Telegrams in Brief Highlight a World of News
A collage of short items covers politics and finance, crime and marriage, science and sport. Notable notes include a Chicago circus opening, Elopement in Beloit, Columbia lab donation, deaths in Baltimore and Grand Rapids, a New York mail clerk confession, a Canadian Bering Sea claim bill, and various accidents, crimes, and political moves across the United States and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gragon Republican Stat Convention
Ringling
Chicago
Greworke
Whce
Ita
Curtin
Fred Roas
Mies
Lena Zimmeer-man
Rockford, Il
Beloit
Wis
Tho Pis
Frederick C. Havemeyer
Columbia
Joan Pope
American Tobacco Company
Baltimore
Fred McGlothlin
Sedalia
Charles Welker
Addie
Foreign cholera declaration and political notes
Russia was declared free from cholera on February 24 for the first time since 1888. The House of Commons resumed after holidays to discuss the elgil service te Himates. A minister said families have left Honolulu for San Francisco to be away three months. Portuguese petition Hawaiian legislature to restrict Japanese immigration. France plans a bill on Madagascar mining concessions. Spain withdraws laborers to tend soil amid Cuban war. Garrisons on Java island remain in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Fred Fom
Hall of Commons
Hisaid
Honolulu
Sam Francisco
Spain
Java
Federal Law Makers Chronicle Briefs in Congress
The report covers House and Senate actions on lawmaking and finance. It notes passage of a weighers and measures bill, motions to recommit, immigration debate, a national banks reserve issue, and a Cuban waters resolution. It also cites pension for Maj. Gen. Hamilton’s widow, postal telegraph support, Ottoman empire action, coastwise pilotage defeat, District of Columbia appropriation, and New Mexico admittance progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lodge
Senate
Taller
Cole
Committee On Finance
Turple
Call
Fla
United States
Mitchell
Rem
Wis
Charles §. Hamilton
Milwaukee
House
Menate Me
Mantel
Menare
Hawley
Rep
Conn
Hoar
Maze
Butter
Pop
N. C
Gallinger
N. H
Ottomen Empire
Columbi
Ics
Cook
Clusy
Maybrick
Committee On Territories
New Mexico
Committee On Naval Affire
Fragmented notes on unusual reptile behavior and anatomy
The text describes a creature with no mouths using a forked tongue and a desultory appetite. It notes after a perfect stage the animal eats little, with a few hours passing before any food is taken, and remarks that the forked tongue seems of little use to the reptile.
Asiatic Turnips Origin and Spread in Europe
The text notes turnips originating in Europe with early spread under cultivation in Asia and surrounding regions. It mentions they remain wild in parts of Northern Europe and references Toa country and schools with an example of an exclone cellar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Mberia
Perta
Asia
Towa
Napoleon at Austerlitz and the idea of cowardice questioned
Historian Prof. W. M. Sloane argues in the Century that Napoleon the emperor showed unusual caution at Austerlitz, delaying risk and sleeping through dawn. The piece contrasts his habit of bold feats with a declared resolve to safeguard his life, drawing on contemporaries' perceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Coen
Amsterlitz
Bonaparte
W. M. Sloane
Conan Doyle on America in Times Letter
Conan Doyle laments Anglo American tensions and urges Britons to see deeper causes beyond Irish American blame. He cites a history of clashes from 1812 to Venezuela and argues shared faults, urging a broader view of imperial and national relations to prevent future war.
