New Comptroller of Currency Named by President Roosevelt
The Weekly Panorama reports President Roosevelt appoints W. B. Ridgely of Illinois as Comptroller of the Currency to fill the vacancy left by Charles G. Dawes. Ridgely is the son in law of Senator Cullom and was the choice of the late President McKinley. The formal announcement followed a delay due to a trip to Buffalo.
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Roosevelt
McKinsey
W. B. Ridgely
Hinois
Mr. Ridgely
Cullom
Charles G. Dawes
McKinley
Buffalo
Inmate Recovers From Brain Bullet Injury at Altoona Hospital
James Callan, confined at Altoona hospital, survived a self inflicted gunshot to the head on August 14. Doctors used x ray imaging to locate a .38 caliber bullet embedded in the mid brain and report the patient recovered enough to be discharged as cured last week.
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James Callan
Altoona
Pal) Hospital
McChine
Callan
Philadelphia Enquirer
Out of Woman's Sphere in U S Professions
The article notes that women entering learned professions in the United States is a modern development. Sixty to eighty years ago no woman was regularly accredited in law medicine or theology. It cites Antoinette Brown and Lucy Stone as early figures in women’s rights and ordination, with Brown becoming a minister and Stone dying a disenfranchised citizen. It adds that medicine now has many thousands of women physicians practicing nationwide.
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United States
Antoinette L. Brown
Lucy Stone
Oberlin
Lucy
Antoinette
America
Verne Reported Blind at Home in Amiens
Jules Verne, aged seventy three, is said to be totally blind at his Amiens home after long years of poor vision. The famed author, who declined a French Academy seat again, remains productive, having published a novel three years ago, and recalling his start with Five Weeks in a Balloon. He enjoys yachting on a fine steam yacht during happy days aboard.
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Jules Verne
Amiens
Eges
Romancer
M. Verne
French Academy
Jackson Captain Seeks Lincoln Conspirator Execution
Captain Christian Rath of Jackson Michigan seeks appointment as a singular Captain MATS executioner for Leon Czolgosz the assassin of President McKinley He says he oversaw the execution of Lincoln conspirators including Mrs Surratt Paine Herrold and Atzerodt and aided in erecting the scaffold and placing the ropes He offers to perform the death sentence at his own expense only.
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Mats
Leon Czolgosz
McKinley
Rath
Abraham Lincoln
Surratt
Paine
Herrold
Atzeroth
John Wilkes Booth
Union
Washington
Lfe
Czolgosz
Delmonico clan loses famed restaurateur in Denver death
Charles Crist Delmonico, noted caterer and member of the famed Delmonico restaurateurs, died in Denver from heart and lung trouble. He was part of a line that built New York’s public dining legacy, tracing back to founders John and Peter Delmonico and the 1848 William Street restaurant. He recently returned from Europe seeking health.
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Charles Crist Delmonico
Denver
New York
Charles Delmonico
Lorenzo
Siro Delmonico
John
Peter
Delmonico
William Street
Europe
American type specimen per Everybody's Magazine data
Dr Henry Gannett describes an American male at five feet eight inches and 150 pounds with a 36 inch chest, noting he is taller than English and German relatives but lighter than Singlishman and German. He is 37, with a wife 35, three children, and lives near Columbus Indiana in a farm of 137 acres, 80 cultivated, mean temp 53, rainfall 41.
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Henry Gannett
Everybody's Magazine
Ilfig
Iis
Columbus
Ind
Sound Magic Demonstrated by Tyndall Lecture
The article recounts Tyndall showing musical echoes through a wooden rod linking floor‑separated instruments. A guitar, harp, and tray produced similar sounds via sound conduction, suggesting witchcraft to the uneducated.
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Tyndall
Chambers
Ready-made suit leads to wallet loss and lawsuit
A New Yorker spends about 100 on a suit bought that day. He leaves his wallet in an unsewn coat pocket, it slips out in a rooftop garden gathering. The tailor refuses responsibility, saying ready-made clothing carry no fault. He plans to sue.
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Proudway
New York Post
Japanese Villager Returns to Kumamoto After 28 Years
A mountain native known as a Rip Van Winkle emerges from seclusion in Japan and visits Kumamoto for the first time in twenty eight years. He marvels at the city, then returns to the mountains, noting the many telegraph wires along the streets.
