New Zealand Parliament to consider joining Australia commonwealth
Emmons Co reports diverse items including a note that New Zealand's parliament may debate joining the Australia commonwealth. Other items mention glass bricks in England, emigration in Hungary, a $30,000 donation drive at Northwestern University, Mark Twain's praise for the Dewey Arch, a De Reszke sister singer, and population changes among New South Wales aborigines with full-blood and half-caste counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
New Commonwealth
Australia
New South Wales
Aborigines’ Protection Board
American couple lead German shoe factory reform
An American and his wife took charge of Breslau's largest shoe factory, employing 450 workers. The plant produced 142 pairs daily before, and eleven days later, with organized work, output rose to 462 pairs daily using the same machinery and labor. Organization doubled efficiency, turning waste power into more shoes.
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Breslau
Germany
Grent Bridge Project Underway Across St Lawrence
Preliminary work has begun on a cantilever bridge to span the St Lawrence at Quebec. The project will take at least two years to complete with an estimated cost near four million dollars. The span will exceed a third of a mile. The bridge promises major engineering achievement and will improve trade by linking the maritime provinces with Quebec and strengthening Canadian confederation bonds.
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Grent
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Canadian Confederation
Mansfield mob attacks Dowieist target and deputy sheriff
In Mansfield Ohio a mob stoned Homer Kessler advertising manager of The Coming City and the deputy sheriff who had taken him into custody. The clash shows Mansfield resisting Dowieism and its sympathizers as supporters seek cheap martyrdom.
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Mansfield
Homer Kessler
Stone
General NR N Richbourg Survives Bullet After 38 Years
Montgomery D C veteran General NR N Richbourg who carried a Union bullet in his body for thirty eight years has removed it. He commanded the fourth brigade of the South Carolina militia and was twice wounded at Frazier's Farm on June 7 1862. While charging breastworks at Calipe he took a severe wound to the chest. The other day he felt back pain and applied a plaster. next morning the pain eased and the bullet remained attached to the plaster.
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NR. N. Richbourg
Montgomery
D. C
South Carolina
Frazier’s Farm
Calipe
Gulf levels higher than Atlantic by nine tenths foot
Coast and Geodetic Survey reports careful leveling showing Gulf of Mexico surface perceptibly higher than the Atlantic. Difference between St Augustine Florida and Cedar Keys Florida amounts to nine tenths of a foot, enough to account for the Gulf Stream outflow. Water surplus apparently enters via the Yucatan channel driven by equatorial currents.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
St. Augustine
Florida
Gulf
Cedar Keys
Gulf Stream
Strait of Florida
Yucatan Channel
Railway Surgeons Back Hygiene Rules For Cars
The International Railway Surgeons convention approved Dr J N Hurley’s hygienic suggestions and two western railroads already agreed to adopt them. Proposals include removing plush coverings carpets boxes over steam pipes carved work and other fittings likely to spread germs from passenger cars. Hurley also urged replacing shared tin cups with individual paper cups and called for improved ventilating systems. Travelers may favor cleaner, more sanitary cars over ornate fixtures.
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International Railway Surgeons’ Convention
J. N. Hurley
Lord Roberts Return War Office Update
London dispatch says Lord Roberts hopes to reduce South Africa for home about February, with Gen. Lord Wolseley to continue as commander in chief through the end of November. The notice reflects ongoing plans and duties at the war office amid the South African campaign.
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Lord Roberts
London
War Office
South Africa
Lord Wolseley Shige
Novel plan to reach North Pole via windmill and trolley line
The article describes Lieut. Bauendahl of Germany proposing an Arctic expedition to reach the pole by steam to the ice edge at about the eighty first parallel. He plans to drag 300 pound water light supply chests by wind, form rafts from linked chests when needed, and use a bamboo tripod trolley system to haul supplies across the ice, with dogs absent from the mission.
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North Pole
Gjon
Hammerfeet
Norway
Lieut. Bauendahl
Arctics
Lieut
Bauendahl
Germany
Cape South
Hagerup
Lapland
Bauendah
Arctic windmill plan eyed on quest for pole
Hamburg explorer Bauendahl sails in August with seven men aboard the Matador to reach the North Pole and search for Andree. He proposes a windmill driven by a sledge and windlass to haul supply chests forward, aiming two to three miles daily for roughly 600 miles, with provisions for two years and time built in for storms and delays.
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Hamburg
North Pole
Andree
Pole
Arctic
Lieut
Bauendahl
Europe
Ranch man chases son in law elopement tale near Cheyenne
W C McDonald a wealthy ranch owner with a vast estate near Cheyenne Wyoming rode special trains last week to intercept his daughter Anna who eloped with Walter Hartwell a drug clerk in Van Tagsels. He carried two revolvers and warned conductors and crew of his plans to act on Walter if he caught him.
