Astor pedigree and diamond price sparks debate in Arizona
The Mesa Free Press notes Astor's pedigree remains inflated and questions arise about too many clergymen. It observes people drawn to songs while a hurricane tops records in moving air and remarks on porch fancy work. It also claims rising diamond prices will not pinch the masses for necessities.
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Wheeler
University of California
Berkeley
State University
United States
Foster
Harry Lee
Chicago
Alaska
Unga Island
Pavloff
Accutan
Mt. St. Elias
Cook’s Inlet
Poverty Point
Kanaka
Klamath River
Oak Bar
Humboldt County
Cal
Buckhorn Creek
Horse Creek
Queen Victoria To Receive Kaiser's Painted Portraits
The Kaiser offers to commission paintings for Queen Victoria and suggests a reciprocal gesture by permitting Mr. Austin to compose poetry for the Kaiser. Also, Sarah Bernhardt proclaims she will never grow old though she does not clarify if she uses goat lymph or a newer discovery.
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Kaiser
Queen Victoria
Mr. Austin
Sarah Bernhardt
Susan B Anthony urged to campaign in Cuba for women’s rights
Advocates imagine Susan B Anthony campaigning in Cuba to promote women’s rights as cooking and washing on the island are described as being monopolized by men.
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Susan B. Anthony
Cuba
Child dies of hydrophobia without dog bite
A child succumbed to hydrophobia reportedly without any dog bite. If confirmed, the case could raise interest in Pasteur institutes and their rabies treatments.
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Pasteur Institutes
Woman Declared Insane for Puncturing Husband’s Tire
A woman is declared insane after persistently puncturing her husband’s bicycle tire with a hat pin. The report notes women take risks when attempting to keep husbands at home.
Chicago Famine of Servants Linked to Girls Seeking Other Work
The city faces a shortage of domestic help as women choose different jobs, believing there are better paths to advancement than lighting kerosene lamps.
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Chicago
Excessive cycling harms devoted enthusiasts
The piece warns that pursuing cycling beyond healthy limits damages physical well being. It argues breaking records for glory exacts a high personal cost and reflects a broader critique of extreme American restlessness.
Deaf convention in St Paul sparks odd hand vote
In 1889 during July the national convention of the deaf and dumb met in St Paul. The session featured silent proceedings that left spectators awed. Officers were elected by a literal show of hands as some watched a man in a corner soliloquize on his fingers.
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St. Paul
Vanderbilt scion designs improved locomotive model
Young Cornelius Vanderbilt designed a new locomotive that proves an improvement over existing railroad engines. After being disinherited for marrying against his parents wishes he found work in the mechanical department of the New York Central Railroad and learned from hands on experience. The piece suggests wealthy men should give their less fortunate sons a chance.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
New York Central Railroad
Lambson
United States Fish Commission
McCloud River
Baird
Washington
State Commission
Eel River
Humboldt County
Hel River
Sisson Station
Sacramento
Crocker
Charles Crocker
Central Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
Olympia
Victoria
B. C
Whit Cloud
Hongkong
Manila
Shanghai
Monterey
Point Sur
Archbishop unveils Hughes statue at Rugby marking schoolboy legacy
In Rugby England the Archbishop of Canterbury unveils a statue of Thomas Hughes author of Tom Brown at Rugby and Tom Brown at Oxford. The London Spectator credits Hughes with shaping modern schoolboy ideals by making virtue and religion compatible with manly, healthy youth.
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Rugby
England
Canterbury
Thomas Hughes
Tom Brown
Oxford
Atlantic
London Spectator
Connecticut Food Adulteration Law Cites Public Analyses
Connecticut uses its food adulteration law and an experimental station to detect false products. State chemists exposed a so called pure fruit jelly as starch paste with glucose, artificial flavor, coal tar dye, and salicylic acid preservative. Public dissemination of results curbs adulteration and should expand nationwide.
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Connecticut
Military honor and conduct unbecoming officer statement
The text discusses how modern armies prize officers as gentlemen of honor, asserting that even when other qualities are lacking an officer’s sense of honor should be steadfast in all circumstances, and condemns conduct unbecoming an officer.
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Cer
France
Fragments Reflect On Military Morale And Malthusian Theory
The excerpt laments declines in officer conduct within the French army amid militarism and anti-Semitism, then discusses a Eastern paper reviving Malthusian ideas. It outlines how subsistence means shape population growth, noting Europe’s population surge from 19th century technological progress and global expansion.
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Malthus
America
Australia
Europe
Government coinage profits and penny trends
The piece explains US coinage costs and profits, noting the one cent costs about one tenth of a cent to mint, with annual profit exceeding one million dollars from cent and nickel production. It describes circulation policies, past minor coins, and rising demand due to trade needs and penny in the slot machines.
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United States
Uncle
Sam
Treasury Department
Pacific Coast
Treasury
World’s Largest Pumping Engine Tied to Calumet and Hecla Mines
Mining news highlights Calumet and Hecla Copper Co. with 3000 shareholders and a huge pumping engine. Reports cover gold discoveries in Julian district 1869, Ophir mines upgrades, Montana deep-exploration under Butte, San Diego ore samples, Klamath placer ventures, Tonto Basin prospects, Winslow Arizona outlook, and North Hemet mining camp plans with new hauling contracts and open-up funding.
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Calumet and
Hecla
Michigan
Hecla Copper Company
W. R. Burke
Los Angeles
Pacomia Canyon
Julian
San Diego County
Cal
Coleman Creek
W. A. Clark
Ophir
Ophir Hill
E. W. Clark
E. Lazenby
San Diego
Defiance
Santa Margarita
Santa Rosa
Tonto Basin
Gun Creek
Gila County
Ariz
Winslow
Arizona
North Hemet
Cahuilla
Riverside
Denver
Riverside Enterprise
Enterprise
Opals Turned to Symbols of Love and Luck
The New York Herald notes opals shed their evil omen image and now symbolize mutual love and happiness. Opal hearts, cut in heart shapes, appear in rings pendants and brooch centers reflecting romantic sentiment and fashionable jewelry trends.
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New York Herald
What Is Your Name Child Tale Ends in Laughter
A mother names her son What and he answers What to every question at school triggering laughter and an angry teacher. The piece observes parental folly passing to the next generation and notes social snobbery and misfortune in brief comic form.
Notable Happenings Roundup From Across The Nation
Senator James K. Jones returns home from Europe while President McKinley and cabinet visit Chicago. Across reports note crowds, Dewey expansion talk, and varied finance and war department activity. Obituaries detail ex Senator James Harlan and New York financier James Burt Jones. Bank burglary at Rippey Iowa and Cripple Creek gold records dominate financial and crime items.
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James K. Jones
Democratic National Committee
Europe
McKinley
Chicago
James Harlan
Iowa
Lincoln
Cripple Creek
Rippey
Commercial Bank
War
Navy
Admiral Dewey
Philippines
Manila
Otis
Dewey
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Mr. Astor
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J. D. Kelcey
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Fitzgerald
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Wash
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Thomas
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Los Gatos
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Alma
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Convention
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S. J. Dorr
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Yolo County
Blanche English
Petaluma
Butte
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Mont
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Fred Whiteside
Whiteside
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New York
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Albert S. Barker
Norfolk Navy Yard
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North Atlantic
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Roger
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East
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Fruit Importers’ Union
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Los Angeles County
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Saratoga
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Cottage Grove
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Beluga
Oscar Huschenbett
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