Danish West Indies Purchase Treaty Sought Despite Senate Hesitation
Summary notes the 1917 or earlier discussion of cession of the Danish West Indies to the United States. It mentions Secretary of State William H. Seward negotiating a sale, islands St Thomas St John St Croix with populations, and the Senate’s rejection during Reconstruction amid debt concerns and a push to annex San Domingo and a strategic roadstead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
William JE. Seward
Dennick
Islands
United States Senate
Washington
San Donina
Costs and Advantages Of The Two Canal Routes Compared
Comparison of Isthmian canal options with a government map showing Panama and Nicaragua routes. The article lists estimated costs and advantages for each route and notes the debate over favoring the Panama passage.
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Panama
Pearson Attack on Bible Stirs Northwestern Campus
Professor Chas W Pearson faces university scrutiny after declaring the Bible a myth and urging churches to abandon creeds. The storm alarms Methodists and shocks Northwestern University as trustees weigh disciplinary action. Pearson recalls a sailor past and varied teaching before joining the faculty of linguistics and sacred studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. W. Pearson
Chaylishifter
Univers Ety
Moasuive Vist Institutor
W. Pearson
Lingam Mdvesure
Sterh Sudist
Pearson
University Board of Trustees
Aimong Methodists
Northwestern University
Encand
Ife
Inéa
South America
Academy
Couse of Liberal Arts
Population estimates and errors in the Philippine census analysis
The article reviews census totals for the United States and the Philippines outlining flaws in the Philippine population counts. It notes reliance on incomplete Spanish records and estimates, with various cited figures from Whitaker’s Almanack and other censuses, and discusses historical depopulation and assimilation of the archipelago.
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Census Bureau
United States
Econovides
Tacoo
Philippines
Psqo
Afuniial
Mica
Spain
Toargood
Ce Stewsonie
Toit Whitaker
Isa
Oil War on the Seas Reshapes World Trade and War Plans
The article describes intensified oil war tactics with Lagdard Ogi Company and independents racing to secure marine oil supplies. Attacks, converted ships, and oil docks reoriented for wartime loading mark a global scramble, amid census debates on Christian populations in Luzon and the Visayas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sosirenneux
Lagdard Ogi Company
Sealess
Two Men Die in Cleveland Water Tunnel Attack
John Kohler and John Ostermann, workers in the Cleveland water works tunnel extending into the lake, were struck by the disease known as the bends and died within an hour. The fatalities raise tunnel deaths to fifty five since work began.
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John Kohler
John Ostermann
Cleveland
Bank of Yukon to Become First National Bank of Yukon
The Comptroller of the Currency approves the Bank of Yukon Oklahoma Territory conversion to First National Bank of Yukon with capital set at 25,000 dollars.
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Bank of Yukon, O. T
First National Bank of Yukon
Fire gutts Theater Vendome in Nashville Tennessee
Telegraphic brief reports the Theater Vendome in Nashville was gutted by fire. Two prominent stockmen were shot and killed at Nelson, Indiana Territory. A $10,000 electric plant was completed at Winfield asylum for the feeble minded. United Confederate Veterans meet in Dallas on April 23 to 25. Bank of Butler Georgia robbed of $2,000 with dynamite. burglars escaped.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ee James
Nelson
Asylum For
Winfield
Kan
United Confederate Veterans’ Association
Dallas
Texas
Bank of
Butler, Ga
Foolish Freaks of Youths in Old England Reek of Revenge
A long-winded tale recounts jilted lovers resorting to foolish schemes for revenge in a provincial English town. One man hires a brass band to play at a lover’s window and another stages a mock funeral for his ex fianc ée, with a hearse and party of musicians. A later suitor fakes his own death to mock a rejected woman, only to confront a real fight when her new lover scuffles with him. The piece weaves social satire with local gossip and ends noting the town’s reactions.
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Old England
Saul
Miss
Waste Coal on Railroads Spurs Fuel Saving Rules
Railroads face high locomotive fuel costs with Wisconsin Central spending about 500000 dollars yearly on coal. The company issues new fuel economy rules for engineers and firemen as Western roads push radical reforms. Fireman guidance stresses maintaining proper air flow through the fire to maximize coal burn and efficiency.
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Wisconsin Central
Wisconsin Central Railway
Hasseg
Chicago
Aristocrats Turn to Trade Warned by a New Fashion
English aristocrats migrate from traditional estates to commerce in groceries dairy goods coal and dining ventures. Lord Hampden and Lord Londonderry run delivery and coal services while a grandson of William IV prefers mail order retail. Lords Harrington Winchester Portsmouth Trever and Vaux join shops hotels and bottling ventures as society women push millinery into new hands.
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Mo Munis
England
Lord Hampden
Curtis
Sussex
West End
Lord Londonderry
William IV
Lord Harrington
Loxton
Kivasten Castle
Lord Winchilsea
Longacre
Lord Portsmouth
Algy Burke
Willis
Lord Trevor
Mostyn
Lord Vaux
Harrowden
Bond Street
Countess of Warwick
Camille
Illness Days By Age Averages From New York Gerald
Between ages 21 and 30 a man is ill five and a half days a year on average. Between 30 and 40 seven days. Over the next ten years he loses eleven days annually. Between 50 and 60 twenty days. Findings reported by the New York Gerald.
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New York
Gerald
Christmas Gift Gimmicks And Winter Brass Band Fever
A humorous note observes that nine of ten gift givers default to two handkerchiefs for Christmas. It contrasts this with the seasonal longing for music, noting that in winter one may crave a lively brass band to lift spirits.
Impossible Feats and Everyday Challenges
A humorous exploration of simple physical feats that ordinary people struggle with. It notes that rising from a chair can require moving the feet outside the chair and compares race starts with hopping, plus the limits of slicing a ribbon with a sharp penknife and the instability of a blindfolded person after minutes without foot movement.
Suburban inducements and golf lesson promise
Mrs. Isolate of Lonelyvill recounts how she lured a new cook to the suburbs through an offer to teach golf, as quoted by the Brocklyn Eagle. Isolate expresses elation at securing the worker and sharing golf instruction.
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Isolate
Lonelyvill
Ferdinand
Brocklyn Eagle
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ends Woman's Pain
A testimonial from Mrs Hulda Jakeman of Salt Lake City Utah praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing years of menstrual pain after six bottles. The letter promises a $5000 forfeit if testimonial is not genuine and invites sick women to write for free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Jakeman
Elders of the Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Utah
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hulda Jakeman
Hutpa Jakeman
Lydia E. Pinkhan
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