Manchuria’s Laotung Province and Population Shifts
The article notes Laotung as Manchuria’s most populous region, with a 12 million local population and a broader Manchurian total near 20 million. It describes a railway corridor from Harbin to Port Arthur, a densely cultivated, heavily populated landscape, and changing demographics as Han Chinese dominate commerce and land use, while Manchu influence wanes.
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Manchuria
Laotung
Harbin
Port Arthur
Sungari
New Chwang
Laoting
Arme
Aimee
Pekin
Where Gold Is Stored in Federal Reserves Nationwide
The government holds 577 million in gold with only 7.7 million in Washington vaults. New York subtreasury has 187.5 million, San Francisco 147.3 million, Philadelphia 94.3 million, and assay offices and other subtreasuries hold smaller sums. Totals are spread across Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, New Orleans, Seattle, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Carson City, Denver, Boise, Charlotte, Helena, and Deadwood with varied amounts.
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Treasury
Washington
New York
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
New Orleans
Mint
City
Avant
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Seattle
Nome
Klondike
Carson City
Denver
Boise
Charlotte
Helena
Deadwood
Peace Meeting at Asbury Park Draws Quaker Attendance
Nearly 2,000 Quakers gathered at a peace meeting in Asbury Park New Jersey during a Quaker conference. Henry M Haviland of Brooklyn warned that dynamite dangers threaten quiet life and civilization is challenged by war. Mrs M and Mr O underwent hypnosis with Professor Binet Sargh demonstrating a vivid tongue anesthesia and pantomime sequence.
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Asbury Park
M. J
Henry M. Haviland
Brooklyn
Arta
Japan's War School and German Influence in Staff Education
A Washington report highlights Japan's staff college as a major military reform, tracing its 1582 roots to Prussian models. German officers shaped curriculum, with Maj Merkel central to its development and long staff traditions guiding training, rotations, and graduations as officers advance to general staff roles.
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United States
Washington
Japan
Op Staff College
Merkel
Formosa
Statt Kawakami
Anguet
General Staff
General Staff Corps
Aurora Justice Brown Marries 400th Couple in Modern Gretna Green
Frederick Brown, a popular justice of the peace in Aurora, recently married his four hundredth couple and is starting his fifth century. A widower with 74 winters, he is a practicing attorney who can assist in divorce court if needed. Born in Hutchison, he lived 29 years in Aurora after serving as Pecatonica postmaster and a Civil War soldier. He is nephew to the famed John Brown of Harper's Ferry.
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Gretna Green
Aurora
St. Joseph
Mich
Frederick Brown
Chicago
Justice Brown
Hutchison
Summit County
Pecatonica
Til
Mr. Brown
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Seaweed craft and Boer settlement plans emerge
The piece outlines seaweed gathering methods for display and decoration with step by step mounting, noting summer peak abundance. It then discusses postwar plans in Africa, predicting federation among British colonies, a United States of Africa concept, and gradual self-government for the Boers with global integration.
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London
Afrikander-Bond
Africa
St. Louis
Aren
United States
Alaska
Southfrica
South Africa
Lost Bill Doubled Itself in a Farmyard Tale
A portly man recounts a boyhood tale of chasing a five-dollar bill lost on a farm. He realizes later another ten-dollar bill was the true treasure, and no one claimed the five. The anecdote ends with the band dispersing in silence.
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New York Mail and Express
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