The Curious Mashonas of Rhodesia in Leslie's Weekly
Leslie's Weekly profiles the Mashona of Rhodesia detailing life on plateau farms, dwellings, and diet. It describes grain grinding, meat and locust meals, beer called doro, granaries, trade with miners, and daily labor by women while men clear land and hunt. It notes health, climate at three thousand feet, and evolving colonial pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodesia
Bsyth Africa
Ophir
Esau
Maranki
Turkish Farrier and the Shod Horse
In J. P. Robertson's Personal Adventures the Turkish farrier uses a rope loop and a coordinated pull to flip a horse onto its side. The four fetlocks are tied, the horse propped, old shoes removed, new ones set, then the animal is untied to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Robertson
Punish the Officials Not the Stockholders Say Sligginson
Henry Lee Sligginson argues in the Atlantic that penalties should target officials and future infractions by corporations, not stockholders. He cautions against harsh rhetoric toward capital and notes that savings banks hold corporate bonds as safe investments.
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Savings
Henry Lee Sligginson
The
Atlantic
Distance by Farsak: Travel in Persia Measured by Camels
A traveler notes the old Persian stage measure farsak varies by country. He learns from a Kurdish muleteer that a farsak is as far as one can distinguish a gray from a brown camel, averaging about four miles. The stage is about six farsaks or twenty five miles.
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Persia
Atlantic
Origins of the phrase widow woman in English usage
The article traces the origin and persistence of the expression widow woman in English, explaining its historical forms from widuwa to widow and the addition of woman for femininity. It cites Biblical usage, the Wycliffite translation, and Dickens in Barnaby Rudge as examples.
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David
Barnaby Rudge
Dickens
Harper’s Magazine
Federal Control of Railroads Defended
A defense of national control over interstate commerce argues state regulation cannot separate local and through traffic. It warns that ongoing state control risks civil conflict and eventual supremacy of either federal or state authority, citing North Carolina tensions and broader acrimony. Originates from Leslie’s.
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North Carolina
Leslie
Notable deaths and appointments in early 20th century figures
Morris K. Jesup dies at 78 while J A MacDowell, famed American composer, passes after illness. Ben Parker, yacht skipper linked to Lipton, dies in Southampton. Others include Edward R. Taylor new San Francisco mayor and Senator Culberson named minority leader. Baron Takahira noted for diplomatic service. Colonel Dodge leads American Club in Paris. William R. Smith near 55 as Washington Botanical Garden head. Herman Hilprecht Jewish scholar controversy persists. Grover Cleveland urges conservatism and constitutional observance.
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Morris K. Jesup
Edward R. Taylor
San Francisco
J. A. MacDowell
New York City
Ben'’ Parker
America
Thomas Lipton
Southampton
William R. Smith
Botanical Garden
Washington,d.c
T. Tehigorin
St. Petersburg
Charles A. Culberson
Texas
Senate
Democratic Caucus
Herman V. Hilprecht
Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland
National Democratic Club
Paris
Baron Takahira
New York
Washington
Global union activity and women in trades in 1903
A survey of international unions notes nearly 8000 women in Germany work as printers' assistants and 12 066 members in Russia's leather trades. It cites bargaining in Buffalo unions, high pay for gas fitters in New South Wales, and the 1903 European union membership totaling 4,414,389 with 259,544 women and girls.
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Germany
Russia
Buffalo
N. Y
Union of Billposters and Billers of America
New South Wales
International Association of Fur Workers of
United States
Canada
Toronto
Bay and River Steamboatmen’s Union
San Francisco
Cal
Labor Council
W. R. Trotter
Winnipeg
Great Britain
Dominion Trades Congress
Boston
Mass
Metal Polishers, Buffers and Platers’ Union
Brass Workers’ Union
International Trades Union Federation
Europe
Beef price drop fools buyers says Bridgeport Standard
The Bridgeport Standard argues that lower beef prices have reduced quality. It notes steak roasts and other cuts cost two to four cents less per pound but warn the better grades stay the same, implying shoppers still get poorer beef.
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Bridgeport
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B. L. Sechrist
Mashonaland
Tron
Leslie’s Weekly
Turkish Farrier
Yamprem
Werentyn
Professor T. R. Lounsbury
Nature
Wall Street
Cham Cristadoro
Point Loma
White House
New York Sun
Louise McGrady
Kenneth Grahame
Lewis Carroll
Mr. Grahame
Mr. Barrie
Amidon
North Dakota
Center Square
New Oxford
Charley Hersh
Oxford
Pitt St
W. M. Depot
F. L. Fleshman
WM. McSherry, JR
Gettysburg
Adams County
Court House
Mopherson
Tabor
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