Inaugural Parade Plans and Tariff Commission Talk
Washington updates report Gov. John A. Johnson joining Gen. J. Franklin Bell’s staff for the March 4 inaugural parade. A seven member tariff commission bill is introduced in the House. Secretary Wilson condemns nitrogen peroxide bleached flour as adulterated food. Second Lt Cal Titus to leave July 15 to pursue business. noted for the Boxer uprising at Pekin in 1900.
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Payne
Ways and Means
John A. Johnson
J. Franklin Bell
Ecretary of
Wilson
District of Columbia
Cal- Pp
Titus
United x5 Infantry
Afteenth Infantry
Pekin
Notable Deaths and Society Notes Highlight Early 20th Century
Obituaries report the deaths of Prof Walcot Gibbs at 86 and Joseph A Dear. Lieut Col Z W Torrey dies in his office. Senator Hale elected Republican caucus chair after Allison. Marriages announced: Helen Chaffee to Lieut John H Howard. Eva Wagner betrothed to H S Chamberlain. Ruth Lamson wed Count Giovanni Cardelli. Roosevelt to greet returning battleship fleet at Hampton Roads around Feb 22.
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Walcot Gibbs
Harvard
Joseph A. Dear
Jersey City Evening Journal
Zerah W. Torrey
Department of Visayas
Shoilo
Hale
Maine
Allison
Iowa
Helen Chaffee
Adna R. Chaffee
Los Angeles
John H. Howard
Bayreuth
Eva
Wagner
H. S. Chamberlain
Ruth Lamson
Lamson
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Giovanni Cardelli
Italy
Leo XIII
Roosevelt
Hampton Rads
World
Navy Department
Multiple Local Fatalities From Accidents Across States
A series of tragic incidents include a miner killed by a descending ship in Ironwood Michigan, contractor Jonathan Randolph fatally struck by car in Plainfield New Jersey, Wilbur Ferguson accidentally shooting himself near Algona Iowa, missionary Rev R H Sidbotham dying from gas line burns in Lapeer Michigan, Mrs Demorath poisoning after handling oxalic acid in Kewanee Illinois, two girls from Burnham Pennsylvania found asphyxiated in Harrisburg Pennsylvania, and an explosion at the Independent Powder works in Webb City Missouri killing one and injuring several with a shockwave felt fifteen miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fom Tampe
Newart
Ironwood
Mich
Jonathan N. Randolph
Plainfield
N. J
Wilbur G. Ferguson
Algona
Iowa
R. H. Sidbotham
Korea
Lapeer
Mabel van Buskirk
Va. James
Burnham
Harrisburg
Independent Powder Works
eWebb City
Mason City Jewel Robbery and Local Court Actions
A solicitor W. J. Doran was struck from behind, robbed of 30 dollars at Mason City Iowa. Four men and one woman from Chicago are under arrest in Winnipeg after attempting a jewelers robbery. Indictments were returned in Mason City against five local residents for conspiracy and resisting an officer amid a feud among officials. Allen McRill is dead in Carmi Illinois after being struck with an ax by a teacher following taunts. The Olsop case jury in Miles City Montana found manslaughter. Judge Loud to sentence after returning from Glendive. James Kindred of Wells Nevada was found dead in Salt Lake City after taking strychnine. his family resides in Davenport Iowa. Financial losses are suspected to have driven the suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Doran
Masonity
Iowa
Chicago
Winnipeg
Porte & Circle, Jewelers
Masonry
E Servey
Allen McRill
Carmi
Ill
Cer
Roy Stum
McRill
Stum
Olsop
Miles City
Mont
Loud
Glendive
James Kindred
Salt Lake City
Wells
Nev
Davenport
Kindred
Roosevelt defends Panama purchase in libel dispute
President Roosevelt sent a Senate message denouncing libelous charges about the Panama canal deal. He singled out Joseph Pulitzer's World as the likely source of false claims and urged government action for libel. He defended official openness and stated steps in France and the United States were fully public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
United States
Indianapolis
the News
Delavan Smith
New York
the World
Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Panama
W. H. Taft
Douglas Robinson
Robinson
Root
Department of Justice
Knox
Congress
France
Farmer John Doran Dies Near Elgin Township Scene
Barnesville Minn December 17 John Doran a pioneer of Elgin township and father of the boy accidentally shot by a companion this fall collapsed and died yesterday within four rods of the fatal spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnesville
Minn
John Doran
Elgin Township
Tuberculosis Exhibit Planned in Two Harbors This Week
Two Harbors Minnesota announces a tuberculosis exhibit this week with lectures by health department Dr Budd on December 17 18 19 and 20. Saturday is Mothers day led by Mrs J M Hickox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Two Harbors
Minn
Budd
Health Department
J. M. Hickox
King Edward to Return to London From Brighton
King Edward, who has stayed in Brighton for several days, will return to London today to resume his social engagements following his sojourn.
