Notable figures and pursuits span yachts actors and scholars
The Pella Chronicle notes Russell Gardner, a wealthy Mississippi native, living aboard his lavishly furnished Alice May yacht across seasons. It recalls Stuart Robson once serving as a senate page thanks to southern luminaries like Calhoun, Davis, Clay, Toombs and Stephens. It also quotes Prof. Charles F. Thwing praising football as a key part of moral training for college students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Robson
United State Senate
John C. Calhoun
Jefferson Davis
Henry Clay
Robert Toombs
Alexander Stephens
Charles F. Thwing
The
Western Reserve University
Notable Black businessman from Mound Bayou in U S history
Isaiah T Montgomery of Mound Bayou Mississippi is described as the only colored mayor in the United States at the time, wealthiest in his city and owner of much property, with roots dating to slavery on Jefferson Davis's plantation. A separate item notes a tree growing from a Dover chimney with a nest-root origin belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah T. Montgomery
Mound Bayou
Miss
United States
Montgomery
Jefferson Davis
Dover
England
Bronze statue of Theodore Parker placed at West Roxbury church
A bronze statue of Theodore Parker, described as heroic in size, has been placed on the lawn of the First Parish Unitarian Church in West Roxbury by the society where Parker served as pastor when the congregation worshiped in the old meeting-house on Center Street near South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Parker
First Parish (Unitarian
West Roxbury
Parker
Center Street
Tannery owner recalls delicate cuticle in tanning Negro skin
A tannery owner states tanning negras skin shows a very delicate cuticle peeling, leaving the skin akin to a white man's, refuting the idea that race is only skin deep. The piece also notes varied items from naval electrification tests to personal anecdotes about Rockefeller and Stanford memorial arch sculpture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nero
Medical Attendance Plan For Poor Of New York City
A company offers medical attendance for 10 cents a week to the city's poor, aiming to blend philanthropy with profit. The plan provides for a two-person family at 10 cents, three to five at 20 cents, and a maximum 40 cents weekly. Prescriptions for subscribers cost 20 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Week's Record of News from World and Nation
A digest of congressional activity, bills on commerce and pensions, notes on the Philippine affair, Cuba talks, and Panama plans. Also reports on fires, murders, accidents, elections, and disasters in the United States and abroad with police and military updates and notable speeches and donations.
Census trends show rapid south population growth
Census bureau data indicates the south outpaced the north in population growth over the past decade. The report lists various national events and incidents, from political shifts to local crimes, reflecting a broad snapshot of early 20th century concerns.
Senators Reelected and Nominated by State Legislatures
Ohio reelected Joseph Foraker as US senator while Kentucky chose James B. McCreary and Maryland backed Arthur P. Gorman. In Iowa a caucus renominated Allison and Dolliver for US Senate. Democratic Iowa lawmakers nominated Er. H. Thayer and J. Seerley. elections set for the 21st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fogwell
Paris
Ill
Ohio
Joseph Foraker
United States
Maryland
Arthur P. Gorman
Kentucky
James B. McCreary
Iowa
Allison and
Dolliver
Eri. H. Thayer
Seerley
World Headlines In Brief From Across The Globe
The British nation backs Chamberlain over apology to Germany for his speech. Empress dowager seizes reins in China. emperor has no voice in administration. Mine disaster in Pruex Austria claims 43 lives. Mayor Lavigne, 105, dies in Beniquet France. Chili approves extradition treaty with U S. Emperor William may name yacht Alice. Lord Kitchener reports Boer losses and surrenders. Canadian mounted rifles sail from Halifax. Col Marosigan surrenders at Batan gas. German airmen reach 16000 feet seeking record. Mrs Booth-Clibborn and husband leave Salvation Army for Dowieism. White Star sells six cargo steamers to J Pierpont Morgan syndicate. London police warned of swindlers headed to England. Kitchener authorized to spend 835000 on SA railways. Arthur Lynch told to expect arrest if he visits London. He fought with Boers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Germany
China
Pruex
Austria
Lavigne
Beniquet
France
Chili
United States
William
Alice
Lord Kitchener
Canadian Mounted Rifles
South Africa
Halifax
Manila
Col. Marosigan
Batangas
Booth-Clibborn
Gen. Booth
London
Salvation Army
White Star Line
J. Pierpont Morgan Syndicate
New York
England
Arthur Lynch
Ireland
Britain
Various Minor 1901 02 Items Across US Economy and Society
A digest of brief items notes 1902 grant for Grant's tomb upkeep at 5000 dollars. Illinois teachers’ pay averages 61.69 for men and 53.41 for women per month. National Congress of Mothers to meet in Washington February 25 to 28. Navy torpedo boat destroyers require overhaul for defects. Customs frauds at New York put government losses at 1.55 million yearly. President Havemeyer cites raw sugar duty at 85 million annually. Baltimore and Ohio plans 50 million in improvements mainly Pittsburg to Chicago. Standard Oil and rivals press fleets in sealed orders to compete globally. US Steel reports 80 million in nine months since formation. German exports to US in 1901 fall 99,616,731 due to sugar drop. Sir Robert Ball at Columbia predicts a long new glacial period. Daughters of the Confederacy petition Lexington to bar Uncle Tom’s Cabin at opera. John Longking, 96, dies in Yonkers. longtime Methodist Book Concern figure and author. American Stove Co formed to control market via nine firms. Rockefeller offers 75,000 dollars to Brown University for social and religious building if 25,000 endowment is raised by June commencement.
