From Rebels to Patriots in Colombia and Global Notes
A collection of brief items notes Colombia’s rebels now called patriots, cremation trends in Paris with Pere Lachaise’s crematorium deemed too small, and Detroit House of Correction finances showing years of earnings and construction costs. Liberia offers a harbor lease for a U S coaling station aiding naval reach and suggesting Liberia as a refit point for Atlantic operations, with a map showing South American proximity to Liberia and potential East Coast benefits.
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Paris
Pere Lachaise
Detroit House of Correction
United States
Liberia
Atlantic
South America
Africa
Europe
New North German Lloyd steamer to exceed Oceanic in length
The plan calls for a new North German Lloyd vessel forty eight feet longer than the Oceanic at 704 feet and faster than the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. It will carry 5000 more horsepower than the Deutschland, signaling continued growth in ocean liner size and speed and hinting at harbor expansion needs.
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Lloyd Line
Oceanic
Deutschland
Wisconsin town enforces eight mile limit for streetcars
An ordinance capped streetcar speed at eight miles per hour on single tracks and ten on double tracks. Police reports showed cars exceeded limits during a test with two officials as passengers and a cyclist pedaling with a cyclometer. Speeds ranged from twelve to twenty six mph, prompting warrants and debate to rescind the measure.
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Wisconsin
Lim
Eliza Rubamah Scidmore
China
Tang-chau
Lung-chau
Hang-chau
Pacific
Hangshan Bay
Dsien-tang
Uncle Sam's Rope Walk at Charlestown Navy Yard
The rope walk at Charlestown Navy Yard, long a government facility, has been overhauled with electrical motive power and modernization. The plant, once neglected at the start of the Spanish American War, now operates at increased capacity, supplying large quantities of rope from a major production site.
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United States Navy
Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy Department
Echoes of Forever in a Silent Verse
Fragmentary archival verse notes contemplate echoes and shadows across nature and humanity. The lines survey how every light leaves a mark and every life progresses beyond but is haunted by sin, weaving a somber meditation on fate and memory.
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Annette Koun
Loken
The Atonement of the Teller and a Chinaman
Thornton recounts an absorbing tale from six years earlier when, as a U S treasury coin teller, he clashes with a Chinese client over short money and forged values. A chaotic chase ends with Thornton hiding the miscounted silver in his chair and abandoning the innocent victim, then racing through a Chinatown district to find the man before he leaves the country. The moral tension lingers as Thornton grapples with guilt and the consequences of his rash actions.
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Thornton
United States
China
Worning
Jolin
Fitz Dollah
Merivan
Chitauiay
Ah Sing
al Foy
A Sam
John
Ghinatano
China Bow
Pat
Cying
Walla Malia
Catehee
China Boy
Ten Dollar Deficit Sparks Mission Gift Plan
A narrator recalls a ten dollar shortage and a plan to repay by funding Chinese missions. After a failed money transfer to a China-based owner, Ah Fat refuses a solution, prompting dinner with the Chinaman’s label on every dish. A dream triggers a pledge to pay ten percent monthly to missionary work.
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China
Ah Fat
Melican Town
Treasury
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Sued for a Shock in a Market Practical Joke Case
A Chicago Record report describes butcher Nealon shocking customers with an electric fan wired via a thumbscrew. Customer Schultz sued Ruth for damages, but the jury ruled Ruth not liable. Nealon’s electricity caused the harm. Schultz sued the wrong man.
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Washington Courts
Nealon
William Schaitz
Nicholas Ruth
Mr. Ruth
Mr. Schultz
Ian
Schultz
Ruth
Chicago
Massacre at Buoch Brown School During Pontiac War
Philadelphia Press recounts the July 26 1764 attack near Chambersburg Pa. in which Buoch Brown the schoolmaster and ten pupils, eight boys and two girls, were slain by a party of Indians after a brief struggle in a log cabin schoolhouse. One child survived. The attackers fled via a ravine toward Conosocheagna Creek toward Ohio.
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Chambersburg
Penn
Parkman
Buoch Brown
Ohio
Philadelphia Press
Origin of Confectionery Traces to Apothecary Days
The article traces confectionery’s roots to five centuries ago when apothecaries used sugar to temper medicines, giving rise to syrups and lozenges. By about two centuries ago confectionery diverged from medicine, becoming a separate trade as tastes shifted from medical use to pleasure.
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Chambers
Fashion Notes From Harper's Bazar and Witty Waist Size Debate
A survey of late summer hats in tulle chiffon and straw with grapes and ribbons, plus a poke bonnet, noting fashions are flashy but fleeting. It then shifts to waist size trends praising athletic, healthful figures and advising a 24 inch waist with a 38 inch chest as ideal for modern beauty. It closes with a look at tweed coats for athletic women and a note from Sir Thomas Smith praising women surgeons and their skilled hands.
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Argentine Republic
Austria
Azores
Baden
Canada
Cape of Good Hope
Afghanistan
Alwar
Bulgaria
Cashmere
Corea
Russia
Turkey
United States
British Guiana
Harper's Bazar
Thomas Smith
Pretty Fashions Rise in Summer Wear and Embroidered Details
The piece describes sleeves with top fullness and lace trims, organdies painted on undersides in pastel colors, black net capes with lace and chiffon, and cream gray and beige variants. It notes new lace neckwear, long lace wraps, tulle scarfs tied in bows, and voluminous neckless styles. Fabric trends include chiffons, mulls, batistes, Zephyr, and embroidered linen waists, with Russian peasant inspired insertions on bodices and sleeves.
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Ann
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Ma'e
Tribune Printing Company
Initrd
Colombia
Patriota Low
Uncle Sam
France
Hanis
Ives
New York Independent
Washington
Mary
Muse
O'Flaherty
Suzanne Binet
Mme. O'Plaherty
Suzanne
New York Commercial Advertiser
Briske
Johony
Mrs. Briske
Missouri-Kansas Mineral District
Women IN Industry
Holland
Catherine Felecia van Rees
Zutphen
Choral Society
Utrecht
Burgers
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