Biography study notes and canal claim in brief
A compiled statistic finds fifty percent of the Dictionary of National Biography subjects are children of clergymen. The Soo Canal is US owned and operated, carries fifty percent more tonnage than the Suez Canal, and the government charges ships using it nothing.British vessels also benefit from the canal.
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Freeland
Mike
Tribune Proving Company, Limited
Sa Ace
Dictionary of National Biography
Soo” Canal
United States
Suez Canal
Palisades Vandalism Halted Until June for Park Plan
The Palisades destruction, blamed on two wealthy states, is paused by the commission until June 1. The aim is for New York and New Jersey legislatures to create an interstate river park to preserve the Palisades forever.
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New York
New Jersey
Nervous origin of colds noted by physicians in 19th century
The Failadelphia Record cites that when free from nervous debility a person may endure drafts and dampness without colds, yet fatigue or low spirits can trigger fatal pneumonia from milder exposure. It notes physicians recognize nervous origins in acute throat and lung diseases.
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Failadelphia
Indeterminate sentence and parole results in Indiana improve
Continued satisfactory results are reported from the operation of the indeterminate sentence and the parole in Indiana. Since April 1897 the reformatory has paroled 718 men with only eighteen percent exhibiting unacceptable outcomes. The State prison shows nine percent violation among 250 paroled. wages earned by paroled men and board reach 170,156 dollars, funds that would otherwise be lost to families.
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Indiang
Baggage Rules in Greece Reported by Conenl McGinley
Athens dispatch warns travelers that Greek health authorities require certificates of origin or port health certificates for baggage unaccompanied by owners on arrival. Many Americans face delays regaining baggage without proper documents. Also, Vienna adopts underground cable plans to prevent trolley wire accidents where lines cross.
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Greece
Conenl McGinley
State Department
Athens
Allens
Greecs
The
Express Gazette
Vienna
Bank numbers and capital in early United States
Up to 1701 there were hur three banks in the United States with an aggregate capital of 2,000,000. Last year there were 3,051 National banks in the country and the total capital invested in banks of all kinds in the United States amounts to almost 3,009,000,000.
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United States
Cantry
Bride Gifts All Wedding Presents to Parents in Japan
In Japanese custom the bride gives all her wedding presents to her parents, reflecting traditional family obligations and gratitude.
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Japan
Love and Life in a Shared Book of Life
A reflective verse passage from the New York Sun by Uhreas J. Lampton about holding hands and reading together. It speaks of seeing pictures and poetry within life’s pages, despite occasional hard prose.
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Age Uhreas
J. Lampton
New York Sun
A Country Cousin Arrives in Chicago Meeting Mixup
A family plans to meet a cousin's daughter in Chicago but a mix of train schedules leaves Ross Stafford unsure who arrives. He helps a graceful young woman at Union Station, instantly captivated by her charm as the encounter unfolds.
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George
Stafford Peru
Godfrey Chester
Henry
Paterfamilias
Chester
Chicago
New York
Ralph
Ross
Newberry
Henry Stafford
Mrs. Stafford
Union Depot
Ross Stafford
Denver
Brigham
Washington
F Street
Capitol
Bewitching Adele Chester Stirs Stafford Family in New York
Ross Stafford pursues a mysterious country girl who vanishes after a cab mix up, then returns to meet Adele Chester at the Stafford home. The reunion sparks jokes and romance as siblings react, with Adele invited to be a bridesmaid in a future wedding.
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Union Depot
Ross Stafford
Athletic Club
Miss Chester
House of
Adele Chester
Ralph
Ross
Helen Stafford
Helen
New York
Adele
Chicago Tribune
A Kves Unkind Joke In Paget's Horse Prison Note
A prisoner in Paget's Horse writes home about a Boer commandant who points to the letters P H on a prisoner’s helmet and asks what it stands for, with the quip Perfectly Harmless. The Westminster Gazette reports the remark.
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Paget
P. H
Westminster Wazette
The Lazy Few Refrain From Claim To Useful Fields
A saying notes many men have useful skills but many are too lazy to cross barriers and claim their share of opportunity, leaving others to work the land and endure the effort.
Quaint and Curious: Oddities From Tibet to Iceland and More
A collage of curious notes: Hanle Tibet hosts 21 monks at 16000 feet, Krisuvik Iceland sits above an eruptive clay mountain, a two mile wooden rail railway in British Columbia, butterfly genetics at the British Museum, Ed Geoghegan of West Point Kentucky owns a remarkably keen partridge scenting horse, and musings on even and odd numbers in stock dealings.
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Hanle
Tibet
Krisuvik
Iceland
Geoghegan
West Point
United States
Ifo
Stock Exchange
Order in the House Echoes Loudly in London
The London Echo quotes a satirical view on parliamentary decorum noting members endlessly shout Order as if a mechanical reflex. The piece jokes the House would demand order even if struck by lightning and would echo the phrase whenever a minister faces an awkward question.
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House of Commons
London Echo
The Mine Breaker Boy A Glimpse Into Coal Mine Life
Hazelton and New York Post correspondent describe breaker-boys in Pennsylvania coal mines as young children pressed into arduous, dangerous labor. The piece details the breaker architecture, the grim environment, and the boys’ chalky appearance, work routines, and the sign language they use to communicate under supervision.
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Pennsylvania
Hazelton
Penn
New York Post
South Sea Whitebait Run Across Pacific Islands
The South Sea people harvest a September whitebait run in river mouths where tiny fish, the mnanga, ascend streams to spawn. Millions are taken in weeks, then vanish past the mouth. the fish are eaten raw or steamed in banana leaves. Native cooks deem the mnanga ta fanua, a low caste food for the elite, while foreigners note its superior flavor to England, New Zealand, or Puget Sound whitebait.
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South Sea
Thames
Mnanga
Upolu
Apia Harbor
England
New Zealand
Puget Sound
Instantaneous Death and its Physiological Boundaries
The Indian Lancet questions the instant of death as vague in physiology. Some definitions require final decay of all living protoplasm, while others deem death instantaneous in extreme cases such as caustic potash immersion or lethal electric shocks.
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British Columbia
British Museum
Sexson
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