Newfoundland Folk Show A Crime Free Island Record
The 1901 Newfoundland criminal statistics highlight an extremely low crime rate. With a population around 200 000 only a handful of serious offenses occurred, and the colonial penitentiary averaged thirty prisoners daily, six with more than six months. Two escape cases show public sentiment toward informers and punishment. Island towns are small fishing villages, magistrates lenient, and rare serious crime, with the constabulary at about 100 men serving as the only armed force.
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Jalil
Newfoundand
Colonial
Newfoundland
Boston
St. John’s
John
Colonial Constabulary
New York Sun
Hyderabad City the Ni zam Capital of a Desert Fortress
A vivid, dated portrait of Hyderabad City describing its ancient Deccan Trap geology, surrounding gates and moats, extreme heat, and a strict walled life. It notes no European sleep within walls, guarded by Nizam’s regular and irregular forces, with the latter described as savage guardians enforcing quiet, uncertain safety.
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Hyderabad
Pittsburg
What Credit is Based On
A Quotation by O S Marden in Success argues that credit hinges more on character reliability and business aptitude than on capital. It says a diligent beginner who works up from sweeping to higher roles gains trust and access to credit, while inheriting wealth with poor business sense often fails to secure it.
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O. S. Marden
Prince Edward's Frog Gift for Ill Friend Girl
Prince Edward of York, recovering from influenza, vows to send his prized green frog to a nearby girl also ill. He weighs the value of gifts, deciding he favors the frog over his bust of Lord Roberts and will deliver the toy to the angelic sick child.
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Prince Edward of
York
Edward VII
Lord Roberts
Golf settles dispute between Kettering school board and urban council
The Kettering School Board and Urban Council, once at odds over where to place a proposed refuse destructor, agreed to resolve the clash with a game of golf. The Urban Councilors won, forcing the School Board to withdraw its opposition.
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Kettering School Board
Urban Council
Famous American Highway Cumberland Road's Early Prominence
A condensed portrait of the Cumberland Road from Cumberland Maryland to Wheeling and St Louis, highlighting its vast cost of at least 7 000 900 dollars, heavy coach traffic, and the era’s rough travel conditions. It cites Henry Clay's support, Dickens's 1842 stage journey, and a corduroy road as emblematic of early United States roadbuilding.
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Cumberland Bond
United States
Cumberland Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Cumberland
Ohio
Wheeling
St. Louis
Henry Clay
Ices
Baltimore
Charles Dickens
America
Cleveland
Landsky
St. Paul's
Pearson
Dead Isadore Exemption Note Inspires Laughter
A Chicago Tribune anecdote recalls a West Side primary class where a teacher struggled to secure written excuses for absences. After days of parent outreach, Isadore’s family finally submitted a tear stained note claiming he is dead, highlighting cultural misunderstandings and humor in schooling.
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West Side
Isadore
Bor
Chicago Tribune
The King and the Check Chess Fable
An Ethiopic king trapped by pawns laments his doomed position in a chessboard war. A white knight leaps to confront him and delivers a check, prompting the king to admit doom. The tale ends with a moral about how a timely check can cause disaster.
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New York Herald
Manila Rat Traps and a Boy with a Big Snake
A vivid description follows of a boy named Jack using a large snake on his arm to trap rats around Manila Volcano. The routine shows the deliberate hunt, entering homes, locating rat holes, and guiding the snake to capture rats, while the boy bags the rewards in a fine net and gunnysack. The piece notes the boy’s small size and the snake’s size, with the snake always coiled on his right arm.
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Jack
Manila
Rivalry of Tillman and Warren Over Farming Roots
A Washington Post item notes a playful feud between Senators Tillman of South Carolina and Warren of Wyoming over who is the truer farmer. They recount early life labors from milking cows to chopping wood, with Tillman boasting he ran a farm from age seventeen until becoming governor, outpacing Warren.
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Bow Tillman
Warren
Tillman
South Carolina
Wyoming
Senator Warren
Washington Post
Words and Their Origin Chronicle
A survey of linguistic roots traces common words to their places and times. It notes bayonet from Bayonne, damask from Damascus, coffee via Waffa, copper from Cyprus, canny from Candia, tobacco linked to Tobacco Island, and sin tied to Geneva. It also links tarantula to Taranta, magnetism to Magnesia, parchment to Pergamus, cambric to Cambray, muslin to Monsseline, calico to Calicut, gauze to Gaza, dimity to Damietta, millinery to Milan, and mantua to Mantua.
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Bayonne
France
Damascus
Europe
Waffa
Candia
Tobacco
Defoe
Geneva
Taranta
Magnesia
Pergamus
Cambric Au Cambray
Monsseline
Calicut
Gaza
Dimity
Damietta
Milan
Dame
Truth Named Airship After Santos-Dumont No. 13
The Baltimore News reports Biggins completes a new airship to be named Truth. A truncated aphorism about truth rising from defeat is cut short as an ambulance arrives to take him to the hospital after he gurgles, implying fatal injuries.
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Biggins
Baltimore News
Caterpillar Diet Tests Color Theory in Insects
Professor Poulton reports at the Royal Institution on insect coloration and natural selection. The magpie moth caterpillar’s bright colors usually deter predators, while Plateau and Wear cast doubt by tasting caterpillars. Marshall confirms the African butterfly Jimnal chrysippus remains unpalatable to insects despite human perception.
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Poulton
Royal Institution
Daily Graphic
M. Plateau
Wear
Texas
Marshall
The Obedient Child. A Forgetful Hand Wash
A little girl struggles to wash hands before dinner and promises to do better. At the meal, the mother asks if hands are washed and finds them black, revealing the child washed only after breakfast to avoid forgetting, per the New York Press.
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New York Press
The Wellington Elm Royal Chair from Waterloo timber
The Military Mail notes Windsor Castle hosts a royal chair made entirely from the Wellington Elm trunk used by the Duke at Waterloo. The elm’s history is curious. English curator Mr. Children bought the timber after visiting the Waterloo Plain when the landowner planned destruction due to heavy visitors.
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Wellington
Windsor Castle
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Children
British Museum
Kings Royal Stable Houses 206 Valued Horses
The King of Italy owns 206 horses in a double row stable forming a street. Each horse has its name printed above the manger. Among these, a horse formerly ridden by the late King Humbert is noted as highly valued.
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Italy
Humbert
Value of Parks in City Life
The San Francisco Post notes that city squares and bright green patches amid dense housing are essential for health, offering breathing spaces. They provide life and recreation for children as playgrounds and for adults as relaxing overlooks amid urban gray.
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San Francisco Post
Fruit and Fowls Sent to the Tresasvaal from Natali
Large consignments of fruit and fowls are dispatched to the Transvaal from Natal. Nearly every morning a train departs Durban loaded with goods for distribution inland.
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Natali
Durban
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