Vast Needle Factory and Odd Global Notes Across Nations
A compiled selection notes Redditch's needle plant producing over 70 million needles weekly, farm tutors aiding pupils in harvest, Lomacithia's nineteen shot repeating gun, and shipping cargo comparisons. It also mentions a Georgia effort to memorialize Bit Whitney by a country club, coral reefs near Hambridge Georgia, Crete’s ancient crystal and ivory draughtboard, and a Viennese dentist’s lawsuit. Also covered are slag cement road work in North Tonawanda, Jersey mosquito control, a New York homeless auction charity, and census county size curiosities across Oklahoma Louisiana Montana and California.
Rostand's sister to reside in Washington with de Margerie
Edmond Rostand's sister Mme de Margerie, famed for wit and beauty, travels to America to settle in Washington with her husband M de Margerie. He resumes as First Secretary in Washington while she acts as Charge dAffaires during Cambon’s European absence. They plan a seaside summer cottage and will host Rogland in the capital later in the season.
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Rostand
Mme. de Margerie
Edmond Roland
Europe
M. de Margerie
Ic Corps
de Margerie
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Washington
1763
N Street
Colonel Tyler
M. Rogland
Farmers of the Future and farm education emphasis
Professor L H Bailey of Cornell argues that over half the U S population lives on farms and that half of national production should be farm based. He says agricultural education is underfunded, with colleges devoting much energy to mechanic arts and other technical studies in contrast to farming education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Bailey
Cornell University
United States
Bailey
Senator J H Kyle Of South Dakota Biography Briefly Outlined
United States Senator J H Kyle of South Dakota entering his second term in 189? He was first elected in 1891 as an independent and has generally aligned with Republicans. Prior to politics he served as a Presbyterian clergyman. Born at Xenia, Ohio in 1864.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Kyle
South Dakota
James H. Kyle
United States
J. H. Kyle
Xenia, O
Gold Output in 1900 World Production Leaders
United States led global gold output in 1900 with 3,781,810 fine ounces valued at 78,159,674 dollars. Australasian production totaled 3,504,286 ounces worth 74,467,110 dollars, Canada produced 3,? million ounces and value around 27,916,? thousand, while Transvaal lagged due to war shutdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Australasia
Transvaal
Australasian
Canada
Ryan
Doukhobors Immigrant Conflict in Canada Sparks Law Debate
The Dominion of Canada welcomed Doukhobors from Russia amid imperial sympathy for persecuted faiths. They founded a Northwest colony but faced clashes over communal marriage and tax avoidance. A special law protected their practices, triggering Northwest turmoil and calls for repeal as Russia’s exodus continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion of
Czar
Russia
British Empire
Dominion
Ruania
McCook denounces street franchise theft from pulpit
Henry C. McCook of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, a member of the fighting McCooks, preached against wholesale corruption in street franchise deals. He called theft of the franchises municipal treason and said divine curse would rest on the men who betrayed the city, closing as a loyal Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pot McCook
Henry C. McCook
Tabnetl Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
McCooks
McCook
Lessons of the Boer War by Jean de Bloch
Jean de Bloch argues the Boer War shows aggression against a great power cannot hope for victory. He says modern military service and maneuvers mislead, that decisive conquest is impossible, and that dedicated citizens can resist beyond superior numbers. If Transvaal had been a great power, Pretoria might have fallen, but the Boers fight on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean de Bloch
Transvaal
Pretoria
Governor Albert B. White of West Virginia
West Virginia's Governor Albert B. White is profiled as a native of Ohio who rose from reporter to owner of the State Journal of Parkersburg. The piece notes his management transformed the paper into a leading republican journal and his 1887 election as president of the National Editorial Association. It mentions his earlier role as Internal Revenue collector and a unanimous Republican nomination two years prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Albert B. White
Ohio
Marietta
State Journal
Parkersburg
W. Va
Myr. White
Ihe
Governor White
National Editorial Association of the
United States
Republicane
Internal Revenue
Set
The Salt Trust, A Harmless Octopus, Or Monopolous Threat
New York dispatches note plans for an International Salt company uniting American Canadian and British firms with a 60 million dollar capital. Proponents claim world salt control, but defenders warn such “octopus” fears ignore vast domestic salt reserves in New York Ohio Michigan Virginia Kansas and Louisiana and argue real control cannot be achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Salt Company
Canadian Salt Company
Russia
Salt Trust
United States
New York Stat
Ohio
Michigan
Virginias
Cleveland
Linesin County
Nebraska
Reno County
Kansas
Louisiana
International Salt Company
Succeon
Sone
Federal Trust Inquiry and the Sherman Act Limits
The article argues a federal probe into trusts may reveal the Sherman act’s inadequacy to curb combines. It notes Congress alone enacted such legislation, and further expansion would threaten constitutional limits on interstate commerce. It cites Supreme Court rulings upholding the act in three cases on price and rate agreements, including Addyston Pipe and Steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Addynton Pipe and Steel Company
Boars, Reichmann See War Realities In Boer Campaign
US military observer Captain Reichmann reports on the Boar army praising their women while faulting discipline among soldiers. He notes Americans are the aggressive element and predicts British superiority will lead to Boer defeat. He witnessed seven months with no drunkenness or profanity and records humane treatment of British wounded. The attache notes rule violations on both sides and touches on Bill Sterritt and a Congressional vacancy in Texas.
