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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1899
Page
6
Old Sol Not A Ball Of Fire Says New Theory
Boston Transcript report details Henry Raymond Rogers M D of Dunkirk New York proposing a sun powered by electrical currents rather than internal combustion He argues space is cold and darkness the sun a vast electrical dynamo sending currents to Earth and back shaping heat light via resistance He counters poetic sun imagery with optical illusion explanations of daylight and moonlight.
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Boston Transcript
Henry Raymond Rogers
M. D
Dunkirk
N. Y
Palestine
New York
Earth
Great Men's Clothes From Marlborough House
The article notes royal and imperial dress tastes with emphasis on practical and comfortable attire. It cites the prince of Wales wearing a silken waistcoat last summer to aid Spitalfields weavers, the duke of York favoring comfort over fashion, and the German emperor’s vast wardrobe including every regiment’s uniform and an English admiral’s dress.
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Marlborough House
Spitafields
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Labor Commissioner's 1898 Work in Seattle Region
In 1898 the labor commissioner near Seattle secured jobs for 18 154 workers and arranged many more in hop fields to pick sops.
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Seattle
King Oscar tales and czar reform notes
William Thomas of Portland recalls King Oscar incognito in Paris visiting Sevres porcelain and boasting two hundred fourteen pieces blue celeste. The piece shares lead to Russia illiteracy rates, disarmament talk, and salon anecdotes about Henry and Maria showing stubborn pride and comic domestic exchanges.
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Oscar
Paris
Sweden
Nils
Count Rosen
Rapid White Population Growth In Honolulu
The article notes a sharp rise in Honolulu's white population with new dwellings multiplying in white areas. It estimates city population rose from 29,000 in September 1896 to about 40,000 now. Builders struggle to meet demand as many fine residences and business structures rise. lumber has become scarce.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Weathered Weddings Across Cultures Spark Belief in Tears
The Church Gazette notes Breton brides favor wet weddings to shed tears and ensure future happiness. Similar rites appear among Erza of Simbirsk with a day before the wedding called the weeping day. Others, including Badagas and some Greek tribes, use water or rain and dreaching to bring good fortune.
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British Isles
Erza
Simbirsk
Badagas
Church Gazette
Inland Water Trade Surpasses UK By Wide Margin
Inland domestic water commerce across coastwise routes great lakes rivers and canals is the world’s largest and amounts to about two and a half times the size of the United Kingdom’s.
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United Kingdom
Bret Harte Embraces London Luxury Over Backwoods Life
A London visit reveals Bret Harte preferring capital comforts to rugged California life. He contrasts Henry Thoreau’s Walden lifestyle with modern authors’ opulent surroundings, joking about dining horns and Emerson nearby.
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Bret Harte
London
Wheeler's Mistake in Battle Report
A general asks how many were killed after a battle. A nurse answers one hundred five, then clarifies she is reporting a doctor's patient temperature, not an aide, revealing a miscommunication in medical rounds.
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Wheeler
Red Cross
Success The art of getting others to supply your wants
A concise look at influencing others to fulfill needs and desires through persuasion and social dynamics. Explores tactics, psychology, and practical approaches for obtaining cooperation and resources from peers, colleagues, and institutions.
First Solid Headed Pins Invented by Samuel Slocum
William Stanton Slocum of Boston credits Samuel Slocum born in Richmond Virginia in 1792 and died in Pawtucket 1861 with inventing the first solid headed pin. In 1830 Slocum reportedly worked in the Isle of Wight on a machine to make board nails and devised a pin making method akin to his nail machine after an eight day isolation to complete his task in 1831 per the New York Sun.
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William Stanton Slocum
Boston
Europe
America
Samuel Slocum
Richmond
Pawtucket
Slocum
Isle of Wight
New York Sun
Melba Whistler Noted For Whistling Popular Airs
During her Melbourne school days Melba was famed as an expert whistler who sang a new part music in her head before attempting to sing it. She amused teachers by whistling current popular airs in corridors and grounds.
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Melba
Melbourne
Corridora
If You Have Learned to Know Thyself Then You Withhold
The statement argues that true self knowledge prevents self disclosure and protects personal boundaries, urging restraint and discretion in sharing inner thoughts and motives with others. It emphasizes inner awareness as safeguard against revealing too much.
Albany lawmakers wrangle over death penalty abolition
In Albany lawmakers clash over abolishing the death penalty while a tonic ad touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion and constipation.
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Albany
Hostetter
Hostet‘er
All men are born equal but few rise to the emergency
A compact aphorism on equality and the test of character in crises. It contrasts ideal parity with the extraordinary demands of urgent danger. The remark frames moral courage as rarer than mere birthright in moments of upheaval.
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