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Rip van Winkle
Japan
Kumamoto
Chicago News
Fragmented Nietzsche Quote on Dying and Comedy
An extracted fragment discusses dying patients being drawn in by solemn company and staged emotions, describing an alternating state of consciousness and performance. It suggests the seriousness of treatment as both enjoyment and compensation for privation in the dying.
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Maby
Nietzsche
President Sings at German Reformed Church in Washington
President Roosevelt attends Sunday service at the German Reformed church on Fifteenth Street Northwest Washington with Rev. Dr. J. M. Schick as pastor. The small brick church hosts a telegraphed report of the first Sunday with the hymn Jesus the Hope of Israel and a sermon on Ephesians chapter three.
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Roosevelt
German Reformed Church
J. M. Schick
Fifteenth and
O Streets
Northwest
Washington
Lar
Jesus
Israel
Russia's Neat Army Describes Diet and Duties
A 1901 overview details the Russian army’s vegetarian leaning meals with limited meat a day, bread rations, and cheap beer substitutes. It notes preferred foods, bread surplus sales, and favorite pastimes such as singing, dancing, and playing instruments, alongside troop strength on peace footing.
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Russia
The Japanese Maid Serves Up To Society Women
Prominent New York women adopt Japanese maids as the cleanest and most stylish helpers. They argue Japanese maids attend to needs better than French German or English staff, bringing superior hairdressing skills and refined boudoir secrets.
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New York
Milady
General Heywood Holds Oldest Commission in US Forces
General Charles Heywood, commandant of the United States Marine Corps, holds the oldest commission in the armed forces. Admiral Dewey is noted as the next senior officer in line.
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Charles Heywood
United States Marine Corps
Admiral Dewey
Burial Place of Presidents and a Washington Memorial
The piece argues that presidents belong to the nation through local ties and suggests a national memorial in Washington. It envisions a grand arch with inscriptions honoring multiple presidents or a single tribute, to coexist with but not affect burial places in Canton Springfield or Cleveland.
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Canton
Springfield
Cleveland
Washington
Astor Apology Leads To British Naturalization
William Waldorf Astor apologized for self expatriation claiming American criticism drove him away. Born March 31, 1848 in New York, eldest son of John Jacob Astor he married Mary Dahlgren Paul in 1878. He served in New York legislature and as U S minister to Italy, later living mainly in Britain and founding The Pall Mall Magazine and purchasing The Pall Mall Gazette.
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Astor
William Waldorf Astor
United States
Mr. Astor
New York City
John Jacob Astor
Mary Dahlgren Paul
Philadelphia
Dahlgren
New York
Italy
England
Pall Mall Magazine
Pall Mall Gazette
British Isles
Isaac S. Taylor Named Director of Construction for Exposition
Isaac S. Taylor chosen director of construction and maintenance for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Born in Nashville in 1851, he graduated from St. Louis University in 1868 and studied under George T. Barnett before forming Barnett & Taylor. He later practiced alone, building fifty major structures in St. Louis and extending work to Illinois and Texas.
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Isaac S. Taylor
Nashville
Tenn
St. Louis University
Isaac 8. Taylor
George T. Barnett
Western Architects
Taylor
Barnett & Taylor
Mr. Taylor
George S. Barnett
Illinois
Texas
Seth Low Returns as Fusion Mayor Candidate for New York
Seth Low, head of Columbia University since 1889, leads the fusion forces of the city as mayoral candidate. A longtime reform figure, he previously served as Brooklyn mayor in 1881 and 1887 re election, and was later nominated by Citizens' Union for Greater New York's first mayoralty.
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Seth Low
Greater
New York
Mr. Low
Columbia University
Low
Brooklyn
Citizens’ Union
The
Hague
England's Coming Coronation Plans for King Edward
England faces a coronation year with King Edward likely to stay in London most of the time and visit Windsor briefly for weekends and Ascot. Officials expect limited staff at Windsor and the castle, with travel mostly by automobile. Royal stables have been reduced and several stable helpers discharged.
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England
Edward
Windsor
Ascot
Castle
London
Royal Stables
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