Mark Twain Returns Home After Years Abroad
Mark Twain, aged 65, is back in the United States following long residence in London. Reports over the years alternated between poverty and lavish banquets with European elites, but his finances are sound and his pen remains active. The piece also notes Brigadier General Bruce Hamilton’s swift rise, educator Edward A Dirge’s Wisconsin appointment, and Max Schoenfeld’s $10,000 gift to the National Farm School for seed funding and student loans.
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Mark Twam
Mark Twain
London
Usk
Clemens
Vienna
Max Schoenfeld
Rorschach
Switzerland
National Farm School
Doylestown
Death of John E. Hudson Boston Bell official
John E. Hudson of Boston, president of the American Bell Telephone Company, died suddenly at Beverley station while awaiting a train. A Harvard Law professor for years, he became general manager in 1880 and was elected president in 1889, serving until his death.
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Edward Asahel Dirge
Charles
Kendall Adams
University of Wisconsin
Adams
College of Letters and Science
Birge
Williams College
Harvard
University of Leipskc
Western University of Pennsylvania
John E. Hudson
Boston
American Bell Telephone Company
Boston & Maine
Beverley
Maass
Hudson
Harvard University Law School
American Bell ‘Telephone Company
Mananger
Startling Novel A Furnace of Earth by Hallie Rives
Hallie Erminie Rives the Kentucky author behind Smoking Flax returns with A Furnace of Earth a novel famed for its intensity and frankness. The 25 year old writer lives with Col Stephen Rives in Christian County Kentucky and is noted for unconventional dress and manners. Mrs William F Apthorp unveils a plate glass sounding board for Chickering Hall in Boston.
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Hallie Erminie Rives
Zola
Ouida
Col
Stephen Rives
Christian County
Kentucky
Miss Rives
Wiliam F. Apthorp
Boston
Chickering Hall
Notable Atlanta Banker Colter Dies After Apparent Fall
Charles A. Colter a prominent Atlanta figure dies after falling on his rear porch the other morning his pistol fired wounding him near the heart. A university of Georgia alumnus born in Atlanta fifty two years ago he held posts including Piedmont exposition president city alderman and major pro tempore.
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Atlanta
Charles A. Colter
South
Mr. Collier
University of Georgia
Charles A. Collier
Capital City Bank
United States
Hutchinson family star John W Hutchinson aged 80
John W. Hutchinson, sole surviving member of the Hutchinson family, now 80, leads a quiet life in a small Minnesota town after the group’s lively 1940s concerts in the United States and England stirred broad fanfare.
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Hutchinson
England
John W. Hutchinson
Minnesota
Electricity deal for Johore powers 98 miles to gold mines
Sultan Ibrahim of Johore contracts with General Electric of Schenectady to build an electric plant costing 700000 to 800000 dollars to transmit power ninety eight miles from a cataract to government gold mines. GE sends nine experts to install and will employ them for years until locals learn the trade. Additional machinery costs around 250000 dollars. Robert Hoe unveils Gutenberg medal for 500th anniversary.
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Johore
Ibrahim
Sultan of
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Imitative Skills Rise From Borrowed Tools in China
Henry A. Janvier went to China to set up coinage plants for brass and silver currency. A shop superintendent named Val copied a micrometer caliper with Chinese characters on the copy, omitting the original stamped tables but achieving striking accuracy. An exchange proposal followed between Mgr Wai and Janvier after the replica impressed the American.
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Henry A. Janvier
China
Janvier
Val
Mgr. Wai
Singer Sewing Machine Exhibited at Paris Exposition
The Singer Manufacturing Company of 149 Broadway New York shows its sewing machine in Group XIII Class 79 at the Paris International Exposition. The Grand Prize was awarded for design and efficiency, echoing prior Chicago World’s Fair recognition of Singer machines with extensive awards. Readers are urged to visit local Singer salesrooms across the United States.
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Singer Manufacturing Company
Broadway
New York
Singer
Singer Sewing Machines
Paris
Chicago
United States
A Confederate Officer Quips Over Hugo Novel
A staff colonel roaming a Confederate town pauses to bow at a young woman on a porch and asks about Les Miserables. Her sharp reply scolds his mispronunciation and notes a preference for real misery in Grant’s era.
