Wealthy federal judge famed for fortune and Rhode Island farms
Elmer B. Adams of the U.S. District Court for the Dam ar District of Missouri is reputed the wealthiest federal judge, with an estimated fortune of 500000. Rhode Island's abandoned farms number 349 suggest only modest holdings, while a Montclair New Jersey fossil fish from a long vanished era captivates professors and keeps salt-scented humor about aging wares in homemakers' minds.
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Elmer B. Adams
United States Court For
Rhode Island
Rhode
Laboratory frost tests debunk myth of deadly cold on bacteria
Experiments in Professor Dewar's lab show many bacteria survive a week of intense Mart cold and recover, challenging the belief that extreme cold kills all microbes. Norma Diora, living near Guadaloupe Texas, receives a silver mounted revolver for bravery after lassoing and killing a mountain lion attacking her father's cattle on the ranch border.
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Dewar
Norma Diora
Guadaloupe
Texas
Bing T
French Trains Lead in Speed Over English Services
The Journal of German Engineers reports French routes top speed. A Paris to Amiens regular train covers 82 miles non stop in 1 hour 15 minutes at 65 mph. British service runs 33 miles at 0? mph. In Germany legal limits cap speed at 56 mph, with the fastest regular service at 52 mph between Wittenberg and Hamburg.
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Journal of German Engineers
Paris
Amiens
Great Britain
Perth
Forfax
Germany
Wittenberg
Hamburg
Penmanship Shift Sparks Memorial for Spencer in Gowenya
Vertical penmanship once common in public schools fades as schools return to Spencerian script. The effort to honor Platt Spencer in Gowneya, Ohio grows with a plan to build a memorial library. Spencer taught many branches from a small log house, famed for the elegant hand that drew students from far away. He lived a life of hardship yet inspired praise, with his epitaph praised by a grateful pupil.
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Platt Spencer
Gowneya
Penman
Spencer
Hils Lfe
Rail tie shortages strain railroad corporations and forests
A New York Sungiver writer notes that securing enough railroad ties strains corporations as a mile of standard single track needs about 4,500 ties and ties last ~five years. Pennsylvania east of Pittsburgh uses about 2.7 million ties yearly, while nationwide demand prompts forest preservation. The piece links rail supply to forestry, noting vast acreages and time needed for tonnage production and warns on fires and accidents. It also briefly touches Chinese holidays and floral notes.
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New York
Public ownership urged as remedy for oil trusts
A Philadelphia Ledger editorial praises public ownership to curb Standard Oil’s vast power and 48 percent dividends. It denounces politicians who oppose trusts yet avoid real solutions, arguing trusts educate the public toward cooperation and point toward universal public ownership of monopolies.
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Standard Oil Company
Philadelphia Ledger
People’s Universal Trust
Trukta
Contested Silver Issue Divides Campaign Lines
A Philadelphia Press summary notes Democratic leaders veer from free silver while Bryan’s stance wavers, challenging Republican organs. The New York Tribune and other papers say Bryan’s speech unsettles rivals, with editors debating how to craft unified editorials for city and country presses.
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Siye Bryan
Indianapolis
Bryan
Philadelphi Press
New York Tribune
Rep
The
Tribune
Country
Treasonable Private Describes Philippine Campaign Massacre
Private Thomas W. Jones of troop G Eleventh cavalry reports an ambush near a Filipina general's residence in Santa Cruz. The wedding crowd, mostly women and children, faced a volley and fire ensuing in a brutal scene with the bride slain and groom mortally wounded, twelve Filipinos killed and many wounded.
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Thomas W. Jones
G. Eleventh Cavalry
Santa Cruz
Philippine Islands
Jones
Assault at wedding ignites Philippine conflict fears
A lurid news item describes an ambush at a peaceful wedding. It recounts guests wounded and a bride harmed, with a hostile tone toward U.S. pacification efforts in the Philippines. The exchange decries the violence and foresees lasting hatred for colonial rule.
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Great Tree Republic
McKinley
Senator Butler and the North Carolina election
A partisan Republican view claims Senator Butler remains loyal to Bryan and populism despite the North Carolina vote. It labels the NC election a disgrace against disenfranchised Black voters while praising Butler as principled and destined for a bright future if virtue is recognized.
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Butler
Bryan
United States
Senate
North Carolina
Senator Butler
Democrata
Nebraska Press Censorship Debate Across Parties
Readers see rift in Nebraska coverage as newspapers trade claims of prosperity and ruin. Excerpts accuse Republicans of squander and critics of the Populists praise or condemn administrations, pairing opposing views on state finances and governance.
Gospel measure of leprosy in Philippine holdings
An official medical report claims 20 000 lepers in the Philippines while praising Asiatic possessions as a bargain. The piece touts 20 million dollars for diverse islands, noting benefits to labor and trade, with extensive social impacts and a four months earnings price for Standard 681.
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Philippines
Wintter
Dinansee
Manila
The Truth Behind Dollars and Earned Wages in a Republican View
A New York Sun correspondent cites a Bryan quote accusing the GOP of placing money before men. The piece argues the party earns praise when dollars are earned, yet faults Rockefeller for wealth not earned, highlighting party tensions over wealth and labor policy.
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Matto
New York Sun
Bryan
Republican Party
Rockefeller
Boers Pay Bryan's Election Expenses Reported
London dispatch notes Kruger contributing between £300,000 and £700,000 to William Jennings Bryan's campaign, Webster Davis receiving £25,000 for the American side. The piece laments foreign money shaping U S politics and urges restraint amid Anglo American sympathy for Bryan. It argues Bryan's victory would aid South African patriots and global freedom.
