World Census Plan to Count All Inhabitants by 1901
The article reports on the International Statistical Institute meeting in Berne discussing a proposed world census aiming to enumerate every person alive on a single day around the world, across continents and seas, and to publish results at the turn of the century. It notes challenges in barbaric lands, estimates for China, Africa, India, and other regions, and contemplates the impact on global knowledge and future calculations.
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Switzerland
New York World
Globe
Adam
Asia
Europe
America
Isands
Great Sea
Orient
United States
Srimelimnes
Li Hung Chang
China
Himalaya
Africa
India
Malay Peninsula
Burmah
Siam
Afghanistan
Persia
Turkey
Pyorld
Arabia
E Tigris
Euphrates
Nineveh
Abylon
Pacific
Lfe
Robert Louis Stevenson
Antarctic
Ous
Arctic
North
South America
Polar
Lkely
Greater New York Expenditures Compared With London and Paris
Analysis shows Greater New York’s total municipal spending near 61,250,000 for the included territory on 1 1898. Police costs reach about 9,000,000 including Brooklyn, with street, water, and public works spending over 8,000,000. Fire, debt interest, and education add significant amounts, while London and Paris spend heavily per capita.
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Health
Department of Streets
Eas
Paris
New York
Brooklyn
Long Island City
Richmond County
Oneens
STOO
Greater
Police Department of
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Department of Public Works
Department of City Works
Bronx
Brooklum
Thooklyn
New York City
Dee
The Vampirres Answer to Kipling and Burne Jones
A poem in dialogue style critiques male arrogance and male ignorance toward women. It depicts a calculating idealized woman as the wiser observer while men blame and romanticize her. The speaker laments lost time, the power of female perception, and the puzzle of why men never grasp why women know.
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Paradise
Measured Baby and Blossoms Amid Tragic Quiet
A poem recalls measuring a sleeping baby beside a rose and white casket in a sorrowful chamber, contrasting tender imagery with loss. It shifts to a prose reflection on self doubt as a barrier to success, noting how indifference and fear of failure paralyze effort and risk. Mrs. Peter Lynch of Halleburg, Ind., is listed with twenty three children.
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Ator CO
Atlanta
Prom the
Sweetatar
Too
Athaire
Peter Lynch
Helleburg
Ind
Doctor's column touts brain extract and heart extracts
The Doctor in Trenton offers readers a menu of patent remedies from the Washington Chemical Co including Cerebrine from brain, Cardine from heart, Natrolith salts, and Thyroidine for obesity and skin issues. Letters from readers in Toledo, Cincinnati, Brooklyn and Wilkes-Barre request cures for cramps, indigestion and thickened skin as the ad promotes premiums and a coupon book system through the Southern Premium Co. in Norfolk and surrounding cities.
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James
Toledo
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
B. I
Wilkes-Barre
Washington Chemical CO
Washington, D. C
I. S
Washington Chemical Company
Wali & Williams
Water Street
Southern Premium Co
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Berlley
Miaimuger
Elf
Chaige
Peter Smith & Co
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Bassett's Fine Millinery
Main St
D. Carpenter
John
Lowe
Granby St
Gardner
Cumberland St. Ment
Aaron Marx
Bol &® Co
Norfolk Iron Works and Engine Repair Services Online
Norfolk Iron Works GEO W. Duval and Company offer engines, machinery, and repairs with prompt service. Special emphasis on Elcamboat work and boiler tube remedies claim Puvatl s Pation boiler tubes as a quick, perfect fix for inky boiler tubes.
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Mountain resorts advertise scenic stays in upstate New York and Virginia
Listings describe Mount Mennahga in the Shawangunks and a Virginia spring region resort. Details include elevations, scenery, dry air, pure water, facilities such as bowling, tennis, golf, and quoted rates for single and double rooms plus seasonal cottages. Addresses list TE TERWILLIGER and BARLIE Jr as proprietors/managers with dates Jul 0-3 and jul-cod-2m.
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Ellenville
N.Y
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Virginia
Unil
Alleghany Station
Chesaapeake
Ohio
Raibway
Legant Bath Pool
Barlie, Jr
Hotel Bedford Resort Rates and Location in Virginia
Delightful family resort Hotel Bedford offers rates at $10 per month. Located in Blbgant Bedford But near Pears of Otter in the Wine Ridge Mountains of Virginia. For particulars address $25 for beauty of architecture and equipment. Summer resort hotels of America style with cool invigoring climate and wondrous scenery. Timberlake, Manager.
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