International notes and legal briefs in the Mora edition
In this page from the Mora Minnesota paper, readers see a miscellany of items. Grasshopper plagues in upstate New York are noted for a quarter century. Mont Blanc ascents carry two guides and a porter under Chamouni law. Rothschilds prefer peace for financial reasons. Venezuela asserts inalienable territory. Manitoba resists Ottawa London school control. A French paper cites US Europe rivalry. Senor de Lome comments on Cuban independence. American born Chinese status upheld by Judge Morrow, appeal to the Supreme Court pending.
Alaska Boundary Dispute Narrowed To Narrow Margin
Observers note the Alaska boundary issue yields only a six mile difference between the lines surveyed by rival engineers. Detroit mayor Pingree secures a three cent fare victory but pushes for transfer privileges on streetcars. London firm Co-Operative Wholesale Society employs 240 clerks in a single long room. sales exceed $50 million. John Bach McMaster praises Monroe Doctrine as timeless. applies to current world affairs. National Institute for the Blind in France tests pace-traced home trainers with audible speed signals. Germany reports city populations over 100,000 with Hamburg at 622,745 and Munich leading Leipzig by 1,554. German cities push suburban annexation.
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Co-Operative Wholesale Society, Limited
London
Germany
Hamburg
Munich
Leipsic
Leipesle
Barnum Awarded Compensation for Venezuelan Property Loss
The late showman Pr. T. Barnum owned property in Venezuela that was confiscated and destroyed during a revolution. Through the U S government he claimed compensation and was awarded 1400 dollars. The Venezuelan government agreed to ten yearly installments with interest.
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Pr. T. Barnum
Venezuela
United States
Mr. Barnum
Monastic Turkish-flag Vessel The Holy Prophet Elijah Sails
A 100 ton Turkish flag vessel named the Holy Prophet Elijah sails with a monk captain and an entirely monk crew. The Jeramonach commands as captain while all sailors are skilled seamen and brothers. Pilot Father Heraaclivus has circumnavigated the globe. The crew speaks Russian and Greek.
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Elijah
Wien
Jeramonach
Heraaclivus
Legend of the Gardned and Friendship Tale
A patient gardener rescues a delicate white flower named Friendship from desert neglect and nurtures it into beauty, warning seekers that true Friendship requires constant care. The legend warns against counterfeit blossoms and emphasizes personal ownership of one’s growth.
Defense of the Undertaker Reassures on Modern Funerals
A Port Dodge Post piece argues the funeral trade has progressed from grim traditional displays to cheerful, efficient service. It notes undertakers are now jovial professionals who contribute to the community and tax base, urging people to entrust burials to licensed undertakers rather than handling it themselves.
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Port Dodge
Boy Peddlers in the City Streets
The article exposes urban child labor in big cities where youths eight to sixteen struggle for food lodging and clothing. It details three enterprising under thirteen boys renting a bare cellar to collect and sell wood and scraps, plus earning through junk iron scavenging, dishwashing, market work, and restaurant tasks as their daily income.
Street urchins seek work at dawn in port shipping lanes
In a Philadelphia Inquirer account, self supporting boys start their day by buying or borrowing newspapers to scan ads for jobs. They form small groups, scavenge coal and half burned cinders from dump sites, and sell fuel mixes to earn profits before daybreak.
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Helen Mar
Philadelphia Inquirer
German chemists lead world in laboratory mysticism and progress
The piece argues that Germany dominates chemicals and dyes through large scale research. It cites Elderfield Farbenfabriken and Badische Anilin und Sodafabrik with dozens of chemists, compares to English practice, and notes discoveries like benzidine and Congo red. Ostwald endorses science as best practice.
