Mosaic of global notes and curiosities in Marble Hill
A compilation from Marble Hill presses reviews military, scientific, and social topics. It mentions Japan’s army payroll, Soviet and French holdings, photographic fraud detection, Daughters of the Confederacy’s Lexington venture, Saturn’s moon Titan measurements, parliamentary club rules, a boys summer camp program, leprosy counts in the United States, chamois worms in the French Alps, and European auction prices, with diverse anecdotes and extracts from contemporary broadcasts.
Babists of Persia Seek Papal Protection via Bowen
A committee of Americans seeks help from Herbert W. Bowen ex minister to Persia now in Paris to petition the Shah for Bab followers relief from persecution. The Bab faith spreads among Americans with adherents including Mrs Hoar, Mrs Virginia Trip and daughters, Miss Fairfax, Clifford Barney, Natalie, Mrs John Jackson, and Arline Peck studying Babist teachings.
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Herbert W. Bowen
United States
Ptrela
Paris
Bowen
Persia
Hoar
New Jersey
Virginia Trip
Heston
Fairfax
Clifford Barney
Bar Harbor
Natalie
John Jackson
New York
Arline Peck
New Labor Movement and Notable Civil War Figures
The Chicago Letter notes growing favor for a religious labor order the Christian Builders union, with open meetings and required honesty and temperance. It also profiles General John B Turcin, detailing his Russian origins, Civil War service, tough discipline, clashes with authorities, and his later American integration and belief in citizens’ duty.
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Chicago
Christian Bulldera’ Union
Henry P. Berek
Mistake in Russian sugar decision questioned by NY Sun
The New York Sun remarks on Mr. Gage's Russian sugar decision, arguing that if a mistake was made it cannot be rectified quickly enough and no pride of opinion should hinder correction. Internal revenue and legal experts reportedly told Mr. Gage that Russia did not remit internal taxes on exported sugar any more than the United States does in rem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Gage
Up-to-Date Hostelry in Charlestown WV
An anecdote from Charlestown West Virginia about the Kyartah House known as the Carter House in the Shenandoah Valley. The narrator stays in a blue room and attempts to settle a bill but finds the hotel staff absent. A manager allows postponing payment, suggesting a three day grace period or a check. The tale ends with a note on India’s eight cities over 60,000 inhabitants.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Waldorf-Astoria
Shenandoah Valley
Kyartah House
Carter House
Mitton
Iwttinet
Jerome
Changed Times and Figures of Merit Across Nations
The piece contrasts evolving U S views on wilderness, literature, and industry with Henry Berce organizing a Christina labor union. It notes Sydney Smith’s scrutiny of American progress, Civil War heroine Mrs Bradley T Johnson’s memorial in Baltimore, and a Paris subscription to aid Ranavalona. General MacArthur nears 39 years of service and plans travel after Philippines duty.
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Bradley T. Johnson
General Johnson
Baltimore
Where is Dr Edward B Evans Missing Fargo Physician
Dr Edward B Evans assistant county physician vanished from Fargo on May 28. His wife, a former stage performer, refuses to believe he eloped, instead suspecting foul play or temporary derangement. She expects daily word from him as she traces his prior life in J Mana Aly and the Square Opera company.
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Dre Evans
Edward B Evans
Fargo
Kvane
Mise
Jennie Lind Laws
J. Mana
Aly
As the Square Opera Company
Canadian policy on Doukhobors sparks Northwest turmoil
The article notes Canada’s welcome to Russian Doukhobors as a persecuted religious group. It describes their settlement in the Northwest, their practice of communal marriage and anti tax views, and a special Canadian law allowing these beliefs. Public debate grows over repealing the law as Russia sheds unwanted emigrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion of
Russia
British Empire
Dominion
Rev McCook denounces corruption over streetcar franchises
The Rev Henry C McCook of Tabernacle Presbyterian Church Philadelphia, a Civil War veteran known as one of the fighting McCooks, used his pulpit last Sunday to denounce franchise corruption as municipal treason and to warn that the curse of God rests on those who betrayed the city. He has long been a Republican.
