Curious Global Factoids From An Early 20th Century Digest
A compilation of eclectic notes notes on science society and travel: ostrich feather value, British domestic servants and wages, fingerprint odds, white population in British South Africa, orange shoe dressings, Americas daily musical paper, Prussian blue paint from horse ashes, US telephone penetration, future rail routes, Baltic wreck rates, sun to starlight ratio, Dublin Zoo births, English horse imports rise, dew baths for complexion, Coke price rise, cigarettes exported from Egypt, wind speed at altitude, Central American coffee acreage, European abstainers, Children’s Aid stats, barefoot health observations, Italian silk wages, Bahn legacy for Berlin seamstresses, autumn hunting custom in Mikado empire, Miss Ethel Bloome earns MD, Alpine club amalgamation, Bangkok imports matches exports nests, trousers future forecast, German streetcar conductors pay, Peary rediscoveries, ostrich nest behavior, Berkley CA no pubs or police, Swedish dental periodical aid, Mme Loubet on coeducation, Stockholm egg weight sales, Tokyo baby weight and education, Mansfield libel suit, railway freight concerns, Choctaw cotton pickers, a bride sale dispute, Lapp language note, Gen De Wet kinship claim.
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Great Britain
British South Africa
America
United States
Khartoum
Suakim
Baltic Sea
Dublin Zoo
England
Chicago
Egypt
Central America
Turkey
Netherlands
Children’s Aid Society
Italy
Berlin
Bahn
AFL Sessions in New Orleans Report 11 Month Totals
The American Federation of Labor in New Orleans reports show an 11 month period ending September 30 with income of 144,498 and expenditures of 119,086. Per capita tax indicates average membership at 1,025,300, a fourfold rise in six years, while 1,024 unions were chartered. There were 1,558 international local strikes involving 412,871 workers, with 352,967 benefited and 14,016 not. Union strikes totaled 217 with 131 won and 48 compromised.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
National
Frank Morrison
Morrison
Boiler Blast Kills Four at Lebanon Steel Plant
A boiler explosion at scrap puddle furnace No 3 in American Iron and Steel Co plant west works Lebanon Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon killed four workers and seriously injured about forty others. Debris filled the area as the nine puddle furnaces lay wrecked. Wounded workers, some losing eyes or hands, were moved to a hospital while families gathered outside. The blast hurled the boiler into the air and buried itself in the Quittapahilla creek bank miles from the Offices, and the plant was immediately closed.
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Lebanon
West Works
American Iron and Steel Manufacturing Co
Quittapahilla Creek
Attorney Marcum fears assassination in Jackson exit
J B Marcum of Jackson, trustee of the state college and L& E attorney, has fled his home amid claims of multiple assassination plots. He traveled to Lexington then Frankfort with his wife and two sisters, saying a friend warned of shooters ready on a porch view and that Feltner showed him a shotgun and four Winchesters as part of the plot. He says he once carried his baby for protection and that the child saved him from a fatal shot.
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Lexington
J. B. Marcum
Jackson
Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Marcum
The
State College
Moses Feltner
Feltner
Seamen Perils Near Cape Hatteras Rescue Story
The schooner Marts carrying lumber from Savannah to Baltimore sprang a leak off Cape Hatteras. After 86 hours lashed to the after cabin with no food or water, Captain Holloway and the crew were rescued by the schooner Arthur McArdle. The Marts broke up as waves swept away deck loads and masts.
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Savannah
S. B. Marts
Holloway
Arthur McArdle
Cape Hatteras
Marts
Baltimore
Hatteras
Destruction of Armour & Co Packing Plant in Sioux City
A massive fire at Armour & Co packing plant in Sioux City destroyed four acres of facilities valued at 900000 with 721500 insurance. The blaze began in the fertilizer building and spread rapidly through the beef killing house and oleo plant, ending with the entire complex a lake of fire and ammonia drum explosions. About six hundred workers were left unemployed as the fire roared across the yard.
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Sioux City
Armour & Co
Lemon
From the Brink of the Falls at Niagara Rescue
Buffalo woman Helen Costello was saved from the brink of the American Falls by state reservation staff. John Marshall, a reservation employee, lowered into the river with a rope to reach her, securing her waist and guiding them to safety via a lowered ladder to the bridge abutment.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Helen Costello
Perry
Green Island
Goat Island
John Marshall
Tin Plate Mills Reopen Idle Plants Nationwide
In Elwood Indiana under a new agreement between American Tin Plate Co and the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, 20 of 26 idle mills at the Elwood plant began operations on Monday with repairs continuing. Anderson Gas City and Middleton plants plan to start November 15, totaling about 47 mills and roughly 3100 jobs. Additional plants at Braddock Pennsylvania and two Pittsburgh sites are arranging starts.
