Danish Agriculture and Royalline Notes Mixed Old World Facts
A collage of 19th century notes covers Denmark's agricultural state with 420 274 hordes and 195 per 1 000 inhabitants, Copenhagen as the only sizeable city, and Princess Clementina d Orléans celebrat ing an 84th birthday in Vienna. It also mentions Missouri eggs candied daily at Springfield, a chicken-dumping practice, and a push to protect native flowers amid suburban yard collecting pressures in Massachusetts.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Missouri Egge
Springfield
Witty Exeter Bishop Philpotts Rediscovered
An Oxford undergraduate party guest recalls Bishop Philpotts of Exeter known for sharp remarks. A host pressed him to sing, he joked about storytelling, and later in life the bishop quipped about visiting Devonshire and altering a pond to remove objections.
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Bishop Philpotts
Exeter
Oxford
Philpotts
Devonshire
Erest
Breakfast Pop Overs from a Chinese Servant Tale
Harper's Magazine offers a breakfast delicacy recipe told by a Chinese servant to a visiting lady. The method uses one egg one cup milk one cup flour with salt and slow mixing, then baking in a warm pan in the oven while the woman tends to her own tasks.
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Harper’s Magazine
Steve
Enthusiastic Youth Aid Actions Highlight True Religion
In Cincinnati and San Francisco young Christian Endeavor and Epworth League groups report charity efforts. They clothed and boarded eight crippled boys, fed thirty five poor children, funded outings for poor youngsters, kept a winter supply for a crippled lady, supplied flowers to the church, made hospital scrapbooks, educated two colored boys, stocked two hundred books for prison communities, and provided an invalid bed for communal loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Christian Endeavor
Epworth League
Washington Notes on 1900s global affairs and incidents
President McKinley issues proclamations inviting nations to join the St Louis event in 1908 marking the Louisiana Purchase era. The piece surveys U S Cuba receipts for 1900 and 1899, Manila famine fears, crop-report exchanges, appointments to international conferences, notable deaths, accidents, crimes, and distant world events with a broad, rapid-fire Washington-centric tone.
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Washington
McKinley
St. Louia
Louisiana
Svar Department
Cuba
Manila
Lloilo Ura
Tidlio
Ies
Death of Bob Evans United States District Attorney
Robert G. Evans a prominent Minneapolis lawyer and United States district attorney died suddenly at his home on Queen Avenue South after a brief illness. Born March 18, 1854 in Indiana, he practiced law in Vincennes before moving to Minneapolis and joining Keith Evans Thompson Fairchild. Evans was a trusted political figure active in city, state, and national campaigns and had recently engaged in the senatorial contest that led to Moses E. Clapp's nomination.
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Edward W. Claypole
Paisadena
Cal
Edwin Manning
Iowa
Keestuqua
Frederick Baldwin Betts
United States
Morristown
N. J
Handley Carr Glyn Moule-Norrizan
Cambridge University
Durham
Denver
Smith
Booth
Barrett
Modjeska
Robson
Winfiald
Scott Stratton
Cripple Creek
Bonanza King
Colorado Springs
The
Carpenters' Union
A. W. Graham
Othe
Bateg County
Missouri
Philippines
Honolulu
St. Louis
Schwab
Steel Truet
Syracuse
Massachusetts
Indianapolis
Board of Health of
Monte Clair
Oneida
Madison
Otsego
New York
National Council of the Knights of Columbus
New Orleans
Rotterdam
Inols Central Railroad
Radelitta Steamship Company
Cardiff
Lincoln Park
Chicago
Devery
Catholic Order of Foresters
American Shovel and Tool Company
Trenton
Lawrence Grover
Herbert Taylor
Ivor W. Mink
Minneapolis
Robert G. Iy ‘Ana
Queen Avenue South
Mr. Evans
Bob” Evans
Yeara
Javang
Evans
Lake Ida
Alexandria
Minn
Charles M. Fairbanks
Stavens
Loren Fletcher
Hin Dei
Roy, Ind
Vincennes
Daniel Pish
Keith, Evans, Thompson & Fairchild
Evang
Moses E. Clapp
Flood Drowns Four As Dam Breaks At Mauch Chunk
Heavy rains across Pennsylvania cause the most severe flood in years at Mauch Chunk. A dam burst sent a raging torrent thirty feet above normal, drowning four on a bridge including Jesse Struthers and three boys. The Carbon county town suffers extensive damage to bridges and property with business halted.
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Mauch Chunk
Philadelphia
Jesse Struthers
McCafferty
McGinley
Johnson
Mauch Chunk Creek
Carbon County
Ato
Collision injures fourteen on interurban car in Indianapolis
A Greenfield interurban car collided with a Belt railroad freight train near a crossing in Indianapolis. Fourteen passengers and the motorman were seriously or partially injured as the electric car was demolished and thrown aside. The conductor signaled the motorman to proceed before impact.
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Nirteen
Indianapolis
Thirty Day Swim From Boston to New York Planned
Boston reporter outlines Peter J. McNally plans to swim from Boston to New York starting next Sunday. The 2829 mile distance will be completed within thirty days with a target arrival before noon on February 30. The feat aims to show endurance and mark a bold crossing for that era.
