Lost Chord and a web of social questions
Fragmentary notes touch on Arthur Sullivan death and a wishful recognition of a lost chord, hints at Miss Anna and Duncoed, rural mail routes in Alaska with reindeer carriers, upcoming Pan American conference in Mexico City, and broad concerns about American literature and economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alaska
Mexico
Washington
John Sherman
Stephen Crane
Roberts
Pretoria
Gladstone
Baron von . Ketteler
Pekin
Taku
Bloomington
McKinley
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Chicago
Ridney Traccas
Southern Railway
Mepanooe
Woolley and Metcalf
Hatfield
Arkansas
Vermont
Elec-Ion
Arthur Sewall
Bath
Texas
Galveston
Maine
Great Lakes
Cuba
Pennsylvania
Morristown
Minn
John M. Palmer
Nots
How to Make the Rich Man's Son Embrace Work
The essay argues the social challenge of reforming wealthy heirs who live off paternal wealth. It questions whether a millionaire's son can be persuaded to experience poverty and work for a living, noting occasional instances of reinvention but concluding the solution lies in convincingly portraying impending bank rupty and the need to toil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Florence Pullman Lowden the World’s Most Heavily Insured Woman
Florence Pullman Lowden wife of Col. Frank Q Lowden has policies totaling 250000 making the couple among the most insured in the world. Their combined policies reach half a million with a 12500 annual annuity on survivor death and about 16000 yearly premiums. They left for the Pacific coast with Mrs I J Carolan and prior policies were turned over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Pullman Lowden
George Mr. Pullman
Worls
Frank QO. Lowden
Nel
Lowden
Pacific Coast
Pullman
I. J. Carolan
Courtship Among the Zulus and its Secret Proposals
A description of Zulu courtship customs where a woman may disappear with a confidant to seek marriage. If the suitor’s family accepts, wedding arrangements begin, illustrating decorum and secrecy in the process.
Year of upheaval ends with global crises and fires
Chronicle of 1900 highlights anti foreign turmoil in China the Pekin siege and relief expedition the Philippines and Transvaal wars ongoing riots in New Orleans and New York major fires in Hoboken and Galveston the opening of the Chicago drainage canal and the Paris exposition. It lists notable deaths fires disasters and political upheavals through September and into November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Pekin
Philippines
Transvaal
Humbert
Italy
Kentucky
New Orleans
New York
Hoboken
N. J
Galveston
Texas
Chicago Drainage Canal
Fragmented Odds and Ends From a Busy Page
A jumble of anecdotes and stray lines notes a light bet on an election, a casual remark about a bonnet, and a puzzled exchange about memory and payment. A bishop’s wife is linked to a rummage sale where a pearl ornament, lost ten years ago, is detected in a dress fold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Smoking Rooms in Australian Schools Debated
In Australia juvenile smoking appears tolerated and even encouraged in some quarters. The advisability of attaching smoking rooms to schools has already been discussed, reflecting the permissive attitude toward youth smoking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Mixed Blood in Mexico Report and Living Arrangements
A crude excerpt notes that over four fifths of Mexico's population are of mixed or Indian blood. It then shifts to a humorous dialogue about matrimony and a mock commitment warning, mentioning Jack Bachelor and Ned in a playful exchange about marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Jack Bachelor
Alli
Ned
Stott
Puck
Senate ratifies Hay-Pauncefote Canal Treaty amid debate
Senate votes 55 to 18 to ratify the Hay Pauncefote isthmian canal pact with amendments abolishing the Clayton Bulwer treaty and declining to invite other powers to adhere. Supporters call it an administration victory securing the right to close the canal to enemy ships and an American dominated project in Central America. Opponents say the main safeguard remains intact and a free hand is gained for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Tones
Turner
Wash
Friends of the Treaty
Great Britain
United States
Central America
A Year of Disaster at Sea in 1900
The hydro graphic office reports a devastating year with almost 400 vessels lost in the Atlantic and damages totaling $1 billion. Despite advanced ships and crews, severe storms in the West Indies and other perils drive rising safety concerns for passengers and freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hydrographic Office
Washington
Atlantic Ocean
West Indies
Historic church jubilees and clergy news in early 1900s context
