Plans for American pavilion at Paris Exposition described
The article details the American pavilion planned for the 1900 Paris Exposition. Commissioner Woodward outlines a grand white stone complex with a 380 foot dome, housing reading rooms a branch chamber of commerce money exchange and offices for express companies. Exhibits will feature machinery electric power automobiles art corn printing press and merchant marine. The government and states will spend over 3 million dollars on the fair with two large permanent buildings praised for their stone construction and future permanence.
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Avene Rapp
Paris
Beck
Woodward
Chicago
Tation
Seine
Alma I
Sila
France
America
Bureau
New York Chamber of Commerce
Ameritan Express
Preichman
Plangins
Horr
Champs Elysees
Michigan
Paris Exposition remarks on American pavilion space
Reports differ on the space allotted to America at Paris 1900. The American pavilion will cover 75 by 60 feet with four stories. John B. Cauldwell leads the collection and arrangement. States like California New York Iowa and Illinois show strong agricultural and educational displays with appropriations from $10 000 to $120 000.
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America
Paris
Peck
France
Wid
John B. Cauldwell
New York
California
Towa
Uwinois
Chicago
Pratt Claims Breakthrough with Rotary Engine
Inventor William B. Pratt Jr announced a perfected rotary engine built under his direction with H Seward Webb and New York Central backing. The 62 pound unit delivers 22 hp, runs 1060 to 3000 rpm, reduces vibration in ships, saves weight, and could transform steam railroads lighting traction and marine propulsion.
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Pratt
Wry Local Quotes On Death And Mule Mischief
A newspaper misstatement on a man’s death after a railway accident provokes humor. A southernrailway mule incident ends with the driver lamenting that the mule chewed the destination tag off its leg.
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Simlar
Southern Railway
The Filipinoy Revolt and Regional Tensions Explored
A partial review discusses the Tagalos and native groups between Manila and the south, noting cultural and social distinctions. It critiques the insurgent leadership and the roles of urban and rural populations, including labor patterns and mobility, while touching on broader upheaval and wartime conditions.
Lady Salisbury Suffering Illness Casts Shadow Over Politics
Report of Lady Salisbury’s sudden paralysis as the Tory divide and royal service loom large in England. The piece notes Gladstone’s domestic quiet and Salisbury’s devotion to the queen, while other items reference judge Lumpkin and Mercer University’s young graduate Crawford.
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Urday
Lumpkin
Mercer University
Georgia
Young Crawford
Emory Speer
Jerry Field and the Double Life in New York
A young man named Jerry Field imagines becoming a newsboy and schemes to swap identities with a lookalike. The plan falters when the other boy’s life leads to hardship, ending with Jerry’s moral backlash as he faces consequences in Central Park.
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St. Nicholas
Sjerrys
Jerry Field
New York City
Jerry
Broadway
West Eighty-first Street
Central Park
Victoria
Governor Sayers Moves to Lead Anti Trust Convention
Joseph D. Sayers, noted Texas governor and anti trust promoter, earned fame as chairman of the appropriations committee and a watchdog against extravagant spending. A Mississippi native born in Grenada in 58, he became a Texas citizen as a boy, enlisted in the Confederate army as a teen, studied law after the war, and rose to political prominence by 1873.
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Joseph D. Sayers
Gov. Sayers
Mississippi
Grénada
Lone Star State
Quiet Strains and Political Turmoil in Elizabethan Hatfield Retreat
The article blends reflections on a statesman's private sorrow with his public duties. It notes his enduring burdens at Hatfield and a laboratory of ideas where crucial discoveries emerge amid pressures from domestic concerns and political rivals. It mentions Lady Salisbury’s illness and a potential resignation crisis and references Edgar D Crawford and a future notable, James Gillespie Blaine.
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Hatfield
Lady Salisbury
Chamberlain
Salisbury
Hicks Beach
Torrylem
A Universal Clago Across Global Newsprint
A discussion on English as a universal language notes its global reach. It claims newspapers appear in major and remote cities alike and are studied in many Asian and Southeast Asian centers, making English indispensable to business and diplomacy.
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Singapore
Buenos Aires
Hong Kong
Bombay
Cairo
Valparaiso
Chinegs
Motive and Incentive Behind Ethical Gains, Theosophite View
The passage asserts that motive or incentive drives ethical gains and day-to-day thought, attributing ethical progress to underlying motives as explained by a Theosophite perspective. It emphasizes internal factors shaping moral outcomes.
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