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Elwood
Ind
American Tin Plate Co
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Anderson
Gas City
Middleton
A New Airship Successful Trial Near Nantes France
In Nantes on November 14 a new air ship built for Pierre and Paul Lebaudy completed a successful trial. The craft executed multiple ascents and descents and performed evolutions over fields and woods along the Seine between La Roche Guyon and Bonnieres. The machine returned to its departure point at five miles an hour with four persons aboard.
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Nantes
France
Pierre and
Paul Lebaudy
Seine
la Roche Guyon
Bonnieres
Fire destroys ten blocks in Olyphant store blaze
A disastrous fire swept Atherton & Co.'s general store in Olyphant on Thursday, engulfing the north side of Lackawanna street and destroying ten business blocks. Scranton fire crews aided by several companies, with estimated losses reaching 170000 dollars.
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Scranton
Atherton & Co
Olyphant
Lackawanna Street
Minstrel Al G Field Leaves Sanatorium for Columbus
Mobile Alabama November 14 Al G Field the minstrel who spent six weeks in a local sanatorium has recovered enough to depart for Columbus Ohio on Saturday.
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Mobile
Ala
al G. Field
Columbus
Germany to Submit Chinese Indemnity Basis to Hague Tribunal
Washington November 14 state department reports Germany is willing to submit the question of whether the Chinese indemnity should be paid on a silver or gold basis to The Hague tribunal. The move reflects diplomatic effort to settle the monetary basis underlying the indemnity with an international panel.
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Washington
State Department
Germany
Hague
Cul lom Jr Named Special Agent in General Land Office
Washington reports H C Cullom Jr of Illinois has been appointed a special agent of the general land office. He is a nephew of United States Senator Cullom.
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Washington
H. C. Cullom, Jr
Illinois
General Land Office
United States
Cullom
Admiralty to Cut Kingston Naval Establishment
Report from Kingston Jamaica says the British Admiralty plans a reduced naval establishment there with the depot ship Urgent to be dismantled and not replaced.
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Kingston
Jamaica
British Admiralty
Bankers Association to Meet in San Francisco Next
New Orleans date November 14 The American Bankers Association wrapped a three day session with indications that San Francisco will host the next meeting The executive council will choose the site at its April meeting in New York and the decision is expected to be announced then
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New Orleans
American Bankers’ Association
San Francisco
Executive Council
New York
Cholera Spreads in Manila Raises Public Alarm
In Manila on November 17 the cholera outbreak grows with about 30 daily cases. Infection spreads to Funston reserve hospital Santa Mesa casual camp and Bilibid prison while Marquina valley risks water supply contamination, threatening a citywide epidemic. provincial reports show fewer cases.
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Manila
Funston Reserve
Santa Mesa
Bilibid Prison
Marquina
Rumor of US lumber duty alarms Canadian traders
Toronto reports lumber men in touch with Washington circles fear a proposed four dollar per thousand feet duty on Canadian sawn lumber entering the United States. The measure is said to be a reprisal for Ontario and Quebec embargoes on pulp wood exports.
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Toronto
Washington
United States
Ontario
Quebec
Master Mechanic Shot Dead In Sawmill Town
MASTER MECHANIC C. W. Tate of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, was shot in the private car of Roadmaster Maxson near Waukegan, a sawmill town east of Conroe. Tate died from a forehead wound. His widow and children survive. Sheriff Anderson has arrested Tom Futrell, a freight conductor, on circumstantial evidence.
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Conroe
Tex
Waukegan
Here
C. W. Tate
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Maxson
Mr. Tate
Cleburne
Anderson
Tom Futrell
Lawyer R C Sneed Dies After Suicide Attempt
Ida Pocatello November 17 Attorney R C Sneed who last summer tried to kill Oregon Short Line agent H V Platt at this place died here Sunday from morphine injection. Circumstances indicate suicidal intent.
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Pucatello
Ida
R. C. Sneed
H. V. Platt
Oregon Short Line
Funeral of Liu Kun Y in Nankin Draws Foreign Respect
Shanghai on November 17 reported the funeral of Liu Kun Y the renowned viceroy of Nan kin at Nankin. The rites drew unprecedented demonstrations of respect from foreign representatives in the city.
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Shanghai
Liu Kun Y
Nankin
English trade visitors arrive to study Buffalo industry
Fifteen men from English trades arrived in Buffalo on November 14 to study local industrial conditions. They are part of a 23 member party organized by Alfred E. Mosely of London to observe U S methods and plants.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Alfred E. Mosely
London
Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang Honored at Delmonico Banquet
In New York Wu Ting Fang the retiring Chinese minister was the guest of honor at a banquet by the Silk Association of America and the American Asiatic association hosted at Delmonico's on Thursday night.
