Black royalty in exile across colonial empires
A vivid account surveys scattered exiled monarchs including Dinizulu of the Amazulu at St Helena, Behanzin of Dahomey in Martinique, Ranavalo of Madagascar near Algiers, and Lilluokalani. It recounts their captivities, personal histories, and the contrasts between their former power and current isolation under British and French rule.
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Dinizulu
Cetewayo
Amazulu
Teland
St. Helena
Benangin
Dahomey
West Indies
Martinique
Ranavalo
Madagascar
Algiers
Lilluokalani
Hawaii
United States
Po Utlcal
Aguinaldo
Dinleuin
Paris
Sokato
Napoleon
Europe
Chaka
Behanzin
Martintave
Abomey
Cetewaya
Ixandula
Helena
Dimianii
Dinigula Himeolf
Geo Zululand
South Africa
Dohomey
Art de France
Royal ladies hold regimental and fleet ranks across kingdoms
In Europe royal women, including Queen Victoria and Empress Frederick, wear or hold colonel and admiral ranks in various regiments and fleets. Exiled monarchs like Ranavalo of Madagascar live in European styled residences, while other royal women such as the German empress and Greek queen are described with high military ranks and ceremonial dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Queen Victoria
Royal Morse Guards
Abe
Frederick
Iker
Long
Germany
Greece
Telegraph Messages Between Milan and Switzerland via Simplon Pass
Reports describe telegraph messages traveling between Milan and Switzerland through the Simplon Pass. Stone poles of gray granite, about ten inches square and twenty five feet high, carry the line.
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Milan
Switzerland
Simplon Pass
The Back Reece Estimate on Race Populations
A historical snippet notes experts estimating the black race makes up about one tenth of humanity, roughly 150,000,000 individuals, reflecting era racial perspectives.
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Reece
Ratinsted by Weight and the Bandwich Islanders
The document notes a fictional scoring concept where Ratinsted and the Bandwich Islanders measure beauty by weight. It discusses relative standards among groups and hints at cultural biases in evaluating appearance without providing concrete events or names.
Labor and Industry Detroit to May Street Co operation
Discussion of a cooperative labor system in Detroit manufacturing, highlighting cash prize awards to employees, the N C R system, and the idea of workers as co workers rather than masters and servants. President Patterson notes widespread employee input, with over 1,200 suggestions in six months and merit-based recognition across stockholders and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera
F. J. Patterson
Dayton
Labor aims to win municipal street railway control
The piece discusses Michigan's move to allow Detroit to build operate and own street railways. Gov. Pingree praised the reform and a Detroit street railway commission was appointed for six four and two year terms. It notes public ownership as a lesson for other communities and contrasts government efficiency with private banking. It also covers commentary from The Co-operator on education policy and dangers to public schooling by private interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Legislar Jature
Detroit
Gov
Pingree
Council
City of
Messrs. G. Stevenson
Carl B Schmidt
Detroit Street Railway Commission
Michigan
Olalia
Wash
Seattle
Seattle Times
Ol Harper
Chicago University
Harrison
Rockefeller
Mephistophelian
National Cash Register Dayton Publication on Distribution
A receipt notes a handsome National Cash Register Company publication from Dayton Ohio detailing the last semi annual distribution.
Organize to End Labor Slavery Says Beadle Letter
A Buffalo writer urges organized labor to unite across trades, institute wage scales, shorten hours, and form protective bodies. He argues that collective strength can resist oppression, restore workers' rights, and defend liberty against trusts and political exploitation. He calls workers to solidarity and vigilance, to become free-born American citizens.
Languid Labor in New Mexico Mexican Workers
The article contrasts Mexican laborers in New Mexico as disordered yet mentions Hernandes who is polite and honest but complains of not being hurried. An onion order at 10 am triggers a lazy work ethic and a request for help, illustrating a broader dissatisfaction with pace and productivity. Tools and gear are left scattered, prompting tension between employer and workers.
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New Mexico
Edith M. Nicholl
Hernandes
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Africa
Lompopo
Cape of Good Hope
Dingaan
Kingdom of
H É
Marseilles
Tananarivo
M. Laroche
Reunion
Algires
Ehave Sb
Tithan
Sehansii
Alze
Bebanzin
Josephine
Mme. de Maintenon
Louis XIV
Maidagnacar
Ranayalo
Labor and Industry
May Street
Jalla
Garth
Dean Howells
The
Co-operative Brotherhood
Charles Beadle
Buffalo
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