American Girls and London Society in May Criticism
An English novelist discusses American visitors in London during the season. He notes numbers, good manners, and lively dancing, with praise for gentle deferential behavior. He contrasts American and English girls, praising American conversational participation and witty remarks while urging moderation in sociability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Walford
New York
London
Mrs. John, Sherwood
Mmany
Atlantic
Papier Mache Through the Ages in Craft and Trade
The article explains papier-mache from its pulp stage to stamped forms and durable lacquer coatings. It notes the shift from smolding to stamping in the last century, compares faux lacquer pieces to Japanese style, and surveys various imported and domestic items including firemen’s helmets and compressed paper products in factory supply chains.
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Germany
Compressed paper turns ironlike in new manufacture
A process passes paper from an endless roll through a pectiring bath of metallic salts then through rollers to remove liquor and wind into sheets of desired thickness. After washing drying and finishing the result has iron like toughness and elasticity. It is valued for axle washers dust guards and car wheel bodies. High duties on compressed paper import threaten foreign papier mache makers. Am erican manufacturers loom as competitors.
Alaska Race Problem Needs Education and Self Rule
A Johns H KentLy article argues Alaska natives can only progress through education and corporate-led development. It warns that without compulsory schooling and Indian police enforcing attendance, two thirds of annual education funds will be wasted and native participation in politics could become a major issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
John H. Kently
Indian Bureau
North America
Congress
Annwil
City Clerk’s Shortage Sparks Bank Admission Bond Indemnity
Paris Illinois finance committee investigated city clerk Albert Geohegan after discovering a shortfall of several thousand dollars. Geohegan deeded his home to a bondsman to indemnify the city for 3000. It emerged bank officials at First National Bank, where he once worked, had missed on several occasions.
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Finance Committee
Paris
Ill
Albert Geohegan
Geohegan
First National Bank
Bank thief’s shortfall ranges from five to ten thousand
Sums ranging from twenty five to one hundred appear in the report. His stealings from the bank, so far as discovered, total a little over one thousand dollars. The exact shortage is not known, but it is asserted that it will lie between five thousand and ten thousand dollars.
Navy Dispatch Leaves Brooklyn for Eastern Cruise
Secretary of the Navy Tracy sails from the Brooklyn navy yard on the 20th aboard, with daughter Mrs. Wilmerding and Commodore Folger. He plans visits to New London to inspect a potential fresh water basin for repairs, may tour Newport or Portsmouth, and will oversee ship movements including Tallapoosa to Buenos Aires and Pensacola Essex to the South Atlantic. The Maine will be completed early in October.
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New York World
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Tracy
Bowid
Wilmerding
Commodore Folger
Bureau of Ordaines
A.G. Paul
New London
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N.sw
Newport
Re 1
Naval Station
Bar Harbor
Baltimore
John Ericeson
Sweden
Medilevaneda
Tallapoosa
Buenos A
Pensacola
Essex
Brooklyn Yard
Guatemala
Crigey
Maine
Firemen injured in Chicago blaze at West Lake street building
Five firemen were injured at a fire started after 10 pm in a two story Chicago building at 156 159 West Lake. Richard Lynch and Daniel Calahan were badly hurt. Lieut Murphy John Looney and Frank Donogan were also injured. One man died later from injuries. The fire affected the Chicago architectural works and caused extensive property losses across several businesses.
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Chicago
Aalstult
Richard Lynch
Daniel Calahay
John Looney
Frank Donogan
Wid
West Lake Street
Chicago Architectural Works
North Pier
Daniel Calahan
Engine Ponmpan 18
Lieut. Murphy
Company 7
Sherman, Tanberg & Co
Sniter Bilek
Variety Wood Turning Company
Palace Laundry
Resignation Drama at Patchogue Congregational Church
Revered Jonathan Edward Bull reportedly to resign after Dr. Bell delivers sermon. Dr. Bell publicly denounces a Brooklyn newspaper allegation as malicious and false, then declares he has been urged to step down by a majority of the church. Allegations date to improprieties while pastor in New London in 1867.
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Patchogue
Long Island
Jonathan Edward Bull
Dr. Bell
Bell
New London
Conn
Error in Early Ministry Haunts His Pulpit Career
The early error has shadowed him for more than twenty years, forcing him to leave numerous pulpits as he moved from place to place.
Hymns of Childhood in a New England Girlhood
In a memoir fragment Miss Tatreom recalls a childhood habit of attending meeting and singing hymns. The girl recalls likening hymns to mountains seas and flowers, imagining a heavenly voyage while remaining grounded in a rural New England setting near the ocean.
Tragic double suicide and murder in Cleveland gutters
Antony Nowak, in Cleveland Ohio, waited on Sawtelle avenue above a gully where he and his separated wife lived apart for years. He shot her as she walked to work, then killed himself with a second shot. The woman died two hours later at St Vincent's hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antony Nowak
Cleveland
Ohio
Nowak
Sawtelle Avenue
Brahn Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Train Holdup Near Trinidad Strikes Engineer, Fireman Injured
Four men stopped a Santa Fe train three miles south of Trinidad California on the 81st tilt. One man signaled with a red lantern then three approached the cab and fired, wounding Engineer O Rielly and fireman W M Hall. The engineer drove on to La Janta as robbers fled. officers scour the mountains for suspects.
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Santa Fe
Trinidad
Cal
Engineer O'Rielly
W. M. Hall
la Janta
Minneapolis Census Trial Sentences Highlighted in Bonded Release
A Minneapolis telegraph reports Commissioner Morey has issued an opinion in the case of Louis Hegeman, B. A. Stevens, and T. Dickey, accused of manipulating census returns. Hygena faces grand jury for failing to retain a census portfolio. Stevens and Dickey charged with conspiracy. Bail set at 2000 each. defendants released on bonds furnished by local sureties. An ex amination was waived for Dickey and Stevens.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Morey
Louis Hegeman
B.A. Stevens
T. Dickey
Hygena
Stevens
Dickey
Hale
C.C. Dann
JW. Nash
Pletcher
Anomalous Note on Medical Claim Misreads Tied to Syrup Firm
A garbled passage appears to praise a syrup company while making uncertain medical claims about kidney treatment. The text includes multiple misspellings and nonsensical phrases, with little coherent narrative or verifiable facts to summarize.
Cantoria and the Child Through Miss to Mother
A fragmented verse traces a journey from infancy to motherhood mentioning Cantoria and Catoria as playful or symbolic names. The cadence shifts with each stage from baby to miss, hinting at changing roles and a lifelong loop of affection.
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Cantoria
Catoria
Digestive Aid Promises Relief From Dyspepsia
Fragmented OCR notes describe a patent remedy claimed to renew digestion and relieve constipation liver and stomach troubles. It mentions herbs and tonics, promoting comfort after indigestion and general digestive renewal.
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