Topics of the Times and Happenings of the Day
A collection of opinion notes and satirical observations on current events. It mocks Kansas cyclones and California earthquakes, muses on virtue and motherhood, and comments on wedding vows and evangelism. It notes progress in Newton and Wichita attire, and ends with Slugger Sullivan dismissing Australia as a foreign outlier.
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Kansas
Newton
Wichita
Australia
Slugger Sullivan
Boston
Humility Averts Anger Through Self Reflection
A reflection on humility as the cure for anger. By daily noting personal infirmities, one learns mercy for others and avoids outrage at others faults, recalling one also relies on God and brotherly charity.
Silent social musings and justice in Chicago era debates
A collection of observations on speech shaping thought, audience desire at amateur entertainments, and gender roles, noting women nurses’ skill and men’s doubts. It also reports on the Chicago anarchist case with Fielden Schwab Neebe and others, their guilty verdicts and death sentences, and the post trial clemency fight.
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Fielden
Schwab
Necbe
Chicago
Neebe
Schwat
Spies
Parsons
Engel
Fischer
Lingy
Clemency doubts and Franco German tension noted
The article questions governor clemency for Neebe and ponders mercy for Fielden and Schwab, noting pardons would imply state guilt over executions. It also observes France's restraint toward Germany, arguing war would be uncertain and restraint prudent until France feels capable of reclaiming lost provinces.
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Neebe
Fielden
Schwab
France
Germany
Oil Creek Firestorm Devastates Oil City and Titusville
Oil Creek floods along with fire devastate Oil City and Titusville after oil tanks ignite from a two minute explosion. Hundreds likely burned and millions in property loss follow, with authorities appealing for aid and oil companies urged to assist.
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Mississippi Valley
Kansas City
New Orleans
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Allegheny
Oil Creek
Oil City
Titusville
Swords Replaced by Heavy Thrusting Pattern in British Service
The British War Office issues a new sword design for officers. The blade is straight with most of its edge and back blunt to emphasize thrusting and parrying. Only about ten inches of edge and six inches of back remain sharpened. The weapon favors accuracy over cutting, reflecting modern close quarter combat. Tren is always someone to blame when things go wrong.
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British War Office
The Christianity of the Single Tax by Edward G. Rhoads
Edward G. Rhoads argues that the single tax is a just response to poverty by taxing land value rather than labor or wealth. He criticizes robbery utopianism, cites biblical and moral grounds for land rights, and urges Christians to embrace Henry George’s plan as a natural extension of duty and justice.
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Edward G. Rhoads
New York City
Robin Hood
Henry George
Adam
Ely
Chester County
Mazzini
Single Tax Debate Highlights Land Speculation in Ontario and Ohio
In Toronto a real estate firm argues against a land tax as market gardens rent land. Manitoba exempts improvements, shifting burden to vacant land. Grove City near Columbus shows workingmen moved to buy lots and accept long commutes to escape rent, boosting land values while renters pay higher costs.
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Toronto
Ont
Manitoba
Is This True Market Tale of Central Market
Market men operate in a one story shed bounded by Broadway Seventh Avenue and Forty eighth Street in New York City The ground holds six to seven city lots with stalls rented to butchers and grocers Broadway widening left a fifty foot strip paid at a premium over the original tract value In twenty years downtown population rose by about 100000 Net rentals total 20000 annually equal four percent on 500000 The owner spurned a 450000 hotel bid Assessors taxed the unimproved property at under 150000.
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Central Market
Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Forty- Eight Street
City of
New York
Single Tax Proposal Promotes Land Value Taxation
An advocacy piece from Pensacola argues for a tax on land values only, aiming to tax land rental or monopoly value but not all land. It asserts city land rents reach thousands per foot, tapering to modest values outward, with concern that such taxes ultimately fall on laboring workers. A quoted joke about a wife and change follows.
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Ue Commercial
Pensacola
Florida
Tomb of Confucius Described in Historic Chinese Shrine
A Boston Globe letter details the Confucius tomb at Chu fu hsien in Shan tung. The shrine features ceremonial gates, marble lions, statuary of sages, a central grave mound, and inscriptions praising the philosopher and his heir Kongli Pal. It notes burial grounds for followers near the sacred site plus a discussion of tobacco in health.
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Igh
China
Chu-fu-hsien
Shantung
Confucius
Boston Globe
Mohammed
Mecca
Chu-fuhsien
Kunk li-Pal
Chum Yung
Sau- Pei
Tzu
Tzu Kung
Tobacco Smoke Sterilizes Microbes in Gelatin Tests
Research by Dr. V. Tassinari in Rome shows tobacco smoke can destroy or retard cholera, anthrax, and pneumonia bacilli in gelatine. The bacillus of typhoid and anthrax vary in resistance, with cholera and pneumonia readily killed, while confirming the need to prove human sterilization.
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London Lancet
Naples
V. Tassinari
Rome
Marvels of Root Strength In Urban Vines And Drains
In old cities vines show the stubborn power of roots lifting and breaking. Iron balconies suffer as tendrils grow from front gardens and coil through rails. A single tree root thread chokes a clay drain pipe eight inches wide, forming tangled filaments.
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Potor
Livery in the White House Sparks Debate on Servants
A column notes the White House rejects mandatory livery for staff while a Republican candidate promises reform. The piece satirically warns of forcing doorkeepers into livery and lampoons police uniforms if such changes pass.
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White House
Kate Field
Washington
Metropolitan Police Force
Avoid Getting Too Curious About Knowledge
A parable on education and self restraint shows a Charmer at the Primrose League extolling free learning while a carpenter resists, fearing excess. The piece argues that discouragement tests virtue, urging caution and self reliance when pursuing improvement.
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the Times
California
John
Wuh
Tren
Grove City
Columbus, O
Midland Railroad
Columbus
George
Jones
Primrose League
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