Commencement Sermon Echoes on Infinite Power and History
The Harvard commencement sermon by Rev. Edward Everett Hale extols success as arising from infinite power and divine guidance. He cites early Christians and the idea of turning the world toward goodness, urging graduates to live with faith and purpose as history moves forward.
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Edward Everett Hale
Harvard
Tie
Thuile
Tea
Orient
Hale
Deas
Croc
Tonger
Sens
Invention of dahor savings machinery praised as blessing
The text argues machines will relieve humans from exhausting labor, praising the potential for improved health and longevity. It decries drudgery of laundry work and child labor, urging adoption of mechanization to lift society into a more humane twentieth century.
Mineral Production in Hard Times and Rising Gold Output
The Enineering and Minis Journal notes American mining outpacing Britain in general, but coal and metals suffer amid strikes and shrinking values. It highlights a 1898 rise in gold mined by three million and a $4 million gain in anthracite coal value despite overall declines.
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Richard BP. Rothwell
Enineering and Minis Journal
France
Great Britain
Cierny
Little Kingdom
Ireland
ISU
Pheiron
Rockwell
Mae
Sandow’s health rules for strength and vigor
The article outlines Sandow the strong man’s daily health regimen as taught for The Cosmopolitan. He avoids tea and coffee, drinks water on an empty stomach, sleeps nine hours, baths regularly, favors outdoor exercise especially cycling, warns against excessive work and sedentary living, prefers dumbbells and measured breathing for vitality.
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Sandow
Cosmopolitan
Ren
Tle
Ile
Wedding Etiquette and Athletic News Across Nations
A discussion on wedding gift etiquette laments rising costs and suggests no presents on invitations. The piece also reports Yale's summer athletic tour to England to compete for prizes in running and field events. It notes Rosebery courting John Burns for a cabinet seat and praises a speech about owing a good horse.
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Yale Athletic Tem
England
Oxford
Rosebery
John Burns
London
Views on Coxeys Challenge Public Opinion Split
The piece surveys reactions from General Howard Police Superintendent Byrnes and Dr Alvah Doty on Coxey's Army. Howard foresees eventual calm and work for the unemployed, Byrnes decries Coxeyism as dangerous while urging anti‑crank legislation, and Doty highlights sanitation risks and advocates bathhouses and barber shops to curb unrest.
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Coxey
General Howard
Byrnes
New York
Alvah H. Doty
Bureau of Contagious Diseases
North American Review
Treward
Congress
Frye
Howard
Washington
Paris
Marseilles
Inspector Byrnes
Coxevisin
Flag Day Should Be Widely Commemorated In Schools
The author urges adding a holiday or stronger commemoration for Flag Day across schools and patriotic groups. It notes June 14, 1777 as when the flag was adopted by Congress and calls for readings from the Federalist Papers, patriotic music, addresses, and tableaux to inspire national pride.
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United States
Congress
United States of America
Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
New York Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Union
If Christ Came to Chicago and Thrift of Rich Elites
A reflection on W. T. Stead and a Chicago tax critique. The piece contrasts aldermen paying no personal taxes with wealthy figures whose horses cost around twenty and carriages four dollars each. Theodore L. Cuyler praises Morris K. Jesup, dubbing him a consecrated banker, while questioning the era’s millionaire spirituality.
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W. T. Stead
Christ
Chicago
Windy City
Rey
Theodore Cuyler
Morris K. Jesup
New York
Dr. Cuyler
Chinese Labor Strike Ends With Suppression in Palace Repairs
A Chinese labor dispute near Peking led to a mass strike by carpenters and mechanics restoring imperial palaces. The emperor ordered fresh workers and police to arrest ringleaders, threaten strangulation, and banish others for three years. the dispatch notes the strike has collapsed.
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Peking
America
Pacific
Tie Dispatch
One Strike and Arbitration Shape Great Northern Crisis
The Great Northern strike disrupted thousands of miles of rail traffic across Minnesota North Dakota Montana and the Pacific Northwest. Arbitration led by President James J. Hill produced a plan acceptable to both sides and a quick adjustment of disputes. Meanwhile commentary notes barefoot advocates in London medical circles and rising absinthe consumption in France reflecting broader social debates.
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the Review of Reviews
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Trafic
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Pacific Coast
St. Paul
Duluth
Minneapolis
St. Pat
Apis
Allow Lea
Northwest
James J. i
Grimsaver
Putiie
Ma Hib
Corporation
Wilison Wadin Fari
Lust Br
Letter Carriers On Bicycles May Speed City Deliveries
Citizens foresee faster mail service as letter carriers mounted on swift bikes may patrol all cities. The public urges Congress to allocate at least 200000 dollars for the Cotton States exposition in Atlanta next year.
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United States
Conmsoress
West Indies
Central
South America
New World
Douds
Congress
Atlanta
Women with Guns in Outdoor Recreation Opinion Piece
Annie Oakley argues that women should learn firearms for health confidence and self defense. She outlines training steps from a .22 rifle to revolver and shotgun, urges accompanying or joining male companions on hunts, and stresses proper dress and safety while pursuing outdoor shooting.
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Caner
Nsine
Annnie Oakley
New York Sun
France Enacts Tight Rules On Infant Feeding And Nursing Bottles
The Preneh government imposes penalties forbidding giving solid food to infants under one year without a written prescription from a qualified medical officer. Nurses may not use nursing bottles with rubber tubes for infants in their care. Other strict laws were recently enacted as part of child welfare efforts.
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Crulliver
Tennarek
Lare
Strom
Jar, Weismanmi
Tie
Daeir
Wetsmama
Pexas
Weismann
Terbert Spencer
Verstasean
London Hospital
France
Preneh Povernment
Women voters and presidents in early U.S. history
Mary A. Greene notes that women helped elect presidents in 1804 New Jersey and 1862 Wyoming, with Jefferson and Cleveland benefiting from female votes, while describing Hose Terry Cooke’s sharp, local reputation in a Connecticut town.
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New Jersey
Thomas Jefferson
Wyoming
Grover Cleveland
Jefferson
Mary A. Greene
Hose
Terry Cooke
Connecticut
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