Vast world notes from 1908 far and wide
The roundup covers Cambodia as a French protectorate with 1.8 million people, coal gas production in the United States, a new submarine torpedo designed by Gustave Gabet, American timber and Vancouver Island holdings, Bank of Japan investments, Minnesota tobacco laws, English teaching in Guatemala, imperial household budgets in Japan, a Copenhagen monkey act, London fencing fashion for women, and various scattered industrial and colonial notes including railways, mining depths, and universal umbrellas introduction in England.
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Cambodia
Pennnsylvania
Ksuchkandil
New London
Toruphinsville
Geological Survey
Bs.edu
United States
Oistom
Intimate Friends: Janey Dunn and Uncles Timmy's Mortgage
In a small town on Memorial Day Janey Dunn rallies friends to save Uncle Timmy McComb’s home from foreclosure. She seeks help from Peter Kitts, the wealthy railroad owner, who grants a loan and becomes her ally. The mortgage is paid, Timmy's grave is honored, and Janey remains devoted to Kitts as her intimate friend.
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Viking McCoy
Annie
Kieckiong
Rumbles
Dudgett
Atria Wiesliv
Maria
Marcy McCormicho
Tanks
Joey Chrilly
Jamey Dunn
Sammis
Win
Sally
Moggeidge
Janey
Sammy Padgett
Joey
Moggidge
Losny
Timmas
Marm McComb
Washy Pidgett
Dancy
Burmhley
Timmy
Crome
Washy
Sam Padgett
Joey Penrod
Becky Sammis
Treekan Janey
Peter Kitts
Locust Street
Jitney
Annie Laurie
Uncle Timmy
Peter Kitta
Mr. Ketts
Remerus Doll
Laws
Sissy
Wally
Timmy McCoomb
Timimy
Mr. Nitts
Iecame
Doc Shickles
Daney
Mr. Kitts
Monument
Mfinite
Janey Founn
David Hannan
Timmmy
Washington
Timmy McComb
Insign McComb
Prairie Flower City Bank
Witts Stack
Pampawville City
Tilly
Charge at Mission Ridge remembered by veteran Ben F. Johnson
Colonel Ben F. Johnson recalls the Missionary Ridge assault that secured victory for Union forces. He describes orders to seize rifle pits, Hazen’s urging rallying the troops, and the uphill bayonet charge past Confederate guns named Lady Davis and Lady Breckinridge as a thin Confederate line collapsed. The narrative notes Bragg’s dispersed 14 mile line and easier topography once trees blocked progress were cleared.
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Mission Ridge
Ben FF. Johnson
Missionary Ridge
Hazen
Bragg
Washington Artillery
New Orleans
Lady Davis
Breckinridge
Lady Stephens
Kage
Tennessee
Georgia
The Wind's Memorial Day by the Youth's Companion
A lyrical tale in which the Little West Wind carries dandelion seeds as flowers to mournful graves, drying dew and blowing scents during Memorial Day. He scatters seeds over the cemetery where the poor rest, then vows to help others, ending with the seeds blossoming into golden flowers the next year.
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Zephyr
West Wind
Garfield's Address at Dedication Monument Geneva Ohio
President Garfield's dedicatory address honors fallen soldiers and sailors at Geneva Ohio. The speaker reflects that reunions are for the living, praising the dead while noting they need no immortality from the living. The tribute emphasizes enduring gratitude and shared memory across generations.
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Garfield
You
President Garfield
Geneva
Ohio
High Water Mark of the Rebellion Memorial Sketch
A Memorial Day sketch recounts Gettysburg and the Bloody Angle marker, praised as the high water mark of the rebellion. It notes Hancock wounded near the site, Armistead’s assault, and the monument descriptions, with details of the bronze beacon, granite plinth, and inscribed lines. The narrative covers Longstreet’s attack on Cemetery Ridge, Pickett’s division, and the Union defense that repelled the assault, ending with Lee’s retreat and halted invasion.
