Labor Ode and Market Tale in One Ragged Read
The piece blends a labor laden poem praising toil with a London Free Lance anecdote about a Sydney immigrant and a wool broker. A broker corners wool in Australia during a looming war forecast, then profits when news arrives, changing the immigrant’s fortune and leading him to a pub in Woolloomooloo.
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Sydney
France
Germany
Berlin
Saaid
London
Australia
Woolloomooloo
Free Lance
Shark haul at Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair reveals immigrant corpse
In 1870 Sydney divers recover a 25 ft 10 in shark with a German immigrant inside. He kept a London paper dated twenty days earlier, hinting at war news between France and Germany. The immigrant sought confederates and investigated a Sydney broker, uncovering a grim plot.
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Lord Hopetoun
Australia
Sydney
Macquarie
Piace
Marquarie
Orice
London
Europe
France
Germany
Wise Words and Witty Maxims Across Ages
A collage of aphorisms from Plutarch Martial Chaaaning Belleau Massinger George Milot Penn Rochefoucauld Buswell Bage Hare and others. The lines span insights on labor wisdom humility self control and focus critiquing impulse ignorance arrogance and multitasking modern readers are invited to reflect on virtue and prudence.
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Massinger
George Milot
Penn
Rochefou
Buswer
Hare
Peat Coke in Russia Gains Widespread Use
In Oldembourg a factory under Engineer Ziegler converts peat into two coke types Black coke and brown half coke. Black coke suits coal uses with minimal ash, brown half coke heats homes with a light flame. By products like methylated spirits boost cost effectiveness. The Russian Government tests on Nicholas Railroad engines prove satisfactory and production plans expand for railway needs.
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Russia
Oldembourg
Ziegler
Ztegier
Nicholas
The New Cure Craze Sparks Public Scrutiny
Onlooker notes public anger over new cures and fashionable professionals. Two young men discuss a physician while two women whisper, not about scandal but sharing addresses of doctors and dentists and the latest cure.
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London
Low Water Alarm Patent Signals Boiler Risk
A Cleveland Ohio firm patented a low water alarm for steam boilers. When water reaches a set level a whistle on the alarm sounds, allowing operators to prevent boiler damage.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Four Kings of the Rail Tie Up Great Transcontinental Deal
In Chicago the Rockefeller Morgan Hill syndicate gains control of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line, creating a west to east Great Northern route. Earling sells for ten million, others receive one to three million, with $30 million lease guarantees targeting 8 percent on preferred and 6 to 7 percent on common stock.
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Chicago
Rockefeller-Morgan-Hill
Millwaukee
Great Northern
St. Paul
Earling
Rockefeller
Morgan
Alexander Geddes
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
Baltimore and Ohio
Vanderbilts
Alton
Harvard Bible Museum grows as Schiff funds new Semitic building
Harvard unveils plans for a Semitic Bible Museum in a new building funded by Jacob H. Schiff of New York. The collection aims to cover Babylonian, Assyrian, Arabian, Phoenician, Moabite, Ethiopian and Syrian materials with Hebrew Palestine as the nucleus, serving scholars and students. It was founded in 1889 by Schiff’s $10,000 grant to Harvard’s Semitic department led by Professors Toy and Lyon.
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Harvard
Semitic Museum
Jacob H. Schiff
New York
Schiff
Toy
Lyon
New Australian Commonwealth Formally United at Dawn
The Australian federation completed at the century’s start with the swearing in of Hopetoun as first governor general. A peaceful union of colonies forms a potential major power in the south Pacific, awaited with interest by the American republic.
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Thd
Awearing-In
Hopetoun
United States of Australia
South Pacific
Judge Deemer Declines Iowa University Chancellorship
Judge Deemer will remain on the Iowa supreme bench and will not accept the chancellorship at the state university. The decision keeps the high court leadership unchanged amid campus leadership speculation.
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Deemer
Iowa Supreme Bench
Iowa State University
Henry Should Be Content as Duke Henry Plans Marriage
The Dutch States General approved an $80,000 yearly personal grant for Duke Henry, who left Holland in a huff over not receiving a title. He faces a looming marriage to Wilhelmina, the queen he adores, yet his sulky mood could threaten the match.
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Henry
Duke Henry
Holland
Menr
Wilhelmina
Palisades Preserved as Interstate Park Plan Grows
Two state legislative commissions for New York and New Jersey have secured an option on the quarryed Palisades opposite upper New York City. They plan an interstate park including the bluffs, a culmination of years of effort led by The Society for the Preservation of the Palisades.
