Gleanings of Fact On Wealth and World Facts
A colonial era digest notes Quebec age Montreal Toronto dates and global trivia. It cites carat weight as a grain of Indian wheat, coffee yield, sugar spread from India to Persia, and bottled messages crossing the Atlantic in six months. It contrasts honey yields per hive, patent counts, fire costs in London New York and Cincinnati, coronation customs, and American visitors overrunning London wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Montreal
Toronto
India
Persia
Gulf
Atlantic
United States
England
Canada
London
New York
Cincinnati
Canterbury
Glimpses of People From An Active Age And Roles
Red Cloud Cayugas chief 83, described as civilized. Krupp fortune nearly 50 million dollars and 4 million income with 80 thousand payroll. Nathan Church Maine legislator now street cleaner in Minneapolis for 1.50 daily. General De Wet called finest horseman in South Africa. Buckstuhl named director of sculpture for Louisiana Purchase exposition. Waldemar Schmidt plans European museum tour for Egyptian catalogue. Andrew Carnegie admires pansies and exotic plants in Scotland. J A Fillmore to receive 1000 monthly salary and 500 pension after end of year. William C Sanger US assistant secretary of war works from 8 to 6 with brief breaks. He meets all who come and weighs merits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cloud
Krupp
Nathan Church
Blaine
Maine
Minneapolis
de Wet
South Africa
F. Wellington Buckstuhl
St. Louis
National Society of Sculptors
Waldemar Schmidt
Europe
Andrew Carnegie
Scotland
J. A. Fillmore
Southern Pacific Railway
United States
William C. Sanger
Yuncheon
Florists Showcase Rare Tender Bulbs and Vines
Flower shop displays feature dwarf cannas that bloom quickly and small Polyanthus roses, a velvety Gloxinia called Grecta Violeccala, a dark foliage canna Black Beauty, Pancratinum Tortuorum, Amaryllis varieties, Nana Coerulea Stellata phlox, Marion Pelargonium with multicolor blooms, Fairy Passion Vine Pacciflora Gracillis, Varietum Phrynium foliage, and a black leaved heliotrope with bluish purple flowers for trellises and hanging baskets.
Women in Yukon directory and Alaska homesteader data
A woman publishes a directory and gazetteer listing 16 000 Yukon valley residents. Female cricket reach and jump measures are noted. In El Reno Oklahoma 193 of 4 018 homesteaders are women with a separate registration booth. A needlework Carnegie portrait by Miss Herminia Davila features in Porto Rico at the Pan American exposition. A surge of women pharmacists is reported in St Petersburg and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon Valley
Alaska
el Reno
Okla
Andrew Carnegie
Herminia Davila
Porto Rico
St. Petersburg
Nuggets of Interest From Various Topics
Tea plants at seven years yield 700 pounds per acre. The Mohammedan year begins in July while the Persian year starts August 11. The Baltic canal cost £7,800,000 and runs 62 miles. the Iron Gates canal on the Danube opened in 1896 costing £1,600,000. Double fold collars suit summer wear as they hold shape and resist perspiration. they are not warmer than single collars and are comfortable when well fitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acre
Danube
Society Cat Notes from the Washington Desk
The cat Journal’s Washington correspondent shares society feline items with a breezy tone. Lady Love and Sancho seek Maine’s cool air while Mrs. Bishop Satterlee plans to move her imported black Persian. Mrs. Admiral Wallace cares for Lady Chiffon at the coast and Mrs. Dr. Jenkins visits the Blue Ridge with her black and white Angora. Mrs. Barker owns Blessed Damozel called Pishie, a playful contraction of Pisiwishe for a kitten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Cat Journal
Books and Authors Review and Notices Mention Various Figures
Admirers of William Hamilton Gibson will be glad a biography is coming. Austin Dobson retires after 55 years with the British civil service to pursue literature. Sir Edwin Arnold plans further work despite blindness. The world’s most remarkable book is an Imperial Paris library piece cut from blue tissue. John Morley notes Gladstone’s habit of order and the 70 year old Oxford Union speech draft found at Hawarden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hamilton Gibson
