Chinese Millionaire Sing Ho Plans Final Years in China
Sing Ho, a Chinese railroad contractor and head of the Twin Wo company with 2,000 laborers, leaves in days to spend his last days in China. He arrived thirty years ago in America and built wealth while facing long separation from his wife who he has not seen in twelve years. The Twin Wo firm, capitalized around $2,900,000, contracted much of the labor for the Canadian Pacific construction.
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Spokane
Wash
America
Sing Ho
China
Twin Wo Company
Canadian Pacific Construction
Exhaustion Blamed For Death Of Captain Scott Party
Winnipeg dispatch reports Lieut. Gran, who found the bodies on the return from the south pole, says exhaustion caused the deaths rather than starvation. Gran, a member of the supporting party, paused in Winnipeg on the way to London.
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Winnipeg
Man
Capt
Scott
South Pole
Lieut
Gran
London
Salt as a token of friendship in ancient practice
The article notes oriental customs of offering salt to strangers as a pledge of friendship and goodwill. It cites Homer calling salt divine and Plato describing it as a substance dear to the gods.
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Orient
Goldsmith comedy to be staged by Buskin Dramatic Club
The Buskin Dramatic Club at the normal school presents Oliver Goldsmiths She Stoops to Conquer on Friday at 8. The cast includes Sir Charles Marlow Hastings Hardcastle and Miss Hardcastle with a full lineup of servants and mates. A tentative cast for the Senior class play, Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing, is also noted.
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Buskin Dramatic Club
Oliver Goldsmith
Charles Marlow Stingo
Lambert Hanson Young Marlow
Marcus Byers Hastings
Marlow
George Barrett Hardcastle
Marie Schaetle
Tony Simpkin
Ralph Shaw
Hardcastle
Prniece
Virgil Bryan Roger
Oinree
Eleaable
Robert Keyes Thomas
William Classbrenner
Orson Moore
Mabel Potts
Miss Neville
Frances Halford
Hazel Wilbur Sries
Stella Osborn
Labor market active in Madison April jobs surge
Reports from Wisconsin state employment offices to the industrial commission show an unusually active labor market in April. Demand for workers rose about 40 percent from March with 3,600 men and 383 women called for, and nearly 23,200 men and women sent to employers, an 11 percent rise. Positions secured totaled 1,932 versus 1,877 in March.
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Madison
Wis
Industrial Commission
California bill targets price fixing of foodstuffs
Sacramento May 7. If any monopolist in California destroys any article of food to keep up prices he faces six months in jail or a 500 fine. The Roberts bill, passed the assembly last night, would apply in such cases if it becomes law.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Roberts
Senate
Assembly
Curious German Court Notice Names Missing Sailor
At the request of Herr Wilhelm Leigson of Innsbruck the seaman Johan Leigson, drowned in May 1869 on a voyage from Stockholm to Hamburg aboard the Kaiser Friedrich, is summoned to appear and report by April 1, 1881 or be declared dead.
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Germany
Wilhelm Leigson
Innsbruck
Johan Leigson
Stockholm
Hamburg
Diplomatic Reticence and Prison Vignettes
A Baltimore American quote recalls a professor’s fall from an observatory roof and a response to his plea to slow down. A social reformer visits convicts and questions them, while a shoe shop encounter ends with a deflecting reply that discourages further inquiry.
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Baltimore American
No Regrets Quip Sparks Marriage Debate
A column in the New Orleans Times-Democrat cites a witty exchange on marriage and regret. The quip contrasts choosing to remain single with marrying and later feeling remorse, highlighting social attitudes of the era.
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New Orleans Times- Democrat
Plimson Urged To Move Ahead On Income
In a Birmingham Age-Herald commentary the line You are right. If Plimson were to stand still for five years I don't believe his income would overtake him appears as a pointed critique. The passage emphasizes Plimson's continual progress as essential to maintaining advantage.
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Plimson
Birmingham Age-Herald
North Dakota Rail Road Valuation Tour Starts
In Grand Forks on May 7 the North Dakota rail road commission began a tour through the northern half of the state to initiate physical valuation of railroads under the La Follette bill. The work will be placed under the Inter-State Commerce Commission and state railroad commissions.
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Grand Forks
N. D
North Dakota Railroad Commission
la Follette
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Not Likely to Last: Inferior Men Rise With Support
A sharp remark on how an otherwise weak man may gain prominence if everyone lends him their backing, while others seek attention by talking to themselves for an approving audience. The passage critiques social dynamics that boost unworthy figures.
Balkline Championship Clash at Hotel Astor in New York
A battle between billiard champions Willie Hoppe and Koji Yamada set for May 27 at the Hotel Astor New York to decide the 18.2 balkline title. Hoppe shown as resourceful, Yamada as spectacular in a contest praised for skill and artistry.
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Yamada
Hoppe
Hotel Astor
New York
Willie Hoppe
Koji Yamada
Cookery All Important For Girls To Study
A brief exhortation notes cookery as essential for women and domestic life. It claims many men reach happiness due to their wives being good cooks, reflecting an exchange era view.
Sealed with a kiss from one who loves you
A maid's admirer letters back of envelopes carry mystery. Jane explains the hieroglyphics read Sealed with a kiss from one who loves you in a quaint exchange cited by the Manchester Guardian.
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Jane
Manchester Guardian
Pearls and Oyster Theory Debates
Theories about pearls in oysters attribute their formation to pathological processes. Researchers question natural origins and examine mechanisms behind pearl development in mollusks.
Claim aviator Carlson dies after midair plunge at Silver Lake
Akron Ohio May 7 Friends declare Charles Carlson Milwaukee aviator who yesterday fell from his Curtiss biplane at Silver Lake committed death by own action. Carlson 150 feet high reportedly shut engine and glided to within fifty feet of ground then tipped over in premiditated death. He told comrades on Friday that in a hopeless love affair he would simply forget he was in an aero plane to die.
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David Belasco
la Crosse Theater
Mr. Belasco
New York
Leo Ditrichstein
Mr. Ditrichstein
Gabor Arany
Arany
Isabel Irving
Akron. O
Charles Carlson
Milwaukee
Silver Lake
Carlson
Ostrich Hiding Tactics Baffle Pursuers
Observers note the ostrich hides its head in the sand to escape hunters as its body blends with surrounding ant hills, creating a mistaken impression of concealment.
Meiji University Invites Washington Huskies for Japan Series
Meiji university of Tokyo cabled an invitation to the University of Washington baseball team to visit Japan for a series of games with all expenses paid. The proposed trip would run from August 6 to October 24, contingent on faculty approval.
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Seattle
Wash
Meiji University of Tokyo
University of Washington Baseball
Japan
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