Diplomatic chatter and economic notes reach Washington
In Washington on May 13 1901 ministers discussed Pekin and indemnities while American industry leader J Pierpont Morgan drew a large audience at an Industrial Commission hearing. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association praised preservation efforts as Ex Governor Pingree's South Africa visit sparked talk of shoe sales. Michigan figures visited D C praising cement industry and rail ideas. Crop data show 1900 farm values and output across wheat corn oats barley rye potatoes and hay with notable price shifts and export changes.
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Conger
Pekin
Washington
Nice
Department of State
San Francisco
China
Conver
GM. Schwab
United States Steel Company
Carnegie
United States
Ode Notou
Argely
Mount. Vernon
Mouat ‘Vernon
Powell
Washingtons
Powells
Washington Hon. C.D. Randall
Coldwater
Mich
Board of Control
Michigan State Public School
Pingree
South Africa
Michigan
England
U. S
R. M. Desly
Midland Railway
Wall Street
Adventist Forecasts on End Times Sparks Fear in Meeting
Mrs Ellen White at Battle Creek meeting warns the second coming may be near. She says exact date not given though Daniel’s prophecies can be read to compute timing. Millerites were misled in 1844 by misinterpretations of scripture.
Acts of 1901 printing plan outlines new distribution
The acts will print 13 099 copies this year, 6000 more than two years ago, due to a provision in the last general assembly. For every 1000 votes cast for secretary of state at the November 1900 election, 35 copies are added. Counties receive 32 copies per 21000 secretary of state votes.
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General Assembly
Suicide rise cited with 35 percent increase
A report shows a 35 percent rise in self inflicted deaths last year to 6 755 with women forming the larger share. Poisoning, firearms, and hanging are listed as common methods and despondency blamed for most cases.
Changes in American Life and Railway Pension Programs
The Illinois Central and other railways adopt pension systems for veteran employees, signaling sweeping shifts in American life over the last quarter century. The move reflects the end of a frontier era as the nation adjusts to a settled industrial society.
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Illinois Central
United States
Garden Schools Spread Gardening in Swedish Education
Consuls in Sweden report gardening is a national education subject taught in teacher seminaries and schools across the kingdom. School gardens, grounds granted by parishes, and annual tree and shrub distributions train children in gardening. special schools and government gardens support instruction. The aim is widespread plant culture and tree culture across districts, including remote areas, with growing profitability for farming and gardening.
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Sweden
Kingdom
Royal Academy of Agriculture
Swedish. Agricultural Society
Schene
Agriculta
Alaska
Encourag
McKinley and Diaz Handshake Recounted in Dispatches
A terse dispatch cites McKinley noting Diaz did not shake hands but exchanged written greetings. It warns Pennsylvania coal miners threaten to march on Harrisburg if labor bills fail. It mentions Wildersee expected to depart China next month and criticizes the Civil Service Reform Association over Indian agents appointments.
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McKinley
Diaz
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Wildersee
China
Civil Service Reform Association
Kaiser Billy
Nearly Twelve Billions the industrial and commercial life
The fragment hints at a discussion of industrial and commercial sectors valued near twelve billion, with emphasis on production, trade, and economic activity within a historical context. No further concrete names or dates are readable in the text.
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