White ants gnaw through Kee Lung and Taichu buildings
The Auping correspondence from the South China Post describes white ants devastating wooden and even cloth items across Keelung, Taipeth, and Taichu. Kee Lung Hospital, the post office, and the Taichu governor’s residence suffered repeated damage to pillars beams floors and chests. Even new mats were gnawed within days. The ants tunnel through brick or stone to reach wood and can render a Japanese style building useless in about three years. Foochow cedar is notably vulnerable.
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Fonmosa
Keelung Hospital
Keelung Post Office
Taipeth
Taichu
Keelung
Auping
South China Post
American heiress laments European marriage lure and ideals
Mme Anna Gould criticizes American pursuit of European aristocrats, noting Paris glamour hides cavaliers flaws. She recalls choosing a French aristocrat, facing disappointments, money matters, and a life of silence while raising children. She contrasts American and French life, religion, and love amid ongoing war.
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Mme
Anna Gould
Jean Bonnefou
France
Paris
Europe
White Ant Damage Repairs Hit Keelung Hospital and Post Office
The Formosa parliament approved 30,880 yen for Keelung Hospital and 30,876 yen for Keelung Post Office to cover repairs after damage caused by white ants. The insects are described as a powerful force in Formosa.
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Formosa
Keelung Hospital
Keelung Post Office
Ban Johnson recalls dog friendly cafe mishap in New York
The Fan Waiter, Ban Johnson, president of the American League, recounts a New York restaurant scene. A waiter from Chicago refuses entry to Johnson and his Boston terrier, then greets him warmly when a friend arrives, asking what they will have.
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Ban Johnson
New York
East
Chicago
Ban
Lippincott’s
English Turf Tragedy Ties Two Deaths To 1883 Derby Day
The Westminster Gazette recalls the 1883 Two Thousand Guineas day tragedy at Newmarket. Prince Batthyany, breeder of St. Simon, died shortly before the race as Gaillard, favorite of St. Simon’s brother Galopin, won amid cheers. His death prevented Galopin’s son from running in the 1884 Derby.
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St. Simon
Prince Batthyony
Lord Cadogan
Jockey Club
Newmarket
Weatherby
Gaillard
Coal reserves in North China total 605 billion tong
Bailey Willis of the United States Geological Survey estimates North China's coal reserves at 605,000,000,000 tong. He provides a single large magnitude figure for the national resource.
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Bailey Willis
United States Geological Survey
North
China
Cross Country Riding in the West and Illinois Fox Hunts
A Milwaukee Sentinel account recalls fox hunting across Illinois with cross country riding. B N Green explains riders find hard, steady pace without red coats or formal packs, using local roads and creek bottoms to keep close to the hounds. Ministers and farmers join in for spirited outings.
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Ilinois
B. N. Green
Illnois
Milwaukee Sentinel
Wisdom in a Brickyard Adage Sparks Quiet Advice
A brickyard brawl ends with a temperate bystander offering practical wisdom. One worker sustains a head injury and the employer suggests a warrant, but another man counsels simple care. He advises applying two large plasters to heal and seal the mouth, defusing the incident with humor.
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Bill
Missing Will Found In Old Book In Dijon
A 1906 Paris story recounts M. Frossard, head of the Mont de Piété in Dijon, dying intestate with about 100000 francs. A German book collector, examining Frossard's books, discovered a will appointing a longtime friend as residuary legatee. The will, sent to the beneficiary, will be executed under French court aid to distribute the estate.
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Paris
M. Frossard
Mont de Piete
Dijon
M. S Frossard
London Globe
Dories in Shark Attack Report From Priscilla Crew
From No Man's Land comes word of a shark swarm near Martha's Vineyard as the Priscilla under Captain Fred De Wolf battles a bay of ravenous sharks teeming beside the dories. The clash lasts moments with three large sharks fighting among themselves while fishermen row toward the schooner for safety. One shark reportedly exceeds fifteen feet in length.
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No Man's Land
Martha’s Vineyard
Priscilla
Fred de Wolf
Priscislla
Boston Herald
Fishing in Wheat Fields Report From Goodland
Salina correspondent reports several Salinaites fishing during recent high water in the Smoky Hill River. One man returned with fifty five pounds of fish caught by hook and line. Farmers were seen wading in wheat fields with water one to four feet deep as fish numbers grew.
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Goodland
Smoky Hill
The Passing of the French Population and Family Sizes
Population data show France at 38,350,788 with a female majority and rising unmarried men. Families average under three children for about two thirds, while a small fraction reach seven or more. rare cases include seventeen or eighteen children in a few households, per Harper's.
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France
Europe
England
America
Harper's
Explaining Circumstantial Evidence With Tommy
A teacher uses a classroom apple illustration to define circumstantial evidence for Tommy. The rule against eating apples in school leads to a deduction from smeared face and apple core unseen by direct observation. Tommy concludes the concept.
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Tommy
Prisoner deception at Dartmoor medical ruse exposed
The Dundee Advertiser reports a Dartmoor prison trick where a convict feigned foot disease using needles hidden in an old wound. Major Arthur Griffiths described the sustained subterfuge and its exposure after careful examination, noting the device was removed and the prisoner recovered.
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Arthur Griffiths
Home Office
Dartmoor
Dundee Advertiser
Boston's Stump Tower Damaged by Lightning
The fourteenth century St Botolph church tower in Boston England rose 272 feet high as the tallest parish tower after a lightning strike. It features 365 steps with seven doors fifty two windows and twelve pillars marking days weeks and months. The tower has twenty four hours and two flights of sixty steps to the roof and is described as standing still in time.
