American Samoa gains Tutuila and five islands in Pacific partition
The United States annexes 384 square miles of Pacific territory adding Tutuila and four other islands to its domain. Pago Pago bay is highlighted as a key naval coaling and supply station site. The piece details island geography, native leadership, culture, and resources while noting the strategic naval implications and the status of King Manoa and Manua.
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Samoa
Uncle Sam
Tutuila
Long Island
Savali
Upolou
Germany
State Department
Pacific Ocean
Pago Pago
Apla
San Francisco
Australia
Philippines
Panama
Malletoa
Tupea
Tutuilans
Fulmora
Tutele
Statele
le Tun
Maunga
Leatou
Samoan Islands
Tagals
la Perouse
Upo- Tou
Massacre Bay
Sulu
Tui Manua
Manua
Tau
Utuila
Tul
Apia
Campire
Amy
Marin
Faith and customs of Samoan communities described
The passage surveys Samoan religious mix, noting Presbyterians mostly with some Wesleyans and Catholics, and gender roles where women are equal to men except in government. It mentions polygamy as a challenge, claims royal lineages from Manua, and describes Manua and Tau with geographic contrasts and a high central elevation.
Smoking by Women in Aristocratic London Cafés
A New Orleans broker returning from London notes a rise in women smoking in public venues like the Savoy and Hotel Cecil. He recalls a table of society ladies exchanging jeweled cigarette cases at Cafe Royal, and observes London adopting a continent style of gayety and cosmopolitan air, differing from a decade ago.
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London
New Orleans
Big Pond
Savoy
Hotel Cecil
Roy+al
Philadelphia
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Forgetting Names Leaves Social Mirth and Mortification
The article notes a common social glitch where people forget names during conversations, causing awkward moments. It recounts a veteran hostess who struggles to recall a guest's name, finally improvising a vague description, and mentions even younger individuals sometimes forgetting names. It concludes that such lapses are natural memory quirks affecting all ages.
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New York
A Pack Mule's Comic Bravery at Siboney
An ex soldier recalls a battle worn mule in the New Orleans Times-Democrat tale. The mule, seasoned by twelve to fifteen years in service, leads lines and disdains extra weight. When a coffin weighed twenty five pounds, the stubborn beast pretended to stagger, then rolled over and knocked it off. The crew let the old mule carry the coffin and the other mule was blindfolded to load it without trouble.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Siboney
Rancal
Future of Austria-Hungary and German-Slavic tensions
The piece surveys rising quarrels in Austria-Hungary and predicts European politics may push toward absorbing the German and Russian parts of the empire. It notes friction between Czechs and Germans, and hints independence could follow Franz Josef’s death, altering loyalties amid German and Slav groups.
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Austria-Hunzary
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Russia
Franz Josef
Austria
Bicycle riding to China amid restrictions in Soochow
Report from Soochow notes bicycle riding is banned for locals but allowed to foreigners, missionaries, and converts. The piece frames the ban as part of a broader view of modernization and cultural change sweeping China.
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China
Soochow
Temptation and two dollars change a gambler’s conscience
A New Orleans Times-Democrat tale recalls a young man who, down to his last quarter, gambled a nickel on a slot machine. He won two dollars but returned the money after a guilty conscience, explaining he had no right to the thief’s gain and making restitution.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Baton Rouge
Weather talk with a schoolboy barometer
In Philadelphia a schoolteacher friend jokes that weather can be read from children. The Saunterer notes that boys grow restless before rain while girls stay calmer, and the two ride on with light shoes and no umbrella, musing on children as barometers of coming weather.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Girard Avenue
Saunterer
Chestnut Street
Bacteria Expert Varies on Sewage Treament and Disease
Dr. Newman in a Progressive Science volume surveys current knowledge of bacteria and their roles in nature, industry, and health. He notes sewage beds can reduce infective bacteria, making effluent largely germ free, and cites Shattock showing sewer air does not boost diphtheria virulence, though it may affect throat bacilli vitality. He states typhus bacillus can exist in milk without multiplying.
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Newman
Shattock
Burns Cottage Visitors Set New Yearly Record in Ayr
During the year ending September 30 visits to Wishley Burns birthplace cottage in Ayr reached 42,490, up 4,290 from 1898, the previous record.
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Wishley Burns
Burns
Ayr
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Praised by Macon Couple
A tale from Macon Col. recounts a wife cured after three years of cough by Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Ayer’s product also reportedly saved the sister’s life with one bottle. Three bottles at one dollar each are said to have saved two lives, with thanks to the remedy.
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Ayer
J. H. Burge
Macon
Col
Berl Bros Tool Factory Destroyed by Fire at Alton
A fire leveled the Berl Bros tool factory at Alton causing a loss of about 35000 dollars. The disaster left two men dead and two injured in the incident.
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Berl Bros
Alton
Cleveland
Oto
Lena Myers
William H. Carpenter
Ie Domett Baltatore
England
Columbus, Lima & Milwaukee Railroad
Tri Pty CN
A. J. Markley
Belvedere
State Board of Health
James Nelson Widcock
New Jersey
White House
N. 2
Charles Lanham
Carrie Cartwright
Springfield
B.S. Osborne
Springfet
Uleldy
Charles Treynolls
Groentiohl
Étuit
Montreal
Wage Increases and Ring Fatality Reported
Halvake Mass and others note wage hikes across cotton mills with one employer already raising rates. In St Louis on December 1 a coroner's jury returns a homicide verdict in the Henry Ay Neise case, tied to a prize ring death involving Fred Bellerson. Bellerson is held for grand jury action.
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Drivrnon Mold
St. Louis
Janet
Henry Ay Neise
Fred Bellerson
Bellerson
Death of Samuel Han at Fort Higatton hotel
Samuel Han, 53, private in Company H Fifth United States artillery, stationed at Fort Higatton, was found dead yesterday in a hotel on Hust Houston Street. The death was by self-administered morphine, with initial reports noting the fatal act as suicide amid chaotic circumstances.
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Samuel Han
Tifty
States Artillery
Fort Higatton
Hust Houston Street
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A. B. Sternberger
Sly Old Mule
Sim
Halvake
Mass
Chile
Mozambique
Hourcy
Mozapabique
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