Kansan Clippings Mixed Facts From Around the World
A string of assorted notes covers topics from Russia and Syria tobacco to Japan’s canal shipments, royal receptions and a Paris kitchen worth a million. It notes Elias Howe Jr born in Spencer Massachusetts and malamute dogs trained for sled work in Alaska plus unusual weather ideas and potato cultivation findings.
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Spencer
Mass
Elias Flowe, Jr
Heston and Albany
Elias Howe, Jr
Global news roundup touches farming, Alaska, and industry
A Carbondale man seeks Hollanders to guide colonist groups to Colorado irrigated districts for sugar beet farming. Ex Governor Leedy reports strong prospects in Alaska and Valdez, praising its harbor and all American route. A Maine Farmer note warns about wasteful reapers. Schwab’s US Steel remark stresses attention to small details as business. Deepest borehole in upper Silesia reaches 6572 feet with a narrowing diameter. US shipyards on the Great Lakes and coastline anticipate steady work over the coming year.
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Carbondale
Col
Holland
Colorado
Leedy
Alaska
Pilcher
Winchelt
Valitex
Valdez
Ite Harbor
Gold Country
Government ownership in trusts discussed by Yale professor
Yale professor Henry Wade Rogers urged curbing corporate power and trusts in a New Haven inaugural address. He warned of anti trust failures and advocated constitutional restraint on corporations, tariff reform, and possible government ownership to reduce monopolies and corruption.
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Henry Wade Rogers
Northwestern University
Yale
Dispatch
New Haven
Rogers
Connecticut
Supreme Court
Congress
Georgia
Texas
Misouri
Kansas
Sodiety
Panic 3 Threatened Secretary Gage Seeks Bank Reform
Secretary Gage addressed bankers outlining financial convictions on currency reform. He urged retiring legal tender notes, modifying national bank note circulation without extra cost to holders, ending government guarantee to bank notes, depositing public funds in national banks, and improving fund distribution for prosperity.
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Gage
Greenbacks
Treasury
Jackson
U. S
Public ownership and free text books in schools rise
The Central Farmer of Omaha argues public ownership benefits all people and points to free text books in public schools as proof. He notes several states and cities adopting free-text programs since the 1800s, citing increased attendance and cost savings as evidence of intrinsic merit and educator support.
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Omaha
Union
United States
Philadelphia
New York
I T
Pli
New Zealand under strong government influence
Frank G. Carpenter reports that New Zealand relies on government control of railways and streetcar and electric light plants. He notes high government payrolls and steady wages, driven by organized labor’s political power, with long workweeks and limited holidays shaping the labor scene.
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New Zealand
Frank G. Carpenter
Ft Fa
United States
Labor and Industry A Cooperative Colony in Paraguay
A fragmentary quotation describes a cooperative colony in Paraguay with earnings shared equally, contrasted with doubt and longing. The text alludes to reflective verses and a peaceful rural scene, mentioning meadow breezes, twilight fades, and a bird's song, attributed to Edward Dowden.
Colony under Cosme scheme praised as cooperative experiment
The Pennsylvania Grit argues Cosme in Paraguay shows a small group of 42 adults on 15000 acres living communally with shared earnings and long workdays while 16 men and 16 women are married and 10 men single. It urges that similar large tract possession and development could yield comfortable living and wealth in any state, not requiring Paraguay.
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Paraguay
Cosme
John Lane
Faunters
New
Australia
Colony
Pennsylvania
Industrial Establishments and Output in Florida 1900
The report documents Florida's industrial capacity with 2,116 establishments and capital of 24 million. It records gross product value at 38 million, with salaries and wages totaling over 13 billion and rents and freight at 16.8 million. Jacksonville leads with 195 establishments and 32 million capital.
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Jacksonville
Kay West
Tampa
School truancy report challenges age claims and abuse
Chicago officials publish a report covering September 1900 to June 1901 on truancy investigations and transportation for crippled children. Superintendent Bodine notes many fifth and sixth graders leave school to work, aided by false age claims. The affidavit system is condemned as a farce, with cooperation promised with the state factory inspector to curb the abuses threatening attendance. During the year 18 709 children were placed in school by truants, while lack of clothing halted attendance in some cases. Local relief was provided by charities, and no case showed a child unable to attend for lack of a seat.
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Chicago
Bodine
Compulsory Education Department
Board of Education
Hinola Central railroad reports big year of new industries
Mr. George Vower, industrial commissioner, presents a yearlong summary showing 363 new factories with a capitalization of 10 million dollars for the Hinola Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley lines. The district along these railways was the most prosperous in fifty years, with 119 new industries located north of the Ohio River.