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Grant
Illinois
National Congress of Mothers
Washington
United States Navy
New York
Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburg
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
United States Steel Corporation
United States
Robert Ball
Columbia University
Daughters of the Confederacy
Lexington
John Longking
Yonkers
N.Y
Methodist Book Concern
American Stove Company
John D. Rockefeller
Brown University
IOWA LEGISLATURES OPENING AND ORGANIZATION NEWS
Des Moines reports the Twentyninth Iowa general assembly organized with Harriman as president pro tem and officers named for senate and house. Gov. Shaw’s final message read in joint session with caucuses nominating U S senators and state officials. House passes deadline rule on appropriation bills set for February 20 with three-fourths vote to override.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twenty-Ninth
General Assembly
Des Moines
Senate
House
Twenty- Ninth General Assembly of
Iowa
Harriman
W. F. Harriman
Hampton
G. A. Newman
Cedar Falls
D. Alexander
Madison
H. C. Lounsberry
Marshalltown
Lois M. Rigby
Davenport
Ella Christie
Oskaloosa
Bill
Kate Shelley
Boone
W. E. Griswold
Independence
Cecil Dixon
Fort Dodge
John Connolly
E. C. Collins
Garner
J. H. Serene
Lansing
Edith Leffingwell
Glidden
Jeff Logan
William Thompson
Wapello
Shaw
Allison and
Dolliver
United States
Bernard Murphy
Howard Tedford
J. R. Carter
Sioux City
H. B. Teachout
W. L. Eaton
Mitchell
N. E. Kendall
Monroe
Rush Benedict
Harlan
John C. Crockett
Eldora
John Cook
Mollie Heist
Eldon
Ella Wheeler
Mason City
Journal
Ford Howell
Harry Griffin
Maquoketa
C. F. Schell
Hancock County
Bessie Conger
Washington
Hester Runyon
Odebolt
C. W. Reynolds
Grundy Center
N. Middleton
Hamilton
C. F. Wright
Scott
Ed Ross
R.N. Hyde
Polk
Kendall
Hasselquist
Lucas
Senate approves favorable report on ship subsidy bill
Washington January 18 The senate commerce committee authorized a favorable report on Senator Fryes ship subsidy bill The report estimates mail subsidy cost at 4700000 with 3000000 to come from ocean mail postage leaving a deficit near 2000000 The 1900 foreign trade navigation would justify 1072000 in subsidies plus 175000 for deep sea fishery bounties Democrats voted against reporting and for striking the general subsidy provision Amendments allow vessels to be iron or steel and reduce bounty vessels to 1000 registered tons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
Frye
Mallory
Fatal Shaft Blast Kills Miner In Iowa Shaft Incident
In Des Moines a state editorial association was organized with C. M. Junkin elected president and W. A. Parrott secretary. Separately in Oskaloosa Freq Romer filed for bankruptcy listing assets of thirty two thousand dollars and liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Editorial Association
C. M. Junkin
Fairfield
W. A. Parrott
Waterloo
Oskaloosa, In
Freq Romer
Their Original Meanings In Language History
A historical reflection on words such as shrewd prevent and prejudice. It explains how shrewd once meant wicked and prevent meant to go before, with Fuller noting a wicked man as a shrewd fellow and prejudice as prior judgment. It highlights how meanings shift over time and the present usage reflects prior senses and judgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Fuller
Far East Notes on People and Places
A German tourist reports corean meals of dog meat rice and beans while a Turk fixes day at sunset. Vladivostok grows from huts to a city of 50 000, with Khabars and Blagod vestchensk nearby in wealth. China’s gold goes to the king, milk myths in China, and Arab music described as a diva singing with herself.
