Italy Extends Telegraph Links Across Multiple Italian Cities
The Italian ministry of posts and telegraphs gains parliamentary approval to create telephone lines linking Brescia Bergamo Lecco Bergamo Cremona Piacenza Genoa Pisa Leghorn Naples Foggia Barletta Naples Reggio Calabria and Messina. A note on silk worms and the Grand St Bernard Pass road opened August 25 1904 from Martigny to Aosta with Italy following Napoleon's 1800 route.
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Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs
Brescia
Bergamo
Lecco
Cremona
Piacenza
Genoa
Pisa
Leghorn
Naples
Foggia
Barretta
Reggio
Calabria
Messina
Grand St. Bernard Pass
Hotel du Mont Blanc
Martigny
Canton of
Valais
Switzerland
Aosta
Italy
Napoleon
Fences Scarce in Japan Farms Use Mulberry Barriers
The text notes that only very wealthy farmers in Japan erect fences, preferring to leave square feet unfenced. When borders are needed, mulberry tree borders are planted since mulberry leaves feed silkworms. Officials estimate 190000 acres are saved from fencing by this practice.
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Japan
Typhoid Toll in Philadelphia Estimated at $1.55 Million
An estimate links 5,000 typhoid cases in Philadelphia over one year to a total cost of over $1,550,000. Ten percent of cases proved fatal, with each life valued at $1,000 for calculations of expenses and lost time.
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Philadelphia
Life insurance reach grows among adult males
An expert statistician notes about 5,000,000 adult men in the country carry life insurance, roughly one third of men. By year end there were nearly 19,000,000 policies in force. The number of adult males today is a little more than twice what it was 40 years ago.
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L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Deedane
de Ouriae
Areitor
H. S. McEcar
Dept. Coll
U. S
Corona Co
Brockton
Massachusetts
Man's endurance in water exceeds land animals
A report notes a man swam the English Channel, covering 30 miles before exhaustion, an feat surpassing most land animals. It states bears horses and deer are the only land animals known to approach such endurance.
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English Channel
Asia map contrasts and Japanese population power
The passage notes Japan’s population exceeds France by 6 million and that Japan mobilized six large armies in six months, each rivaling a Waterloo-scale force. It adds Japan sent twice as many troops to Manchuria in six months as England did to South Africa in two years, highlighting Japan’s military heft.
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Asia
England
France
Waterloo
Manchuria
South Africa
Surprising Drop in U S Wheat Exports Since 1903 Harvest
The text notes a heavy fall off in U S wheat exports since the 1903 harvest, described as among the most unexpected events in the foreign grain trade in years. It states that such a shortage would likely yield serious global market effects, with the United Kingdom identified as the world’s largest wheat and flour importer.
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United States
United Kingdom
Abyssinia Gains Telephone Link Amid Challenges
Abyssinia receives another advance in civilization with nearly 800 miles of wire laid and 1000 more under construction. The contractor faces tropical rains washing out poles and white ants destroying buried parts. When iron poles replace wood the natives steal them for tools, and monkeys use the wire as swings.
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Abyssinia
Canal workers likely to top thirteen thousand along line
Panama commission members and experts say population rise and canal employment have been overstated. They estimate no more than 12,000 to 15,000 ordinary laborers will be employed along the canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Commission
United States
Panama
Commission
Why Do Dogs and Cats Dread Each Other
Scientists explain that dog cat enmity stems from ancestral instincts when predators met in the wild. The rivalry appears stronger from dogs toward cats, as cats dislike being chased, while dogs hate cats simply because the cat is a cat.
Jungfrau Railway To Be The Steepest In The World
The Jungfrau railway will be the steepest in the world with a grade near 45 degrees, nearing 2 percent below. The mountain, a Bernese Alps peak, rises above perpetual snow. After years of failed attempts Guyer Zeller of Zurich solved the accessibility problem, and work began in August 1896.
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Jungfrau
Europe
Bernese Alps
Guyer-Zeller
Zurich
A Week’s History in All Parts of the Union
A survey of national affairs notes 1904 railroad casualty totals totaling 55 130 with 3 787 killed and 51 343 injured. Gen George D Ruggles former head of the soldiers home in Washington is dead. Republic Iron and Steel reports a 254 188 loss for the year. Taft acts as envoy to Panama to reassure no canal strip ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
George D. Ruggles
Washington
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Taft
Panama
Declines at Harvard Cited By Enrollment Figures
Harvard enrollment shows a drop of 205 from last year attributed to Western college competition. Yale reports a record 2995 students. Other items note Anchor Rubber Tire fire in Sotauket causing $260,000 loss and notable political and health events.
