Wilhelmina Engaged to Prince Frederick Adolf of Mecklen burg Schwerin
The Lokal Anzeiger reports Queen Wilhelmina’s engagement to Prince Frederick Adolf of Mecklen burg Schwerin amid prior rumors of rival princes. Meanwhile Miss Margaret Livingston Chanler, sister of William Astor Chanler, serves with the Red Cross in Asia, funding her philanthropic work from a $35,000 annual private income aboard the hospital ship Relief near Pekin.
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Wilhelmina
Lokal Anzeiger
Frederick Adolf
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Brunswick
Friedrich- Heinrich
Prussia
Marianne
Netherlands
Bernhard
Saxe-Weimar
William II
Harold
Denmark
Louise
Sweden
Norway
Friedrich
Friedrich Wilhelm III
China
Uncle Sam
Margaret Livingston Chanler
William Astor Chanler
John Jacob Astor
Santiago
Clara Barton
Porto Rico
Cuba
Pekin City
Our Boys In Blue
Chanler
Great Railroad Plan Across Bering Strait
A Paris Berlin Moscow St Petersburg New York rail idea is discussed by Fran co American capitalists. A bridge over the twenty mile wide Bering Strait is proposed. Harry de Windt will lead route studies with an engineer to judge feasibility and potential Siberia Alaska trade.
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Paris
Berlin
Moscow
St. Petersburg
New York City
Bering Strait
Harry de Windt
de Windt
Siberia
Alaska
Siberian
Renowned sculptor Carl Rohl-Smith dies in Copenhagen
Danish born sculptor Carl Rohl-Smith, creator of works including a Des Moines park statue, died in Copenhagen last week from Brights disease. He came to America in the early 1880s and is noted for a granite and bronze statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman now under construction at the treasury’s south front.
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Carl Rohl-Smith
Washington
Copenhagen
Bright
Mr. Rohl-Smith
Denmark
America
Des Moines
William Tecumseh Sherman
Treasury
Care of Babies in France Examines New Laws
The article notes that in France it is a criminal offense to feed babies under one year old without written medical prescription and bans feeding bottles with rubber tubes. It says such laws were enacted as the government seeks to boost the birth rate and protect newborns.
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France
Miss Studebaker Seeks Fortune on the Stage
Dorothy Studebaker, granddaughter of the South Bend wagon maker, seeks to regain wealth once inherited by her husband Scott McKeown. Once a millionaire by his father's Pennsylvania oil fortune, prodigal spending depleted his patrimony, prompting Mrs McKeown to pursue a stage career to reclaim fortunes.
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Dorothy Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Scott McKeown
Pennsylvania
Maybrick Seeks Hopeful Pardon After Private Interview
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, serving life for eleven years, had a private talk with her New York counsel Dr. Clark Bell at Aylesbury prison. She defends Lord Russell of Killowen, who once vouched for her innocence, and says he was her best friend. Friends await the home secretary Sir Matthew White Ridley on the U S memorial for a pardon decision.
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Maybrick
Florence Maybrick
Clark Bell
New York
Aylesbury
England
Liverpool Post
Lord Russell
Killowen
Mra. Maybrick
Virginian Captain Willard Aims for Virginia Governor Tag
Captain Joseph E. Willard of Virginia and Washington property owner is discussed as a potential nominee for lieutenant governor of Virginia. He funded and led a company in the Spanish American War. His father owned Willard's Hotel in Washington and served as a Union Army captain in the Civil War.
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Joseph E. Willard
Virginia
Washington
Cuba
Cupid and Dollars At Newport Wedding Showoff
The Baltimore Sun notes a Newport wedding of Mr Have Meyer and Miss Whiting as a display of wealth rather than romance. Decorations gowns gifts breakfast and even the carriage trumpeted dollars as the score and the revelers followed with a rice shower cakewalk and a flashy bridal procession. Youth asserts itself against fortune in a festive rural setting.
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Cupid
Mr. Havemeyer
Miss Whiting
Newport
Baltimore Sun
Great Star Map Project Advances in 1887 Paris Congress
The 1887 Paris congress led to a plan for a comprehensive sky star catalogue. Sky coverage split into eighteen belts assigned to observatories, with standardized instruments and methods. Potsdam's observatory publishes its first volume, and its work may reach twenty quarto volumes. About two million stars expected in the final catalogue.
