Notable Additions and Honors in Social and Academic Circles
Mrs M L Hildebrant joins University of Chicago as English docent. Mrs Phoebe Hearst sponsors free kindergarten in London. Mrs Theodore Roosevelt supports Builrage Bazaar. Mrs Bessie March earns Paris Exposition gold medal. Miss Alice Crane returns from Klondike. Mrs Harriet Laughlin donates for Bonn erville library arts. Marie Herndl paints cathedral windows for American and German churches. Mrs Regina Stuckien advances in Civil Service. Mrs I A B Wallace dies after decades in rescue work.
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Marie Herndl
Miniature Painter in Chicago Portrays Notables
Mme Gregoria de Ajuria, an English miniaturist educated in France, paints portraits in Chicago including the Pope and McKinley. She claims authorship of Elizabeth stories against Princess Henry to ensure letters reach her, and praises the Kansas conference where women gain influence.
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Mme Gregoria de Ajurla
Chicago
Emmons Blaine
Pope
Margherita
Beatrice
McKinley
Brice
George Gould
Depew
Isella
Mme de Ajuria
France
Bizabeth
Princess Henry of
Press
Pizabeth
Princess Henry
Elizabeth
Countess von Amim
Topeka
J. A. Trautman
Kansas
Women Break Ground in Government Science Branches
The article notes women increasingly entering federal science roles. It highlights two ethnologists at the Bureau of Ethnology, a woman expert in lobsters and crabs at the Smithsonian, and a top female entomologist in the same bureau. It mentions a female chief librarian of public documents, a need for inflators in the Bureau of American Republics, two women winning competitive exams, and women earning the highest government salaries. It also records a recent appointment of a woman exgressus in agriculture.
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Bureau of Ethnology
Smithsonan Institution
Bureau of Entomology
Bureau of American Republics
Grange Ar Agriculture Notes From Mt PalatineColumn
A patchwork Rural Life column from Mt Palatine discusses farm chores sorting potatoes and readiness for winter. It notes beekeepers in Springfield and advises on farm stationery practices with farmer names and addresses. The piece blends humor with practical tips for farmers and references local Midlands contexts.
Farmers Propose Roads Reform And Advertising Innovations
A farmer urges timely pump repairs to avoid winter trouble and discusses road work, advertising methods, and improving farm markets. He notes farmers should unite to protect their interests against manufacturing influence, seeking fair value for agricultural output.
Publishers' Column and Office Supplies Ad
Legal blanks and school tablets for sale at The Henry Republican office. envelopes stationery engraving printing services wedding and anniversary cards. Also invites to masquerade at New Opera Hall on Thanksgiving night.
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Henry Republican
Republican
al. Waye
Eiany Sepia
New Opera Hall
Germany Defends China Policy in Reichstag Address
The Reichstag debate on China aired Count von Buelow denying blame on Germany for the China crisis. He said Germany wishes only to defend its interests and honor, avoid conquest, and pursue reforms with no partition of China. Washington discussions focused on restraint while London reports hinted at imminent war preparations by the Empress Dowager.
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London
Peking
Tuan
Prince Chwang
Duke Lan
Germany
Berlin
Reichstag
China
Far East
Washington
Shanghai
Boers Reported Rearming and New Government
Pretoria reports claim Commandant Louis Botha has formed a new government at Roesendal north of Middelburg with 15000 pounds to pay burghers. Commandant Abel Ermsus is at Oliphant's River with 2000 men 1000 wagons and 12000 cattle. Heidelburg intelligence says surrendered burghers are forced to resume arms under death threat.
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Pretoria
Louis Botha
Roesendal
Middelburg
Abel Ersmus
Olyphant's River
Heidelburg
Five Die in Lake Superior Sinking Near Deer Park
News reaches Newberry Michigan of a freight boat capsizing Sunday morning off Deer Park on Lake Superior. Of six men aboard five were drowned after they were washed overboard. The vessel carried lumber from Sault Ste Marie to Deer Park and serves camps along the line.
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Newberry
Mich
D. NcLeod
Sault Ste. Marie
Deer Park
Lake Superior
Iowa Population Grows By Census Bureau Count
Washington reports Iowa’s population at 2,231,853 on census day, up 31,957 people or 16.7 percent since 1890. In Michigan, two children died in a dwelling fire in Manton. Hawaii elects Robert W. Cox, independent royalist, as delegate to Congress.
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Michigan
Washington
State of
Iowa
Smouth
Hawwaii
Robert We Hscox
Candn
Congress
Hawaii
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Joan Sznastiay
Chicago, Ill
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PEORL
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Cipriani
University of Chicago
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Gunat
Phoebe
Hearst
Led
Homestake Mining, Company
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M. B. McSweeney
South Carolina
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Alice Rollins Crane
Cal
Klondike
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Alaska
Bureau of Ethology of
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Smithsonian Institution
Bessie March
South Passadena, Cal
Harriet Minot Laughlin
Bonnerville, Mass
Isaac Pitman
Iet
Regina Stuckien
Barge Office
New York City
Civil Service
Stuckien
Immigration Service
Mra I. A. Bitbrough Wallace
Belleville
Ontario
Canada
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School Street
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Frank Baer
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Fred Swain
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Peoria Journal
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von Buelow
St. Louis
Cirucit
Manton, Mich
Rupert Fisher
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