Mixed international notes from the early 1900s
The column surveys political events in Ireland and South Africa, reports on criminals and journalists in London, details a London Zoological Society photograph of huge elephant tusks, notes Kiel's shipbuilding for a German Antarctic expedition, and records ethnographic phonograph recordings in Torres Strait and New Guinea. It adds items about the Chinese empress offering a reward for Wang, a humorous congress incident with Mr. Gibson, balloon observations during a meteor shower, and debates on the death penalty amid varied global commentary.
King Don A Story of Military Life in India
In India, Don declares to Captain Derwent his claim to Lillie Derwent, but Derwent vetoes due to her being underage. Lillie meets Prince Clement Sing at Rawal Pindi and resists his marriage proposal, reaffirming love for Captain Gordon. The prince, unsettled by rejection, vows to stay courteous while plotting.
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Longing for Home Sparks Deep Prayer in Night Story
A fragment from a prose narrative portrays a woman kneeling in gathering darkness. She yearns for the English home of her youth and for her father and son beside her in sanctity. Tears fall as she prays for their speedy return, unaware of the greater need to come. To be continued.
How Senators Eat and Drink in Paris and Washington
French Paris senators use a 5 franc monthly allowance for coffee tea chocolate milk and liquor with extra for the bar. In Washington a private capitol restaurant runs at personal profit with no government oversight. The New York Sun notes French senators number about 300 and drink heavily while maintaining moderation at meals.
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House of Commons
England
Paris
Senate
High Court of Justice
New York Sun
Yellow Dog Memoir Shares Mail Carrier Bond
A letter carrier on Canal Street recalls a yellow dog who brightened his daily rounds for over a year. The canine met the carrier with a whistle, waited at the corner, and helped guide deliveries with a comic, speechlike bark. The owner, a neighbor, died recently, leaving the carrier moved to tears.
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Canal Street
New Orleans
Mim
Hegit
She Just Loved Shakespeare Dinner Party Glimpse
A visiting man of letters at Waylington attended a single dinner with a naval officer’s daughter. The girl, though young, spoke freely to the Shakespeare scholar, who offered a witty verdict that Shakespeare is simply too gentle for anything. A note on a vast treasure tale and a quip about marital nerves follow in a scatter of fragments.
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Waylington
Washington Letter on McKinley Era Campaign Mood
In a Washington letter the fusionist rise and Republican woes are traced as McKinley shifts with public opinion. The White House, Hay, Gage, and Root face scrutiny over tariffs, imperial policy, and trust ties. Idaho miners decry martial law. The piece notes Democratic gains, Republican disarray, and the cost of war in the Philippines. Jackson Day.
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Hay
Flakco
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Standard Oil Bank
Rootig
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Philippines
Idaho
Bull Pen
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Forca
Spain
Fitzgerald
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Standard of Trust
Richardson
Ray
Canton
Bryan
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Republcan
James
Jackson Day
Fragmentary note on currency and paper money systems
A damaged OCR fragment discusses the old world monetary system and disturbances to paper money, mentioning a currency and Congress but lacks clear names, places, dates, or outcomes. The readable text is incomplete and idiosyncratic, hindering precise factual reconstruction.
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GIL
Pannad Congress
Bryan on monetary policy and bank notes
William J. Bryan argues against con centration of banks and for bimetallism at 16 to 1. He notes gold production strengthens money supply and counters silver overproduction fears, while warning that large banks swallowing small banks will push toward a permanent national bank-note circulation tied to a growing national debt.
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Weyler
William J. Bryan
The Republican Financial Policy Critique
The piece argues that national bankers profit from a new currency act by issuing notes backed by bonds. It claims banks earn interest on deposited bonds and on loans, while the government pays them for note use. It urges the government to issue its own notes directly and curb banks' profits. The critique labels the policy a large money trust harming liberty and prosperity.
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New York News
Plain Duty Weighs in Puerto Rico Promise
The Philadelphia North American discusses President Schurman of Cornell on the duty to Puerto Rico. It cites Miles’s pledge that Puerto Ricans enjoy U S debts and immunities, urging the nation to fulfill rather than repudiate its engagements.
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Philadelphia North American
Schurman
Cornell University
Puerto Rico
Prof
United States
Miles
Puerta Blcw
Republican Party
Trust Mepressor and the Ship Subsidy Bill
The Indianapolis Sentinel condemns a proposed amendment to the ship subsidy bill as a ploy by Mark Hanna to extend Sherman anti trust law to shipbuilders and owners. It argues the measure enables a trust to collect tribute, targets the public, and amounts to a disguised subsidy benefiting trusts rather than the people.
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Mark Hanna
Republican Party
Congress
Indianapolia Sentinel
Coincidences Marked By Coincidental National Events
A December bill to enthrone god in the United States passed Congress with minor amendments and was signed by the president, while Wall Street saw stringency in call money peaking at 187 percent. The era is noted for tight money markets and looming refunding operations. The New York News warns against speculation as the nation debates Republican platform rhetoric and congressional alignments.
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Washington
Wall Street
Congress
New York
Jews Crowding Churches Out of New York, Warns Minister
Rev Daniel N Martin of Newark NJ laments New York’s decline in church life driven by Sunday paper culture, commercialism, and a rising Jewish population. He argues Jews are acquiring Manhattan residential blocks and churches are being absorbed by Jewish communities, displacing Christian congregations.
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New York
Daniel N. Martin
Newark
N. J
Broadway
Mattery
Twenty-third Street
Merchant Pirates
Manhattan Island
Painter in Paris Enforces Pay Up Rule Over Broken Window
In Paris an eminent painter rules his studio with strict repair ethics. After a student breaks a pane, a sheet of paper covers the hole, and the next morning the painter declares, He that breaks pays, prompting repeated attempts and eventual removal of the improvised cover.
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Paris
Nis
Education fervor lights Cuba with rapid school growth
Governor-general report by Alexia Iye shows Cuba running an education boom. From 200 schools in six weeks, the system expanded to 2,068 schools led by Havana and Santiago de Cuba districts. Attendance now exceeds 100,000 with expectations of climbing to 160,000 by June 1 as new facilities and teachers spread nationwide.
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Cobons Roger
Kilaowdon
Cuba
Alexia Iye
Cusban
Santiago
Ly Gon
Word
Eland
Havana Elly
Puerto Primcipe Cily
Frye
Parola models wax yachts under admiralty orders
Wax scale models of every new English battleship are made and tested in a Maslar tank before laying down. The models range twelve to twenty four feet, in a 400 by twenty foot tank. Wax chosen because it resists water, holds weight, and can be remelted for adjustments.
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Parola
Admiralty
Maslar
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