Anglo American friendship and a proposed society arise
The author argues for better Anglo American ties through life graceful acts of kindness and an Anglo American society in London with branches across the empire. The aim is to promote understanding, ease friction, and present both sides of the question to press and public, fostering a stronger English speaking world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Sussex
Bryce
England
Washington
Emerson
Holmes
London
Empire
A. Conan ‘Deyle—Leudou Tires
England's Supilemacy and the Dollar's Gold Standard
The piece argues the dollar must gain sterling-like trust as gold money to expand U S power and attract European capital. It notes world confidence in sterling as gold, warns against silver or variable currencies, and claims Britain’s fixed gold standard underpins international finance and long contracts. It cites M Paul Leroy-Heaulien in the Forum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Germany
Europe
M. Paul Leroy-Heaulien
Forum
Saved from a Lion by a Pillow in Somaliland
An English officer in Somaliland avoided a lion attack when a lion snatched his pillow from the tent during a nighttime encounter. The pillow was found the next day, deeply moved from the tent by a zigzag, while a honeybee hive and a cheepoor of a Honexs lay outside, suggesting the animal prey was near. Captain C J Melitae notes the curious event in Scribner's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somaliland
C.J. Melitaa
Scribner's
Britons Embrace Matrimony and Rising Marriage Rate
A late 19th century style note predicts England will have few old maids as marriage climbs. Builders of suburban villas report rising demand for eligible residences and Somerset House figures show marriage outpacing decade averages. The matrimonial market claims sixteen marriages per thousand, signaling social change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Somerset House
American Caviar Warning Lets Gourmands Order Early
European notes warn that Russian caviar will become scarce and expensive as October catches were poor. US producers from California Washington and Delaware are supplying more, with American caviar selling around $1 per pound in Hamburg. Color helps distinguish origin brownish in American and gray Russian peaks preferred by connoisseurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Gourmands
Astrakhan
United States
California
Delaware
Hamburg
Napoleon's Writing Passion In The Second Empire Era
Prof W M Sloane notes Napoleons writing passion remained evident from childhood through the Second Empire. Despite gaps after 1904 the published letters and contemporaries testimony reveal the extent and exact nature of his occupations and style, shaping his fame and masking faults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Sloane
Customs of Christmas Day in Scandinavia
Describe regional Yule practices including family baths on Christmas Eve afternoon, Bible readings, family services, candlelit windows, gifts from Kristine, snow bread offerings, and placing a wheel on a pole to feed birds. The article notes skating, sledding, dancing, and general frolic as part of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandinavia
Dhor
Odin
Kristine
The Old New Woman Debate in 1900s Press
A collage of quotes mocks the “new woman” in era conflicts. It cites Mary Elizabeth Least and Chicago’s women on war, noting resistance to bloomers in battle era culture, and contrasts attitudes in Cleveland, Chicago, and St. Louis newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranch
LeavonworthyKan Q
Brooklyn
Sammel P. Langdon
Philadelphia
Mit
Annie McGrath
Pingree
Pittsburg
Savarmab
Kansas
Breidenthal
Lewelling
Ailverries
St. Louis
Florida
Plant City
West Penn Metical College
BeMast
Californita
Salem
Mase
Josephine Mannning
Miliiaer
Charles Flynn
Jr Iz
Elaworsh
Maryland
Elkhart County
Middletown
N.Y
Hartford
Quaniagze
Mich
Curry County
Oregon
Wedderbarn J
Santa Cruz
Cal
Inet
Mary Elizabeth Least
Plusborge Chronicle
Chicago
Cleveland
Henry Green
Heaven
Stanton
Growing Flowers With Rich Soil And Fertilizer
Instructions claim large flowers come from panvies when soil is rich and squid fertilizer is applied. The method is said to produce big blooms but may harm plant health due to foreign effects from the treatment.
Martha Iawarts Holden: A Fragmentary Note
A fragmentary 19th or early 20th century note quotes Milsa Monander Dawson praising Martha Iawarts Holden while referencing body traits and restraint. The text is garbled OCR with partial phrases about volatility and fame, leaving no clear event or context.
Lions Like Carls Cage Card Game in French Menagerie
In Bourge France three youths dared to play cards in a cage with chained lions. A lion cuffed a player knocking him to the cage floor and bit him. A keepers intervened saving others from worse harm. The bitten man said he had all the amusement he wanted. The lions roared as they departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourge
France
Bin
Batemere
Hons
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the Marshfield Times
Charton Hamilton
Reby
Ind
Yasra
New York Mail
Lindwood
Lowinza
Pela Spadona
Linton
Michigan
Omer
Frank J. Afoek
Harvard
Portland
Harrison
Indiana Hs
Will Lea
Lowe
Durlag
Davis
Company 1
Nineteenth Infantry
Fowler
William Finehan
Indiana
Supreme Court
Tiwaco
Columbia River
John N. Phillips
Terre Hauce
Indianapolis
J. W. Loucks
Duluth
Minn
Bail & Oyster Bank
Boanington Center
Munising
Elmer 4
Robinson
Lincoln
Neb
Villsca
Anke Alexander
Mulan
Fawlty
Hrookfield
Linnecs
Morrison Artis
Kokomo
Canadian Senate
Bering Sea
Paris
Binits
Amanda Ziedler
W Michael-Nicolaievétah
Ruasiaz
Prince of Wales
Grand Duchess
Prince Hottenrohe
Parla
Vienna
Vesuvius
Viguera
Observatory
London Board of Trade
Megsipe
Sicily
Gardner Williame
Engimeer
de Beers Mini
Reform Committee
High Court of
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Federal Law Makers
Austerlitz
The
Times
Eniz- Usha
Ealjng
Andrew Jackson
Maine
New Branswick
Alabama
Venezuela
Ourselvce
Martha Iawarts Holden
Milsa Monander Dawson
LIONS
Carls
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