On the Trail of the American Missionary in China
Journalist William T. Ellis surveys Peking missions of the Northern Methodists Congregationalists Presbyterians and European bodies. He notes strong education medical work lively native churches and high quality staff but also criticism of Methodists’ expansive compounds and Presbyterian underfunding and mismanaged services.
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Peking
China
Legation
America
Gondon Mission
Europe
Congregational
Tung Chow
China Inland
Pao-Ting-fu
Union Educa
Pekin
Theological Seminary
London
iBreat Medical College
Medical
Peking University
W. A. P. Martin
Imperial University
D. Z. Sheffield
J. Wherry
Goodrich
Luella Miner
Isaac T. Headland
Woman’s College
American Board
Chapin
Edward
M. Williams
Mongolia
Howard Taylor
Horace Tracy Pitkin
Presbyterian
J. W. Lowrie
Presbyterian Mission
Grace Newton
Charles Lewis
Congregational Church
W. 8
Ament
Church of England
Army and Navy Department
International Young Men's Christian Association
Legation Guards
Congregationalists
Presbyteriana
Presbyterian Hospital
Presbyterian Seminary
Union of North China Educational Institutions
D. Courtenay H. Fenn
Joseph B. Bowles
The Art of Happiness and Simple Pleasures
The piece argues happiness comes from small joys rather than wealth or power. It notes leaders rarely feel true content and contrasts a child's joy from a sixpence with a millionaire’s lack of satisfaction. It celebrates humble, quiet lives and the power to make others happy.
British Museum Receives Mozart and Beethoven Manuscripts
Miss Warrier Chicele Plowden of Folkestone left to the British Museum the original manuscripts of Beethoven s first violin and piano sonata and Mozart s ten great string quartets. The Mozart papers cost her father less than $70 in 1847.
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Bbritish Museum
Warrier Chicele Plowden
Folkstone
British Museum
Beethoven
Mozart
Taft Visit in Shanghai Restores U S Influence in China
A New York Tribune dispatch from Shanghai reports Chinese observers praise Secretary Taft for backing the U S court in China and for a nonexpansionist stance. They deem his visit epoch making and see renewed American influence and business confidence in China.
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Taft
Shanghai
New York Tribune
United States
Philippine Islands
Far East
United States Court For China
Wilfley
China
Tribune
Hay
Roosevelt Eyes Pacific Fleet and Navy Expansion
The president stresses a larger navy and public talks of moving ships between oceans. He envisions rotating fleets for practice and strategic mobility, with the canal’s completion easing urgency. He denies permanent Pacific stationing and urges added ships to safeguard both coasts.
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Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Pacific
Canal
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Bryan Rejects Roosevelt Plan for National Railroad Incorporation
The piece notes William Jennings Bryan’s sharp rejection of President Roosevelt’s national railroad incorporation proposal. It argues the plan would centralize power far beyond current government tools and likens it to centralized banking, suggesting such centralization would endanger democratic checks. The article recollects Bryan’s past stance and labels the proposal a major centralizing risk.
Germans Only Warn Tar Color Trade Sparks U S Factories
Frankfort Chamber of Commerce reports high tariffs spur U S production of coal tar colors by German firms. If duties stay high German manufacturers may set up U S plants to keep trade, mirroring moves in France and Russia. They may label exports for export only with local certification to ease entry.
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Frankfort
Plan for a High Corn Crib and Oat Bin
A Breeders Gazette correspondent outlines a tall 25 by 48 foot corn crib and oat bin with a square pitch roof. An exterior elevator and roof discharge feed grain inside to both sides, filling 5 000 bushels of corn and 3 000 bushels of oats in a single setup, increasing efficiency by eliminating shelling shovels.
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The
Breeders’ Gazette
Roosevelt suspends steamer master for 90 days
The Buffalo Express notes President Roosevelt ordered a steamboat master suspended for 90 days after a clash among vessels from Cairo to Memphis. The action reflects the president’s decisive approach to abuses, with praise and critique from observers as to telegraph-based suspensions.
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Roosevelt
Cairo
Memphis
Washington
Buffalo Express
Care of Seed Corn For Safe Drying Methods
Seed corn requires ventilation and a dry atmosphere during drying. Avoid excessive artificial heat and use well ventilated sheds or attics with moderate temperatures. Store thoroughly dried corn in mouse proof boxes or dry rooms. winter storage depends on weather and proper drying.
