American Girl in London Sings Old Negro Songs for Royalty
Memphis born Clara Alexander blossoms in London by singing native plantation melodies for the King and Queen. She has shunned a stage career, preferring the music of the South and captivating the fashionable London society with her program.
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King
Southland
London
Clara Alexander
Memphis
Tenn
Old England
England
Miss Alexander
John Mackay
Tennessee
South
Darky
W.S. Gilbert
Lady Bancroft
Juliet
Lady Ludlow
Portland Place
Edward
Alexandra
Brooks
Edward VII
Hon. Augustus Browne Stranded by Streetcar in Cleveland
In crowded Cleveland, Hon. Augustus Browne’s trousers snagged on a loose lower step as a streetcar lurched. He sat on the Belgian blocks while the car pulled away, his attire torn and spectators dispensing unkind glances. The incident spawns debate over damages from car line owner Thomas Johnson.
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Augustus Browne
Cleveland
Gaia
Browne
Augustus
Mr. Browne
Thomas Johnson
Japan's Grand Old Man Ito Built from Humble Roots
Marquis Ito born to a rustic gardener, fled Japan to escape Vengeance of conservatives, stowed in a silk bale to reach Liverpool. He became a Westernized figure in Europe though described as the poorest prime minister in worldly goods.
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Marquis Ito
Juzo Ito
Europe
Liverpool
Japan
China’s Army Advances Under Japanese Influence
A Shanghai dispatch notes China’s new 40 000 strong army showing modern equipment and disciplined drill. Observers credit Japanese guidance for reforms from infantry with Mauser rifles and cavalry on Mongolian mounts to field guns and integrated logistics.
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Chilei
Shantung
Texas Sulphur Deposits Promise New State Industry
Geologists estimate ten million tons of 40 percent native sulphur near El Paso in a ten thousand acre tract, nine and a half feet thick, bought by Illinois and European capitalists. railroad access is lacking but grades are favorable. U.S. yearly consumption runs about 500000 tons. Louisiana leads sulfur production, with Virginia pyrites contributing much. global trade largely controlled by the Anglo Sicilian Sulphur Company.
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Texas
trans-Pecos
el Paso
Texas Pacific Railroad
Illinois
Toyah
United States
Italy
Louisiana
Louisa County
Virginia
Anglo-Sicilian Sulphur Company, Limited
Lon
An Enfeebled Giant in Europe’s Quiet Decline
The passage compares Russia to Turkey and Spain, portraying Russia as a rising yet weakening power. It argues Russia is too young to collapse like Turkey and too vigorous to fade like Spain, framing the empire as a fragile, yet persistent force in Europe’s historical cycle.
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Europe
Russia
Turkey
Spain
Charles V
Shorter growing Easter lilies seen in new hybrid
A Department of Agriculture effort to cut the Bermuda lily cycle promises cheaper Easter lilies next year. A Philippine lily hybrid shortened to four or five months could yield abundant blooms, letting buyers avoid postwar luxury marks.
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Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Philippines
Public timber grdbing and 640 acre homestead debates
Two public land bills occupied Congress last winter the 640 acre homestead plan and the lien land timber bill The 640 acre measure sought to raise entry to 640 acres covering about twenty million acres in South Dakota and Colorado with Montana considered Similar opposition argued 640 acres too large for farming or too small for grazing and that western land productivity is not yet understood The other bill passed aims at timber lands as part of lien land legislation The summary notes ongoing Department experiments on hybrid Easter Lily and reasons for potential cost reductions in production.
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Congress
South Dakota
Colorado
Montana
West
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Public Lands Commission
Gifford Pinchot
U.S. Forester
Nebraska
Sand-Hill
Public Lands and Forest Policies Debate Flows On
The article reviews irrigation and farming potential on remaining public lands and critiques timber and land laws. It discusses the Key land selection law, timber and stone act repeal efforts, and calls for classified studies to guide future settlement and range control.
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China
Shangtung
Yuan Shi Kai
East
Oregon
Bermuda
President
Arthur
Tlers
Northwest
Public Lands Committee
House of
W. M. Crane Company
Broadway
New York
N. Y
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