Austin Dobson
Harbor and Fisheries Department
British Board of Trade
Civil Service
Balfour
Edwin Arnold
Imperial Library of
Paris
John Morley
Hawarden
Gladstone
Morley
Oxford Union
Facts About Norway Population and Geography Through History
The article notes Norway annually catches 65 million cod and remains the most sparsely populated European nation. Three quarters of its land isn’t suitable for farming, while death rates rank among the world’s lowest aside from Sweden. The population shows a large female excess, currently 73,600. Coastal settlement dominates, fjords never freeze, and long life is claimed for Norwegians, with many living past 100. Inland areas are sparsely inhabited with arctic nomads in the north
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Sweden
England
Britain
Europe
North Sea
Lofoten
Arctic Circle
Fall Fashion Forecast With Velvet Robes and Hopsacking
The article predicts hopsacking in deep cream or natural flax as fall’s new fabric, with velvet Louis XV era coats and gowns, and elaborate toilettes. It notes trimming lace trends, tailor-made Eton blouses, Louis XIV coats, and continued popularity of the Eton. emerald greens as a bold contrast, long 42 inch top coats with or without yokes, and a shift toward color combinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eton
Army and Navy Notes on War Equipment and Personnel
Ninety one thousand horses have been shipped to South Africa during the war. The Boer Mouser rifle and the English Ye Metford are the only rifles sighted up to 2900 yards. The five inch British howitzer is the heaviest gun used behind a team of horses. It weighs 48 cent. The ordinary field gun weighs 58owt. In the regular U S Army one in every four is foreign born. In the navy the proportion rises to one in two among petty officers. Out of Britain’s 22 million pound annual navy spend ship building is the biggest item costing 9.5 million. Pay comes next 4.75 million. Naval armaments cost 2.76 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
United States
Britain
Proof of Blind Yeas and Light Humor Quips
A collection of brief jokes and quips from various papers. Highlights include a tale of a blind governor and a rustic servant, then a baseball banter about umpires and balls, a child’s reply to fairy tales, and a bride’s remark about libraries after Carnegie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Chicago Tribune
Relative Value and Political Ambition Anecdotes
A string of humorous vignettes from early 20th century papers. Witty exchanges touch on relative value, social climbing, and political power. The snippets pair quips about courting for status, an ambitious politician boasting of easy elections, and light theater banter.
Wit and whim at the seaside and city scraps
A collage of flippant lines and quips from comic panels and columns. Jests about prison terms, manners, seaside boredom, and budget meals fill the page with jokes and social in-jokes from Ally Sloper to town papers.
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Estherville Manufacturing
J. A. Cronholm
Howard Graves
T. L Sondros
Jae Sage
Estherville State Bank Corporat Capital
Estherville
M. Barker
Sonar WA
Esporgt
E Peel A
Caer
James
Anderson Brothers, Proprietors
Tchas. Hunt, Prop
Pancoffice
West
Lincoln St
TOS
W.k.gresh & Sons
Cao
Alank
Henry Remedy Company
Gross BuLoine
Minn
Wheeler & Wilson
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg
Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Ill
W. Fl. Waterman
Society
CAT Notes
Facts Concerning
Army and Navy Notes
Flanagan
Madden
Vanagan
Shure
Elsie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mr. Carnegie
Eaid
Yonkers Statesman
Cawker
Preciacly
H’m
Hewitt
Jewett
Chicago Record-Herald
MO. S. Morton
Harlowe
N.C
Aioe
Ator CO
Atlanta
Oehrlein & Hintz
Odd Fellows
Gussie
Ally Sloper
Puck
Boston
Detroit Free Press
Shykes
Glizzard
Bank OF
J. B. Soper
J. P. Kirby
Webb Vincent
W. A. Streater
First National Bank
Capital Pany
J.P. Kirby
K. B. Soper
H. G. Graaf
BL 1
Condrol
M. K. Whelan
A. Neville
O.V.B. Paint
Murphy Varnish
R. A. Barron & CO
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