Frank R Stockton Dies in Washington a Prominent American Novelist
Frank R Stockton famed American novelist died in Washington from hemorrhage of the brain. Born 1834 in Philadelphia he rose from Eastern newspapers to Scribner's Magazine and St Nicholas shaping American literary life for thirty years. His works include Rudder Grange The Lady of the Tiger and The Casting Away of Mrs Lewis and Mrs Aleshine among others.
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Frank R. Stockton
Martha
Alexander
Washington
Mr. Stockton
Philadelphia
Scribner’s Magazine
St. Nicholas
America
Freud Record of a Negro School
Fifty colored boys graduated from Richmond Colored High School in 1873 83. Of those ten died with roles including contractor professor of ancient languages postal clerks and preacher. Among thirty eight living thirteen are teachers three lawyers two doctors two journalists five postal clerks and other professions. Berlin girls report eye cures from frogs eyes water.
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Freud
Richmond Colored High School
Internal Revenue
Wealthy Philadelphian’s Will Gifts Major Catholic Legacy
The will of Col. McKee, who died in Philadelphia, leaves the largest fortune ever held by a Black person in the United States to Archbishop Ryan. Funds support a Catholic church in McKee, New Jersey, a rectory, a convent, and two schools for white and colored orphans, including one in Philadelphia modeled after the Naval Academy. His daughter, Mrs Abbe A Spyhax, receives an annuity of 300 dollars.
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Col. McKee
Philadelphia
United States
Ryan
McKee
N. J
United States Naval Academy
Col McKee
Pennsylvania
Sisters of Charity
Abbe A. Spyhax
Japan bankruptcy warning from New York Times long view
Frederick Taylor, son of Moses Taylor of New York, cites banking losses in Japan and says eight banks failed during his voyage. He attributes Japan’s financial strain to shipbuilding, steelfoundries, and war expenses with China, predicting near bankruptcy unless expenditures are cut. He contrasts Japanese enterprise with Chinese banks’ stability.
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Frederick Taylor
Moses Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Ceylon
Bermuda
Borneo
Malay Peninsula
China
Japan
Taylor
Far East
Bank of
India
Australia
New York Times
Godless Florins and the Gra celess Coinage
The 1849 British florins omitted the queen's titles F D and Dei Gratia, prompts calls to correct the oversight. The misnamed coins, later corrected, became known as the godless or graceless florins and are now rare and valued higher than two shillings.
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Victoria
F. D
No Tax Levy This Year Noted in Peterborough England
No municipal tax levy will be made in Peterborough this year marking the first time such an incident was recorded in England. The report cites local authorities stating the decision reflects spending cuts and budget management amid financial constraints.
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Peterborough
England
Portsmouth Torpedo School Unveils Anti-Submarine Line
The Portsmouth torpedo school in England has devised a new line of torpedoes to prevent submarine attacks, signaling an advance in naval defense.
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Portsmouth
England
Men Run Major Dress Establishments Claim Sex Roles
A Philadelphia Public Ledger piece argues that many top dressmaking millinery and tailoring houses are led by men and questions traditional divisions of labor by gender. The author notes a bachelor’s claim that men excel at tasks women do and that the line between men’s and women’s work remains unsettled.
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The
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Aged French Scientist Emilien Renou Dies at 87
Emilien Renou, aged 87, died last week in France. He was the oldest active French meteorologist and had directed the St. Maur observatory since 1878. In 1852 he helped found the French Meteorology society.
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Emilien Renou
France
St. Maur Observatory
French Meteorology Society
Cardinal Sarto Seen As Placid Church Figure At Venice
Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto, Patriarch of Venice, praised as a quiet leader who avoids quarrels and acts with charity. Born in Riese in 1835, he became a cardinal in 1893 with the titular church of San Bernardo alle Terme in Rome.
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Giuseppe Sarto
Venice
Cardinal
Riese
Italy
Rome
San Bernardo Alle Terme
Woman Ringer Sets Grace Church Bells Aglow In New York
Miss Bertha Thomas operates a nine note keyboard at Grace church New York to play hymn tunes on a bell system once rung by a team of bell ringers electricity now powers the connection between keyboard and the great bells about a hundred feet above.
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Grace Church
New York
Bertha Thomas
Broadway
Paris Engineer to Study American Passenger Handling
M Bienvenu chief engineer of the Paris Metropolitan Underground railway will visit the United States to study American passenger handling and planned underground roads in major cities.
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M. Bienvenu
Paris Metropolitan
United States
Secrets of Romeo and Juliet in Boston Transcript
Mrs. Gallup argues in The Boston Transcript that Romeo and Juliet reflect Bacon's youthful love. She claims years between writing and publication hid his life’s other events, yet readers of the cipher story know Marguerite lived in his heart.
Secretary Moody Aims At Rare Law Books Collection
Secretary and lover of rare books Mr Moody the new secretary of the navy gathers a notable collection of law volumes. He frequents second hand book stores and often finds prizes overlooked by others in the field.
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Moody
The
Mavy
Secretary Shaw Takes Up Horseback Riding
Secretary Shaw has started riding in Washington and hopes to join President Roosevelt, Secretary Root and Senator Lodge on afternoon canters along the country roads.
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Shaw
Washington
Roosevelt
Root
Senator Lodge
Mark Twain and His Engine Calque on the Mississippi
Captain Thomas Bixby recalls on the Swallow that Samuel Clemens served as chief engineer and pilot. The unusual engine used a gray mule named Jerry walking a treadmill to propel the boat between St. Louis and Cairo, with signals to raise cabbage butts and a horn like voice for landing.
