Various Notables and Vignettes From Public Life
Governor Chamberlain sees twenty seven vetoes sustained by a Republican Legislature. Astor reportedly owns twenty four automobiles valued around five thousand each totaling about one hundred twenty thousand dollars. Beresford declares abstinence boosts work capacity. Carlisle, once powerful Washington figure, now earns large fees as a New York lawyer at seventy one. Ellesmere, a multifaceted English peer, writes novels and owns Hampton, sire of derby winners, yet never bets on a race. European and Canadian politicians prepare for meetings in Philadelphia. King Leopold’s Bathing Suit misrecognition leads to witty exchange with a Paris council member.
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Chamberlain
Oregon
John Jacob Astor
Charles Beresford
John G. Carlisle
Washington
United States
New York
Lord Ellesmere
England
Charles Granville
Hampton
P. O'Connor
M. P
Edward
South Langford
Liberal Party
United Irish League of America
Philadelphia
Senator Pettus
Alabama
Leopold
Belgium
Biarritz
Paris
Immigration diversity and rail freight growth in early 1900s
The piece notes extensive immigrant origins in Los Angeles public schools reflecting broad immigration, then lists steam railroad passenger growth from 1897 to 1904 with totals and annual increases. It reports Great Lakes freight tonnage gains in early 1906 across ore, coal, grain, lumber, flour and other goods, and compares canal versus Canadian passage. It also covers New South area valuations in 1905 led by Texas, Kentucky, and Maryland, plus wage growth from 1900 to 1905.
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Los Angeles
Egypt
Burmah
Bohemia
Arabia
Africa
Asia
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Assyria
Belgium
British Columbia
Bulgaria
Canada
Central America
China
Chile
Cuba
Denmark
England
France
Finland
Germany
Greece
Newfoundland
Holland
Persia
Hungary
India
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Corea
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Nova Scotia
Portugal
Roumania
Russia
Scotland
Servia
South America
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Turkey
West Indies
Great Lakes
New South
Texas
Kentucky
Maryland
The Cow Tree of Venezuela Produces Creamy Milk
The text notes a Venezuelan tree called the cow tree that yields a milky sap resembling cream and nourishing to consume. It also contemplates a hypothetical Earth where land and sea lie at the same level, suggesting the planet would be two miles deep in water.
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Venezuela
In the Shadow of Shame Part I
Olive Dumbarton fights a brutal marriage and becomes a suboress in London. A murder inquiry unfolds as Inspector Mackworth questions Italian suspects and the enigmatic Mezza, with Pietro the model as a key but elusive witness, amid a backdrop of Saffron Hill and Covent Garden.
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Olive Dumbarton
Veronica
Hexton Road
St. John’s Wood
London
Valerius Galbraith
Egypt
George Rostock
Mun.barton
Quinton Quave
Inspector Mackworth
George Bostock
Angela Mezza
David Dumbarton
Mezza
Carlo
Pietro
Paris
Mackworth
Hammersmith
Agents Wanted for New Ventures in York Territory
Classified notice seeking agents for exclusive territories with six dollar annual benefits. Offers large commissions and established 31 years. Address in New York. Candid description implies occupancy and opportunity terms, inviting inquiries for partnership.
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NA York
Comway
New
Premier Ward's Adventure and the Bush Desperado
Sir Joseph Ward, the new premier of New Zealand, recalls a perilous night in Funeral Gorge with a notorious criminal, Jack Keen. A clever ruse with insecticide powder and tea saves Ward from harm, leading to an uneasy respect between rival criminals before parting ways.
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Joseph George Ward
New Zealand
Seddon
Postal Service
Wellington
Sir Joseph
New York
Funeral Gorge
Jack Keen
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Perkins
J. H. Perkins
Isa Er Rairmay
Abeses
Good American Business
Fitzgerald Molloy
Covent Garden Theater
Valerius
Mr. Dumbarton
Duntparton
Marco Mezza
Martyn
Carlo Guintine
Saffron Hill
Angela
Garibaldi
Patti
Mozza
Covent Garden
Signor
Marco
Naples
Rome
Atelier
la Scala
Milan
Venice
Hus
Rue Casas
Dumbarton
Greenwood Collery
Pennsylvania
King’s Financial Bulletin
Ala Aaa
Journal Building
Boston
Mass
Uers
School OF Music
Union
Premier Ward's
Blazes
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