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Germany
Bacon
Elderfield
Farbenfabriken
London
Badische Anlin Und Sodafabrik
Gresham Commission
England
France
America
Italy
Hochst
Offenbach
Congo
Ostwald
London Telegraph
Russian Navy Trials New Coast Defense Ship Oushakoff
The Admiral Oushakoff, first of a new coastal defense class, completed steam trials in the Baltic at twelve hours and fifteen knots. Despite a small displacement it carries four 10 inch breech loading guns, four 120 mm rapid fire guns, twenty four Hotchkiss guns, four torpedo tubes, and full armor protection with machinery below deck. At St. Petersburg naval activity remains high.
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Admiral Oushakoff
Baltic
St. Petersburg
Rurik
Baltic Works
Cronstadt
Navarin
Poltava
Sevastopol
Petropavlovk
Sissol Veligy
Admiral Senyavin
Three Saints
London Letter
Frost fishing with simple gear on icy docks
The New York World praises frost fishing as a cheap easy sport for November through December. Using a rock on a pole and a slender hook, anglers prowl river edges to lure frost fish near docks. Dress warmly, avoid valuables, and target the upper North River shore for best chances of a catch.
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New York World
North River
Upper North River
Liquid Remedy and a Fractured Arm
A Detroit Free Press snippet reports Jack Gonut recently fractured his arm and was ordered to wear a sling by his doctor. The quick quip sequence notes sympathy for the injured man.
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Jack Gonutlate
Detroit Free Press
Dresden location mystery in a nine clue mention
A reader notes uncertainty about a place called Dresden referencing a nine as a clue and recalls seeing an address in a shop window. The fragment reads like a gossip or puzzle item from a local page. The tone is playful and observational with minimal factual content.
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Beacon Hill
Dresden
Lakeside
Trade of scraps and clothing near fire scene noted
Report from a street fire recounts workers salvaging damaged garments and belongings for resale at 10 cents a pair while others gather useful items. A canal boat clean up and distribution of salvaged goods follow as crews prepare for further salvage and sale.
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Big Boys’ Department
Alway
Mothers-in-Law Up North In Tinneh Tribes
A British expedition reports that among the Ts ete a ut Tinneh groups the custom matua ha or mutual hate exists between mothers-in-law and sons-in-law. The estrangement was universal, with both sides avoiding each other and feeling shame at interaction. The reason remains undiscovered.
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England
St Galumbiy
A Novel Remedy in Virginia Tale
A Virginia gentleman felt sudden pain during exercise and sent for a plantation negro who claimed medical skill. The negro gave rosin and alum claiming the alum would draw the parts together and the rosin would solder them, but no relief followed until a regular physician arrived.
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Virginia
Sambo
Throwing Mud in a Lesson on Language
A Victorian note from Notes and Queries recalls teaching poor children at St. Paul's Covent Garden. A picture of a hay field prompted responses of mud as the men hauled hay, showing the children’s vocabulary mapped to familiar scenes rather than the actual field.
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Church of St. Paul’s
Covent Garden
Coal Costs Soaring for Kimberley Mines in South Africa
Sea freight and inland carriage push coal prices at the Kimberley diamond mines to record highs. Average price per ton reaches £20, far above pit-mouth costs of 10s. England’s peak coal price between 1800 and 1820 was £2 18s 3d per ton.
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South Africa
Kimberley
England
Well-Paid Governess To The King Of Spain
An English governess with charge of the young king of Spain earns 4500 dollars yearly. Some doubt she earns the full amount or carries every cent of it.
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Europe
Spain
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Che Mlova Tribune
A. O. Anderson, Lablisher
S. W. Anderson, Baltor
Minnesota
Orange
Sullivan
Delaware
Mont Blanc
Chamouni
Manitoba
Ottawa
Senor de Lome
Washington
Cuba
Morrow
San Francisco
United States Supreme Court
Alaska
Ibn Bull
Pingree
Detroit
John Bach McMaster
University of Pennsylvania
National Institute For the Blind
Legend OF the
Gardned
Y Beatrice Harzatien
Fairy Pacific
Henry Clay
Clay
Kentucky
Richmond
Scott
Courier-Journal
the Undertaker
Liddle Wood Merchants
British Columbia
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