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Boston
St. Botolph
England
Springfield Republican
Striking an Average Among Kitchen Smells
In a passage from Youth's Companion, Ethel accuses Tommy of not sharing the kitchen aromas fairly. With a cold making him unable to smell, Tommy contends he is still playing fair as he noses the crack for scents outside the door.
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Ethel
Mrs. Harwood
Tommy
Salt Lake Tribune On Spelling Bee For Educated Insects
The Salt Lake Tribune suggests a whimsical angle on educated insects by proposing a spelling bee for clever bugs, blending science humor with schoolyard competition.
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The
Salt Lake Tribune
Farmers attend church by telephone, yet skip collection
The Pittsburg Gazette notes Pennsylvania farmers who join services by telephone can participate in all parts except the collection. The Baltimore American comments that humanity may not again exhaust nature’s resources as it has in the past.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Baltimore American
Frances Folsom Cleveland Admired by All Americans
A remark extols Frances Folsom Cleveland as a noble woman whose virtues and graces are widely admired and beloved following Grover Cleveland. The quote asserts her unmatched esteem across the Republic.
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Grover Cleveland
The
Republic
Frances Folsom Cleveland
United States shown as land of boundless possibilities
The New York Tribune asserts that financial disturbances will not halt growth as factories reopen and wages rise while labor is reinstated. It notes millions of dollars in equipment being ordered, driven by profits in sight rather than desperation.
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The
New York Tribune
United States
Readers favor Washington Napoleon in European greats poll
A Japanese newspaper polls readers on great men of Europe and America. Washington and Napoleon top the list as favorites, followed by Hannibal, Caesar and Charles XII of Sweden, while Charles Darwin, Brutus and Cromwell are among the most disliked.
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Europe
America
Washington
Napoleon
Hannibal
Caesar
Charles XII
Sweden
Charles Darwin
Brutus
Cromwell
Rocking a Rowboat Provokes Severe Punishment Comment
The Philadelphia Inquirer condemns rocking a rowboat with passengers as criminal folly. It calls the act suicidal and shomicidal lunacy and urges those endangered to find ways to make their displeasure known and felt.
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The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Market forces push beef prices as summer demand falls
The Buffalo Commercial notes market and seasonal conditions suppress higher beef prices. With abundant food variety, many families can cut beef consumption in hot months, a drop in demand likely causing prices to rise despite reduced supply.
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Buffalo
Illinois university head tasked with European study
Dr. Edmund J. James, president of the University of Illinois, was commissioned by Governor De Neen to study recent educational developments in Germany and Europe. He has failed to fulfill his mission, with results to inform the State Educational Commission of Milinosis. He will also inspect European veterinary schools for plans for a new College of Veterinary Surgery and Research at the university.
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Edmund J. James
University of Illinois
Deneen
Germany
State Educational Commission
Mwlinosis
James
College of Veterinary Surgery and Research
Ambitious Topolobampo Project Reborn by Capitalists
A decade ago Owen sought a utopian city at Topolobampo with a railroad to the United States, but lacked funds and the plan collapsed. Now capitalists revive the project, aiming to build a grand harbor and a rival city on the coast.
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Topolobampo
Mr. Owen
United States
Immigration tides shift as May sees departures outpace arrivals
May figures show 42,000 immigrants and 75,000 aliens sailing home, versus 198,000 arrivals and 33,000 departures a year ago. Since last October 550,000 have left and about 350,000 arrived, easing local hard times as steerage traffic persists. Steamships anticipate continued swing until prosperity returns reversing the pattern.
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Gures
Our Tokio Embassy and the Rebuilding of Akasaka
The United States embassy in Tokyo sits in Akasaka near the palace moat. The wooden building is large and deteriorating, added to by successive ambassadors. Tokyo blends ancient and modern as boulevards replace small moats and walls, with major renovations expected before the 1912 Japan Exposition.
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United States
America
Foreign Office
Imperial Palace
Japan
Tokio
Corps Diplomatique
Portland Merchant Sees Philippine Dish Market Boom
J L Brooks of a Portland crockery firm toured New York en route to the Philippines. He said prewar exports were zero, but now the Philippines buys nearly all its dishes from the United States, with unbreakable ware common in lower classes and expensive china favored by the wealthy. He noted 80 000 Chinese residents rarely buy foreign wares and that US crockery exports to the Philippines neared a million dollars in 1907.
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J. L. Brooks
Portland
New York
Philippines
England
Germany
Never Says Good-by
Two friends recall a financier who avoids saying goodbye. He greets with good day or good morning and uses farewells like so long or see you later. The exchange suggests a possible link to painful associations with farewell phrases. The conversation notes many people share such feelings when considering goodbyes.
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Goodby
New York Press
Pelicans Killed by Hunters Reported Across Kansas
From many western towns comes word that pelicans have been killed by hunters. The report ties abundant pelican populations on the prairies to expectations of a huge wheat crop, high prices, and the upcoming Republican state ticket election in Kansas.
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Kansas
Kais Prairies
Electio
Kansas City Journal
The Same Old Success City Ignoramus
A sharp satirical exchange contrasts suburban and country garden choices with a pointed barb about growing ingrowing plants. The quip frames a city observer versus a country suburbanite, highlighting agricultural pride and urban derision.
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New York Press
Street vehicle injuries and deaths rise in New York City
Over the past twelve months New York City recorded 186 children injured by vehicles in streets and 97 killed. The figures highlight urban traffic dangers affecting youth.
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New York City
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