Louisiana Treaty and the Paris Purchase Century Old
The piece recalls the Louisiana Purchase nearly a century old, detailing the 60 million francs price, the U S negotiators Robert Livingston and James Monroe, and French figures Napoleon Bonaparte and Francois Barbe Wandels. It notes prior transfers from France to Spain, Spain’s gift conditions, and Bonaparte’s bid for the territory, with Jefferson requesting Congress ratification despite constitutional concerns.
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Paris
Mississippi
Robert R. Livingston
James Monroe
United States
Napoleon Bonaparte
Iraneis Barbe Wandels
Louisiana
France
Spain
I France
England
Bonaparte
Italy
Alps
New World
Republic
Etruria
Jefferson
Congress
Gulf
New England
Red Rag to a Bull Expresses Fervent Rage Across Animals
The passage examines why the red rag provokes animals, noting bulls react to bright colors with fear and anger. It explains scarlet signals challenge to power, triggering instinctive rage in bulls and other livestock, aided by the smell of blood and learned associations with pain. It suggests a broad, curious impulse behind common expressions.
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Mr. Bull
The Pranceville Republic Among New Hebrides Islands
The smallest republic in the world is Pranceville, an island community in the New Hebrides. It hosts forty Europeans and five hundred black workers employed by a Brenoh company.
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Pranceville
New Hebrides
Brenoh Company
Pine Needle Industry Aims to Turn Byproducts into Cash in Oregon
D A Cords of Pacific Pine Needle Co announces southern Oregon pine needles worth five dollars a ton delivered to his Grant's Pass factory. He envisions families gathering needles, previously waste, to produce pine needle oil, upholstery pulp, and various German imports such as socks and cork soles. Hood River could host a future plant due to needle supply and transport advantages. Oregon allegedly holds a needle business monopoly with expanding markets.
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Severnl
Germany
Oregon
Neu
D. A. Cords
Pacific Pine Needle Company
Grant's Pass
Cords
California
Teutons
Mr. Corp
Grant’s Pass
Cord
Hood River
Hood Rivers
Portland
Hat on fire at Baltimore Charles streets jewelry store
A sharply dressed woman’s hat ignited when a match sparked a cigarette flame in front of a jewelry window at the southwest corner of Baltimore and Charles. A bystander, Seret Thomas Kirby, extinguished the blaze while the couple continued viewing the displays and the crowd watched.
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Baltimore
Charles Streets
Seret
Thomas Kirby
Baltimore American
Hydraulic tire setting press changes wheel tire method
A historical note explains a shift from shrinking tires onto wheels by heat to using a hydraulic press. The device features an eighteen-section, radiating bed with a flange that contracts around the tire as heat and pressure drive the tire onto the wheel to achieve the proper dishing.
Beware of I in talk among many people warning
The quotation from Ladies' Home Journal cautions speakers to avoid overusing the personal pronoun I in group settings. It notes egotists can be entertaining but typically out of order, urging restraint and focus on the audience.
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Ladies' Home Journal
Death of Old Billy the Last Survivor of Custer Fight
The Battle of the Little Bighorn survivor Billy the cavalry horse dies aged about 37 in Cheyenne. Recounting his life from rescue after the massacre to Major Talbott purchasing him, Billy’s fleetness aided robber chases and frontier patrols. He is buried at the whithott residence with a stone marker.
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Billy
Custer
Gen. Custer
Little Big Horn
Sitting Bull
Gen. Reno
Thomas F. Talbott
Ross
Russell
Old
Kentucky
Talbott
Cheyenne
L. R. Bresnahen
Pole Creek
Lane’s*‘ranch
Horse Creek
John Baird
Black Hills
Denver
Nine-Mile Ranch
Old Billy
Whithott
What is in the Earth's Centre
The article surveys views on Earth's interior arguing for a layered structure from outer solid shell to a highly compressed solid core. It cites a proposed five‑layer model and concludes a central mass of intensely solidified matter, not a vacuum, due to unimaginable central pressures.
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Pearson's Weekly
Stage Thunder and Lightning Illusion in Theatre Mechanisms
An article explains why stage effects are hidden to maintain illusion. Franklin Fyles notes that sounds like rain wind thunder and carriage rumble are produced by mechanisms unseen by the audience. Realistic war sounds use rifle shots but most effects are simulated with contraptions to avoid breaking the performance's credibility.