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Heaton Han
Syria
Dostom
New York
Boston
Peter J. McNally
Mr. McNally
Battery
Lewa
Horrific Lynching at Winchester Six Thousand Witnesses
Harry Noles, a Black man who killed Mrs. Charles Williams near Winchester, was captured near Cowan and jailed. A mob seized him, brought him to the Williams farm, where he declared his innocence before being chained and burned alive, with about 5,000 spectators watching as the flames consumed him.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Harry Noles
Charles Williams
Winchester
Onn
Water Tank
Cowan
Stewart
Eoon
Matt Newhittaker
Pepeenh
J. J. Lynch
W. P. Tolley
Joseph M. Littleton
Foster Ramsey
Williams
Els
Noler
Peace Move Aims Settlement Of Steel Strike At Last
Pittsburg Aug 27 A week may bring major shifts in the United States Steel strike scene as plants on single turn resume full force for three turns daily officials say. Amalgamated executives and Civic Federation conciliators plan to present proposals to United States Steel to renew direct talks without arbitration while offering concessions seen as paving the way to settlement and reopening negotiations.
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Clyb Federation
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Varloua Millaany
Amalgamated
National Civic Federation
The
Civic Federation
New York
Brooklyn Society Woman Dies in Alps Ice Fall
Aug. 27. A cablegram reports the death of Mrs. Mia Ella Smith a prominent Brooklyn society woman. She was allegedly killed by a great mass of ice falling in the Alps Switzerland. The message was sent by her husband William Wickham Smith a member of a New York law firm.
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Brookly Seciety
Alps
New York
Mia
Ella Smith
Brooklyn
Switzerland
William Wickham Smith
Violent Party Fight Leaves Several Wounded in Nacogdoches
In a party fight near Nacogdoches Texas on August 27 Bem Scott was shot and killed. Hammond Scott and B W Bead were wounded with serious injuries. Jasper McDaniel was shot in the hip, risking amputation. Hammond Scott is expected to die from knife wounds while Bead survives.
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Vielons
Nacodagoches
Texan
Tex
Bem Scott
Hammond Scott
B. W. Bead
Jasper McDaniel
Four Men Die In Bridge Crane Accident At Congaree River
Four men were killed and three others injured when two 70 foot steel girders weighing fourteen tons each fell while being hoisted for a new bridge by the Phoenix Bridge Company of Philadelphia over the Congaree River. Seventy five workers watched as three men were crushed on the bridge and four swept into the river, two rescued by a government tug. The disaster left the structure largely intact.
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Baltimore
James McCue
Barney Schreiber
Racing Stable
St. Louis
Saratoga Race Track
York
York County
Villartego-Jilota
Spain
Chicago & Alton
Prentice
Union Pacific Railroad
Council Bluffs
Sinnora
Lady Gerard
England
Track Williams
Selly
Madisonville
George Gordon
Raymond
Zeno Williams
Paducah
Ikky
Eugene Edwards
Luke Hough
Wadesboro
N. C
Misa Lena Keith
Max Hruakapt
Marshalltown
Iowa
Postoffice
Ketcham
Roy
E. Logan
W. E. Smith
Frederick Cristella
Brooklyn
Internal Revenue Department
Cristella
Jennie Ray
Fort Wayne
Ind
Clarvoyant Ag
Congaree
Phoenix Bridge Company
Philadelphia
Shaffer Denies Official Knowledge of Strike Talks
Reported peace negotiations for a strike settlement via Civic Federation mediation shocked Amalgamated leader Shaffer who said he had no official knowledge or sanction. The Civic Federation aims to press Archbishop Ireland, Bishop Potter, Daniel Hanna, and Seth Low to elevate the issue to the steel company. Meanwhile, plant operations shift as Painter mill runs six mills with no strikers nearby.
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Pittsburg
Civb Federation
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Civic Federation
Archbishop Ireland
Bishop Potter
Daniel Hanna
Seth Low
Steel Corporation
Amalgamated
Association
Combine
Chicago
Duquesne
Painter
Oif
Supt. F. Lb. Harper
Beijing Protocol Nears Final Accord Amid Unsettled Points
Pekin Aug 28 reports three unsettled points in the Chinese protocol include evacuation of Pekin and surrounding province Chin, representation of the Wang po commission by major or minor shipping nations, and approval of three edicts on officials' punishments. US and France likely on the Wang po board. edicts to come by courier and telegraph. A circular from Choufu, provincial treasurer, tolerates all religions and forbids intimidation while enforcing Chinese law with no foreign interference except in persecution cases.
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Pekin
Umea
Chin
Whangpo Commission
England
Germany
Japan
United States
France
Wangpo Commission
Pokin
Binganfu
Choufu
Ban
Chili Province
Gusher Breaks Loose In Beaumont Oil Field
Two men die as a massive oil well erupts with an uncontrollable gusher. Fire brigades and engineers work to stop the blowout, while workers like James Smith and John A. Danielé perish in attempts to avert disaster.
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Beaumont
Tex
Texas
James Smith
Guaher
John
Afc Daniele
Sava Smith
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Portugal
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Minnesota
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London
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