Russia Seeks Peace Amid Prosperity and Expansion
The czar’s liberal image fades as Russia’spower grows. Pobedonostzeff maintains influence while the national party strengthens, pushing plans for Manchuria and railways. Russia touts peace through The Hague, yet aims to consolidate control in Finland and other provinces, balancing self interest with diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of Russian Progress
Pobedonostzeff
Russian National Party
France
Alexander III
The
Hague
Russia
China
Manchuria
Finland
Finest pulpit in America donated to All Angels Church
All Angels Episcopal on West End avenue New York has acquired a finest pulpit by Karl Ritter funded by Mrs. Sarah Cornell in memory of her husband and two sons. Italian renaissance style features Moses with law tablets, prophets heads, angel procession railings, and an angel trumpet canopy. The Hoffman family funded a brass canopy altar and reredos, and the new rectory at $30,000 is nearly complete.
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All Angels’ Episcopal Church
West End Avenue
Eighty-first Street
America
Karl Ritter
Sarah Cornell
New York Herald
Moses
Hoffman
All Angels’ Church
Charles F. Hoffman
Italy
Loss of nerve in peril stories and ancient anatomy notes
A Cincinnati Enquirer report recalls a railway hero who kept a necktie in his grasp while rescuing others, and a girl’s plunge while swimming shown by quick aid from a man in clothes. Sir Norman Lockyer notes 6000 year old Memphis mummies reveal deep anatomical knowledge and ancient surgical tools resemble modern instruments.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Norman Lockyer
Theizeh Museum
Mummillers
Memphis
Scienece
Italy
No Hollering in Brooklyn: Deaf Client Angers Police
A Brooklyn policeman fines a downtown lawyer who loudly spoke to a deaf client outside his house near the bridge. The officer orders quiet and removal, sparking a dispute over street conversation and public peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Brooklyn
Church City
Count Ito’s Brave Wife Save Japanese Leader From Assassins
The wife of Count Ito, late prime minister of Japan, hid him beneath floor panels during a rebellion. She warned him not to die, endured abuse, and preserved his life, enabling him to help shape a new constitution and rise as a leading statesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Ito
Japan
Why Many Heels Are Lost
A shoe dealer explains that machine made heels detach because soft iron nails protrude after heel nails are shaved. When a stair or edge strains the heel it can pull away. The remedy is to demand steel nails set into the heels when purchasing new shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
A Real Business Woman Behind Mr Balfour in London
A London paper notes Miss Balfour sister of Arthur J. Balfour the government leader manages most of his affairs. She oversees household and outside matters buys horses carriages and even arranges a special brougham for his use. She prioritizes his conveyance needs and often takes the second carriage if he requires a drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Balfour
Arthur J. Balfour
House of Commons
London
Balfour
Mr. Balfour
Deltoid Muscle Debate Highlights Tailor Craft
A Washington Star piece recalls a Cincinnati convention where a Scotch cutter argued that the fit of a coat hinges on the deltoid muscle. The room fell silent as no one else knew the muscle, prompting the author to look it up and concede the point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Cincinnati
Persisting hounds return after nine days in mountains
A. W. Combs of Oakland lost two hounds during a week long hunt near Crescent City. Judge Cutler advertised a reward. a miner later found the two dogs at the base of a tree with a bear, after nine days of ferocious watchfulness. Both hounds and the bear were exhausted and starved. the hounds died soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Combs
Oakland
Combs
Crescent City
del Norte County
San Francisco Chronicle
Judge Cutler
Mr. Combs
Oaklanders
Mystery of a Lost Ring Reveals Mouse Thief
A Boston society woman's diamond ring vanished after she washed her hands. Plumber and search yielded a mouse skeleton behind bathroom pipes with the ring around its neck. The creature had swallowed the ring after nibbling bran kept to whiten the lady’s hands, and died in the attempt.
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Boston Herald
Milady
Mousie
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