Canadian Character Compared With United States
The article argues Canadians show less obtrusiveness and faster pace than Americans, with quieter movement and speech. It attributes this to colder climate and fewer large cities, noting no American-style luxury class and a life centered on country-and-outdoor activities like hunting and fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaia
States
Canada
New York
Chicago
Toronto
Montreal
United States
Windsor Frontiers Face Marriage License Crackdown
Consul Conant reports Ontario aims to block frontier marriage licenses for Americans. The attorney general’s opinion says licenses should go only to bona fide residents, with the provincial secretary’s department enforcing the rule. Frontiersmen and Windsor ministers may suffer financially as a result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conant
Windsor
Secretary’s Department
Ontario
Salt Beef Ban Signals Navy Reform and School City Growth
The admiralty announces no more salt beef contracts as cold storage replaces the beef barrel. A "school city" system spreads in Philadelphia, New York, Syracuse and beyond, with Mr. Gill invited by Gen. Wood to organize public schools in Cuba and eyed for the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Det
Philadelphia
New York
Syracuse
Gill
Gen. Wood
Cuba
United States
Philippines
Blasted Hopes and the Information Bureau
A quirky dialogue mocks a pushy information broker as a Chicago Daily News column riffs on the eye’s travels across vast stretches of print. The piece likens daily life to a long journey through 20 to 26 miles of paper over a lifetime, with playful musings on questions and marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Thwarted Dining Claim Amid Chafing Dish Controversy
A waiter denounces restaurant dishes as half cooked while a diner, marked by dignity, serves crab meat with peppers and mushrooms. The scene centers on a debate over chafing dish cooking and false impressions of dining art.
South African horses and native trade distort local stock
The article describes South Africa's horse industry and how dealers buy from Kaffir herds. Natives bring varied horses at inflated prices, secure a written order, then collect cash by night. Distinctive practices lead to many horses being altered before reaching final buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Creeks Medicine Man Practices and Beliefs
The Indian Journal describes the Creek medicine man who avoids scorched foods and only drinks gruel while treating wounds. He bans women from viewing patients until recovery, takes cleansing medicines after deaths or murders, fears women, and men drink moon-cycle remedies to cleanse their system.
Whaling Captain's Wife Noted in Fractured OCR Snippet
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a woman's role related to a whaling captain. The readable words include references to a wife and whaling context, but the exact event, names, and locations are missing.
Revolt Fears Rise as Chinese Unrest Spreads
Reports from Peking Canton and Shanghai describe increasing anti foreign and anti dynastic sentiment. Six regiments move toward Chin chow while gunboats patrol Canton amid a Chinese uprising in the Sunning district near Canton prompting evacuations to Macao.
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Peking
Legation
China
Yuan’ Shih Kai
Sunning
Canton
Sunning City
Macao
Doric
Orient
Moorhen
Sandpiper
Samshui
San Francisco
Hunan
C.B. Young
Shanghai
Young
London
The
Standard ‘T
Coolness in a Bachelor’s Bold Proposal Described
A humorous tale from 1896 tells of a Bachelor who wooed a widow with ardor through July and August. In September he proposed by a firelit indoor scene. The widow asks for time to think, requesting a half hour before replying while the suitor pauses to get a shave at Smith’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobson
Smith’s
Disastrous Bush Fires Ravage Victoria Region
A garbled report describes devastating bush fires in Victoria British Columbia causing widespread damage over several days. It mentions a steamer arrival and evacuated areas with hundreds of miles affected. No precise figures or locations are clear due to distorted OCR.
King Allows Nonalcoholic Toast to the King’s Health
A 1902 letter from King Edward VII via Rear Admiral King-Hall permits total abstainers to drink the king’s health in nonalcoholic beverages. The public publication relieves abstainers torn between loyalty and temperance pledges, noting the king’s view that health can be toasted with water. Navy teetotalers have known of this opinion for years, now shared publicly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
King-Hall
Lord Knollys
Capt
Kigg-Hall
Aerial rowboat tested with gas bag craft inventors
The article describes a gas bag airship with an oval cross section and a rower powered by two paddle-like oars. The craft measures 37 feet long and 15 feet wide and rises or lowers via weights, while propulsion relies on oars. Several hundred people have tried rowing the craft in California tests.