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W. C. McDonald
Cheyenne
Wyo
Anna
Walter Hartwell
van Tagsels
McDonald’s Ranch
Walter
Poor Ole Dad Reconciles, Offers 10000 Wedding Present
An old man in Omaha, having chased his daughter Anna and her suitor, calms down and asks forgiveness. He pledges a $10,000 wedding gift to secure Anna's return and vows to support her husband if she chooses him. Telegraphs report widespread pleas for Anna to come home and be forgiven.
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Omaha
Pard
Anna
Annie
Flora of Chaucer in Outer World and English Heritage
An overview praising Chaucer’s influence on English language and literature, linking his poetry to England’s flora and nature. It highlights how nature shapes his verses and the broader literary value beyond antiquaries, noting the era’s social life and scientific study’s role in appreciating natural imagery.
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Outer World
St. Mary's Chapel
Westminster
Chaucer
England
Ely
Chile to enact compulsory service act creating conscript army
The Short Service Conscript Army act passes toward becoming law in Chile within days. It abolishes the regular army and national guard distinction, establishing a conscript force with permanent instructors. About 30,000 men will be under arms at all times, with young Chileans aged around 20 liable for one year of service.
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Chile
South
All Exercise Is Good for Health and Wealth
A column argues walking benefits all, noting many rely on streetcars for daily travel while the fit walk for health and beauty. It praises exercise for all social groups, urging even the able-bodied to walk instead of driving when possible.
Inconstant as Esau in Resolve and Conduct
A fragment reflecting moral wavering and spiritual decline. The speaker laments fluctuating resolutions, pride in calling, and attempts at self-control that yield to self-indulgence. The text critiques trading conscience and fellowship with God for earthly comforts.
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Esau
Beau
Marcus Dodg
Fragmentary Thought on Wisdom and Inner Peace
Fragmentary text discusses inner beauty and peace with those within. It contrasts the wise man being rich with a prudent man who can employ or plata. The source appears garbled with names like Stan ine and Codigarment, offering limited coherent facts.
Russia of Today exposes poverty and famine in rural lands
Henry Norman portrays rural Russia as a land of universal poverty and illiteracy with long train journeys through bleak villages. He notes mass famines, widespread disease, syphilis in villages, and national issues of drunkenness, detailing commissions to seek remedies and contrasting Russia with western Europe.
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Balkan
Russia
Servia
Bulgaria
Poland
Europe
Casey
Henry Norman
Scribner's
Family of Destiny and the Casa Buonaparte Visit
Visitors to Corsica seek the house where Napoleon was born and recall theNapoleonic dynasty born of a modest notary family. Joseph Napoleon Lucien Louis Jerome Caroline Elise Pauline all rose to royal or imperial ranks, while their mother Letizia Ramolino remained obscure. The Casa Buonaparte inspires reflection beyond Arabian Nights lore.
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Corsica
Napoleon
Joseph
Lucien
Louis
Jerome
Carolline
Elise
Pauline
France
Spain
Holland
Westphalia
Italy
Caroline
Naples
Letitia Ramolino
Dairy and Poultry Advice From a Farm Department
A farm department article discusses poultry shows in Chicago from January 21 to 26 at the Coliseum, notes the value of heat management to prevent chick deaths, and contrasts amateur and specialist poultry raisers. It also covers grass and pasture for fowl, digestion in cows, and detailed steps to exterminate tuberculosis in herds with testing, disinfection, and careful biosecurity.
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Chicago
Coliseum
Libby
James Law
New York
A Happy Old Age in Burmah
A Burmese view of aging describes filial piety through nobosat, modest dress, and the dignity of elders who remain mentally engaged with religious study and grandchildren. The aged avoid anger, seek neither excess nor neglect, and embrace a peaceful, ceremonious end within Buddhist culture.
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Burmah
Ferrar
Pope Clement XIV and the suppression of the Jesuits
The text notes Pope Clement XIV being known as the Protestant Pope for issuing a 1778 bull that suppressed the Jesuit order founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1537. It traces the order’s influence, calls opponents enemies, and mentions subsequent restoration by Pius VII in 1815 amid debates across France and Europe.
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Clement XIV
Ignatius de Loyalo
Pascal
France
Portugal
Spain
Europe
Pius’ Vilda
The Mile of Different Nations
A fragmented discussion lists various national mile definitions from England to Denmark and beyond. The text then hints at old time miles in Ireland and references a shift away from traditional mile measures.
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Ireland
Miley
Fragmentary OCR Breathes Uneven Tax Figures
Readable fragments show a discussion of a large tax figure or levy with mentions of 92,000 and "upon the pro thickness" and references to a meeting or debate. No clear subjects, dates, or places are identifiable.
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Amstach
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