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Edward
Brighton
England
London
New York Firms Named in Final Decree For Tobacco Trust
Nine companies and subsidiaries are declared an illegal combination in a U S circuit court final decree dissolving the tobacco trust. The order bars interstate trade and prohibits asset transfers until competition is restored, with appeals allowed and a suspension clause in effect during appeal. Twenty days to file an appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Circuit Court
Socalled Tobacco Trust
American Tobacco Company
American Cigar Company
American Stogie Company
MacAndrews & Forbes Company
P. Lorillard & Co
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Blackwell’s
Durham Tobacco Company
Conley Foil Company
Supreme Court
Taft wins big in national vote with Michigan tally
Official returns show Taft with 7 637 676 votes and Bryan 6 393 182 nationwide. The Michigan result, Taft’s lead over Bryan at 1 234 494, helped push total votes to 14 852 239, surpassing 1904 by 1 341 531 and highlighting Taft’s gains in New York Pennsylvania and Illinois while Bryan leads in New York Ohio and Illinois.
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New York
Michigan
Taft
Bryan
Pare IO Wee Etek S.clapcin Ester Ee
Alton B. Parker
Roosevelt
Debs
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Senators Laugh At Message In Senate Session
Washington December 17 The presidents Panama canal message drew loud laughter from senators. Senator Foraker sought a resolution for war department details on the Brownsville affair investigation but Senator Warren blocked immediate action. debates focused on postal savings bank and rules revision for insurgents in the house. The day closed with a bill to revise U S penal laws after DC measures.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Senate
Foraker
Secretary of War
Brownsville
Warren
Postal Savings Bank
Carter
Depew
House of Representatives
Gardner
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
United States
Woman Asphyxiated in Cheswick Home Explosion
Pittsburg December 17. Mrs Charles Gardner was found dead in Cheswick and her husband and two year old child were badly burned in an explosion that followed the discovery of the body. Authorities believe the child pulled a gas stove hose while the mother slept.
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Pittsburg
Charles Gardner
Cheswick
Double Murder Shocks Roadhouse Bride and Elevator Agent Killings
In Roadhouse Illinois on December 15 William Barnhart a Chicago and Alton railroad switchman shot his bride of three months and then went to the Hood House hotel where he killed Carl Clapp an elevator agent no motive is given for the killings in the report.
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Roadhouse
Ill
William Barnhart
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Hoodhouse Hotel
Carl Clapp
Mother of John W. Gates Dies in Port Arthur
Mrs A A Gates mother of John W Gates died this morning in Port Arthur Texas from diabetes at age eighty seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gates
Port Arthur
Tex
A. A. Gates
Indian Wins Marathon Race at Madison Square Garden
Tom Longboat, an Indian runner, defeated Dorando Pietri in a grueling 26 mile 385 yard Marathon at Madison Square Garden finishing in 2 45 05 2 5. Dorando fell near the end and Longboat surged ahead to claim victory before thousands of spectators.
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New York
Dorando Pietri
Tom Longboat
Madison Square Garden
Dorando
Longboat
Hayes
Oil stock soars as Standard Oil gains 320 million
Standard Oil stock rose by 320 million in market value in under a year. The share price jumped to 710 yesterday from 390 a year ago. About 40 million of the rise occurred in the past week as key testimony in the investigation ended. Estimates place John D Rockefeller owning 80 to 120 million of the stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
Christmas Gifts Planned for Chase & Sanborn Employees
Caleb Chase senior partner of the Chase and Sanborn coffee company dies at his Boston home. His will allocates benevolences to employees in Boston Chicago and Montreal totaling three hundred thousand dollars in presents this Christmas season.
