American Lumber Industry Shows Vast Untapped Resources
A detailed view of U S timber wealth notes nearly inexhaustible U S forests and rising demand. It highlights Maine birch Pennsylvania walnut California redwood and southern cypress, with large mills in Maine and extensive logging operations using river drives, dams, and railroads.
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Uncle Sam
Australia
England
Maine
Christendom
Middle Atlantic States
Pennsylvania
United States
Lake
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Illinois
Mason and Dixon
Rocky Mountains
New England
Atlantic States
Middle States
Ohio
Indiana
Pacific States
Rocky Mountain
Washington
Queer Neighbors and Cemeteries Tied in Race Track Echoes
A reflection on how race tracks sit beside cemeteries in urban lore. The piece recalls Ivy City Gravesend and Me tarie with vivid country of the dead beside racing lore, noting Me tarie’s grand stand etiquette and the era’s social mores. It closes with a curious note on Vesuvius steepest railway.
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Ivy City
Harmony Cemetery
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Gravesend
Greenwood
Washington Cemetery
Sheepshead Bay
Coney Island Jockey Club Vyia
Aqueduct
Jamaica
Metarie
Metaire
Canal
Crescent City
Phryne
Delilah
Melarie
Oaklands
Fish Roe In Great Demand In French Sardine Trade
The article notes a ready market in France for fish roe from cod hake and pollack. Consul General Mason cites the sardine fishery along the Atlantic coast from Lorient to Gironde as France's main market, with roe imported from Norway and France. Prices range 12 to 30 dollars per barrel depending on quality and supply.
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New England
France
Mason
Atlantic
Lorient
Gironde
Les Sables
Olonne
Norway
Newfoundland
United States
Bone of Contention Origin Questioned in Phrase History
A fragmentary note asks about the origin of the expression bone of contention and references a wishbone as a possible link. The readable text is sparse and presents no clear events or figures.
Russia’s Parliaments Open Amid Great Pomp and Restraint
In St Petersburg an impressive ceremony at the Winter Palace opened the new Russian parliament. Emperor Nicholas I delivered a brief throne speech calling for peasant relief and parliament co-operation. Members remained silent, distressed by the omission of amnesty as crowds cheered from the streets.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Peter the Great
Winter Palace
Nicholas
Dias
de Camp
Tauride
Zion City Agreement Sets Mutual Financial Oversight
In Chicago on Thursday John Alexander Dowie and Wilbur G Voliva reached a court approved plan for shared financial leadership at Zion City. Dowie supporters named John A Lewis and Voliva named Alexander Granger to join the committee, with a third member to be chosen.
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Zion City
Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Wilbur G. Voliva
Dowie
John A. Lewis
Voliva
Alexander Granger
Missouri Students Fight with Circus Showmen
Columbia students clashed with Cole Brothers circus showmen midnight Thursday. Freshman Maynard M. McDole from Craig, Missouri, was shot in the head and is in critical condition at Parker Hospital. several others suffer minor injuries.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Cole Brothers’ Circus
Maynard M. McDole
Craig, Mo
Parker Hospital
House calls on State Department over Lizzie B. Evans seizure
Washington D. C. The house passed a resolution calling on the state department for any information it may have regarding the seizure of the American schooner Lizzie B. Evans by Mexico.
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Washington,d.d. C
House
State Department
Lizzie B. Evans
Republic of Mexico
Surprise Coup in China Aims Railway Control
A Tokio to Daily Telegraph dispatch asserts China plans a coup d etat to consolidate control over all imperial railways, signaling a major shift in regional power dynamics.
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China
London
Tokio
Daily Telegraph
Bartholdt Renominated by Direct Primary in St Louis
Republican Congressman Richard Bartholdt won renomination in the Tenth Congressional district of Missouri through a direct primary held Wednesday in St Louis. The result solidifies Bartholdt's bid for another term representing the district.
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Bartholdt
St.,.Louis
Richard Bartholdt
Tenth
Rose Re elected Kansas City Mayor in Prohibition Clash
William W. Rose defeated Ed Venard in a special election to regain the Kansas City Kansas mayoralty after a supreme court ouster over enforcing the prohibitory liquor law. Rose carried about half the women voters and beat socialist D H Clark, with a total turnout of 12 495 and a Rose majority of 1 441. Civic league opposition and anti open policy rhetoric contrasted with his wet stance.
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Kansas City
Kan
William W. Rose
Supreme Court of Kansas
Venard
Rose
Kansas
Civic League
Enurand
Senators hear telegram protests on anti-pass amendment
Washington reports a flood of telegrams from railroad employees opposing the anti-pass measure tied to the rate bill. Senators Cullom Warner Morgan Foraker McCreary Frye Beveridge Allison and Dick presented more than 50 to 109 messages each, with a specimen from Illinois chief conductor William Clark noting that free transportation for families would be lost and urging reversal.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Cullom
Warner
Morgan
Foraker
McCreary
Frye
Beveridge
Allison
Senator Cullom
Chicago
S. M. Cullom
Illinois
William Clark
Coleman to pursue May or Rose for contempt in Kansas City
Topeka Kans August 20 Attorney General Coleman declared he will go after Mayor W W Rose of Kansas City Kansas for contempt of court He expects to jail Rose and said the state will fight the issue to a conclusion with no compromise Coleman avoided detailing his planned procedures or timing.
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Topeka
Kansas
Coleman
W. W. Rose
Kansas City
Rose
Kan
Albert Pulitzer Aims to End Glaring Head Lines
In New York Mr Albert Pulitzer pledges a new paper will avoid sensational headlines. He criticizes papers whose pages are smeared with glare as an insult to American intelligence.
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New York
Albert Pulitzer
New York Herald
Whyte Death Inquest Finds Manslaughter Verdict
London inquest into Major John Nicholas Whyte of the Lancashire Fusiliers who died while under Christian Science treatment returned a verdict of manslaughter against Dr A D Cook a Christian Science healer and he was committed for trial.
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London
England
John Nicholas Whyte
Lancashire Fusiliers
A.D. Cook
Anarchist Conspiracy Uncovered in Barcelona
Police in Barcelona uncover an anarchist plot leading to sixteen arrests and eight bombs seized. Authorities report the investigation details disclosed Monday.
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Spain
Barcelona
Cordial invitation to working girls to seek help
An appeal to working women detailing female ailments from standing all day and praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. Miss Abby F Barrows of Nelsonville Ohio testifies to relief, and Mrs Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts, urging correspondence.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Abby. F. Barrows
Nelsonville
Athens Co
Ohio
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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