American Girl in London Plans Native Song Tribute
Memphis, Tennessee singer Clara Alexander captivates London by performing old plantation melodies for the king and queen while declining a stage career. She prefers to sing native songs of the Southland and has become a fashionable sensation in the English capital with her unique repertoire.
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Southland
London
Clara Alexander
Memphis
Tenn
Old England
England
Miss Alexander
John Mackay
Tennessee
South
Darky
W. S. Gilbert
Lady Bancroft
Juliet
Lady Ludlow
Portland Place
Edward
Alexandra
Brooks
Edward VII
Cleveland Squire Sits Down as Streetcar Tows His Trousers
In Cleveland during rush hour Hon. Augustus Browne, stepping from a streetcar, becomes tangled with loose ironwork as the car departs, leaving him seated on Belgian blocks with his trousers torn and witnesses unsympathetic. The incident sparks talk of possible damages against the car line owner, Hon. Thomas Johnson.
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Augustus Browne
Cleveland
Gaia
Browne
Augustus
Mr. Browne
Thomas Johnson
China’s Army of 40000 Shows Modernization Under Yuan
A Chinese force of forty thousand demonstrated improved discipline and organization in Shangtang maneuvers. Mauser rifles and Japanese gear equip infantry and cavalry though artillery and logistics reveal gaps. Observers credit Japanese influence for rapid modernization, signaling China’s rising military and regional role.
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China
Shangtang
Yuan Shi Kai
Chilel
Shantung
Japan
East
Japan's Grand Old Man Ito Survives Mob Attack
Marquis Ito, born of humble stock to Juzo Ito a gardener, fled to Europe hiding in a silk bale for 36 hours to escape Japan's Conservative backlash against Westernizing reforms. He later became a prominent Westernized figure in the Occident.
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Marquis Ito
Juzo Ito
Europe
Liverpool
Japan
Texas Sulphur Deposits Move to Front of Nations Trade
Geologists locate a ten million ton 40 percent native sulphur reserve in El Paso county north of the Texas Pacific line. The ten thousand acre field averages nine and one half feet thickness and has attracted Illinois and European capitalists. Linked by Toyah station twenty miles away the area awaits railroad development. US annual sulfur use is about 500,000 tons with Italy and Virginia’s Louisa county supplying much of it. Louisiana leads in production. The Anglo Sicilian Sulphur Company of London dominates world trade.
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Texas
trans-Pecos
el Paso
Texas Pacific Railroad
Illinois
Toyah
Tventy
United States
Italy
Louisiana
Louisa County
Virginia
Anglo-Sicilian Sulphur Company, Limited
Lon
An Enfeebled Giant in Europe The Russian Threat
A concise assessment of Russia as ailing among European powers, contrasting its condition with Turkey and Spain. The piece frames Russia as a potential but not certain danger, noting its youth relative to longer declining empires and suggesting decline may follow a path similar to, yet not identical to, Turkey’s past.
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Europe
Russia
Turkey
Spain
Tadors
New Easter Lily Could Cut Prices Next Year
Department of Agriculture experiments aim to shorten the Bermuda lily growing season from five to seven months to two to three months. A hybrid grown from a Philippines lily and the Easter lily promises multiple blooms in four to five months, potentially lowering Easter Lily prices and expanding access for buyers.
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Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Philippines
Public Timber Grabbing and Land Legislation Debated
Congress debated two public land measures last winter the 640 acre homestead bill and the lieu land timber bill the former sought to raise homestead entries to 640 acres affecting millions of acres in South Dakota Colorado and Montana opposed as too large for farming or insufficient for grazing the latter passed discussions noted potential agricultural progress with new hybrid Easter Lily experiments promising cheaper production than older varieties.
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Congress
South Dakota
Colorado
Montana
West
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Public Lands Commission
Public lands debate on grazing and farming policy continues
A historical summary discusses rose pest control schemes, public land laws, and the push to classify and allocate remaining public lands for agriculture and home settlement. It notes lawmakers' splits, the timber and land acts, and the need to protect future development while exploiting current agricultural potential.
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Ohio
Minnes
Oregon
Bermuda
President
Arthur
Lands Commission
Lands Committee
Gifford Pinchot
Acetylei
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