Humorous Exchanges Spur Quick Wits Across Papers
A collage of light quips shows lovers debating love and time, motorists joking about golf, and domestic humor in headlines from the Indianapolis Journal, Brooklyn Life, New York World, Chicago Record, and other papers. The bits reveal social foibles, finances, and flirtations with mock earnestness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel
Indianapolis Journal
Brooklyn
New York
Sammy
Grandma A. Dime
Sister
Chicago
Rebecca
Tommy
Allus
Harry
Ile
Harvard Lampoon
Blake
Boston Transcript
Bondward
Puck
Detroit Free Press
Chicago News
Queer Kaffir Nicknames
A Pall Mall Gazette report notes South African natives give nicknames based on salient traits. It cites Major General Bader-Powell as Shinla Pansi meaning to stay below, and mentions figures like B-P. as Impeso the wolf, Sir Theophilus Shepstone as Msoutsu the mighty hunter, Bishop Colenso as Msabantu the father of the people, and others such as Mr John and Izin kosi ka Pakati indicating inner chamber status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bader- Powell
Shinla Pansi
South Africa
Colenso
Msabantu
John W. Shepstone
Theophilus
Natal
John
Maritzburg
Neeli
Pall Mall Gazette
Russian dislike of tunnels surprising railway view
An American railway inspector notes Russia avoids tunneling on the Trans Siberian route. He recalls no tunnels in 6 000 miles of overland survey and only one near Tyva amid harsh terrain. He says Russian engineers prefer detours to blasting through mountains due to high costs and maintenance issues.
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Urals
Ural Range
Russia
Tyfa
Tolstoi
le Grande Russe
Cassier
Canada’s Area in Provinces and Territories
Canada’s seven provinces total 1 078 000 square miles while nine territories cover 2 331 000 square miles. The Great Lakes St Lawrence system adds 47 000 square miles.
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Canada
Nine Territories
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Flax Industry Revived in New Zealand
New Zealand flax industry has revived and flourished due to Manila fiber shortage from the Philippines war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Philippines
Manila
Moving the Wheat Crop in the United States and Canada
The piece explains how about 250 million bushels of wheat are shipped abroad yearly and will likely increase. It outlines Europe’s dependence on Western harvests, the rise of commercial farming, elevator systems in Minneapolis, Duluth, Chicago and Buffalo, lake and rail transportation scales, and the corporate structure behind the grain trade. It notes gains in yield per acre from 11.1 to 15.3 bushels between 1890 and 1898 and concludes with farmers benefiting from cheaper transport and mechanization despite fluctuate farm prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
William Crookes
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Great Britain
America
Russia
India
United Kingdom
Europe
Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Ray Stannard Baker
McClure
Ing
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Trimy
Seaboard
Northwest
Lakes
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Duluth Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Suez Canal
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Palmist
Simkins
Cleverton
Dashaway
Pittsburg Chronicle
Philadelphia Press
Kansas
Nemaha County
Millie Daniels
Board of Trustees
Miss Daniels
Wilson
Illinois
Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Stdin
Slart
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