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Paris
Potsdam
Germany
Signals clash in fog between Canadian and American rules
Maritime captains discuss the divergence in fog signals. Canadian rule uses one long whistle blast or bell ringing at intervals, while American rule uses three short blasts. In the Welland canal at Port Dalhousie fog caused navigation difficulties, prompting calls for a unified international signals code.
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Welland Canal
Port Dalhousie
Toronto Telegram
Sir Charles Tupper and His Distinguished Heritage
Sir Charles Tupper, the renowned Canadian statesman, is said to inherit much of his ability from his father. The father, a Baptist clergyman, reportedly read the Bible in eight languages by age 65 and died in 1881 at age 87.
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Charles Tupper
Canada
Klondike Nugget Worth Record Sum Found in Goldhill
The largest Klondike nugget discovered near Goldhill weighed seventy seven ounces and carried a value of thirteen thousand dollars on site. This remarkable find tops previous Klondike discoveries and highlights the gold rush era's bounty in the region.
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Klondike
Goldhill
GHE Producers of China They Are a Happy Class of People
A historical sketch describes Chinese cotton production and weaving methods, noting hand gins, spinning, and reeling by women in alleys. It contrasts labor costs with Western wages, and claims Chinese workers are content despite limited fashions and sparse apparel.
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China
United States
Nankeen
Nankin
Louisiana
Russians Save Gee People in Tientsin Siege
Reports from Tientsin describe how 1,700 Russian troops arrived days before a bombardment to protect foreign residents at Gordon Hall. They faced long battles with Chinese forces and Boxer attackers, while Jim Watts led reinforcements to Taku. The diary notes dangers, heroism, and relief as stars and stripes flags appeared.
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China
Tenntsin
Charles Denby, Jr
Gordon Hall
Tillie Fahr
Taku
Jim Watts
San Francisco
Palma challenges Vespucci origin of America name
Ricardo Palma of Lima argues the name America stems not from Alberico Vespucci but from a French painter who changed Americus a Florentine merchant's name. He suggests a German professor spread the idea as a compliment and that the nickname gave two continents their title, per Jules Marcon in 1889.
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America
Ricardo Palma
Lima
National Library of Peru
Alberico Vespucci
Americus
New World
Jules Marcon
Paris Geographical Society
Palma
Woman's Ingenuity Keeps Philadelphia Officers Cool
The wives of Philadelphia police urge ingenuity to beat summer heat. They modify uniforms by removing backs and sides from vests and coats, leaving only a single front panel, creating a cooler appearance while maintaining the top buttoned coat rule.
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Philadelphia
Chinese Etiquette Classic by Lady Cho
The standard Chinese etiquette book was written by Lady Cho 2700 years ago. After her husband’s death she finished her brother in law’s work, completing it so well that the line between his writing and her contribution became indistinguishable.
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China
Lady Cho
North
Garden of the Soudon Capitalists of London Report
Importers’ reports describe a garden project tied to the Soudon capitalists in London. The notes outline procurement steps and investment signals shaping early plans. The piece emphasizes economic motivations and potential market impact.
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London
Labouchere Accused Over Pretoria Correspondence
London Truth publishes letters showing Montagu White's seizure of a compromising Aug. 4 1899 letter to Sir Reitz and two Labouchere notes to White dated Aug. 2 and Aug. 4 1899. It includes Joseph Chamberlain's letter and Labouchere's brief replies urging time to gain strategic advantage and avoid war with the Transvaal.
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Labouchere
London
Pretoria
Montagu White
South African Republic
Reitz
Henry Labouchere
Mr.White
White
Joseph Chamberlain
Mr. Labouchere
Transvaal
Royal piano collection adds historic Erard and lyre piano
Madame Richter presents her father Meyerbeer’s Erard piano to the museum. A donor adds an eighteenth century lyre shaped piano of great beauty. The collection also includes the oldest upright oblique piano, made in Paris by Henri Pate in 1836.
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Madame Richter
Meyerbeer
Erard
Paris
Henri Pate
Man Seeks License to Wed Widow with Seven Children
In Linn county Missouri a man sought marriage to a widow with seven children. He secured consent from the bride to be her children and her father before obtaining a marriage license.
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Linn County
Missouri
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Queen Wilhelmina
Miss Chanler
Great Railroad Plan
Mrs. Scott McKeown
Love
Observatories
India
Chung King FU
Sam
Marconi
Lake Nicaragua
Mosquito Coast
Caribbean
Vespucci
Albericus Vespucius
Soudan
Africa
Europe
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
House of Commons
Mr. Chamberlain
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