Wealthy federal judge and scattered notices in brief
Elmer B. Adams, presiding judge of the Eastern District of Missouri, is cited as one of the wealthiest federal judges with an estimated fortune of $500,000. Rhode Island’s abandoned farms count 349 across about 4 percent of the state, not signaling statewide distress. The column touches on 15th century dress rules from Lincoln's Inn, a Montclair fossil fish, and a note about overhyped freshness of fish in housekeepers’ ice boxes.
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Elmer B. Adams
United States Court For
Eastern District of
Missouri
Rhode Island
Cold Air Fails to Kill Bacteria in Week Long Test
Experiments in Professor Dewar's laboratory show that many bacteria survive a week of liquid air cold. Afterward they recover and grow as if untouched by the extreme refrigeration. The findings challenge the belief that intense cold kills microbes.
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Dewar
Girl saves cattleman by lariat in Texas lion chase
Norma Diora of near Guadaloupe headquarters Texas earned a silver mounted revolver from the Texas Cattle Association for bravery after lassoing a mountain lion attacking her father’s cattle on the ranch border. She had no weapon, yet used her lariat to end the attack. The piece also notes German engineers praising French rail speed over English, with Paris to Amiens eclipsing 60 mph in tests and other country speed limits.
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Norma Diora
Guadaloupe
Texas
Texas Cattle Association
Journal of German Engineers
Paris
Amiens
Great Britain
Perth
Forfax
Germany
Wittenberg
Hamburg
Return to Spencerian Script Sparks Memorial Library Plan
Vertical penmanship fades from public schools as focus shifts to faster writing. The push to honor Platt Spencer in Geneva, Ohio with a memorial library highlights the Spencerian era. Spencer taught many, including from farming backgrounds, shaping a remarkable life despite early hardships.
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Platt Spencer
Geneva
Penman
Spencer
Forests Kept For Rail Tie Supply Warns Industry
A New York Sun figure study shows railroads need about 4,500 ties per mile of standard single track and Pennsylvania east of Pittsburgh uses nearly 2,700,000 ties annually. Even under ideal conditions 2,000 acres for 30 years yield 1,000,000 ties, proving rail lines argue for forest preservation.
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New York Sun
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Three Chinese Feasts Mark Legal Holidays and Festivals
The article notes three Chinese feasts that grant legal holidays the dragon moon and the year with five days for the first two and thirty for the last. It highlights the feast of flowers in spring as the most attractive, describes rice wine productions and flower-lined gardens, and mentions dragon moon and year holidays. It also covers a New York peace memorial project facing material delivery challenges atop Lookout mountain and a Missouri divorce case where a woman sues for 3000 dollars for supporting four children after separation.
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China
New York Peace Memorial
Lookout Mountain
The Soldiers of the Czars in Russia’s Army Portrait
A detailed portrait of the Russian soldier and czarist loyalty. The piece explores personal allegiance, officer and soldier dynamics, peasant moozhiks, and the mix of discipline, resilience, religio patriotic duty, and the limits imposed by Russia’s social and technological state.
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Russia
Wood Bison Near Extinction In Northwest Territories
J A Allen notes wood bison once roamed near Great Slave Lake but have contracted northward and may be extinct south of the Peace River. Estimates from 1889 to 1899 range from 550 to as few as 50, with hunters describing a wary herd, winter stalking, and robes valued at ten to fifty dollars.
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British North America
J. A. Allen
American Museum of Natural History
Professor Hornaday
New York Zoological Society
Russell
Jarvis
Moberly
Stone
Great Slave Lake
Northwest Territory
Allen
Peace River
Frank Russell
Jews Flee Romania En Masse Seeking Passage to Americas
The article estimates about 20,000 Roumanian Jews forced to abandon homes since January. Between fifty and one hundred flee through Vienna daily, moving toward the United States or Canada due to mistreatment by Romanian authorities.
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Vienna
United States
Canada
Mississippi's New Capitol to Rise on Old Penitentiary Site
Mississippi plans a new state capitol costing about 1 million dollars on the former penitentiary site. The design features 760 foot grounds, a south main entrance, ample rotunda access from all sides, and two legislative chambers on the second floor connected for swift interaction.
