Equal rights noted and naval spending tallied in review
The piece cites debates over widows rights earning only a third of a man's estate. It notes Catholic Westminster cathedral fundraising topping £23000. It also outlines Spanish American War naval expenditures: $17 million on 102 ships with transfers, sales, sinkings, and current locations including Asiatic station and state militia use.
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Navy Department
Spain
War Department
Navy Yards
Asiatic Station
Tombstone inscription ends with a queer sentence in Leigh churchyard
In Leigh England a tombstone inscription closes with a curious line about a virtuous woman being unto her husband. The space saved by omitting a crown led the stonecutter to argue that a crown equals five shillings.
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Leigh
England
Mexico Declares National Bathing Day Annual Wash Observance
Mexico marks a yearly national bathing day when all citizens from the president to workers wash themselves. While some fear water and avoid getting wet, most take the opportunity to bathe and swim.
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Mexico
Bon Marche Kitchen Feeds Four Thousand Employees
The Paris department store Bon Marche feeds its 4,000 employees. Kitchen gear includes kettles from 100 to 500 quarts, fifty frying pans each holding 300 cutlets, and potato dishes for 225 pounds. Omelets require 7,800 eggs, with sixty cooks and 100 assistants at the ranges.
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Bon Marche
Paris
Ita
What I know about the Filipinos
A long serving Spanish priest in the Philippine Islands kept notes for successors but his book titled What I know about the Filipinos proved blank pages after his death. His friends hoped to reveal collected wisdom but found only voids, highlighting a life of study with unreadable outcomes.
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Philippine Islands
Ohio capitalists acquire 4000 acres on St Johns River
Ohio investors closed a deal to buy 4000 acres of improved Florida land along the St. Johns River forty five miles south of Jacksonville. The tract features a magnolia grove and is planned for residence use with several homes to be built in summer. The land will be fenced and set aside as a game preserve for owners and guests.
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Ohio
Florida
St. John’s River
Jacksonville
Indian nurse fills hospital role for Wisconsin Indians
A Hartford hospital visitor notes Nancy Cornelius a young Indian nurse who could earn twenty dollars weekly in the city and has time for her duties. She offers to serve as doctor, nurse, housekeeper and scrubwoman in a small Wisconsin Indian hospital, receiving about two hundred dollars a year. Her selfless work inspires gratitude and community effort toward better conditions.
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Tom
Harry
Hartford
Nancy Cornelius
Wisconsin
Captain Streeter Seeks Lake Michigan Territory Delegacy
Captain George W Streeter of Chicago visits the interior department chief clerk seeking to be sworn in as delegate to Congress from the territory of Lake Michigan He claims electoral votes and intends to see President Roosevelt at the capitol but is told the interior department cannot administer the oath.
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George W. Streeter
Chicago
Department of the Interior
Congress
Lake Michigan
Capitol
Mothers debate styling for daughters’ straight hair
The article notes mothers struggle with straight hair more than curls and mentions so called hair doctors advising upward brushing to encourage curling by age one. It laments that hair dressing receives little attention in young girls and suggests mothers rarely study facial contours to choose a flattering head dress.
Matrimonial signal in Servia uses doll in window
Marriageable women in Servia reveal their status by a dressed doll hanging in the principal window of a house, signaling a woman there is seeking a husband.
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Servia
Life tree of Jamaica Resilient to Sun and Fire
A curious Jamaica plant known as the life tree grows for years after digging. Leaves severed from its limbs stay green for weeks, and the tree can only be destroyed by fire.
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Jamaica
Up-to-date hints on celery rust control and trials
Agricultural note by Charles C. Townsend, state pathologist of Maryland, discusses celery rust caused by a fungus. Experiments compare shading, ammoniacal carbonate of copper, and Bordeaux mixture, showing preventive sprays protect healthy leaves and copper solution may promote better growth than Bordeaux.
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Charles C. Townsend
Maryland
Forests Will Be Reserved in Arizona by Government Purchase
Secretary Hitchcock secures nearly a million acres through exchanges with the Santa Fe Railroad and other owners to create 1 950 720 acres of timber in the San Francisco mountains. The reserve protects Verde and Salt river waters and irrigated lands, preserving grazing grounds used by sheep and cattle. Once finished, Arizona will boast permanent parks totaling about 6 000 000 acres across Prescott Black Mesa Grand Canyon and San Francisco reserves, second only to California and Washington.
