Newy Gleanings From Global Notes On Trade And Policy
China sends many students to Japan with 274 abroad. US tea imports total 10 to 12 million dollars yearly. British market sees a small US cigarette invasion. Canada population up 10.5 percent in the decade. Columbus School Board bans dancing at high school social events. Kansas Populists reject cross party affiliation this year. 1901 tanning industry in Germany is poor. Credit excess causes many failures. UK and GB surgical colleges study cancer causes. US foreign trade at 30 dollars per head. Canada 70 dollars per head. Maryland teachers’ average salary under 275 dollars yearly. demand for raise. Railroads lose 30 million despite 150,000 freight cars built last year. China plots to resist Geary Exclusion re enactment. Six Companies levy a one dollar per Chinese Virgin to fund anti exclusion efforts.
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China
Japan
United States
Canada
Columbus
Ohio
Kansas
Germany
Royal Colleges of Surgeons and
Elans
Great Britain
Maryland
Teachers’ Association
Prominent Figures Reach For Scattered Headlines
Secretary Long will resign soon and Justice Gray has suffered a paralysis stroke. Pope Leo XIII marks twenty five years as pope while Former President Cleveland boasts a successful duck hunting trip in Virginia. Governor Stanley of Kansas enters Senate race. Morgan’s steel merger profits stand at 11239088 dollars. John Ways, explorer of Michigan copper, remains in Cleveland at ninety seven. Leopold II endures throat illness and travels to Riverta seeking relief. French Academy elects William Edward Leeky, moralist author, as foreign associate. Benjamin Johns retires from Sunday school work after forty six years. Prince Henry notes Albany State Library gift from Frederick the Great to Washington. A sword inscription honors the elder to greatest soldier.
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Long
Justice Gray
Leo XIII
Cleveland
Virginia
W. J. Stanley
Kansas
United States
J. Mercont Morgan
Steel Corporation
John Ways
Michigan
Ohio
King Leopold
Belgium
Iie
de Riverta
William Edward Leeky
French Academy of Moral Sciences
Benjamin & Jheohs
Albany
Frederick the Great
George Washington
Prom
Mixed History Confuses Washington Tale for Boy
A visiting storyteller mixed up George Washington myths for a soldier's juvenile son, claiming Washington smashed the liberty bell with a hatchet and was punished by his father for telling a lie. The father later corrected the tale, clarifying the famous cherry tree and liberty bell legends.
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George Washington
Wushington
Paterfamilias
Two Kinds of Dollars Poem Reflection on Value
A brief quotation from Nixon Waterman in National Magazine contrasts pure wholesome dollars earned honestly with tarnished riches gained by deceit. It argues true wealth lies in quality over quantity and warns counterfeit pleasure from theft. The verse urges conscience and heart in all dealings as the path to genuine joy.
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Nixon Waterman
The
National Magazine
Ghosts and a graveyard on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne line
A doctor and a country tale recount a haunted memory from a Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad project. On a sandhill near Graham Davis’s red house the bones of two Davis children are uncovered by a box beneath a tree. Engineer Bob Watson and Conductor Thompson remove the bones while Irish workers warn him away. The story ends with Watson laughing and continuing to pull the train.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg, Ort Wayne and
Chicago
Graham Davis
Davis
Thompson
Lghtning Express
Bob Watson
Bob
Watson
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago Road
Tie Trovs
Robert Watson
Ghostly Children Haunt Rail Line Tale From Old County
In a late nineteenth century railroad tale Graham Davis sells land to a siding project and strange noises plague the countryside. Years later conductor Thompson and night express men like Bob Watson recall a midnight crossing where two ghostly children carry a tin bucket and vanish as the train stops.
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Bob Watson
Chicago
Thompson
Chilenge
Tig
Childen
Waison
Watson
Robert Watson
Ghost Train at the Orchard Crossing
In a Chicago Record-Herald tale, a crossing encounter with a train ends in mystery as only a cow is found after the crash. Engineer Watson resigns in Chicago, while a spectral “bhant” haunts the tale and lingers in memory.
Tramps and the Telegraph Era Parable of Restraint
The Independent recounts a tale of tramp begging legends and selective targeting of houses. It notes home visits by a friend A L and neighbors P B and Sheriff A M, suggesting oral communication driven by pre telegraph days. Judge 8's threat to arrest a tramp ends a wave within forty eight hours.
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A. L
P. B
A. M
Telegraph
Judge 8
Hartford
Boston
the Independent
The IHegira of 1837 and transatlantic steamship feats
The piece notes a surge in Americans likely crossing the Atlantic for the coronation and records set by sea travel. It highlights the Great Western's fifteen day maiden voyage Bristol to New York and the May 7 1838 return with passengers aiming to attend the London coronation. About 100000 people witnessed the departure at Sandy Hook. the ship carried sixty eight cabin passengers at thirty five guineas each. Bristol’s May 22 arrival settled long debated feasibility of England America steamship communication.
