Andrew Carnegie fortunes and Rien of Liebig lab记
Andrew Carnegie's wealth and gifts noted with funds for relatives in Pittsburg. Liebig memorial laboratory proposal aims to preserve the historic university chemistry lab as a Liebig museum. A Geneva murder hair artifact draws curious attention and superstition about luck.
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Prices tumble in fur market and odd European tales
Consul General John B. Jones cites cold storage and fashion trends as causing heavy losses in muskrat skins and mink price drops. The piece also notes a western firm reporting 1,200 carloads of box apples, extensive shipping estimates, rising glycerin prices tied to soap by products and explosives demand, plus multiple short anecdotes about Rothschilds, a New York lunch party, Paris legal dramatics, and Austrian humor.
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Canada
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The Prayer Of A Gamin In A Tenement Faith
A young speaker recalls poverty and prayer in a tenement setting. The mission worker speaks of mercy while the child asks for guidance to resist cursing and fighting. The piece notes parental hardship and hopes for future stability and acceptance, evoking Jim and Roscoe Gilmore Stott.
Sleepy mule causes injury in Kansas City tale
Newman Walsh, a St. Louis veterinary student, was knocked unconscious and injured when he tickled a Texas mule's hind feet at a Kansas City facility. He was hospitalized with a broken nose and an injured eye after the mule jabbed him with its impact. Walsh vows to use dynamite next time if asked to start a sleepy mule.
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581 Students in Jail for Loving Tolstoy
From the New York World a report on Russian repression as 681 students remain jailed for admiring Tolstoy. Books with marginal notes are deemed incriminating and Tolstoyan activists face exile or Siberia. Officials warn revolution fears persist amid unrest and a widening rift between authorities and citizens.
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France Sets Back Clocks Nine Minutes In Time Law
The New York Times notes France will set clocks back nine minutes and adopt Greenwich time for all official hours. Paris lies east of the meridian, affecting international finance and relations with London. The change aims to reduce delays in foreign transactions and signal peaceful cooperation.
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Changes time effects on Danube waltz profits noted
A Vienna to London Telegraph report observes that Johann Strauss's Blue Danube, famed in two hemispheres, yielded 56 years ago a large sum to Strauss while his publisher earned 300 900 kronen from the same waltz. It notes Lehur has earned up to now in Vienna, America and elsewhere about 100 000 kronen.
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Monumental Juries in Paris and London Telegraph Letter
Maitre Henri Robert, famed criminal advocate, notes women in juries face 60 chances of acquittal versus men who have one. He remarks on a woman's tearful charm influencing verdicts, while warning a dead certainty of not guilty if she cannot shed tears.
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Buffalos on a Minnesota Farm Tale of Loss and Loot
A year after owning 20 buffalo on a Anoke Minnesota farm, James J. A. reports 16 remaining as four were killed in a December hunt and meat sold locally. A group of sportmen from Minneapolis reportedly followed the herd in a car and caused further disturbance near Mr Hill's property.
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James J. A
Anoke
Minn
Minneapolis
John Britten’s Fall From Grace On Stage With Eckstrom
The veteran actor John Britten collapses on stage during a brought to Broadway run with Milly Eckstrom. His improvised lines expose a rift between performance and sincerity, ending in a disastrous curtain and a vanished future on New York’s theater scene.
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Changing Habits In Great Britain Report
A 1900 01 commission report notes per capita shifts in consumption and social trends in Britain. Cocoa tea tobacco spirits beer wine coffee show rises and falls. publicans decline. licensed makers rise. armbearings fall. wheaten accessories drop. pension law expands to many in Britain and Ireland with large but uncertain benefit estimates.
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Investment schemes lure servant into failed mine bet
A New York servant drew money from a "got rich quick" mine scheme inspired by popular literature. She sought advice from an Arizona contact connected to Harvard or Home Rule circles, but the venture failed, with losses feeding a broader view on speculative finance and the era's costly social bets.
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Dyspeptic Philosophy and Theatrical Jokes
A humor piece lampoons theater culture with quips on audiences, aging, pride, and vanity. It debates respect for hair, male bravado, and the devil’s sex, ending with a Christmas mistletoe pun about Mr. Hibrow and a botanical error.
Letters Illustrate Enduring Support for Grape Nuts Minister
Battle Creek letter excerpt shows Cr. W. Post soliciting endorsements to counter false claims about testimonials for The Road to Wellville. Dr. Pratt praises Grape-Nuts as healthful, endorses the booklet and its philosophy, noting business integrity and Christian influence.
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