King George to visit India in coronation year
London reports a plan for King George and Queen Mary to travel to India for a coronation Durbar set for January 1, 1912. The move, novel in imperial practice, aims to strengthen the empire by presenting the crown in the farthest domain to solidify loyalty and symbolize modernization. The article notes strong imperial sentiment and questions about precedent.
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London
Wiberala
Standard
Redmond
Asquith
Tke Parnell
Pineland
George
England
India
Delhi
Victoria
Edward
King George
Persian lambskins drive high prices in Russia and Bokhara fur trade
The United States and Europe influence fashion demand for Persian lambskins says Moscow based Consul General Snodgrass. Persian lambskins fetch 64 to 85 dollars per ten skins in Russia. Bokhara fur output for the year is estimated around 10 million nine hundred thousand dollars.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Unitd
Snodgrass
Moscow
Russia
Bokhara
New York Tales of School Humors and Broadway Flapdoodle
A Brooklyn style notebook excerpt recounts Ike Rosenbaum facing classmates’ scorn over dirty clothes and stink in a crowded school. A teacher warns his mother Mrs Rosenbaum, Times Square lore features a famous head waiter, a French speaking host, a physician at a dinner and a biting quip about a fly as a germ carrier.
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Paris
Sweden
Hambure- American Line
Blohm and Vose
Hamburg
London County Council
Westminster Technical Institute
New York
Scribe
Myra Kelly
Ike Rosenbaum
Ike
Board of Health
Mra Rosenbaum
Times Square
Broadway
Messieurs
Mesdames
Rose 'A
Fly
Threefold View of Queue Abolition Debate in China
North China Herald outlines three aspects of the queue controversy in China the historical political aesthetic and economic. It notes sharp Manchu Chinese divisions over abolition tied to national costume Kowtow and alleged foreign profit and cites rising anti Manchu sentiment in vernacular press as the dynasty weakens.
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North China Herald
Pekin
Herald
Perops
Ballinger Visits Modern Mine Depths at Marianna
Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Ballinger explored 460 feet underground in the Rachel Mine of the Pittsburg and Buffalo Coal Co at Marianna Pennsylvania. Clad in overalls and cap he inspected what was described as the most modern mine workings in the world. The trip capped a sequence of remarks during his Pittsburgh visit.
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Pittsburg
Richers A. Ballinger
Pittsburg & Buffalo Coal Company
Marianna
Mine Rescue Demonstrations Impress Ballinger Party
Dr J A Holmes and a Bureau of Mines party led Mr Ballinger through Marianna for rescue demonstrations in a coal mine. They toured the tipple, cottages, and a reservoir construction site, then tested first aid procedures in the rescue car before entering the mine for a mile long inspection. Ballinger praised the experience as eye opening.
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Ballinger
J. A. Holmes
New
Bureau of Mines
MS Ballinger
Marianna
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