Stamps Worth Half Million Papered Wall Story
An Albany room wallpapered with about 2000 revenue stamps, valued at 300000 dollars, was once a child’s playroom. Years later painters sealed the wall with paint, dissolving the stamps, making recovery impossible despite searches and chemical attempts. The tale centers on W R Powell and his daughter, later revived by stamp enthusiasts.
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New York Sun
Albany
W. R. Powell
Powell
Miss Powell
New Powell
Mr. Powell
Apples Across the Atlantic Hunger for Christmas Gifts
A New York Times report details Americans sending apples to England for Christmas gifts. Liner cargoes hold thousands of barrels and boxes of Pippin and Baldwin apples, polished to mirror finishes, with oranges and pears also shipped. Candy in gift boxes accompanies the export boom, while trade focus remains on England and Scotland.
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New York Times
Sineer Teutonic
England
Philadelphia
Cherbourg
Southampton
Scotland
Transatlantic Express
Ireland
Great Britain
College men and the apprenticeship path in journalism
The piece argues most college entrants assume their academic praise and literature courses exempt them from practical training in newspaper work. It contends education is valuable but the graduate still needs hands on apprenticeship to succeed in reporting duties.
Mulatoes as Writers Washington Letter in Boston Transcript
A Boston Transcript article notes Daniel Murray’s list of works by people of color in the Library of Congress, warning some names may not be truly colored. It highlights Phyllis Wheatley, Benjamin Banneker, Scarborough, Blyden, Delany, and others, noting mixed-blood authors and a growing corpus of colored writers across poetry, science, and novels.
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Washington
Boston Transcript
Daniel Murray
Library of Congress
Murray
Howard University
Herbert C. Scurlock
Wiliam H. Seaman
Benjamin Banneker
Jefferson
Banneker
White House
el Heart’s Mills
Baltimore
Scarborough
Wilberforce
Phyllis Wheatley
Wheatley
Boston
Whitefield
Edward W. Blyden
London
Liberia
Artin R. Delany
Chinese Children Excluded From Regular Schools In California
In San Francisco, Judge De Haven denies Wong Him’s bid to admit his son Henry to Clement Grammar School. The court upholds California law segregating Chinese pupils, ruling the fourteenth amendment does not require entry to standard public schools. The objection that exclusion is arbitrary is not examined, as no claim shows Chinese schools provide inferior education.
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New York Evening Post
California
Wong Him
San Francisco
United States Court
Mary E. Callahan
Henry
Clement Grammar School
E de Haven
Objection to the North Dakota name echoes in Dakota history
A Chicago Post correspondent recalls Senator Casey of Minnesota now North Dakota. He argued that dividing Dakota bred fear of the cold name North and slow pioneer growth. He warned that misreports and rumors linger, shaping perception and delay.
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Chicago Post
Casey
Minnesota
North Dakota
Dakota
North
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