London Financier Charles Rivers Wilson Visits United States
London financier Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, once comptroller general of Britain’s national debt, visiting the U S on a short trip. He previously toured America to assess Grand Trunk Railway and Central Pacific links amid interest in the Russian Chinese loan. He is noted for resolving the Egyptian financial tangle of 1876 and now explores foreign bond investments and risk distinctions between government and private loans.
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London
Charles Rivers Wilson
Grand Trunk Railroad
United States
Sir Charles
America
Central Pacific Road
Great Britain
New York
Chicago
Woolsey
Temple of the Sun
Heliopolis
Egypt
Thethmes III
B. C
Syene
Nile
Rameses IL
Augustus Caesar
Alexandria
Caesarium
Cairo
England
Pocahontas Academy celebrates semi centennial in Illinois
An ancient village school in Pocahontas Illinois marked a semi centennial commemorating the 1851 erection of the Pocahontas Academy building. The frame structure, once private, became a public academy but kept the Pocahontas Academy name. The town’s early names Amity and Hickory Grove are noted, with Pocahontas preferred by founders.
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Pocahontas
Ill
Pocahontas Academy
Amity
Amity Academy
Hickory Grove Academy
Namie
Hickory Grove
Bond
Illinois
Vandalia
St. Louis
Mexican Boy Water Carrier On Balancing Load
The passage notes how children in Mexico learn to carry heavy water jars on their heads with minimal tools, often traversing long distances between wells and homes. The image shows a young Mexican boy balancing a large vessel with a single rope used as a counterbalance.
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Mexico
Oldest Painter Thomas Sidney Couper Still at Work
The 98 year old painter Thomas Sidney Couper remains active in art. He began as a theatrical scene painter around 1820 and has since exhibited 280 pictures at the English Royal Academy.
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Thomas Sidney Couper
English Royal Academy
Wisdom Fragments and Historical Notes From The Past
A collection of aphorisms and historical notes discussing eloquence simplicity memory and virtue. Includes reflections from Socrates Sophocles and Penn, plus a brief history of Cleopatra's Needle and the old Oxford regent master customs and Skye terrier origin.
Rise of the American Navy from Fragile Beginnings
The article traces naval growth from 1883 as Congress funded one dispatch boat and three small cruisers to a rising power with seventeen first class battleships, armored cruisers, torpedo fleets, and substantial manpower. It notes key ships like the Dolphin, Puritan, Maine, Indiana, and Oregon, the Naval Academy expansion, and gaps in funding that cloud the outlook.
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Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
United States
America
Forty-eighth Congress
Terror
Maine
Texas
Vesuvius
Columbia
Ericsson
Havana
Indiana
Santiago
Oregon
Iowa
Brooklyn
Cleveland
England
Providence
Naval Academy
Morgan Rules the Waves and Morgan Powers Seas Trade
The Morgan interests seek control of the Leyland line, aiming to create the largest global steamship group with 190 vessels totalling over 700 thousand tons. The move challenges Britain's naval supremacy as Morgan builds ships in the United States to boost steel industry demand. The Chicago American notes Britain may still sing Britannia Rules the Waves despite the shift.
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Pierpont Morgan
Leyland Line
Wilson Line
Leylands
Atlantic Transport Line
Leyland
Gulliver Morgan
United States
Mediterranean
Portugal
Montreal
John Bull
Education in Prisons as a Remedy for Crime
An editorial argues prisoners should be educated to reduce crime and prevent idleness. It contends that convict labor at public expense should not undercut honest workers, and that prison education could reform inmates, lowering taxes and benefiting society. It calls for experimentation by authorities.
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Westminster Gazette
Oxford
Mann
Anto
From Plural to Singular United States Usage
The Hon. John W. Foster defends using United States as a noun in the singular noting three constitutional plurals that now read as singular. He argues the phrase once meant states in union, then grew into a single national entity as federal power strengthened and common usage shifted.
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John W. Foster
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
House
Congress of the Confederation
Public Otownership Move Signals Wealth Power Shift
The note reports Cornelius Vanderbilt elected director of New York Realty, a $3,000,000 concern planning real estate development in major cities. It cites others like Havemeyer Seligman Thorne Speyer Steele Tweed, suggesting consolidation by wealthy individuals and firms could nationalize land. Also notes coffee industry growth and U S import bill exceeding $5 million in nine months, with Porto Rico Hawaii and Philippines cited as potential sites.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York Realty Corporation
Vanderbilt
William F. Havemeyer
Henry Seligman
Oakleigh Thorne
James Speyer
Charles Steele
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Charles H. Tweed
America
New York
Chicago
Holland
Java
Chicago Record-Herald
United States
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Cup Races See Diminished Interest Across Yachting Circles
The Boston Herald notes reduced interest this year in the America Cup competition and abroad. Shamrock I is deemed as fast or faster than its challenger, while Constitution and Crowninshield's Independent elicit limited knowledge but suggest preliminary trials will be as engaging as the finals.
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Boston Herald
New England
Herrashoft
Columbia
Crowninshield
Unanimous Banquet Remarks Highlight Unity in Louisiana
President McKinley attended a New Orleans banquet with Louisiana governors mayors and notable Democrats. He praised unity noting no clear political differences among Republican guests and Louisiana Democrats while expressing a lighthearted sense of harmony and good feelings.
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McKinley
New Orleans
Louisiana
Chicago Tribune
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Johnson
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