Absinthe Fiend Fueled by Puritan Attack in Paris
Paris faces a government push against absinthe as a national peril. The piece notes widespread use among various social groups, describes the ritual of preparation, and cites historical attempts to ban the drink. It argues absinthe destroys minds and morals more than other liquors, linking deaths to the Green Fairy.
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Paris
Seine
Notre Dame
Hacer
Hacer Ecc Preserving CO
St. Louis
Tobacco Saturates Manila’s Cagayan Valley Scenes
In Farm Journal style from Manila, Hamilton Wright reports the Cagayan Valley opens to American railways. Tobacco dominates life and economy with enormous cigars called tobacco grande and tabacos de familias. The valley yields corn and tobacco rotations, cotton, sugar cane, coconuts, and a giant green orange.
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Philippines
Hamilton Wright
Farm Journal
Manila
Cagayan Valley
Islands
Cagayan
Cagayan River
Mississippi River
Prison Repartee Reflects on a Jailhouse Joke
Senator Tillman recalls a financing quarrel where mud flew between rivals. He likens it to a Southern jail tale about two prisoners, one jailed for stealing a cow and the other for a watch. In the courtyard the cow thief asks for the time and the watch thief replies milking time.
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Tillman
Washington
Use of Mice in the Navy Reported
Appleton's Magazine notes the French plan to have six submarines next year with crews including three white mice on the payroll. The mice are trained naval officers, reputedly squealing to detect gasoline tank leaks and escapes.
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Appleton’s
Simple Yet Cruel Tail Trade Question Sparks Debate
A Honolulu Star inquiry asks whether docking a horse’s tail or trimming ears is more aesthetic and humane. The column weighs tradition, welfare, and public reaction to the practice.
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The
Honolulu Star
Youth hanged himself in Bristol with green paint on body
A 17 year old youth in Bristol England committed suicide by hanging. He had painted himself green from head to foot just before taking his life.
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Bristol
England
Australia Arranges Return of 1000 Australians from South Africa
Australia has organized the repatriation of about a thousand Australians currently in South Africa. The effort aims to bring them home amid ongoing distress and uncertainty, with government coordination to facilitate travel and safe transit.
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Australia
South Africa
In time Oklahoma may be known as the American New Zealand
The Sioux City Journal predicts Oklahoma could become known as the American New Zealand, suggesting a future parallel in climate, economy, or landscape that might shape regional identity.
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Oklahoma
New Zealand
Sioux City Journal
Rubber world supply and demand gap grows
The global rubber market processes about 62,000 tons annually while demand outstrips supply, signaling a persistent shortfall.
Oil Firing on Locomotives and Firemen’s Work
A fragment from the Locomotive Firemen's Magazine outlines differences between oil and coal firing. It explains oil storage, atomizers, valves, and the need for precise regulation to balance steam output. Firemen face hard work, water duties, and varied hiring practices across railroads.
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Texas
The
Scoop
Panhandle
Locomotive Firemen’s Magazine
Boy Confronts Robber in Riverside Drive Tale
A young boy hawking papers on Riverside Drive tells a New York Press reader how a bigger boy snatched his papers and fifteen cents, claiming he would kill him. A sympathetic matron gives him a penny and notes the boy’s lack of sympathy for the thief.
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Riverside Drive
Tyro
Hawking
Weehawken
Yessum
New York Press
U S Shipbuilding Output by Year Reported
The Bureau of Navigation in Washington states for 1906 American built vessels numbered 1 045 totaling 393 291 gross tons. For 1905 1 054 ships and 306 563 gross tons. For 1904 1 065 ships and 265 104 gross tons. For 1903 1 159 ships and 361 970 gross tons. For 1902 1 262 ships and 429 327 gross tons.
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Bureau of Navigation
Washington
America
Spoils of an Old Casket and the Mohammedan Bride
A London Telegraph correspondent recounts an Oriental casket sold by an antiquary to a Parisian amateur. Inside, a double bottom held gold sequins worth about £100, enough to seem a fortune to a bride centuries ago. The three men shared the treasure with the honest workman after a Solomon like police ruling.
