What the Homestead Strike Cost and Aftermath
A long critique of the Homestead strike details its five month duration and dire consequences. It cites wage losses of 22 000 000 and widespread damage including deaths, injuries, and property harm. The piece blames the Carnegie company for refusing to sign a sliding scale and argues arbitration could have avoided the violence.
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Te Aleghing
Soddiers
Lanakitas
J. C. Prick
Carieguie
Tron and Steel Association
Ttts
Dirty Money and Dirty Bills in Circulation
Fragments discuss the handling of worn or contaminated currency and proposals to reduce the cost of re minting to improve money cleanliness. Mention of shipping money, government costs, and calls for public aid in distributing literature to the west during winter.
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Vother
Perstye
Catone
Chaterin
Deipiar
Oranmearaia
Congressindgi
United States
Horyaerekerk Dhese
Maere
Sue Nates
Mirnihes
Furan Wietrets
Degg Cistern Frinas
Furty
H. L. Ricards
Strong, Kan
Soetbeer and the Brussels silver conference debate
The article reviews international bimetallism at Brussels with figures such as Dr Adolph Soetbeer of Gottingen as a leading authority. It explains proposed ratios and retirements of silver and gold, silver certificates, and the goal of a world silver standard alongside gold. It notes US, India, and England interests, and mentions Virginia debt settlement and Mary E Lease's Kansas senatorial bid.
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Brossels
Lioulon Times
Anast Council
Ina
America
India
England
Europe
Eneland
Durgnen
Brown University
United States
France
Smelo
Washington
Loctheer
Levery
Adolph Soetheer
Brussels
Soetheer
University of Gottinen
Vie
Indies
Columbus
Savetheer Wasa
Amd
Profit, labor and capital in business debate
The piece argues over how profits are shared among capital labor and business skill. It cites Mr J B Mann and examples of distribution where labor often gains most while capital may gain little. It condemns subsidies and foreign competition harming American trade and calls for stronger protection.
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Alarys
J. B. Mann
Popular Science Monthly
Mann
Ping
Mr. Mann
New York Sun
United States
Amos Cummings
Washington
Europe
South America
Mexico
West Indies
England
San Francisco
Australia
British Columbia
Japan
China
Panaia
Panama Canal Company
France
Panama Railroad
Central America
American Clyde Line
Pacific
Cummings
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Canada
Halifax
Victoria
Canadian Pacific
Liverpool
Dominion Treasury
Canadian Pacific Railway
Sun
Evolution and the gorilla as a thought experiment
The article muses on human evolution and the possibility of a future superior species, then shifts to conservation notes about California sequoias and Colorado trout, warning against greed. It mentions a projected Austro-Hungarian electric railway from Vienna to Buda Pest with Danube views, powered by individual motors.
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Evilrion Wereantire
Ana
California
Secretary of the Interior
Colorado
America
Austro-Hungary
Vienna
Buda Vesta
Danube
Auolian
Mfr
Ivustter
Portland Race Track Planned to Elevate Pacific Coast
A Portland company forms with $30,000 capital to build a premier race track within city limits. If realized, Portland would boast the finest track on the Pacific coast, amid talk of rising wheat and beef prices as global events draw crowds and boost farmer prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Or
Portland
Pacific Coast
Longevity in Norway Cited in Cold Climate Claim
A remark attributes longer life expectancy in Norway to its cold climate. The claim links weather with health, noting Norway as achieving greater longevity than other lands.
Good Roads and Moral Order at the World's Fair Exhibit
An argument links crime and poor roads, urging Congress to fund a grand roadmaking exhibit at the World's Fair. The exhibit would showcase scientific road building, sections of roads, skilled workers, engineers, chemists, and daily machinery demonstrations to educate visitors on exact construction methods.
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America
Congress
Europe
French Savings Drive Sustains Republic Amid Global Pressures
The article lauds French economic discipline after the Franco Prussian War, noting citizen saving and debt management that supported the republic. It cites investments in copper and the Panama scheme, alleges corruption behind the scenes, and praises the Bank of Paris for lending to Spain while urging broader international engagement.
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Republic of France
Panama Canal
M Delahaye
France
Bank of Paris
Spain
Electric cooking imagined for housewives by 19th century editor
The Morning Advertiser editor envisions a near future where housewives connect circuits from bedrooms to power kitchen work. Electricity would replace coal and gas for cooking and heating, with utensils having built in coils. Estimated costs show about 6.57 dollars for ninety meals and 6.40 dollars per month for heating four stoves, totaling roughly 12 dollars monthly for a normal family.
