Home Gold Cure claims to cure drunkenness at home
An advertisement for a patent remedy called the Home Gold Cure asserts it can neuralize and eradicate alcohol craving. It promises self cure without publicity, delivered via tea or coffee, with full directions and physician advice offered. The product is sold for one dollar with international shipping and confidential correspondence.
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Asiow
Edwin P. Gines & Coy
Market Street
Philadelphia
China Needs Christianity More Than Armies Says Editor
Chinese editor in San Francisco urges New York audience that China’s needs are spiritual, not just military. He argues youth seek a new order, but Christianity is essential, contrasting with calls for railways, telegraphs, and stronger navies.
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China
Notable Clay Mosaic In Capitol Hall
The architect removing paintings uncovered a remarkable clay mosaic by C Brumidi in the Capitol hall. It shows Washingtons farewell to his officers and is likely the finest clay mosaic in the country. Joseph Rakemann, once an assistant to Brumidi, explained the method and signed the work.
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Capitol
Woods
C. Brumidi
Senate Committee
Washington
Joseph Rakemann
Bromidi
Midi
Rotunda
Senate
Americans Buy Clyde Shipyards Seen as Serious Issue
The Journal of Commerce reports Americans buying Clyde shipyards raise concern though no immediate danger. An American lawyer prominent in trusts and leader in the American cotton syndicate met with Dennys, Russells, and others to discuss the matter. One builder quoted a minimum sale price of 250,000,000, which surprised the agent who left, planning to return later.
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The
Journal of Commerce
Liverpool
Clyde
American Cotton Syndicate
Dennys, Russells
Imprisonment for Debt Persists in Britain in 1900
County court returns show 4,692 debtors were imprisoned in 1900 for contempt of court after failure to pay orders. The practice aimed to enforce payment, with 124,452 of 129,044 debtors paying up when faced with jail, suggesting deterrent effect.
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Pat Im
Great Britain
Columbia's Gift to Columbia University on China Chair
Dr. Nicholas M. Butler acting president of Columbia University announced a letter from United States Minister Conger in Peking stating the Chinese government plans to present a collection of maps official papers illustrations books on Chinese literature and other material for the university chair of Chinese. The chair founded by subscriptions totaling 100000 dollars plus 12000 dollars more, now stands ready for further growth. A committee studies how to run the chair citing English German and French university models. A report will follow and the U.S. role in China after the Philippines acquisition is noted as a political factor alongside educational aims. The piece emphasizes the need to learn China’s ancient civilization and its past.
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Nicholas M. Butler
Columbia University
United States
Conger
Peking
Butler
England
Germany
France
China
Philippines
Egypt
Mrs. Gardner Defies Inspectors Over Boston Palace Lighting
Mrs Jack Gardner refuses Wire Commissioner Lott inspectors for her Venetian palace and threatens to illuminate with candles rather than permit entry. Fire underwriters and insurers have warned against insuring the place and the city has told electric companies not to connect until standard inspections and requirements are met.
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Lott
Venetian Palace
Jack Gardner
Gardner
Boston
Platinum in the Yukon and Marconi wireless advances
Consul Dudley reports miners in British Columbia and Yukon overlook platinum in placers, urging prospectors to seek the metal now valuable. The Marconi wireless system has moved beyond experiments and will serve commercial needs, with permanent installations planned between New Haven Dieppe and railways.
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Mr. Marconi
London
New York Herald
Marconi Company
London & Brighton Railway
New Haven
Dieppe
Engineered system unloads 2120 tons in eight hours at Alexandria
An American engineer presented a method at Alexandria Egypt to unload 2120 tons of cargo in eight hours. The apparatus promises efficient vessel handling with all ships needing five days for completion.
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Alexandria
Women Gain Delegates Rights in Methodist Church Changes
Dr Stephen L Baldwin of the Mission Society says conferences report the new constitution for the Methodist Episcopal Church adopts women as delegates and grants vote on constitutional questions. The Chicago 1900 reform lowers amendment threshold to two thirds and awaits final approval worldwide.
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Methodist Church
New York Tribune
Stephen L. Baldwin
Mission Society of the Methodist, Episcopal Church
General Conference of the Church
Chicago
Isymen
Baldwin
New York
Illuminated carriage call to ease opera hour congestion
Metropolitan opera house to install an illuminated carriage call system signaling waiting cabbies at a half mile distance. Operators at entrances issue checks and vehicle calls are set by lever switches like a typewriter. Inventor Mortimer Norden of Norden-Bittener Electric company notes potential adoption by other theaters.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Mortimer Norden
Norden-Bittener Electric Company
RAGGED BUT HONEST ERAND BOY RETURNS LOST POCKETBOOK
A 15 year old Morrisania errand boy Harry Hunt who works 12 hours daily and walks to his mother with his three dollar weekly wage found a pocketbook containing 110 dollars in gold and jewels worth 400. He rushed to the police station and handed it over explaining he needed his shoes and would not take money he found. Sergt. McGann praised his honesty. Envelopes and James Hicks, a Cincinnati ironman, died at the Waldorf Astoria from blood poisoning after a shaving cut. Hicks was connected with Cincinnati Iron and Piqua mills. His widow, a daughter of ex mayor Thomas of Cincinnati, escorted the body home. A 60 foot 7 ton wrought iron pillar stands in Delhi Modi in India.
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Harry Hunt
Sergt. McGann
Iad
James Hicks
Cincinnati
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
New York City
Hicks
Cincinnati Corrugated Iron Company
Piqua Rollfing Mills
Thomas
City
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