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Mississippi
Illinois Central
Queen and Crescent
Terior
British Indian government alters official script in northern India
The British Indian administration switches official writing from Persian to Nagri, sparking protests among Muslims in upper India who fear marginalization and view it as religiously charged. Critics suggest the move may worsen tensions amid plague regulations and mass unrest.
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India
Duke of Cambridge Brushed Up Latin in Rome Visit
An anecdote from Rome about the Duke of Cambridge shows his nervous attempt at Latin during a Vatican visit. English guards spoke English to him while the pope and officials asked him to sit, and the duke exclaimed in shock when told to seat down, as recorded by Youths' Companion.
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Duke of Cambridge
Rome
London Chronicle
Vatican
Brussels
A Boy Inventor and the Birth of the Telephone
A letter from Professor A. M. Bell recounts how his son A. G. Bell advanced speech science from boyhood experiments to the idea of transmitting vibrations over a wire, inspiring the field that would become the telephone. The elder Bell emphasizes his role as catalyst, not originator, of the invention.
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A. G. Bell
Prof
A. M. Bell
George Iles
Herr Faber
American Painter Receives Italian Decoration
Miss Gwendolyn Dunlevy Kelly of Columbus Ohio wears a decoration conferred by Queen Margherita of Italy. Five years earlier Kelly painted a portrait of the queen which pleased her majesty and earned the honor from the Italian royal house.
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Americas
Gwendolyn Dunlevy Kelly
Columbus
Margherita
Italy
Watchmen Require Lead for Automobiles in Newark
Newark officials rule that cars are subject to the same law as traction engines and must be preceded by a watchman for at least an eighth of a mile. Some people have no use for their property unless they can use it.
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America
Peter the Great
Russia
Newark
N. J
Linsey-Woolsey
The Circuit Rider in Backwoods Ohio
An old verse recalls the circuit rider’s visits in rural Ohio when faith stirred local life. The poem contrasts plain frontier life with fanfare and recalls gatherings, dress, and the preacher’s fiery exhortations that lit up the community.
A Tale of Mistress Marget and the Brave Squire
Thomas Dantry, a plain squire, schemes to woo Mistress Marget with help from old Simeon and Parson Dabney. He steals to her window, marries her by a clergyman, then rides to war while hoping Reginald’s respect awaits him.
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Mistress Marget
Thomas Dantry
Charles
Bonnie
England
Simeon
Reginald
Eleanor Blewett
Marget
Tress Marget
Old Simeon
Sir Reginald
Parson Dabney
Gir
Si Reginald
Chicago Tribune
Boucicault Earned 304 For Five Act Comedy Early Career
In his early career Boucicault received £304 for a five act comedy. He testified to this on oath in a court, and the examiner exclaimed at the sum’s size. Boucicault doubted a Haymarket writer could command such pay.
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Bouccicault
Haymarket
Sutherland Eawards
Spartan Courage Marks Altoona Boy in Snakebite
Fifteen year old William Van Allman was bitten by a rattlesnake while picking berries west of Altoona. He severed the injured finger at the second joint with a pocketknife after first killing the snake, bandaged the wound, and traveled to Altoona for treatment. Doctors say he is not in danger.
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Altoona
Philadelphia
William van Allman
Mechanism of the Carp Surpasses Human Body Details
The carp is described as far more complex than humans in a historic note, claiming it moves thousands of bones and muscles with each breath. It allegedly has 4,386 bones and muscles, 4,320 more components, and 99 muscles, outstripping the human count of 492 bones and 60 arteries.
United States Exports Rise Globally in Past Fiscal Year
Exports from the United States increased across all regions in the last fiscal year. After Europe, the biggest gain was in shipments to other parts of North America, signaling broad demand beyond the continent.
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United States
Globe
North America
No Chinese Word For Patriotism Cited In Opinion Note
The writer notes no Chinese term for public opinion or patriotism. An honorary degree from an Austrian university was conferred on Onorary Degree from Ai nme nee Newcomb, the Sete trémomer, by a leading Austrian institution.
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Ai Nme
Newcomb
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Grenadier
Moscow
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