Coal Miners' Strike Leader Named From Ohio District
Fred Dilcher of Nelsonville Ohio sits on the United Mine Workers executive board and heads the district organizing eastern Ohio and anthracite Pennsylvania as the strike directs. Known as the baby, he leads the coal miners' action. The czar orders eight Russian detectives to shadow the empress on her current home visit against her wishes.
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Fred Dilcher
Nelsonville
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Dilcher
The
Baby
Russia
Baltimore Returns and Quarantine Tangle After Manila Voyage
The United States cruiser Baltimore returns from Manila under Admiral Watson and stops at Greenock Scotland. Health Officer Doty investigates possible exposure to bubonic plague and imposes quarantine rules restricting access to the ship and shore leave for the crew. The vessel then proceeds to the naval anchorage off Tompkinsville while under strict orders.
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United States
Baltimore
Manilla
Admiral Watson
Mediterranean
Greenock
Scotland
Baltimores
Watson
Manila
Glasgow
Doty
New York
How the Shah Drinks
A humorous vignette notes the Shah travels with a silver teapot that holds mineral water not tea or cold tea. The illustration, drawn at Ostend, amused the Shah who reportedly found the image entertaining as he preferred a pie eaten with a knife. The piece playfully contrasts Persian royalty with a domestic quirk.
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Ostend
Victoria
Fishing an Art in China
The piece extols China as the world’s most advanced fishing culture with diverse waters supplying sustenance. It describes methods from spears and hooks to dredges and nets, including birds trained to dive for fish and eels kept in tubs and jars for market.
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China
Idol of the Miners and Queen of the Mines Mary Jones
Mary Jones known as Mother Jones, revered by coal miners in the anthracite regions, 56 gloves wielding philanthropist from Wilkesbarre Pa. Her eloquent appeals win broad sympathy for workers. Rumor alleges Lord Rowton may delay Beaconsfield memoirs until her death.
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Mary Jones
Lord Rowton
Earl of Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield
Rich Newport heiress marries Englishman with 200 newsboy guests
Miss Harriet Ives Gammell of Newport W R I wed last week to Thomas Shaw Safe. Her fortune reaches 20 million dollars and she invited 200 newsboys and messenger boys to celebrate with an Island Park outing. Average earnings of guests would take 338 years eight months to equal her wealth.
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Harriet Ives Gammell
Newport
R. L
Miss Gammell
Thomas Shaw
Brokers Expelled in Exchange Dispute
The Chicago Stock Exchange expelled two brokers after a New York case. A New York broker called a brother broker a Har, violating rules, then claimed it was outside business hours. Governors suspended both members for the insult and provocation.
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Chicago Stock Exchange
New York
Argyle's Daughters and Titles in Brief
Of the late Duke of Argyle's daughters only one married a man with title and becomes Duchess of Northumberland. Four wed plain country gentlemen, one is married to the Bishop of Peterborough, and Lady Victoria remains unmarried.
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Duke of Argyle
Edith
Duchess of Northumberland
Bishop of
Peterborough
Victoria
American Steel on the Clyde Sees American Prices Dominate
The London Financial Times reports American steel plate makers undercut British firms for ship sheathing. American mills bid £6 15s per ton versus £8 2s 6d locally, with orders said to reach 40 000 tons. Clyde workers push for a 53 hour week, while employers resist.
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Clyde
Great Britain
London Financial Times
Vermont Man May Make Eighteenth Presidential Vote
James M. Sherwin of Grafton Vermont has voted in every local state and national election since 1832. If he lives until November he will cast his eighteenth presidential vote.
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James M. Sherwin
Grafton
Man 68 Keeps Frugal Life Proves Two Can Live Cheap
William A. Morse a 68 year old retired mechanic from Chicago supports President Harper’s idea that two people can live a year on 6300. He reports five years of weekly food costs around $1 with no sickness, no alcohol, and simple meals on an oil stove. He walked for recreation and values health, citing a Christmas week spend of 1.21 with cranberries pork pies and doughnuts, and claims a healthy couple could live on 300 a year with cheerful living.
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Chicago
William A. Morse
Harper
University of Chicago
Mr. Morse
Morse
Words of Wisdom Wisdom and virtue from notable thinkers
A collection of maxims on patience gratitude kindness and selflessness from Plautus Disraeli Ballou Carlyle Goethe Channing Wordsworth Lytton Richter Ruskin Warner and others offering guidance on life and behavior for readers seeking moral reflection.
