Paris prepa res a sensation for the exposition of 1900
Paris plans for the 1900 Exposition to showcase moving sidewalks and elevated walkways along the Seine. Innovations include electric rail powered platforms, crowd handling on nine miles of promenades, and rapid transit sidewalks linking Champs Elysees to Trocadero.
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Paris
Eifel
Metropolitan
M. Howard
Chicago
Berlin
Seine
Champs Elysees
Esplanade Des Invalides
Champ de Mars
Condi
Exposition Walls
Trocadero
Jena Bridge
Howard
Rouen
Havre
Saint-Owen
Chinese Hotels and Paris Exposition Moving Sidewalks
The piece describes Chinese hotels with courtyard layouts and brick beds, noting sparse furnishings and paper window panels. It then discusses Paris approving moving sidewalks at the Exposition, predicting triple, circulating platforms will draw crowds and become a bonanza.
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Saint-Ouen
Light and heat in invention and a Chinese inn life
The article discusses the quest for a light source with minimal heat and notes electric light efficiency. It then contrasts a Chinese inn's environment, focusing on the waiter's napkin as a multipurpose tool and the curious habits of hosts and guests, ending with a remark on landlord rates.
Greatest Glove Town Grenobie Production Boom
Grenobie supplies the lion’s share of kid gloves with 4,200,000 dozen pairs produced yearly. The industry is valued at 7 million dollars and employs 25,000 workers of both sexes.
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Grenobie
Pleasures of Manila Life Reported by Kansas Volunteers
Kansas boys in Manila describe constant danger as assassins lurk in the dark and sentries must walk their beats with bayonets fixed. Harry Selig recalls a South Dakota man narrowly avoiding a knife attack, shooting one assailant and subduing another.
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Manila
Kansas
Harry Selig
Lawrence Company
South Dakota
Low
Kansas City Star
Controversial East Coast Speech Sparks Expansion Debate
A colored philosopher in Atlanta warns against expansion for the United States. He argues that government rests on consent of the governed, but says the ruling class must force consent by violence to enforce taxation and control. He criticizes nonregenerate opponents who resist new freedoms and distant governance.
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Samson
Atlanta Constitution
Divorce in the Klondike ends with Ellen’s vinculo matrimonio
In Circle City an Indian woman named Ellen sought a divorce from Finney citing cruel treatment. About sixty miners heard the case and, after debate, granted Ellen a Vinculo matrimonio. She received the dog and sewing machine as alimony.
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Klondike
South Dakota
Circle City
Ellen
Finney
Life expectancy among Indians in Americas
Observations indicate the red woman outlives the red man in both South and North America. Overall life spans are short, averaging 17 years for both sexes in the south, with 22 percent dying within the first year of life.
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South America
North America
South
The Hammer as a Buddhist Wanderer’s Symbol
The article contrasts a Buddhist practice of traveling with hammer and chisel to carve holy symbols on rocks with a local behavior described as unholy knocking at rocks. It highlights a religious custom versus a disruptive practice observed in the country.
Ex Governor Merriam Named Census Director
Ex Govern William R Merriam of Minnesota has been appointed director of the census by President McKinley. A banker and former two term governor, Merriam led McKinley forces in Minnesota in 1896 and served as speaker of the Minnesota legislature. He was born in New York in 1849 and rose to prominence in St Paul banking.
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Washington
William R. Merriam
Minnesota
McKinley
Gov
Merriam
Wadhams Mills
N. Y
Racine
St. Paul
Merchants’ National Bank of St
Italy Divided Over Die Meistersinger Finale
The Italian press split into two camps over whether the second act finale of Die Meistersinger is a fugue. Ricordi charged critics with misreading the passage, citing French and German opinions, while others referenced Russian and Spanish critics. Siegfried Wagner was consulted and stated the ending is a fugue, and peace reportedly returns.
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Italy
Ricordi
Siegfried Wagner
Warren Hancock’s Niece Ties to General Hancock in 1872
Fragmentary text notes a 1872 marriage between a Mr. Hancock and Miss Hancock, described as the niece of General W. Hancock, within discussions of banking and finance in the country. The snippet hints at social connections influencing financial circles of the era.
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Hancock
Gen. W. 5. Hancock
Dinner in Norway described as lavish feast at political dinner
An American in Norway notes a wealthy dinner party with 23 courses and heavy meats in courses 13 and 15 separated by plum pudding. The meal began at 5 and women left before 8, with men returning at 9 for conversation and music, then a late supper at 11 featuring diverse cold delicacies.
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Norway
Hindoo on the Snipe Chase During Christmas
During the holidays a party hunted along the Pallapole beel near the Ichamati. A snipe pair was shot. the wounded bird hobbled away as its mate sheltered it and others gathered, circling to guard the injured bird, a scene that unsettled the hunters.
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Bali
Pallapole
Beel
Rangoon
Sunday School Gem Stories of Amusing Examination Answers
A fragment notes that Sunday School gems about strange and amusing exam answers are often shared, though the text is cut off before completing the thought. It hints at a traditional humor segment in religious education.
Mrs Frances S Lee First Woman to Preside Colorado House
Frances S. Lee of Denver becomes the first woman to preside over a state legislature in America, serving as speaker for a day and impressing with calm rulings and impartial conduct amid complex parliamentary questions. A verse mocks era barriers and praises Colorado women. The feature recalls a fashion novelty pendant chain.
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Frances S. Lee
Denver
Col
America
Lee
House of Representatives
Colorado
Smith
House
Assembly
Mrs. Lee
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