Empire or Republic A Great Questions Exposition
A detailed call for the Greater America Exposition from July 1 to November 1, 1800, to educate Americans on colonial acquisitions from the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Hawaii. It outlines aims to exhibit native peoples, industrial ingenuity, model factories, and the national expansion question without public debt, urging informed public debate.
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Omaha
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
United States
Dewey
Filipina
Ion
Spain
Greater America
Sinique Aluo Im
Ald Ag
Ponel
Greater America Exposition to Feature Plantation Scene in Omaha
The Old Plantation at the Greater America Exposition in Omaha will be a reproduction of the Trans Missionipp Exposition feature. It will showcase larger and more representative plantation life, with authentic habitations and a new amusement facet. The July 1 cylorama will depict the Battle of Missionary Ridge and a Colorado gold mine exhibit will be modeled on real mining work.
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Omaha
Mission Ducary
Coorado
Greater America
Scientific Topics and Asteroid Ideas From The era
In a Scientific American description Mr. Henry Laney explains hornets defend nests by marking missiles and delivering swift charges with head and tail, while boys sheltering behind trees may evade. A German astronomer proposes Mars be regarded as an asteroid due to its small mass and eccentric orbit, suggesting Mars could be a fragment from an ancient planet wandering between Earth and Jupiter.
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Herpetal
Herry Laney
Scientific American
Mr. Laney
Bashamu
Sarth
Harr J. Bauschinger
Mara
Mars
Ita
Earth
Jupiter
Ivory supply in Siberian mammoth tusks discussed
Dr. R. Lydekker notes rapid ivory loss in Africa and Asia and points to vast stores in Siberia's frozen permafrost. The tusks belong to extinct mammoths, whose large tusks are well preserved by the cold, with flesh often preserved as well.
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Africa
Asia
R. Lydekker
Biberia
Sberia
Agricultural electrical engineering on farms in Germany
The German government and agricultural societies promote practical study of applying electric power to farming. Experiments use wind and water energy to generate electricity for driving plows pumps and thrashing machines, with gas and petroleum motors also emerging for farm use.
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Germany
France
Long-Distance Photograph Captures Tux and Bark Scene
Duluth photographer Mr. Clifford L. Higgins describes a distant shot taken with a 4 by 6 camera from about one and a half miles away. He explains a 400 foot high bill above water, a three-foot telescope attached to the lens, and hazy effects from the telescope cylinder, noting the experiment is easily repeatable.
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Clifford L. Higgins
Duluth, Minn
Mores and Men Study on Life Length and Maturity
A study measuring life length against time to maturity compares men and her son. It notes a horse of years being roughly as sound as a man at twenty, and behaving according to established standards of equipment.
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Horae
Phonograph in Abyssinia and a New Speed Record
A King of Abyssinia admires a phonograph sent by Queen Victoria, listening to the message repeatedly in his palace. In Massachusetts at Waltham, a Petroleum motor driven bicycle sets a fast pace, enabling Everett Ryan to ride ten miles in 19 minutes 59 and 4-5 seconds on the amateur track.
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Silks Phonograph
Moenelik
Abyssinia
Abyasinia
Tandera
Waltham
Mass
Petroleum Motor
Macking
Everett Ryan
Bottle Adrift Three Years After Lord Ripon Vanishing
A bottle launched June 18, 1896 from the Lord Ripon voyage to Europe is found near Cape York Peninsula, after nearly three years at sea. It traveled about 9,500 miles, averaging nine and a half miles per day, as researchers note the curious journey.
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Lord Ripon
Sydney
Europe
Cape Horn
Cape York Peninsula
Australia
Automobile gun carriage tested by English volunteers at Aldershot
The English friend experiments with an automobile gun carriage for army use. A tricycle driven by electricity carries a Maxim gun, with total weight about 140 pounds, enabling quick movement and rapid deployment during the Twenty Sixth Middlesex cyclists' corps tests at the upcoming Aldershot manoeuvres.
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Twenty Sixth
Middlesex
Cyclists’ Corps
Aldershot
Two Meteors Reported in Vincennes and Baltimore
Two meteors fell on May 1, reported by Scientific American. One struck a drone slab on a Balti more and Ohio freight car as the train crossed the Wabash bridge, shattering the slab. The other hit a pile of bricks, making a loud noise and breaking it into fragments. Observers describe them as rocky rather than metallic.
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Vincennes
Ind
Scientific American
Baltimore & Ohio
Wabash Bridge
Third Mall system extension evidence and expansion
Experiments with the Third rail electric system by the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad show success. A new extension from Nantasket Junction on the Plymouth division to Cohasset is under construction. Local trains will run on power from the third rail once finished while through trains will still be hauled by locomotives.
Rubles Discovered Near Cowle Creek Highlight Gem Quality
A London meeting of the Minor Alogical society discussed the existence of rubles at Cowle Creek, North Carolina. Experts quoted claim American rubles rival Burma gems in color and brilliance. The Cowie creek rubles were first found about fifteen years ago.
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Minor Alogical Society
London
Cowle Creek
North Carolina
Burma
Cowie Creek
Probing Pneumonia Ahead With X Ray Vision
In a recent lecture, Prof Elihn Thomson explained that Boston physicians using an X ray tube could detect pneumonia microbes in the lungs before symptoms appeared and before standard pathology could reveal the infection.
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Elihn Thomson
Boston
Mer Way of Getting Wite
A quoted private exchange shows earnest prayer for a tailor-made gown prompting immediate measurement, attributed to Brooklyn Hagle and a conversation with George about Providence guiding fashion decisions.
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George
Brooklyn Hagle
A Strange Taste Notes from a Coffees and Boarders
A landlady and a boarder debate taste noting the coffee is part of daily life reflecting quirky social exchanges. The brief dialogue captures character and mood in a small scene.
The Commodore Jones and the Ariel Court Martial
In 1781 off Philadelphia the Ariel, commanded by Commodore Paul Jones, faces a drunken sailor Ben Wilson and a malicious rival Thomas Wright. Wilson is led into trouble by Wright's false testimony, but Jones intervenes at the execution scene, exonerates Wilson, punishes Wright, and Wright is killed. Wilson later remains sober, and he and Susan, his wife, are vindicated.
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Philadelphia
Ariel
Paul Jones
Ben Wilson
Jack Tar
Susan Gray
Thomas Wright
Wilson
Susan
Ben
Wright
Jones
Wight
Commodore
Dolphin
Commodore Paul Jones
Hen
Nick
Boatawain
Nome
Acarcely
Wilvon
The Negro a Burden Says Nashville Paper
The Nashville American argues the southern negro imposes the heaviest economic burden on the region. It states many are non-producers or day laborers dependent on white households, warning that removing whites would leave cities overrun by weeds and pests. It asks how this burden might be lightened.
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South
Biggest game club aims to seal 30000 square miles in Canada
The St John club plans a vast preserve of 30000 square miles in Canadian territory with a $1260000 fence and $600 initiation fee. Americans lead the effort with police-like organization, securing Lake Saint John fishing waters and rivers, and negotiating two 1000 square mile parks with the Quebec government to stock foreign game and birds.
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St. John
Lake St. John
Quebec
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Krogifio
Oia
Tropics
the Commodore
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