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New York
Lem
Polar expeditions push toward the north pole in coming seasons
Dr. Nansen plans a lengthy voyage by water to exploit a possible eastward current toward the pole, aiming to reach the north pole and perhaps the other side. Lt. Peary, backed by the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, intends to traverse from McCormick Bay and return within February to July, defining Greenland's northern land boundaries and expanding global knowledge as explorers seek new frontiers.
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North Pole
Norway
Dr. Nansen
Behring Straits
Pole
Peary
Philadelphia Academy of Sciences
McCormick Bay
Greenland
Learn a Useful Trade and Work Hard to Earn a Living
The piece mocks paid ads seeking easy posts for reading Emerson and Goethe to invalids and warns against “nothing menial” jobs. It urges women to learn cooking or other useful skills, noting the hard grind of finding work and the need for long, faithful effort to merit good positions.
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The
Christian Union
Emerson and Goethe
Emerson
Goethe
Royalty Arrested Over Dog Masking Venice Breach
Frederick and Princess Margaret of Germany were walking to St Mark's in Venice when a man seized their unrestrained dog. They were taken to the police station for violation of local rules, revealing their royal ranks and prompting apologies.
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Mapress
Frederick
Margaret
Germany
St. Mark's
Venice
Costly Dairy Opens with Electric Power in London
A new dairy building of Carrarassirble has electric lights and motive power for separators churns and washing. The opening was performed by the lady mayoress of London.
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London
Heart Beats of Animals and Duluth Iron Range Fare Change
Article notes animal heart rates with horses at forty, oxen fifty, sheep and hogs seventy six. It reports Duluth and Iron Range road cut passenger rate to 3.4 cents a mile from 4 cents, the only Minnesota line previously at four cents, with other lines limited to three cents by law.
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Duluth and Iron Range
Minnesota
Masked highwayman robs multiple suburbs in daylight
A masked rider terrorized Berwyn Riverside Lyons Clyde and Hawthorne in broad daylight. He halted drivers, checked pockets and forced stolen valuables into his own possession then fled amid a citywide vigil. Police describe a 5 foot 4 swede-like man with a black hat and overcoat.
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Berwyn
Riverside
Lyons
Clyde
Hawthorne
Sean
Chicago
William Kelley
Charles Thompson
Ogden Avenue
William P. Kennan
Washington Street
A. Bader
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
Riverside Express Company
Kelley
J. M. Meyers
Ogden Avenue Road
Illinois Central
Mr. Meyers
A. B. Whitney
Whitney
Fred Sellers
Fred Crow
Sellers
Nets
W. Ryan
Richard Turpin
Keefe
Ryan
Meg Lyons
Ogeen
Abe
Schaeffer
The Stormy Petrel and Other Theater Tidings
Behind the Footlights Annie Pixley stars in The Stormy Petrel tried in Providence and Albany. Thomas W. Keene has played Richard III over 1700 times. Rumors mention a $150000 opera house in Jersey City and Berlin productions falter. Notables include Hoyt in New Hampshire politics and Irving Hicks collaborations.
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Annie Pixley
Food, Cooks and Eating Through History
The Washington Post survey notes tales from banquets in Elizabethan times with guests carrying spoons, outlines four main French sauces, and recalls ancient dishes like garum. It cites epicures, famed cookbooks from 1575 and 1745, Brillat Savarin’s appetite, and prisoner origins of oxtail soup.
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Boneher
Lasnes
Luter
Delauny
Soyer
Careme
Vitellius
Pheasant
Adam Veales
Louis XVI
France
Mrs. Glesse
Brillat-Savarin
J. D'Avaray
Reproducing nature colors in photography claims
A Berlin chemist and Outing’s photographic writer discuss color realism and sky dominance in landscape negatives. Lt Peary’s Greenland photographs inspire lantern slides for the Academy of Natural Sciences. A two part intensifying formula uses water bichloride of mercury and iodide of potash with a curing process.
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Berlin
Peary
Greenland
Academy of Natural Sciences
Powder and Ball in War and Industry
A historical summary notes 1870 71 Franco German war casualties 250000. It compares weaponry including a three pound cannon ball and air resistance. Mentions Royal Sovereign with 800 electric lights and thirty miles of wire and telephones at Fort Sheridan rifle ranges. Also discusses tobacco packaging aimed at recruiting, rifle performance in Europe, and a Chicago exposition economic note of 250 million dollars expected foreign capital.
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Fort Sheridan
Ills
England
Dahomey
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