Chinese Minister’s Son Enters Public School Progress
The Wu family son Chon Chou Chou, sent to a United States public school after arriving three years ago, excels in English and literature at Western High School. He wears American clothing at school while maintaining his native attire at public functions, serving as interpreter for his mother Mme Wu at Friday receptions with poised ease.
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Mme
Chou Ghou
Western High School
Mme, Wu
Milan opens a people's inn hotel with royal support
Ella Wheeler Wilcox quotes reflect on loss and renewal as Milan inaugurates a new 630 bedroom people's hotel. The facility mirrors New York Mills hotels and London's Rowton houses, funded by King Humbert and reviewed by Lord Rowton. Officials from Milan and other towns attend. The building cost about $140,000.
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Milan
People’s Inn
Mills
New York City
London
Humbert
Lord Rowton
Sig. Alfazio
Duke of Costa
Sayings and Doings Miss Chapman the Architect
Miss Chapman, an imaginative Boston architect, stands out for her sharp observation, perseverance, and artistry. She works in a building full of artists, surrounded by colleagues who share her passions for harmony, beauty, and suitable design.
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Miss Chapman
Josephine Wright Chapman
Boston
Hard Hearted Benefactors and the Philanthropy Debate
A Leipzig writer challenges the notion of Carnegie Rockefeller and Armour philanthropy as charity. He argues their gifts aid the strong and rising classes rather than the truly needy, urging caution before echoing this American trend without deeper study.
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Leipzig
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
P. D. Armour
Mr. Gartiegie
Pilots Exclusive Club Requires Long Apprenticeship
The Sandy Hook Plot club, though not listed socially, is the most exclusive in New York. Admission can take a decade or more, and members must endure a twelve year path: two years before the mast, six years as an apprentice on a pilot boat, then one to two years as a pilot.
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Sandy Hook Plot
New York
Golf Club
Athletic Club
Pilot Club
Director of Sculpture Appointed for Louisiana Purchase Exposition
F. Wellington Reckstuhle, renowned sculptor and secretary of the National Society of Sculptors, has been named a director of sculpture for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
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F. Wellington Ruckstuhl
J. Louis
The
National Society of Sculptors
F. Wellingon Reckstuhle
Are Men Going to Heaven Doctrinal Doubt in Chicago Church
Dr W D B Leach of Wicker Park Methodist in Chicago laments men’s reluctance to walk heavenward. He notes the Des Plaines camp meeting where men smoke under trees while women listen in tents and questions why men don’t become Christians. He contrasts an infidel paying workers a dollar and a day with a Christian camp.
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Heaven
W. DB. Leach
Wicker Park Methodist Church
Chicago
Des Plaines
Japanese Exclusion Act debate alarms coastal unions
According to press dispatches, Japanese residents in New York face anxiety as agitation grows on the Pacific coast for a congressional act excluding their countrymen from the United States. San Francisco labor unions are reportedly preparing a strong petition for an anti Japanese immigration law, with a possible counter-movement under consideration.
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Alsparenes
New York
Pacific
Congress
United States
San Francisco
Ancient Rome’s Santa Maria Antigua Unearthed Beneath Later Church
The article notes the fourth century church of Santa Maria Antigua in Rome is uncovered beneath Santa Maria Literatrice during demolition. Entrance is built into Caliglia’s Palace vestibule. preserved pictures depict Joseph and Pharaoh. It claims to be Rome’s first Christian church erected to abolish Vesta and Juturna, a Christianizing transformation in the Caesar’s palace.
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Santa Maria Antigua
Rome
Santa Maria Literatrice
Caliglia
Joseph
Phar
Aoh
Potiphar
Vesta
The
Caesars
Virginia Convention Drops Christian Forbearance Clause
A Virginia constitutional convention debated religion shaping the state’s new charter. Rabbi E N Calisch argued the term Christian forbearance contradicted nonsectarian aims, and the clause was struck, leaving only free exercise and conscience as defined.
