Opening of the Kiel Canal A Glory for Germany
The Kiel canal opens after eight years of work costing about 38.5 million dollars. It links the Baltic to the North Sea, shortening routes, aiding commerce, and doubling naval maneuverability for Germany. A grand naval review featured ships from the United States, Britain, Italy, Austria and fourteen nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Empire
William I
Palace of Versailles
North Sea
Bal- Ge Canal
Ulster
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Austria
Germany
Hottenau
Frederick III
William II
Willian I
Baltic Canal
Baltic Sea
German Ocean
Schlesawig-Holstein
Brunsbuttel
Elbe River
Kiel Bay
Baltic Ocean
Auch
Kiel
Baltic
Reports on foreign crops a mixed global outlook
Agricultural Department notes from Britain to Spain detail uneven prospects. Britain faces poor hay due to drought, but cereals look strong. France and Belgium expect near average yields. Germany rye below average. Austria Hungary average overall. Russia mixed with floods in places. Sweden Norway gloomier from dryness. Italy favorable. Spain cereals generally favorable despite cold.
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Great Britain
France
Agricultural Department
United States
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Caucasus
Poland
Black Sea
Sweden
Norway
Europe
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Spain
Prospects for good crops across the West and Northwest
Crop reports indicate a heavy yield in the West and Northwest with winter wheat near harvest and spring wheat promising well. Illinois hay and southern Missouri oats face damage from recent rains, but Iowa Nebraska Colorado and Wyoming expect large yields in corn oats and potatoes. Sugar beets plantings rise in eastern Nebraska while hailroads prepare to move an immense harvest.
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Ilinois
Northwest
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Illinois
Carl Browne Marries Mamie Coxey in Secret Ohio Wedding
Carl Browne and Mamie Coxey secretly wed at Massillon Ohio in a small ceremony by Justice Folger. The 45 year old groom and 19 year old bride plan to announce the marriage on July Fourth. A later Washington wedding is hinted at. In other news Capt Woodson says Red Lodge shooting appears prearranged by the Sheriff of G County amid tensions with Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massillon
Carl Browne
Mamie Coxey
Justice Folger
Washington
Red Lodge
Arapahoe
Woodson
Lodge
G" County
Reading the Sky The Language of Clouds for Weather
A compact guide explains how clouds express weather, detailing cirrus cumulus and stratus types, their signs for wind, rain, and calm, and how observers like Luke Howard and Goethe studied them. It notes heights, forms, and seasonal patterns, with examples of halo36 effects and historical events linked to cloud observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke Howard
Howard
Europe
Asia
America
Alps
Denver
Andes
Himalayas
Goethe
A Great Work Accomplished
Emily Faithfull's death recalls forty years of progress for women in employment. From 1860 women moved beyond teaching and service into architecture, law, medicine, printing, bookkeeping, and clerical work. The article praises increased opportunity, reduced dependence, and broad societal benefit from her efforts and others in the women workers’ movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Faithfull
United States
Miss Faithfull
Weather Cars Watches The Cold Snaps Break Springs
Men complained of watches stopping after a cold night causing springs to snap. A jeweler explained temperature drop contracted steel, damaging springs and affecting several customers who had gone to him for repairs. A separate quip about a romance ends the excerpt.
The Gunmaker of Ilion
Jefferson M Clough once led major rifle factories at Ilion and Winchester New Haven. Struck by rheumatism, he returned to Belchertown Mass then found relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. By 1894 he recovered enough to work on his Grenadier Island farm and oversee labor on the site.
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Springfield
Mass
Union
United States
Jefferson M. Clough
Remington
Winchester
E. Remington & Sons
Ilion
N. Y
China
Winchester Arms Co
New Haven
Belchertown
Phelps Farm
Clough
Grenadier Island
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams' Medicine Company
Schenectady
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
London Water Supply Figures From Historic Sources
London's daily water supply averages 190,123,590 parsons drawn from the Thames the Lee ponds at Hamstead and Highgate and from springs and wells. Population stated as 5,401 00 with daily per capita consumption 34.08 gallons for all purposes.
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London
Thames
Lee
Hamstead
Highgate
National Education Association Meeting Rates Advised
National Educational Association meeting set for Denver July 5 to 12, 1905. Wabash Railroad offers one fare round trip plus a $2 membership fee. For details contact Wabash or Crane, St. Louis. Also notes a New York to Australia telegraph reply and Nickel Plate listing lakefront summer boarder homes with stamped mail requests.
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Wabash Railroad
Denver
Wabash R. R
C. &. Crane
St. Louis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Union OF Two Seas
Denmark
Skager Rack
Kategat
Copenhagen
Elbe
London's Water Supply
National Educational Association Meeting
Colo
New York
Australia
Nickel Plate Road
Lake Erie
B. F. Horner
Hood
Hood’s Pills
Beecham
B.f.allen Co
al Oval Sales
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