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Atlantic
Great Western Steam Packet
Bristol
New York
London
Sandy Hook
British Association
England
America
New York Commercial Advertiser
Story of a Stick
Reformers praise German discipline but note drawbacks as a reservist entered a recruiting office with a walking stick. He was court-martialed for insubordination and sentenced to ten weeks in prison, reflecting on strict military codes and their enforcement.
His Majesty the King Keeps Contact Through Formal Calls
The Wing notes one monarchy inconvenience is losing club use as male friends are invited to Marlborough House. A liveried servant asks visitors to wait while the king’s pleasure to receive them is confirmed, preserving close ties with social movements.
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Marlborough House
Oles
Liverpool
How to Attain Success in Farming Ventilation of the Stables
The article urges farmers to pursue best economic methods and skillful labor to keep farms productive and avoid temporary profits that ruin fertility. It discusses stable ventilation, recommending roomy stalls, opening doors and windows in warm parts of the day, closing them at night, ample bedding to curb draughts, and whitewashing to keep stables light.
Root Slicers and Hand Plows for Farm Yard Use
Farmers and poultrymen gain access to turnip and cabbage slice devices and hand plows attached to wheel hoes for yard cleaning. The slicers produce thin cuts and leftover scraps, while the hand plow helps turn topsoil in yards where horse-powered plows cannot be used.
The Ideal Farm Horse
A model farm horse should be heavy yet not clumsy, able to exert power and endurance for plowing and hauling, yet a fair road horse for moderate country travel. It must be a fast walker, not a slow trotter or male-like creature, and such horses are now bred on thousands of farms, performing about half the work of past models.
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C. W. Knox
Massachusetts
Calf Weaning Device Described
A simple calf weaning device is crafted from a board one inch thick sized to fit the calf’s head. It aims to break the habit of persistent sucking by restricting the calf’s head movement and mouth access during feeding times.
Calf Halter Board Fastening Holes Describe Eye Cutout Invention
The description explains cutting the board to clear the calf eyes and boring holes for straps that pass through and attach to the calf’s halter, allowing secure resting of the board without obstructing vision.
Fowls in Winter Care and Ventilation Tips
Poultryman advises two essentials for winter confinement: adequate, varied food and proper ventilation. Feed corn and grain, include cooked foods like turnips or potatoes, and supply vegetables such as cabbage tops and mangels. Add meat scraps or eggshell material for eggs. ensure daily ventilation without cold drafts. Overcrowding and damp air raise disease risk.
Hard Way of the Inventor the Instinctive
A compact historical take on how hostility to new inventions mirrors past resistance. Examples include Marconi, Papin, Jacquard, Hargrave, the London Times, stage coaches versus steam rail, gasometers, and gas lighting. It notes figures like Livingston, Webster, Darr, Scott, Murdoch, and Fulton amid repeated pushback.
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Marconi
Papin
France
Jacquard
Hargreaves
London Times
Chancellor Livingston
Daniel Webster
Humphrey Darr
Walter Scott
Murdoch
War Office
Fulton
Ericsson
Monitor
Cuba
South Africa
New York World
The Troubles of the tich idle rich in Harper's Magazine
The essay argues the idle rich suffer from idle circumstances and lack fit activity. It critiques philosophers who claim leisure qualifies them to govern and notes public duties under regimes serve self interest, perpetuating a cycle of leisure.
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D, Howells
Harper's Magazine
Underground London cracks raise fears of subsidence in the square mile
London property owners on both sides of Finsbury pavement report gaping fissures in shops and basements as underground excavations are suspected to cause instability. Surveys are underway with reports being prepared, while authorities confront the unsettling signs of an emerging subterranean city.
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London
Finsbury
London Telegraph
Wearing Out the Nerves
A London doctor warns that excessive duty and anxious self control wear people down. He urges relaxation through hearty laughter and uplifting thoughts to strengthen nerves and restore health.
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London
Pure Air in Public Schools Calls for More Space
Philadelphia Times notes that physical culture in city elementary schools requires pure air and ample room. Despite the plan’s promise, crowded conditions hinder benefits, underscoring the need for more schoolhouses to house the children adequately.
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Philadelphia Times
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Tribune
Tribune Printing Company
Mats Steerer Anove Center
Love Distance TeLemons
Trinoyets
Intel
Ge Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Rook
New York Central
Harry A. Armstrong
Chicago Record-Herald
Hs Majesty's Income
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