Old Fort Knox in Bucksport Aged Atlantic Stronghold
Historic Fort Knox on the Penobscot near Bucksport Maine looms as the old Gibraltar of the river with a once formidable garrison. Built 1848 to 1862 at a cost of 1,100,000 dollars its walls and batteries once protected shipping and faced a hostile fleet. By recent years most guns were removed or gifted to veteran posts leaving the fortress as a public pleasure ground with limited use.
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Bucksport
Gibraltar
Penobscot
Fort Knox
O'Rourke Law
Atlantic Sea
Heard
Ihue
Congress
Down River
HOUSES BUILT IN MANILA IN 19TH CENTURY STYLE
Article notes Manila houses avoid stone in upper stories after 1840 earthquake. Most are two stories with ground floor used as coach house, damp for families above. Wood replaces stone in upper floors, sliding windows, shell panes for light, corrugated iron roofs common but flimsy, nipa palm thatching used for cooling yet risky in fire.
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Philippine Islands
Manila
President McKinley and His Cigar Habit Revealed
The article recalls McKinley’s cigars as his sole vice and lifelong habit. He smoked eight to ten cigars daily, used the Ebbit house as a Washington base, and favored a special brand from manufacturers. Even in Congress he smoked heavily, and in the Spanish War kept long hours at the White House, using cigars to steady nerves. He never drank except for medical needs.
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McKinley
Washington
McKinley Aways
Wicbitt House
Ebbitt
Congress
New York Times
Hbbitt House
14Th Street
Eldowalk
White House
Hoe
Notable Men and Women in Religion and Letters
Dr James M Gray teaches at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago during summer and plans winter study in New England on synthetic Bible study methods in Boston and beyond. Dr Thomas McClelland, new Knox College president, previously led Tabor College. Major D W Whittle, famed evangelist, near death in East Northfield. Count Tolstoy, Russian novelist, abstains from alcohol tobacco and meat and enjoys chess and lawn tennis. George Muller, dead but his Bristol orphanages prosper, with $190,000 last year. funds come as unconventional life and fire insurance gifts.
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James M. Gray
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
New England
Boston
Thomas McClelland
Knox College
Tabor College
Tabor
Burlington
Tolatol
Lin
George Muller
Mr. Muller
God
Inguranco
Thole Argument in a Chicago Journey Fragment
A brief, dialogue heavy fragment from the Chicago Journey raises questions about moral progress. A character argues that personal improvement is required for world growth, while another resists. The exchange pivots on whether individuals must improve to aid society.
New American Missionary Leader Dr Gladden Elected President
Rev Dr Washington Gladden has been elected president of the American Missionary Association at its fifty fifth annual meeting. A noted preacher writer lecturer and poet he has long served as a Columbus Ohio pastor and is described as one of the most active socialists in the country. Notre Dame has honorary doctor of laws conferred.
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Drt
Gladden
American Missionary Movement
Columbus
Ohio
Mexico Seeks to Reassure Spanish American Republics
Senor Ignacio Mar real, Mexican foreign minister, opening the Pan American conference in Mexico City, declares there is no U S design on the Spanish American republics. He notes friendly ties with the northern neighbor and warns European reports of U S aggression may mislead smaller nations.
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Mexico City
Senor Ignacio Mareal
Americas
Mexico
United States
Porto Rico
Europe
Senor Mariscal
Aco
Helen Kelly to Frank Gould Engagement Announced
New York announces the engagement of Miss Helen Margaret Kelly to Frank Jay Gould youngest son of the late Jay Gould. Gould is 24 and heir to a fortune once held by his father valued around ten million dollars. Kelly is daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Kelly of New York and granddaughter of Eugene Kelly of Livingston.
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May
A Gould
New York
Helen Kelly
Frank Jay Gould
Jay Gould
Mr. Gould
Helen Margaret Kelly
Helen Lye
Livington
Ming Kelly
Edward Kelly
Eugene Kelly
Water use in American cities tops world totals
New York City’s average daily water supply for Manhattan Brooklyn and The Bronx reaches 240 million gallons with Queens and Richmond pushing the total to 950 million. Other cities show lower figures from Chicago 445 million to Newark 26 million, Denver 40 million, and Milwaukee 25 million, illustrating a wide spread in urban water consumption.
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New York City
Uiree
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Richmond
Chicago
Buffalo
Cleveland
Philadelptia
St. Louie
Hoxton
Cincinnati
San Brancieco
Newark
Denver
Milwaukee
Baltimore Isa
Omaha
Wash
Stamps as money spark plans to curb thefts
The Chicago postmaster suggests stamp certificates could end stamp use as currency, forcing mail order houses to reject stamps and stretch to normal postage only. This would curb theft by limiting large blocks of stamps bought at reduced rates and used in transit. A second idea targets stamp fences by making private dealers restricted to sales of no more than one dollar at a time.
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Chicago
Postelico
Restatant
Hubbard
William D Washburn A Minnesota Industrial Leader Dies Age 60
A friend of the church William Drew Washburn of Minnesota, a prominent manufacturer with four mills in Minneapolis, presided at the Universalist convention in Buffalo. Washburn served as United States surveyor general of Minnesota, a three-term congressman, and a senator from 1889 to 1895. Born in the East, he settled in Minnesota in 1867, helped build Northwest railways, and led the Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie railway union before retiring from management. He is aged 60.