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Franklin Fyles
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Penny for Your Thoughts party game described
A South ern hostess introduces a new amusement titled A Penny for Your Thoughts. The leaflet styled test with twenty three questions uses a penny and ribbon tied tally sheets for players to find answers hidden in the penny. Prizes include a silver trifle, a book, or a souvenir. Mrs. Oliver Bell Bunce presents the item and rules.
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Oliver Bell Bunce
Fish Living In Hot Waters At Golconda Pond
A Golconda pond fed by hot springs covers two to three acres with water around 70 degrees and bubbling spots near boiling. The warm lake teems with carp over a foot long, refusing hooks and lines. a few have been shot, flesh described as harsh and palatable.
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Golconda
Spelling, Honor and Health in a Mixed Tale
A derisive English critic at a New York gathering provokes Maurice Barrymore with a quip on spelling. The piece shifts to medical notes praising Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets and Foley remedies, then cites early 20th century endorsements and a Suffolk coast landslip with lighthouse threats, ending with kidney and pneumonia health claims tied to Foley products.
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Maurice Barriemore
Ioffman House
New York
Barry
Honor
Iabor
Annual Meeting Notice for First Church of Christ Boston
The Chicago Great Western Railway announces May 31 to June 5 excursion tickets for the First Church of Christ, Scientist annual meeting in Boston on June 3 to 5 1900. Tickets issued on the certificate plan, return by June 5 for fare and one third round trip. Inquiries directed to C G W Ry agents or F H Lord G P T A 113 Adams St Chicago.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mass
Chicago Great Western Ry
F. H. Lord
G. P
T. A
Adams Si
Chicago
Confessions of a French Duchess on Ugly Appearance
The Duchess of Orléans, mother to the Regent, recounts her own plain looks and vanity free behavior. She recalls early reluctance to dress, being mocked for her ugliness, and laughter at her hands and features. She notes enduring affection from her husband despite her perceived lack of beauty and wonders what drew him to her.
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Duchess of Orleans
Regent d'Orleans
France
Louis XV
Annual Meeting Excursion Fare Notice for Dunkards
The German Baptists Dunkards in Northern Manchester Indiana announce their annual meeting from May 29 to June 8 1900. Chicago Great Western Railway offers May 28 to 30 excursion tickets to North Manchester Indiana good to return June 9 or July with a 50 cent surcharge. Round trip price is 3.05 dollars. For details contact any G W Ry agent or F H Lord G P T A 113 Adams St Chicago 20228 00.
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German Baptists Dunkards
Manchester
Ind
Chicago Great Western Ry
North Manchester
G. W. Ry
F. H. Lord
Adams St
Chicago
Spring Schedule on Nickel Plate Road May 6
Nickel Plate announces spring schedule effective May 6 covering Fort Wayne Findlay Fostoria Belle vue Lorain Cleveland Painesville Ashtabula Conneaut Girard Erie Chautauqua Lake Dunkirk Buffalo and eastern destinations New York Boston and intermediate points in New England New York and Anthracite regions Trains depart Chicago 10 30 am 3 30 pm 10 30 pm with drawing room sleepers and dining cars on a through Boston New York train at 10 45 am Daily service includes a 3 30 pm Chicago departure with an observation car east of Buffalo arriving New York City 7 25 pm nightly Sleepers available in advance Contact J Y Calahan General Agent Chicago 2057 Central. dd fete wld
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Ft. Wayne
Findlay
Fostoria
Bellevue
Lorain
Cleveland
Painesville
Ashtabula
Conneaut
Girard
Erie
Chautauqua Lake
Dunkirk
Buffalo
New York
Boston
New England
New York State
Chicago
New York City
Lackawanna Road
Central
J. Y. Calahan
Very Low Rates to German Baptists Gathering
Low excursion fares offered to North Manchester Indiana via the Northwestern line on May 28, 29 and 30, valid only for travel until July 5 for attendees of the annual German Baptists Dunkards meeting. Apply through Chicago and North Western Railway agents. Glédwiw.
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North-Western
Chicago
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