Thrones of Russian Czars and the Kremlin Treasures
The Kremlin in Moscow holds sacred relics and thrones linked to czars and church leaders. The Iberian Mother of God ikon guards at the gate, the Cathedral of the Assumption crowns and buries rulers, and the Miracles Convent houses baptismal heads. Thrones of Ivan III, Michael Feodorovitch, Boris Godunoff, and Peter and Paul reflect Russian art blending with European influence, revealing a centuries long struggle over power and culture.
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Kremlin
Old Town
Russia
Holy
Japan
Moscow
Cathedral of the Assumption
Michael Feodorovitch
Persia
Korgoun
St. Luke
Basilic of the Archangel Michael
Les
St. Alexis
Djani-Ber
Khan
Tartars
Ivan IV
Alexis
Alexander II
Nikon
Therapontor
Boris
Ivan III
Ivan
Sophia
Palace
The
France
England
Italy
Elizabeth
Boris Godunoff
Peter and Paul
Alexis Michaelovitch
Europe
Boria
New York
Running Jump Tale Surprises College Crowd
A campus gathering features lively talk on feats of strength and agility. A quiet female professor recounts witnessing a running jump of forty feet across a ravine, sparking disbelief among students who challenge the feat and seek details of the run preceding the jump.
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Profengers
Pat
City crowding may push masses from New York inland
A Baltimore Sun editorial predicts by 2100 New York could hold about 15 million people. It cites current 4 million residents, much from immigration, and argues congestion would force urban masses to migrate outward for economic and sanitary reasons.
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New York
Baltimore Sun
Burns and the Brokers in Wall Street Tale
John Burns, M. P. of London, recently in cognito in the United States, recalls a New York misimpression about a political meeting. In the financial district a crowd on Broad Street turned out to be curb brokers, not speakers, prompting humor as the expected campaign talk dissolved into trading activity.
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John Burns
M. P
London
United States
New York
Financial District
Wall Street
Broad Street
Changes in Africa Journey Nine Months to Three Weeks
A historical comparison notes Count von Gotzen’s 1875 Victoria Nyanza journey, done in seventeen days to reach the lake and circumnavigate to Uganda, versus Stanley’s nine months to reach the lake and the Uganda chief town. The German governor uses rail and steam, receives cannon salutes, and enjoys festival welcomes at multiple stations, marking a 30 year transformation since Speke’s era.
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Count von Gotzen
German East Africa
Victoria Nyanza
Great Lake
Stanley
Indian Ocean
Uganda
Ile
Mombasa
Zanzibar
von Gotzen
Port Florence
Africa
England
British
Scirat
Muansa
Bukoba
Entebbe
Speke
Song of the Mountain by Bliss Carmen in the Steader
Poem depicting a wild landscape that resists profit and conquest. The speaker warns that no matter how travelers come seeking ore, silver or jewels they will never truly know the mountain until they learn how it endures and is loved. It contrasts exploration with intimate, enduring bond.
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Tim
Avery
Hkano Bride
Bliss Carmen
Steader
Sided with His Father
A suburbanite tells of a family dispute in which a young boy hears parents argue over loyalties between the Hicks and Stubbs families. He recalls the moment when the mother calls him to fish and the son jokes that once the Stubbies start fishing the Hickses begin to holler.
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Hicks
Stubbs
Professor Baelz Returns After Twenty-Nine Years Abroad
After twenty-nine years in Japan Professor Baelz returns to his Stuttgart home. He helped Europeanize Japan as part of a group of savants imported by the government. He taught at Tokio University for twenty-five years and educated most of Japan's prominent physicians. Before leaving, the emperor and family honored him with a reception and gifts including the Order of the Rising Sun, rarely awarded.
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Japan
Baelz
Stuttgart
Peonage System in Ecuador Described in Trade Note
Frank Wiborg reports on labor in Ecuador where planters struggle to hire harvesters. He details a debt bondage system where loans to workers bind them to planters, with fines and family members drawn in, creating a de facto slavery through debt rather than outright sale.
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South America
Frank Wiborg
Ecuador
Philippines
Hildle
Wealthy Girl Lived Simply Says Mrs Gould
Mrs George Gould promotes practical training for her children keeping daughters active and simple. Her eldest Marjorie attends Fifth Avenue day school during the week then visits Georgian Court in Lakewood Fridays through Mondays. She is plainly dressed, athletic, and enjoys countryside life with riding and driving on weekends.
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George Gould
Marjorie
Fifth Avenue
Georgian Court
Lakewood
Pennsylvania's Wealth in Coal and Steel Lead Nation
The Philadelphia Press notes Pennsylvania dominates U S coal production at about 48 percent many coke at 63 percent pig iron 46 percent steel 56 percent rails 36 percent and structural iron and steel over 8 percent. If combined steel iron coal and coke form a vast mountain Pennsylvania would exceed 51 percent of the national total while the rest of the country accounts for about 44 percent. The state also leads in railroad property value and natural resources, reinforcing its backbone role in the union.
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Pennsylvania
United States
Commonwealth
Philadelphia Press
A Connemara Valley in a Poetic Letter
A stream of verse from London Outlook laments a Connemara valley scene. The poem evokes sad, bare boglands, moonlight shadows, and tender memories as the speaker reflects on what has passed and what remains, with imagery of tides, stars, and distant sighs.
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E. L
London
Reed and the Little Judge
A young Reed, larger in ambition than in name, meets a Maine judge through a well meaning friend. The eminent jurist, sensitive about height, offers his hand but Reed looks down and asks where he is, prompting a humorous exchange about stature and status.
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Mr. Reed
Colored Egyptian Geese
Colored Weyptian geese are regarded as the most beautiful of geese. They are not yet bred widely in this country and occur mainly in fanciers pens, known as Nile Geese. The tall slender birds require separate pens for males due to deadly fights. They have medium-sized torsos, medium-length bills, small necks, long wings with spur-like features, black and gray heads, purple or bluish red bills, and orange eyes. Males weigh about 15 pounds, females about 2 pounds. young ganders about 3.2 pounds, young geese about 9 pounds.
Washing Fowls Show Scrubbed Purity After Thorough Clean
Sophia Belknap recounts washing White Leghorn fowls raised amid smoke and mud. She describes dirt in plumage, lice and possible mites, then a thorough soap wash that made the birds gleam and appear healthy. The piece stresses careful washing to remove parasites and restore condition.
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Sophia Belknap
Allen Co
Farmers’ Review
One of Many Breeds for Pure Fowl Stock
A farmer weighing egg purity favors breeding a single bird type to ensure quality. He trusts a sole breed on the farm, since hired help may mix birds and buyers seek certainty of pure eggs. An educational or experimental breeder may keep multiple breeds for study, not strict egg production.
Alfalfa Feeds for Owls and Poultry in Winter
Alfalfa proves superior to clover for winter feeding of owls and poultry. It adds nitrogen and can be steamed into mash. In the week, alfalfa is widely fed and ground into fine meal, selling near bran price, offering profitable returns.
Poultry Feeding Experience With Blood Meal
The writer notes high praise for blood meal as a poultry feed component but reports his fowls refused to eat enough of it. He observed it is very rich in nitrogen yet failed to provide sufficient intake to be beneficial for his birds.
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Rurik
Faiihes
Tak Czar Michael
Throne
Czar Bors
LVAN
Assumption
Burns
Brokers
Ecuadory
Connemara
Boglands
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