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London Telegraph
M. Maurice
Solomon
Antiquary
Writing with Both Hands In Early Education
In Japan children learn to write and draw with both hands, a practice noted by critics as contributing to art skill. English schools have begun similar training. Pupils draw and write with each hand, aiding continuity if right hand is injured, and extending to sewing and domestic tasks.
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Japan
Extra Tender Conscience Resigns Over Tobacco Deliveries
Loren Baker, an agent for the American Express Company and devout Christian, resigned rather than deliver a tobacco package. He believes tobacco and whiskey are evils not to be compromised, and his convictions led to his voluntary resignation accepted by the company.
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Loren Baker
American Express Company
Baker
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mahomet and the Dove Trick Explored
A Chicago News column critiques the prophet Mahomet accusing him of using a dove trained to feed him wheat from the ear to claim divine inspiration. The piece frames Mahomet as a crafty figure using deception to gain followers.
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Mahomet
Chicago News
Vinaigrette Returns With Grip Epidemic In England
The grip illness prompts renewed use of the vinaigrette a small aromatic device carried by modern women. Described as a tiny silver box with a hinged lid revealing a golden perforated top and a sponge soaked with pungent liquid ready for use during outbreaks.
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England
Philadelphia Inquirer
Most in His Thoughts
A traveling man jokes about mail and the postmaster’s needs in a Southern town. The exchange turns to a suit of chain armor as a humorous aside in the Washington Star excerpt.
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Washington Star
First Australian Woman Vets The Victoria Board Honors Miss Belle Reid
Miss Belle Reid, the sole candidate to pass the recent final examination of the Victorian veterinary board, graduates with second class honors. She is the first woman in Australia to qualify as a veterinary surgeon.
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Victorian Veterinary Board
Belle Reid
Miss Reid
Australia
First Unitarian Church of Hingham Reaches 225 Years
The First Unitarian Church in Hingham marks 225 years as the oldest church building in ongoing use in America. John B. Lewis has served as sexton and bell ringer for over five decades.
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Hingham
America
First Unitarian Church
John B. Lewis
Mutinous fears and royal news sweep London society
The English fear another Indian mutiny while King Edward's return makes London society gay. Justice Davis rules intoxication not a ground for divorce. King Leopold fails to win France's support in Congo. Inquiry into the Fertilizer Trust begins in Montgomery Alabama. Central America's revolution envisions a Nicaragua led federation under Zelaya. Detroit destroys a nearly ready steamboat City of Cleveland by fire. The American Bison Society seeks 20000 dollars to start a Adirondack buffalo herd. Jamestown Exposition marks 300th anniversary of English settlement. Senator Foraker rejects Ohio conference action. Charles S. Fairchild arraigned for forgery, pleads not guilty, bailed. Morocco in revolt per Tangier reports. Sultan's brother proclaimed ruler. Belfast’s George Quimby ready to testify in Eddy case on Phineas Quimby.
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Edward
London
Justice Davis
Leopold
France
Congo
Montgomery
Alabama
Central America
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Cleveland
Detroit
Mich
American Bison Society
New York
Adirondacks
Jamestown
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Charles S. Fairchild
the Treasury
Morocco
Tangier
George Quimby
Belfast
Eddy Equity
Mrs. Eddy
Phineas Quimby
Labor unions expand across cities and trades in labor movement
Labor activity surges nationwide with 2600 names on the San Francisco building material teamsters roster and a Boston retail clerks union admitting women. Wages rise for Chico carpenters to four dollars daily as Italian barber shops in San Francisco unionize and a textile strike spreads to 12 000 workers in Mexico's Orizaba district accompanied by troop deployments.
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Vallejo
Cal
San Francisco
Carpenters’ Union
Chico
Boston
Mass
Winona Leather Workers’ Union
Minnesota State Federation of Labor
International Union of Horseshoers
United States
Canada
Oregon
Orizaba
Mexico
The
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Minneapolis
Soo
Los Angeles
Cal.) Electrical Workers’ Union
Smoke as waste and noise as progress in urban life
The Detroit Free Press notes a shift from smoke indicating prosperity to smokeless chimneys as thrift, and from noise signaling activity to its direct losses. It argues that rattling clatter reveals worn bearings, justifying railroad investments in roadbeds to sustain higher speeds.
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Detroit Free Press
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