Dark Continent Opens to World with Cape to Cairo Rail
A May 10 report from Beirut notes plans for a Cairo to Cape Town railway linking via Belgian, British, and German routes. The consul in Stockholm says the Congo Free State to Lake Albert Nyassa and a coast-to-coast line may replace the central German route, potentially realizing Rhodes’s Cape to Cairo dream. US involvement appears limited outside Cape Colony commerce.
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Cecil Rhodes
Dart
Cairo
Cape Isto
Congo Free State
Nile
Susley Falls
Upper Congo
Mahagi
Lake Albert Nysees
Cape
Cooval Ravndal
Africa
United States
Stanley
Cape Colony
Washington
Discoveries and malaria claim in 1900 era reports
A German maker tests a Canary Islands trainer's electric secret and Figueras claims a self charging air powered generator. Reports say the system lights a house and runs a twenty horsepower motor. A German East Africa consul notes Dr Koch aims to stamp out malaria in Dar es Salaam within five years.
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Canary
Senor
Paris
Figueras
Germany
Dar-E+ Salaam
German East Africa
Dr. Koch
Koch
Dating of Canned Food and Ohio University Promotion
A British Medical Journal note suggests dating canned foods to prevent quality decline from chemical changes in warm storage. An extended Ohio promotional piece extols Miami University at Oxford, highlighting its history, colleges, and facilities, urging local youth to choose state education with free tuition nearby.
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H. E. Mann
East African Protectorate
Ohio
Commonwealth
Sabed Minn University
Oxford
Butler County
State University
Ohio Valley
Benjamin Harrison
United States
Calvin S. Brice
Oliver P. Morton
College of Liberal Arts
State Normal School
Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton
Odiana
Kentucky
University
Brice Scientific
Herron
America
Lone Resons
Women in the Philippines Call for Suffrage to Women
The article quotes Elvora Monroe Bahcoek praising Filipino women as more capable than men, urging suffrage be granted to women. It cites Archbishop Novalredo of Manila and Governor Taft, who supported female enfranchisement before U.S. Congress.
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Elvora Monroe Bahcoek
Novaledo
Manila
Philippine Commission
Senate
Taft
Congress of the United Sustem
Three Round Trips to the Moon In a Locomotive
Engineer Frank Sisco of Clinton Tennessee recently retired on the Pension list of the Chicago and North Western Railway Company after forty two years as a locomotive engineer. He kept miles traveled totaling 1 402 297 and imagines three lunar trips were possible with 25 403 more miles. He never had an accident in all those years.
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Frank Sisco
Clinton Ta
Chicago & North-Western Railway Company
Sisco
North-Western Hallway Company
Cuba Remains Mostly Undiscovered Says Governor General
Governor General Wood reports that after four centuries of Spanish rule large portions of Cuba have never been prospected or explored. He notes vast areas remain unknown in terms of contents and resources, despite long occupancy.
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Cuba
Wood
Move Great Trees For World’s Fair In St Louis Park
The director of works plans to lift and replace 700 trees at Forest Park for the world’s fair aiming to preserve shade along broad avenues. The trees are 12 to 18 inches in diameter and will be relocated to keep the park green during the exposition.
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St. Louie
Flowers in Evening Dresses Applique Craze and Gown Trends
Fashion notes describe extensive use of flowers and velvet choux on evening gowns, with appliques around decolletage and belts. Summer gowns feature long trains, floral garnitures, pale colors, and lace boleros, while materials include crepe, chiffon, and Irish lace. Oyster cited as high-cost item.
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Suromer
Fichus
Parasol Trends and Lace Adornmentsin Irish Modes
The stock features taffeta with Irish lace trim, parasols and boas. New parasols outshine last season with borderings of black velvet and chiffon ruffles edged in lace. Can be plain sticks with jeweled initials or fully covered in durable white materials for longevity. Hats grow larger as Irish lace decorates waists and chiffon boas drape flat on shoulders with cape effect.
Englishman and Turk repay debt in next world tale
A London Telegraph story recounts an Englishman who lent money to a Turk. After the debtor’s deathbed, family members faced pressure to pay. Four relatives finally settled the debt at a mollah’s house, the eldest daughter refusing until truth was faced, choosing payment over judgment in the afterlife.
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London Telegraph
Ted Y
The Cook Book And Death In Their Work
A collage of recipes and health tips discusses bread making and cheese puddings with steps for quick cakes and potato dishes. It then shifts to notes on poisoning risks from hydrogen cyanide in various trades, zinc work hazards, and anecdotes from New York and London about polite behavior and prices.
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Jeratios
New York World
New York
London
New York Press
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