Tarantula threads aid war balloons in Australia
The Journal reports tarantulas are raised in Australia for webs used to weave threads for war balloons. It notes ashes from Canada collected house to house for fertilizer and mentions a rise in American and English female physicians in Asia from 20 to 220 in twenty years. A Paris forger ring arrests six including Horace Urbain Muscard. A Cincinnati woman duped by a faith healer paid $100 in advance and was left cured only by belief.
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Australia
Cincinnati
French Law Grants Reply Space in Periodicals
A French statute provides individuals cited in a periodical the right to reply in the next issue. The reply cannot exceed twice the space of the original article and must be published in the same publication. The rule aims to ensure fair rebuttal and balance in print.
City to raise loan for St Petersburg improvements
City authorities of St. Petersburg resolve to raise a loan of 11845000 dollars to rebuild repair and improve buildings streets bridges quays and pavements by 1903 the two hundredth anniversary of the city's foundation.
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St. Petersburg
Divorce Rate in Cleveland Year Shows High Failure Rate
Cleveland divorce records for the year ended June 30 show one in five marriages ending in extreme resort. There were 3,235 marriage licenses issued and 646 divorce petitions filed. the number granted is not stated.
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Cleveland
Suppressing Noise in Cities Faces Long Campaign
A discussion on urban noise pollution urges stricter municipal ordinances to curb wagon, carriage, and whistle sounds. The text notes the stress on mothers and overworked teachers and hopes for more effective enforcement.
Chinese Dining Habits Described in 19th Century Note
The article details Chinese meal patterns with two meals daily around eight to ten in the morning and five or six in the evening. It notes numerous dishes on the table, chopstick use, tea as the beverage, tea sometimes brewed in teapots or directly on cups, cups with lids, and pipes smoked during meals.
Cape Nome warning as crowd faces illness on shore
Forty thousand people crowd a narrow Cape Nome beach amid typhoid and smallpox fears. Claims for miles along the shore spanning tundra lands, while traders stockpile goods with no sale value. Call goes out for medical officers and government transport to repatriate exhausted settlers.
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Cape Nome
Global tensions hit U S mills and trade markets
The article notes China turmoil disrupting cotton mills in Lowell causing production curtailment. Southern mills rely on Chinese goods. Freight leaders report declines in shipments to China while ginseng diggers face hardship as the root, mostly sent to China, slows due to the same downturn.
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China
Lowell
Pacific
Middle West
Asia
Desert chapter ends with Cleland fate in peril and rescue
Paul Cleland faces execution under islamist guard at Metemmeh but is spared at the last moment by a hidden will of Allah. He remains chained and near death as Anglo Egyptian troops approach, and the scene closes with his apparent rescue to be continued. The tale ties his confession to Adrienne and Margaret Crawford, amid desert siege and personal penance.
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Rayburn
Cleland
Adrienne
Margaret Crawford
Cairo
Paul Story Clelland
L’s
Clelands
Scotland
Paul Clelland
Philip Rayburn
Paul Cleland
Calcutta
Margaret
Osman Azrak
Osman
Allah
Metemimeh
Desert
Metemmeh
Reid
Colonel Beauchamp
The Captain Swore Aboard The Blockaded Ship
A naval vessel on blockade duty reports a crewwide swearing habit among officers and men. One calm day a disguised steamer approaches. the crew cheers for action until the ship reveals itself as a tug labeled New York with a humorous request for the main fleet. The captain finally swears when asked where the enemy is.
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Cuban
New York
New York Commercial Advertiser
Magnificent Gift Modestly Made to Presbyterian Hospital
The Presbyter ian hospital in New York received a sizable gift of 200000 dollars for a new building to house nurses and resident staff. The donor asked anonymity, and the structure will be financed by the benefactor on land owned by the hospital. Completion is expected within a year.
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Presbyterian ‘Hospital
New York
Stat
Utica Globe
Early Career of William H. Seward Leaves Home for Georgia
A youthful William H. Seward fled home with little money to teach at an academy in Georgia after an unpaid debt to a tailor. He faced hardship yet secured a position with a salary of eight hundred dollars a year. His father blamed the departure, but his mother and sister’s grief compelled him to resign and return home. He later built a legal practice to amass funds.
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William H. ‘Seward
Union College
Doctor Seward
Seward
Georgia
Auburn
N. Y
Academy
Domestic Tragedy as Barn Mishap Ends in Injury
Detroit Free Press reports a domestic mishap where a coachman on sudden leave refuses handling the barn. The wife, amid frugal manners, spends the money on a dress. A sequence of accidents follows involving a rainstorm, a horse, a shocked cook, and a dangerous fall into a hay chute. The cook is rescued, the wife hospitalized, and the coachman kept on excess pay to cover the debacle.
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Femliniuve
Upper Peninsula
Nan
Peter
Nigely
Detroit Free Press
Prince Sheng Leader in Chinese Communications and Railways
Prince Sheng, director of telegraphs for the Chinese empire, plays a prominent role in Pekin diplomacy with the powers. He is noted as capable, intelligent, and broadminded, having overseen telegraphs and railways, and leads the imperial bank, akin to a treasury secretary.
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Bheng Ks
Prince Sheng
Cibie
Pékin
China
Imperial Bank
Treasury
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