Water lift over Alps to move ships by two tubes
The Technical World Magazine describes a bold plan to raise loaded boats over the Alps using two hollow tubes of water to exchange lake waters and pass ships from Italy to Germany, creating a new world trade artery. It notes such feats could forge a mighty commerce stream between nations. The piece also reports on journalism education advances at Yale and Missouri, proposing four year courses linking journalism with law and engineering, including a dean from Missouri and a broad curriculum.
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Alpe
H.i. Hintfog
Technical World
Europe
Alps
Ue Und Element 8
Italy
Germany
Yale
University of Miscouri
Journalign
Law
Engineering
Col Harvey
Wiper
Frehmen
Boston Herald
University
University Teaunty
Remembrance of Civil War War Years and Peace
A veteran recalls campaigns under Sherman and Johnston, noting battles from Atlanta to Raleigh and the toll of war. He reflects on the unknown soldier, Mourfreesboro headstones, Fredericksburg, and the longing for peace while honoring the fallen and the cause of national unity.
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Sherman
Tenneevee
Atlanta
Nist
Sherne
Raleigh
Leo
Grant
Schoteld
Howie
Lincoln
Brent
Kahnniilsch
Eatoigh
Richmond
United States
The Old Rocking Chair on the White Porch
On Decoration Day, Mrs White resists Henry with calm bluntness over Eleanor's consent while memories and a rocking chair set the scene. Eleanor tends the verbenas as a veteran in uniform arrives with a confession of love and fear of battle and the looming sacrifice. The scene blends family duty, romance, and the toll of war on a southern porch.
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Mrs. White
Henry
Sruce
Lyon
Eleanor
Ant
Blewnor
Tor
Lindy
Anble
Doe
Melinda
Ben
Joe Cooper
Grandmother White
Elvanon
Granny
War Bride and Cemetery Ghosts in a Porch Dream
A fragmented dramatic scene unfolds on a porch as a gravely wounded war era romance clashes with wedding plans. Grandmother White recalls Decoration Day as a procession passes, while Eleanor invites a neighbor named Henry to dinner.
National Art Gallery plans major expansion and relics move
A conference with National Art Gallery leaders including President Roosevelt and Secretary Walcott, plus advisory committees from the National Academy of Design and related societies, discussed disposition of ell e Hons items valued at 1.4 million dollars currently at the Walloun Gallery. They aim to clear the old building for a new national vault and hall, with a nearby Freeproection building donated by Mr. Pree Amer Team as the project nears completion.
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National Art Gallery
Roosevelt
Walcott
National Academy of Deskin
Te Mine Arts Federation
Mie National Sculpture Society
Elle Hons
Walloun
Bente
Pree Amer
Eam
Strange fo sis and the new economy of virtue
The passage contrasts women's endurance with men's harshness in hardship. It argues women bear wealth and comfort with patience, while men respond with anger and harsh temper. It suggests a moral renunciation shows true strength in adversity.
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Wuen
Simple life advice and sober takes from old writers
W K Vanderbilt Jr cites the simple life as a potential pleasant path. Henry J Byron notes plays are like cigars, good bring volume, bad fall flat. A Detroit man seeks divorce over a porous plaster dispute. Missouri men jailed for peonage show government focus on ending slavery. Reform measures and a New York policeman’s odd examples close the column.
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Missouri
Fragmented Gettysburg verse evokes a rain of death on the field
A heavily garbled reminiscence attributed to Iewno Ruslind Pennypacker in York Evening Sun depicts Gettysburg without clear coherence. The narrator describes rain as blood drops, cavalry bugles, infantry rows, and battle smoke, recalling soldiers urged forward, wounds, and the fallen as the town endures a storm of war in somber, mournful imagery.
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Ruslind Pennypacker
York
Evening Sun
Crown with Flowers for Soldiers Dead
A historic verse urges children to honor fallen soldiers by laying flowers on every soldier's grave. The poem invokes peaceful times after war and reminds readers of the duty to remember the brave dead.