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Chicago
Chase & Sanborn Company
Caleb Chase
Boston
Mr. Chase
Montreal
Markets Report Across Cities Highlights Grain and Livestock Prices
Wheat prices show No 1 hard around 1.07 to 1.08 in St Paul and Minneapolis with No 1 Northern about 1.04 to 1.05. Corn No 2 yellow near 55 cents. Oats mostly 48 to 49 cents. Slaughter cattle and hog prices listed in Chicago Sioux City and South St. Paul with hogs around 5.50 to 5.75 and cattle bucked by grade and region. Lambs and sheep also noted with varied quotes.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Reeves
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Fatal Panama wreck in Bas Obispo claims multiple lives
A train wreck and dynamite explosion at Bas Obispo near Panama on Saturday killed the engineer and two others, injuring several men. All victims were foreigners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Bas Obispo
Murderer Is Insane In Wakefield Tragedy
Hiram L. Badger of Wakefield was committed to the state asylum for the criminal insane after killing his two daughters Florence and Catherine on December 8 in Cambridge Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Hiram L. Badger
Wakefield
Florence
Catherine
State Asylum For
Largest lemon grown in state by Milan postmaster
One of the state's largest lemons was grown by Milan Minnesota Postmaster A. R. Blom. The fruit weighs one and a half pounds and comes from a lemon tree only two years old.
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Milan
Minn
A. R. Blom
Tones Rise After West Move Touted
The exchange hints at a rapid ascent by Tones after relocating westward. The speaker speculates the cause involved a piece of rope, though no concrete evidence is provided.
Unwritten Law Spurs Fresh Chapter in New York Papers
A quote highlights ongoing friction with New York newspapers as another chapter is noted in the unwritten law, signaling continued controversy.
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New York
Tragic double shooting ends marital turmoil in Knapp
Au gust Carlson shot and killed his wife in Knapp Minnesota and then wounded himself in a suicide attempt. The couple had a troubled marriage and had separated with four children living with Mrs Carlson at her father John Sandstrom’s home. Carlson arrived from Cokato and carried out the act in front of the children.
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Cokato
Minn
Knapp
August Carlson
Carlson
Landstrom
Hicks Cleared of Charges in Education Bribery Case
Minneapolis December 15 William K Hicks secretary of the Minneapolis board of education was found not guilty for a second time in two weeks on a bribery charge for official preference. The jury in Judge Dickinsons court deliberated twenty six hours before delivering a not guilty verdict ending further prosecution.
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Minneapolis
William K. Hicks
Minneapolis Board of Education
Hicks
Dickinson
Cattle Found Tuberculous in Freeborn County Herds
Ed Ford of Freeborn township bought twenty Short horn cattle in Iowa and placed them on his farm. An inspector found fourteen infected with tuberculosis and ordered their slaughter in South St. Paul. Farmers in southern Blue Earth County plan to clear tuberculous cattle and expect a disease-free area soon.
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Freeborn
Minn
Ed Ford
Freeborn Township
Iowa
South St. Paul
Blue Earth County
Iowa Mayors Fined for Food Law and Poaching Offense
In Marshalltown Iowa on December 15 Leonard Schlapkohl mayor of Stockton was found guilty of violating the pure food law by selling linseed oil containing perilum. Mayor Gay of Conesville pleaded guilty to illegal fishing and both men were fined.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Muscatine County
Leonard Schlapkohl
Stockton
Gay
Conesville
Woodsmen Find Frozen Body in Chippewa Falls Area
Samuel Kowalski, of Chippewa Falls, is found dead near a Gilman to Owen company trail. Probers believe he wandered from Gilman last Sunday, became lost, and froze to death after drinking prior to departure. Local authorities note his intoxication before he left Gilman.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Samuel Kowalski
Gilman
John S. Owen Company
Kowalski
Miner Lost in Hills Near Kendall Found Wandering
Helena Mont Dec 15 C W Draper a prominent mining man and discoverer of the North Macassasin mine once yielding Gates a tidy dividend has been found wandering in the hills near Kendall He is not expected to recover.