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Arizona
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Hitchcock
San Francisco
Santa Fe Railway Company
Prescott
Black Mesa
Grand Canyon
California
Washington
Vermont Trends in Plant Statistics From Experiment Station
Vermont experiment station sends notable plant statistics showing regional variation across species. The data highlight growth rates, yields, and comparative performance among local varieties.
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Vermont
Vermont Experiment Station
Breeding for Ideal Type in Hogs Inherently Flawed
The article argues against mixing distinct hog types to create an ideal. It states that like begets like through heredity, and blending two abnormal forms yields no superior third type. It urges selecting a single ideal pattern and mating sows and boars that best fit that fixed type.
Record of U S farm exports 1897 1900 total nearly 3.19B
The secretary of agriculture reports domestic farm products sold abroad across 1897 1900 totaled 3 186 000 000 a gain of about 200 000 000 annually above the 1893 1896 export value. Fiscal year 1900 exports reached 844 000 000, second only to 1898 s 859 000 000. over the four years 1897 1900 farm exports averaged 797 000 000 versus 598 000 000 in 1893 1896.
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Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Horticultural Rules For Home And Market Veggie Growing
The article contrasts growing for home use with market sales, urging home gardeners to prioritize high quality and a steady supply, while market growers should produce large quantities of mixed lots. It notes profits are modest and frames must provide heat, ventilation, and watering, with southern placement and windbreaks to protect crops.
Tree Planting on the Western Plains
The division of forestry reports rising interest in prairie tree growing. Farmers west of the Mississippi and north of the 40th parallel plan permanent groves with long lived species such as hackberry green ash white elm bur oak red elm red cedar and bull pine. Nurseries lack suitable stock though conifers have struggled on the plains due to unsuitable eastern varieties. Red cedar and bull pine are seen as promising natives for windbreaks and resilience.
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Division of Forestry
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Sugar in France and England Compared by French Economist
A French economist notes England consumes more sugar than any nation and pays less per unit. England’s sugar per capita exceeds France’s, and the French diet limits sugar use due to meals centered on soup wine and fruit. Sugar taxes affect urban, well-to-do consumers who drink coffee or chocolate.
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England
Prickly Pear Vastly Impedes Australian Land Settlement
The article notes prickly pear as a major obstacle to land settlement in parts of Australia. It describes the pest as taking over large tracts, forcing settlers into constant battles for land rights. A single fruit can yield many seeds, allowing the weed to persist and spread despite drought and other stresses.
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Australia
The Real Character of a Man Revealed by Amusements
A brief quotation from Joshua Reynolds notes that a man’s true character is shown by his amusements, reflecting on personal integrity through leisure choices.
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Joshua Reynolds
How Can The Press Increase Its Influence
Dinner remarks from the Correspondents Club in New York gather opinions from Whitelaw Reid W J Bryan Thomas Edison and others on boosting press influence. They urge accuracy fairness ownership transparency editorial integrity and thoughtful reporting to elevate public trust and thoughtful discourse.
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Correspondents’ Club
New York
Whitelaw Reid
W. J. Bryan
Thomas A. Edison
Lyman Abbott
Cardinal Gibbons
Andrew Carnegie
Joseph Jefferson
Henry C. Potter
H. H. Kohlsaat
Chicago Times-Herald
It Brought It The Rain Balloon Experiment
A government effort years ago tested rain making by high altitude explosions. Prof Myers of Frankfort New York oversaw a gas balloon launch from Washington using a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen to create loud blasts at about a quarter mile height to induce rain.
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Department of Agriculture
Myers
Frankfort
N. Y
Washington
Balloon Experiment Sparks Rainfall System Adopted in Texas
A professor demonstrates a dynamo tied to a balloon producing a burst of silk and a colossal blast. The event flattens men and kills fish, topples a bowling alley, and causes torrential rain within eight minutes. Agricultural experts adopt the system for extended rainfall tests on distant Texas plains.