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New York
Wu Ting Fang
Silk Association of America
American Asiatic Association
Delmonico
Currency Depreciation in Philippines Sparks Losses
Report on the Philippine commission outlines strong currency reform toward a gold basis, noting a $1,000,000 loss in six months from silver depreciation. Taft favored tariff concessions and eased Chinese exclusion for the islands, with broader franchise latitude and discretionary labor admission. Secretary Root will summarize findings for Congress with minimal changes to existing laws expected.
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Washington
Philippine Commission
War Department
Root
Commission
Gov
Taft
Philippines
United States
Koot
Congress
Charges Against Gompers Echo Great Strike Fight
New Orleans reports a clash within the labor movement as the Amalgamated Association leader Theo Shaffer accuses Samuel Gompers of harming the Amalgamated cause during a convention. A committee is appointed to investigate the charges amid ongoing labor tensions linked to last year’s steel strike.
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New Orleans
Theodore Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Samuel Gomntpers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Amerian Federation of Labor
United States Steel Co
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Frank Sargent
Brotherhood of
Murder and Robbery at East Carondelet Saloon
At East Carondelet across the river from St. Louis two masked highwaymen entered Nick Boisme nue’s saloon Monday night. Boisme nue was shot and killed during the attempted robbery as four customers and the cash drawer were looted. The bandits fled on the Illinois Central by hand car.
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St. Louis
East Carondelet
Nick Boismenue
Boismenue
Boismenie
Illinois Central
St. Petersburg Awards $1 Million Phone Conduit Contract
St. Petersburg on November 18 awarded an American firm a one million dollar contract to lay 20 miles of underground telephone conduits in 1903 as the city prepares a model telephone system. A Chicago firm won the switchboard contract.
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St. Petersburg
Chicago
Cocoanut Market Glut With 1.55 Million Noted
Mobile Alabama reports a dramatic coconut surplus as 750000 coconuts are housed or in boats and four more vessels due will add 800000 to the total. The market faces an unprecedented influx of supply.
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Mobile
Ala
Nevada firm Board man Bros assigns with assets near liabilities
Marshalltown Iowa November 18 Board man Bros of Nevada one of the largest commission houses in the state has assigned with liabilities estimated at 150000 dollars and assets about the same Des Moines Savings Bank is the largest creditor
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Marshalltown
Boardman Bros
Nevada
Des Moines Savings Bank
Ohio
Insurance Companies
Columbus
Cincinnati
Lake Shore Railroad Announces Ten Percent Wage Rise
Cleveland Ohio November 17 The Lake Shore road posted notices announcing a ten percent wage increase for switchmen across the entire system. About 1000 men will be affected.
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Cleveland, O
Lake Shore Road
President Roosevelt Hunts in Mississippi Camp
President Roosevelt and party reach Smedes Mississippi for a Little Sunflower river hunt. A 235 pound bear is skinned at the camp while the president enjoys camp life and a bear hunt with dogs. Dinner features bear and possum, Pauling plates scarce.
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Smedes
Miss
Roosevelt
Winchester
White House
Canebrakes
Mr. McDougal
Smede
Holt Collier
Judge Dickinson
Mr. Dougal
McElhiney
Volcanic eruption rocks Stromboli with lava flow
A fresh Stromboli eruption Sunday night produced a terrific explosion and a large lava flow. The spectacle attracted observers from northern Sicily as flames lit the sea. Islanders fear for inhabitants as ash and dead fish wash ashore, possibly from a submarine disturbance. In Huntington, French syndicate representatives arrived to study West Virginia coal output, amid rumors they seek control of the field.
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Rome
Stromboli
Sicily
West Virginia
Huntington
W. Va
Cleveland bags 80 ducks on Back Bay trip
Norfolk reports former President Grover Cleveland shooting in the Back Bay blinds on Monday afternoon. He bagged 80 ducks of various kinds and stayed until dark, with plans to extend the trip if current conditions hold.
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Norfolk
Grover Cleveland
Back Bay
Cleveland
Mrs Molineux Seeks Divorce in Sioux Falls Trial Context
Mrs Roland B Molineux of New York City has arrived in Sioux Falls and taken rooms at the Cataract hotel to fulfill a six month residence requirement needed to obtain a divorce from her husband, who was recently acquitted of murder after two sensational trials.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Roland B. Molineux
New York City
Cataract Hotel
Butcher Michael Malarczek Chops Family in Fire Murder
A dispatch from Satoralja Ujhely Hungary reports butcher Michael Malarczek killed his father mother and three other relatives by setting their house on fire.
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Vienna
Satoralja Ujhely
Hungary
Michael Malarczek
New Athletic Club Planned in St Louis Model After New York
In St Louis on November 14 officers elected and plans prepared for a new athletic club. A contract will be let in a few days for the project modeled after the Manhattan Athletic Club of New York.
