Opposition to Flag Change Draws National Opinion
Prominent local patriotic leaders resist Rep J F Shafroth Colorado plan to alter the flag layout. They argue the current thirteen states circle with a star for each state is permanent, and a new design would favor some states over others. Descriptions cite Mrs Thomas H Brown of the DAR and Dr Wil as opposing figures, while critics warn against a formal geometry lacking historic meaning. The Indianapolis News notes broad concern over altering a symbol with deep national sentiment.
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J. F. Shafroth
Colorado
Congress
Carson
Wolcott Post
Philadelphia
Harry Vanetti Vogt
Wil
Charles Callin
The
Daughters of the War of 1812
Indianapolis News
Seven states hold top manufacturing ranks from 1890 to 1900
A survey shows New York Pennsylvania Illinois Massachusetts Ohio New Jersey and Missouri remain the leading manufacturing states in 1900 in the same order as 1890. Illinois ranks third in population. its output per unit lags behind New York and New Jersey. New Jersey, home to silk, outperforms Minas in one aspect.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
United States
Charles Lamb Essay Writing Tradition Referenced
A brief note recalls Charles Lamb composing one of his essays in a single evening after a day at his East India Company desk, illustrating his literary routine and pace.
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Charles Lamb
East India Offic
Illustrations Note Empress Dowager’s Quiet Power in Pekin
The Shanghai Tong Wen Ou Pow runs a scene of young Manchu girls arriving at the imperial palace to seek conferring as court ladies. The Dowager Empress is described as reorganizing the Emperor’s harem and using it as bodyguard and intelligence, asserting her role as the true ruler of the empire.
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Celestial Empire
Shanghai
Pekin
Kwang-Su
Wealthy New York society mourning double tragedy in Poughkeepsie
In Poughkeepsie New York Mrs Albert Edwin Tower a leader in New York and Newport society killed her 14 year old son after a nervous breakdown and then shot herself The Tower family wealthy iron master husband and father were away at the iron foundry when the events occurred The tragedy recalls a similar earlier attempted family suicide by the mother The Towers owned a large mansion a Newport home a yacht and vast means
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Rita Marsan
Searnelf
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
N. Y
Albert Edwin Tower
New York and Newport Society
Tower
Newport
European Divorces Rise Across Several Nations
Divorce history in Europe shows Germany establishing divorce in 1875 with about 8000 yearly cases from 1881 to 1885, later exceeding 10000. Ireland followed in 1857 with 200 cases in 1858–1862, about 650 in 1894 and 1898. Austria reports rising non Catholic divorce requests by 25 percent in four years, Belgium by about 20 percent in four years.
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Europe
Germany
Iragland
Austria
Belgium
Marion Manola Mason Ill in Boston Hospital
Marion Manola Mason, a famed American stage star, lies gravely ill in a Boston hospital. The article recalls her famous Boston divorce from Henry Mould of Cleveland eleven years ago and her subsequent marriage to "Jack" Mason in London, which sparked much gossip.
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Boston
Marion Manola Mason
Henry 8
Clever Pony Helps Texas Goose Hunter
A narrative recounts the decline of big goose kills on the Texas coast as birds grow warier. It follows Mexican market hunter Gregorio riding long distances daily to haul Canada geese, slipping past locked gates, with a cowboy observer noting the scene as Gregorio hunts on foot near a distant flock awaiting the next move.
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Texas
Dakotas
American
Gulf
Nueces
Gregorio
Corpus Christi
Rockport
Secret of a Hunter's Great Success Explained
A Mexican hunter named Gregorio lures geese into an open pasture by subtly moving his pony. He guides the horse toward a three strand fence, lowers the pony through bottom wire, and transfers through without injury. The ranch boss, amused, orders the men to leave him alone.
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Gregorio
Squirrel Yield Tale Ends With Farmer Joke
East Houston street resident William Curtis Gibson recalls a Catskills trip where a farmer advised him to catch squirrels by making a noise like a nut. The punchline hinges on Gibson agreeing a nut makes no sound, mocking rural naïveté in classic New York Sun style.
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William Curtis Gibson
East Houston Street
Mr. Gibson
New York
Catskills
Gibson
New York Sun
Starch Out of Station Autocrat Tale Remains
An Indianapolis News excerpt recalls a bitter cold Sunday at McLeansboro station where a traveling man exposes a negligent agent. He writes a telegraph plea demanding action, triggers a formal rebuke, and later learns the agent was disciplined by a road official in disguise.
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Mc Jueamsboro
Geneva
Ah & O
W. Ak. R
McLeansboro
McLeanshoro
Indianapolis News
Great Peer But An Unhappy Man
The Earl of Perth and Melfort, who died at Kew in his birthday year, held six Scottish and three French titles and was hereditary steward of Menteth and Strathearn. His long effort to reclaim the Drummond estate at Worthwhire failed, now held by Lord Ancaster through Miss Clementina Drummond. The earldoms split on death, with Perth passing to Lord Strathallan and Melfort and French honors to Lady Worth Drummond. He faced grave domestic sorrows and an unhappy, trying life.
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Licenza
Jacob Groff
Mayton
W. Va
Rebecca Gelsburg
D. 5
Thomas
Earl of Perth
Melfort
Kew
Drummend
Great Britain
Perth
Duc de Melfort
France
Lendox
Menteith
Strathearn
Drummond Castle
Lord Ancaster
Clementina Drummond
Willoughby de Bresby
Drummond
Lord Strathallan
Woith Drummond
Health officials battle alum baking powders frauds in New York
In a clash over dangerous substitutes, Missouri and New York authorities crack down on alum-containing baking powders. Clerks and grocers face fines after inspectors seized plum based powders. Consumers are urged to buy name brands as officials vow to curb adulterated goods. Two British MPs narrative follows, detailing near executions and rescues in 1867 and 1875, including Cork representative Mr OBrien and Roscommon MP Mr OKelly.
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Missouri
Gon
New York
Ludge Clarke
St. Louis
Health Department of
Botha's Wife an Emmett
The wife of General Botha, the Boer general, is a descendant of Robert Emmet's elder brother Thomas Addis Emmet, a United Irish Directory member imprisoned in Fort George for three years. Robert Emmet, famed for his 1798 activities, was executed on September 20, 1803, marking the end of the United Irish Brotherhood's attempted insurrection.
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Botha
An Emmett
Robert Emmett
Thomas Addis Emmet
United Irish Directory
Fort George
Robert Emmet
Brotherhood of
United Irishmen
Dodd's Kidney Pills Endorsement and Patent Remedies
Vermont Missouri early 1900s notice features Mr J 5 Tillery praising Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney and liver trouble with claims of rapid improvement. Additional brief mentions tout Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorator, Hamlin's Wizard Oil, and various quips, ads, and product promos reflecting era medicine and consumer advice.
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Parsons Kan
Hamlin
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Ocean Grove
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