Crazy Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovitch Described in Turkestan
Correspondent from Indianapolis Journal recalls the banished Russian grand duke in Tashkend. He is portrayed as a hairless six foot three inch opportunist with a fondness for alcohol and women, a habit of theft, bizarre entertainments, and a habit of punishing others, including a doctor buried alive, while his income funds a roaming, chaotic court life.
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Indianapolis Journal
Tashkkend
Russian Turkestan
Tashkend
United States
Misa Roberts
Roberts
Ada Roberts
Philadelphia
America
Miss Roberts
Ada Roberta
Quaker City
Grand Duke
Ada
Paris
Nicholas
St. Petersburg
Schlusselburg
Ile
Paul
Turkestan
Troika
Nevski Street
Hupe
Orenburg
Kasil-Kum
McKinley Death Mask Shown as Napoleon Face Copy
The McKinley death mask, deposited in the United States National Museum, is praised as the most artistic cast of its kind. Sculptor L A Pausch prepared it in Buffalo after President McKinley’s death, with a detailed chart of facial angles for future statues and notes on the method and care of the plaster cast.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
McKinley
United States National Museum
Napoleon
Corcoran
President McKinley
L. A. Pausch
New York
Cortelyou
Pausch
Buffalo
Milburn
White House
Capitol
National Museum
Congress
President Lincoln
Lincoln
Chicago
Leonard Wvolk
Springfield
Ill
John Hay
George W. Childs
Richard Watson Gilder
Clark Mills
Volk
Mills
Mr. Lincoln
Garfield
John Elfreth Watkins, JR
Do You Know Anything About Salt
A New York Sun discussion explains salt origins and production in 1899 United States. It cites Census data showing Michigan as top producer, New York second, and Kansas and Ohio following, with total value near eight million dollars. The piece traces early saltmaking history from Plymouth to Kanawha, describes production types rock, solar, boiling, and notes limited imports and vast domestic supply.
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New York Sun
Kentucky Hills
Kanawha
Big Sandy
Michigan
New York
Kansas
Ohio
California
Texas
Utah
West Virginia
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Oklahoma
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Mass
New Bedford
Cape Cod
Kanawha River
Scioto Works
Great Salt Lake
Avery Island
East Saginaw
Onondaga Reservation
Livingston
Genesee
Livonia
Religious Trends Show 1901 Drove Down Church Finances
New York December 28 1901 reports widespread fiscal strain across denominations with Baptists and Episcopalians facing reduced incomes while Presbyterians and Lutherans held steadier. Secular charity donors led by Carnegie Stanford Rockefeller and Morgan surged with gifts totaling tens of millions. Methodists bucked the trend raising 16.5 million, and Catholic efforts expanded in Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines amid broader ecclesiastical reforms and waning revivalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
New York
Baptists
Baptist
Chicago
Providence
Congregationalists
Disciples of Christ
Episcopalians
Missionary Society
North
South
Washington
Rome
Ecumenical Conference On Foreign Missions
Carnegie
Stanford
Rockefeller
Pierpont Morgan
Episcopal Convention
San Francisco
Episcopal Board of Missions Treasury
United States
Episcopal
Lutheran
Methodist
Presbyterian
London
Philadelphia
Industrial Department
National Civic Federation
France
Philippines
White House
Porto Rico
Cuba
Manila
United Brethren
Friends
The
Isthmian canal history and rise of world commerce
Analysis traces the Hay-Pauncefote ratification as a turning point for US home rule and continental leadership. It surveys the isthmus transit idea from ancient trade centers to modern political economy, detailing how Western commerce shifted from Babylon to Europe and now to American ports. The piece links canal dreams to broader world politics and industrial centers.
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America
Fathers of the Republic
United States
New World
Canal
Isthmus
Berkeley
Babylon
Tyre
Sidon
Corinth
Carthage
Rome
Venice
Genoa
Cadiz
Antwerp
Amsterdam
London
Liverpool
Atlantic
Pacific
Mississippi Valley
Europe
Asia
Mediterranean
British Isles
Russia
Baltic
England
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Carnegie, Rockefeller
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J. P. Morgan
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