Women as Undertakers in Boulder Claim Twofold Distinction
Boulder Colorado claims a unique status with two women undertakers running rival houses. Mrs. Buchheit, wife of local undertaker I J Buchheit, has earned a state diploma after examination. Mary Melette, another prominent Boulder woman, also engages in the profession with a rival firm.
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Boulder
Col
United States
Louisville
M. Wendt
I. J. Buchhelt
Tyler
Mary Melette
Denver News
Current Topics Is a Young Artist Miss Bowen’s Rise in Art
Miss Bowen daughter of the Rev Canon and Mrs Bowen of Chester showed early artistic spark with decorated season books and crude sculpture. She studied at Chester School of Art and Albert Ludo vici's studio before training in Rome under F Santoro and Circolo Artistico night classes. Her first exhibited works My Old Nurse and A View of Sorrento sold at the Society of Women Artists show.
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Bowen
Canon
Charlotte KH. Bowen
Chester
Chester School of Art
Albert Ludovici
Metropolis
Rome
F. Santoro
Sorrento
Society of Women Artists
Notable St James Chapel at Elberon N J Historic Summer Church
St James Chapel at Elberon New Jersey stands as a famous summer resort church with a rich history. Generals Grant and Garfield are linked to its legacy. Garfield died after a visit here and a bell ringing scene is recalled by Mrs Garfield. Memorial tablets honor Garfield Grant Drexel and Childs. The chapel is summer only with Rev William Bodine as pastor and many Episcopal leaders preaching there.
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St. James’ Chapel
Wibheron
N. J
Gen. Grant
Garfield
Crete
James
Jesus
Grant
Anthony J. Drexel
Philadelphis
George W. Childs
Elberon
Protestant Episcopal Church In
Falconio to Succeed Martinelli as Papal Delegate in U S
Rome correspondent reports Mgr Falconio will replace Cardinal Martinelli as papal delegate in the United States. Falconio is an American citizen naturalized in Little Valley New York and voted for President in 1872. He was born in 1842 at Pescocostango Italy.
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Martinelli
Rome
London Daily Chronicle
Mgr. Falconio
Cardinal Martinelli
United States
Mgr
Calabria
Mer. Falconio
Canada
Little Valley
N. Y
Pescocostango
Italy
New Indian Church Dedication in Fort Hall Idaho
The First Presbyterian church at Fort Hall Bannock and Shoshone reservation was dedicated after years of work by Miss Amelia J. Frost and Rev. James Hayes. The 65-member Shoshone congregation, built at about $2500 with Indian contributions, held a basket supper and song service after collecting roughly $39. The church sits six miles north near Gibson station on the Oregon Short Line railroad. debt-free and with a modern interior.
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Ain
James R. Howe
Register
Brooklyn
N. Y
Washington
Howe
Niehaus
Barnard
Shrady
Valley Forge
Napoleon
Auteriitz
Shradys
Brooklynitea
First Presbyterian Church
Fort Hall
Ida
Bannock
Amelia J. Frost
Connecticut Indian Association
James Hayes
Nez Perce
Presbyterian Church
Miss Frost
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Blackfoot
Alec Watson
Ben Smith
Hubert Tetoby
Edward Grant
Laper
Meney
Episcopal Church
Indian Office
Gibson Station
Oregon Short Line
Progress of U S in Its Material Industries
A historical survey from the Treasury bureau shows 1870 to 1900 advances in post offices, population, railways, telegraphs, and education. It notes sharp gains in steel output and exports, while wheat and cotton rise with population, and discusses the era of rapid productive capacity and shifting surplus strategies.
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Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department
United States
Campair
Framed moralities and shifting wall quotes
The passage notes a shift from religious home mottoes to personal life philosophy as wall decor. It traces how small changes in phrase choice reflect evolving beliefs and responsibilities, highlighting the trend from devotional lines to individualized quotations from figures like Robert Louis.
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Robert Louis
Decline in Poster Craze Shapes Collector Taste
A newsdealer notes the vanish of the rage for collecting gay colored posters. A year or two ago new posters were eagerly seized by collectors and adorned society women’s boudoirs and students’ dens. Now the craze faded, yet posters are more artistic and abundant, suggesting scarcity drove value.
