Tonemite and Canyon Color in Grand Views Compared
The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone is compared to the Colorado Canyon for color and scale. The Yellowstone gorge is vivid yet far smaller than the Colorado, while the Yosemite and El Capitan are cited as contrasts to canyon permanence. A Century note recalls Rabelais and sympathetic inks as curiosities.
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Tonemite
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Colorados
Colorado
Col- Ho Yde
T Yosemite
Cne
Kvala el Vapitan
Tisslack
el Capitan
Tepaya
Cloud's
John Mule
Two of a Riad Eyeing a Cheap Spectacle Case
An old woman visits an optician and negotiates prices. The shopkeeper quotes five shillings with the case, but the woman exposes the case costs only two pence. She pays two pence and leaves with the case, claiming it is for hers, in a London Answer.
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London
Red caps rise from riot to symbol in Paris
In Nancy riots the Chateaun regiment Swiss were released and returned to Paris with red liberty caps on their heads. The crowd called them victims of despotism, turning the hat into a favored symbol for the extreme faction.
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Cherea
Chateauroux
Nancy
Paris
Toothache remedy and muddled humor prompt
A fragmented 19th century style note suggests a home remedy for a toothache using cotton and creosote or clove oil, then shifts to brief, quippy dialogue about a man named Simkins and a humorous exchange about Bermuda onions, with attributed lines from Philadelphia Press and Chicago Tribune.
Coal Strike Commission Adjourns Until Jan. 6, 1902
Scranton reports the Anthracite Strike Commission adjourned after a 9 a.m. session to reconvene in Philadelphia on January 6, 1902. Nonunion witnesses from Lackawanna and Luzerne counties testified to violence and intimidation used to halt work, detailing boycotts, arson attempts, and threats against workers and supporters.
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Coal Strike Commission
Scranton
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Philadelphia
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Everett Warren
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
John H. Otto
Archard
William Allen
Elk Hill Coal and Iron Company
Rhoda Snyder
Wilkesbarre
Last Session of House Before Holiday Recess
Washington December 22 The House held a brief session with fewer than seventy five members present. Speaker Cannon urged final disposition of the coal strike commission bill and the urgent deficiency appropriation before the recess. The conference report on the coal strike bill was adopted without debate and the House adjourned at 12 20 until January 5, 1903.
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House
Washington
Cannon
Coal Strike Commission
Senate
Confusing Mixed Commentary on Cultural and Royal Bits
The piece comments on an Actors' Church alliance with the New York Church club to judge plays for Christians, notes public reliability of critics, and critiques monarchs. It mentions Moody and battleships, a despondent man seeking a preferred weapon, Ambassador Cambon's Paris trip, and a Siamese king with many wives, all in a collage of stray notices and remarks.
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Actors’ Church Alliance
New York
An Old Family Claims to Belong to Ancient Line
He Miss Bellacour asserts membership in a very old family and is believed. The dialogue notes there are six daughters, with the youngest estimated to be at least thirty.
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Des Melace
Awr
Beat Farm
Walag
Indy
Tuis
Land District Reorganization Study Initiated in Minnesota
Washington, Dec. 22. Land Commissioner Hermann has begun a process that could lead to rearranging Minnesota land districts and possibly abolishing or moving a local office. He asked Minnesota land officials to report how districts might be realigned to better serve homesteaders, including consolidation or removal of offices to other cities.
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Washington
Minnesota
Hermann
Tobacco Growers Opposed To Cuba Reciprocity Plan
Hartford reports New England tobacco growers will oppose Cuban reciprocity arguing a 20 percent cut marks the start of dismantling the Dingley tobacco schedule. They fear leaf produced under tents from Sumatra seed will damage the Sumatra industry more than Havana cigars.
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Hartford
Conn
New England
Cuba
Workers to be Stockholders at Republic Iron and Steel
Pittsburg Dec 22 Notice has been given that a plan will be presented at the next convention in Columbus for making plant workers stockholders in Republic Iron and Steel Company If adopted the men will receive representation on the board of directors
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tie
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Columbus
Mayor Johnson Tax Bureau Ruled Illegal in Cleveland
In Cleveland on December 22 Judge Philips of the common pleas court ruled the mayor's tax bureau, funded by city money, illegal. The city auditor and treasurer are barred from further salary deductions for bureau employees.
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Johnson
Cleveland
Philips Ae
Common Pleas Court
Beer found leaking along Coon River near Grant County Iowa
A quart of alcoholic liquid was found oozing from the Coon River area near Grant County Iowa. A woman reported the secretive release and the substance tested at 3 percent purity. Local authorities collected the sample for analysis.
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Iowa
Tres Moines
Coon River
Grant Cl
Ans College
Saul
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Swemted
Schiller
Farmers Tribune
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Drax
Tor
G. S. Gilbertson
J. M. Brenton
G. 8
Grnbertson
Iveas
State of Iowa
Des Moines
Tadies
P.a
Atate
Tate
Vieges
Plano
Barmera Tribune
KZY
Thone
Issay
Cartier
Democrat
Emmetsburg
Rabelais
Aks
Pantagruel
Panargue
Pantegruel
Irag
Simkins
Tark
Jolk
Philadelphia Press
Bermudas
Jed
Bermuda
Chicago Tribune
Edward
Pharaoh
William Waldorf
Astor
Moody
Hhis
Cambon
Youlds
Siam
St. Nicholas
Roises Acai
Land Agency Inquiry
Interior Department
Orkmen
Emmetsburg, Iowa
B. Soper
James Duntean
A. H. Ketuen
Laventis
J. Hinxvey
Ply. Nglas, Jas. Donigan
BE. Soper
J. d. Wxetson
W.o.stuekela
A.B. Reller
Alexander Peprdie, Mf, Kexcher
W. EB. G. Saunders
Joan H. Gooney
Lisbon
Palo Alto
E. P. Bragg
West Main Street
Red River Valley
Inter-State Land and Loan Company
Stedman
Ammetsburg
Jamess
Wood &Co
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Duluth
Joyce Bloex
Peter O’brien
P. R. Wells
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