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William Drew Washburn
Minneasota
Buffalo
America
Minneapolis
Hla
Washburn
United States
Minnesota
Congress
William D. Washburn
Businosa
Pillsbury
Mr. Washburn
Northwest
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Major General French Succeeds Buller as First Army Corps Commander
Major General John Denton French appointed to succeed General Sir Redvers Buller as commander of the First Army Corps. A veteran of the Soudan and the South Africa campaign, he led cavalry in Natal and at Bloemfontein and Pretoria. Born in Kent, educated for the navy, he is among Britain's rising young generals.
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Ab Retfontein
Lombard
Kop
Colenturg
Rolief
Kimberley
Bloemfontein
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
South Africa
French
Kent
England
Navy
Expatriation and allegiance divide Reform Presbyterian Boston member
James Vatmows, expelled from the Second Reform Presbyterian Church of Boston for taking US loyalty oath after living in Ireland and emigrating. James Jackson, a Cambridge store owner, naturalized for his wife, says he will not renounce allegiance though outside church bounds. Church views US Constitution as infidel and immoral instrument, keeping him excluded.
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James Vatmows
Second
Boston
United States
Ireland
New York
Pittafeld
Mass
Cambridge
Miss
James Jackson
Ted
Jackson
Reformed Presbyterian Church
A Long Power Arm Reaches 140 Miles To Oakland
A U S bureau report notes a new 140 mile power line from the Upper Yuba river to Oakland, with a temporary link to San Jose. The line uses a 4,427 foot span at Carquines, carrying 40 000 to 60 000 volts and marked as an engineering milestone.
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Los Angeles
Cal
San Bernardino Mountains
Yuba River
Oakland
San Jono
Straits of Carquines
ANOTHER CANADIAN KNIGHTED ROBERT BOND NAMED
Robert Bond premier of Newfoundland has been knighted by the Duke of Cornwall and York. A popular and capable public man, he comes from a Devonshire family. His father was a wealthy St Johns merchant, while Bond rose to speaker in 1831 and served as colonial secretary from 1889 to 1897. His leadership in Newfoundland has been praised, and last year he was elected premier with a satisfactory administration.
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Robert Bond
Newfoundland
Duke of Cornwall and
York
Canada
Devonshire
St. Johns
Saw
Newfoundland Assembly
Electona
Sir Robert
New Banking Power Emerges as Banks Unite in Wall Street
Two large New York banks, Pirot National and Clase National, announce a merger to form a new banking power. The move shifts control of Wall Street money markets, challenging the National City Bank long seen as the dominant force. The alliance follows the community of interest principle and mirrors Huntington’s rail era theory.
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New York
Collis P. Huntington
Pirot National
Clase National
Wall Street
National City Bank
Standard
Proper Parenting Emphasizes Child Emotions
Pennsylvania Grit argues that a child's world is shaped by three actions: using, fleeing, or opposing it. These arise from sympathy, fear, and anger, guiding future character. Raising these emotions wisely should be the focus of parents and teachers to prevent unwise sympathy, fear, or aggression.
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Jehild
Portrait Painter Abbey Enjoys Cricket in London
The American artist Edwin A. Abbey, famed for Shakespearean and Goldsmith illustrations, entertained the King with a portrait commission and played cricket as captain of a victorious eleven. A Philadelphia native, he has lived in England about eighteen years and was elected to the Royal Academy.
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London
Edwin A. Abbey
Edward VII
J. M. Barrie
Mr. Abbey
Golsamith
England
Royal Academy
London pastor offered big mine deal in Utah trip
The Rev R G Roscamp pastor of First Presbyterian London once ex grand chaplain of the order of Hill left Kokomo Ind two months ago for London and on a Denver visit invested 500 in a silver mine. He traveled to Salt Lake City for a vacation and mining interests and has now been offered 75000 for his interests in the mine.
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a\ Karoly
R. G. Roscamp
First Presbyterian Church of
Fuel goes to work against Canadian thistle in Michigan
Michigan farmers paid 9 cents a gallon for gasoline marketed as an exterminator for Canadian thistles. It proved effective, delivering results and providing farmers with useful knowledge to help others fight the thistle, though they may rue some costs.
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Michigan
Largest Cocoa and Chocolate Makers Win Medals
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd of Dorchester Massachusetts are the world’s largest cocoa and chocolate manufacturers. They received a gold medal from the Paris exposition last year and three gold medals from the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo this year. Their products are noted for purity and excellence. Earl Roberts Town Residence The house in Portland Place London purchased by Earl Roberts as his town home has long been a social and fashion center. From 1820 to 1860 it was occupied by the dowager duchess of Richmond and famed for its entertainments during the London season.
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Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Buffalo
Earl Roberts
Portland Place
London
Duchess of Richmond
Siam envoy to the United States named for commerce aims
A Siamese envoy and minister plenipotentiary to the United States is described as a trusted messenger of the court. He is tasked with reporting ways to boost Siamese commerce and government, signaling a push beyond mere official representation.
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Kini Phya Chiroon
Raja Mattri
Siam
United States
Lamps on Doge Collars A Portupiese Hunt Novel
An odd Portupiese tale describes an electric lamp placed on a hunting dog collar. The lamp frightens badgers from burrows, guiding sportsmen to their quarry amid a curious contraption and rustic hunting lore.
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