Various Global Notes and Local Anecdotes From 1900s Era
Brief items touch on foreign missions aided in China, a note on Italy reforestation to protect railways, a large North Sea surgeon weighing 50 pounds, a phonograph use in New South Wales politics, a Chicago bear encounter vs transit crowds, Russian oil land leasing aims to lower coal oil prices, New Hampshire naval remembrance tablets for Alabama and Kearsarge, and a proposed tablet replica linking the two ships.
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New Hampshire
Alabama
Manila hemp receipts surge as insurgents threaten natives
Maj Gen Otis reports at Manila port 330000 bales of Manila hemp received with arrivals continuing as quickly as transporters can recruit. Year may surpass all prior periods. Insurgent authorities warn natives not to delay hemp circulation to keep prices high. Also notes Senate bill history from introduction to approval and conference.
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Otls
War Department
Manila
Vienna Academy to archive phonographic records for all languages
Vienna's Academy of Sciences plans a national archive of phonographic records in a library. The collection will cover every European language and dialect, later including non European languages, along with top musical performances and notable voices. They seek more durable recording methods than current wound impressions.
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Vienna
Academy of Sciences
Academy
The Stone Mason and The Bellamy Dream
A poem celebrates a mason's labor and dignity, then shifts to a critique of Bellamy colony schemes. It reports on a socialist venture in New Hampshire, warns of failures in cooperative settlements, and recounts skepticism from observers about relying on cooperation to overcome human nature.
A Memorial Sermon Warns on Wealth and Labor Perils
A Chicago memorial sermon before Grant and Sigel Posts criticizes trusts and labor agitation. Rev Johnston Myers denounces wealth concentration, class divisions, and industrial slavery risks, calls for radical trust reform and labor leadership to defend the flag and people’s wealth. He warns of perils to American stability and urges decisive policy action.
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U.S. Grant
Prange Sigel
Chicago
Johnston Myers
West
United States
Tyre
Babylon
Rome
Greece
Lincoln
Meeting the Inevitable Determination to Accept Life
The piece urges embracing life’s necessary ills with cheerful resolve. It argues that happiness and success come from patiently bearing vicissitudes and resolving to expect what comes as a matter of course. The tone is practical and exhortatory about personal resilience.
Ballot push in Chicago for swift labor dispute prosecutions
Chicago citizens consider using the ballot to nominate a state's attorney who will pursue swift trials of lawbreaking employers and striking workers. The move follows grand jury criticism of plumbers’ actions and labor unrest hopes for a rapid settlement as both sides grow confident some goals are attainable.
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Chi‘eago
Jane
Chicago
Eight hour law under fire in Kansas supreme court
Labor notes report the eight hour law in Kansas being contested by manufacturers now before the state supreme court. Japan’s rail system last year showed 58 railroad companies with $18.9 million express profits on 4737 miles carrying over 99 million passengers and nearly 10 million tons of freight. The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners totals 438 locals with about 65,000 members. eight hour days are established in 105 cities while nine hour days persist in 427 cities.
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Kansas
Supreme Court
Japan
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Brotherhood Ferd
London Goes Mad Over Africa News Baden-Powell Relief
An American in London describes the city’s riotous reaction to Baden-Powell’s Mafeking relief. Crowds fill Strand and Piccadilly, cheering, singing patriotic songs, and celebrating with banners, feathers, flames, and impromptu processions. The frenzy lasts through the night and into Sunday, with police overwhelmed yet patient.
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Mafeking
Poer
Atreeta
Janes
Baden-Powell
Victoria
Bellanola
London
Strand
Piccadilly
Regent
Bedlam
Tondon
Baden Powell
Locuste
Mule Stoak
Horne
Leah
Populists Plan Fusion With Democrats for Presidential Ticket
Populist leaders announce plans for a united ticket with Democrats and Silver Republicans. Towne may withdraw the Populist bid for vice president, with Stevenson as a potential replacement on the fusion slate. A joint advisory committee and coordinated appeals were proposed to align Bryan Stevenson's and Towne's campaigns across states.
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National Committee
Charles A. Towne
Pla
Kansas City
Stevenson
Towne
HR. Tillman
South Carolina
Jones
Ryan
Lincoln
Hrgan
Town
Downe
Stew Sdkow
Kansans
Nebrawka
South Dakota
Bryan
Re Populist National Commmittes
Report From Minister Conger on Northern China Crisis
From Mr Conger an important report from our minister in China states that European powers with interests in Northern China were aware of the dangers weeks before the outbreak. The message, dated Pekin May 28, emphasizes the likelihood that one or more nations anticipated the crisis and acted accordingly.
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Chin
State Department
Conger
China
Noble L Prentiss Dead Widely Known Newspaper Man
Noble L Prentiss of Kansas City died of paralysis at his daughter's home in Le Harpe Illinois on July 5 after a long career with the Kansas City Star. Tornado damage reported in Effingham Illinois damages Illinois College of Photography property valued at 875000. Dr Klopech warns 15000000 people in India may die of famine. Wheat crop prospects suggest Kansas may need 100000 cars to move the big harvest.
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Walves
Tiinois
Noble L. Prentiss
Kansas City
Cilitorial
Wester Oo
Kansas City Star
West
le Harpe
Ilinois
Allnois
Effingham
Ilinois College of Photography
Klopech
India
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Arnett
Son Chek
Methodists
Presbyterians
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Italy
North Sea
New South Wales
Hscanaba
Mich
Brcanaba
Russia
Baku
Congressional Record Index
Congress
Senate
New York
Platt
Committee On Judiciary
House Committee On Judiciary
House
P . DY
Labor
Bellamy
Naxhua
N. H
George H. Webster
Bellamy College
New Zealand
Pennsylvania
Webster
Thave
Seattle
Wash
Tye
Ile
Mighty London
Africa
Priendahty
Engiaad
Imperial
Metropolia
Ifa
Broadway
Regent Street
Oxford Street
Pleadilly
Algh Hobborn
Fleet Street
Edgeware Road
Bank of England
Surrey
Thames
Papas Its
Democrat
Towap Say
MR. Conger
Ranane
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