Earthquake Devastation Streak Reaches Ecuador Colombia
A long earthquake sequence from January 31 to February 6 devastates Esmeraldas Manabi and neighboring towns in Ecuador. Cities like Esmeraldas and Port Limones report collapsed houses and homeless residents while islands near Limones vanish. Colombian towns including Mosquera and Tuquerres report fatalities and severe damage.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Esmeraldes
Esmeraldas
Manabi
Rio Verde
Camarones
Sa’ Tola
Limones
Barbon
Pinguagi
Buga
Tulua
Cartago
Nanizales
Pereira
Bank of America in Ashland Block Falls Into Bankruptcy
Bank of America, two months old, in Chicago’s Ashland block, is placed in receivership amid sensational charges. President Abner Smith, Vice President GF Sorrow, and stockholder F. E. Creelman alleged to have dumped worthless paper. loan security involved notes signed by a servant. Bank capital $250000, deposits about $289000, with 40 percent cash on hand and unknown paper value. Receiver Daniel D. Healy named under $150000 bond.
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Chicago
Bank of America
Ashland Block
Abner Smith
GF. Sorrow
F. E. Creelman
Creelman
South
Nashville
Smith
Daniel D. Healy
Brokers Assign for Creditors in Wilmington
Brokers Evans and Company of Wilmington Delaware made a voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors. John H Danby vice president of the Union National Bank of Wilmington was named as assignee. Unprofitable investments described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Fim
Impeachment Bid Faces Legislative Imbalance
The governor aims to call a legislature session around the state convention with a likely date of April 9. Friends of Secretary of State Daniel Storms pursue impeachment, but polls show under 40 of 150 legislators back impeachment, a two thirds majority needed in both houses to proceed.
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Hsau
Tae Merry
Red State
Daniel Storms
Boy Balks Attacks Teacher In Smithville School
Miss Emma Davis, a Smithville schoolteacher, ordered William Siscoe, 15, to sit straight. The pupil attacked her, knocked her down and choked her. Two older pupils intervened, pulling Siscoe away. Davis was taken home and reported seriously ill.
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Bloomington
Ind
Emma Davis
Smithville
Here
William Siscoe
Siscee
Wallace Sues Railroads for 68000 in Damages
Benjamin Wallace, proprietor of the Wallace shows, sues Grand Trunk Western Railroad in federal court for 68000 damages after his circus train wrecked near Durand Michigan two years ago. The case began hearing in Laporte Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Benjamin Wallace
Wallace
Grand Trunk-Western Railroad Company
Durand
Mich
Gale Wrecks Beacon Tower at Michigan City Harbor
A severe storm swept away one of three beacon towers at the harbor entrances in Michigan City Indiana. The destroyed 38 foot high steel tower stood on a concrete foundation and was part of the new fog signal system.
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Beacon Tower
Michigan City
Ind
Tainted ham sellers sighted in Indiana region
Men from Chicago dressed as farmers are in the Jeffersonville area selling tainted hams. The state board of health has alerted local officials to watch for these men and their operations, which reportedly span a large stretch of rural Indiana.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Chicago
Adiana ‘Board ‘of Health
Indiana
McCoy Appointed to Indiana Health Board
Gov J Frank Hanly appoints Dr George T McCoy of Columbus to fill vacancy on state board of health created by Dr C M Eisenbeiss resignation Elkhart named postmaster Eisenbeiss Previously served as president of the State Medical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
J. Frank Hanly
George T. McCoy
Columbus
State Board of Health
C. M Eisenbeiss
Elkhart
McCoy
The
State Medical Society
College Instructor Found Dead in Des Moines Slums
Crawfordsville reporting that a former Wabash College instructor and graduate was found dead in Des Moines slums. Death attributed to drink and exposure. He had spent 25 years avoiding female companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Fd Upton
Wabash College
Des Moines
Hardware dealers gather for Indiana Retail Hardware meet
About 1,000 hardware dealers from Indiana and across the nation convene at Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis for the seventh annual Indiana Retail Hardware Association gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Tomlinson’ Hall
Indiana
Hardware Association
Editor to prosecute enemies over gun attack in Perrysville
Terre Haute Ind Feb 16 Robert Osborn editor of the Perrysville Blue Pencil says he will prosecute three men who fired shotguns into his sleeping room. He describes the attackers as young men who represented the saloon interests.
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Terre: Haute
Ind
Robert ‘Osborn
Perrysville
Farmer declares bankruptcy in Indianapolis Ohio?
The fragment shows a farmer in Indianapolis who declares bankruptcy with debts totaling $2,386.35 and only $430.30 in credit or assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cece
Indianapolis
Ind
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B. G
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