Indians in a New Role and the End of Tribal Ownership
Washington reports a major shift in U S Indian policy as treaties with the Creeks Cherokees Chickasaws and Choctaws pave the way for allotments and citizen status. Interior Secretary Hitchcock is credited for steering the program which aims to make two thirds of about 240 000 Indians independent landowners with titles to grazing and agricultural lands and end tribal holdings within years.
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Congress of the
United States
Washington Dispatch
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Congress
Interior Department
Indian Bureau
Itchevek
Secretary of the Interior
Suro
Five Civilized Tribes
Indian Territory
Senate
Spain
Dauntless Yacht Becomes Essex Houseboat Plan
Commodore CG H Colt’s famed yacht Dauntless, laid up at Essex after a past accident, is to be converted into a houseboat by his mother, widow of the revolver inventor, for humanitarian uses, per a Hartford dispatch to the New York Times.
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CG. H. Colt
Dauntless
Essex
Hartford
The Defiance of the Moro and Bacolod Sultan
A historical-verse exhortation defies American influence with bold imagery. The piece, attributed to J J Clarke in the New York Evening Post, lampoons imperial power through colonial era rhetoric and Moro imagery. It references Bacolod and distant places while mocking foreign authority and gun violence.
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Nicaragua
Novgorod
Cod
Racolod
J. J. C. Clarke
New York Evening Post
United States Leads World Coal Output in Early 1900s
The 1903 coal production in the United States topped 860 million short tons, surpassing Great Britain by 19 percent and widening the lead in global output. Britain and Germany together produced about 84 percent of the world total, with the U.S. showing rapid gains since 1899. Austria-Hungary France Belgium and Russia followed in rank.
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United States
United States Geological Survey
Washington
New York
Imes
Great Britain
Germeny
Austria-Ilungary
France
Belgium
Russia
India
Transvaal
Germany
Teetotaler General Wilson Recounts Drinking Refusal
Brigadier General John M. Wilson chief of engineers and coal strike arbitration member recounts an unusual army moment with two U S presidents. He declined whiskey with Cleveland, later toasted Harrison with Potomac water when arranging for McKinley inauguration.
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Comminston
John M. Wilson
Coal Strike Arbitration Commission
New York World
United States
Cleveland
Wilson
Mim
Colonel Wilson
Apollinaris
Harrison
Indians For Mexico Land Wish At Distant Meeting
Lone Wolf chief of the Co manches arrives in Washington as rep from the Caddo Wichita Apache and Comanche tribes seeking government purchase of 2,000,000 acres in northern Mexico to relocate tribes. A council at Anadarko discussed removal and terms, valuing the tract at one million dollars as a new homeland free from white encroachment for generations.
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Indian Territory
Lone Wolf
Washington
New York World
Old Mexico
Anadarko
Ohio
Mexico
Siate
Chihuahua
Rio Grande
Millinery Trends Highlight Enamel Gold Beetles and Pearl Scales
Fashion notes spotlight target beetles of enameled French gold studded with mock diamonds as a popular millinery accent. Plated devices in the same material with mother of pearl scales appear, along with spangles cut steel and cut fet in high favor.
Timely fad for women features grandmother chains
A fashionable fall fad for women is described as grandmother chains made from eat jet or hogwood in marble effects. The long necklaces measure five or six feet and are worn several times around the neck with knots in front.
Hall Caine and His Secluded Writing Room at Grecha Castle
The piece profiles Hall Caine and his English estate Grecha Castle near the Phiza de Spagtut, noting his habit of writing in a sparing, fireside room up the hill and the surrounding woodland. It describes his secluded process, the house, and Sunday hospitality, plus reminders of his dream inspired novel and the broader fascination with his work.
