World's Dirtiest City Pekin Described In Critical View
The piece condemns Pekin as filthy with unpaved streets and sham walls of mud and sand. It notes Colonel Denby’s visit on the Mandit wall and discusses Manchu and Chinese attitudes, Russian influence in Mongolia and Manchuria, and looming railroad-driven shifts in power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Temple of Heaven
China
Mongolia
Manchuria
Kiakhta
Siberian
Asin
Amoor
Blagovenschensk
Shari
Port Arthur
Talien-Wan
Jenne
Five queer places
London Answers surveys unusual locales across the world. Altenberg sits at a four-country border with no monarchy or taxes and a French German dialect. Stanley in the Falklands runs a unique traveling school service. Lundee New Jersey has a rail station with no trains. A Pacific atoll near Greenwich lacks Christmas Day. Anguilla’s remote colony has no towns, scarce water, and government aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Altenberg
Stanley
Falkland Islands
Lundee
New Jersey
Pacific Ocean
Greenwich
West Indies
Anguillas
Un Daunted Action The Call To Train Selfless Leaders
President Tucket quotes Cecil Rhodes praising undaunted action and urges colleges to graduate men who learn quickly, apply invention, and serve their country. He warns against selfishness and stresses training leaders who look outward from birth and breeding to face future challenges. The message reflects a national push to cultivate capable, selfless graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Rhodes
London
President Tucket
Bull in a China Shop Sighted at Barrass Bridge
A correspondent reports an ox in a china shop at Barrass Bridge England behaved with notable calm. The animal wandered the shop causing little damage and drew an amused crowd as it left the premises unscathed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrass Bridge
England
America Leads World Railroads and Hotels Here Are Superior
A historical survey lauds American railroads and hotels as unparalleled in Christendom, highlighting extensive networks and luxury accommodations as nation’s premier transportation and hospitality systems. It emphasizes modernization, scale, and global influence in the industry.
American hotels and travel beat Europe in comfort says New Orleans man
A New Orleans businessman returning from Europe denounces European hotels and rail travel as inferior to American standards. He cites lack of elevators, heating, lighting, prompt baggage handling, and courteous service abroad, and praises American hotels, trains, and cabs for efficiency and comfort. He criticizes endless smug European praise of outdated methods and declares Americans deserve superior treatment in travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Times-Democrat
New Orleans
Big Pond
Continent
Rome
Europe
America
United States
Paderewski
Africa
Degenerate Countryman Faces Club Vengeance Allegation
A terse crime note reports a dispute where a countryman wielding a club allegedly harmed another. The incident prompted questions about justification and local reaction as authorities investigate the event.
Priest’s gift of matches sparks village idol worship
A Catholic missionary in India gave boxes of matches to locals teaching them to light fires. After a short absence he found the villagers worshiping the matches as deities, a striking turn of reverence sparked by his generosity according to the Washington Times.
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India
Washington Times
French-Scotchmen in Quebec Baffle a New Yorker
A New York businessman recounts travels in Quebec where Scots by name live among French speakers. He notes Duncan McDonald & Co and a clerk who spoke only French, with McDonald acting as interpreter. He remarks Quebec’s population mixes Scots and French identities in hotels and families, observing language and cultural divides.
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New York
Quebec
New York Herald
Duncan McDonald & Co
Donald
M. McDonald
Duncan McDonald
Duncans
Dugalds
Jamies
Maine
Choucoutimi
Saguenay
Martin
Dante’s House in Pontremoli Sells at Auction
The Pontremoli Italian dwelling once home to Dante was sold at public auction for 31500 francs to a buyer from a nearby area. The Italian press argues the site’s historical link to Dante and the Divine Comedy warrants national preservation and government purchase.
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Dante
Pontremoli
Italy
Walla
The Rise of Third Parties in the 1900 Campaign
The article surveys numerous minor parties in the 1900 presidential contest. It notes the Populists split into factions, two socialist groups led by Harriman and Debs, and other minor tickets such as the united Christian and Prohibitionist lines. It traces historical third parties from anti Masonic to free soil and Know Nothing, detailing their impact and key figures in early American politics.
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Republican
Democratic
Wharton Barker
Democrats
Socialist Party
Job Harriman
California
Social Democrats
Eugene V. Debs
Harriman
United Christian
Dr. S. C. Swallow
Pennsylvania
Prohibitionists
John G. Woolley
Illinois
anti-Masonic
Liberty
Free Soil
Know-Nothing
Constitutional Unionists
Prohibitionist
Greenback
Union Labor
People’s
New York
William Morgan
Morgan
William Wirt
Maryland
United States
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Vermont
Liberty Party
Myron Holley
Gerrit Smith
James G. Birney
Clay
Texas
Rey
Free Soilers
Chase
Charles Francis Adams
John P. Hale
George W. Julian
Free Soil Party
Birney
New York Barnburners
Democratic Party
van Buren
Cass
Polk
Bufffalo
Zachary Taylor
Free Seilers
Hale
Julian
Democracy
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Tennessee
Know Nothing
Harpers
New England
Middle States
Know Nothings
Delaware
Massachusets
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
American Party
Praident Vilhore
Maryly
Atlentio
Plante
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Denby
Mandit
Broadway
Indiana
Bull
Christendom
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