Dewey Nephew Testifies on Cruiser Light and Sighting Failures
The court of inquiry in Konin gton hears Dewey's nephew testify about visibility and distances during the Havana blockade. Officers discuss whether ships could have seen the Spanish fleet leaving Cienfuegos and the limits of picket boat observation at night.
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Althouse
Schley
Colon
Dewey
P.G. Dewey
Massachusetts
Sell
Higgins
Marblehead
Santiago
Morro
Cervers
Admiral Dewey
Rayner
Brawler and Braggart. Chandler on Fighting Bob Evans
Former Secretary of the Navy William H. Chandler visited the Schley court inquiry and commented on Admiral Evans. He questioned the hero label and suggested Evans’ nickname Armed Fighting Bob originated from boyhood brawling, not courage.
Missouri Hog Supply Shortage Forecast by Missouri Station
St Joseph Stock Yards Journal notes a pork shortage as Missouri experimental station reports fattening hogs at 43 percent of 1900 levels. Across 44 counties 50 percent or more, 26 counties at 25 percent or less, with nine counties averaging 70 percent and two up to 90. Cattle feeding at 37 percent. 18 counties 50 percent or more, eight counties 60 percent or more, highest 88. Sec regional averages show 36, 31, 27, 15, and 27 percent.
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St. Joseph Stock Yards Journal
Missouri Experimental Station
The
Agricultural College
Missouri
Northeast
Northwest
Central
Southwestern
Southeastern
What the Packer Wants A Hog Type for Profit
Packer and farmer both seek hogs that maximize product and minimize waste. Small heads and legs reduce packing loss, boosting price per hundredweight. Pure bred or well bred cross hogs best meet packer desires and producer profits.
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Slaughter Co
P. Reynolds
Chicago Drovers Journal
Modern Fables of Love and the Stage in Ada’s Bits
George Ade sketches two comic tales about social pretensions and failed ambitions. A fastidious woman and a flirtatious era society mock etiquette through misfits who misread romance, while a grocery bill clerk turns wannabe actor in a vaudeville tale, chasing fame with a funny moral.
Modern Fable of the Philanthropist and the Poor Girl
A department store encounter shows a benevolent admirer proposing a Noon-Day Rest Club for working women. Geneve, a saleslady, resists his help arguing the woman’s independence and self-reliance. MORAL: Any Geneve type name implies no sympathy sought.
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Geneve
Browning’s First Love and the Hymn Nearer My God to Thee
The St Louis Republic recalls Sarah Flower Adams, Browning’s early muse and writer of Nearer My God to Thee, noting her English life, unmarked grave, and posthumous fame. It credits Eliza Flower with the tune and Lowell Mason with the 1860 arrangement that helped the hymn spread globally. Adams died in 1848, leaving a lasting debt of gratitude to her verses.
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Robert Browning
St. Louis Republic
William McKinley
Sarah Flower Adams
Harlow
London
William Johnson Fox
Methodist
Baptist
Christ
Trinity
Eliza Flower
Mr. Fox
Sarah
John Stuart Mill
Harriet Martineau
Charles Dickens
Leigh Hunt
Junius Redivivus
S. Y
Sally
Miss Flower
Adams
Richmond
Lady Macbeth
Lowell Mason
New York
Queen Victoria Hands Plump White and Unwrinkled
A roanicure explains that Victoria is praised for her hands due to knitting and cooking work. She says regular knitting, scarf and mitten making, bread kneading, and proper drying and gloves keep hands white and smooth.
WABBLERS AND SCORCHERS Between Fast and Unskilled Cyclists
A satirical look at bicycle mishaps, noting wobblers and scorcher collisions as common. The piece mocks riders’ skill, argues accidents are inevitable, and suggests improving dodging skills before reforming wheels and endangering pedestrians. The tone is humorous chronicling of rail-thin expertise on shared roads.
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New York Sun
Running a Train at Night by John Gilmer Speed
In the Ladies' Home Journal the article argues modern rail travel is quick, comfortable, and secure. It cites interstate data to claim extremely low casualty and injury rates, comparing travel miles and lifespans to illustrate safety and reliability of railroad travel.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
John Gilmer Speed
Fnter
Earth
Reform Wished for Burglars How to Use Convictions
An article discusses what to do with burglars during intervals of their sentences. A London central criminal court case features a repeat offender who, after burglary, earned a living reporting inquests for newspapers. The piece weighs moral aspects of crime exposure and police court life on reform.
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Central Criminal Court
London
London News
Tie
Mr. Peace
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Han
Fan
Laura Jean Libbey
Barmaraz
Coquelin
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Marguerite
Edwin Booth
Giese
Otis Skinner
Wesley Fink
Ormonde Dupont
Rialto
Ormonde
Boston Common
Queen Victoria
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