Berlin Social Life and Poverty Amid Empire Debates
Gossip from Berlin describes Emperor William’s art discourse at a painter dinner, his anti naturalist stance amid Social Democracy, and a critique of the Sieges Allee statues. It reports widespread unemployment, rising charity strain, and government push to expel foreign labor, with Berlin counting 58,073 out of work and expectant higher figures post Christmas.
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Mperor William
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Germany
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Uhde
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Thoma
Stuck
Menzel
Allee
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Empire
Cologne
Stuttgart
Leipsic
Weisbaden
Laura
Silesia
Anhalt
Duchy
A Chinese Banquet Described in Curious Courses
An old description lists a lavish banquet menu beginning with sugared cakes and caviare then a rapid succession of delicacies such as ducks eggs swallows nests and matelotes followed by exotic fruits and preserved oranges. The final line notes guests lifting rice to their mouths after dessert.
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Singapore
Canton
Yankee bank notes best in printing art and method
American printers lead the world in bank note execution with innovations from Jacob Perkins in steel engraving and transfer methods. The piece explains silk fiber paper anticounterfeiting, precise ink preparation, and a multi-disk numbering mechanism that prevents duplicate numbers and provides automatic verification.
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United State
Jacob Perkins
Massachusetts
Use of Printer's Ink in New York Campaign
The Citizens' Union printed and distributed 2,314,000 pieces of campaign literature at a cost of one-fifth of a cent each, plus 275,000 Low buttons, 90,000 Low lithographs and 135,000 posters. It handled about 315,000 pamphlets against Police Commissioner Devery. Advertising in street cars totaled 2000 dollars, with another 2000 dollars for fourteen newspapers printing speeches in foreign languages. The Acorns distributed 3,000,000 political leaflets.
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New York
Citizens’ Union
Devery
Republican
Acorns
Woman Colonel Ramona Mendoza Tackles Insurgents at Nombre de Dios
Ramona Mendoza, a colonel in the Colombian forces, fought bravely in the clash with insurgents at Nombre de Dios. After government troops pushed back the rebels she escaped with Indians in a small boat to San Blas. She has led courage in two insurrections and in the Buena Vista battle.
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Ramona Mendoza
Nombre de Dios
Senora Mendoza
San Blas
Buena Vista
Quinine Cultivation Expands in Bengal India
Quinine becomes cheap in India with five grains per farthing sold at rural post offices. Bengal sells 1.44 million five grain packets yearly, retailing at about 45 cents an ounce. Government imports dropped after Lieut. Col. King introduced cultivation, with 4 million trees now in Bengal.
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India
Bengal
Col. King
Royal Botanic Gardens
Calcutta
Summer Vacation Schools Run in Manhattan and Bronx Boroughs
Nearly 1,000 men and women are employed to conduct summer vacation schools and playgrounds in Manhattan and the Bronx. Last summer more than 100,000 boys and girls attended regularly, reflecting broad city effort to provide educational recreation for youth.
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Manhattan
The
Bronx
Canal Bill Passes in House by Near Unanimous Vote
The Hepburn canal bill cleared the House with only two votes against it Mrs Pletcher of Minnesota and Inter of Virginia. The measure authorizes a canal from Greytown on the Caribbean to a point near Brito via Nicaragua with a $150000000 cost and a $10000000 appropriation to begin work. It empowers the President to contract for materials and labor and to guarantee port use to Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
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Hepburnaragua Canal
Pletcher
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Inter
Virginia
Sal
Cannon
Ilinois
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
United States
Secretary of War
Caribien
Greytown
Sita
Ain
Brito
Rio Juan
Aragua
Niagua
Treasury
Stockmen at Hugo Rally for Lincoln Cattle Growers
Hugo hosts a crowded gathering of Lincoln County Cattle Growers and Lincoln Elbert Wool Growers. National Live Stock Assoc president John W Springer spoke on organization and federal efforts, followed by Wool Growers’ L M Laurie and Hugo figures. Denver reports note regrets from several industry leaders. reception ends after midnight. Also discussed were irrigation disputes in Bent county with Arkansas Valley ditch groups planning legal defense against water loan and transfer prohibitions amid ongoing constitutional questions.
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Denver
Sth
Denver Republican
Lincoln
Elbert Counties
Hlon
John W. Springer
National Live Stock Association
Lincoln County Cattles’ Association
J. O. Dostal
Sprntt
Washington
National Association
West
L. M. Laurie
Pringer
J. P. Dickinson
Kansas Live Stock Exchange
W. T. McIntire
Arkansas Valley
District Court
Bent County
I. R. Chew
T. J. Burroughs
J. W. Bowman
Upper Valley
Soth Vides
British yard movement to replace foreigners with sailors
A movement began in Liverpool to substitute British sailors for foreign workers on British ships. In Catoosa Oklahoma, all businesses burned January 2, with losses around 80000 dollars. Roosevelt greeted by eight islanders at the White House New Year reception.
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White House
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Ileston
Calcutta
Mii
Argent
Chile
University of Michigan
California
Sidepa
Stanford University
Washington News and Congressional Proceedings Deepens Ties
A December report shows postal receipts up almost fifteen percent at the nation’s fifty principal post offices. Highlights include Kahn’s San Francisco Bay tunnel bill, the death of Capitol architect Edward Clark, and moves on military and irrigation legislation.
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Kahn
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Oakland
Edward Clark
Capitol
Clark
Washington
Philadelphia
Shattuck
House
Lawrence, Kahn and Robb
Hull
House Committee On
Wildes
Pensacola Navy Yard
Louis Kempff
Asiatic
Robert J. Spotswood
William ©. McClellin
Morrison
Fairplay
Leadville
Wyoming
Western arid land fund debated in Congress DIN
Western members frame a act to create a reclamation fund from public land sales in 16 states and territories. The 1901 report shows gross receipts with about 600000 yearly in land official costs, leaving net proceeds around 3 million annually for reservoir construction.
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Gixsteen
Territo
Ttal Jland
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