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Liabeth
Movement to decorate soldiers and wives graves expands nationwide
Commander Joseph R. Jarne of Cobdenpost Illinois urged the Grand Army of the Republic to begin a national effort to decorate the graves of wives mothers and sisters of old soldiers and soldiers alike. A Confederate veterans group plans a similar push so Memorial Day will honor those who stayed home as well as those who went to the field.
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Joseph R. Jarne
Cobdenpost
Department of
Ilinois
Setting the Time Yes
A Billvitte citizen laments love and marriage plans, claiming he will marry after hog-killin time and cotton-cranin season, noting the only country change is in the minds of the women. The quote reflects local speech and themes of postponed marriage and economic timing.
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Billvitte
Aganta
Ten Killed in A Trolley Crash Near Philadelphia
A May 26 trolley wreck on the Chestnut Hill branch of the Schuylkill Valley line near Thorp's Lane killed ten and injured about one hundred as crowded cars stalled on a steep grade. Motormen lost control while trying to escape, causing a chain collision as passengers frantically sought exits in darkness. Local residents rushed to aid the injured and temporary hospitals formed in nearby homes.
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Philadelphia
Rolley
Nnrece
Seuna
Tneerah
Chestnut Hill
Schuylkill Valley Co
Thorp's Lane
Priest felled by knife at close of mass in Salisbury
Rev. Joseph V. Lateley pastor of St. Joseph's German Catholic church was fatally wounded after mass when stabbed twice by parishioner Josep Sebuette who then wounded two bystanders Barbara Ginter and John Gates. Lateley survived long enough to direct care before a Salisbury jail stint. Also reported are three deaths in St Louis area from weather and electric incidents during games.
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Salisbury
Joseph V. Lateley
Jastor
St. Joseph's
Josep Sebuette
Barbara Ginter
John Gates
St. Louls
Joseph J. Howard
Glen Echo Club
John R. Perry
South End Park
William Stephenson
New O'Fallon Park
Church Blaze Destroys Alton Area Catholic Church
Alton area church St Michael near Beltrees was ruined by lightning on Sunday night. A separate report states a man was killed by lightning at Tolliver Brooke near Godfrey. Milwaukee court holds Western Union Telegraph Co. liable for a misdelivered message. Chicago plant of National Box Co. damaged by fire causing about 200000 dollars in damage and 6 million feet of lumber destroyed.
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New Murfreesboro
Tenn
Fen R. R. Hayes
Hayes
Uni
Chanceloraville
Fredericksburg
Thirnaide
Leo
Hurtiside
Thomas
Nitayibe
Ffen
Mathatte
Howard
Alton
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Beltrees
Toller Brove
Godfrey
Milwaukee
Wis
Western Union Telegraph Co
Chicago
National Box Co
Twenty-eighth Street
Center Avenue
Plague Decree Opens Laguirs Trade to Americans
President Castro issues decree lifting plague restrictions after eight days without bubonic cases at Laguirs and opening reports to American and European traders starting Monday.
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Caracas
Castro
Laguirs
Peruna Tablets and Liniment Advertising Fragments
A collage of historical testimonials tout Peruna products for catarrh and rheumatism. Claims include cure of long standing catarrh after Peruna use and a Oakland California woman’s quick recovery from rheumatic paralysis with Sloan’s Liniment. Also a light anecdote about a poet and a marriage letter.
Truth and Quality in a Laxative Claim
A patent medicine advertisement extols Syrup of Viga and Elixir of Senna as a trustworthy laxative. It asserts safety, natural action, and physician approval, urging buyers to purchase the genuine California Pig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
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California Pig Syrup Co
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Hie
Lng
Gard
Elear
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Henry J. Byron
Detroit
New York
Gettysburg
Ars le
DRC
Algne
Hemney
Employe
Sophia
Kittleen
Evanston
Tilmois
Peruna
Thada
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
Louis McKey
Seventh Street
Oakland
Cal
Sloan
Miss. Sophia Kittlesen
PE Ru-Na
Dr. May'y
Wal May, HD
Punt Street
Tow York
Amy
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