Ohio Legislature Faces Uncertain Long Session
Staesmen at Columbus sense public demand to curtail the present legislature. Speaker McKinnon notes uncertainty over what will be done, while bankers foresee steady prosperity despite Western crop movements. The British Blue Book highlights shifting US trade shares, with gains in Japan and colonies, and warns of sailings and canal construction boosting ocean commerce. Cuba described as highly democratic with egalitarian social norms.
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Staetsmen
Columbus
McKinnon
Ohio
Great Britain
France
Germany
United States
Argentina
Uruguay
Chile
China
Japan
British North America
British West Indies
British Guiana
Isthmian Canal
Cuban Social Etiquette and The Aversion to Tips
The passage discusses Cuban social manners shaped by pioneer roots and racial and economic contrasts. It notes a national aversion to tipping, with workers refusing gratuities or accepting them only under protest, and reframing tips as compensation for wounded dignity rather than fair exchange.
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Spioneer
Cuba
Bishop Potter on the Strike
Bishop Henry C. Potter comments on the anthracite miners strike urging not to settle by force. He criticizes operators for using power against workers, cites Chinese face saving, and warns that listening to one side harms society. He urges education of the strikers and stresses public trust in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Potter
Mr. Hewitt
Cleveland
Dean's Kidney Pills Advertised By Massillon Customer
A Massillon woman testifies to the value of Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney disorders. She reports swift relief and recommends the remedy, noting purchase at ZT Baltzly's on Erie Street opposite the Opera House. Sold by all dealers for 25 cents. mail order available from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, agents for US. Remember the name Dean's.
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Dean
Massillon
Geo. Parsell
Plum Street
Baltzly
Erie Street
Opera House
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dean's
Rocky Mountain Tea Promotes Family Health Claim
An advertising notice touts Rocky Mountain Tea as a product that “makes children eat, sleep and grow,” and keeps mothers strong and vigorous, featuring a price and the distributor Z. Baltzly.
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Z. T. Baltzly
Cholera's Dire Havoc Strains Manila Morgue System
A Washington dispatch notes cholera rages in Manila and beyond with 350 to 450 daily deaths in provinces and fifty to seventy new Manila cases. Bodies drift in Pasig river as overworked morgue wagons operate. ships in quarantine spread infection due to impure bay water. Superstition and Filipino doctors' inefficiency hinder containment amid typhoon season approach.
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War Department
Manila
Philippines
Washington
New York Times
Dagupan
Pasig
Flag for All Post Offices
Washington dispatch reports Chairman Cannon of the house appropriations committee says public buildings should display the national flag as post offices expand. He notes strong public sentiment for flag ownership of buildings or at least flying Old Glory atop them. The movement mirrors the push to fly the flag over every schoolhouse nationwide.
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Cannon
Louse Appropriations Committee
Washington
United States
Philadelphia
Uncle Sam
Fine grain outlook James J Hill says record northwest crop
James J Hill told a New York reporter that this year’s grain crop is the greatest he has seen in the northwest. He estimates Minnesota and the Dakotas will ship over 180 million bushels of corn oats wheat barley and flaxseed to market and notes abundant money and favorable lending rates in the region.
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James J. Hill
Northwest
New York
Minnesota
Dakotas
Woman to Build Boulevard Connecting Athens and Pireus
Mrs. Syngros, a wealthy American, provides funding for a new boulevard linking Athens to its seaport Pireus. The project cost nears $60,000, replacing an old wretched highway that made travel difficult for any vehicle.
Light on Coral Reefs New Theory of Erection
A Royal Society of Edinburgh talk by Prof Alexander Agassiz argues for a coral reef formation model. He compares Darwin Murray debates, calculates slow chalk accretion from chalk animalcules, and estimates base build up from 600 feet to reach coral life limits taking about 45 million years.
