Island of Sakhalin in dispute between Russia and Japan
The Sakhalin Island in the Sea of Okhotsk lies near Primorsk Manchuria. It is 670 miles long and 20 to 150 miles wide with ice floes along the east coast in summer. Forests yield timber and fur bearing animals while salmon flood rivers. Russia began colonization after 1853 with settlements at Aniva Bay and Dui Malo Tymovsk Korsakoff and Muravieff. ceded by Japan to Russia in 1875.
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Primorsk
Manchuria
Tartary
Kamchatka
Aniva Bay
Russia
Japan
Dui
Malo- Tymovsk
Tym
Korsakoff
Women in Business Lines Survey Shows Women in Teaching Lead
Census Bureau data reveal 327,614 women work as school and college teachers in the United States, more than twice the 150,000 employed as saleswomen. Other notable roles include clerks, stenographers, bookkeepers, and professionals such as artists, physicians, and scientists.
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Census Bureau
United States
Army
Navy
No Forts Needed in Canada Opinion Echoes Eagle
The Brooklyn Eagle argues Canada need not seek a chain of forts along the southern border. It contends the United States has no invasion plan, ridicules past Rideau era chest-twisting, notes Fenians lost hope of taking Toronto or Quebec, and says forts would not obstruct travel, suggesting funds are better spent elsewhere.
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Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Ride
Robinson
House of Representatives
Toronto
Quebec
Brooklyn Eagle
Hope of Rascals in Newspapers Faithful Public Duty
A Harper's Weekly quote on crime reporting notes newspapers must publish unlovely cries of crime as a public duty. The reflection argues such veracity strengthens honesty in public and private life, and warns against masking rascality to please readers.
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Harper's Weekly
Inventors and their Work in Strand Magazine
A review of recent inventions including the pneumoslito an ice used auto with a 2½ horsepower motor and air propeller capable of twenty mph the topodiet a pantograph scope for perspective drawings telemeter for distance measurement the tele phone ears warning ships of submarine danger and the thermophile a woven heated electric wire furnishing heat in rugs blankets or cushions with a small battery the inventor claims it eliminates fires in cold weather.
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Strand Magazine
Alfonso’s Sapphire Gift Drawn For Future Bride
King Alfonso of Spain admired Queen Alexandra’s jewel collection during a London visit. He received a sapphire souvenir from the queen and asked Mrs. Mackay to send more gems for inspection. He sketched a superb sapphire ornament intent on copying it for a future English bride.
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Spain
Anglesey
London
Alexandra
Alfonso
England
Changes on the Moon Debunked by Puiseux
French astronomer M. Puiseux thoroughly reviewed records from early observations to present. He finds no proof of real changes on the Moon. Variations in retinal sensitivity to faint objects and exposure conditions in photos can explain all observed appearances.
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M. Puiseux
Best study in heredity in royal families
Dr Galippe notes heredity can be studied via royal lineages with many generations of painters and engravers supporting records. He highlights the Hapsburg preponderance in facial traits, citing Austrian archduchesses children, Marie Antoinette’s offspring, and the dauphin’s portrait, with impostors at Numdorff and Bourbon links discussed by Westminster Gazette.
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Parisian Academy of Medicine
Galippe
Hapsburg
Rome
Napoleon
Marie Louise
Austria
Spain
Gallope
Marie Antoinette
Dauphin
Naundorff
M. Galippe
Westminster Gazette
Former chorus girl Riches Widow of Pittsburg Magnate
Mrs. Wood formerly Goldie Lillian Mohr a Weber Fields chorus girl inherits a fortune of 5 million dollars after the death of her husband Alan W. Wood a Pittsburg steel magnate aged 56 who died in New York last week. The couple wed in March a year ago and kept their marriage secret for nearly a year.
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Alan W. Wood
Pittsburg
Wood
Goldie Lillian Mohr
Weber-Fields Company
New York
Mohr
The Girl College Student
Prof Herbert E Mills of Vassar calls the girl college student generally healthy and lovable with normal interests in school sports social affairs and domestic matters and tending toward marriage at similar rates to nonstudents. Vassar records in outdoor athletics and class of 05 engaged statistics support the view while a Wellesley junior notes similarity to other girls. Higher education does not dull normal girlhood as capable readers of Homer remain girls.
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Herbert E. Mills
Vassar
New York World
Mills
Wellesley
Fallacies About Men and Women's Influence
A brief reflection on the idea that men trample hearts and how women win men over. It argues that most men yield to appeals to chivalry, tenderness, and justice, noting that few can resist a woman's round, pleading eyes. The quote cites Keble Howard in The World ena His Wife.
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Keble Howard
Archbishop Tikhon Leads Greek Church in United States
Archbishop Tikhon, head of the Orthodox Eastern Greek church for seven years in the United States Canada and Alaska, has founded most of the denomination’s 150 congregations here and established a seminary at Minneapolis to train priests. He plans the first council of prelates clergy and people in New York City in October. He resides in New York. He is a linguist.