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Harvard
Anchor Rubber Tire Company
Sotauket
L. I
Yale University
Israel Zangwill
New York
British East Africa
Boston
George H. Purviance
Washington, D. C
Marine Hospital Service
Orthopaedic Hospital
Philadelphia
Henry M. Seeley
Theodore T. Mersereau
Steamboat Inspection Service
Messrs
Hearst
Sulzer
Towne, Baker and Laughlin
Congress
New York City
People’s Party
Diverse national incidents span banking collapses to fatal accidents
Reports from across states record bank bankruptcies in Rushsylvania and Wills Point, a fatal auto plunge near Springfield, killings in San Francisco, and a man’s suicide in Bloomington. Other items note a diamond jubilee at St Louis University, tribute to Michigan politician Alfred Lucking, and a Griffin of cases in Illinois and Iowa.
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Louisiana Purchase Territory
St. Louis University
Festival Hall
Mad River
Springfield
Supreme Court of Michigan
Jacob Ellen
Grand Rapids
Lake Michigan
San Francisco
Alexander J. Garnett
Maj. J. M. McClung
Palace Hotel
Kenyon Brothers
Rushsylvania
Illinois Bankers’ Association
Emma Grenell
West Chicago Street Railway Company
Clifford
N. C
Dickinson County
Kan
Niles
Kansas
A. G. Case
First National Bank
Charles City
Iowa
Nashville, Chattanooga
Shelbyville
Illinois Children’s Aid Society
Matthew Cunningham
Bloomington
Ill
National Bank
Wills Point
Tex
Edward
Clarence Schinner
Milwaukee
Wis
William Schwarzing
Farmers’ Bank
Walcott
New Liberty
Isaiah E. Aultman
Bryan
United States
Alfred Lucking
Michigan
Tichacek Nominated for Congress in Missouri Tenth
At St Louis Louis J Tichacek wins the democratic nomination for congress in Missouri tenth district. A national society at the world's fair aims to protect women travelers. Chicago bookmaker Mont Tennes is robbed by three masked gunmen of money and diamonds valued at $2100.
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St. Louis
Louis J. Tichacek
Missouri
Chicago
Mont Tennes
Japan Alerts Russia Over Russian Troops Using Chinese Costumes
The government of Japan serves notice to Russia via the American State Department over unlawful Russian actions and the use of Chinese costumes. Severe weather halted fighting at the Shakhe river, ending the long clash with Russian defeat as lines shift for a new round. Captain Edward N. Whitehouse U S N dies at Varenna Lake Como Italy after a 40 year naval career. Europatkin reportedly gains 30000 reinforcements. Chefoo reports ongoing combat at Port Arthur with minor Japanese land gains and damage to a Japanese torpedo boat destroyer.
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Japan
American State Department
Shakhe River
Edward N. Whitehouse
Varenna
Lake
St. Petersburg
Russia
Mukden
Shakhe Station
Lamatung
Shakhe
Kuropatkin
Harbin
Far East
Vitebsk
Grodno
Port Arthur
Chefoo
Rihlung Mountain
Port Dalny
Extortion letters lead to arrest of Chicago financier
Police report Roger McDonnell was seized for sending threats by mail to H N Higinbotham and Milton W Kirk. He denies composing the letters amid a roundup of other national and international news including political shifts in France and social issues in the United States.
Weather and fog halt Manchurian operations amid rains
The b on the Manchurian front slows with rain fog and frozen ground. Both sides pause strategic moves behind a misty veil. Russian and Japanese dispatches note shifting positions but no advances while damage counts rise and Port Arthur bombardment continues.
Former Tramp Nets 164000 From Rail Connection Patent
T E Le roy of Terre Haute Indiana sold an interest in a patent for joining steel rails to the New York Central railroad for 164000. The sale is noted from Knoxville Tennessee on October 20.
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Knoxville, Tenn
T. E. Leroy
Terre Haute
Ind
New York Central Railroad
Three Trainmen Killed in Pennsylvania Division Collision
Geneva New York October 22 two freight trains on the New York Central collided near the city Friday. Three trainmen O D Rogers Charles Hickey and Engineer Rouse were killed.
