President Harrison Touts Prosperity in Annual Message
President Harrison declares the United States at peak prosperity with rising wealth, wages, and industrial output. He cites census figures, tariff policy debates, and a shift to revenue tariffs, urging calm on tariff revision and defending protection as a national boon while calling for better election laws and anti lynching measures.
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End of Jay Gould Funeral at Woodlawn Cemetery
Jay Gould is laid to rest beside his wife in a marble mausoleum at Woodlawn cemetery New York. The funeral processional from the Gould mansion on Forty-seventh Street and Fifth Avenue included Edwin Howard and Annie Gould Abram Gould Mrs Northrup and others. Carriages proceeded to Woodlawn under escort of Chancellor McCracken and Rev Dr Terry.
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Signals Across the Atlantic and World War era Oddities
A collage of brief notes: a signal travels 2 700 miles in 31 100 of a second, Baby Booth labeled the youngest soldier, France plans nearly 2 million dollars for cavalry arms, and clergy debate forks. Other items mention a Nashville king, immigration humor at Ellis Island, and a humor column about professions for a delicate youth.
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Sunday School Lesson on Temperance and Conscience
Read and reflect on Romans 14 12 23 with notes urging self judgment mercy and peace. Emphasizes personal responsibility toward conscience kindness toward others and living for harmony rather than strife. Next lesson previews Luke 2 20 about Christ birth.
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Walrus Skin Leather in San Francisco Tanning Trade
Walrus hides weighing up to 700 pounds and eight by fourteen feet are tanned in San Francisco. First used about twelve years ago with little market until silversmiths adopted them for polishing silver and facing stones. Prices rose to £5 then dropped to $3 per pound amid whaling. Tanning takes six of twelve months and a five year curing period.
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Hebrew Chess Masters in Europe See Noted Skill
The article notes that Hebrew intellect shines in chess and finance. It cites Herr Lasker as defeating English player Mr. Black Burne and claims many European masters are Jewish. It mentions London and continental players and a recent London trophy contest where three of the four top finishers were Jews.
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Words of Wisdom and Literary Quotes
A collection notes quotes about kindness character and wit from Irving Emerson Chesterfield. It assembles aphorisms on happiness virtue and good manners attributed to notable authors though phrasing is irregular.
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