Potatoes and politics in far places and a street car line
The Marble Hill Press notes disparate items including a will to fund a memorial library in Missouri, heart valve study remarks by Prof Huxley, and a shipping tale of potatoes from the Pacific to China. It mentions a Japanese coastal street car line pulled by coolies between Atami and Yeckthoma, and closes with a Phillips Brooks quote on forest protection and leaf gathering.
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Atami
Yeekthoma
Ixie
Japan
Phillips Brooks
What Booker Washington Says to Men of His Race
Fragmented text reflects racial themes, industrial lore, and public notices. Mentions Booker T. Washington style exhortations, agrarian schemes, irrigation projects in Colorado, and contested railway plans. Also notes athletic doping concerns, copper trolley wire orders, and political references to Missouri and Jefferson City.
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Booker Washington
South
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A Pretty Companion and a Night of Secrets
Janetta Howard hunts for a cure and a plan to save Clarice Seymour as Doctor Drake weighs medical options. Neville’s drunken visit heightens tensions while Mrs Mortimer spins rumors, and Janetta quietly arranges hospitality for Neville with Doctor Drake.
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Faustus Tage
Sale
Janerua
Luce
Charlee
Mrs. Mortimer
Clarlee
Miss Howard
Merivale
Janelia
Neville
Cal
Janetta
Cine
Doctor Drake
Janets Howard
Van
Janette
Clarice
Mortimer
Mason
Janella
Happiest State Between Riches And Poverty
A Woman's Home Companion essay argues the middle class lives in the happiest state where income exceeds expenditures. It praises steady honesty, warns against envy, and notes many in the United States unknowingly enjoy this balance. The piece cites Shakespeare word counts and a Confederate relic, then a Kansas farmer protest on wolf bounties.
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John Gilmer Speed
Bolomon
Mit
Legion
Lange
United States
Counting Years In Japan Details of Japanese era dating
Mr B Miyehoatike of Japan discusses how Japan count years from the imperial reigns rather than birth. He explains the era name and its use in official documents and describes the current Mikado era. The article notes the system’s 33 years under Melji and the year 2461 in that calendar.
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Japan
B. Miyehoatike
Chicago
Zima
United States
Detective Spy Glage Uncovers Bogus Money Ring
Chief Wilkie of the secret service exposes a new use for the tranalt device to detect counterfeiters. A government worker observing a distant building spots a man delivering items to a window and confirms counterfeiting activity with the transit. A service detective arrests the suspect as a major capture.
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Allis
Wilkie
Secret Service
Federal
San Francisco
Trimalt
Searer Service
Odd Duties of German Firemen
In Hanover residents balk at high fire brigade costs and demand helmeted workers handle street accidents. An elderly woman fainting in winter dress prompts a policeman to call the fire brigade, arriving in a carriage and four, a scene critiqued by Rusk later.
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Hanover
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised by Civil War Veteran
Peter Behrens, captain of the 1st Minnesota Cavalry, recalls illness after the war and credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring his health. He describes kidney and bladder trouble, faith in the remedy, and purchases at 60 cents a box or 2.50 for six. Also notes a New York Gas and Electric mortgage tax and Canadian crime editorial excerpt advocating swift justice and western settlement prospects in 1901.
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South Dakota
Bristol
Dak
Peter Behren
Dodd
Behres
Capt. Behres
1St
Minnesota Cavalry
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
Sam
New York Gas and Electric Light, Heat and Power Company
Central Trust Company
Canada
Chicago Times-Herald
Dominion of Canada
Dominion
New York
Chicago
Québec
Vancouver
I Kindy
Dreyer
Swift
Ninelox
Times-Herald
Saskatchewan
Algo
Wate
Confederate Reunion Promises Largest Memphis Gathering
The Confederate veterans reunion slated for late May in Memphis is expected to draw thousands. Railroads will assist arrivals with a special one cent per mile rate and local committees plan extensive hospitality. Robert R Church, a prominent Black Memphis citizen, donated $1,000 to support visitors, with overall fundraising tapping fifty thousand dollars for a welcoming program.
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Memphia
Memphis
Joint Passenger Association
Clttgees
Robert R. Church
Church
Mississippi
Language evolution and medical notes in early modern diction
An excerpt discusses appendicitis surgery and hospital practices, noting how a patient’s condition prompts immediate operation. It then mentions Murray’s English dictionary expansion with 26,000 words, highlighting technical terms and language growth across German, Italian, French, and Spanish vocabularies.
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Murray
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