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St. Louis
Manhattan Athletic Club
New York
Wrecked Elingamite casualties remain missing
Wellington Nov 14 Forty persons from the British steamer Elingamite wrecked November 9 on a Three Kings Island off the north coast of New Zealand are still missing.
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Wellington
N. Z
Three Kings Islands
New Zealand
Death of Belden F Culver
Belden F Culver secretary of the Illinois Humane society died Thursday in Asheville North Carolina where he had gone for his health word of his death reached Chicago today
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Belden F. Culver
Chicago
Illinois Humane Society
Asheville
N. C
Irish party formed after Tully revolt in London
In London on November 18 the Irish member Jasper Tully rebelled against parliamentary leader William O’Brien. This split has produced a new Irish party led by Timothy Healy, signaling a major realignment in Irish politics.
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London
Jasper Tully
William O’brien
Timothy Healy
Tacoma Bride Weds New York Doctor After Route North
Misa Blanche Evans of Tacoma who recently journeyed from Aberdeen to New York was married within two hours of arrival to Dr Louis G Knoz a physician of Jersey City.
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Tacoma
Wash
Misa Blanche Evans
Aberdeen
New York
Louis G. Knoz
Jersey City
Seville Holds Columbus Ashes in Cathedral Mausoleum
In Seville Spain on November 18 a ceremony deposited the ashes of Christopher Columbus in a special mausoleum within the cathedral. The rites were solemn and the remains will stay there permanently.
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Seville
Spain
Christopher Columbus
Murder at Cochran Nets Town Founder’s Grandson Killer
A Cochran telegraph special reports Burley B. Dykes, grandson of Cochran’s founder, shot and killed Robert Wynne, a member of a prominent family, on Sunday in Cochran Georgia. The incident occurred in Macon Ga reporting area.
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Cochran
Macon
Cochran, Ga
Burley B. Dykes
Robert Wynne
Santa Maria Volcano Erupts in Guatemala Report
A dispatch to a San Francisco mercantile firm from its Guatemala agent reports the Santa Maria volcano near Retalhu in active eruption as of November 15.
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San Francisco
Retalhu
Guatemala
Santa Maria
Richmond Bride Found Dead After Village Flirtation
Richmond Virginia November 15 Mrs Charler Heater of Middleton Virginia a bride of four months died by poison in her home Her husband became entangled in a village flirtation that escalated into a scandal and the couple separated later.
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Richmond
Charler Heater
Middleton
Money For Mission Work In Chicago Offered
Chicago on November 18 reports Dr. D E B Pearsons offered 50000 dollars for city mission work to the Congregational club with the condition that the society raise an additional 100000 dollars. The proposal aims to boost local evangelical efforts and support church outreach initiatives.
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Chicago
Chicago City
Congregational Club
D. EB. Pearsons
Thirteen of a Crew Drowned on Abandoned Ship Telefon
The Norwegian vessel Telefon, captained by Thorsen, from Norfolk to Cardiff, left Oct 21 and was later abandoned near St Michael Azores. Thirteen crew members including all officers were drowned in the incident.
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St. Michael
Azores
Telefon
Thorsen
Norfolk
Cardiff
Inglaund
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Peruna
Jennie
Hartman
Tman
Arium
Ona Postal
Haven
Cond
Commercial Tribune
Ethel Bloome
Leipsic
Leipsic University
Bangkok
Siam
Japan
China
M. T. H. Holding
London Tailor
Lieut
Peary
North Pole
Pole
Berkley
University of California
Mme. Loubet
Stockholm
Tokio
Richard Mansfield
Mississippi
de Wet
de Witt
TIN
Bankers Association
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Commission House
Gen
Wade Hampton
Little Miami R.r.os
Ccincinnat
Benj. F. Banpereh Prev. Co
John L. Stettinius
Longworth Estate
James M. Glenn
Vachel M. Anderson
W. Smith
Commercial Tribune Co
American Cotton UU Co
Joseph Rawson
Jos. Rawson & Sona
David B. Gamel
Procter & Gamma Co
Perin Langdon
U. S. Baking Co
Odfrey Hopirooan
Henry Arte Stix
Kregse & Co
W. Porlman
Clifford D. Bevis
New-York Tribune Farmer
NEW York Weekly Tribune
NEW York Tribune Farmer
Tribune
Harrison News
TUE News
Harrison
Waniny Wise
New England
High Street
Citizens’ Bank
Harrison, Ohio
Frank Bowles
Kalsemining
Miley Stephens
Tebbs Bi’k
Mrs. Molineux
New Athletic Club
New Irish Party
Basons
Callin
Ee Ae Prakcaes
Harrison Lo
D. R. Merrill
Erartpense
Will
Walter Hartpence, Hartizon Omio
Soseph Bernhard
Sonable
Soesak
Demvatan
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