English alliance to defend Corea and curb foreign powers
A Seoul dispatch reports Britain and Japan agreeing to guarantee Corea's independence and aid its internal and external policy. Corea pledges stronger defenses, limits foreign loans, and restricts state posts to Britian, Japan, and the United States, with safeguards against territorial pressure.
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St. Petersburg
Seoul
Corea
Korea
Kato
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Corean State Service
Corean
Canadian Pacific Opposes Morgan Shipping Combine
Montreal reports say Canadian Pacific, at Canadian ministers in London request, offered to run a fast Quebec-Liverpool service in summer and Halifax-Liverpool in winter with general freight. London papers welcome it as a counter to J. P. Morgan's shipping combine. Officials deny a request but indicate progress toward the plan. Lord Strathcona notes possible subsidy and imperial backing.
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Canadian Pacific
London
Montreal
Quebec
Liverpool
Halifax
J. P. Morgan
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Lord Strathconna
Dominion
Britain
Paris faces growing resistance to closing of unauthorized schools
July 28 Paris reports official notices begun to close unauthorized religious schools with little disturbance in the city. At Mauvaux a riot erupted after the expulsion of sisters, injuring two people, with police and deputies involved. Protests pour in from Brest and other areas seeking clemency and delay. elsewhere, opposition exists but with no casualties.
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Biurdy
Paris
Mauvaux
Department of du Nord
Salenuve
Loubet
Brest
Officer Vyas Scourged in Wind sor Wind Guards Case
Second Lieutenant D Gregson of the Second Life Guards, commissioned February 15 1902, was driven from his quarters by officers at Wind sor barracks. He was hunted with whips, ducked in a horse trough, his quarters wrecked, and left on the bare floor. King Edward as colonel in chief may order a strict investigation.
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Life Guards
Windsor
London
Second Life Guards
King Edward
D. Gregson
Gregson
Jeffries Wins In Ring After Eight Round Fight
In San Francisco James Jeffries defeated Robert Fitzsimmons in eight rounds, winning the heavyweight claim as Fitzsimmons faded. Jeffries delivered decisive blows after a moment when Fitzsimmons paused to speak, ending the bout with Fitzsimmons counted out. Jeffries and Fitzsimmons exchanged fierce punches, with Fitzsimmons bleeding and determined to the end.
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Fitz
Jeffries
San Francisco
Robert Fitzsimmons
James Jeffries
Jeff
Jefferies
Fitzsimmons
Range notes from the Southwest show drought and stock strain
Mohave County Arizona reports very dry ranges stocked but lean cattle and horses. A band of about 5,000 Angora goats near sixteen miles away could be sold at 3.50 per head. Other counties in Arizona Colorado and Wyoming note fair to poor prospects with little moisture. Cattle sheep and horses suffer as water and feed vanish. Prospects for winter feed depend on rain.
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Mohave County
Ariz
M. Gaddis
Coconino County
C. W. Davis
Carbon County
Wyo
J. F. Crawford
Pima County
Tucson
Jr. Whitmore
Saguache County
Colo
J. T. Melvin
Cochise County
New York Silos Rise As Feed Insurance For Dairies
Reports from New York indicate many new silos are being erected to secure a constant supply of nutritious feed. A past drought underscored the risk of relying on luck for cow sustenance, and silos promise storage of wood crops for years. As silo use grows, dairying may gain weather independence and steadier dairy output, though few well run dairies presently have year round feed. Farmers recognize silos as a hedge against feed shortages, and the piece hints at strong earnings for those investing in dairy plots.
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New York
A Fool May Start a Strike But It Takes Wiseness
A terse saying notes that rash action can spark labor conflict while measured judgment can prevent or end stoppages. It emphasizes caution in disputes between workers and management, warning against reckless moves that destabilize efforts for agreement.
Best Ways to Deter Black Ants On Lawns and Yards
A reader proposes destroying ant mounds before rain to flood nests. A scientific summary lists methods using carbolic water, cape aloes with camphor, tobacco solution, insect powder, a mix of potash and brimstone, and bisulphate of carbon fumes to penetrate and kill colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. French
Outlook for Apples and Peaches Reported
A government study finds overall apple conditions unfavorable across fourteen large producing states with only North Carolina and Michigan above average. Maine near the ten year mark, New York and several states show below average prospects, while peach crops look favorable despite some states lagging. Mississippi and Virginia report near average to above average peach conditions with several other states notably higher.
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North Carolina
Michigan
Maine
New York
Ilinois
Iowa
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Missouri
Indiana
Georgia
Kauss
Mississippi
South Carolina
Alabama
Texas
California
Arkansas
The Suppy of New Potatoes in the Season
The supply of new potatoes has been small this season due to uneven moisture and drought. Abundant rains near the Great Lakes delayed early tuber development, while the far west suffered severe drought limiting vine growth. Atlantic slope truck gardens and Virginia growers face shortages, with prospects varying weekly. late potatoes may escape the early crop losses.
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Great Lakes
Atlantic
New England
Georgia
Virginia
Nipa Sap Sugar Rich Yet Salty Hampers Use
The nipa palm of tropical Asia yields a sap rich in sugar but so salty that its commercial use has not proven profitable.
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Tropical
Asia
Figures Lie and Cotton Coup Adds to a Woman’s Figure
A terse adage from the New York Press notes that strategic distribution of cotton can alter a woman’s appearance by about twenty pounds, implying satire on beauty standards and body image.
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New York Press
Auditorium stock contest boosts Omaha plans and prizes
Interest grows daily in the Omaha Auditorium Company stock contest opened July 1. Shares cost 25 cents and include two guesses for a $5,000 capital prize and 1,000 other prizes. The capital prize will go to the voter closest to the governor of New York's November 4, 1902 tally. 1,000 runner ups receive smaller prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Omaha Auditorium Company
Northwest
Defiance Starch Co
Neb
New York
Omaha Auditorium Co
Nebraska
Multifaceted 1900 Classified Ads Highlight Brands and Events
A collage of old advertisements urges readers to buy Simplex skirts and Des Moines corset goods, bleach fabrics with Russ Bleaching Blue, and use Defiance Starch. It also promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine for colds, Piso’s Cure for consumption, and Defiance Starch twice. Knights Pythias Biennial excursion tickets offer travel from Chicago to San Francisco with a $50 round trip.
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Knights Pythias
San Francisco
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Chicago
Los Angeles
Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul” Railway
Omaha
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
F. A. Miller
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Morgan
Tondon
Vyas
Grissom
Washington
Enrene Grissom
G Street
N. E
Granville
Raleigh
American Medical Society
American Medicalsociety
Association of the Superintendents of American Insane Asylums
Denver
Sydney
Australia
John FW. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
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