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Prof. Myers
Texas
Danger in Potatoes and Solanine Poisoning
The article warns that potatoes can contain the poisonous alkaloid solanine. New potatoes have little poison unless green or exposed, while old potatoes store high levels, causing headaches, colic, diarrhea, vomiting, weakness, and stupor, as seen in late summer cases and in German troops in 1892 and 1893. Dr. Meyer found old damp stored potatoes sprouted contain twenty four times more solanine than new ones.
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Meyer
Eccentric Letter Writers Stir Post Office Civilities
A New York Press item surveys eccentric post letter habits from stamps placed in odd envelope spots to upside down stamps. It notes individuals writing on stamps, rhyming letters in St Louis, Greek script by a pedantic London doctor, and a Manchester cotton maker using ink colors to match occasions.
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St. Louis
London
Manchester
England
New York Press
Law Students Take Bar Admission Exam in Paterson
In the large class of law students who appeared for examination for admission to the bar at Paterson New Jersey. The report notes the sizable turnout and the proceeding's formal conduct amid the city’s legal community.
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Paterson, N. J
Miss Nina Murphy Passes Exam With Flair
Last Tuesday a single pupil, Nina Murphy, described as a bright red sack wearing girl, surprised classmates as she passed a formal examination. Judge Foot noted she performed better than many young men, and she jubilantly sent telegrams signing herself as Attorney-at-Law and Master in Chancery Nina.
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Nina Murphy
Judge Foot
Miss Murphy
Nina
Swiss Post Office Defends Jubilee Stamp Policy
Swiss post authorities deny accepting or exchanging a canceled Jubilee stamp issue seen as robbery by the press. The Jubilee stamps, issued through 1900, remain in many collectors hands and have sparked public uproar since the policy announcement.
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Switzerland
Christening in an Automobile in Brussels Church
A first of its kind christening occurred at the Church of St. Croix in Brussels. The father infant godparents and child rode in an automobile decorated with blue and white ribbons as snow fell and the infant lay under an umbrella during the ceremony.
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Belgium
Church of St. Croix
Brussels
Glass Blowing Replaces Lungs With Machinery In Factories
Machinery in glass blowing plants now replaces human lungs and hands. The change marks a notable invention victory and is hailed as a blessing. Glass blowing has ruined the lungs of thousands, with many dying from the work.
Strength Is a Virtue in Roosevelt View
The piece quotes Theodore Roosevelt on virtue and character, arguing that a well trained man can defend his convictions and not be deterred. It states there are virtues lacking in individuals or nations that no refinement can atone for.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Inheritance call to Western Canada lands opens new districts
An editor urges Americans to consider homesteading in Saskatchewan Valley and Assiniboia, noting fertile black loam soil, potential 40 to 60 bushels per acre wheat, strong yields for potatoes and roots, and mild winters. Settlers praise climate, rainfall, and market access, with low prices and government land offers.
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Bir
Canada
Saskatchewan Valley
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Iowa
Allen's Foot Ease ad promises relief for foot discomfort
An advertising item promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder to be shaken into shoes for swollen feet burning sweating and bunions. It notes 25c at druggists and shoe stores with a free sample and provides the supplier's name Allen Olmsted LeRoy N Y. A quoted Addison remark on human temper follows.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
Dr J H Rindlaub Eye Ear Nose and Throat
Fargo specialist Dr J H Rindlaub offers expert care for eye ear nose and throat conditions in North Dakota with local service and referrals available.
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J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
England Healthy Land Death Rate Comparison
The report claims England is a healthy land with a lower death rate than Norway, noted as the only country with this advantage.
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England
Norway
Pile and Fistula Care Public Notice
An pamphlet on pile and fistula care offers pre treatment guidance and cure explanations, sent free to any address with four cents in stamps. Rea Bros. & Co. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Time is compared to a creditor allowing space to settle accounts.
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Red Cross
Rea Bros. & Co
Minneapolis
Mina
Great Nerve Restorea Ad Teasers From Dreil Line
Fragmented ad copy mixes doctored quips and product pitches. Mentions Dreil or iline and Philadelphia with unrelated sayings and testimonials. Ends with promotional lines about selling businesses and dyes.
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Philadelphia
Pao
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