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Greeley Castle
America
Europe
Hall Caine
New York Evening World
London
Pope Leo Nil
Washington
Viola Allen
Er. M. Holland
Caine
New York
Russia
England
Fall Gaine
Ike
Donna Roma Vallona
Grecha Castle
Wail Caive
Grecha
Novel Storm Coat For F President In Kansas City
Kansas City readers report a handcrafted storm coat prepared for President Roosevelt as a potential visit inducement. The garment uses a single Galloway steer hide with long black hair, beaver fur trimming, and quilted satin lining, touted for exceptional softness and fineness.
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Kansas City
Roosevelt
Galloway
Scotland
FINE BUFFALO HERD PLANS TO PROTECT THEM
Game Commissioner Harris reveals a hidden Colorado herd of forty to fifty mountain bison. The valley home covers about forty thousand acres with a defensive pass. Harris aims to keep the location secret until the government establishes a large preserve akin to Yellowstone.
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Harris
Colorado
New York Tribune
Yellowstone Park
Coeds Offer Prizes For Yell At Chicago Football Games
The Women's Union of the University of Chicago invites coeds to submit toast musical yells to replace discordant shouts at Marshall Field. Prizes of 10 and 5 dollars will be awarded November 1 for best compositions, with the first prize conditional on overall satisfaction. Dean Marion Talbot leads the committee on musical cheer.
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Marshall Field
Women's Union of the University of Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Marion Talbot
Kroger May Go Back to Africa Move Report
An Amsterdam letter to the London Express says Mr. Kruger's inner circle backs sending him back to South Africa. The ex-president's family approves. Kruger will vacate his residence in November but has not decided if he would accompany the veterans home if permitted. Generals visiting England will discuss this point.
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Kroger
Africa
Amsterdam
London Express
Kruger
South Africa
England
Moon and Eruptions The West Indian Link to the Moon
Robert T. Hill discusses a possible relation between lunar phases and eruptions in the West Indies. He notes limited data but cites coincidences such as new and full moons around St Vincent and Martinique outbreaks and perigee/apogee timing, urging more systematic observations by American scientists.
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St. Vincent Island
Robert T. Hill
Washington
New York Herald
George Howard Darwin
St Vincent
Martinique
St. Vincent
St. Pierre
Mont Petee
Perigee
Box the Compass and the Old Sailor's Wayfinding
An old down east mariner explains box the compass by listing the 32 points in order and compares sailors to landlubbers. The piece details magnetized needles, floating cork or straw demonstrations, ancient compass origins in China, celestial navigation, and modern ship practice from the Hudson to Sandy Hook with pilot and captain handoffs and navigator duties.
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Hudson River
Europe
Sandy Hook
Dallas News
Handy kitchen tips and recipe tweaks for domestic cooks
A collection of practical household notes covers coffee boosts to chocolate, avoiding gravy lumps with a flour dredger, potato salad flavoring by boiling in stock, and sour milk substitutions. It also notes gelatin adjustments in hot weather, ranigote egg coating, and a quick shortcake method using pastry flour, lard, and cream of tartar for a fruit topping.
Moral Suasion and a Strap
A humorous exchange from the New York Mall and Express recounts a man admitting he tired of a neighbor's moral suasion on child rearing. He says he lent her his boy for a week to test her methods, and she kept to moral suasion for that week but asked to punish the child with a single whipping afterward.
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Wil- He
New York
Express
Oldest Tree Claims In Historic Writings
Notes and Queries cites Rev W Tuckwell describing the Sema cypress of Lombardy as the oldest tree, said to be forty years before Christ, while Alphonse Karr notes baobabs in Senegal claimed to be 5,000 years old.
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W. Tuckwell
Lombardy
Christ
Alphonse Karr
Drowning Rescue Superstition Persists in Britain
The article notes an old belief in Great Britain that saving a drowning man is folly or madness because he may harm the rescuer later. Traces of this superstition exist among Sioux and other Indians, descended from aboriginal sources, and it is most common in Cornwall and parts of Scotland.
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Great Britain
Cornwall
Scotland
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