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Plautus
Disraeli
Ballou
Carlyle
Goethe
W. I. Channing
William Wordsforth
Lord Lytton
Richter
John Ruskin
Moral Suasion on a Dog
A clergyman traveling a country road used patient avoidance to deter a bulldog that repeatedly attacked him. After a winter sleigh incident the dog, discouraged, ceased future assaults and the minister continued past the house without further incident.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Reasonable Bequest in a Family Parlor Scene
A Chicago Post note humorously portrays a mother pressuring a daughter to reject a suitor who is not wealthy but has good prospects. The daughter insists Harold loves her, while the mother jokes about him paying laundry bills and stopping hair oil usage to win approval.
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Jenow
Harold
GREAT TIDAL WAVES ALONG TEXAS COAST FEARED HISTORIC DISASTER
The article argues that the Texas Gulf coast inundation rivals history's worst tidal catastrophes. It links the Galveston event to global sea level rises, compares with Lincolnshire 1571 and Lisbon 1755, and notes earthquakes often accompany tsunamis. It emphasizes the enormity of loss and enduring threat to coastal regions.
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Gulf of Mexico
England
Scotland
Lincolnshire
Jean Ingélow
North Sea
Lisbon
Tagus
Caraccas
la Guyra
Japan
Texas
Gulf Coast
Causes of Tropical Hurricanes and Their Power
An accessible historical overview explains how tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic near the Windward Islands, with August to October peak activity. It describes warm moist air, atmospheric instability, Coriolis deflection, and latent heat driving growth, plus typical storm paths and the Galveston tragedy as a cautionary example.
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North Atlantic Ocean
Equator
Windward
Gulf
South Atlantic Seaboard
Mrs Douglass Objects To Mayflower Society Action
Mrs Helen Douglass widow of Fred Douglass writes to the Boston Transcript denouncing the Mayflower society of the District of Columbia. She recounts her autumn admission request accepted by Mr Marsh of Connecticut then torn up without notice. Marsh says white wife of a black man would cause trouble and resignations. Douglass rebukes the society for unbusinesslike conduct and asserts the society should represent an idea.
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Helen Douglass
Fred Douglass
Boston Transcript
Mayflower Society
District of Columbia
Marsh
Connecticut
Pension Bureau
Douglass
The Passion for Speed and Time as Money
The passage argues Americans chase speed in transport from trains to steamers and ocean travel. It notes fascination with faster travel on American lines, a four hour Deutschland improvement, and quotes Benjamin Franklin urging time equals money. It reflects a national belief in efficiency and speed driving progress.
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Atlantic
Benjamin Franklin
London bishop cherishes pre-1600 classics in oath
The Bishop of London admires the classics and is credited with a remark that the happiest years of his life were the ten where he vowed to read no book published after 1600. This reflects his literary discipline and preference for early works.
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London
Andrew Lang Praises Omar Khayyam as Cultural Shibboleth
The Weekly Panorama notes Andrew Lang calls Omar Khayyam a shibboleth of cheap culture and recalls Lang’s early praise of the Persian poet before Fitzgerald translated his work. Lang, England's leading critic, is also noted as a philologist anthropologist and poet. He lectured at St Andrew's and studied at Balliol. his first book appeared in 1881.
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Andrew Lang
England
Omar Khayyam
Mr. Lang
Fitzgerald
Omar
Lang
Liiewise
St. Andrew's University
Balliol College
China
Javanese Women and the Deadly Nail Poison
An old report claims the pineapple juice is a universal blood poison in Java and the Far East. It also describes Javanese women who sharpened a nail on each hand to lethal points used for scratching.
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Java
Philippines
Far East
Aged 22 Wife of Viscomtesse De Rochemailie Has Eleven Sons
The Viscomtesse De Rochemailie aged twenty two and married five years has eleven sons with the eldest under four. She has given birth to four pairs of twins in succession and recently welcomed triplets. All children are reported sound and healthy.
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France
Viscomtesse de
Unlike Her Father Miss Astor Chooses American Tastes
Miss Astor daughter of William Waldorf Astor remains popular in London. When asked if she would prefer being American or English she replied that she would rather be American, noting her father is English and that makes a difference.
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Miss Astor
William. Waldorf Astor
London
Portugal's Carlos I Discussed in British Alliance Context
The article argues Portugal under Dom Carlos I may back Britain in Africa with 1000 Portuguese troops to South Africa. It hints at a secret Anglo Portuguese pact over Delagoa Bay and the fate of the Boer republics, while noting Carlos's cordial ties with Britain. The 37 year old king's queen is Princess Amelie daughter of the late Comte de Paris.
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Britain
Dom Carlos I
Portugal
South Africa
Spanish
Carlos
Delagoa Bay
Foreign Office
London
England
Kruger
Portuguese Africa
Great Britain
Amelie
Comte de Paris
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Sealy Hospital
Galveston Medical College
City
Twelfth Street
Plymouth Rock
Houston
Panorama
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Dom Carlos
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