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Thomas Bixby
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
New Orleans
St. Louis
Cairo
Jerry
Samuel Clemens
Samuel
Doctor’s Spelling Prank Ends In Swift Nonsense
Covington doctor Dr James Wise is teased with a pencil that writes any color. He tests indigo blue on a friend then tries ecru on Theodore Hallam. After ten seconds he cusses and admits he has forgotten how to spell that word.
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James Wise
Covington
Theodore Hallam
Mr. Hallam
Theodore
Prince Albert of Belgium Stands Ready in Brussels
Prince Albert heir to the Belgian throne and major in the Grenadier Guards remains at his post in Brussels awaiting orders. He refused to step aside if his troops face danger, saying he would lead them. He previously visited the United States in 1898 and was hosted by President McKinley.
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Prince Albert
Albert
Grenadier Guards
Brussels
United States
White House
McKinley
Leopold
Count of
Flanders
Star boarder twinkles his way into free rent
The quipster boasts I just twinkle twinkle and the landlady lets me stay on blind faith. The banter highlights a witty exchange about staying accommodations and being considered a star boarder by a perpetual tenant.
Meandering Mike Seeks Bread Pretense to Aid Starving Man
A dialogue unfolds with Meandering Mike asking a woman for food while claiming he is not starving. He defends his request with the proverb an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, illustrating a moral tension.
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Mike
Cyclists and Hens Warned At German Village Churchyard
A church notice board in Buecken, a German village of about 1000 people, warns that cyclists and hens are forbidden to wander around the churchyard.
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Buecken
A Nation of Fish Eaters
The Japanese eat more fish than any other people in the world. Meat-eating is a foreign innovation, confined to the rich or to those who prefer it to the national diet.
Humorous Exchange on Heat and Expansion
A classroom quip shows a teacher asking what heat expansion means and a pupil answering that being full of hot turkey and plum pudding makes him bigger. The joke hinges on a pun and a child's literal interpretation.
Fat Philosophers Underworld Suspicious World
A curiously phrased note remarks that society often distrusts fat philosophers. It alludes to skepticism about thinkers with weighty ideas and the public mind as wary of intellectual weights.
Justice Town No Chances In Goodland Court
A Goodland Kansas court presided by Justice Robinson heard a curious law point for an hour as the constable searched the plaintiff for weapons. The search preceded a ruling that the plaintiff failed the case and the court decided against him.
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Justice Town
Goodland
Kan
Justice Robinson
Manufacture of Rifle Bullets
A machine cuts rifle bullets from lead rods, stamps them with steel dies, and drops the finished bullets into a box at seven thousand per hour.
Left-Handed Compliment at Madras Governor Arrival
Lord Ampthill of Madras received a quirky, jail-made carpet at Kumbakonam station. The rug bore an elephant motif and the greeting Good morning Jumbo, reflecting local humor toward the large administrator.
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Ampthill
Madras
India
Kumbakonam
Long Record of Army Service by 95 Year Old Austrian General
The Austrian army lists Field Marshal Lieutenant Baron Schwartz Meiller as an active general aged 95. He has served seventy four years as an officer and fifty years as a general. He is among five officers still alive who marched with their luggage from Lemberg to Naples.
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Baron Schwartz-Meiller
Lemberg
Naples
Grand Duchess Helena Rumor of Elopement
The Neue Zeitung reports that Helena Grand Duchess of Russia aged twenty eloped from St Petersburg with a plebeian student and was captured near Warsaw. She was sent back to Russia while the student was exiled to Siberia amid official denials and European belief. It is alleged to be her second similar escapade.
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Neue Zeitung
Vienna
Helena
St. Petersburg
Siberia
Record of extreme heat and meteors in historic summers
The article recalls the intense heat of 1783 with meteors and a hazy Europewide phenomenon from June 23 to July 20. It notes England’s hotter July in 1595 with June late and July 13 marked as hot Wednesday, temperatures near 90 to 101 degrees in shade.
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Europe
England
The Cheese Fly And Its Cheese Economy
The common cheese fly is about a tenth of an inch long and lays around 250 eggs in cheese cracks. If cheese is unavailable it will seek an alternative substance.
Warsaw Dome Tops World Size at Lutheran Church
The Lutheran church in Warsaw features the largest dome in the world with an interior diameter of 200 feet. By comparison the British Museum Library dome measures 130 feet.
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Warsaw
British Museum
Johns Hopkins to Honor Lazear Memorial and Library Fund
The medical school committee reports sufficient funds to erect a memorial tablet for Jesse William Lazear who died in a yellow fever transmission experiment and to establish a tropical diseases library fund at Johns Hopkins University.
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Medical School
Johns Hopkins University
Jesse William Lazear
Secret Society Leader and Publisher Col Stahl
Col Ernest C Stahl of Trenton New Jersey is active in twenty eight secret societies across the nation. He travels widely on society business and owns a prosperous newspaper in New Jersey’s state capital.
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Ernest C. Stahl
Trenton
N. J
Colonel
New Jersey
Town of Many Inventions in New Britain Patent Record
New Britain Connecticut reports it has issued over 1 400 patents to 344 residents highlighting the town as a center of invention and innovation reflecting a high patenting rate among its citizens.
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New Britain
Conn
Iis
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