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Ohio Station
Wide Tires in Farm Wagons Stir Public Debate
The wide tire question draws much attention and debate across states. Studies at Missouri and Ohio State, plus real-world on dirt and sod, show wide tires ease road entry and pack surfaces, yet on hard or paved roads narrow tires draft better. The consensus calls for thorough state discussion before rules.
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Missouri,agricultural College
South Bend
Ind
Turnpike
Ohio State University
Missouri
Orange Judd Farmer
President and Questionable Finance
The piece argues that fear of Roosevelt’s policy harming prosperity is unfounded, citing loose high finance and misused public funds. It claims confidence is shattered not by the president but by financiers who juggle values and misappropriate savings, actions unacceptable even on a small scale.
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Roosevelt
Boston Herald
Bryan Opposes National Railroad Incorporation Proposal
William J. Bryan rejects President Roosevelt’s plan for national railroad incorporation. He argues government distance from the people risks centralization and calls the proposal the most far-reaching centralization since Hamilton. He had previously advocated broad government ownership of railroads.
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Bryan
William J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Hamilton
Mr. Bryan
Milburn describes Standard Oil routing to evade interstate law
The Standard Oil chief counsel John G. Milburn admitted plans to place pumping stations on border lines of New York Pennsylvania New Jersey and Maryland to dodge interstate commerce rules. He said the scheme was his idea and "excellent advice" praising the approach while denying tariffs caused trusts or their abuses.
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John G. Milburn
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Milburn
Standard
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Democratic Party
Buffalo News
Winter keeping of squashes and pumpkins
A correspondent shares tested storage tips for squashes and pumpkins noting to harvest just before frost with stems on and no bruising. Store in a dry cool cellar on shelves four feet up, with open windows on warm days, until January or later, keeping many until spring.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Hubbard
Hester
No Market Then and the Farmers Union Boost
The Southern American editorial argues that without a domestic market under Cleveland era policy cotton prices rose only with the Farmers' union. It claims wage earners faced soup houses while goods were scarce, praising Republicanism and the Farmers' union as paired drivers of progress.
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Farmers’ Union
Cleveland
May Happen Again At New York University Speech
Dean Johnson at the School of Commerce New York University on September 26 warned that prosperity could be disrupted again if tariff ripplers prevail as in the 1892 election. He asserted the nation’s size and wealth will foster growth over the next decade despite past market upsets.
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School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance
New York University
Dean Johnson
United States
The Return. Knicker-If Swarthmore votes for football
Swarthmore faces a financial choice with football funding risking a three million dollar loss if voted in. Critics warn a partial repayment of a quarter may follow, framing the dispute as a major budget decision.
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Swarthmore
Bocker
Manure Use Tips for Early Fall Garden Beds
Before the fall rains begin cover lettuce and radish beds with a heavy coat of fresh horse manure. Rain water carries needed nutrients into the soil. Apply similar care to foliage beds. Remove litter in spring. If soil needs organic matter use well rotted manure.
Seed corn harvesting box described for wagon use
A farmer suggests building a one foot wide shallow box for corn at husking time. It should match wagon width, include Iasten hooks for end-gate attachment, and could use a worn-out bogey tire to strengthen and extend the box from the outer side to the inner top with hooks as illustrated.
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Prai
Rie Farmer
Farm Lore and Poultry Guidance for Year-Round Profit
Agrarian guidance covers breeding turkeys up to five years, protecting young poults from storms, and careful hen egg production. It notes soils benefit from quicklime and ground phosphate rock added to manure, with lime described as abundantly available and unlikely to rise in price.
Profit on a Cow
A short dairy note weighs profitability per cow, stating keeping costs average $25 per year while a good cow can yield up to $40 and a poor cow about $10. It asks which cow to keep, stressing choosing cows that maximize profit and avoid losses.
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Dairyman
Handling Manure Plans for On Land Spreading
Barn cellars for storing manure are not common here. The simplest method is to haul manure to the land as soon as a load accumulates unless it includes cornstalks or other materials needing time to drain.
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William T. Ellis
Congregational Street
Jesus
Iepiscopal Mission
Methodist Church
North China College
Celestial Empire
NAVY
National Incorporation
W. J. Bryan
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