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George
Vower
Hiinola Central Railroad
Hinota Central Railroad
Yazoo and
Minsiesippi
Ohio River
Sayings Hanks on Wheela and Rural Savings Trend
The text notes a novel use of the automobile as a traveling bank for wage earners in rural districts between Pyremee and Havre. It describes how people spend dollars to visit depots, with savings being stored while they travel to fields in search of their funds.
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Havre
England's Labor Troubles and Court Rulings
English courts, led by the House of Lords, have ruled on labor law issues affecting unions and employers. A non incorporated labor union can be sued for damages for acts by its members, as a railway workers’ union faces a $100,000 damages claim. The court also held that the motive behind acts is immaterial if the act itself is unlawful, limiting actions against threats to strike or employ coercive measures.
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England
House of Lords
Stft
Low Wages in Spain Raise Farm Labor Questions
In Spain a man on a farm earns about 25 cents. Vineyards pay 14 cents a day for women and boys, 31 cents for unskilled men, and 42 or 56 cents for those bearing full responsibility for the raisin crop.
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Spain
Compulsory Arbitration Vote Rejected at Union Congress
More than 400 delegates attended the annual British trade union congress where a show of voting strength led to the rejection of compulsory arbitration by 676000 to 260000. The result highlights strong opposition within the union ranks to mandatory arbitration as a policy.
Florida mechanical industries given new agenda
The Florida mechanical industries association announced a new agenda by the central economic development authority. The briefing outlines priorities for manufacturing and tree care sectors, aiming to boost local jobs and industrial growth in the state.
Industrial Notes From Around The World
Kaunas starts first Glaxo plant. A Rodditch factory in England produces 70,000,000 needles weekly. Norway exports Nah valued near 13 million annually. An expelled Cincinnati cigarmaker sues the union for 26 thousand dollars. Free employment office managers to meet in New Orleans in February 1902. Minnesota mills produced 26,680,500 barrels of flour and over 60 million pounds of butter last year. German child labor in factories now about one third of 1806 levels. Lowell leather workers win union recognition and wage increase. French economists say Europe could be independent of U S cotton if natives in Persia and Africa are encouraged to grow it.
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NOTH
Germany
Lowell
Maus
Europe
Unite States
Persia
Afian
Japanese lease to run Horbury brewery in Berkeley
The old Horbury brewery in West Berkeley California has been leased by a Japanese firm for ten years to manufacture Japanese liquors. The plant will employ about 100 workers when running and will serve Tapaneao in the United States and Hawaii. Senator Arthur Pue Gorman was seen in the Fifth Avenue Hotel corridor reacting to a street youth.
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Firat Tirewery
Tis Bind
Horbury
West Berkeley
Cal
Japan
Hawaii
Tts
United States
United State
Arthur Pue Gorman
Maryland
Fifth Avenue
New York
Why the Sea Appears Blue From Light Interactions
The London News explains that water appears blue because it absorbs part of the light spectrum. A green leaf removes red, yellow, blue and violet, returning green. A tomato absorbs most colors, a white surface reflects most light, and water’s slight blue absorption deepens color.
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London News
Kent Miracle Cure Prompts Ottawa Stir Over Dodd's Pills
In Ottawa on November 25, reports recount George H. Kent of 408 Gilmour Street who claimed Bright's Disease left him cured after taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says he returned to work seven years ago and his daughter, born 1896, was christened Dodds. Doctors reportedly discuss Kent's case, praising the remedy's permanency.
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Sever
Thystinow Association
Kaptain
Ottawa
Canada
George H. Kent
Gilmour Street
Bright
Dodd
Mr. Kent
Papera
Kent
American Bank Note Printing Company
Dodds
Geveral
Prominent British Sportsman Lord Lansdale and Lipton Mentioned
A fragmentary Philadelphia Times note praises Lord Lansdale as a leading figure in British sport, describing him as owner of the Swest pack of hounds in England, skilled boxer, rider, and explorer. The piece also references Lipton in a fleeting context amid a jumble of ad-like phrases and product lines.
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Thomas Lipton
Lord Lansdale
England
Hoe
Philadelphia
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Schwab
United States Atecl Company
Priealan
Paruschowicz
Ratihor
Upper Silesia
Rome
Great Lakes
Sea Board
Mamedy
Hut Meing
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Wheela
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Jacoba
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