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Boars
Reichmann
United States
Imates
Retchiann
Hoor
Literary Men Live Long and Healthy in Longevity View
The Chicago Journal surveys American and English writers, arguing literary work does not shorten life for most. It cites Edwards, Poe, Dickens, Emerson, Longfellow, Bryant, and Whittier among long-lived authors, notes English rivals Carlyle and Newman outlived many Americans, and lists living American writers deemed to merit literary Valhalla, averaging about 65 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Dickens
Thackeray
Jonathan Edwards
Edgar Allen Poe
Bayard Taylor
Lanter
Dr. Holmen
Whittier
Ives
Emerson
Longfellow
Bryant
Carlysle
Newman
Henry James
Brete Harte
Howells
Donald Mitchell
Weir Mitchell
Stedman
Stoddard
Adrich
Flake
Cabe
Clemens
Chicago Journal
Hawaii Gardens Reach Incredible Crop Profits
Reports to the agricultural department via Gov. Dole claim Hawaii soils yield almost every vegetable and fruit. A leading farmer notes peppermint grows wild, potatoes yield four crops yearly, radishes mature in ten days, year round strawberries, cabbage all year, parsley and Lima beans bearing for over a year, cucumbers and tomatoes year round, raspberries six months, pineapples fruiting after four months, lettuce and celery quick to grow. Wheat corn barley oats yield one crop annually, not as strong as elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Agricultural Department
Dole
The Swine Alpine climber Sigrist on a fall in Switzerland
Sigrist, famed climber who once tumbled from Karpfstock, described his fall as tranquil and painless. He said the plunge felt pleasant, he had no anxiety or breath loss, and consciousness faded only at impact, with reawakening bringing less agreeable sensations, per London Mail.
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Sigrist
Karpfstock
Switzerland
London Mail
Care for Truste and Trusts in National Policy Debate
A fragmented excerpt questions railroad rate manipulation and trust influence on patent law and highways. It notes Atlantic Monthly withholding meat accounts, and a Chicago woman summoned to court with bagged fleas to explain unpaid rent, claiming payment would follow media removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Monthly
Livingstone College Extends at Layton in His Memory
The two surviving daughters of Dr. Livingstone opened the expanded Livingstone College at Layton England eight years after its founding to train in medicine and surgery. It honors Livingstone as a renowned medical missionary, whose example inspired the college’s erection in his memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingstone
Livingstone College
Layton
England
Scirnes Improves Upon Nater and Mineral Water Claim
The eminent French chemist M Ar mand Gautier reports to the Paris Academy of Science that refined powdered golcanic stones boiled in water at 25 to 800 degrees Callus yield a fluid identical in composition to ordinary sulphur waters but stronger. Conmul-General Guenther of Frankfort says the discovery may prove highly hygienic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scirnes
Nater
M. Armand Gautier
Paria Academy of Science
Guenther
Frankfort
Papering Up Aim Goods Silk Needs Proper Wrapping
Instructions warn against folding silk in white paper due to lime bleaching. Brown or blue India paper preferred. yellow India paper ideal for silk. Drops should not be kept folded long as it cracks. White satin dresses should be wrapped in blue paper with coarse brown paper outside and edge sewn. Also notes a blunt remark about declaring plans to enemies.
Dodd's Kidney Pills Credited With Mrs Freeman Cure
In Hodgeman County to July 1, Mrs Anta Jones Freeman wife of G G Jones of Burdett, long troubled by kidney and urinary symptoms and headaches, reports a dramatic improvement after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. Generous local praise suggests the remedy as a near certain cure for kidney diseases and rheumatism, with rising demand in Pawnee and Hodgeman Counties. Also a side note promotes Allen's Foot Health Remedy for swollen painful feet.
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Christian Berence
Dodd
Freeman
Pawnee
Hodgeman
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Redditch
Worcestershire
Bay
Tnamania
Lomacithia
Gay
Georgia
Bit Whitney
Lahors
Augusta
Hambridge
Flint River
Crete
Leopold Rieger
von Hauer
Dr. Rieger
Rieger
North Tonowanda
Jersey
Hackensack Meadows
Department of Agriculture
Madison Square
Chaplain Ratsier
Madison
Chi Ratzler
New York Sun
Oklahoma
Saint John the Baptist
Montana
Sargent
Custer
San Bernardino County
Cal
R. 1
REVO
Detan
Bill Sterritt
Hawesville
Texas
Deans
Billie
Fina
Gever
Eames
Garden
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
Love
Cooper
Tos
Tomales Maple Street
Horwiah
Red Cross
Bio Etandard
Pattornfurvevn Professionel Veacher
Repeneat Journal
Wastun
EE EL Trisleest
de Ate
Ran Peery Et Ros
Nets
Priesmeyer
W.N. U
Kansas City
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