Review of the Year Concluding Century Memorable
A survey of 1900 highlighting global upheavals from wars in the Philippines and Transvaal to the Pekin siege, royal assassinations, fires, floods, and notable scientific and political milestones. It catalogs major events and deaths, including Goebel, Kruger, and Lincoln-era figures, and marks openings like the Chicago drainage canal and the Paris exposition.
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China
Pekin
Philippines
Transvaal
King Humbert
Italy
William E. Goebel
Kentucky
New Orleans
New York
Hoboken
N. J
Galveston
Texas
Chicago Drainage Canal
Ladysmith
Buller
A. C. Harmer
Pennsylvania
Montgomery
W. Va
Philadelphia
Theater Francais
Paris
Newark
Bloemfontein
Kruger
United States
England
McKinley
Roberts
Bloemfonten
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Stephen Townsend
Columbus
Ohio
Chicago
John Arende Bingham
Election Bonnet Bet Sparks Witty Toast in Baltimore
A playful note from the Baltimore Americana recalls a bet on an election between two friends. One woman bet her husband a new bonnet, then forgot who won, leading to a humorous payment.
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Baltimore
Then It Grows Monotonous Dialog
A brief exchange reveals a free and easy bohemian life is pleasant only when not forced into that lifestyle. The artist argues it is so, while the judge voices a contrasting stance about constraint.
Wife of Bishop Millsapugh Finds Pearl at Sale
A Topeka rummage sale clerk uncovered a valuable pearl ornament hidden in a party gown sent by the Bishop Millspaugh family, missing for ten years and now recovered.
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Bishop Millspaugh
Topeka
Had One Good Quality. Lady and a Policeman in London Tit-Bits
A humorous exchange shows a witty lady questioning a suitor about friendships with a policeman. The reply notes the officer is small in appetite, delivering a light anecdote from London Tit-Bits.
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London
Juvenile Smoking in Australia Discussed in Schools
A discussion in Australia considers the advisability of attaching smoking rooms to schools. The text notes that juvenile smoking seems approved by the public, a surprising stance given the potential health concerns.
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Australia
Mixed Blood in Mexico Population Share Revealed
The article states that more than four-fifths of Mexico's population are of mixed or Indian ancestry highlighting the country's racial composition.
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Mexico
More than One Step
Comic exchange between Jack Bachelor and Ned Newlywed about the complexities of marriage. Ned jokes it is a multi step climb with perils at every rung.
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Jack Bachelor
Ned Newlywed
Scott
Puck
Paris Exposition Visitor Loses Eye From Calcium Flash
A visitor at the Paris exposition suffered the loss of sight in one eye after a photographer used a calcium flash of excessive brightness. The incident underscores risks of intense artificial illumination at public displays.
Vast regions of the earth as yet unexplored by white men
A German geography periodical surveys the 19th century as a century of discoveries but notes vast unknown areas remain. It details polar unknowns around the North and South Poles, Thibet, Africa and the Americas, and concludes detailed mapping remains impossible.
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Bus
Rudolph Andree
North Pole
Wrangel Land
Spitzbegen
Jeanette
Fram
Independence Bay
Cape Bismarck
Bayer
Grinnell Land
Ellesmere Land
Parry Archipelago
Baffin
Thibet
Nain Singh
de Rhins
Pischewalski
Hedin
Tarul
Sumalayas
Ganges River
Bhutan
Tsangpo
Bramaputra
Yang-tse-Kiang
Arabia
Africa
Niger
Tidikeli
Lenz
Barth
Duveyriers
Congo
British Central Africa
Portuguese West Africa
British East Africa
Madagascar
North America
Northwest
Alaska
United States
Canada
Labrador
Great Rivers
South America
Peru
Bolivia
Venezuela
Guiana
Australia
Arnhem Land
West Australia
South Australia
Forgeries Found in Boston Tanagra Figurines Collection
The Boston Museum’s twenty five of twenty eight Tanagra figurines are forgeries valued around 30000 dollars. Gifted in 1879 by Thomas Appleton, forged by 1874 Athens workshop. investigation confirmed by scraping and expert testimony.
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Boston Museum
Boston Art Museum
Boston
Thomas Appleton
Mix
Appleton
Louvre
Berlin
New York
John Marshall
Athens
Cora Livingston Remembered as Belle of Early America
William Perrine and Josiah Quincy recount Cora Livingston of New Orleans as one of the era’s three great beauties. Quincy recalls praising her grace, figure, and dances while noting time faded her supremacy, then sees a portrait of the Washington belle in Montgomery Place years later.
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Cora Livingston
John Quincy Adams
United States
William Perrine
Ladies’ Home Journal
Josiah Quincy
New Orleans
Julia Dickenson
Troy
Hmily Marshall
Boston
Cora
Tom
Cora Livingston Barton
Montgomery Place
Hudson
Mrs. Barton
Washington
Hungarian duo claim 60000 words per hour telegraph system
A report notes Messrs Pollak and Virag, two Hungarian inventors, have devised a telegraphy method that can transmit 60 000 words per hour and print them in ordinary characters on paper at the receiving end. The printed slip is ready to be affixed to a form for delivery.