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Europe
Count de Paris
Gettysburg
Waterloo
Neitle
Longstreet
Hancock
Armistead
Tiscomma
Maine
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhoade Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
Lee
Drickett
Cemetery Ridge
Pickett
Wilcox
Pettigrew
Hmmelsburg Row
Little Round Top
Picketts
Ccommanders Garnett
Kempner
Hincock
Saved by a Woman Why the Alabama Was Not Detained by the British
An 1862 British decision over the blockade runner Alabama hinged on a wife’s secrecy. Papers delayed through illness and official indifference, then misjudged by law officers, nearly left the vessel detained. The delay, political gravity, and last minute actions shaped a pivotal moment in war and peace.
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Harper's Magazine
Legation
London
Foreign Office
John Dorney Harding
Queen's Advocate
William Atherton
Roundell Palmer
Lord Selborne
John Harding
Sir John
Sir William
Earl Marshal
House of Lords
Earl Russell
Alabama
Liverpool
Not Convinced. Old officer recalls Civil War river boats
An Philadelphia Ledger account quotes an elderly army officer describing post captain Toa at Sa fin' Pass Texas. He recalls cotton laden river boats used as barriers against shellfire and their daring engagement with a blockading gunboat fleet. A body servant witnesses the prisoners and a wary remark about hornless natives.
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Toa
Safin’ Pass
Tex
Philadelphia Ledger
Roman Artist Models Statue of President Taft
Ettore Nimene s of Rome models in New York a bronze statue of President Taft for presentation to Mr Taft. Commissioned by Italy's ambassador and signed by Nimines the clay took three hours to model in three sittings. The four foot high statue was made at the White House with Nimene s praised for progress in American art education after arriving in New York a month ago.
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New York
Ettore Nimenes
Rome
Taft
Signor Nimines
Mayer Des Planches
Italy
White House
Signor Ximenes
Order of the Crown
Department of Public Instruction
America
Fruit as Storage Batteries and Other Scientific Tales
An English electrician reports fruit and vegetables storing small amounts of electricity, with apples as strong cells and oranges showing segmented inner conductors. Also featured are a concrete sailing vessel Gretchen in Baltimore, a lensless mercury telescope by Robert W. Wood, a simple ventilating device by H. T. Minnitt, and studies on egg-laying heredity by Pearl and Surfur. A French submarine engine by Gustave is noted.
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Chicago
Europe
Baltimore
Cement Age of
New York
Gretchen
Daniel B. Banks
Fire Board
Cape Hatteras
Baltimore Yacht Club
Mr. Banks
Hudson
Cape Charles
H. G. Wells
Mara
Professor Wood
H. T. Minnitt
Hounded to Death in Spare Moments
In a dark wry aside from Tondon Spare Moments a grim joke unfolds about a greyhound. A man asks what happened to the dog and the reply says the dog killed himself by miscalculating a fly on his back.
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Rom Tondon
Wealthy Run America Says French Historian Ferrero
Paris Special: Italian historian Guglielmo Ferrero says observations in America attribute the vast wealth power to untrammeled private initiative. He argues fear of the state shapes the American constitution and founders embraced 18th century French philosophy. In America the millionaire bears responsibilities and power, while Europe relies on the state. Ferrero notes American intellectual and moral leadership may be eroded by wealth.
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Paris
America
Guglielmo Ferrero
Signor Ferrero
Europe
Republic
Ferrero.gays
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Lowa
Petit Creuset
Chalon
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British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Bank of Japan
Johnson
Guatemala
Japan
Turing
Copenhagen
Morits
Clu
Elizabeth F. Noble
Mansfield
Mass
Baron Gota
Eel
California
North Star
Grass Valley
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Alliance Bank of
Simla
Assam
India
Bengal
Hrithshandra
China
England
Jonas T Hanway
Bite
Kimperles
Rer- UN
Saeed Cai
Transvaal
Hamburg
Silesia
Janey Dunn
Statute OF Prasident
TAF Z Dore
Klimenes
Robert W. Wood
Johns Hopkins University
Raymond Pearl
Frank Surface
University of Maine
Petit Creusot
Ferrero
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