Wisconsin Supreme Court Warns Against Estate Misuse in Receiverships
The Wisconsin Supreme Court criticizes abuses by receivers and custodians in estate management in the Speier case against Merchants' Exchange Bank. It urges strict limits on charges and notes the danger of courts and attorneys enabling dissipation of funds. The opinion condemns falsified testimony and refuses compensation to the receiver, warning of systemic misconduct in judicial conservation of estates. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Speicer
Merchants’ Exchange Bank
Dodge
Court of Equity
Caroline
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Lincoln's Population Prophecy in Civil War View
Prof. Lewis M Haupt cites Lincoln as arguing the Union could stay intact only by ending slavery. He proposed a gradual emancipation over 37 years funded by purchase and predicted population growth would push the U S toward 102 million by 1900, noting areas like Europe and U S land area. The piece also mentions a fashion note about a princes girdle belt.
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Lincoln
Lewis M. Haupt
Lippincott’s
Europe
Girdle
Russia and United States Aim to Improve Trade Ties
Russian consul general Vladmir A Teplow asserts the tariff dispute stems from misunderstandings not policy. He says Russia has no bounty on sugar and urges the U.S. minister to investigate tariffs fully. Teplow emphasizes shared mutual interests and predicts Siberia will open as a vast future market for American goods. The U.S. neighbor relationship is highlighted and Russia seeks the cheapest market in the United States.
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Russia
Vladimir A. Teplow
United States
America
Germany
Rusia
San Francisco
Siberia
Chicago
Russia Will Stand By America Says Moscow Advocate
A Moscow advocate argues Russia will always side with America, noting heavy mutual trade in sugar and machinery, the vast U S imports from Russia and Chicago’s $30 million machinery exports. He dismisses a European coalition and asserts shared youthful interests ensure continued alignment.
Japanese Shipyards Show Modern Industrial Push
The Tokio yard covers 60 acres with 3000 workers and minority details, six ships of 180000 tons on the stocks, and electric machinery including pneumatic riveters. Nagasaki aims to build a government steel works with 5 to 15 million yens spent, 230 acres near coal fields and a seaport. The plant will feature blast furnaces coke ovens open hearth Bessemer furnaces mills rolling and foundries as it nears operation. The setup will serve northern islands and China as a growing customer.
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Japan
Tokio
Nagasaki
Kiushin
China
Cloge
Steel Department
Bessemer
Small, Distant Photography and Tiny Timepieces Highlighted
In 1900 engineer notes coal spoilage from oxidation and heat, while India’s forested areas cover 84,148 square miles. Photographers claim telephotography reaches 120 miles, and Japanese graft trees limit growth to dwarf specimens. Contagion risks from pins used by TB patients, Sable Island erosion spurs a tree-based stabilization plan, and the era’s smallest watches, including a pea-sized gold model, captivate collectors.
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Duchess of Sutherland
Berlin
Concrete Street Surfaceway Experiment At New Orleans
Concrete Street Surmena Canal street in New Orleans is 185 feet wide with 87 foot roadways on each side and a 60 foot neutral ground where streetcar tracks lie. A concrete pavement laid over this central section uses sand joints to isolate rails and allow easy repairs, a test watched by municipal engineers for future street surfacing.
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Surmena
Canal Street
New Orleans
iPATICULTURE and Apple Trade Notes from The Garden Page
Currant bushes can be trained to a single stem for easy cultivation though multi stem forms prune well with care. The London Chronicle reports America’s apples gaining popularity in England with France likely to follow and Europe could be supplied from U S stocks. Thinning fruit improves size color and market value while fostering annual crops. Young hedges need protection to prevent trampling as they establish.
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France
England
London Chronicle
Europe
United States
Hedge protection with light rails and pickets
Frederick O. Sibley argues in the New York Tribune that three light rails with stakes effectively protect growing hedges. The design covers both sides of the hedge and allows uninterrupted growth.
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I’rederick O. Sibley
New York Tribune
Treatment of the Strawberry Bed Method
After harvest mow the tops, burn when dry and wind is right. Cut weeds with a hoe, leave old plants or runners, work paths, and enrich soil with manure or fertilizer. Reopen the old row, keeping the bed in place for years. Old-fashioned but favored by some for limited gardens or large plots.
Wood Ashes For Strawberries A Rural New York Report
A Rural New York correspondent warns that wood ashes fail as strawberry fertilizer on sandy loam. Four hundred bushels per acre killed many plants in dry spells, though ends of rows thrived. One hundred bushels per acre suits most crops, with effects lasting years. lime and potash harm strawberry roots and beans or peas may suffer.
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New York
England
London
The Chemistry of Soap Past and Present Methods
The article explains how soft soaps are usually soda-based rather than potash, their high water content giving a soft texture. It describes Swiss or settled soft soaps, curd soap production with excess alkali and the fitting process, cold stock soap for toilet soaps, and methods for transparent soaps including drysolving and glycerine. Cane sugar clarifies but harms skin.
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W. J. Teeters
Wise Words and Oddities From a Vein of Wit
A collection of quotes on prudence and virtue followed by notes on a Garbage Problem essay. It contrasts colonial wisdom with modern urban waste management and ends with a tale of a Sultan’s golden camera and a hefty price tag. Names, places, and dates are sparse. the piece blends aphorisms with brief curiosities.
The Gallant Cabuswa and the Cabbie’s Wry Wit
A London Chronicle piece notes a cabman’s humor when a passenger underpays him. The driver pockets a shilling after a failed extra tip, telling the embarrassed rider that the pleasure was in driving her, reflecting witty urban friction over fare.
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Cabuswa
A Cradle Song by Low in Puck Verse
A chilling verse describes lurking ghosts and a ghastly family of shadows near a child s bed. The speaker warns of spooks at the hallway and a mummy rat peering through a window as a nurselike warning to hush the child.
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Charles An Foss
Puck
Quips and Jokes Mix Asides from Daily Paper Snippets
A collage of short humorous exchanges and quips from various newspapers. Jokes touch on golf eyesight aging education and boasting editors and readers find humor in daily life and social quirks with playful exchanges and punchlines.
How He Found Him Sailor Reunion via Bugle Blow
Two sailors ashore meet at a mate's home and a forgotten louse number leads to a comic rescue. A toy windmill van is hailed and paid two pence for a blow on a bugle. The ship's call draws a crowd, a window opens, and a well known voice shouts a familiar line as the missing pipe arrives. The sailors are joyfully reunited amid cheers.
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Vnin
Jack Tar
London
The Way to Win Woman Says Dr Popper Testimony
A San Francisco doctor named Popper testifies on what women want. He states the first priority is to be well treated, followed by occasional petting, admiration, and a dislike of being contradicted.
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Dr. Popper
San Francisco
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