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Corea
Vladivostock
Khabarovsk
Blagovestchensk
Neverth
China
Americans Buy Land in Saskatchewan Western Canada
Mr S K Lent, delegate from Allegan County Michigan farmers, reports from Winnipeg to Regina and Saskatoon region. He observes rich black loam soil, crops towering wheat and oats, high yields up to 50 bushels per acre and 100 bushels for oats, strong root crops, and abundant hay with 3 to 4 tons per acre. He notes Americans from Minnesota buying land in the Macleod to Regina corridor, including 12 and 20 section purchases, as proof of promising settlement prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. K. Lent
Allegan County
Michigan
Canada
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Wetaskiwin
Lacombe
Macleod
Regina
Prince Albert
Saskatoon
Rosthern
Duck Lake
Minnesota
Editor missing as late call leaves city puzzled
A brief Chicago Daily News item notes an editor did not appear, with a placeholder line stating he went home after a rushed phone call from his wife about their baby sleeping. The report hints at an unexpected disappearance but offers no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Cure-alls and quack cures on local ads
A collage of old advertisements praises laxatives and patent medicines. Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets claim a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee. Piso’s Cure promotes consumption relief, while Putnam Faceless Dyes advertise ease of use. Quotes from Puck and Chicago Daily News appear amid general ad culture and dismissive quips.
Dear Mrs Pinkmay in an awful state for a thousand
A Chicago reader writes in a distressed note describing severe pain and physical complications affecting multiple doctors and a shared condition. The writer says the timing is dreadful and asks for guidance or relief, indicating a medical concern and emotional distress.
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Pella Chronicle
Pelia
Owa
Russell Gardner
Gulf of Mexico
Tom Lawson
Boston
Lawson
Jerome Dewitt
Binghamton, N. Y
Pennsylvania
Cornell University
New York Press
McKinley
Grandstone
Pocantico Hills
Stanford University Memorial Arch
San Jose
Congressional
Department of Commerce
Hoar
Philippines
Lodge
Committee On
Schley Court of Inquiry
Hale
Harris
Ian
Charleston
S. C.) Exposition
South Manitou Island
Lake Michigan
Kennard
Manchester
N. H
Arapahoe
Oklo
New Haven
Sible
Wabash Limited
Attica
Ind
William J. Palmer
Colorado Springs
John Hampton
Roselia Evans
Frank Smith
Anadarko
Okla
Henry C. Payne
Wisconsin
Col
Myron T. Herrick
McKinley Memorial Association
Kansas City Southern
Spiro
I. T
H. W. Kohlsaar
Chicago Record-Herald
McKinley Memorial Fund
Ilinois
Cummins
James Mather
Elkhart
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
Nicaragua
Roosevelt
Admiral Schley
John Rinkard
Marion
Michigan City
Kilpatrick
San Francisco
Army
Maine Corps
Kron
Edward
Mexico
North Sea
Vienna
Gidding
Harry Highfield
Shipman I
Cripple Creek
Kaiser
Meteor
Alice Roosevelt
Harrison
Peking
Chilpancingo
Europe
Hague
House Committee On
Philip S. Adams
Commercial Bank of
Fulton, Mo
Arrington
Legis
Towa
Oscar
Joplin
Census Bureau
J. W. Schmidt
Burkhardt
Wis
Phineas Foutz
Zanesville
Cebu
George W. Hinman
Chicago Inter Ocean
Uae
Talquhimek Ee Soros Soetaj
George K. Nash
N. B. Chick
Kansas City
Benjamin C. Keig
New England Directory Company
W. M. Crane
Massachusetts
Navy
Long
Butler
Whitelaw Reid
James TW. Wilson
Capt
Clark
Oregon
Bow
T. William HH. Ennis
Brooklyn
N. Y
Magee
George H. Phillips
Leslie M. Shaw
Treasury
Nuevas County
Tex
National Board of Trade
People’s Bank
North Enid
West Point
Lucania
St. Louis
Phillips
State University
Allison and Dolliver
John J. Seerley
Burlington
BE. H. Thayer
Clinton
Committee On Commerce
Custer
Thomas Mills
Henry Grenfeldt
Wabash
Grenfeldt
Mills
Oskaloona
Merchant
Far East
Saskatchewan
Puck
N. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Putnam
St. Jacobs Oil
LaMonte
Mss
Mabelle L. LaMonte
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mabelle L
Lam
Carter
Pace
Pellamore
Hi Man
Douglan
Corona Kid
Corona Colt
National
Douglas
Caby Mall
Brockton
Rockford, Ib
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