Ferdinand W. Peck Receives Legion of Honor Honor
The French government awards Ferdinand W. Peck, U S commissioner general for the Paris exposition, the Legion of Honor. The decoration, instituted by Napoleon I, honors civil and military service and marks a shift toward equality in ranks under republican principles. Reverend W H Murray, a missionary, aided in creating a system to teach reading to the blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion of Honor
Kerdinand W. Perk
United States
France
Washington
Peck
Congress
Napolegnna
Napoléon
Ferd W. Peck
Rink
W. H Murray
Letty Ciimord scales 126 foot chimney for five dollars
Telegraphic dispatches describe Letty Ciimord of South Brewer Me risking life to reach a 126 foot chimney top winning five dollars amid a gathered crowd. The piece criticizes such feats as foolhardy while praising real acts of charity and courage. Also noted is Russian marine painter Alvagovaky’s public funeral and his European gallery standing. Thomas B Reed, a practicing attorney, plans to buy land at Oyster Bay adjoining Gov Roosevelt’s property.
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Newa
Letty Ciitord
South Brewer
Iran
Hero Inen
Alvagovaky
Ferdowla
Black Sea
Europe
Miorence
Leonardo da Vinci
Michael Angelo
Thomas B. Reed
National House of
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Roosevelt
Interferometer Nobel Prize At Paris Exhibition
Prof Albert Michela head of physics at University of Chicago wins Gran Prix at Paris exposition for his interferometer first constructed by Prof Michelson. The device uses light wavelength as standard of length and can measure infinitesimal distances with remarkable precision, surpassing the capabilities of the largest telescope.
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Albert Michela
Mapariawnt
Universldy
Chicaso
Paria
Harper Thar
Michelson
Michelson Jax
Purse Strings Pull Seen With Gibbs Nomination
The photograph shows Hon W W Gibbs of Philadelphia, nominated by Senator Hanna as treasurer of the republic and as president and director of major corporations. He would be the fourth Philadelphian to hold the post, amid other political and scholarly notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Gibbs
Philadelphia
Las Soen
Hanna
The
Republic
Ginrs
Ban National Committee
Gibbs
Philis Olphian
Reverend Thayer resigns pulpit to farm in New Castle
Rev Dr J A Thayer, longtime preacher at the Church of Disciples in New Castle, resigns to pursue farming after health decline. He bought wild land, studied agriculture, and turned a model farm attracting a state lecturer post for farmers institutes next season starting December. Count Von Waldersee travels to China with a portable asbestos house for comfort on campaign.
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J. A. Thayer
Pennsylvania
Ble Church of Disciples
New Castle
Theyer
Ani
A. J. Thayer
State Agricultural College
Bia
Department of Agriculture
Count von Waldersee
China
Fly deterrence and land ownership ideas in old notes
A clipping discusses using red clover to repel flies as a room remedy and mentions historical figures. It notes that long before Henry George wrote Progress and Poverty ex-Senator Boutwell advocated single tax and cites Wendell Phillips remarks to Massachusetts’ labor party about inherited land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry George
Boutwell
Ant Wendell Philips
Labor Party of
Massachusetts
Mr. Houtwell
Huntington Mausoleum and notable reader items
The Weekly Panorama reports on Huntington’s mausoleum begun in New York nearly twelve years ago. The tomb is described as massive with a forty-two by twenty-eight by twenty-four foot exterior, bronze gates, Italian marble interior, sixteen catacombs, and a main chamber holding a body beneath fifty feet of solid rock. Other notes mention Prince Jaime de Bourbon’s service with the Grodno Dragon guards and a Trarley South Dakota orchard owner cultivating 18 acres with thousands of fruit trees and vines.
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Huntington
New York
Hadder
Alxteen Fort
Reverence to the Old Man and Corneville Bells
An aged man recalls youthful dreams and the cost of time as he nears old age while Robert Plinguette is honored for his work. The new chime at Colneville church in Corneville will ring with inscription praising Normandy, reflecting the French opera Les Cloches de Corneville.
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Robert Plinguette
Dells
Corneville
Normandy
Leon FR. Bostwick
Santa Ana
San Saba
Tox
Illness of R G Dun Prominent Mercantile Agency Head
R G Dun, mineral statistician and head of the well known R G Dun mercantile agency, is ill at his summer home near Narragansett Pier. He has led the firm since 1869 after buying its entire interest in 1869, contributing to its world wide renown. Born in 1826 at Chillicothe Ohio, he began as an errand boy and rose to prominence through organizational genius.
