Rails Across the Andes Bring Ecuador Prospects of Progress
The piece describes Ecuador awakening to progress as American and British capital push a Quito Guayaquil railroad through the Andes. It highlights Archer Harman securing a concession, American engineers guiding the project, and plans to reach Guamote by September, with rails and supplies arriving by sea to equip a major new transport link.
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Ecuador
Chimbo
Quito
Andes
Elroy Alfaro
Flores
Esmeralda
Japan
Alfaro
Manabi
Pando
Bolivia
Ecuadorian
Guayaquil
Senor
Luis F. Carbo
Washington
Senor Carbo
Archer Harman
A. A. Blow
New York
London
James P. MacDonald
John A. Harman
6Th Cavalry
Palmyra Pass
Guamote
South America
New York Tribune
People of the Ghetto Under Heat Night in New York
The New York scene on a sweltering night shows ghetto residents sleeping on sidewalks and balconies. Families watch over babies on makeshift beds while neighbors chat and endure the heat. At Tompkins Square Park, crowds seek shade and a band concert despite discomfort and police direction.
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New York
Orchard Street
Orchard
Chrystie
Reconcentrados
Cuba
Santiago
Siboney
Tompkins Square
Madison Square
Sadie
Mamie
Maggie
Sixty- Ninth Regiment
N. Y. Mail and Express
Indians Hire White Men On Muskogee Ranches and Farms
Agents report wealthy Muskogee Indians employ hundreds of white laborers to run ranches and farms on tribal lands in the Southwest while chiefs and major domos direct operations from large estates. The Bureau notes similar trends among Pueblos and Navajos, with concerns over land loss, shifting wealth, and self-sufficiency as Senator Teller plans to push the issue in Congress.
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Indian Bureau of the Interior Department
Southwest
Indian Territory
Indian Bureau
Pueblos
Porter
Plains
Chief Porter
Big Ranch
Gadd
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Muskogee
Wyoming
Rio Grande
Teller
Congress
Real Eloquence of the Negro John Jasper Sermons
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly notes the famed preacher John Jasper as a master of ignorant eloquence. His Sunday sermon on Christ's kingdom stirred both races, with dramatic hopping and shouts. He mocked opponents with sarcasm and lived by personal character instead of syllogisms. Pf ta in' so, frien's, go into de high ways and tell everybody you meet dat John Jasper is a liar.
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John Jasper
Frank Leslie
Jasper
Herr Doktor
Goedeke
Royal Library
J. 8. Nollen
Boston Transcript
Chinese English primer aids new learners progress
A Portland Oregonian item notes many Chinese residents struggle with English due to lack of schooling and books. A Yeddo born Jap published a large Chinese English dictionary alongside a New York pocket dictionary and reader. A Chinese reader compared phrases and confirmed basic translation with an American, illustrating eager learning.
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Ollendorff
Yeddo
New York
Portland
Oregonian
The Movement for a Shorter Working Day
Walter Macarthur argues the shorter day requires more labor for same output in machine driven crafts. He says higher wages sustain living standards, with increased demand and reduced competition boosting wage rates and consumer needs as time from work expands.
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Walter Macarthur
The Berlin Royal Library Wretched Housing and Methods
Professor J. S. Nollen criticizes Berlin’s Royal Library as poorly housed and antiquated. He contrasts it with the Congress and Boston libraries, noting slow, hand-based service, limited public access to the key catalogues, and a former officialdom that blocks easy self-service. He relays a dated experience with staff directing readers to Goedeke for information and laments the inaccessibility of modern resources.
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Royal Library
Berlin
Congressional Library
Boston
Harvard
University Library
Cost of seeing the Pan-American Exposition
The Pan-American Exposition cost myth debunked as readers are told affordable lodging exists near Buffalo. The Roller Mill notes that many respectable hotels and boarding houses offer lodging under $1 a night with meals near normal rates, while top hotels fetch $8 to $10 daily. A day’s total per person is about 3.50 excluding rail fare. Street cars and Midway admissions add small costs.
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Buffalo
Exposition
Anecdotes of Colonel Ingersoll in Washington Tales
Washington Times reports scenes with Senators Morrill Voorhees and Gor man as Col Ingersoll sharpens wit. He defines improbability as a negro moving away from a brass band, then jokes about temperance. Another sighting has Mrs Blaine remarking on his presence near the treasury, he counters about staying there.
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Morrill
Voorhees
Gorman
Senate
Washington Times
Col. Ingersoll
Mr. Voorhees
Expensive Loss of Temper in Western Massachusetts
Mr D of Boston, a wheel devotee, visited a western town and was run down on a bicycle by a black man. He struck back with a stone, injuring both the man and his brother, and was arrested. In court he was fined five dollars for assault and five more for contempt after declaring he wished he had killed the man. The judge warned that conversation costs. Payment closed the case. Harper's Magazine.
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Mr. D
Boston
Massachusetts
Court of Justice
Sousa the Conductor of a Brass Band
A humorous tale from the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post describes Mr. Sousa in uniform on a railway platform. A belated traveler mistakes him for a train conductor, prompting Sousa to explain he conducts a brass band, not a train, revealing the contrast between his strict appearance and his musical role.
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Mr. Sousa
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
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Mullers
Schmidts
Ingersoll
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