Moroccan envoy’s costly trip to London and Berlin reported
The envoy of the sultan of Morocco spent ten million dollars on a diplomatic journey to London and Berlin, highlighting a high expense for official travel and international engagement.
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Morocco
London
Berlin
English Court Declares Strike Pickets Unlawful
The House of Lords upheld an injunction against railway strike pickets, allowing removal by court order. A $100,000 damages suit against the Amalgamated Society may be funded from its treasury. Also noted is the death of George C. Chamberlain, 95, from Greenwich, Conn., who once carried water to Waterloo soldiers as a boy.
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High Court of Justice
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
High Court
House of Lords
Tribunal of Justice
Laff Valley
Amalgamated Society
George C. Chamberlain
Greenwich
Conn
Waterloo
Mr. Chamberlain
Leicester
England
Railroads Run About 200000 Miles In U S
A historical note states that roughly 200000 miles of railroad track are operated across the United States, reflecting the extensive national rail network and transport infrastructure of the era.
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United States
Henderson Library Dedicated in Fayette Iowa
David B. Henderson, speaker of the U S House, dedicates the Henderson Library in Fayette Iowa with a $25,000 Carnegie gift and book collection donated by ex Governor Larrabee. The scene recalls Lincoln era calls for troops as students rallied on the college campus to answer the nation’s need.
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Old College
Fayette
David B. Henderson
National House of Representatives
Andrew Carnegie
Henderson
Larrabee
Iowa
Lincoln
Fort Sumter
Black Hawk Tree of Gross Point A Century Old Giant
The Chicago Tribune details a colossal poplar near Gross Point owned by Charles Kotz, estimated over 600 years old and 180 feet tall. Its trunk hides a chamber used by tribes for councils, with a history tied to 1832 Black Hawk events and later settlers like Sylvester Beckwith and Nelson Naper.
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Gross Point
United States
California
Charles Kotz
Sylvester Beckwith
Nelson Naper
Glencoe
Ewige Qual
Beckwith
Niles
Dutchman's Point
Naper
Naperville
Big Tree
Black Hawk
Fort Dearborn
Pottawatomie
Big Woods
Indian Creek
Chicago Tribune
Quitter Reflects on Fairy Tale Rise of Street Sweepers
A speaker recalls quitting as a office clerk after reading about Tom I Johnson rising to promotions by collecting scrap iron for a street railroad. The manager mocked such effort as for laborers earning a dollar a day, underscoring the gap between fiction and real life.
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Tom I. Johnson
Tom Johnson
Chicago Post
Khaki as Protective Coloration for Armies
The piece argues khaki uniforms echo the natural camouflage used by savages and animals. It claims protective coloration aids soldiers both when attacked and when lying in ambush, paralleling animal disguise and its survival advantages.
Balanced Buckets Water Wheel Power Increase
A Pennsylvania inventor unveils an improved water wheel using pivoted buckets that stay full until the lowest point, then trip to empty as the buckets return upward. The design aims to maximize weight during the descending path and is expected to raise power output by about forty percent.
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Pennsylvania
Electric Plow Advances Plowing For Large Farms
An illustrated electric plow designed by a Fredericksburg inventor uses two motors on separate carriages with a shared feed wire. The system auto-adjusts to follow the furrows, moving the plowshares ahead for each new row while a two-wheeled truck pulls the setup across the field.
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Fredericksburg
Germany
Tea Plantations Spread Along Caucasus Shores
The Russian people favor tea and are developing key plantations in the Caucasus. Since 1890 sizable fields have been formed near the Black Sea shore, with peasants showing strong demand for tea despite not matching Chinese or Indian flavors. The government efforts aim to boost cultivation.
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Caucasus
Black Sea
Barlow Leads Visit Behind Niagara Falls In 34 Year Gap
John R. Barlow and his son retraced a historic trek behind Niagara Falls to a spot untouched since 1867. Barlow notes significant rock changes over the past thirty four years and reports reaching a previously unvisited point.
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John R. Barlow
Niagara
Barlow
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F. J. Buchheit
Joseph Chamberlain
NEW Indian Church
Charles D. Elking
Arkansas
Henderson Library
Twelfth Town Volunteers
Corinth
Russian Sea
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