International Mining Congress elects treasurer in Milwaukee
Eptrep By Mars M L Haden notes Mr EB 0 Atwood of Empire Colorado elected treasurer of the International Mining Congress meeting in Milwaukee. News briefs also mention Lillie J Ray Chicago deputy marshal appointment, Charlotte Mulligan death, and other society items from Buffalo to Madrid.
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EB. 0. Atwood
My Empire, Colo
Interna‘onal Mining “Congress
Milwaukee
Lillie J. Rayo
Chicago
Daniel A. Ray
United States
Hawsan
Ha’ Been
Americans Gain Social Clout in Paris Homes
Paris reports that about 10 000 American residents in Paris influence city life more than other foreigners. Emily Holt notes American women demand comforts and efficiency in housing, bringing electric lights elevators modern plumbing and other conveniences to Paris.
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Eugenie
Paris
Emily Holt
Americ
Grange and Agriculture Notes From Rivensip e Grange
A column by HY Kesarrn editor Mt Palatine Putnam county Illinois discusses late July conditions. It highlights rising horse prices, apple and wheat crop prospects for 1900, and remarks on farming practices and animal care. It notes export figures, German pork restrictions, renter dynamics, and heat management for horses and Phorbes. It ends with picnic ideas and mentions new pests like ichneumon fly.
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Rivensipe Ds- Thiry Grange
HY. KeSarrn
Mt Palatine
Putnam County
Til
Farmer's Home Exemplifies Simple Prosperity
A farmer favors a well ordered homestead with a tidy yard and functional water system, arguing his modest wealth enables him to enjoy life. A neighbor criticizes his style, but others could imitate his approach if they choose.
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Mme
Beecher Creed Echoes Beecher’s Agricultural Ethos
The Indiana Farmer and Gardener recalls Rev Henry Ward Beecher’s 19th century creed. It extols small farms, soil nourishment, deep plowing, subsoil tools, and the ideal farmer who ethics, industry, and intelligence sustain. It condemns decline, idle youth, and alcohol’s harm to farming virtue.
Local notes include crops, crime, and church damage report
A scattered update covers Thomas Blake’s strawberry crates from a Nauvoo patch, a Fulton county school text book plan, Win Foster cited for liquor damages, and a lightning strike on Spring Valley’s Immaculate Conception spire. It notes oat smut losses, a Lewis town theft case, Livingston county Republican outreach, and Peoria distillery output and tax.
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Nauvoo
Board of Supervisors
Fulton County
Win Foster
Immaculate Conception
Spring Valley
Ilinois
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Ilinois
Lewistown
W. H. Layton
Charles—Barrett
Livingston County
Great Western
Peoria
Uncle Sam
Oak Shutters and Civil War Security in Western Towns
A western man cites oak shutters as essential wartime protection, recalling Civil War practices where merchants bolted shutters and hid in cellars to deter jayhawkers and bushwhackers. He contrasts with New York, noting no such shutters there and praising cellars as reliable shelters during unrest.
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Ohio
Indiana
New York
New York Sun
Broadway
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Postal Convenience Across Cities in the Late Era
The article notes rapid letter delivery from a London hotel with 15 daily deliveries and 8 AM box drop, noon reply, and evening return. It discusses pneumatic dispatch debates in Congress, compares to London Paris systems, and praises foreign money orders where the postman delivers funds with a receipt.
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London
House of Representatives
Paris
Sunflower Plan Aims to Beautify Cuyler Alleys
A newly formed Woman's District Improvement Association in Cuyler proposes planting sunflowers around garbage boxes to obscure refuse receptacles and dumps. The 35 women, from Lake Viewbury Railway to Western Avenue near Addison and Bertean, seek to improve sanitation and appearance and curb noise.
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Woman's District Improvement Association
Cuyler
Lake Viewbury Railway
Western Avenue
Addison
Bertean Avenues
Chicago Evening News
Alarm Among the Puny Japan
The Chicago Chronicle cites alarm over Japanese physique noting that military authorities use short firearms for their men and that recent studies show Japanese students to be among the least developed. The piece portrays the land of flowers as potentially becoming a land of babies due to physical decline.
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Chicago Chronicle
Trouble Over Wells in Indian Village Divides Communities
The Indian village faces a water access dispute as two castes, Hindoo and Gond, clash over wells. Weavers refuse to draw from Hindu wells and Hindoo decline to drink from weaver wells, forcing a double-well system or the deputation of Windoo workers to supply water to all villagers.
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Enys
Defendants Claim Illiteracy in Note Signature Case
In a Philadelphia case the defendant insists he could not sign the note by writing. He admits only making a mark and draws a crude X with the word his above and mark below. The prosecuting attorney asks to reproduce the signature on a piece of paper.
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Philadelphia Press
There goes Jerry Bilson in jesting dialogue
A Chicago Evening News quip contrasts Jerry Bilson at school or fishing by examining his basket. If jam appears under geography he’s going to school. if a painted cork sticks out of rhubarb pie he’s going fishing.
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Jerry Bilson
Chicago Evening News
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