Greater America Exposition Opens July First at Omaha
Omaha readers are told the Greater America Exposition begins July 1 for four months with grand colonial displays and demonstrations. government departments aid planning, spectacular Manila and Cervera sights, 360 performers, a 100 by 650 foot stage, and nightly fireworks set to attract crowds.
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Omaha
Caicago
Spain
War and Agricultural Departments
the Pain Wireworks Company
Chicago
Manila
Cervera
Republic
Robbery by prison staff sparked Philippine suspicion
A Harper's Weekly report recounts Captain Moffat exposing embezzlement by three Spaniards supervising Manila prisoners. The Spaniards mocked the charge as “our beneficio,” while Moffat’s action highlighted deep trust issues between Americans and local Filipinos and urged integrity over ambition in governance.
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United States
Philippines
J. F. Bass
Harper’s Weekly
Manila
Captain Moffat
Spain
Campfire Sketches Omotsl Thieving Among the Spanish
A brief note on theft incidents among Spanish-linked groups in the Philippines. The piece cites observations from soldiers and officers including Captain Moffatt who coined a new word to describe a local habit or tactic.
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Philippines
Capt. Moffatt
The Awakening Through a Spring Morning
A poem recounts a journey along a familiar valley path from yesterday now alive with spring. The speaker contrasts winter’s mute shadows with April rain, green reeds, and a bluebird’s call as memories stir on the renewed scene. Adelaide D. Rollston.
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Adelaide D. Rollston
Collier’s Weekly
Describes Samoa Camp Life After Battle and Amicable Aftermath
A visitor to Apia portrays Mataafa’s army resting amid huts after a clash for the throne. Warriors, wives, and children relax as tom-toms beat and smiles greet all. A white flag incident halts hostilities while a resident saves his horses.
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Samoa
Apia
Mataafa
Talofa
Lincoln Portrait Image Tells of Medill Death Tribute
The obituary notes Joseph Medill, longtime Chicago Tribune editor, and recounts the story behind a famous Lincoln portrait he documented. It reflects Medill’s role in shaping public memory of Lincoln through photography and press coverage.
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Joseph Medill
Chicago Tribuné
Lincoln
Noble Gesture at Dinner Honors Victoria Cross Hero
London papers recount how Colonel Sir Robert White and the Twenty-first Lancers toasted a Victoria Cross recipient. To spare the guest embarrassment, all officers drank the tepid water from their finger-bowls, the colonel leading in a gracious act of hospitality.
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London
Twenty-first Lancers
Omdurman
Sir Robert White
Thrashing a King in Ashanti Camp
General Colley writes of a native policeman reporting a king making noise and gambling with his subjects. The king was given a thrashing as a disciplinary correction, illustrating a colonial view of royal inviolability and order in the field.
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Colley
Mankasela
King
Absent-minded Professor Misreads War Status
A college town professor, deeply absorbed in studies, tells a friend the war with Spain is dragging on. The friend corrects him, noting the war ended months ago, but the professor says he learned of it from magazines, returning to his absent-minded routine.
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Spain
Hawaii Mormon Population Sizes Revealed
A report notes Hawaii hosts 4,886 Mormons with 4,368 identified as natives of the islands. The figures highlight regional religious demographics and community composition.
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Hawai
Monument to Lincoln a Chicago civic beacon proposal
Judge C W Raymond extols Abraham Lincoln from Lexington to Lincoln, praising his honesty, justice, and dedication to liberty. He urges erecting a grand monument in Illinois linking Lexington and Lincoln, funded from widows mites to wealth, with a towering effigy inviting all lovers of liberty to honor the emancipator.
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C. W. Raymond
Chicago
Sons of Veterans
Lexington
Lincoln
Great West
Illinois
Union
Shrine of
Liberty
Republic
Abraham Lincoln
Putnam
Grant
New York
Washington
Hig H
America
Lincoln and Founding Figures Honored in a Civil War Tribute
A flowing tribute extols Abraham Lincoln and other founding heroes. It compares Lincoln to Moses and Washington, praising his free America work, daily charity, and life of duty. The piece links Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and Revere to liberty and national unity.
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Mercy
America
Lberty
Moses
Israel
Abraham Lincoln
Shakespeare
Alexander
Caesar
Rosauth
Washington
Cromwell
Columbus
Pitt
Webster
Luther
Wellington
Bismarck
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
Middlesex County
Massachusetts
Great Republic
Israel Putnam
Women Lead In Educational Donations Across Nation
The New Voice notes women contributed 33 446 000 to education last year with major gifts from Cora J Flood San Francisco 2260000 and Elizabeth H Bates Port Chester 135000 to the University of Michigan. Annie G Patton 100000 to Princeton Sarah Underwood 150000 to the American University and Helen Gould 77000 to several institutions highlight women’s philanthropy and a 2 000 000 pledge for a female industry college in Boston.
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Cora J. Flood
San Francisco
University of California
N. P. O'Connor
San Jose
California State Normal School
Elizabeth H. Bates
Portchester
N. Y
University of Michigan
Caroline Craft
Boston
Harvard University
Annie G. Patton
Princeton
Sarah Underwoood
Saratoga
American University
Elizabeth Smith
Lancaster
University of
Garibaldi Finds Love ashore in Brazil tale
Garibaldi recounts his search for a wife while aboard the Itanarica and spotting Anita, mother of his children, in Barra near the Laguna of St. Catherine. He lands to seek her, meets her family, and declares you must be mine with a bold, magnetic appeal.
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Garibaldi
Barra
Laguna of St. Catherine
Brasil
Anita
Uncle Bill’s ideas on life and values
A kit of reflective aphorisms on affection, ambition, self discovery, and money. The Cleveland Leader quotes a married woman’s affection for a dog, a young man’s need for encouragement, a man’s search for identity, and the fortunes revealed by giving away wealth.
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Cleveland
Average Birth of Twins Across Regions
Report shows in England 11 twins per 1000 births, Scotland 11, Ireland 17, with overall twin rate about 69 per 1000 births. England adds 9,736 twins annually or about 4,868 double births. Rare cases exceed two twins per birth, averaging eight yearly, with authenticated instances of five in a single birth.
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England
Scotland
Ireland
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