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Messrs
Pollak and
Virag
Her Sole Support in Theatrical Spotlight
The Detroit Free Press notes Miss Stagestruck is starring now with Collingwood and Throckmorton. Her sole support comes from her father, cited as the key figure behind her stage success.
Garden party prompts search for lost items
Dialogue from New York Weekly shows a daughter asking for rubbers waterproof umbrella and furs in a garret while preparing for a garden party. Mother notes belongings in upstairs closet and questions the daughter’s whereabouts as she heads to the garden party.
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Bridget
New York Weekly
Fire a Shot Twenty Miles Record Breaker
The United States will fire a shot twenty miles, a distance record. The gun used will be a marvel of American ingenuity and workmanship. Another marvel of American ingenuity is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, praised for fifty years in curing constipation indigestion dyspepsia and biliousness.
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United States
Landslide in Sattel Switz Moves Inn Garden Elms
A hillside landslide in Sattel Switzerland shifted an inn its garden and outbuildings thirty five feet but caused no injuries. Two large elms in the garden were displaced yet remained unharmed.
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Sattel
Switzerland
Lane's Family Medicine Transit Paste Cures Headache
A medicinal product named Lane's Family Medicine claims daily bowel movement support and gentle action on liver and kidneys to promote health. It is marketed with prices of 25 and 50 cents.
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Lane
Discoveries of Rubber Mine in South Australia
A recent find in South Australia reveals a natural india rubber mine. Advice suggests quick breakfast options, recommending Mrs. Austin's famous pancake flour for easy meals at home.
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South Australia
India
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Review OF the Year
Sunnyside Laager
Schalkalek
Russia
Deroulede
South Africa
Edward McGlynnn
George K. Nash
Gov. L. M. Shaw
Iowa
Peters River
St. Mary’s Bay
N. F
Felix Morris
Warren
Spion Kop
Tuger River
Wmn
Goebel
Frankfort
Senator Goebel
Dayton
Indianapolis
Ind
Youngstown
Sprague, Warner & Co
David M. Key
St. Louis
Collinsville
Ill
Escanaba
Mich
Richard W. Thompson
Indiana
New England
Congressman Chickering
Hudson River
Kimberley
Senate
Leslie E. Keeley
Dwight, II
Onersl Cronje
Kansas City Coliseum
State Court of Appeals
Beckham
Austin
House
Mississippi
Manitoba
Quay
Hull
Ottawa
Waco
Scofield
Utah
Munkacsy
Brandfort
William C. Endicott
Pantaleon Garcia
Jeffries
Corbett
Siberia
Mafeking
United States Supreme Court
J. C. W. Beckham
Calvin Kimblein
Pueblo
Colo
Cumnock Mines
N. C
Orange Free State
Johannesburg
Lord Roberts
John Sherman
Stephen Craune
Pretoria
Gladstone
Baron von Ketteler
Taku
Bloomington
Roosevelt
Sidney Lucas
Southern Railway
McPann Elsen
Woolley and Metcalf
John W. Philip
Tacoma
Wash
Parkersburg
Standard Oil Works
Bayonne
Wm. J. Bryan
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Mayfield
John H. Gear
Prescott
Ariz
Conger
John Clark Ridpath
Tientsin
Ashland
Wis
King Alexander of
Servia
Mme
Draga Maschin
Li Hung Chang
Russell
France
Cape St. Vincent
Collis P. Huntington
Japan
John J. Ingalls
Kansas
Akron
J. P. Dolliver
Hatfield
Arkansas
Vermont
Arthur Sewall
Bath
Maine
Great Lakes
Cuba
Morristown
Minn
John M. Palmer
S. N. Parent
Quebec
Seattle
Skagway
Guayamo
Porto Rico
St. Nikander Monastery
Wm. L. Wilson
Charles Dudley Warner
Indian Head Proving Grounds
Sims Reeves
Tarrant & Co
Pearl Forbes
Leavenworth
Kan
Monticello
Bay of Fundy
R. G. Dun
Marcus Daly
Montana
Henry Villard
Guam
Preston Porter
Limon
Tennessee
Chas. H. Host
Iron Mountain
Gifford
Ark
St. Olaf
Sir Arthur S. Sullivan
Paul Kruger
C. K. Davis
Minnesota
San Francisco
Oscar Wilde
Congress
Northwestern
Indiana Glass
Santa Fe
Fredonia
N. Y
Normal School
Griesenau
Malaga
Rockport
Brown Hoisting
Brown Hoisting and Conveying Machine Company
Cleveland
Booneville
South Pole
South Polar
James Ross
Victoria Land
Borchgrevink
Ross
Cook
de Gerlache
Weddell
North Polar
Norway
Asia
America
Iamerica
Robinson
Marshall
Lumbago
St. Jacobs Oil
Thompson's
Wabash Mexico
R. G. Thompson
James A. Gary
Mexican Herald
City of Mexico
Hompson
Old Mexico
Fort Wayne
Hotel Sanz
Mexico City
R.G. Thompson
Manacer
Wanasa
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