Odds and Ends From A Turbulent Era News Column
A mixed page recounts distant affairs and local quirks from ships to storms. It notes Bermuda’s out of service iron battery Ter-For, speculates on George Gould’s rise, Roosevelt’s Cherokee regiment tale, and Russian plans for Siberian factories. A Balaclava Bay storm wrecks twenty one ships, plus tragic troop illnesses, and Waterbury bees halt downtown commerce. Coal storage tips warn dry, sheltered spaces save heat.
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Balaclava Bay
Britain
Halaclava
Life in Vera Cruz a tropical port’s slow charm
A reflective piece on Vera Cruz noting heat fever and illness, gulf views and harbor swimming. The writer compares tropical ports like La Guayra Havana and Vera Cruz, describing white clad crowds tobacco smoke siestas late afternoons and even the day turning night to ease life in the heat.
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la Guayra
Mardealbo
Havana
Delights and dangers of Vera Cruz through a boatman's eyes
A traveler notes Vera Cruz as a vibrant port town with lush color and decaying mansions, contrasting tableland life. He observes healthy locals, abundant seafood, and cheaper eats, while warning about heat, thirst, and piracy memories, contrasted with Mexico City’s typhus risk and harbor projects.
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Kingdom of Heaven
Mirot
New Orleans
Vera Cruz
The
Republic
Mexico
Federal
Vera Crug
Hamburg
Liverpool
New York
Genoa
Mexco
Presidential Pointed Potentials for Next Republican Nominee
A look at potential ages for future Republican nominees when the party gathers in three summers to choose a president. The list includes Cullom at 75 Spooner 61 Fairbanks 52 Hanna 67 Forgher 58 Taft 47 Roosevelt 46 Odell Jr 50 Platt 77 Lodge 54 notes past presidents’ ages at inauguration and highlights the rarity of leaders over 70.
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Republican National Committee
Shelby M. Cullom
John ©. Spooner
Charles W. Fairbanks
Marcus A. Hanna
Joseph 3. Forgher
William H. Taft
Theodore Roonevelt
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
Orville H. Platt
Henry Cabot Lodge
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
Zachary Taylor
James Buchanan
Washington
Jefferson
Maarlson
Monroe
Jothiney Adams
van Buren
Polk
Pierce
Lincoln
Mfty
Grant
Hayesifty
Garfield
Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Riverfront woes and police on the watch in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia Times remark notes riverfronts and crowded streets with few wearing elastic shoes while police report many personal crisis incidents near the Delaware riverfront. The quote highlights public concern as officers recount frequent river rescues and the unfamiliar sight of slippers in urban crowds.
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Delaware River Front
Congress Halters
Chestgout
Philadelphia ‘Times
Netherlands holds about a thousand million sea dikes
A historical note claims the Netherlands has around one thousand million sea dikes. It also mentions the Irish river in Alberta extending 2,200 miles and draining 400,000 rafles of territory.
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Netherlands
Alberta
Summer Still in the Heart In Eden and Work
A poetic reflection on a summer heart despite wintry visuals and a shift to labor issues. The piece contrasts seasonality with enduring love, then discusses Secretary Wilson proposing a national employment agency to place farm workers with 3,000 colleges and institutions providing willing names, aiming for a tax-free match of employers and workers. It includes a tale from a Philadelphia factory about loyal wages and worker generosity in hard times.
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F. L. Santos
Wilson
Harreat
New York Times
Philadelphia
St Mary's Academy Emphasizes Devotion and Facilities
Readers are urged to note St Mary's Academy with its high scholastic standards and faithful classroom work. The piece highlights spirit of earnest devotion, supportive facilities, equipment, and climatic advantages in a setting blessed for educational Christian work.
