New Year Resolutions that Fail and Funny Habits
A quirky 1900s column notes New Year vows to quit swearing, smoke, gambling, or quarrels often fail. It recounts a New York wager to renounce profanity with a blue ribbon on a finger, a New Jersey saver who plans daily bank trips to curb spending, and a Philadelphia pipe-ban ending with pipes found in a library shelf. It also cites broken engagements and mother-in-law quarrels as common vows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kill Delos
New York
Tihla
Ie Dinis
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Army Chaplains May Benefit From Drafted Law Changes
Army chaplains could gain from a draft of the law under war department plans. The proposals seek to raise post chaplains to 42, allow appointments from 400 candidates, and improve pay. Officials acknowledge criticisms of chaplains and discuss redistributing personnel by denomination to improve church representation.
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Lnw
War Department
Mnerende
Lst
Washington
War ‘Department
Deluge of protests over interior department policy on Indian exhibitions
Protesters flood Washington and Indian Affairs Office after the interior department announced a policy discountenancing wild Indian exhibitions. Col W Cody King and others urge exceptions while supporters mail in, but Commissioner Jones maintains the policy to avoid demoralizing and retarding Indian progress.
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Interior Department
W. Cody King
Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones
Coramtastoner Jones
Indicated Indian Contracting Without Official Consent
A Pewt3 paper notes that without government approval Indians could be contracted, withdrawn from reservations, and exhibited, bypassing the standard official junction requirement.
Admiral Dewey Likely to Remain on Active Navy List
Admiral George Dewey, age 62 on Christmas, would normally retire under standard law, but a special statute places him on active duty with no retirement provision. His status remains effectively unchanged, with full pay and a private secretary, until death. The recent Lieut Brumby death creates a staff vacancy drawing competition among young navy officers. Admiral and Mrs Dewey visited the Navy Department to see friends at bureaus.
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George Dewey
Lst
Leutenant
Lieut
Brumby
Eers
Navy
Mra. Dewey
Navy Department
Crisman and Repeat Marriage Cases Highlight Local Debates
John Crisman a Jerry horse dealer married the same woman three times starting about 20 years ago in Bryan. He twice obtained divorces on grounds of abandonment after moving from Chicago to Oklahoma, and a third marriage followed by another divorce suit. The case touches prejudice against colored men in skilled trades and the slow progress of education and reform.
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John Grismmn
Jerry
Crismin
Pauling Redenbarugh
Bryan
Oklahoma
Chicago
Mia
Crignan
Crismanesima
Perry
Rave Lejn
Jedates
Commernities and Urban Claims in Philadelphia Inquiry
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes a controversial view asserting that the Negro is best understood in his native habitat and must work out his future destiny there. Separate item mentions Cowly Water Supply and London's planned water project costing 35,000,000 dollars.
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The
Philadelphia Inquirer
London
Novel plan to detail army officers for public school military instruction
Col Marsh introduces a bill authorizing the secretary of war to detail officers from the native and retired army lists to public schools nationwide. Details specify captains to cities of 100 000 population, sergeants to 50 000, and corporals to 24 000. He argues it will educate boys, foster patriotism, and train them with minimal cost for future defense.
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Marsh Han
Secretary of War
Marsh
Record Year for U.S. Locomotive Output Sets High Mark
The Railway Gazette reports 2,473 locomotives built by U.S. contracting shops in the year, the largest total ever for a single year. Exports reach 514 units, about seven percent below last year’s 554 for foreign railways. The Chicago and North Western placed the largest order, for 112 engines to a single builder.
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Railway Gazette
United States
Chicago&Northwestera
Menelik Threatens War Over Abyssinia Soudan Claim
A historical analysis outlines Menelik of Abyssinia weighing a move against the Egyptian Soudan to reclaim territories disputed since 1800 and earlier. it recalls Napier’s 1908 campaign, the capital Magdala on a mountain, and the fragile balance with England and Theodore’s Egyptian relations.