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Grant
Victor Hugo
Extent of Chinese Literature and Its Rich Charms
The four imperial libraries of the present dynasty catalog and describe at least 93000 books spread across 200 volumes. Some Western writers deride the collection as overwhelming, but Abbe Remusat praises its eloquence and poetry, noting a picturesque language that fuels imagination.
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Remusat
Buried Cities Unearthed in Central America
A growing list of bush-covered ruins in Central America yields temples near San Elizario Honduras that resemble the Yucatan in ornament and architecture though larger. Builders may have been peaceful Caziques fleeing Spanish hunters rather than Pharaohs, judging by the stone slabs and arches.
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Central America
San Elizario
Honduras
Uxmal
Yucatan
Mount Bayou Mayor Once Slave of Jefferson Davis
Isaiah T. Montgomery once enslaved by Jefferson Davis, along with his brother Joseph Davis, founded a Negro colony in the Yazoo River valley Mississippi. He serves as mayor of Mount Bayou, the colony’s center, where the community owns about 12 000 acres.
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Jeff Davis
Isaiah T. Montgomery
Jefferson Davis
Joseph Davis
Yazoo River
Mississippi
Mount Bayou
Sparrow hawk speeds toward dinner at 150 mph
A British sparrow hawk darts through the air toward its meal, traveling at about 150 miles per hour.
Potomac Memorial Bridge Plan Proposed Scope and Design
A proposed memorial bridge across the Potomac at Washington would be a monumental river span with a sixty foot roadway, twelve foot sidewalks, and an estimated one million dollars in statuary. Architect Burr’s ornate design emphasizes simplicity and grandeur, with large arches, masonry foundations, and bronze victory figures. The plan includes eight heroic groups along the roadway, statues, electric lighting supports, and future add ons for commemorative busts and plaques.
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Potomac River
Washington
Senate
House
Burr
Arlington
National Cemetery
City of
Arch Rock to Be Blown Up in San Francisco Bay
Demolition of Arch rock proceeds after Shag rocks No 1 and No 2 removal. Contractors prepare charges as pilots and ship interests press for final payment. Arch rock’s history recalls daring tides and fatal rescues before the planned explosion ends a noted navigation hazard.
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Sausalito
Arch Rock
San Francisco
California
Frank Murphy
San Francisco Bay
From Society to Factory: Mrs Mason's Fall in Indiana
Once queen of a grand Indiana gas belt home Mrs George L Mason now works as a factory hand in Marion to support her two daughters Her husband has abandoned her and she hopes to trace him Her story recalls Marion and Muncie industrial rise with gas belt promoters and urban fame. Rostand reportedly drafting a Bernhardt play about Nero persecution with Proppaea as provocative figure.
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Indiana Gas Belt
George L. Mason
Marion
Macon
Mason
Muncie
Toronto
Canada
Bernhardt
Nero
Proppaea
San Francisco's Growth and Census Ranking Change
San Francisco remains undaunted by slipping to ninth place in the 1900 census with 342 782 inhabitants after eighth in 1890. Supporters credit Hawaiian annexation and trade with Japan China and Asiatic Russia for growth and foresee a rapid rise, potentially challenging New York in the next census.
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San Francisco
America
Cleveland
Buffalo
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
China
Russia
Davis
East
Pacific Coast
Asia
New York
Mail carrier Mrs Upton leaves long rural route role
Mrs Harriet L Upton of Fairport Michigan long carried Uncle Sam mail between Fairport and Adrian. Rural free delivery ended the route but she kept busy running errands along the pike. She plans to farm now after thirty miles of daily mail runs and other duties.
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Harriet L. Upton
Fairport
Lenawee County
Mich
Sam
Adrian
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John Fe, Hudson
Hallie
Collier
Robert Hoe
Gutenberg
These Nations
Jacob H. Hollander
Johns Hopkins University
Porto Rico
Baltimore
Canton
Great Memorial Bridge
Geo. L. Mason
West Virginia
Stephen B. Blas
Henry
Segagor
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