Eclipse to darken day across eastern hemisphere
Observers in Asia Africa and Europe will witness a solar eclipse on January 22 with totality lasting about two minutes and a four hour overall obscuration. Indian Government and astronomical societies coordinate viewing along the length of totality with rail lines aiding access.
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Atlantic
Asia
Africa
Europe
Spain
France
Belgium
Holland
India
Durrant Hanged in San Quentin for Diabolical Crimes
The San Francisco killer Theodore Durrant was hanged at San Quentin after a three year legal and public drama. He was convicted of one murder but blamed by many for two intertwined killings Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams at Emanuel Baptist Church. Police traced the crimes through the church, leading to his arrest.
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Theodore Durrant
San Francisco
Blanche Lamont
Minnie Williams
Durrant
San Quentin
Emanuel Baptist Church
Almeda
Miss Williams
Miss Lamont
Daring Cuban Colonel Aranguren Orders Ruiz Execution
Col Nestor Aranguren a bold Cuban commander who faced Col Ruiz offers of peace by ordering Ruiz's execution. He commands a detach ment near Havana and disrupted Guanabacoa with a several hour raid against a strong Spanish garrison. He plotted to capture Gen Weyler but a premature dynamite explosion warned the authorities.
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Nestor Aranguren
Col. Ruiz
Havana
Aranguren
Guanabacoa
London City Hall disaster death toll revised to twenty
The London Ontario city hall floor collapse killed twenty, down from an initial estimate of thirty. A reporter describing the scene recounts the ghastly injury and dust filled pit, with old men and boys among the injured and dead as cries for deliverance echoed through the debris. Edward Clifford was later sentenced in Jersey City to hang for murdering West Shore division superintendent William Watson.
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London
Ont
City Hall
Edward Clifford
Jersey City
William Watson
West Shore Road
Woman Packer Builds Family and Savings Through Science
In Chicago a woman calls herself a scientific packer and uses science to support and educate three children over six years. She has saved a small bank sum for a rainy day.
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Chicago
Sisterhood of Yogis Seeks Calcutta Convent
A Cambridge graduate Englishwoman plans a convent in Calcutta forming a yogi order aimed at spiritual regeneration of Hindooism. More English adherents to the sisterhood are promised as the movement grows.
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Cambridge
Calcutta
Women’s colleges in England fill 1898 vacancies
A London paper notes Newnham has filled all 1898 vacancies and is accepting students for 1899 and 1900, while Girton sees many applications and plans building extensions. It praises women’s degree certificates as equal in value to men’s and cites sustained student ardor despite lack of official recognition.
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England
London
Newnham
Girton
China
Shandor
Watchman
Hongkong
Four Leaved Clover Fad Inspires Fashion Accessories
A craze for four leaf clover ornaments spreads among fashionable women who wear them as belt buckles watches charms pins and neck pendants. Real clover leaves are pressed mounted on silk or satin and encased in glass or crystal with gold or silver wire. Some designs include a tiny red pouch and sizes vary with leaf size.
Women workers in Mexico noted in City of Mexico letter
A Boston Herald city desk letter reports rising roles for women in Mexico. Doctors, lawyers and teachers are expanding female professions while postal service hiring grows. Government offices see women as replacements for idle officials, contrasted with a vain palace staff man known for owning two hats and flirting on Plateros Street.
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Mexico
National Postal Service
National
Carlitos
Bureau
Plateros Street
City of Mexico
Boston Herald
Clever Siamese Girls Perform Cup Dance In Bangkok Hall
The dancing girls of Siam, famed for agility, perform the cup dance in a grand hall. They kneel with heads bowed while keeping cups on their heads, then execute rapid circles in time to music. The Bangkok dancers continue their royal gymnastic routine, noted for graceful movement.
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Siam
Bangkok
Economical Cape Becomes Fashionable Garment
Mabel Boyd notes clever women repurposing old garments into chic capes for evening wear. Paris favors short capes and bonnets while opera wraps in blue taffeta with ermine are popular. Fur capes range from compact collarettes to long driving styles, yet standalone fur capes appear passé.
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Paris
Mabel Boyd
Washington Star
Double Loss and a Misplaced Night Out
Daffer, a man with a bright mind but poor memory, takes a date to a matinee. A misread cue leads to a humorous chase through a city crowd as he tries to explain a mistaken identity and ends with friends restoring order after a chaotic outing.
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Daffer
Africa
Detroit Free Press
Boatwomen of China and Fashion Trends Across Era
A descriptive piece contrasts Chinese boatwomen as independent heads of households with depictions of Hong Kong boatwomen, noting barefoot mobility and strength. The report then shifts to fashion, detailing spring textiles, crepons, Russian-inspired coats, decorative headgear, and trending dress embellishments.
Fashion Notes On Taffeta Silk Colors And Styles
Fashion notes highlight taffeta silk remains the favored fabric in plain and black shades with plaid varieties in use. New color names described include De Jalouse a yellow shade also known as orient and regents in Paris and Berin. An orange called Klondike is noted though not gold colored and a medium violet shade named aconnt appears. Alaska sable jackets appear among Tonka styles.
Thomas Atkins the Origin of Tommy Atkins in Military Usage
The name Thomas Atkins known as Tommy Atkins originated in British Army recruitment and drill papers. It served as a fictitious example for NCOs in forms before a recruit’s real name was known, with reports sometimes addressing men as Thomas Atkins in garrison.
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Thomas Atkins
Tommy Atkins
Honk Kong
Mandalay
New Zealand
Soudan
Transvaal
John Doe
Richard Roe
Thomas Atkin
Her ‘Majesty’s Land
Chicago
Record
Family of Horse Traders The Sherlock Family Noted
The Sherlock family, known as horse traders, are highlighted in regional notices for their longstanding involvement in animal trading. Local sources document their operations, community role, and connections to nearby markets and stables.
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Sherlock
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