The article notes St. Michael’s Church in Baltimore celebrating a gold jubilee with 3000 ministers joining in the union of Free and United Presbyterians of Scotland. It mentions Trinity College in Washington dedicating as a Catholic women’s higher education institution and appointee changes in the New England Evangelistic Association. It reports the American Board paying running expenses and reducing debt, a new confirmation code from the Bishop of Liverpool, and an aging pastor in Wilbraham, Massachusetts with numerous sermons funerals and marriages. It ends with Greendyke's sister being sent to Sierra Leone for missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael’s
Baltimore
Union of the Free and United Presbyterian Churches of Scotland
Trinity College
Washington
D. C
S. M. Sayford
New England Evangelistic Association
J. H. Gray
China
India
Liverpool
Martin
Howard
First Congregational Church
Wilbraham
Mass
tRev
Montgomery Groendyke
Hartford City
Ind
Sierra Leone
Maseder
Misy
Knox Leads Chase Against De Wet in Orange River Colony
Gen. Charles E. Knox pursues Gen. De Wet in the southern Orange River Colony after about a year in South Africa. He commanded a brigade under Lord Roberts until the Paardeburg battle where he was wounded in the chest. Knox, 54, served with Sir Charles Warren in Bechuanaland in 1884 and holds the substantive rank of colonel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Knox
de Wet
Orange River Colony
South Africas
Lord Rober
Paardeburg Pool
Knox
Charles ‘Warren
Bechuanaland
Kidnap Tale From Cudahy Scion Unfolds in Omaha
Howard Cudahy Jr son of Omaha mill owner describes his abduction and ransom note to police detailing masked men a buggy ride Leavenworth to Center streets blindfolded chained in a bare room and brief release The father Edward A Cudahy plans a $25000 reward for the abduction ring and two or three conspirators are named in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cudahy
Howard, Cudahy, Jr
Omaha
Captain Austin
Thirty-seventh Street
Gen. Cur
Pam
Biyroy County
Edldie McGee
Leavenworth Street
Rusers Park
Felow
Thirty-sixth
Leavenworth
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Atellane
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Sworth
Feo
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Arge
Wade
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Achalkalek
Russia
Deroulede
Paris
Ladysmith
South Africa
Edward McGlynn
George K. Nash
Ohio
L. M. Shaw
Iowa
Petera River
St. Mary's Bay
N. F
Felix Morris
Capitol Hotel
Brankfort
Buller
Tugela River
John Ruskin
Spearman
Tugela
Richard D. Blackmore
Emperor Kwang-Su
Warren
Spion Kos
Goebel
Jankfort
Senator Goebel
Dayton
Indianapolis
Youngstown
Sprague, Warner & Co
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Gochel
Frankfort
David M. Key
St. Louis
Collinsviile
Ill
Escanaba
Mich
Richard W. Thompson
Indiana
New England
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Porto Rico
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Adefeld
Tillis
Munkacsy
Brandfort
William C. Endicott
Pantileon Garena
Jeffries
Corbett
Siberia
Mafeking
United States Supreme Court
J.C. W. Beckham
Calvin Kimblem
Pueblo
Colo
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N. C
Orannge Free State
Johannesburg
Lord Roberts
N. dv
Tacoma
Parkersburg
W. Va
Standard Oil Works
Bayonne
Wm. J. Bryan
Adlai E. Stevenson
Lilnois
Naw
Mayfield
John H. Gear
Prescott
Ariz
Congern Pekin
King Humbert
John Clark Ridpath
Tientsin
Ashland
Wis
King Alexander of
Servin
Draga Muasehin
Lane
I Hung Chang
Russell
England
Framce
Cape St. Vincent
Collis P. Huntington
Japan
John J. Ingalls
Kansas
Akron
P. Dolliver
N. Parent
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St. Nika
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Creneral Wm. le Wilson
Charles Dudley Warner
Indian Head Proving Grounds
Sims Reeves
Tarrant & Co
A. C. Harmer
Montgomery
Theater Francais
Bloemfontein
Kruger
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Stephen Townsend
Columbus
Oho
John Arende Bingham
D. Appleton & Co., Book Publishers
Piet Joubert
Columbia Theater
Viola Horlocker
Hastings
Kansas City Coliseum
State Court of Appeals
Beckham
Austin
Oxnard
Amississippi
Manitoba
Northwest
Pearl Forbes
Kan
Monticello
Bay of Fundy
Ives
R. G. Dun
Marcus Daly
Montana
Henry Villard
Yosemite
Guam
Preston
Porter
Liman
Mississippi
Tennessee
Chas
H. Hoyt
Iron Mountain
Gifford
Ark
J. C. W. Beetham
St. Olaf
Anbrador
Sir Arthur
Sullivan
Paul Kruger
France
C. K. Davis
Minnesota
San Francisco
Oscar Wilde
Congress
Northwestern
Santa Fe
Fredonia
N. Y
Normal
Griesenau
Malaga
Rockport
Clevelan
Booneville
Preere Ag
Strong
Father
Preacher
Tog
Edward Cudatmy, JR
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