Banishing Darkness in Africa and Reform in Europe
A wide survey notes France expanding its empire toward Timbuktu and sees rail and river links from Dakar to the inner Niger city. It highlights European travelers and colonial aims, English political shifts, and changes in New York policing and American deli standards, plus debates on revolutions and Ontario farming protests and New Zealand elections.
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France
England
Sahara Desert
Kipling
Timbuktu
Niger
Paris
Dakar
Atlantic
Bordeaux
Mohammedan Center
Training and nerve in modern warfare
The article discusses the role of disciplined firing at long range and the need for nerve under fire. It contrasts Boer tactics with British lines and cites Washington on building a capable army. It notes the U S army of citizen soldiers exceeding 100000 and emphasizes proper support during preparation.
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Pennypacker
Washington
Saratoga
Yorktown
New York
Wayne
Stark
Sullivan
Greene
Lincoln
Marion
Sumter
Fatham
Redcoats
Tommy Atkins
City Folk to Farm Instead of City Life
The National Advertiser endorses dispersing urban crowds to the countryside. It argues many city dwellers lack the hardiness for farming and worries subsidy would dampen effort, urging a government colonization plan to settle vacant lands and relieve cities.
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Lea
Advertiser
National Government
The Future of American Democracy and World Politics
Sr. Eliot of Harvard argues democracy will prevail and expand across the century while addressing global lessons. He asserts the United States will become the most democratic nation by century’s end and stresses that only the greatest good for the greatest number can endure.
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Sr. Eliot
Harvard
America
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