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Ghat of
Menelik
Abyssinia
Soudan
John
Theodore
England
Penny Wise
Pound
Palley
Bert Russell
Swun
Jerusalem
Victoria
Robert Napier
Enghind
Napier
Men‘areh'a
Johni
Magdals
Stanley
Magdala 9
Mr. Stanley
Sheba
NAMES IN CONGRESS A SURVEY OF REPRESENTATIVES
Six Smiths in the House three from Michigan one each from Kentucky Maryland and Illinois. three Wilsons from Idaho New York and South Carolina. two Williams from Ulingis and Mississippi all Democrats. Wheeler from Alabama and Kentucky. Thomas from North Carolina and Town. three Allens from Maine Kentucky Mississippi. two Baileys from Texas and Kansas. two Clarks from Missouri and New Hampshire. two Claytons from New York and Alabama brothers. two Cocobrans from Missouri and New York. two Coopers from Wisconsin and Texas. Crump and Crumpacker. two Davenports from Pennsylvania. Fitzegerald from Massachusetts and another from New York. Gardiner from New Jersey and Michigan. Green from Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Henrys Patrick Heary from Mississippi Robert L from Texas Ev Stevens from Connecticut. Jones family two from Virginia and Washington. a Little and a Littlefield. Meyers from Louisiana Meiers from Indiana. Moody from Oregon and another from Massachusetts. Norton from South Carolina and another from Ohio. a Rhea from Kentucky and Virginia. a Robb from Missouri and Robbins from Alabama. Roberts from Massachusetts and Utah. Robinson from Maine and Nebraska. Ryan from Pennsylvania and New York. Stevens from Texas with a ph and one from Minnesota spelled with v. three Stewarts from Wisconsin New Jersey and New York indicating nomenclature poverty.
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Smiths
House of Representatives
Michigan
Kentucky
Maryland
Illinois
Wilsons
Idaho
New York
South Carolina
Williams
Ulingis
Mississippi
Wheeler
Alabama
Thomas
North Carolina
Town
Allens
Maine
Baileys
Texas
Kansas
Clarks
Missouri
Robert L
Ev Stevens
Connecticut
Jones
Virginia
Washington
Little
Littlefield
Meyers
Louisiana
Meiers
Indiana
Moody
Oregon
Massachusetts
Norton
Ohio
Rhea
Robb
Robbins
Roberts
Utah
Robinson
Nebraska
Ryan
Pennsylvania
A. Stevens
Minnesota
Stewarts
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Object Lesson in Saving by Indian Witnesses Travel
Sioux Indians plan to travel to Deadwood for U S court sessions by their own conveyances from Rosebud and Pine Ridge rather than rail, saving railroad fare. Courts meet at Deadwood twice yearly with many witnesses eligible for government mileage. by leaving early they can cover 100 to 160 miles, reducing costs and freeing funds for items not provided by the government.
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Rosebud
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
United States
Deadwood
Trolley Cars For London Move To Electric System
London decides to install an underground electric system at a cost near 15 million dollars. American built and equipped trolley cars are expected to run through the capital’s streets. Glasgow, ahead in adopting an underground trolley plan, contracts for a comprehensive US supplied electric plant and 1,000 cars.
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Corncil
London
London County Council
Glasgow
Great Britain
United States
Narval Torpedo Boat Defects Spark Delay Orders
Reports on the Narval trial are tempered by an order to halt work on two sister boats until Narval's defects are fixed. The main issue is switching from surface steam power to underwater electric propulsion, which was shown to be slow and unsafe during tests. The Paris Salon of 1900 is unlikely to occur with the art show moving to the Art Palace.
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Narval
Art Palace
The Star of Bethlehem and its mysterious glory
A purist look at the star tale from Lippincott's and ancient records. It weighs parsimony against myth, noting Herod’s reign near his death and the two-year window implied by the wise men. Recent tablets from Zion hint at census timing around Christ's birth.
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Lippincott
Jerusasalem
Herod
Bethlehem
Rome
Jérusalem
Zidion
Cytenius
Syria
Christ
Cost of Living in Paris for Two Dollars a Day
A report from a Ladies' Home Journal writer in Paris describes economical travel costs for young women visiting the Paris Exposition. She explains room rates, bargaining for seven francs, and enjoying modest comforts without maid tips or electric luxuries, noting two dollars per day suffices for comfort and independence.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
France
Paris
Madame
The Ballet at Taymi and the daring performer Cutty Sark
A young South Sea islander named Cutty Sark astonishes a European audience with an improvised graceful dance. She dances in the lamp light circle, teases the captain by stealing his gold-laced cap, wears it briefly, then hides behind the singers.
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Jesa
Blackwood
Cutty Sark
Death to the Classics in Congress
An anecdote cited by the Boston Herald recounts Edward Everett closing a congress speech with a Tacitus passage while a frontier Indian agent-turned-debater answered in Choctaw. The scene undermined classical quotations and was described as the death knell of such rhetoric in Congress.
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Edward Everett
Congress
Tacitus
Boston Herald
West
Massachusetts
Cicero
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