Rich wedding presents for Roosevelt's daughter
The piece details a vast array of gifts to Ella Roosevelt from foreign rulers and governments. Highlights include a rare Gobelin tapestry from France valued at substantial sums, a jeweled necklace from Cuba, and a Dresden china dessert set from Kaiser's envoy. The article notes the gifts were largely paid for by donors and that duties were covered by the donors.
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President Roosevelt
Nelly Grant
Alice Roosevelt
White House
Algernon Sartoris
Uncle Sam
President Grant
Roosevelt
Cuba
New Republic
Paris
New York
United States
France
Washington
Republic of France
Miss Roosevelt
M. Jusserand
Louis XIV
America
Dresden
China
Ohio
Tiffany
A Vast Greenhouse
The text explains that Earth's atmosphere behaves like greenhouse glass, letting sunlight in while trapping heat. It notes cooler temperatures at mountain tops due to thinner, less dense air limiting heat retention.
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Earth
Morgan a Good Loser and Valiant Fighter in Senate
The article lauds Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama as the second oldest yet vigorous lawmaker in the U S Senate. It highlights his canal debates over Nicaragua and Panama, notes his fair opposition, quotes his Panama Commission letter, and chronicles his life from Athens Tennessee to a Confederate general and long Senate career. It ends with a brief aside on Father Murgas and his wireless system.
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United States Senate
John T. Morgan
Alabama
Senator Pettus
Senate
Nicaragua
United States
Morgan
Panama Canal
Panama
Senator Morgan
Athens
Tenn
Breckinridge
Lane
Dallas County
Cahaba Rifles
John Morgan
Samuel J. Tilden
George Goldthwaite
Underground wireless to Europe planned by Wilkes-Barre priest
Father Joseph Murgas of Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania believes his underground wireless system can send messages to Europe within a month or two. He has tested near sites in Wilkes Barre and Scranton and plans larger scale experiments with 800 foot shafts and a projected 22,000 dollar cost to sink 8000 foot deep shafts in the US and Europe.
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Joseph Murgas
Wilkes Barre
Pennsylvania
Europe
Father Murgas
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Wilkee-Barre
Maud Titus Receives Carnegie Medal for Daring Rescue
Miss Maud Titus of Newark New Jersey saved her friend Laura Reifsnyder from drowning during a yachting accident in Casco Bay Nova Scotia on July 30 1904. Carnegie commission awards Titus a medal and grants Reifsnyder 2500 toward education with 500 upon enrollment 500 annually for three years and 500 at graduation.
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Maud Titus
Newark
N. J
Laura Reifsnyder
Casco Bay
Nova Scotia
Andrew Carnegie
Steel King
Miss Titus
Miss Relfsnyder
Carnegie
Ford
Re‘ward
Reifsnyder
Carnegie Commission
Royal Titles From Across Asia and Africa Unearth Odd Monarch Names
The piece catalogs a parade of lavish honorifics used by rulers such as King Edward VII and various Asian and African monarchs. It notes the Sultan of Turkey as a grand, mythic figure and lists titles claimed by Ava, Ceylon, Persia, and Monomopotapa. It contrasts these with the more modest modern address of Edward VIII.
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Edward VII
England
India
Turkey
Two Shores
Abdul-Hamid Khan
Ava
Ceylon
Shahin Shah
Monomopotapa
Edward
Size of brain debate on intellect and weight
A newspaper note states that a large brain does not guarantee intellect and that an illiterate person’s brain can weigh more than those of celebrated scientists poets and philosophers, challenging assumptions about brain size and intelligence.
Homes for City Waifs and New York Charity
The piece discusses New York City’s 8 million dollar annual charity, focusing on housing homeless children with foster families rather than institutions. It notes 127 city institutions funded by 88 cents daily per infant and $2 weekly per child over two, the aim to provide homes, and efforts by the Children’s Aid Society to place thousands in adoptive or wage-earning arrangements.
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New York City
New York
Ihs
Fs Se
Massa
Dugetts
Pennsylvania
Children’s Aid Society of
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Messages Underground
Charities Commissioners
Astrous
London
Childern
Pai
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