Alliance talk from Chamberlain stirs American doubts
The Philadelphia City and State discusses Joseph Chamberlain’s Leicester speech hinting at a possible Britain United States alliance. It argues no formal pact exists without treaty action and warns against entangling alliances while noting British support for U.S. Philippine policy and tensions over the Transvaal. The piece also reflects on Irish and imperial loyalties and the risks of force as empire cement.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Chamberlain
Leicester
Great Britain
United States
Senate
Mr. Chamberlain
McKinley
Lne
Britain
Transvaal
Shane
Philippine Republic
Chamberlain
Pilse
Washington
Aguinaldo
Royal Irish Fusiliers
South Africa
Cork
England
Ireland
Zambes
Cape
Family plotted theft ends in hard truth on veranda
In a Washington household Wilton Loring Bertha Hackett and Edmond Hackett plot a thousand-dollar bill scam. The plan collapses as Bertha signs for notes, a missing bill surfaces, and Caleb Loring reveals he already detected the shortage in the Register’s office. Edmond reports, Bertha confesses, and justice prevails with duty over family deception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caleb Loring
Bertha
Edmond Hackett
Wilton Loring
Edmond
Washington
Wilton
Philadelphia
National Bank
Sam
Civil Service
National
Will
Caleb
Loring
Treasury
Uncle Sam
Ranchers’ Bank
Father
Thal
Hackett
Register
Caesar
Dad
Dilon
Mr. Lering
Bertha Hackett
Mrs. Lawson
Mrs Lawson
Rosina Lawson
Department of the Secretary To the Treasury
Redemption Office
Rerana
Hacketts
Hertha
Redemption Division
Long-lived Philadelphia woman recalls Valley Forge era
Mrs. Mary McDonald, a colored resident of Philadelphia now living in the Home for the Aged and Infirm, born November 14, 1770, recalls Revolutionary War memories. She describes farming battles near Valley Forge, starvation winter, and her life with a master until age eighteen. Now aged and active, she sews carpet rags daily, totaling 133 pounds since 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McDonald
Philadelphia
Valley Forge
Mary
The Iron Duke and His Field Glass Secrets
Basil Jackson notes the Iron Duke Wellington displayed calm under fire, only showing nervous movement when peering through a field glass. English telescopes surpassed French, and Wellington used the instrument to read Soult’s gestures through an aide. He later recalled how he countered Soult’s plans and even impressed the marshal in old age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlborough
Wellington
John Nicholson
Stonewall Jackson
Rays
Cornhill
Basil Jackson
Iron Duke
Soult
A Use For Old Watch Cases And Press Crackdown
Old watch cases are repurposed as pincushions by silversmiths, transforming hollow rounds into velvet cushions that fit snugly in the case. The article notes decorative Dutch watches with ships and windmills, then shifts to Serbia where publishers face government crackdowns and jail terms for criticizing measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Servia
Crimson Gulch City Council Sparks Eloquence War
A humorous tale set in Crimson Gulch recounts a mock city council formed to discuss law and order. Nevada Bill avoids the meeting, rhetoric flies from Three-Finger Sam, and a tenderfoot suffers a sharp rebuke, ending with the town defending its local sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broncho Bob
Crimson Gulch
Congress
St Orter
Anthin
Nevada Bill
San Antonio
Tenderfoot
Nevada
Rattlesnake
Sam
Jack Rabbit
Washington Star
Longest Solar Spectrum Photo By Sir Norman Lockyer
A record solar spectrum photograph by Sir Norman Lockyer shows the iron lock spectrum and a sun comparison spectrum stretched about thirty inches. Using the large concave Rowland grating, the focal plane curvature prevents a sharp full spectrum on one plate, with only eighteen to twenty inches in focus on a single plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Norman Lockyer
Rowland
Norman
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Freeland Tribune
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Oyrice
Freeland
Leonard Oatman
Ropolitan National Bank
Nat
Hank
Chicago
Herman Exchange Bank
New York
Died Rholesale
Dears
Rosbuck & Co
Ealine
Sears, Roebuck ‘& Co (Inc
Fulton, Desplaines
Wayman
Fanlok
Ereana
Eich
Algo
Fitton Dinding
Frei
Aioe
Mat
Burdich
Burdick
Kon Puine
Avery Wil Saal
I Arei
America
Wanelarne
Usenne
Bernter
Menuive Smyth
Clears
Texgirtins
Putgert
Allen
Weber
Piriet
Mercerier Ik Im
Hdveer
SEARS
RO Buck & CO
Chicacopears
CopvricuTs &c
Tndbonk
Didert
Munn & Co
Scientific American
IM & G
F St
Mackintohh
Etamineilags & Ale
Esantiy
Mackintosh
Davis
Chniks Estes Iver
Tetme
Keterproet Covent
Wiltahla
Butta
Bey
Express
U. RL
Lve
Galtiera
Paretti
Rampans
Stoyst Clothine Fur
Mike Far
Shmple Bank No
HAY
Rab Balzi
Gers
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