Minnesota senate acts on marriage bill amid amendments
The Minnesota Senate rejected Senator Chitton’s proposal to ban marriages by the sane epileptic and idiotic, seeking medical certificates for applicants. Other notes include Miss Ella Ewing, the Missouri giant, who built a house with 10 foot doors, wireless teleg raphy trials with France, ancient Egyptian relics in the British Museum, and Bavarian Greece diplomacy resuming relations as Prof. Furtwangler plans Aegina excavations.
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Minnesota Senate
Chitton
Ella Ewing
Missouri
Proportun
Bavaria
Greece
Otto
Furtwangler
Munich
Carnegie on labor capital and skill three equal legs
Andrew Carnegie’s last Homestead speech highlighted that labor capital and business ability are three equal legs of a stool. He warned that attempting to stand on one or two legs ends in failure, stressing that all three are equally necessary for stability.
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Andrew Carnegie
Homestead
United States
Pallionis
J, Pierpont Morgan
Wittiam K. Vianderbitt
James J. IL
Edward D. Harriman
Georg J. Goult
John DU. Rockefeller
Jacob Hf. Schiff
James Silliman
Great Britain
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York Central
Universal Railroad
Italy's Monarchs Bring Heir Cradle To Rome
In anticipation of an heir, the King and Queen of Italy have brought to Rome the tortoise shell and gold cradle used for King Victor Emmanuel as a baby. A curious family cradle in the Errolls’ possession features a carved serpent and a dove, symbolizing wisdom and harmlessness for the child.
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Italy
Rome
Victor Emmanual
US farm values rise sharply in 1900 report notes
Eight crops including corn and hay show a near ten figure million increase in value for 1900 over 1899. Buckwheat and barley decline, with corn and hay driving the gain. The article frames this as evidence of the thriving American farm and national progress. It also discusses firearm safety and veteran inventor honors, mentioning Edison, Bithu Tholiy non, Westinghouse, and Maxim in a broader tech context.
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Department of Agricunlture
United States
Edison
Bithu Tholiy Non
Mr. Westinghouse
Sir Hiram
Maxim
The Rail Road Trust and Venezuela Asphalt Concession
A lengthy critique argues a railroad trust aims to control U S lines using Morgan Rockefeller and others. It claims vast capitalization, the potential to buy control for about 2 billion, and cites the Vanderbilt precedent. The piece also covers a Bermudex asphalt concession dispute with Hamilton, Syracuse, and Venezuelan government clashes, urging court settlement over ministerial interference.
Public moose plan prompts debate over Adirondack hunting
The piece argues New York should purchase and release a hundred moose from Canada and the Rockies into the Adirondacks at public expense. It criticizes elite landowners who host hunting guests while advocating broad access to recreation, hinting at Governor Odell’s possible approval.
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New York
Adirondacks
Thomas Jefferson
Paris
Adirondack
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Odell
Asphalt War Story Ties U S Venezuela Clash to Trust Dispute
A Washington correspondent links U S Venezuela tensions to a battle between two American asphalt companies over rights in the asphalt lake of Bermudos. The arrest of the American consular agent stems from that same dispute, suggesting a broader struggle over the so called asphalt trust and its claimed rights.
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Thi
Venezuela
State Department
Washington
Curtin
Trinidad
Syracuse Company
United States
Americas Asphalt Companies
Daphalt
Bermudos
The
Asphalt Trust
Morgan Canal Story Reveals Private Talks on Panama Project
State department denies Morgan has sought official approval for a private Panama Canal, though reports say he spoke with the president at the White House and claims readiness to advance the work if government funding is not required. Observable option suggests possible federal dealings to decide canal financing and competition.
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State Department
J. Pierpont Morgan
Washington
Panama Canal
Neywortholons
Congress
United States
Maitera
Hay
Apostle of Get There Hustler Tom Johnson Leads City
Tom L Johnson known as a hustler moved quickly to take office after a delayed election. He secured his certificate and oath just thirty seven minutes before an injunction expired and assumed mayoral duties while delaying a water front giveaway to a corporation. Johnson’s rapid action kept public interests from being sacrificed.
