Big Religious Meet Opens in Detroit Offering Welcoming Tone
A vast Christian Endeavor convention fills a 16 000 seat tent near Detroit with thousands from Staten Island, Canada and beyond. Officials review the year, welcome delegates from Canada Great Britain and Australia, and elect officers as a massive opening program features choirs, hymns and patriotic banners.
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Staten
Canada
Detroit
Dida
All Hearts
Uid
Uurch
Loui
Cqevas Eudherium
Duriee
Saves
Union Vlack
G_ Butler
Washington
William H. Strong
Strong
Christian Endeavor Societies
Young People’s
Charles B. Newman
Mayberry
William Patterson
Toronto
United States
Patterson
Rey
H. J. Leessider
London Council of Christian Endeavor
Lie
Great Britain
Australia
Joseph Walker
Queensland
China
Elwood G Tewksbury
Pekin
Tucker
Lyndon 5. Crawford
Otis Cares
Mexico
C. Score Williams
Arthur J. Susith
Georgia
Trestees
United Society
Treaserer Shaw
Treasury
George B. Graft
Boston
Christian Endeavor World
Publishing Department
Chicago
The
Francis B. Clark
Jona Willis Beer
William Shaw
Board of Trustees
The Moon May Come Back to Earth Says Professor Darwin
Rev. Gottlieb C. H. Hosskarl argues from scriptural history that the Negro is not descended from Adam and Eve nor Ham’s progeny. He claims the Negro’s main superiority is the ability to utter sounds that could be imitated by Adam, aligning with Darwin’s notion of a missing link.
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Darwin
Cambridge
Earth
Gottlieb
C. H. Hosskarl
D. D
Chambersburg
Peace Congress Duels Spark Scandal Over Turkish Delegates
At The Hague peace congress a scandal erupts as a Turkish delegate head and his associates clash with two reformers. A duel threat emerges amid tensions over stopping Armenian massacres and Sultan policies.
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The
Hague
Rechid
Wlh
Hollish
Americans Plot Dueling as Bey Arrives in Paris
In Paris, former residents expelled from the country await Bechid Bey's arrival to duel. The affair centers on Edith Collins, Yankee wife of Rechid Bey Count Czaykowski, once Chauncey M. Depew's ward, whose marriage caused surprise. Her husband, a brilliant diplomat and sultan aide, is renowned for wealth and temperament.
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Paris
Bechid Bey
Wong
Berchid Bey
Edith Collins
Chauncey M. Depew
Rechid Bey
Czaykowski
Asst
Im Faris
Cis
Wind City Tragedy Depopulates Alaskan Camp
Report from Seatrie Washington by City of Topeka describes Wind City on the Tae Wi river as a scurvy camp where a score of miners perished in midwinter. By January news reached Dawson-bound miners. many were gravely ill, some with broken limbs, and the camp lacked food and vegetables. A dozen or more graves mark the site as survivors departed for safety.
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Seatrie
Wash
Topeka
Wind City
Tae Wi
Peel
Rocky Mountains
Dawson
Edmonton Trail
Wind ‘Y
Alaska
Wind Guy
Mason Ha
Telegraphic Brevities Highlights From scattered notices
Divorce granted to wife of Jimmy Michaels in London. Professor Mazzoat predicts dope will reach centry. Clara Ward Rigo plans Cairo journal launch. Various brief items report crimes, elections, storms, and social notes across multiple cities including Joplin Millport Sing Sing and Buffalo. Sharp, Woodwant, and others cited in diverse incidents.
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Jimmy” Michaels
London
Mazzoat
Clara Ward Rigo
Cairo
Egypt
Brad M. Kerns
W. Va
Joplin
Alex. Sharp
Millport
Ohio
George Barrow
New York
Sing Sing
Germain Raidstar
Spain
T. M. Woodwant
Roanoke
Hessia
Buffalo
Gallipolis
Barney
Seiler
Georgetows University
Antomir Miles
Chicago
Anus Ourslever
Danny Meade
War Department rushes 100000 man volunteer army drive
Preparations to enlist 100000 men proceed as officers recruit new regiments from 15 to 20 year olds, with height and weight allowances. Concerns rise over yellow fever in Santiago and Havana, while Navy officials face pay disputes. Col David B Henderson meets the President amid hints of a delayed Congressional session.
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War Department
Physicsiaus
Fragmentary 19th Century News Briefs Describe Tragedy and Crime
A jagged OCR summary reports a train fatality near Cairos Indge, indictments not quashed, a Jasper Temple case, and a Tompkinaville death by Atkins. It notes eight injured in a wreck near Renfrew, a sunken opium shipment to Sunsee, a man with six wives in Mexico sought in Toledo, and a posse losing track of train rollers. Mentos and roads, moonshine, and railway control in a New England corridor are mentioned along with a Birmingham conductor killed.
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Fite
Oie Orivers
Arthur Villiser
Mexico
Toledo
Mentos
Ohio
Meray Point
Vanierhilta
Albany
New England
Frank Cook
Birmingham
Alt
Attire for Summer Dresses and Bodice Trends 1899
Readable notes on summer gowns featuring deep yokes and ruffled trims, with emphasis on contrasting bodices and skirts. Describes materials like pique and crash, white mantles with blue embroidery, and fashionable silhouettes, including jackets with long fronts, voiced for city wear and country clubs.
Human Eye as a Camera in Dead Images Debate
A Literary Digest note debunks claims that dead eyes retain pictures from life. It explains iris surfaces do not form or preserve distinct external images, and any supposed reflections would vanish if light exposure ends after death. The piece cites misquoted experiments and clarifies why retinal images cannot linger.
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Mee Las
Lancer Longives Ds
France
Literary Digest
Queen's exclusive rights shock and amuse readers
A humorous critique notes the Queen alone prints publishes and sells certain books and maps including mariners charts Ordnance prints The Board of Trade journal and even Bible annotations require royal prerogative Copyright rules favor the Crown claiming perpetual lasting rights beyond normal limits and mocks the idea of a Judgment Day copyright end point
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Board of Trade
Oxford
Cambridge
Nervous broker mistakes reflection for burglar
A Philadelphia real estate man, alarmed by a noise in a vacant house, rushes to escape but discovers the burglar is his own reflection in a large drawing-room mirror. Police arrive after his screams draw attention, and he explains the mix up hours later.
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Philadelpha
Wealth of childless heirs reshapes fortunes across Europe
A淡 fragment describes how fortunes from Lord Hertford to Sir Richard Wallace, then to his widow and finally to the nation, flow through childless lines. It mentions Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild and Baroness Hirsch dying childless, with vast sums passing through unrelated hands.
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Lord Hertford
Richard Wallace
Richard
N. Baro Ferdinand de Rothschild
Hirsch
Sacrifice of Horses and Bulls Reported in Spain
Article notes the annual toll in Spain shows over 5,000 horses killed in various events while 1,000 to 1,200 bulls are sacrificed each year. It comments on comparing the two animal sacrifices in Spanish culture and sport.
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Sampson
Sydley
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Mitchell
Senate
Schley
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Actus
David B. Henderson
Pon
White House
Col
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Sutu
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