Global notes on trade, tech, and reform trends
The item surveys varied topics from electric propulsion and Panama Canal hopes to China textile shifts, Cuba farmer immigration revival, and Helgoland lighthouse power. It mentions income tax in India, stamp-like reforms, reflections on industry and education, and a mix of curious global facts and anecdotes.
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Cuba
Iud Ebrehia
Mohammedang
Chris
Mary
Helgoland
Wuremberg
United States
Tsai Tao
Permanent
International Peace Bureau
Brussels
Hirsch
Budapest
Santo Domingo
Institute of Marine Engineers
London
H. A
Glasgow
China
San Francisco
Argentina
Japan
Kashukabe
Tokyo
Germany
Marseilles
France
Paris Clai
Bread Craving Sparks Salute Like Bread named after taters
In a rigid naval drill tale a highly disciplined crew member, told off for taters, salutes in pine harbor style when a lady asks for bread during a formal dinner. The scene shows strict code clashing with simple human need as sailors perform tasks beyond their station.
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Reamen
Double Fortunes and Farcical Feasts in Odd Tales
A collage of light anecdotes, from an elderly groom’s doomed marriage to a comical lamb chop caper in a London restaurant. Witnesses recall long odds on wedlock, while a waiter’s missing lamb triggers playful gossip among diners. Naval-like wisecracks close with a streetwise classroom moment and a roaming tale of travel talk.
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Parson
Gaver
London
Thames
Dames and Daughters in Society and Honors
Mint Alice Getty joins Buddhism in Paris while Newport’s Lighthouse Keeper Tin Lewis is named an honorary Newport Yacht Club member. Philadelphia leaders include Mrs George W Childs Drexel hosting frequent entertainments. Anna Hoeinrichsdorff of Moscow completes Berlin Polytechnical Institute electrical exams with top marks. Mrs Richard Watson Gilder urged to study laundry work conditions in New York. Mrs W W Armstrong of Rochester reelected thrice as Albion Reformatory board president. Mixed board includes male secretary and treasurer.
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Mint Alice Getty
Et. Ho Getty
Chicago
Avenue Des Champs Biggees
Paris
Tin Lewis
Hite Aover
Lime Rock
Newport
B. 1
Newport Yacht Club
George W. Childs Drexel
Philadelphia
Anna Hoeinrichsdorff
Moscow
Th Berlin Polytechnical Institute
Richard Watson Gilder
National League For the Civic Education of Woman
Greater
New York
W. W. Armstrong
Rochester
Reformatory For Women
Albion
N. Y
Oldest Maine Methodist Church at Monmouth Founded in 1794
The piece notes the Monmouth Maine church as the oldest Methodist Episcopal in the state organized by Jesse Lee in 1794. It mentions limited women preachers in Britain with Harriet Orfer Baker heading a Congregational hall in a Sussex village and L C R Smith as pastor in Cardiff. It records Sedgwick Bidwell’s centennial birthday and 66 years in ministry after ending a long pastorate, plus John F Harvard’s 90th birthday and 50 plus years as vicar at Little Maplestead with annual living income of £54 and rent £5.
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Maine
Monmouth
Jesse Lee
Great Britain
Harriet Orfer Baker
Sussex
L. C. R. Smith
Cardiff
Sedgwick W. Bidwell
East Middlebury
John F. Harvard
Little Maplestead
England
Theater Notes and Cast Changes of Early 1900s
William Gillette works on a new comedy to be produced by Charles Frohman once finished. Louise Gunning to star in The Glassblowers with music by Join Philip Sousa. Leonard Leibling and Ruth St. Denis contribute a book. Ruth St. Denis famed for East Indian dances and once with Mrs. Leslie Carter in Du Barry. The Shuberts take The Man Higher Up by Arthur J. Eddy for a New York production. Toula Mann adapts The Double Man by Arthur Lipshuetz and William Jacoby and will stage Two of Him, though not performing.
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William Gillette
Charles Frohman
Louise Gunning
Join Philip Sousa
Leonard Leibling
Ruth St. Denis
New York
Leslie Carter
du Barry
Shuberts
The Writers and Notable Figures of the Era
The piece notes Mark Twain at seventy four claiming a tobacco heart yet denying heavy smoking. Mary Johnston backs women's political enfranchisement. Omerson’s two scholars urged “Room alone” and “Keep a journal,” the latter shaping his craft. Tolstoy’s Moscow visit ends with cameras and flowers at the station.
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Mark Twain
Mary Johnston
Omerson
Lfe
Count Tolstoy
Moscow
Yasnaya Barrens
Practical Cookery Notes From a Home Kitchen
This snippet offers tips on boiling suet puddings with milk for added nourishment, improving turkey or thickened meat by lemon rub to enhance whiteness and juiciness, using a large egg beater to beat bread sponge, and quick cleanup. It also suggests a simple apple bake with sliced halves, sugar, and keeping the skin on to maintain form.
Flower and Tree Growth Quote From Early Bulletin
A fragmented passage discusses a white pine expected to reach twenty one feet at twenty years and grow twenty five feet more in the following decade, while Greenland birch is described as taller yet with far less canopy. The text also alludes to insect or plant hazards in British Columbia forests and mentions pollinated wounds from spikes and a devil’s tep reference, though the meaning is obscured by OCR errors.
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British Columbia
Humor and Philosophy by Duncan M. Smith reads for savings
A fragment from a humor and philosophy piece by Duncan M. Smith laments city praise and poetry failing to capture urban life. It muses on money saving, daily practice, and the value of steady routines while weaving reflections on love, rent, and the everyday grind in a dated, opinionated voice.
Romance of a Boarding House Ends in Family Reunion
A Paris boarding house scene turns chaotic when a lodger assaults Mme Mirzevski before police intercede. The revelation of the lodger as her long lost brother prompts a tearful reunion and he is later housed free of charge.
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Mirzevski
Rue Barbette
Paris
Terrermu
Mme, Mirzewsz
Abrieks
Mme Mirzavakt
Mme. Mirzivoki
Out of Sight of Land and Klondike Dome Notes
A jumble of frontier tales and notes, recalling sea journeys without sight of land on the Pacific and Kaw rivers, tall tales of a Virginia belle, and a Dome in the Klondike with riches and ancient glaciers. Montana dryland farming cautions contrast with local medical news and community notes from Devils Lake and Rock Lake.
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