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Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Johnson
Sheriff Stout Proves Prowess In Maricopa County Tie
The Arizona Republican notes Arlaous Kherif's fit for office amid a history of proxy sheriffs by the Amalgamated Association of Prevaricators. Sheriff Stout, thought dull, proves independent, with a dry valley tale of calves, water canteens, and a catfish clash over scarce water.
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Arlaous Kherif
Maricopa County
Amalgamated Association of
Charlie Stankard
Sherif Stout
Dilly Moour
Billy Willian
Lars
Hi McDonald
Association
Stankard
Eberit Stout
Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Stout
Lia
River Boats in Russia Dominant Moyesrite Trade Route
The Moyesrite Empire relies on Volga waterways for vast freight, with 8,000 miles of navigable channels and 16,000 when including raft routes. Forty thousand rafts yearly and open-season tonnage of 10 million signal enormous raillike river commerce. Nijni Novgorod hosts a famed market drawing steamers from Archangel to Astrakhan. 200 million dollars in goods pass in weeks as 30,000 craft handle traffic.
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Volga
Caspian Sea
St. Petersburg
Nijni Novgorod
Russia
Archangel
Urals
Astrakan
Moscow
Asta
Hetty Green on Fashion and Wealth Disguise
Mrs Hetty Green comments on feminine apparel noting that wealthy people can afford to dress poorly. She adds that the poor and vulgar often wear fine clothing as a disguise, a remark reflecting her saturnine humor about social status.
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Hetty Green
Mrs. Green
Mrs. Hetty
Divorce Petition in Akron Nerves Frayed by Desertions
Frederick Rhodes petitions for divorce in Akron Ohio alleging his wife deserted him twenty seven times. He says he has grown tired of such foolishness and that the last time she left she declared she had gone for good.
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Frederick Rhodes
Akron
Tle
Astronomers Estimate Earths Equatorial Diameter
Astronomers determine the earths equatorial diameter varies about 2042 feet, indicating the planet is flattened at the poles and slightly compressed at the equator, giving a minor bulge toward the middle.
Oldest Married Woman in America Reveals Extraordinary Life
Mrs Ferdinand Reese of near Laporte Indiana claims to be 100 years old and the eldest married person in America. Born in 1794 in Volgravitz Poland she has lived through three centuries and says simple meals of corn bread and coffee sustain her. She first married Conrad Chappon, then Andrew Katschinsky before marrying Ferdinand Reese in 1876 after moving to Dunkirk and later Laporte.
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Ferdinand Reese
Laporte
Ind
America
Reese
Volgravitz
Poland
Aoon
Foresta
Maria Pavloschingky
Dunkirk
N. Y
Andrew Katschinsky
Laporte County
Indiana
Hudson Townsrip
New Automatic Revolver Design Shown Here
The inventor of the arm illustrated herewith concludes that the double acting revolver is fast enough. He has designed a gun which aims to improve rapidity of discharge and efficiency.
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Gecore
Telegraphed Portraits and the Teliagraph Invention
The April Frank Leslie's Monthly describes the teliagraph a two year operating device enabling a photograph to be transmitted from New York City to San Francisco in about an hour via telegraph data. The inventor A Hummel, a clockmaker, cites tests and anticipated public availability after exclusive agreements expire April 19.
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Frank Leslie
Sis Amorein Newapapere
New York City
San Franvigen
A. Hummel
Brown the sexton who led Grace Church society
A reminiscence recalls a Grace Church sexton named Brown who acted as a grand chamberlain to New York society. He organized a band of well dressed dancers called Brown's Young Men who entertained at elite functions and helped some rise in life, including Hubert Thompson who later led county democracy. The rain fell but rises again in time.
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New York
Grace Church
Brown
Hells
Hubert ©. Thompson
Ife
Brooklyn Hagle
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