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Geneva
N. Y
Pennsylvania
New York Central
D. Rogers
Charles Hickey
Engineer Rouse
Prominent financier dead and two more tragedies reported
Isaiah Aultman of Bryan Ohio collapses in the U S government building at the world’s fair grounds after drinking ice water. Charles Parsons a leading railroad financier dies at his New York home from heart disease. Bransford village near Gallatin Tennessee is destroyed by a Friday night fire including the C N depot and freight house.
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H. N. Higinbotham
Milton W. Kirk
Henry G. Davis
Portland
Ore
Frank Loos
Elgin
Ill
Ohio Mothers’ Congress
Dayton
M. Streibinger
Cleveland
Hector Moreau
Chicago
Ira Blanchard
Village of
Desplaines
Src
Fred Schorn
Cecilia
Reuben A. Hitchcock
Calumet Country Club
Hull
England
Russia
Europe
George A. Bennett
Marengo
Harmony
Robert Willard
Illinois Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Danville
James Frake
W. E. Fithian
Joliet
John Robinson
Sheppard Patterbury
Carmill
Robinson
Gershon Marx
New London
Conn
Buckingham Hotel
St. Louis
Albert Sherwin
Leadville
Col
Andrew Carnegie
Palace of Peace
Manchester
Guardian
Joseph Choate
Court of St. James
Roosevelt
Whitelaw Reid
Choate
Capt
Hitech
Statesboro
Ames
Minneapolis, Minn
Harrison
Dr. Ames
Isaiah &. Aultman
Bryan, O
United States
New York
Charles Parsons
Gallatin
Tenn
Bransford
Chesapeake & Nashville Railroad
Boy Cowboy Killed by Friend in Corning
George Spoor aged 16 from Galeton Pa was shot and killed at Corning by his friend Carl Carlson an Indian. Spoor worked as a cowboy in a Wild West show.
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Corning
N. Y
George Spoor
Galeton
Carl Carlson
Carlson
Spoor
West Hints At Law Bar Doubts In Missouri Exam
Senator Cockrell recalls a young applicant to Missouri’s bar commission who failed in jurisprudence and related fields. West questions if the youth can master statutes and warns that legislative repeal could erase what he knows, in a dry, cautionary exchange.
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Cockrell
Missouri
New York Herald
Mr. West
Statue of Liberty Apollo a Gigantic Figure
The Boston Herald recalls Bartholdi the late sculptor known for the statue of Liberty. A foreigner admiring the colossal figure quipped Is that Juiberty and, upon hearing Yes, exclaimed Then give me death reenacting Patrick Henry’s famous line.
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Bartholdi
Six Doctors Fail to Cure Kidneys Until Dodd's Pill
South Bend Indiana resident J O Landeman reports three years of kidney trouble cured by two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He praises the remedy and notes others using it with good results. The ad cites similar claims and asserts Dodd's Kidney Pills can cure kidney trouble and Bright's Disease. It ends with a stray line mentioning London population growth and a Minneapolis cough testimonial.
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South Bend
Ind
J. O. Landeman
Mr. Landeman
Dodd
Landeman
Bright
Blood Will Tell Women Health and Pink Pills Claim
An advertisement argues that blood health governs female well being and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as effective for delayed development anemia and menopause related issues. It cites Miss Mattie Griggs of Lawrence Kansas who recovered after four months without menses using the pills and offers a free booklet titled Plain Talks to Women on health for all life stages.
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Mattie Griggs
Indiana Street
Lawrence
Kansas
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Jokes by the endlessly arguing man critiqued
The Chicago Tribune notes the man known for endless arguing insists a woman has no sense of humor, a remark criticized as dismissive and outdated in tone.
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Uchicago Tribune
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the Express
Monticello
East
Sakharoff
Lamuting
Linshinpu
General Staff
Tokio
Tourgenieff
Liudziatung
Sunjida
London
Daily Telegraph
Red Cross
Carmi
West
J. W. O’brien
Third Ave
Army of
Fac Simile Signature of
Bears
Castoria
Autorea Colbostonmass
USA
Toes Canaduam CO
Torchtolcan
Deliacle
Qin Crest Trading Company
West 37Th St
Ilinois
Tribune Building
Ohio
W. McCormick & Sons
Cincinnati
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