Diverse global notes from 1905 column
A mosaic of short items covers abstinence in the English army and youth labor rules, Dutch bulb farming, Miss Margaret Ashton as town councilor, toy flying machines, Italian night work bans, European bank gold gains, Mitsubishi shipbuilding, opalescent glass, Codex Sizaitice facsimile, Florence tulip varieties, U.S. button production growth, Boss Shepheard’s career, Mary E. Richmond’s new post, U.S. auto industry forecasts, Providence sanitation plan, Massachusetts factory inspectors, Jules Huret’s critique of German humor with a Reichskanzler joke.
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Margaret Ashton
Jamez Bryce
England
Bank of France
Mitsubishi
Oriental Steamship Company
Suis
Europe
Kirsopp Lake
Leiden
Oxford
Oxford University Press
Florence
United States
Boss Shepherd
Washington
District of Columbia
Shepherd
Mexico
New York
Mary E. Richmond
Society For Organized Charity
Philadelphia
Bee
Russell Sand Foundation
Omaha Bee
Providence
R. I
Massachusetts
Jules Huret
Figaro
Zum
Reichskanzler
Buelow
Cuba Lottery Revenue Spark Debate Under Platt Amendment
New York Tribune argues Cuba must avoid debt and limit lottery revenue as perilous to its finances under the Platt amendment. The Cuban government should abandon lotteries and pursue lawful, sustainable income, while Cuba weighs expenditures to match income. The Chicago Journal urges patient suffrage work and critiques immediate political campaigns as ineffective.
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Cuba
Cubs
United States
New York Tribune
What Women Need More Than Votes
An Illinois Congress of Mothers feature argues women require practical advice on budgeting food and cooking to reduce marital strain. It highlights tenement-house cooking classes as progress and warns about dangers for country girls seeking work, urging concerted female effort for reform.
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Gilen M. Henrotin Atds
Illinois Congress of Mothers
Henrotin
Call for Statistics on Revival Impact
A Brooklyn Life request for data questions whether large revival waves yield lasting religious impact. It notes reported conversions, community cleansing claims, and questions the permanence of revival effects with Beaton as context and Brooklyn’s upcoming large revival.
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Beaton
Boston
Brooklyn
Danger of Gatun locks disaster to Panama Canal
A New York press warning likens a possible lock failure at Gatun in the Panama Canal to catastrophic destruction, describing how cascading water, steel and masonry could obliterate the Isthmus and transform the region into a floodplain of unstoppable force.
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Gatun
Panama Canal
Soo Canal
Panama
New York
Kaiser in Plain Clothes and Global Military Movements
The article notes the German Emperor in democratic attire in Potsdam and Berlin, contrasts royal uniforms with plain dress, and mentions German plans for pensions for bank workers and orphans. It recalls the 40-year mark since the Union Pacific and Central Pacific rails met near Ogden, Utah. It also covers Kitchener handing command in India to Creagh in August and a planned study trip to Japan and China.
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William
Potsdam
Berlin
German Empire
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Ogden
Utah
Brittany
Lag
Kitchener
India
O’moore Creagh
Japan
China
Manchuria
Mikado
Royal attendance noted at Corfu home gathering
The report notes a formal function attended by royalty with Prince Oscar and Miss von Veltheim present. The Empress and their son were seen accompanying the party on the Island of Corfu, with high court officials such as Chief Marshal Count Zueulenburg also in attendance.
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Corfu
Prince Oscar
Miss von Veltheim
Imsoottess Keller
Count Zueulenburg
Butterflies bred in England and France expand as schooling grows
The article notes several butterfly breeding establishments in England and France. It cites 7 320 French and Sis foreign medical students in French medical schools. It mentions Norwegian schools teaching cooking to boys and girls, and reports the transcontinental railway completion. It discusses Yongolia’s mineral wealth and a Chinese effort to form a joint stock mining company to keep enterprises Chinese. It also covers meningitis trends in France and the effects of antimeningococcal serum and a note on the Moon’s shine.
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France
Yongolia
Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce
China
Dr. Gopter
Wassermann
Women on the Beach and Wifely Pride Tales
A Bayonne recorder, Hyman Lazarus, uses an unorthodox method to dole out punishment, telling a pleading wife she may sentence her abusive husband and invoking a staggered scale. The anecdote shifts to a scene of wifely pride as two women speculate on a husband’s shirt and appearance during Sunday and Saturday routines, ending with a moral about avoiding arguments.
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Hyman Lazarus
Bayonne
N. J
Lazarus
Melvill Beachcroft
Trever
Shakespeare Vindicated and Fails to Persuade Critics
A Louistills Courier-Journal item notes debate over Shakespeare’s greatness. The column mocks the idea that genius rests on a single author. It hints at broader literary criticism while invoking a playful, period tone.
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Shakespeare
Vics
Louistills Courier-Journal
Marriage by Special License at Sloane Street
Mathilde agrees to Stewart’s plan for a quick marriage and a rapid move to Orkwell. The pair navigate secrecy and risk as they prepare for a Riviera honeymoon and a life under Stewart’s control, while Mathilde weighs her altered identity against new vows.
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Stewart
St. Lawrence
Orkwell
Riviera
Sloane Street
Metropole
Mathilde
Evenine
London
England
James Stewart
Church of Holy Trinity
Notable Engineering Feat Norwegian Bergen Line
Norway's Bergen line crosses the Hallingsdal to link Bergen with Christiania. Finse is the high point at 5,000 feet with storms and snow for months. A crew of 1,100 worked five years on this section, with supply cabins and stone station walls. Snow plows struggle in three yard drifts, so movable screens and eight months of supplies ensure winter operation. Local hospitality offers hot soup and Norwegian bread despite tough conditions.
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Norway
Bergen
Christiania
Europe
Switzerland
Hallingsdal
Finse
Flaam
Gjeilo
Fred
Parcel for Mrs. Stewart Interrupts Quiet Moment
While in her room Mathilde is interrupted by a knock and a large parcel addressed to Mrs. Stewart. She recalls the name with an uneasy start and opens the box, remaining alone as she processes the delivery.
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Stewart
Bond Street
Hudson
Euston
Paris
Mathilde
Orkwell
Madame
Sims
Yalora
A feather for each Turk slain in Hungarian custom
The saying A Feather in One's Cry catalogs a 1599 Hungarian custom permitting a feathered hat only for those who had slain a Turk. It notes the tradition as a legal-like rule of mark for battlefield deeds. It also mentions the Japanese emperor owning thirty residences across his realm.
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Hungary
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Tate
Chicago Journal
Menach
Kaiser
Germany
M. Quenisset
Juyisy Observatory
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