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Helena
Mont
C. W. Draper
North Macassasin
John W. Gates
Kendall
Man Seeks Death by Bullet in Wisconsin
Cornelius Cochran, about fifty, attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head in Grand Rapids Wisconsin. He is in critical condition and authorities consider him possibly insane at the time of the act.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
Cornelius Cochran
Three Miners Suffocated in Rend Mine Explosion
Mount Vernon Illinois December 15 John Donahoe Will Murphy and George McMannen shot firers suffocated in the Rend mine during an explosion late Saturday. Damages total about 40000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Ill
John Donahoe
Will Murphy
George McMannen
Rend
Old flame's sorrow over pending marriage revealed
Miss Willham recalls an old romance while Miss Gabble confirms the suitor felt sorry upon hearing of the upcoming wedding. He admitted pity though he does not know the fiancé personally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Willham
Miss Gabble
Quote on gifts and gratitude from a man
A proverb notes that when a man gives a 50 cent present he expects a dollar's worth of thanks. It reflects a ethic of reciprocity and expectation surrounding gifts.
Tragic Runaway Kills One Boy In North Dakota Ride To School
Six children bicycling to school in Oakwood township near Grafton, North Dakota, were thrown when the horses drawing their wagon ran away. Frederick Syveny was crushed and died moments later. Simon Syveny suffered a severe head injury including the loss of an eye but is expected to recover.
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Grafton
N. D
Oakwood Township
Frederick Syveny
Simon Syveny
Frederick
Simon
Smallpox at Till's Camp Quarantines Local Hospital
Smallpox appears at the John Till hospital in Almena Barron county Wisconsin. William Reifsnider and another restaurant operator on the plaster specialist premises are under quarantine with developed cases. A bus line driver from Turtle Lake to Almena also in quarantine with grippe. Epidemic risk cited due to progressed cases and large daily crowds.
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Barron
Wis
John Till
Almena
William Reifsnider
Turtle Lake
New Richmond
Saves Three From Deadly Gas in Winona Rooming House
In Winona Minnesota on December 16 a failed railway call boy alert led to investigation and the rescue of three railway workers Sig Nieubauer Albert Reich and John O Keeffe from near asphyxiation Their beds showed faint breathing and blackening as investigators found a coal stove pane had fallen out allowing poisonous fumes into the hallway rooms Medical teams were summoned and the men were reported out of danger
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Winona
Minn
Sehler
Sig Nieubauer
Albert Reich
John O’keefe
Mc Govern Chosen Captain of Minnesota Football Team
Johnny Mc Govern the clever quarterback of the Minnesota football team was last night selected captain for 1909. The election occurred at a banquet hosted by university authorities for Twin City high school players, with nearly 200 gridiron warriors in attendance and strong student support for the choice.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Johnny McGovern
Twin City
Quail Hunt Accident Leaves Man Blind in One Eye
Waterloo Iowa reports another hunting accident as Gotfried Hartman fired at a quail near Dunkerton. Pellets struck his companion Fred Hein, resulting in the loss of one eye.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Dunkerton
Gotfried Hartman
Fred Hein
Child Killed While Coasting on Red River Bank
Five year old Dorothy Colton daughter of J Colton died after a sharp hickory stick used for steering penetrated her thigh and spine while coasting down a steep Red river bank. She lingered in great suffering in the hospital before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Red River
Dorothy Colton
J. Colton
Boy saves friend as train maims youth at Merriam Park
St Paul December 16 Watson K Manby twelve years old fell under moving freight cars at Merriam Park and lost his left leg above the knee. A playmate pulled him free after the first truck passed over him saving him from death in a dramatic rescue.
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St. Paul
Merriam Park
Watson K. Manby
Indian Relics Burned in Helena Ranch House Fire
Wallace Colburn, a wealthy Helena livestock man near Brookside, had his ranch house burned with total loss. The blaze destroyed his valuable collection of Indian curios, reported from Helena on December 16.
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Helena
Mont
Wallace Colburn
Brookside
Farmhand's suicide attempt foiled in Le Mars jail
D. F. Lyons, a farmhand, jailed for intoxication in Le Mars Iowa, attempted to hang himself using suspenders as a noose but was recovered by a police officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mars
Iowa
D. F. Lyons
Community appetite and a tellyscope shortage
The city boarder asks if the town focuses on gastronomy. Farmer Geehaw replies that people likely do not, noting there isn’t even a tellyscope in the entire township.
