England's China interests mapped to show war impact
A London Star diagram compares Chinese provinces with England by area and population, marks treaty ports by revenue size, and trades by port. It notes communications and foreign possessions, and shows shares of China trade by Britain, Japan, the U S and other powers, warning the Kaiser.
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England
China
The
London Star
Shantung
British Empire
Japan
United States
Converted by Fate Mig Wierm Taught Skipper of Brigantine To Trust God
Portland sailors recall a brigantine voyage from Turk's Island ending near home but ruined by a drunken skipper. A god fearing mate urged thanks to God, yet the skipper drank and steered into a gale, drifting forty days before returning to the Maine coast.
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Mig Wierm
Portland
Capt. Fickstt
Turk’s Island
aaSt
Portland Head
Cow Island
North Atlantic
Maine
The
Lewistown Journal
Microscopic Bacteria Touted as Rat Exterminator by Danysz
The British Medical Journal describes M. J. Danysz of the Pasteur Institute in Paris proposing a microbe to wipe out rat populations. A cocca-bacillus resembling B coli was isolated from field mice with a spontaneous epidemic and intensified through passage in mice and rats to ensure virulence. Tests on farms and warehouses reportedly showed the cultures killed rats, raising concerns about deliberate spread.
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M. J. Danysz
Pasteur Institute
Paria
M. Danysz
Loeffier
Kings in Calcutta and Captivity of Ruling Princes
An 19th century view contrasts British treatment of defeated Boer leaders with captive kings like Oudh’s, Bahadur Shah, and Cetewayo. It notes Calcutta royal pomp, Rangoon exile, Colombo pensions, and Cape Coast prison, plus brief remarks on brain size and sex differences before detailing J J Van Alen’s customs ordeal and his costly baggage.
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Fngland
Calcutta
Oudh
Calcutta Maidan
Bahadur Shah
Delhi
Rangoon
Ilneal
Shah Jehan
Aurangzeb
Tanda Topi
Colombo
Ceylon
England
Arab Pashi
Egypt
South Atlantic
Napoleon
Ghowe
Natal
Restoran
Women's Brains and the Male View on Character
An English scientist, Alexander Sutherland, studied a physiological angle on gendered character differences. His findings challenge the idea that men alone hold knowledge, suggesting implications for how men and women perceive authority and temperament.
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Alexander Sutherland
Bis
Lightning Pranks Astonish Fanwood in Spectacular Storm
A fierce Fanwood storm last week produced thunderous Wagnerian roars and fiendish rain. Lightning splintered a water tower near the Fanwood firehouse, lifting splinters over a hundred feet while the tower remained unburned and undamaged despite a dramatic strike. Mr. Howard Hall photographed the scene capturing a striking lightning fantasy.
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Jersey
Borough of
Fair and Philosophic Fanwood
Belshagzar
Fanwood
Howard Hall
Lurid Wedding Toasts Wealth in Newport
A Baltimore Sun quotation describes the wedding of Mr. Have meyer, son of a sugar king, to Miss Whiting at Newport. Amid half mourning and public curiosity, the event is treated as a merger of fortunes. The couple’s bridal trip, decorated carriage, rice shower, and cakewalk are sketched with dollar imagery and flashy spectacle.
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Mr. Havemeyer
Miss Whiting
Newport
Hop
Baltimore Sun
Great Star Map Project Progress at Paris Congress 1887
The World Observator reports on a plan from a Paris congress to map all stars by century's end. Sky divided into eighteen belts for uniform cataloging, with 44108 negatives completed and Potsdam Observatory publishing its first volume. Estimation: two million stars in the final directory.
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Paris
Sngle Observatory
Potsdam
Germany
Signal differences spark calls for harmonized marine rules
In foggy conditions captains note the Canadian one long whistle or bell signal versus the American three short blasts. Disputes rise at Welland canal entrances Port Dalhousie as vessels from both nations navigate danger signals. Officials urge an international code to reduce risk.
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Welland Canal
Port Dalhousie
Toronto Telegram
Klondike Nugget Sheds Light On Gold Field Find
Report notes the Klondike’s biggest nugget to date, weighing seventy seven ounces and valued at thirteen thousand dollars. It contrasts Sir Charles Tupper with his Baptist cleric father who reportedly read the Bible in eight tongues by age sixty five. The elder Tupper died in eighteen eighty one at eighty seven.
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Charles ‘Pupper
Charles Tupper
Perhapa
Canada
Klondike
Whims and ads mingle in midwestern paper bits
The page blends quips from Chicago papers with short ads and snippets. It notes melted Civil War cannons becoming a peace statue and promotes Stomach Bitters and Cascar...ets as health aids. It also features light dialogue exchanges and a jab at social snobbery from Chicago papers.
The Douglas Shoe and Other Advertisements in One Page
A scanned newspaper page features multiple vintage ads and quips. It promotes the W L Douglas shoe line from Brockton Massachusetts as a $3.50 value rivaling $5 shoes, notes factory employment figures and direct-to-wearer sales, and mentions labor arbitration details. Additional items tout Northern Pacific’s North Coast Limited rail perks, a physician’s cure for coughs, a joke about a will, Allen’s Foot-Ease shoe powder, and Putnam dye products with a cheeky Life magazine quip about a paying teller.
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Douglas
Brockton
Atute Board
United States
Denver
Colo
Ad’s fair in love and war engagement ring revealed
Fragmented OCR notes claim the United States spends about a million dollars daily on tropic productions. It asserts statistics show women marry later than before and hints that betrothal leads to lasting love.
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Beate
Ngolia
Taran, Ban
Mira
Cai
Ove
Meeta
Chicago Times
Bobby
Tim & Midpae
Chicago Record
Chicago
Chicago Times-Herald
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
Fiso
Jomm Boren
Trinity Springs
Ind
Web
Alen
Allen
Andress Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
Putnam
LHSS
Exaine
Alwaye
Disraeli
Toring
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