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Virginia
Automatic Faucet That Shuts Off At Set Liquid Amount
An automatic faucet device discloses a scale beam on the spigot. The shorter arm supports a platform for the vessel being filled while the longer arm carries a counterpoise that can be shifted to determine when the predetermined liquid quantity has been drawn. Invented by David M. Bredin of Canada, the contrivance aims to provide a mechanism for automatically closing the faucet when the target amount is reached.
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Scientific American
David M. Bredin
Canada
Territory Hit By Steel Strike Sweeps Broad Area
The steel strike spreads from New Jersey western boundary to the Mississippi and beyond, affecting Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois with offshoots in Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan and Maryland. About 521000 workers in Pennsylvania 23000 in Ohio 10000 in Indiana and 2000 in Illinois are at risk, with more to come as leaders threaten wider action against United States Steel Corporation.
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New Jersey
Mississippi River
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Iinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Maryland
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
United States Steel Coronoration
Illinois
Steel Trust
Aids Franco-Russo Alliance Amid Dynastic Tales
The report traces intricate European intrigues with Frittevss Cathe-Tipe Yonkewski, daughter of a murdered emperor, engaged to a Chanules heir of Chanules in France. It recounts social ruin of Princess Sophia Gulitzin, her guardianship loss, and hunger amid Paris slums. It notes the Duke of Channes lineage and Napoleonic era artifacts. It ends with Mrs Alfred Schermerhorn’s shift from social exile to self-support.
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Frittevss Cathe- Tipe Yonkewski
Alexander [T
Austria
Dolgorovka
Luke of Channes
Dima
Duke of
Luynes
Chanules
Sophia Gulitzin
Duchess of
Chevreuse
Paris
Channes
France
Alfred Schermerhorn
Brooklyn
Mark Twain Recalls London Banquet and Crowd’s Clap
A fragment recounts Mark Twain’s first great London banquet with 800 to 900 guests. He describes loneliness, the reading of chief guests, and an uproar of applause as others clapped, feeling embarrassed yet amused by the attention. The anecdote ends with a joke about being recognized as Twain.
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Mark Twain
London
Jord
England
L Nevey
Laundry opens in Southampton supported by former friends
A laundry operation has opened in Southampton with help from former friends who are assisting to ensure the venture's success and fidelity to its community roots.
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Southampton
S. 1
The English Liberals in Crisis and Contrast
Lord Rosebery attacks both Liberals and Conservatives while noting Liberal splits and a scene of alleged organized hypocrisy at the Reform Club. The piece compares British party strife to Civil War-era politics and notes a Paris lottery ticket tied to the Dramatic Artists’ association. General Fitzhugh Lee plans private life near Richmond with an industrial enterprise and no further statements.
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Lord Roseberry
Reform Club
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Disraeli
Liberal Party
Great Britain
Democratic Party
Rothschilds
M. Coquelin
Dramatic Artists’ Association
Paris
Society
Fitzhugh Lee
Richmond
Vao
Anthropologist States North Italian Differs Little From German
The anthropologist Al bredo Nicefore argues that a north Italian shows fewer differences from a German than from a Bieilinn, highlighting surprising regional similarities within Europe and challenging some racial stereotypes.
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Albredo Nicefore
Naval lineage shines in christening of the Maine
Miss Mary Preble Anderson, christening the battleship Maine in Philadelphia, hails from a famed naval family. She is a great granddaughter of Commodore Edward Preble, acclaimed as the father of the American navy, with kin including Admiral George H. Preble and Edward Deering Preble. Anderson resides with her parents on Deering Street, Portland, and is noted in social circles.
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Mary Preble Anderson
Maine
Philadelphia
Commodore Edward Preble
Ransides
Bartiary
George H. Preble
Mexico
Edward Deering Preble
Miss Anderson
Deering Street
Portland
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