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McCook
Henry C. McCook
Tabernncle Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
McCooks
McCook Haseen
Lessons of the Boer War from Joan de Bloch
Joan de Bloch argues the Boer War shows aggression against a great power cannot easily succeed. He says modern military service is absurd, maneuvers lack real warfare relevance, and decisive war is impossible, so preparations or sacrifices seem unnecessary. He notes devoted citizens can resist even with fewer numbers.
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Joan de Bloch
Transvaal
Pretoria
West Virginia Governor and notable officials noted
West Virginia Governor Albert B White travels from Ohio to oversee afflicted districts. He rose from Marietta College reporter to owning the State Journal at Parkersburg, turning it into a leading Republican paper. Gourley marks forty years at the New York Custom House. Italian Dr Rina Mont to lecture on anatomy at the University of Pavia.
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West Virginia
Albert B. White
West
Harrison W. Gourley
Abraham Lincoln
New York Custom House
Gourley
Springfield
Rina Mont
University of Pavia
The Salt Trust Octopus Debunked As Impossible
New York dispatches describe a proposed International Salt company uniting National Salt, Canadian Salt, and British Salt with a $590.6 million capitalization to supply global salt. Analysts dismiss a monopoly claim, noting vast U S deposits in New York, Ohio, Michigan, and the Virginias, plus sea salt, making any world control impossible and prices likely kept near production cost.
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New York
Salt Trust
United States
New York State
Ohio
Michigan
Cleveland
Lincoln County
Nebraska
Reno County
Kansas
Louisiana
International Salt Company
Federal Trust Inquiry Tests Sherman Act Limits
The federal probe into trusts aims to reveal weaknesses in the Sherman antitrust act. Courts have upheld the act in three cases involving rate and price agreements, including Addyston Pipe and Steel, which sought market control across thirty six states.
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Federal Trust
Supreme Court
Addyston Pipe and Steel Company
Boers praised by US observer for discipline and humanity
Captain Reichmann, military attaché, reports on the Boer army praising their conduct and Bible reading after battles. He notes lack of drunkenness and profanity in Boer camps and humane treatment of British wounded and prisoners. He cautions that defeat was inevitable due to British numbers and says violations of war rules were not confined to one side.
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Reichmann
United States
Bill Sterritt Suggested for Texas Congressional Vacancy
The Hon. Bill Sterritt, once of Howenville Kentucky and now a roaming newspaper correspondent, is proposed as the proper person to fill a Texas district vacancy. The Louisville Post notes he is a fine large man with a reputation for never turning away a deserving julep at his door.
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Bill Sterritt
Howenville
Texas
Bill
Louisville
Japan Cotton Trade Delegate Eyes Pacific Ports
A. Yamada of the Japan Cotton Trading Company, Osaka, is on the Pacific coast to choose the best port to export cotton and other American goods to Japan. After this assignment he will spend three years studying American methods, focusing on the cotton industry. The Lambeth degree of Doctor of Divinity will be conferred by the Archbishop of Canterbury on B.T. Dudley, Archdeacon of Auckland, a missionary in New Zealand for forty years, and on Rev. J. G. Baylies, rector of Longueuil Quebec and about secretary for the Diocese of Montreal.
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Japan
A. Yamada
Japan Cotton Trading Company
Osaka
Pacific
Lambeth
Monument project in Brooklyn gains broad civic backing
A Brooklyn movement to erect a monument to the late Pathor Ma Jone We attracts enthusiastic support from all classes of citizens across creeds. The drive is led mainly by Protestant friends and admirers of the great Catholic figure, uniting diverse groups in a shared tribute.
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Brooklyn
Pathor Ma Jone
Vrigat
Rostand's sister-in-law to reside in Washington social circle
Mme de Margerie sister of Edmont Rostand sails to America to live in Washington as Chargé d Affaires during Cambon's European absence. Her husband M. de Margerie arrives to take First Secretary duties. They will summer at Manchester-by-the-Sea and reside at 1752 N Street, entertaining notable figures.