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Royal Society of Edinburgh
Alexander Agassiz
America
London Chronicle
Pacific
Atlantic
Darwin
Sir John Murray
Agassiz
John Murray
GREAT PEACE EXHIBITION IN SOUTH AFRICA 1904
London Times reports preparations for a major 1904 industrial exhibition near Johannesburg at the center of British South Africa rail connections. The event promises mining and agricultural machinery, steam and electrical power, railways, tramways, arts and sciences, and the largest gold exhibit the world has seen with Johannesburg and Pretoria offices handling local arrangements.
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South Africa
Job Jaanesburg
Britis
Cape Town
Port Elizabeth
Africa
London Times
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Replanting Cattle Ranges Across Western States
The Pittsburg Dispatch reports railways will attempt grass replanting on wasted cattle ranges in Wyoming Colorado Utah Montana Idaho and the Dakotas. About 4000 acres will be fenced and divided into thirty plots to test suitable stock grass plants. Ruin comes from crowding and sheep. If feasible, federal and state governments are expected to aid the effort.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Montana
Idaho
Dakotas
Pittsburg Dispatch
Infantry’s Great Mountain March by Austrian Regiment
The Fourteenth Austrian infantry regiment completed a remarkable mountain march over the Zillerthal Alps from Maierhofen to Abrathal in full marching order. Despite heavy snow and severe weather, no accidents occurred and no soldier left the ranks. It marks the first time a whole regiment has crossed such a high pass.
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Zillerthal Alps
Maierhofen
Schwartzenstein Glacier
Abrathal
Philadelphia
Plan for Shinnecock race track on reservation
The Rev T H Lackland, a colored Presbyterian minister, urges building a sixty foot wide automobile race track around the Shinnecock reservation on Long Island. He argues it would create winter work and financial benefit, financed by a substantial toll, with a near shore route along the bay. Indians discuss potential winter employment but show mixed enthusiasm.
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Clercyman
Montauks
Long Island
Shinnecock Bay
Southampton
Shinnecock Hills
New York Tribune
Shinnecock
T. H. Lackland
Shah's Liking for Dogs Ends With Price and Loss
The shah of Persia, visiting England, bought one dachshund for about 150. The dog mourned for its mate, so the shah returned the one he kept. The owner refused the purchase price, prompting a request to the public prosecutor. The English Dachshund club may donate a dog to the shah.
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Persia
England
Ostend
New York
Shah
Dachshund Club
Osgood Joke on Gates Wins Compliment Telegram
John C. Osgood, foe of John W. Gates in the Colorado Fuel and Iron fight, arrives in New York and reads a jubilant telegram. The message cites Matthew 16 18 and the remark turns on the biblical line And the gates of hell shall not prevail against you. Osgood laughs at the dig and wonders if Gates will laugh too.
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John C. Osgood
John W. Gates
Colorado
New York
American and Journal
Hell
Mr. Osgood
Gates
Secretary Shaw as a Tree Agent
A reminiscence portrays Leslie Shaw before his treasury tenure as a self made man who walked from Vermont to Iowa with no money. He sold fruit trees to farmers to survive and fund college, and the trees he sold then helped him later, with some still growing in Iowa today.
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Iowa
Shaw
Fashion notes on gowns and accessories of an elegant era
A fashion feature describes Louisine as supplanting foulard in gowns, with straight corsets and pointed bodices, rose pink veiling gowns, and back broad skirts. It highlights collar and bodice embroidery, large tulle bows, black nets with mother of pearl, mauve harmonies, and princess gowns. Capes, mantels, and bolero-like wraps return for afternoon driving, in black or white.
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Louisine
Foulard
Gainsborough
Romney
Wattean
Lely
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Old Mahogany Cleaned With Sal Soda Solution
A reader reports cleaning mahogany with a warm water solution of two heaping tablespoons sal soda per quart. Using a toothbrush, rinse with cold water and dry, then rub with a mix of raw oil and turpentine. The method restored color and grain, even on a century old piece.
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TME Independent Company
Massillon, D. Illon, D
Griggs
Democratic Congressional Committee
Democratic
United States Department of Labor
Bishop Potter
Illeges
Ave
Chicago
Mayen Pol
Omaha
Wwarte
The
Osgood
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