Engineering feats across the globe rival ancient wonders
The piece surveys vast projects from a Wales to Ireland tunnel proposal and a Cape to Cairo railway to canal schemes in Suez and Louisiana, comparing costs and challenges. It notes Dutch Zuyder Zee drainage and German and French efforts, while praising Egyptian pyramids as the ultimate ancient feat.
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Lord Rosebery
Stranraer
Wales
Ireland
Fefch
Mull of Kintyre
Scotland
Head
England
Corinth
Nero
New York State
Manchester Ship Canal
Erie
Uncle Sam
Panama
de Lesseps
Prussia
North Sea
Louis XIV
France
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Languedoc
Gibraltar
Marseilles
Cecil Rhodes
Cape
Cairo
France to Erect Monument at Waterloo Site
France will honor Napoleon's defeat with a monument at the Waterloo junction near La Belle Alliance. Sculptor Jean Leon Gerome will craft a bronze dying eagle statue on a marble pedestal, with inscribed dates and a dedication to Napoleon and his loyal followers. The memorial stands 15 meters high with an eagle two meters tall and a three meter wing span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Napoleon
Waterloo
M. Henri Houssaye
French Academy
Count de Mautoy
M. Gustave Larroumet
Prussels
Planchenoit
la Belle Alliance
Austerlitz
Eylau
Global notes on colonial markets and borders
The excerpt surveys international economic and political facts including Belgium banning hypnotism, Madagascar gold output rising from 66000 to 608000 dollars between 1898 and 1900, and Spain’s silk largely produced in Murcia with a value around 270000 dollars. It mentions Holland acquiring all the remaining resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Madagascar
Spain
Murcia
Holland
Not Much in a Name in a Schoolroom Tale
A veteran teacher muses on labels in a classroom. He contrasts a so called Sleeper who remains alert with an Idler who embodies industry. The piece explores how names and perceptions affect student behavior and expectations.
Shortest People in Europe The Laplanders in Europe
The Laplanders are described as Europe’s shortest people with an average height of four feet eleven inches. The text notes their diminished stature relative to other European populations and highlights regional variations in height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purenr
A Millionaire Socialist Circulates Magazine in Canada
Editor Wiltshire arrives in Toronto and challenges U S postal rules. Deputy Madden rules Wiltshire s Socialist magazine cannot be mailed under standard conditions. Wiltshire ships 80 000 copies to U S subscribers via Canadian mail, securing readership and revenue for the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiltshire
Canada
Thnm Magazine
Madden
United States Post Office Department
United States
Toronto
Mulock
Uncle Sam
Postoffice Department
Trans Siberian Railway Progress From Moscow to Port Arthur
The article reports Russia’s Trans Siberian project nearing completion linking Moscow to Port Arthur via Manchuria. It notes ten years of work, a $172 million cost, 6,677 miles distance, and segments via Sungari Irkutsk Lake Baikal and Vladivostock with ferries to cross ice.
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Manchuria
Russia
Moscow
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Vladivostock
Sungari
Ussuriysk
Irkutsk
Morin
Aldde
Lake Baikal
Streiteusk
Stretiensk
Khabarovsk
Amur
Viatka
Kiel
Orenburg-Tashkent
Orenburg
Tretzki Station
Caspian Sea
Kazalinsk
Syr-Daria
Perovsk
Divlek
Turkestan
Tashkent
Mugadjarsk Mountains
Tretzki
Tashhkent
Chikment
Odds and Ends From Across Lands and Times
A survey notes England's insured property share, Belgium hosts around 175000 drinking venues, and England’s minerals market value in 1900 reached £135,745,676. West Australian divers earned $97 per ton of mother-of-pearl shells, Ireland logged 2717 cancer deaths in 1900, Germany sold 358 million postal cards in 1900, and stamps rose from 2,618,480,316 in 1899 to 2,948,385,308 in 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Belgium
West
Australia
Ireland
Germany
Foreman Discovers Hidden Banknotes in Harpsichord Purchase
In London a printing works foreman bought an old harpsichord for 20 shillings to satisfy a fretwork hobby. Disassembling it at home, he found a hidden double compartment containing Bank of England notes totaling about 150 000 dollars in face value.
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Nile
Uganda
Rhodes
German East Africa
Congo Free State
Holland
Haarlem Meer
Wilhelmina
Zuyder Zee
Egypt
London
Bank of Englent
Armor Plated Whales Unearthed by German Paleontologist
German paleontologist Dr G Abel argues that plates found with the primeval whale zenclodon were part of its skeleton not turtle shells. The armor resembles glyptodont shells and suggests early whales were amphibious and coastal to fend off breakers and sharks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Abel
Abel
South America
Assassins Day List Ties Deaths To Fridays
A historical note links several high profile assassinations to Fridays. William of Orange on July 10, 1591, Henry III of France on August 1, 1589, Henry IV of France on May 14, 1010, Gustavus II Adolf of Sweden on March 16, 1792, Lincoln on April 14, 1865, McKinney on September 6, 1921, are cited as Friday deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William of Orange
Henry III
France
Henry IV
Gustavus IL
Sweden
Lincoln
United States
McKinney
Makeshift rings save weddings in England and England style
A London church wedding features a bridesmaid cutting her hair to form a ring for the groom while in another town a monocle frame serves as a ring. In a third case a leather ring from a glove substituted for the missing ring during the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Louis Star
May and Flo Exchange Lighthearted Banter
May jokes with Flo about something old and Flo replies with playful disbelief. The brief exchange shows their casual rapport and shared humor in a relaxed moment.
Florist Raises Prices Prompt Customer Frustration
Local florist, named in readable text as Hig or Hig. The note hints at higher prices across flowers and plants, causing consumer frustration and a stated inability to proceed with purchases.
Fragmentary note on editor and a young member
A damaged OCR fragment mentions an editor and a young member named Lark, with unclear context about bets or signatures. The readable items include an editor reference and a name likely connected to a local note or correspondence.
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Mr. Hunie
Setty-Eaghe
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