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London
New York World Cablegram
Special Telegram
John Stuart
Morning Post
Telegrapha
Pretoria
Kruger
Bryan
Webster Davis
Hera
South Africa
England
America
Kroger
William J. Bryan
Tho Republice
Patriota
Patriots of America
Uut
Hoss on Illiteracy Rants Over Democratic Literature
A sharply phrased critique derides illiterate Filipinos as readers of democratic literature from the Kansas City platform to Lincoln and Martin Bryan. The writer mocks claims of literacy among the “illiterate savages” and warns of potential political consequences for McKinley and his associates.
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Philippines
Detroit
Kansas City
Patrick Heary
Jefferson
Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere
Abraham Lincoln
Bryan
Indianapolis
Great Tribune
People
McKinley
Injunction Habit Injunctions Hit Telegraph Grain Quotes
A Chicago Chron telegraph column notes the telegraph company faces conflicting injunctions both halting and continuing grain quotations. It mocks how anyone with six dollars can obtain an injunction, suggesting genuine concerns about government by injunction and the fate of company officials amid court orders.
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Telegraph Company
Chicago
Reincarnated Minister Report Draws Attention
Russian minister at Pekin sends a long report on the situation. The piece is notable not for its contents but because the author was holed alive with ceremony by the Höxers three weeks ago, inciting interest among advocates of advanced journalism.
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M. de Giers
Pekin
Babies at 825 Describing Omaha Milk Poisoning Fine
A sobering note on Omaha milk quality reports that selling impure milk carries a twenty dollar fine. The piece suggests the fine is too low, making it cheaper to pay the penalty than to ensure milk safety. It laments the absence of reliable milk supply and calls for safer cow's milk in the city.
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Omaha
Linenin republic ant query questioned on party figures
A fragmented excerpt questions the value of a Linenin republic ant and ponders whether figures like Mark Hanna, Matt Quay, Tom Pratt, and Frangeiler Bam Jones better embody modern Republican ideals. The text reflects era debates on party leadership and identity.
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Ant
G.O. Pt
Mark Hanna
Matt Quay
Tom Pratt
Frangeiler
Bam Jones
Modarn Tepubliecantan
A Tax-Payer's View on Fire Insurance and Anti-Compact Laws
A taxpayer and former resident critiques fire insurance regulation discussing anti compact laws. He argues such laws prevent rate reductions, keep rates high, and hinder insurers from pooling experience to lower costs. He cites Kansas and other states with mixed results, urging repeal of anti compact provisions.
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Mr. Falkor
Kansas
Left Handed Parties Entertain Chicago Stay-At-Homes
Left handed parties amused Chicago guests during a hot summer. Invitations written with the left hand. howl treats are left handed. Guests must draw pictures or write with their left hands, prizes awarded for the best left handed effects.
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Chicago
Electrically Powered Fans Cut Labor Costs for Indian Coolies
Supersedes Coolies. The electric fan may replace the pinkah coolies of India. The regular price for four coolies to divide up the twenty four hours to 6 cents each. With electrical fans the work can be done for one third of the cost, and considerable inconveniences may be avoided.
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Pinkah
India
Shrewd Rail Sale and Shipping Gossip in News
A brief item notes C P Huntington once pressured a buyer into selling rails at $60 a ton with a six months note then discounted for cash. A ship passenger from Thayer Kansas mentions Rev M Scott sermon and a stud poker game aboard. Glasgow adopts $2000 for The Coming of Spring by B A Horner, an original Glasgow School member famed for gem like color schemes.
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C.P. Huntington
C. P. Huntington
Cape Nome
Thayer
Kanman
M. Soott
Glasgow
Glasgow Corporation
B. A. Horner
Scoland
Glasgow School
Hornet
Too High for Naraing Soldier’s Final Note Found
A nurse in a Cape Town hospital ward found her favorite soldier asleep with a scrap of paper pinned to his coverlet. The note read To it to be named to day respectfully J M and appears to reflect a personal salute or message prior to his death or departure, details surrounding the circumstances are unclear.
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Naraing
Cape Town
J. M
Glass block paving in Geneva charms the eye
In Geneva glass blocks, made from factory refuse, pave the streets. The translucent tiles provide great subifartinn and are pleasing to the eye with their varied purple tones.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Memorial Ward Planned in London Hospital
A proposal to honor the late Mrs Gladstone by endowing a Catharine Gladstone ward in London’s Women’s Hospital. The plan aims to create a lasting tribute to her useful and beautiful qualities through this new ward.
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Cianstone
Mra. Gladstone
Catharine Gladstone
Women's Hospital
London
Mercosons Christians Name Pronunciation Trouble
Mercosons Christians Mame and Adial Stevenson face widespread mispronunciation of their Christian names by acquaintances, who fail to pronounce them correctly despite efforts. The issue highlights pronunciation challenges among local residents.
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Mercoson
Adial B. Stevenson
Eruption Devastates New Zealand Towns In 1886
A historical note recalls New Zealand geysers and thermal springs as abundant. The Tarawera eruption of 1886 destroyed the Rotomahana terraces and caused widespread destruction. A township buried in mud, sixty square miles affected, and about one hundred people died.
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New Zealand
Tarawera
Mount Rotomahana
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