Rise of Nihilist Plots Among Russian Nobility
A sweeping account links Russian aristocracy to terrorist plotting after Grand Duke Sergius is killed in Moscow. Officials raid Moscow headquarters uncovering weapons, presses, and correspondence, while Prince Obolenski is implicated and the case widens with hundreds jailed.
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Senate Square
Moscow
Kremita
Grand Duke
Sergius
Elizabeth
Monastry
Tchoudor
Petit Palais
Russia
Prince Obolenski
Czar
Obolenek
Obolenski
London
Central Committee
Bristol
St. Petersburg
Secret
Oboilewski
New York Nears Four Million Population Threshold
The state census forecast places New York City total near 4,071,000 with Manhattan and Brooklyn around 3,370,000, the Bronx 325,000, Queens 200,000, and Richmond 76,000. It ranks second to London, with Paris and Berlin close behind as growth continues.
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New York
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Richmond
London
Paris
Berlin
Greater
Manual Training Bench Construction and Joinery Details
Instructions continue from last week on building a work bench at Armour Institute of Technology Chicago. Includes screw sizing mortises vise details and slide mechanism with iron rod and pin, plus guidance on lumber planning and mill prep for accurate benches.
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Armour Institute of Technology
Chicago
Joseph B. Bowles
Women and Crafting Politics and Workroom Tools
A reflective piece contrasts women voters' influence with men, then shifts to detailed instruction on making a woodworking bench and shop jigs. It covers stock bills for bench parts, bench stops, legs and braces, and faint notes on shoot boards and saw horses with precise measurements and assembly tips.
Pastor as a Blacksmith in Lancaster
Rev. M. B. Bachman of Millersville, a United Brethren minister, resumes blacksmithing to support his large family. He dresses edge tools for contractors building the Pennsylvania railroad in southern Lancaster county, earning about 20 dollars weekly, believing skilled tool dressers command better pay than preaching.
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Lancaster
M. B. Bachman
Millersville
United Brethren
Bachman
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
Mr. Bachman
Smallest Colored Adult Minnie Dimery of Rock Inland
A 43 year old Minnie Dimery of Rock Inland Illinois is described as the smallest colored adult in America at 42 inches tall and 43 pounds. The report notes her intelligence is below average, comparable to a third of six years, while her family is described as normal in every respect.
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Rock Inland
Ill
America
Minnie Dimery
Royal bloodlines mix across European thrones
Ancestry notes that King Alfonso of Spain is four fifths Austrian while King Victor Emmanuel leans more Austrian than Italian. Francis Joseph and heir show Bavarian Italian roots. Sweden and Norway’s king is Béarnaise. Greece’s king is Danish. Serbia’s ruler is half Russian. Bulgaria’s prince lacks Bulgarian blood. Russia’s emperor shows Danish or German ties. Belgium’s king has no Belgian blood. England’s monarch is of Saxe Coburg Hanover stock.
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Alfonso
Spain
Victor Emmanuel
Francis Joseph
Sweden
Norway
Greece
Servia
Bulgaria
Russia
England
Saxe-Coburg-Hanover
Compositor's stick linked to Longfellow poem in Brunswick
John Dunning, janitor of Maine hall, owns the compositor's stick used to set up Longfellow's 1842 poem Outre Mer. The tool has belonged to T. S. McClellan since 1825. he is 96, Brunswick's oldest man, Maine's oldest printer, and the state's oldest Mason.
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John Dunning
Maine Hall
Longfellow
Betrothed at Birth in West Africa Traditions
The text describes long birth betrothals in parts of West Africa where girls are pledged to baby boys older than them. At age 20 they marry, often unaware of any alternative path to a husband, and are described as content with their roles as wives.
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Colorado
West Africa
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Punch
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Fig, W
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