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Tikhon
United States
Canada
Alaska
Russia
Atlantic
Minneapolis
Minn
New York City
Fly Travels 900 Miles From Chicago to Library of Congress
George Ambrose a Library of Congress mailing clerk opened a Chicago bound copyright application and a fly escaped the envelope traveling about 900 miles from Chicago to Washington. The fly hopped on the table, stretched its wings, then flew away. The incident amused clerks and was described as a notable trip in flydom.
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George Ambrose
Library of Congress
Chicago
Washington
Windy City
Ambrose
Washington Files
Japanese Enter Business in San Francisco Competing with Americans
Statistics gathered in San Francisco show Japanese involvement across many trades where Chinese are less present. The data note eighty-five Japanese hotels, sixty restaurants, sixteen intelligence offices, nine shooting galleries, eleven billiard rooms, and seventy-five house-cleaning offices, all licensed, with many unlicensed cobblers, butchers, janitors, porters, and domestic servants also operating.
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San Francisco
Father John of Cronstadt at eighty six
The text describes Father John of Cronstadt as 86 years old with great influence on the czar. It notes his abstemious lifestyle, peasant-like demeanor, short stature, florid complexion, small gray eyes, and lively activity despite age. His long brown hair shows no silver.
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John
Cronstadt
Water Proof Cement Blocks Sylvester Process
The Engineering and Mining Journal notes that cement blocks become water impervious when treated with a wash formed by dissolving twenty five pounds of alum in a barrel of soft water, followed by a wash of soft soap made from three or four pails of soft soap mixed with a barrel of water. This Sylvester process has sealed large concrete reservoirs where other methods failed.
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the Engineering and Mining Journal
Seek to Abolish Tips in Chicago Movement
A Chicago driven reform seeks to end tipping nationwide arguing tips arise from moral cowardice not debt of reward. The piece asserts Americans are not obligated to tip and questions why customers should pay extra beyond item cost, contrasting US and European norms. Source: Baltimore Sun.
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Chicago
West
Europe
United States
Baltimore Sun
Prince and Viceroy Clash
The gaekwar of Baroda, a powerful western Indian ruler, denounces Lord Curzon after a visit to England where he was honored by King Edward. The clash signals rising unpopularity for the viceroy, who has now resigned his post.
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the Gaekwar
Baroda
Western India
England
Lord Curzon
Edward
Curzon
Popularity of the Uniform in American Life
A New York World excerpt notes the widespread rise of uniforms across all layers of American work life from hall boys to master of hounds and federal, state, and city workers. The piece cites improved neatness and possible politeness but questions whether it fosters servility or influences character.
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Dickens
New York World
Gates Astounds Plungers At Saratoga Meet
John W. Gates dwarfs rival plungers with three figure bets and lavish spending. He handles thousands in bets and expenses, tipping generously, buying large dinners, and paying top rates for services as he races ahead of the meet.
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John W. Gates
Saratoga
Gates
Utopian Colony Failure Boosted Sienkiewicz and Modjeska
Polish writer Sienkiewicz was confined for offense to the Russian government and joined a 1877 effort to found a Utopian colony near Los Angeles. Though it failed, the venture aided his wider notice. Helena Modjeska, promoter and investor, lost money and turned to the English speaking stage, appearing in Adri enne Leconvreur in San Francisco.
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Sienkiewicz
Los Angeles
Cal
Helena Modjeska
San Francisco
Adrienne Leconvreur
Europe
Many Visit Longfellow Home in Portland Maine
The Longfellow house in Portland Maine reports record visitor numbers this season with almost 150 strangers registering in one day and nearly 3000 to date. Registrants include people from every state and many countries as new relics expand the collection of antiquities.
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Longfellow Home
Longfellow House
Portland
Union
Railway Official Promoted to Northwestern Pa Agent
A historical notice states that IL P Spining held a cattled position as Northwestern Pennsylvania agent for the C and O line and declared himself General Northern Agent for the Big Four Railway with a Chicago head at 238 Clark Street. The message, attributed to John A Howland, reflects themes of wealth and personal peace of mind.
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Mr. IL. P
Northwestern Pa
General Northern
Big Four Railway
Clark Street
Chicago
John A. Howland
Defiance Starch Slogan Reworded In Quoted Advice
A garbled quotation fragment discusses Defiance Starch and user preference, offering a conditional return and a remark on one third for the same money. It mentions health and Doctor Sir Andrew Clark in a casual, fragmented manner with unclear context.
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Defiance
Defiance Starch Promises Better Laundry Results
An odd ad copy asserts Defiance Starch yields best laundry results with 16 oz. bottles for white clothes. It claims whisky in a bottle may seem good but in a man it is a mistake. The ad links thrift to good luck and savings.
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Viadivostok
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Sea of Okhotsk
North Pacific
Yelle
China
Women IN Business Lines
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Alan W Wood
Greek Church
Archbishop Tikhon
Prince
Viceroy
Gaehwar
Andrew Clark
Kitne
KH. Kline
David Kennedy
Arei
W Brown
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Mrs. Pinkham
America
Lydia E. Pinkham
Waxtine and
Rae Las
Marto
Tac BR. Paxton Company
Bostou
Mase
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