Birth of a New U S A Union of South Africa
A historical overview traces how crude events and natural wonders shaped the Cape and the rise of South Africa. From volcanic crystals to Cape Town’s post office to diamond booms in Kimberley and gold in Johannesburg, the narrative links exploration, trade routes, and colonization to the birth of a new union and its first parliament.
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U.S. A
Union OF
Indianapolis News
Capetown
South Afria
John McCutcheon
Orange River
Republic
Cape of Good Hope
Union of South Africa
Rome
Vaal
Africa
India
Columbus
Bartholomew Diaz
Cape
Europe
Andre Thys
Nancy Lee
London
South Africa
France
British India Company
Dutch India Company
Kimberley
Karoo
United States
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Indianapolis
Fiood
Family of Nations
Beardless McClung Named United States Treasurer
Lee McClung, described as young and husky with football poise and railroading grit, is named United States treasurer by President Taft. The Yale alum modernized treasury operations and can locate any penny in the dark, earning praise from Secretary MacVeagh as thoroughly equipped for the post.
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Congress
Lee McClung
United States
McClung
Washington
Taft
Yale
Heffelfinger
Barbour
Europe
Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway Company
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
An Interesting Transformation From The Delineator
An unclear excerpt discusses a child crying and an aunt advising thrift. The passage, though garbled, hints at social pretensions and self deception. It reflects late 19th century moralizing tone about money and character and mentions prejudice against gout as a metaphor for vanity.
Amusing exaggeration cited by Tillman in race talk
A Washington Star column quotes Benator Tillman mocking an opponent’s argument. He jokes about Hew Johnson’s height and a sheriff candidate’s stump speech, recounting locals digging a hole for him to stand in due to his tall stature.
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Washington Star
Benator Tillman
Johnson
Ben
Mark Twain Toasts the Babies at Grant Banquet in 1879
Samuel L. Clemens delivered the toast “The Babies” at a Palmer House banquet honoring General Ulysses S. Grant during his Chicago visit in November 1879. Twain's humorous размышления praised babies as future leaders and contrasted past military command with childhood antics, envisioning a nation of hundreds of millions and future figures rising from cradles.
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L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Mr. Clemens
Chicago Record-Herald
Samuel L. Clemens
Palmer House
A. 8. Grant
Chicago
Galena
West Point
Clemens
Donelson
Wickshire
Tennessee
Interior Department
Farragut
Boy Critic Croker Delivers Washington Tale at Palm Beach Lunch
The Boy Critic Richard Croker spoke at an open air Palm Beach lunch event telling a George Washington anecdote about a teacher asking Pommy Jones what set Washington apart from other Americans. The crowd heard a humorous prompt about a hookworm’s suitability for bait in a casual aside.
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Richard Croker
Palm Beach
George Washington
Pommy Jones
Georse Washington
Counting Noses in North Woods for Census in 1900
Sioux City Tribune recounts enumerator Bruner for the 1900 census in northern Minnesota. He describes dangers of logging camps, mosquitos, floods, and a close brush with jail threats during field work, including a moose sighting and a near drowning crossing a dam in a logging camp. Bruner earned a day’s pay due to hazardous duties.
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Sioux City
Bruner
Consis
Mal
Baby Pringe's Fun Just About Over
Berlin reports the German crown prince's son, soon to be emperor, will shift from playful lessons to stern training. He will learn martial discipline and a trade, with uncles apprentices as blacksmiths and carpenters. The emperor even bans daily reports, fearing silence.
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New York
Berlin
William IV
Hohenzollern
William
The Surgeon's Hand Miracle in Century Poem
A poetic meditation by Mary Murdoch Maxon portrays a surgeon miraculously restoring sight. The piece contrasts a charged blade of steel with a biblical benediction, ending with a dovelike symbolism as light returns to the blind man.
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Mary Murdoch Maxon
Darky minister consoles widow in grief over lost husband
From Harper's Weekly a southern minister soothes a widow, insisting another companion remains in unfailing love as she mourns her husband. The New York Sun quips Achilles with a joke about washing ears and a vulnerable heel, noting an immunity bath.
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Harper's Weekly
New York Sun
Achilles
Form That Won Freedom for Minnesota Convict
A Century Magazine excerpt blends poetry and prose as it recalls a Minnesota convict’s journey toward freedom. The piece interlaces wartime imagery, elegiac verse, and reflections on liberty, with later quotes from a diocesan convention remarking on a paradoxical prayer and a deacon’s hopeful exclamation.
The Welsh Fairies and Court Battle Reflected
Poem fragment speaks of wandering fairies in a fair country blessed by Christians and the old pagan souls. A disjointed line hints at Ballinger bench opposition and a court-related debate mentioning a party stance and justice context. The readable text blends folklore with legal controversy surrounding Ballinger.
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Edwin Wildman
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Baby Pringe
Kaiser
Reedom
Minnesota
Century Magazine
Eilente
Chopin
Cornwall
Tristan
Babylon
Zion
Sourid
Dole
St. Louis
Mared Howells
Ballinger
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