Horseback Riding and Royal Family Notes Across News
A New York physician extols horseback riding as healthful and mentally stimulating. Queen Victoria plans a large family gathering at Osborne for her birthday with grandchildren and others, while Fraulein Milka Ternina discusses her career and audience reception in London. Prizes at a card party include a bottle of ketchup and suspenders, and an old fashion calling card trend nears revival. Gutta-percha leaves in Singapore seed a new local industry.
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Victoria
Denmark
Sint
Osborne
Czarina
Fraulin Milka
Ternina
Fraulein Milka
Qrantia
Agram
Conservatoire
Vienna
J. Gaensbacher
Leipsie Opera
Bremen
Royal Opera
Munich
London
America
Elizabeth
Elsa
Fraulein
Milka Ternina
Priven
Eatertalum
Bud
Singapore
Cost of Show The Smallest Tour Shows Can Be Rigged
Summary of reminiscences from the Saturday Evening Post on Barnum show history and circus finances. It notes inventories valuing estates at far less than believed, rising daily expenses, and costs for cages, cars, wardrobes, tents, and other circus necessities, with figures from historic tours and Chicago area circuses. The piece contrasts past extremities with today's high costs and elaborate equipment.
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W. C. Coup
Saturday Evening Post
Congress of Nations
Mr Ca
Chicago
West
Pekin Relies on Frozen Meat From Mongolia
The article describes Pekin's dependence on frozen meat shipped from Mongolia. It notes carcasses of sheep kept on frost exposed on a sandy Mongolian market plot near the British legation, with skinning done while warm and chilling before transport. Partridges and other game are also sold frozen for winter and spring transit, while in hot seasons live animals are driven in to meet demand.
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Mongalia
Legation
Pekin
China
Great Wall
Bechuanaland King Khama Heads Native Rights Effort
King Khama of the Bamangwata, leading about 40 000 Bechuanas in Bechuanaland, is described as an old, lean, and stern yet benevolent ruler who bans intoxicating liquor and enforces teetotalism with stiff penalties. The account credits him with significant positive impact for natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khama
Bechuanaland
Cincinnati Enquirer
Great Birds of the Southern Beas Albatross at Randwick
In Cornhill, Mr C Parkinson describes an albatross in a Randwick garden near Sydney that lived as a universal pet for fifteen years. The bird welcomed strangers, answered a call, showed imperturbable temper, and was remarkably gentle with children despite the nearby sea.
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C. Parkinson
Beas
Cornhill
Marguia Criticises Doers At Earl's Barton Meeting
Marguia of Northampton denounces Boer religious education as flawed since their quotes rely on the Old Testament. Speaking at the Society for the Spread of the Gospel in Earl's Barton, he urged the postwar duty of the Church of England to spread the gospel among the Boers.
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Marguia
Doers
Marquia
Northampton
Society For the Spread of
Earl's Barton
Church of England
Substituted forefinger shown by Berlin surgeon
A Königsberg doctor demonstrated a surgical substitution at a Berlin congress. He detached the patient’s second toe and attached it to the stump of the missing finger. The new finger, named Onger, could be moved by the patient.
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Kegnigsberg
Berlin
Galen
Onger
Meaningful Chinese place names reveal rivers and regions
The article explains how Chinese geographic names encode meanings of rivers and places. It notes that words like ho and klang mean river, describes rivers such as the Yellow river and the West, North, and East rivers feeding Canton, and explains city names Pekin and Nanking as northern and southern capitals. It discusses Yangtse Kiang and misnamings like Blue River.
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Shanghai
Yun-ho
Grand Canal
East China
Yellow River
Tsin-klang
Canton
Ski-klang
West
Pe-klang
Tung- Klang
China
Hoang-ho
Pekin
Tien
Tsin
Nanking
White River
Ingenious East Scheme Targets Express Industry
An alleged New York driven plan aims to disrupt express services by parceling small shipments into consolidated fast freight loads. Officials say the concept, though bold, is legitimate and not inherently opposed by railroads. Packages destined for the same location would be boxed together for rapid delivery, targeting manufacturers who ship small lots.
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Chicago Record
New York
New Scheme for Shipping Goods in a Hurry
New York small items may hold many orders for Chicago and Omaha business leaders. The plan would pack and mark all parcels, then hand them to a parcel firm to box and ship by fast freight to Chicago where delivery to recipients occurs. Omaha goods would be repacked and sent west, with unpacking and forwarding as needed. If successful, eastern agencies would arise in major cities. Central Freight and Trunk Line representatives meet to appeal to express companies, arguing fast freight harms their interests and is unjust.
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New York
Chicago
Omaha
Parcel Company
Nebrasks
Central Freight
Trunk Line
Facial Asymmetry as a Portrait Obstacle
In a New Orleans Times-Democrat excerpt a local expert argues portrait photography struggles with facial asymmetry. He notes nine nine percent show differing right and left sides, worsened by lighting. retouchers can balance features while preserving likeness. He adds asymmetry can enhance some faces and even define character in both sexes.
Plague Bacillus Found in Dead Tokyo Fish
A report from Tokyo claims dead fish found after floodwaters contained a bacillus similar to plague. Investigations suggested the pathogen sickened healthy rats and even earlier German studies noted crab susceptibility. The tale, fed to Toledo fears, links the outbreak to the capital's flood debris.
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Tokyo
Germany
Toledo
New York Press
Economist Extols Employment Among Industries
A renowned economist reports that of ninety eight chief national industries in a given year only twenty nine provided work for men across the year. The finding highlights limited sustained employment opportunities despite broad industry scope.
How to Avoid Library Pinca and Other Vignettes
A fragmented item cites Chicago News lines about skipping to endings in free novels and reflects on modern changes from candle to electricity and horse to car. It then touts Hosterter's Stomach Bitters as a trusted remedy for stomach and liver issues, urging readers to try it.
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Chicago News
Contradictions and colorful quips in old Detroit item
The text jokes about aging and wit with a Detroit Free Press quip on gray hair. It then markets PUTNAM FACELESS DYES claiming fast bright colors. It oddly shifts to Canton plague stats from 1894 and notes many generals in South Africa.
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BLOW
the Express
Bismarck
Gladstone
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Digby
Detroit Free Press
Putnam
Imra
Dame’ Tutt Thes Ata Teor En Blenaing
South Africa
W.l.douglas
University OF Notre Dame
ST. Mary's Academy
Notre Dame
Indiana
Sisters of the Holy Crom
Enginea
Ratory
St Mary's Academy
Otre Dame
Keene Pott
Esas
Itis Anes News
Hale Deuce
Answerian
van Botan
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