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St. Mary's Academy
St. Mary
Caesar
Bryn Mir
St. Mary's
Mary's
Ives
Recent Labor Decisions Uphold Freedom of Work Choices
The Brooklyn Eagle notes Chicago Judge Waterman ruled packers may hire whom they choose and workers may refuse to work for others, as long as rights are not violated. The decision treats lockouts and strikes as legal but rejects boycotts as unlawful conspiracies, aligning with Vice Chancellor Pitkin on limiting interference.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Chicago
Waterman
Fim
Pitkin
New Jersey
Paterson
Were Employment Agency A Novel Solution Promised
Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural Department started a new employment agency to provide work for thousands of idle men and ease farm labor shortages. Years of declining rural labor have pushed workers to cities, creating hardship for grangers and cotton planters alike amid abundant cotton crops and rising demand for help.
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Wilson
Agricultural Department
A Little Drama Ends In Sudden Tragedy At Worksite
A morning workman driving his family from the scene of a mass demolition helps a hundred workers, slips, and dies after an ambulance and hospital visit. His wife dies soon after, and his children suffer. Witnesses remark it was only one man killed.
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Chicago
Jourpal
Clergymen Lead Election to Phylician Social Union
Printer Ominates with Clergymen William J Grouchy of Philadelphia Typographical Union No. 2 elected a vice president of the Phylician Social Union alongside famed clergy including Bishop Patter of New York.
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William J. Grouchy
Typographical Union No. 2
Philadelphia
The
Phylician Social Union
Bishop Patter
New York
Labor news clip from early unions and wage talks
Reading brickmakers gain 25 cents extra per day while Brooklyn streetcar demand a one cent fare when seats are scarce. Union reports show ten thousand invested in government bonds with a goal of one hundred thousand. Building trades warn artisans to avoid St. Louis. single status of workers hinted. Montreal striking glassmakers seek price relief after a month out. Western Railway Employes form a union and publish their own organ estimating nine hundred thousand members.
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Iniuatetal
Reading
Frooklyn
Bram~wood
International Typographical Union
Steinbles
National Building Trades Council
Warng
St. Louis
Bureau of Labor
Clzarmakers
Montreal
Can
United Brotherhood of Raifway
Dan
Tea Consumption Per Capita and Bishop of London Wealth
The article notes Britain drinking nearly six pounds of tea per person annually, far above other nations while Russia and the United States stay below one pound. It also discusses the Bishop of London's income of 450,000 per year and total costs including taxes, maintenance, and palace expenses leaving a small margin for other outlays.
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Holand
Europe
Russia
United States
Mishop of
Lend
London
Ocenparlont of College Fires Negroom Professor Du Bois
A report from the Atlanta university conference notes that among 1,812 college bred negroes surveyed, about half are teaching, one sixth are preaching, one sixth are professionals or studying, six percent are merchants, artisans or farmers, with others employed elsewhere.
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Ocenparlont
du Bois
Atlanta University
Kyur
Johnson at Work Amaia Racine Wit July 22nd
John Johnson of 924 Hamilton Street Racine suffers kidney and urinary trouble for years. He quit work but used Dodd s Kidney Pills on a friend s recommendation and was fully cured and back to his daily labor, a near miracle to acquaintances.
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Johnson
Amaia
Racine
Wit
John Johnson
Hamilton Street
Dodd
Ailiclies
Salvation Army carts to aid New York families begin relief drive
Commander Booth-Tucker at Salvation Army HQ announces start of relief carts supplying ten pounds of ice to needy New York families. He notes the poor prefer to pay a cent rather than incur fees, and that carts will increase as the effort progresses.
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New York City
Booth-Tucker
Salvation Army
New York
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Umber Lnto
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Paris
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Ike
Roosevelt
Bufalo
Cuba
Guasimas
American Horse
American Porta
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Waterbury
Conn
South Main Street
Vira Crux
Gulf Port of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
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Weetman Pearson
Vera Crag
Jalapa
Orizaba
Gul
Boatman
Ips
Palms
Berfateak
Ah Mary's Academy
University OF OF NO Notre Dame
Einasles
Eawand
Holt
Bocas Patah
Acose
Notre Dame
Indiana
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Ar Chemical Laboratories
Conservatory of Munio
Boston Normal School of Gymnastica
St Mary's Academy
Inidians
BOI Bsa
N. Y. Kansas City
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