First International Arbitration and the Alabama Claims
Thirty two years ago the Alabama claims settled by an international arbitration court marked a turning point in resolving disputes. The United States gained 15.5 million dollars from England after long negotiations and bitter feelings, establishing the principle of judicial settlement over war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Commission
Alabama
United States
Jingland
High Court
England
Russians Drop Alexander From Czardom Line
A royal naming tradition ends after the murder of Alexander III with no more Alexanders on the Russian throne. The czarevitch is renamed Alexis to honor Peter the Great’s father, reflecting a shift in succession and power after decades of rule.
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Nicholas L
Czatevitches
Alexander
Nicholas
Alexander Il
Alexanders
Pauls
Peter
Czarevitch
Alexis
Peter the Great
Portrait Telephone Proposed by Portland Inventor
A Portland Oregon man has invented a telephone attachment enabling the caller to see the person at the other end. The device, praised as an improvement by some and criticized for privacy concerns, would let users view faces during conversations and raises fears of pervasive surveillance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Central
Boston
New York
Modest Prof Rantgen Reveals New Kind of Ray Discovery
The article notes Professor Rontgen, aged about 60, discovers rays called a new kind of ray. He has never been interviewed or banqueted and has refused large sums for a book. He appears healthy and outdoorsy despite his scientific fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronatmes Rua
New Use for the Camera in Tailors Measuring Clothes
A Paris patent lets a subject stand before a camera while a photographic network serves as a standard. Multiple views and markings on the body allow measurements, with armpits and other points indicated by external objects. The system keeps scale consistent for accurate fitting.
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Paris
St. James
Raccoon John Smith Parson Fights Back After Bible Quotation
The long lived Rev John Smith once tied to Campbellite leadership in Kentucky history. A Missouri incident shows him quoting do unto others then delivering a surprising bodily correction to a country bully who slapped him.
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John Smith
Mexico
Alexander Campbell
Kentucky
New Coal Field in Mexico Near Sabinas
A company largely financed by British and German capital aims to mine a newly found coal field near Sabinas in Coahuila. The principal vein runs seven to eight feet wide and the area covers about 15 000 acres, located roughly 714 miles from the Mexican International railway.
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New
Mexico
Sabinas
Coahuila
Ballad of the Saucy Kitty Tugboat Rescue
A Boston Herald style tale recounts a tugboat captain Maguire rescuing a stranded cargo brig in a fierce squall off the Hook. The crew fights a raging sea to tow the vessel to safety, with a late debt settled as the storm finally subsides.
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PM Maguire
Jerses
Susys Gil Magune
Barel
Green Maguire
Wwe Stim
Maguire
Dia
Seaward
Leeward
Jim
Ali Aly
Macman
Masuke
Ile
Senor
Boston Herald
Sandy’s Quick Drink Story From Carnegie’s Scotch Tales
Andrew Carnegie narrates a Scottish anecdote about Sandy who hurries his drink after seeing a tipping glass. Sandy drinks first, saying he rushed because he saw one of them tipped over, a humorous caution about excess. The piece reflects lighthearted humor from a New York Times quotation.
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Sandy
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Carnesie
New York Times
Misaddressed Bill Leads To Standard Oil Joke
A man named H. H. Rogers, a Standard Oil figure, receives a misaddressed bill for a yacht flag. He writes back the best time to buy Standard Oil is between 10 and 3, prompting a humorous exchange cited from the New York Times.
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H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil
Mr. Rogers
New York Times
Bards of African Kings and Their Minstrel Bloodline
The piece chronicles surviving African bards tied to tribal chiefs who perform praise songs. Chiefs finance and control their art, while bards gain honor yet are treated with suspicion as spies. If angered, bards expose chiefs’ faults across villages.
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Africa
Embryo Politician and the Fishing Lesson with Cleveland
A playful anecdote recalls Grover Cleveland meeting a young acquaintance who refuses bait for her fishing. The former president jokes about the worms wriggling and offers a deal, swapping a fish for the girl’s book as she humorously negotiates.
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Grover Cleveland
The
Statesman
Cleveland
Hal Hat
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove a Permanent Cure
Joseph McCauley of 144 Sholto St Chicago Sachem of Tecumseh Judge says two years ago his health broke down with back pain loss of appetite and insomnia. After four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills he achieved a complete cure. Price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also notes about perfumes as disinfectants and a religious view on profession.
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Joseph McCauley
Sholto St
Chicago
Tecumseh
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffa O
N.Y
Milford Haven trawler lands record twelve sturgeon haul
A Milford Haven England fishing vessel brought ashore twelve sturgeon from a single haul. Several caught fish measured about six feet, a catch not known before in local fishing history.
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Milford Haven
England
Remarkable Kidney Cure in Louisa County Iowa
Mrs Minnie Hart of Wapelo Iowa was bedridden eight months and could not walk across a room. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she sat up in four weeks and soon gardened again, reporting a complete cure three years prior with continued health. The advert cites kidney health as central to overall wellbeing.
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Wapelo
Iowa
Louisa County
Minnie Hart
Hart
Dodd
The Wabash World’s Fair Ride Rates
The Wabash advertises round trip fares from Omaha to the World’s Fair with specials including 850 round trip days and 13.80 for 15 days. It claims landing at the main fair entrance and baggage check to the World’s Fair station. Agents offer through tickets and routes with low south and southeast rates. Для details call 1601 Farnam.
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Omaha
Felder Annal
Farnam Star
Harry J. Moores
Gen
Wao R. R
Neb
Two Kinds of Wives in a Toledo Notice
A mid 19th century legal notice from Toledo, Ohio, includes an oath by Fran J. Cheney as senior armer at Ft Cuance & Co. pledging to pay one hundred dollars for each uns cured cancer case using Mann’s Caranist Cure. It mentions a catarrh cure and a Defiance Starch claim along with unrelated bee fatalities and local advertisements for patent medicines and household products.
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State of Ouro
Toledo
Leas County
Fran J. Chesny
Ft Cuance & Co
David Revised Says All Mea Are First Fishermen
A humorous remark credited to David follows a lengthy listening session with former notables, with him declaring in a rush that all mea are firshermen.
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David
Wit and caution in a misanthrope’s quip
A misanthrope notes that if women improved their dispositions as much as their complexions there would be fewer old bachelors. The remark reflects social satire and gendered expectations typical of the era.
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Drexet
Moncans&Co. Morrow
Wieshington
Fiethi Ags Office
GSS
Oo (Lyvae of
Te Tiwary Sa
Rane Drees
Wpe
Iba, Arars
Luong
Prof
Rantgen
Zpydorselcelyts
Azlaaplla Award
Cerllel Cle
Camille Flammarion
Flammarions
Juvisy
Mars
Parson
Mosuibe
Lee
Uy Bea Abe
BARDS
France
London
W Robertson
Frank J Cheney
A.W. Gleason
Cheney & CO
All Drugatta
Saragossa
Spain
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