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R. G. Dun
Mniineral Statistician and Commercial Intelligencer
Narragansett Pier
Steprin+ clowl
Mr. Dun
Chillicathe
Ohio
Bank Trust Dominion Foretold in Pearl of Conspiracy
A sensational, highly charged piece argues that Standard Oil, led by Rockefeller, Morgan, and the Rothschilds, aims to unify American banks into a single bank trust. It predicts drastic consolidation, political control, and the erosion of freedom, likening us to subjects under a new feudal monetary power.
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New Yorke
Wall Street
New York City
John Rockefeller
Pierpont Morgan
Rothachilds
William of Normandy
Hastings
Uenathon
Grand Bank of the
United States
Suatody
Inn Crader
Jackson
Europe
America
Job
Samson
Phillatines
Rockefeller, Morgan
Thy Rothschilis
New Jersey
Morocco
Americ
Mereat Shipyards
Alrates
New Jeravy
Bankk 1
New York
Gillie
Hbor
Grescos
Walt Hat
Cheng
Waite House Trusts Change in Money Dynasty
The passage warns that after a four year cycle for Waite House and a two year cycle for Congress, a rooted bank trust will fix rulers and prevent change to the Lena dynasty of money, signaling a lasting monetary rule.
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Waite House
Banka
Lena
Sugar Trust Critique Targets Housewives And Prices
An opinion piece argues the sugar trust harms American households by raising refinery rates and taxes. It cites price quotes from 1900 and claims every household member pays through higher costs, asserting trusts would oppose Bryan’s election to avoid loss of power. The piece urges homemakers to act.
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Sigar Trust
Bryant
Sugar Trust
York
Americia
Bryan
British Cruelty in Africa Prompted by Boer War Context
The Star cites a hostile report from a Queenstown correspondent alleging brutal mistreatment of black workers in various Australian and African colonies. It claims miners, farmers, and police abuses include forced labor, confinement, and public slaving, contrasting British press charges against the Boers with perceived Western imperial cruelties.
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Queensland
Uelry
Victoria
Whitch
Australia
Coutry
Western Australia
West Australia
Africa
Zungibar
Sulu Islands
The
Star
Wealthy Missionaries In Asia Face Indemnity Claims
The Hartford Times reports on damages claimed by missionaries in Asia, detailing extensive losses in shoes, clothing, bedding, furniture, and personal items. Claims include $72 for shoes, $76 for footwear, $1,198 for wardrobe, and large sums for bedding, furniture, notes, and bonds. The piece speculates on the possibility of gambling on indemnity and notes the sultan’s stance on quick settlement.
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Se Ures
Turkey
Hartford Times
Asia
Papa
Short Memories and the McKinley Era Debates
The piece critiques demagogic use of memory in politics, citing Senator Wolcott’s 1898 praise of silver and global coinage alignment. It ties his past statements to contemporary claims about prosperity, protection, and McKinley era economic policy amid wage declines and mill closures, arguing GOP leaders misuse memory.
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Alkn
Hanna
Wolcott
Senate
McKinley
Wolcett
New England
Congress
Balance of Trade and Wheat Exports in India 1899
The Boston Filet of Duty reports on India’s 1899 wheat crop at 282,485,000 bushels with an eight year average of 22,067,780. India exported over 1,100,000 bushels and 16,509,749 Dawhels net, showing exports far exceeding the average. The Pilot notes that despite a crop near average, exports exceed averages by two and one eighth times, challenging the favorable balance of trade theory.
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Boston
India
Din, Vy George &, Buell
Rochester
Tolin
All for a Bushel of Corn
The Mound City Standard argues Cuba is smaller in area and population than Kansas yet costs 12 million dollars to govern from Washington versus 1 million for Kansas. It notes large salary outlays in Fort Rico and the Philippines preparations running into millions, with daily army and navy expenditures of 700 thousand dollars. The piece contends land grabs and franchises drive expansion to secure salary gains for politicians.
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Mound City
Kansas
Cuba
Washington
Kansan
Forto Rico
Philippines
United States
Malaria and Anopheles Distribution Noted by Prof Blanchard
Prof R Blanchard supported a motion at a recent Avadoimie de Medecine in Marts regarding appointing a commission on malaria. He reported compiling a survey of all known Anopheles species, showing the geographic distribution of these insects matches malaria distribution.
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Krapets Mit
R. Blanchard
Avadoimie de Medecine
Marts
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Letty Ciimord
Aeldon
Haeckel
Java
Lins
Panorama
Far Eoat
Prince Jaime de Bourbon
Don Carlos
Grodneo Dragoon Guardn
Warsaw
Port Arthur
Far Enat
Tire
Odessa
Russian
Laura A. Alderman
Trarley
Timor
Ife
Richard Liebfeich
London
Stephen Crane
England
Britttle
Trusty
National Bank
Balance OF Trade
Keartacky
Dlatillers
Bela Ceereree
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