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Rostand
Mme. de Margerie
Edmont Rostand
Europe
MM. de Margerie
Mma. de Margerie
Ic Corps
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Washington
N Street
Colonel Tyler
M. Rosland
Balance of farming and fame in the United States
Professor J H Bailey of Cornell argues more than half the population seeks fame while Dalley urges mass farming as essential. He notes agricultural colleges devote much energy to the mechanic arts and agricultural education receives comparatively little funding and focus.
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J. H. Bailey
Cornell University
United States
Dalley
Balley
Senator J. E. Kyle of South Dakota Illness Reported
Senator J E Kyle of South Dakota, serving his second term since 1891, has been ill as reported last week. Born in Xenia Ohio in 1864, he entered politics after a career as a Presbyterian clergyman and has generally aligned with Republicans during his current term.
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Senator Kyle
South Dakota
James E. Kyle
United States
J. 7
Kyle
Xenia, O
Gold Production Leaders in 1900 and 1899
The Engineering and Mining Journal advance sheets show the United States leading gold output in 1900, with Australia slipping to second and the Transvaal dropping due to wartime mining stoppages. Russia may exceed published figures if bullion output differs from coinage figures, suggesting Russia could top the list.
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United States
Paris exposition honors multiple scholars and climbers
The Paris exposition awarded a gold medal to Professor W. G. Johnson of Springfield Maye formerly entomologist of Maryland for his tolminic research aiding agriculture and the USDA exhibit. Mine Kunteo of Berlin and guide Furror reached the top of the Galmerhorner near the Rhone glacier. In Switzerland Thip has ascended the mountain War ever. M. Paginet of the Sorbonne, historian of Henry IV, joins the French Academy of Moral Science replacing the late Due de Brogity.
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Paris
M. Paginet
Henry IV
Prench Academy of Moral Science
New York's Wise Gulls Mark Friday Fish Day at Fulton Market
New York gulls feast on Friday as Fulton market waste draws crowds of scavenging birds in the East River. They recognize big fish days and ship schedules, following vessels like the American Line to Southampton, Red Star line to Antwerp, and Hamburg American lines to Hoboken, returning for discarded fare. The birds track sailing days and ports, proving remarkable memory of ships and harvest times.
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Fulton
New York Sun
East River
Fulton Market
North River
Southampton
American Line
Antwerp
White Star
Anna
Hoboken
Razor-Back intelligence unmasked in fence siege
An Arkansas razor-back boar famed for stubborn wit tests a makeshift fence near a sawmill. After several failed charges it finds a flaw, bursts through a split plank, and signals success with a bristly snout and a grunt to his brood, as observed by onlookers.
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Eames
S Place
Dewise
Holid
Rabbits Decline as Cats Safer Pest Control
Data from Western Australia reports the government experiment releasing domestic cats in southeastern districts to combat rabbit plagues from South Australia proves highly successful. Cats destroyed vast rabbit nests and nearly cleared many settler areas of rabbits. Breeding programs start to meet demand, though imports may prove cheaper.
Ejecting Drunk Passenger on Street Car Rule
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court holds a passenger may be ejected for intoxication after sleep, but rules it is not prudent to remove a drunken rider on a dark unlit road away from structures while cars and teams pass nearby. The Hudson v. Lynn and B R R case (69 N. E. Rep. 47) guides the ruling.
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Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Hudson Va. Lynn
N. WH
Miss Helen Gladstone Named Warden at London Settlement
Gindatopo's Daughter Aowoote Moslthow Miss Helen Gladstone, daughter of the late William BE Gladstone, has accepted the post of warden of the Women’s University settlement in Southwark London. Miss Gladstone will go into residence early in September.
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Gindatopo
Aowoote Moslthow
Helen Gladstone
William BE. Gladstone
Women's University Settlement
Southwark London
Misa Gladstone
River navigation on Kaw ends as railroads take over
Forty four years past the Kansas Kaw river carried traffic from the mouth to Lawrence. Today railroads dominate transport, ending the era of river navigation described in the note.
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Lawrence
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