lit a cigarette when a shell struck. He learned a shell fragment had killed his brother, leaving him with a superstition about closed doors and a “dry smoke” habit that endures.
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Bate
Tle
Unmarried Englishwomen and limited marriage prospects
At the Royal Colonial Institute Mrs Archibald RL Colquhoun discussed why surplus women fail to find husbands abroad. She argued the middle class girl prefers lectures and economy notes over domestic duties and nursing, and that family head death leads to poverty, proving the incapable woman stereotype.
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Canada
New Zealand
Austreli
Royal Colonial Institute
Archibald RL Colquhoun
St. John
London Mail
Morgan Coat of Arms Joke Reveals Morgan Heritage
A joke from J. Pidpont Morgan in London highlights humor about lineage and a coat of arms. Morgan tells a haughty lady that his family is independent yet traces to Norman kings and shows a twenty dollar gold piece as a symbol later noting many families adopt the emblem.
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Mr. Morgan
Tibetan rock trap used against invaders in Tibet
A Tibetan method of obstruction involves a tilting table with a heavy rock load fixed on a high edge. When cord released, the table tilts and rocks are launched onto troops marching below, injuring or killing those underneath as an improvised booby trap against British forces.
Trolley Wire Tangled Roadside Gap in Vladson
A trolley wire three quarters of an inch in diameter stretched across a railroad and bent the engine under the headlight. It tore telegraph poles, toppled a house, and halted the train with wheels turning. The German emperor’s speeches are recorded by a special shorthand writer. His pace ranges from 260 to 360 syllables a minute, challenging the reporter.
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Woosrungy Milk Ad Promises Pure Foreign Milk Taste
An advertisement from the Shanghai Times hawks Woosrungy milk sold south of the telegraph company. It proclaims the milk is pure with sweet taste and fair prices, claims no water is added, and urges customers to verify by tasting. Gen Sung Kee signs the notice.
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Shanghai Times
Woosrungy
Telegraph Company
Population burst in European cities since 1800
At the start of the nineteenth century Europe had two cities above half a million Paris with 550000 and London 950000. Today there is one city over a million. A century ago twelve cities exceeded 100000 and now there are thirty.
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Paris
London
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