World News Snippets From Across the Atlas
A sprawling digest reports on freight car counts in America, cheap matches in New Zealand, Marseilles drainage plans, large dormitory needs at Storrs Agricultural College, and bells in Wallis to ward off storms. It notes new Maori language press in Hastings, jail counts in St Petersburg, and a Tunisian execution. It also covers rail bonds, noxious steam, and odd local incidents from across the globe.
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America
Japan
New Zealand
Marseilles
Pranco
Paris
Agricultural College
Storrs
Conn
Wallis
Take Sebasticook
Maine
Atlanta Medical College
Coquille
Ure
Tartford
Russian Church
Praboslovny Americansky Vestuike
Alton Grant
Lewiston
Hastings
Na Thain Hutana
California
Americus
Gan Justice Cbraham
Solemia
M. Clement
France
New York
Uninjured Honor in a Witty Judicial Mishap
A New England judge, famed for quick wit, slips on courthouse steps returning from a case. He falls and quips that while not seriously hurt, his elbows and knees are. The incident prompts amused concern from a passerby.
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Adhinet
Quirky Dialogue From Indianapolis Journal Excerpt
A city man and a farmer exchange old time phrases about sight and activity, noting a quick eye in catching a squirrel moving through trees in a rustic scene from the Indianapolis Journal. The dialect emphasizes practical knowledge and urban contrast.
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Gol
Lodianapolis Journal
Women Gain Share in Working Class Jobs Says Report
The eleventh annual report from the labor department, submitted to Congress by Commissioner Wright, shows the proportion of women in the workforce rising while that of children declines. Data from 982 establishments across 30 states cover 64,000 workers, with detailed figures on age and marital status and implications for wages and industry.
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Department of Labor
Congress
Wreicht
Gia
Nevu
ECGT
aKnet
Tull
Congress Burnett at the Rate of Half Billion a Year
Representative Dockery of Missouri warns that about 515 million dollars will be appropriated in this session. He argues the wholesale public money appropriation is a direct issue and people must act for their own protection. The message frames looming fiscal costs and accountability.
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Congress
Dockery
House
Senate
Dockers
PSTH
TSSS
TSS
TRI
Congress Burnett
New York World
Missouri
O Malley Freed in Election Day Murder Case
Chicago Alderman O Malley was acquitted Saturday night of conspiring to murder Gustav Colliander on election day. John Santry and Thomice de Mailer were also named in the case. The acquittal sparked cheers and congratulations, with O Malley embracing his lawyer Wye Forrest and jurors shaking hands.
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Chicago
Gustav Colliander
Aldermin Thomice de Mailer
Hie Eng
John Santry
Gaistav
O' Malley
O'Malley
Santey
Wye
Forrest
Proceedings in Congress Detail Great Debates and Decisions
The week in Congress covered the presidential tally with McKinley and Hobart proclaimed electors. Senate actions included shelving the Nicnavigua canal, advancing the bankruptcy bill, and debates over the territorial debt funding and postal funding. Executive sessions on the Anglo American arbitration treaty dominated discussions, with key speeches by Turpie Daniel Chandler and others. The House passed the fortifications and postal bills, fought over special mail facilities, and wrapped by debating sundry civil bill provisions and revenue questions. The Senate offered no major action.
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Stevenson
McKinley
Hobart
Morgan
Senate
Congress
House
Daniel
Stewart
Hoar
Lodge
Chandler
Turpie
United States
Hugh Belknap
Chicago
Detroit
Belknap
Great Lakes
Beaton
New Orleans
Sayere
Dockery
Agere
Wilson
Shiras
de Armand
Cuba
Howe
Death of Count Cassella in Rome and related events
Notes of Current Events report the death of Count Cassella, the Pope's private chamberlain and former Denver resident, in Rome. Born in London in 1829, he left a notable career. Edward W. Emerson of Concord, son of Ralph Waldo Emerson, is chosen as poet for Harvard’s Whі Beta Kappa day next June. A boiler explosion at the Frankfort Kentucky county jail wrecked the jail office. several inmates were injured and authorities fear additional fatalities among James Rodgers Cabell Hardin Lew Hill.
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Cassella
Denver
Rome
London
Edward W. Emerson
Concord
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Harvard
Frankfort
James Rodgers
Cabell Hardin
Lew Hill
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Marion
Laramie City
E. L. Wetmore
Tureson
Art
Phoenix
Ari
Poor
Dow
Kniss City Board of Education
St. Petersburg
Mohammed Ben Aldiel Benzerth
Tunis
Davis’ Crawl
Brunswick
Jefferson County
Indiana
Hey
Scott Hyde
North Mailison
Enid
Eve
Numa
Sedalia
Muddy Creek
Missinsippi River
Hanbury
Hinds
Ohio
Maj
Agi
Thomas J. O'Malley
Halle
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