Giving Arms to Savages and the Indian Troop Debate
The piece argues that Britain may use Indian and African troops in future wars, citing Parliament declarations and past incidents. It discusses the Hague Conference findings, historical opposition to non European forces, and the humane conduct of Japanese troops in China as a model.
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Philadelphia Times
Joseph Chamberlain
Europe
United States
Russia
France
Germany
Uncle Sam
Philippine Islands
Great Britain
the Hague
Mediterranean
Japan
China
Celestial Empire
England
Honor Roll of Allies in US Independence Effort
The Baltimore News reports on an international effort to compile an honor roll of French officers soldiers and sailors who aided the United States in securing independence. Colonel Chaille- Tong and Paris experts under Ambassador Pocter directed the project, with a French branch of the Sons of the Revolution formed to include Lafayettes Rochambeaus and others.
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United States
England
Washington
Lafayette
Charlie-Long
Baltimoreau
Parisi
Pocter
Chaille- Tong
Lafasyettes
Rochambeaus
Baltimore News
RAILLESS ELECTRIC LINE ON NICE TO LAGHET CONCH
London Mail describes a proposed traction system for the Corniche from Nice to Laghet using overhead wires and two parallel aerial conductors. Motor cars run without accumulators, drawing power from central electrical works via long flexible contact wires. The system promises energy savings and easier passing around obstacles.
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Corniche
Nice
Convent of Laghet
Ta Turble
Cam
Gentral Electrical Works
London Mail
Charities Pooled for Elderly Worldwide Proposal
The Washington Times contemplates pooling all benefits and charities in the United States to distribute to everyone over 65. It suggests there would be enough funds to provide a substantial retirement aid and cites existing wartime allocations as a reference point.
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United States
Washington Times
Inspiring Boyhood and the Schoolboys in the Procession
Harper's Magazine notes the public schoolboys in a grand procession. Their uniforms are incomplete yet their presence stirs spectators with a moving mix of pride restraint and emotion. The piece views youth as future soldiers in life’s vast battles and destinies.
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Harper’s Magazine
Greatest Texas Ranch Embraces 3 000 000 Acres
A roundup on the X I A ranch in the Panhandle shows it spans nearly 3 million acres across six counties. Owned by the Capitol Syndicate, the vast operation runs 100 000 head of cattle on a system that uses telephones to link seven sections to headquarters. The pasture fence totals about 210 miles one way and 250 miles the other, covering roughly 5 000 square miles.
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Texas
Capitol Syndicate
Austin
Grea
France the Land of the Dog and Human Decline
Leslie’s Weekly notes France’s population decline while a European dog census reports France has the highest dog to human ratio on the continent at 2,864,000 dogs about 15 per 1000 people. Germany’s ratio is about 12.5 per 1000. The piece suggests critics may say France is “going to the dogs.” New York City hosts 30 Japanese Methodists.
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France
Europe
Germany
Leslie
An American pope debated in Irish Ecclesiastical Record
The London Tablet summarizes Father Pope of Rugely arguing a future church could consider an American pope or even move the see from Rome to New York. The piece discusses papal succession authority from St. Peter, historical Avignon, and the inalienable primacy of Rome, noting possible future shifts yet doubt about abandoning Rome as the Fisherman’s see.
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London Tablet
Father Pope
Rugely
Leo XIII
New World
Sacred College
America
Holy See
Rome
New York
St. Peter
Peter
Avignon
Popis
Papal
Gelasius
Boniface VIII
Nicholas I
Innocent III
Antioch
St. Ambrose
St. Peter’s
The
Seven Hills
Music to Drive Pests Away by Loud Sounds
Reports claim insects dislike loud music and will abandon homes or fields. Historical notes cite Reaumur on crickets and beetles, bees reacting to banging tins, locust swarms deterred by horns and drums, used by Sudanese locals to protect crops.
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Burest
Reamur
Soudan
The Wedding Fee Tradition Across Clergy and Dignitaries
The New York World notes marriage fees vary widely from law set 2 50 to higher gifts. Typical sums range 3 to 5 dollars with occasional 8 to 10 and rare 25 or 50. The pope’s fee to marry a duke’s niece stands as the record, while Catholic fees go to the church as a special offering.
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New York World
d’Aosta
New England
Tolstoi Reflects On American Public School Faiths
In a dialogue cited from Leslie's Monthly Tolstoi questions whether American schools teach creeds. The interviewer explains public schools lack doctrinal instruction while noting Bible passages appear. Tolstoi argues parents and teachers should provide strong, definitive religious and moral teaching proved, scientific, and factual.
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America
Tolstoi
Leslie’s Monthly
Heat in Australia Sets Record as Nation Boils
The San Francisco Call notes Australia as the hottest country on record with extreme conditions described as oppressive heat. In separate market coverage, Chicago's cattle receipts hit a record high of 32 472 head in a single day.
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Australia
San Francisco
Chicago
Hetty Greens Husband Dying in Bellows Falls
In Bellows Falls on November 28, reports say Hetty Green's husband Edward A. Green, a veteran East Indian merchant, is near death. He is eighty or more, once generous, but long parsimony and rising tensions with his wife led to a cooling of their marriage amid her business duties.
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Bellows Falls
Hetty Green
Edward A. Green
Mr. Green
The Green fortune and the price of a dissident empire
An elderly magnate Edward A. Green loses his wealth and status as his wife Harriet H. Robinson, heiress to $9,000,000, builds a colossal fortune through Wall Street and western railroads. Green’s life in decline follows the plan that equity and power rest with Mrs. Green and their son H. R. Green.
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Odgenarian
New York
Mr. Green
Edward A. Green
Harriet H. Robinson
America
New Bedford
Wall Street
Green
Upper Broadway
Teen
H. R. Green
Texas
Fragmented OCR Note About An Ambiguous Event
The readable text is garbled with stray phrases and unclear references making it impossible to identify people places or actions. No coherent facts emerge to summarize into a proper news item or headline.
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Hetty Greens
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