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Geehaw
Hull
Pertinent Guery Exchange Proves Wittier Bounds
A brief comic exchange shows a professor asking how long a man can live without brains and a bright pupil replying with a quip on age. The fragment reflects humorous debate tone and classroom banter characteristic of the period.
Youthful elopement ends with $500 fine in South Dakota
Norman Rygmyr, once of Marshalltown Iowa, pleaded guilty to eloping with Mrs Herbert Bishop. Judge Joseph W Jones fined him $500 in Sioux Falls circuit court after the pair were traced in July by the woman's husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. C
Joseph W. Jones
Norman Rygmyr
Marshalltown
Iowa
Herbert Bishop
Insanity Plea for Fraud In Federal Case
In Fargo North Dakota federal court defense cites family insanity to explain a post office money order scheme. Attorney M A Hildreth introduced witnesses claiming R H Garrett alias C C Crawford was mentally irresponsible when he raised funds from four to forty dollars at Dickinson last summer.
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Fargo
N. D
Washington
M. A. Hildreth
R. H. Garrett
C. C. Crawford
Dickinson
Drunken brawl in Eveleth leaves man critical after multiple wounds
In Eveleth Minnesota on December 17 a drunken brawl between Austrians ended with Tony Leissar slashing Joe Osich fourteen times with a three inch knife. Osich suffered cuts to head neck and face and is in Moore hospital in critical condition.
Icy Walk Costs One Thousand And Twenty Five
Grand Forks North Dakota December 17 The district court jury awarded Lena Jackson one thousand dollars and J W Jackson two hundred seventy five dollars against the city of Grand Forks for damages after Lena fell on a sidewalk described as icy and rough and neglected by the city yielding the verdicts.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Lena Jackson
J. W. Jackson
Ear grafted to head at Menominee River hospital
In Marinette Wisconsin on December 17 a novel surgery reattached Frederick Spearing's severed left ear after his head was caught in an elevator at a paper mill. Doctors sewed the ear back in place and hope for normal function.
Fire devastates Muscatine home. gasoline jug found
Marshalltown Iowa December 17 Fire of incendiary origin destroyed the home of Charles Schmelzer of Muscatine. A gallon jug containing gasoline was found in the parlor and other rooms were saturated with oil. An earlier attempt to burn the house failed.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Charles Schmelzer
Muscatine
Plucky Driver Saves Team From Lake Ice in Wells
Charles O Rourke of Wells Minnesota drove coal at night and crossed Walnut Lake his team and wagon broke through the ice. He summoned help and after three hours of effort rescued the team and wagon from the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Wells, Minn
Charles O’rourke
Walnut Lake
Badly Beaten in Street Row Near Saloon
Jerry Donovan a farmer south of Barnesville Minnesota lies in critical condition at Widger Livery after a street fight near the Carl Ellefson saloon. He sustained a broken nose and several broken ribs from the assault late last night December 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnesville
Minn
Jerry Donovan
Widger
Carl Ellefson
Wonderland liquor case ends with jury disagreement
In Benson Minnesota on December 17 the famous Wonderland liquor case was tried in justice court and the jury disagreed. Prosecutors arrested wholesale house proprietors on selling in smaller quantities than allowed and 261 cases of beer were seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lid” Lister
Benson, Minn
First Body of D M Clem son Found near Grand Marais
The first body from the lost Wolvin line steamer D M Clemson of Duluth was found ashore at Crisp Point by two lighthouse keepers. The identity has not been established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemson
Grand Marais
Mich
D. M. Clemson
Duluth
Crisp Point
Clare Farmer Dies After Wagon Fall
Fort Dodge Iowa December 17 T S McMahon aged forty two of Clare fell from a wagon while driving home Friday night and died this morning at the hospital here
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Iowa
T. S. McMahon
Clare
A Slight Jolt Between Generations
A terse exchange features a boastful remark about six generations to form a gentleman followed by a calm counter that one generation can unmake him, highlighting a clash of attitudes across generations.
China to mint new one tael silver coin next year
The one tael silver coin, adopted as China's standard currency, is expected to be minted next year and will be limited to 10,000,000 coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
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A. Hadden
Adysmith
Wisconsin
Gov. Magoon
Cuba
New York World
Carter and
John D. Flood
Northwest News
Hills
Till’s Camp
Call Boy
M'Govern
Hunter
Nimrod
Quail
Pertinent Guery
Eveleth
Spearing
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