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New York
New Jersey
Palisades
Hudson River
New York City
Society For the Preservation
Justice Department building bids awarded to New Yorker firm
The Justice Department plans a new Washington building with costs reportedly exceeding large sums. Attorneys invited proposals after objections. bids opened last week. A New Yorker won the contract amid access limits to the plans for firms of high standing.
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Attorney General
Washington
Scenic and Histopic Places and Objects in New York
A fragment from a guide notes scenic and histopic places and objects in New York. The text hints at locations of historical interest and scenic spots, but details are incomplete.
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New York
Observatory figure linked to late James B Keeley
Fragmentary notice traces a person born in Hancock County in 1962 who studied astronomy at the University of Michigan. The garbled text mentions Keeley and ties to a late figure, with partial references to mathematics and academia.
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James B., Keeley
My A Farty
Hancock County
Astronomer Writes Textbooks After University Career
A scientist who studied astronomy at the University of Colorado and later taught at Ann Arbor has authored several textbooks.
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University of Colorado
Ann Arbor
School of the Prophets Organizes in Chicago
A newly formed group calling itself the School of Prophets convenes in Chicago. Its founder, a local man, believes the world’s end is near and says the current gathering aims to prepare followers for that alleged event.
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School of the Prophets
School of Prophets
Chicago
Children and Money Habits Revealed by St Paul School Survey
A large St Paul school examined how 1263 children acquire and spend money. Sixty two percent earned or received money weekly. fifty seven percent used it usefully. Found money was often restored or reported, indicating honesty.
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St. Paul
San Francisco Examiner
New York City Egg Trade Spurs Big Hen Industry Growth
New York City consumes 2283 eggs per minute and about 100 million dozen annually, relying on hens and weather to regulate supply. Owners earn around 20 million dollars yearly from city demand. A Manasquan New Jersey project plans 350 acres for 200000 hens yielding large egg output in its first year.
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New York City
Manasquan
N. J
New York
Tortoise as a Weather Prophet
A Chicago Record item notes tortoises on the African coast shelter before rain and are trusted weather prophets. It suggests other animals sense approaching rain and mentions gifting a pet tortoise as a practical present.
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Chicago
Oldest Arithmetic Manuscript Unearthed in Egypt
A papyrus dated around 1700 B C reveals advanced Egyptian arithmetic. It shows operations with whole units and fractions via addition and multiplication, with subtraction and division not in their present form yet correct results achieved. Equations also appear in the text, indicating sophisticated mathematical knowledge.
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Egypt
Newcastle
Hng
Public Ene Honor for Mrs Fairbanks in D A R race
In Washington D A R session candidates include Mrs Charles W Fairbanks wife of Indiana senator As Indiana D A R vice president general she is a prominent club woman Founder of the Fortnightly Literary club and a leader in the Contemporary club Art association and local women’s clubs in Indianapolis
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Washington
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Daughters of the American Revolution
Contemporary Club
Art Association
National Capital
Sixty Six Million Cents Minted In A Year
The United States mints produced 66 833 700 bronze cents last year, a number nearly enough to supply every inhabitant. Annual minting rose from 38 000 000 in 1895 to 49 000 000 in 1898, yet most cents remain in circulation, not worn or melted, and their fate remains a mystery.
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United States
LATE SENATOR BRADBURY OF MAINE DIES AT 98
The former senator Bradbury, Bowdoin 1825 classmate of Longfellow Hawthorne Abbott, long ally of Andrew Jackson, dies aged 98. He was the oldest U S statesman and the last surviving member of the 1847 53 Senate. He never used tobacco or alcohol.
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Senator Bradbury
Maine
United States
Webster, Clay
Denton
Calhoun
Senate
Bowdoin
Longfellow
Hawthorne
John 3
Abbott
Statesman
Andy Jackson
Late Bishop William X Ninde Remembered in Church History
The late Bishop William X Ninde came from a line of Methodist preachers and lived through circuit riding days. He served as teacher and minister, famed pulpit orator, missionary to India, Garrett Biblical Institute professor, and for the last sixteen years a bishop.
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William X. Ninde
India
Garrett Biblical Institution
Explorer Dr. A Donaldson Smith Wins Kane Medal
Dr. A Donaldson Smith, renowned Philadelphia explorer returning from Africa, receives the Elisha Kent Kane medal from the Geographical Society of Pennsylvania. It marks the society’s first presentation of this award.
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A. Donaldson Smith
Philadelphia
Africa
Elisha Kent Kane
The
Geographical Society of Pennsylvania
Eyelety
Laurier known for private charity during cold nights
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian premier, is noted for an unstinted manner of dispensing private charity. He is known to go out on cold nights to carry food to a poor person in whom he takes an interest.
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Wilfred. Laurier
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