Cardinal Ledochowski Dies in Rome as Vatican Financier
Cardinal Ledochowski, famed Vatican financier and former prefect of the Congregation for the Propaganda Fide, died in Rome. He was noted for directing church affairs in the United States and other nations where Catholicism is not the state faith. He was cardinal while imprisoned in Germany for two years under Bismarck.
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Ledochowski
Vatican
Rome
Cardinal Ledochowski
Congregation of the Propaganda
United States
Germany
Prince Bismarck
Burns Statue to Honor Scots Poet in Chicago Park
The Burns Monument Association of Chicago plans a statue for a local park after raising about 20000 dollars. The Caledonian Society and other Scottish groups support the effort, with nearly 4000 dollars already subscribed, aiming to complete the fund soon.
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Scotchmen of
Chicago
Burns Monument Association of
Caledonian Society
Two Large Benefactions and Global Army Details
The article notes China’s regular army at about 22 000 men plus a national army of 650 000 paid about one dollar monthly who must feed themselves. Cavalry receive three dollars monthly, feed their horses, and must replace lost mounts from government pay. Ralph Voorhees pledges 25 000 for Coe College Cedar Rapids and plans a 300 acre land purchase in South Carolina for an boys industrial school. English usage differs with cast off clothing becoming left off clothing in an advertisement context.
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China
Ralph Voorhees
Clinton, N. J
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Mich
South Carolina
Lamp Boys and Gypsy Auto Bandits In London
Wartime style notes describe acetylene lamps on 1 200 omnibuses ending the lamp boy role as conductors simply tap and fuel car. A Worcester Spy piece imagines a gypsy band transitioning from horse trading to automobiles in a green three compartment caravan with gold decorations, boasting fifty miles per day.
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Lamp Boys
London
Westminster Gazette
Worcester
Millions for Irrigation and World Book Output
Britain spends millions on Nile and Indian irrigation projects, including a 15 million dollar Ganges canal feeding over 1 million acres. India supports 6 million cultivable acres for more than 5 million people. Also describes a swinging electric fan and the vast annual book production in Britain, America, and Europe.
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Britain
Nile
India
Ganges
Valley of the
Population of Berlin Climbs Amid Suburban Shift
The census shows Berlin's population at 1,901,567, up 12,875 from last year, with growth slowing as residents move to electric-rail suburbs. Wild elephants are dwindling. fewer than 10,000 remain globally and five are killed for every newborn.
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Berlin
Germany
Rising self destruction deaths alarm social observers
An English alienist, Mr Styles, studies the surge in self destruction reports across nations. France shows rising figures from 9 per 100000 in 1841 1845 to 26 in 1894, while Belgium Prussia Austria Sweden Denmark and Sucreatively show marked increases. The trend prompts questions on nervous diseases and societal stress.
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Styles
Sweden
Russia
United States
London
St. Petersburg
France
Belgium
Prussia
Austria
Denmark
Ping Pong Badges a Boom for Jewelers and Watches
A jeweler notes ping pong boosts watch repairs as players forget to remove timepieces. Women’s watches suffer as dangles catch wind and shocks disturb works. Revenue from repairs has nearly tripled since the ping pong craze began, with both sexes affected.
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New York Sun
Roast pork dinner quote from 1790 diary sparks Eve joke
The Living Church cites a Connecticut woman's diary from 1790 in which Dr S. carving pork held up a rib and quipped Here In dies is what Mother Eve was made of. Sister Patty adds a wry reply about the same creature. The line threads through a discussion of revolutions in South America.
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Living Church
Connecticut
Bear Ends Rampage Aftercarted to Boneyard
Samuel Aftergut tool a cinnamon bear through Potrero streets for two hours begging officers to kill it. Captain Birdsall and Sergeant Atkinson finally shot the demented animal, ending the frightful scene. The bear’s death leaves Aftergut vowing vengeance on Billy Maul, owner of The Arbor resort near the Chutes.
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Amuel Aftergut
Potrero
Aftergut
Billy” Maul
Billy
Butcher
Hall of Justice
Birdsall
Bruin
Sergt. Atkinson
Billy Maul
San Francisco Chronicle
Husband deceives wife over painting worth 15000 francs
A Paris gentleman buys The Bride of Abydos for 15000 francs then lies to his wife claiming 3000. She later reveals she sold it for 4500, making a 1500 franc profit while he was away.
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Enator Mitchell
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Washington
Washington Post
France
Northwest Territory
Columbia River
Oregon Territory
Izaak Walton
Mitchell
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
Senate Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Paris
Abydos
Walloomsac Engagement Replaces Bennington Name in NY
The 1777 battle near Hoosick and the Bennington engagement were debated as a monument bill spurred by Richard Curran. New England critics urged honoring the Walloomsac stream as the battlefield name, arguing the Hessian commander was captured there.
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Richard Curran
Rochester
N. Y
Hoosick
Rensselaer County
Burgoyne
New England
Bennington
New York
Walloomsac
New
Lovesick Youth Chooses Death in Petersburg Tale
A German story from St. Petersburg recounts a lovesick youth who writes Death and Life on slips, asks a girl to choose, draws Death, then shoots himself in a hotel. An Easton Pa mud shower is reported with membranous bags containing dust grains, supporting dust-nuclear rain theory.
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St. Petersburg
Werther
Easton
Turtle Snapping Turtle Causes Narrow Escape at Wharf
A frightened negro on the Sassafras River steerage escaped injury when a snapping turtle seized his trousers at the Light street wharf yesterday afternoon. The incident occurred during busy cattle unloading as bystanders watched the turtle attack the man’s clothing and he toppled to the ground.
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Kitty Knight
Light Street
Sassafras River
Baltimore Herald
Washington entry details social life at embassy rosters
Special letter reports on Senators Spooner and Pettus as Pettus writes during Spooner speech. It highlights Count Tarnowski’s rumored engagement to Princes Czetwertynska, Austrian imperial liaison roles, and German and French embassy hostesses in Washington. It notes Rear Admiral John Grimes Walker’s career, Mrs. James McMillan’s social prominence, and embassy staff changes including Countess Quadt and Mme Cambon.
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A. Tarnowski
Czetwertynska
Newport
Bar Harbor
America
Legaion
Baroness von Thielmann
Germany
Highland Terrace
John Grimes Walker
Washington
New Hampshire
Countess Quadt
von Holleben
Made Famous by a Song About Navy Pay and Grog
Pay Director Caspar Schenck, recently buried at Annapolis naval cemetery, wrote a poem inspired by Admiral Foote's order ending the practice of piping all hands to grog. The decree ended grog and increased enlisted pay by five cents per day, a refrain Schenck set to music: They raised our pay five cents a day but stopped our grog forever.
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Caspar Schenck
Naval
Annapolis
Admiral Coghlan
Hoch der Nasser
Admiral Foote
Schenck
Wot Home Killed and Other Brief Tales From Abroad
An English resident in Shanghai jokes with his cook Wun Hoo after a dinner, and the cook explains no dog was killed for the soup. The Difference in Lives notes Governor Vance of North Carolina and his brother the General differed in creed and views on grace. Shower baths planned for Kansas City children in a public playground. Japan unveils its first statue honoring a woman near Kioto, reflecting advancing cultural memory.
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Shangahi
Wun Hoo
Wan Hoo
Gov. Vance
North Carolina
Presbyterian Church
Bob” Vance
Bob
Kansas City
Advancement of
Japan
Shijo-Nawate
Kioto
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