The Etruria Transatlantic Steamer and Its Wonders
Special correspondence from New York describes the Cunard steamer Etruria, cost 2 million dollars, sailing Liverpool to New York in six days and six hours counting from Queenstown. The voyage included electric lighting, luxurious staterooms, a unique split lifeboat design, a high capacity for 720 saloon passengers, and a ladies cabin on deck praised for comfort and amenities.
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New York
Cunard
Eruria
Liverpool
England
Passngers
Queenstown
Etruria
Cunard Line
Queanstown
Sandy Hook
Irish
Theodore Cook
Etru
Ria
New York City
Dhere
Fastnet
Global Newspaper Totals Reach 85 000 Publications Worldwide
A Le Figaro sourced tally lists 85 000 periodicals worldwide, averaging one per 28 000 people. Europe leads with about 40 000 titles, Germany at roughly 5500, and the United States about 12 500, with English the dominant language.
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Boston Transcript
le Figaro
Europe
Germany
Posteilung
Frankfort
Great Britain
France
Italy
Milan
Naples
Turin
Florencé
Geneva
Austro-Hungary
Acta Comparationis Literarum Niversarum
Spain
Russia
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Pekin
Shanglai
Government Ournal
Corea
Cochin China
Tonquin d'Avenir du Tonkin
Asia
India
Versia
Africa
Egypt
England
Poston
United States
San Francisco
Canada
South America
Argentine Republic
Australia
Sandwich Island
War on Cigarettes and Britain War Office Study
A New York letter notes signs banning smoking in offices as banks face young men who smoke. It discusses patent ideas for cards and the public nuisance of tobacco smell. The British War Office plans to study shells with explosive power, as gun cotton and nitro compounds threaten armor and ships differently from gunpowder.
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Erora
Youse
Etruria
Eururia
Liza Archard
Eery Bank
Uwyer
Prum
British War Office
Farrar to Lecture in England and Visit Here
The Rev Frederick W Farrar, Archdeacon of Westminster Abbey, recently spoke at Grant memorial services in Westminster and plans to visit this country. During his stay he will deliver lectures on theology including topics Dante The Talmud and Browning the Poet. Farrar was born in Bombay and educated for the ministry, later serving as a professor for nearly twenty years before becoming a canon of Westminster and rector of old St Margaret.
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Frederick W. Farrar
Westminster Abbey
Dante
Browning
Canon Farrar
Bombay
India
Westminster
Old St. Margaret
Publication Tricks and a Soldier’s Remembrance
A historical fragment recalls a German captain thanking a town for hospitality and a plea to remember a dishonored guest. It also critiques publishers who prewrite obituary pages and marches, and quotes Thomas Wentworth Higginson on his sister’s praise in a college farewell.
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Burgermeister
Turgermeister
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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Struma
Midocean
Christ
Letter
Lala
Beltimore Herat
INIC
Iran
Brown Chemical
Baltimore
Joseph Joyer
Maple Street
Greeley
Colo
Weld County
Platte Valley
Sterling
Colorado
Packard & King
Sterling, Colorado
America
H.hatuerr & Co
Portland
Maine
E. J. Rosenfeld
Kenver
B. Whitford
Denver
Enaver Music Co
Denver O. Box
Chicago
Railway
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Dixon
Milwaukee
Nebraska
Wyoming
Utah
Daha
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
California
Union Pacific Railway
Union Depot
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Detroit
Columbus
Prdnedpelie
Cincinnati
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
M.huchitt
R.S. Hair
J. W. Graham
Austin
Texas
Dr. Hall
Tribune
the Tribune
the Greeley Tribune
Carver & Dunning
Publishers and Proprietors
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