Wealthy Women of Dawson See Riches in Klondike Work
Mrs. Katherin Morrell recounts how Dawson offers lucrative roles for women from claim work to nursing and dressmaking. She details wages for camp cooks, nurses earning $300 monthly, and a laundry venture, noting high fashion and diamonds flourish in the mining region. The piece paints Dawson as a peak opportunity for enterprising women.
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Mall
Katherin Morrell
Klondike
Dawson
United States
Daw
New York
Yukon
Chicago
Pullman
California
Seattle
States
Bennett
Chilcoot Pass
Stars and Stripes
Connell
Dawson City
Cape Nome
Gold Country
Churches should convert costly edifices into workable space
A church economist warned that about 45 million dollars is invested in non productive church buildings in the United States. He argued most church property worth over 316 million dollars sits idle much of the week and should be repurposed into revenue producing business blocks with space for religious gatherings. He cited examples in New York Boston and other cities where existing buildings already blend commerce and worship.
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Leslie
United States
Methodist Book Concern
Presbyterian
Fifth Avenue
New York
Boston
Waterloo
Britain
Carlton Hill
Edinburgh
Parthenon
George IV
Scotland
Edward
England
Wellington
St. Paul’s
House of Lords
London
Trafalgar Square
Nelson
Gordon
Napier
Havelock
St Paul’s Tower
Black Friars Bridge
Westminster Abbey
Marble Arch
Christopher Wren
Henry III
Henry
Investment Plan for Church Funds
The piece argues chapels as venues for religious meetings and suggests investing church funds to generate revenue. The plan would allow denominations to extend their work, especially among neglected and churchless urban masses, by deriving income from capital investments.
Felix Holt Featured in The Personal Eliot Volume
The Personal Eliot presents George Eliot's Felix Holt with Felix Holt the political novel set in 1832 election riots and reform agitation. It includes a personal introduction and photographs of scenes, highlighting the romance between Felix and Esther Lyon and the author’s political insight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eliot
Felix Holt
Felix
Esther Lyon
Eliot
Costs of wars through the century total over forty nine billion
The article cites Wilson and Mulhall estimating civil war disbursements by the United States and other major wars, totaling about 49,068,000,000 for civilized nations in the century. It compares U S and Confederate costs with Napoleonic, Crimean, Franco Prussian, and other wars and notes alleged imbalance in reporting.
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United States Treasury
Thomas E. Wilson
Republic
Wilson
United States
Russia
Turkey
Spain
Portugal
France
Algeria
Europe
Austria
Prussia
Germany
Mexico
Brazil
Paraguay
Mulhall
Great Britain
India
Egypt
Africa
England
Asia
Unequal Strikers Fight in Steel Trust Clash
The Boston Advertiser argues the steel strike harms workers more than mills due to permanent wage loss, while the steel trust gains from higher prices and resumed output. It contends trust monopoly ensures no net loss to the producers, unlike labor.
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Iron and Steel
Steel Trust
Boston Advertiser
A Great Peach Crop Seventy Five Million Bush Els
A Great Peach Crop report notes the nation expects seventy five million bush el crops as a major agricultural product for the year. The forecast highlights the fruit’s market potential and regional yields across growing states.
Banner Peach Harvest Expected Nationwide This Year
The New York Sun notes a projected national peach crop near 75 million bushels, aided by July heat and drought relief. It highlights thinning to boost yield, reduced pit production, and economies from canning and careful sorting into three grades.
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China
Europe
Persia
America
England
Holland
California
Georgia
France
A True Story of China in Old New Lippincott Tale
Harold Ballagh recounts a Chinese feet binding quarrel where Ah Quai declares the ritual binding will stay until the clan cuts off the tail, wielding a short sword to sternly enforce obstinacy as Sing Lee and Kun react with fear and doubt.
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Harold Ballagh
New Lippincott
Ah-Quai
Sing Lee
Kun
Moment of bitterness echoes in his curt remark
In a tense exchange he curtly declares a pointed mercy to his fate, uttering a sharp line that freezes emotion and signals a turning point in the scene. The phrase reveals cynicism and a decisive stance under pressure.
A Humble Speculation at the Wayside Inn
An old gentleman, dismounting from his horse, leaves the animal with a scantily clad urchin at a wayside inn. On return, he finds another poverty stricken boy with the horse. The boy confesses he purchased the lad for a penny and earns a dime for candor.
Forty Balloons Sent for North Pole Route Recording
Mr. Baldwin ships forty balloons to Tromsoe for the North Pole expedition. The balloons are not for passengers. each will be released automatically to mark the northward route.
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Mr. Baldwin
Tromsoe
North Pole
Most Popular English Names in a Thousand Citizens
London Tit-Bits reports on common male names in England, noting 856 of every thousand bear these top names. William leads, followed by John George Thomas and James, with Henry Harry and Albert rising from royal connections. The piece highlights concentration of names and many single-name occurrences among the rest.
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William
Johns
Georges
John
George
Thomas
James
Henry
Harry
Frederick
Charles
Alfred
Albert
England
Victoria
Edward
Arthur
Robert
Joseph
Herbert
Libery
Richard
Percy
Ernest
London
The Sunbeam Bird
The sunbeam humming bird is described as tiny yet lovely with jewel like plumage. It has little song quarrels with mates and strangers and curiosity gets them into trouble. Captivity harms and some are captured by collectors. South American Indians call them beams and locks of the sun. Fashion harms them for vanity.
imports of precious stones at New York port May value
Imports of precious stones at the port of New York totaled 3 169 273 dollars in May, compared with 1 322 357 dollars for May 1900.
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New York
Silk worm disease and long ship voyage cited in Atlantic to Lake Superior route
The article notes a sailing distance of 2,280 miles in Canadian waters from the Atlantic to the head of Lake Superior. It also defines Muscadine as a disease affecting silkworms, describing a fungus growth that breaches the skin and quickly kills the insect.
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Atlantic Ocean
Lake Superior
Canadian
Unfinished Monuments and Echoes of Incomplete World
A survey notes famous structures left incomplete across cities. The Washington Monument and Grant memorial show designs halted midstream while Trinity Church, Liberty statue pedestal, and New York tunnels reveal stubborn gaps. Edinburgh Parthenon columns rise as a warning of unbuilt grand plans.
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Washington Monument
White House
Grant Monument
Duncan
New York
Trinity Church
Broadway
Richard M. Hunt
Bartholdi
North River
Jersey Shore
Manhattan
Hoboken
Enterprise
Capitol
Albany
Washington
Channel Tunnel
Dover
England
France
Sir Edward Watkins
Joseph Chamberlain
Birmingham
Carlton Hill
Edinburgh
Scotland
Edward
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