International yacht race and other notes from The Progress
An eclectic Providence era column notes that the best boat should win the proposed international yacht race if it carries the colors for the United States. The Missouri penitentiary houses 1.95 men and 69 women, while Suez Canal traffic shows few American-flag vessels. It mentions a bread substitute tree in Africa, a critical New York dispatch from China, and a plan to convert $50,000 in smoothed labor funds into a cooperative factory. Other items cover Gladstone’s fruit farming, a US navy coast defense invention, a Baltimore jeweler scam, and ambitions to move canal boats by trolley aided by Niagara Falls motors and French storage batteries.
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Tere
New York
Niagara Falls
France
Skin grafts and electric revival spark debate
A 19 year old, Freddie Griffith of Montclair New Jersey lies with 2000 skin grafts from others on his body. He may need 3000 more before his epidermis heals. Discussion shifts to moral questions of grafts and afterlife. Also noted is a French doctor’s report on reviving those apparently dead by electric shock. Observers critique physicians who won’t test the method on themselves. Twenty five years since the Suez Canal opened, founders’ shares rise massively, turning a modest stake into substantial gains.
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Freddie Griffith
Montclair
N. J
Freddie
St. Peter
Academy of Science
Paris
Suez Canal
M. de Lesseps
Great Britain
Louisiana Crime And Fire News From Vernon Parish To Shreveport
In Vernon parish two neighbors lured a third to possum hunting then conspired with their wives to dress as men and kill his wife. the peddler hiding a crime heard cries and killed two white women disguised as men, then the three men were found alive. Across Louisiana trains burned carloads of cotton after a fire at New Iberia. crews saved some as flames destroyed fifty bales. A man fell into the river at Amesville and drowned as bystanders watched. others faced court for a shell game and a shooting incident at a barroom. Social events in New Orleans include Eastwick and Miss Stauffer’s wedding. accidents claim workers at Franklin sugar refinery and boys burned celebrating Christmas in Alexandria. Crime includes a store murder in Laplace, indictments for extortion against a city engineer, and public indignation over trials and retrials in New Orleans. The sugar industry, utilities, and fire services are listed with budgets in Shreveport and New Orleans, and the cotton promoters plan a meeting in Shreveport on January 15.
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Vernon Parish
New Iberia
Fie
Paul Lafournier
Amesville
New Orleans
Thomas Walsh
Walter Utero
Walsh
Henry Buller
Aucoin
Henry Jewis
Caffery Central
Franklin
August Brutte
Joseph Castille
Alexandria
Aurelia Sanchez
William Smooth
Donaldsonville
Ben Clark
Dobe King
Dennis Williams
Willie N. Jackson
Matilda Green
Hannah Bailey
Annie Butler
Shreveport
Gas and Electric Light Company
Emma Harris
Roger Labranch
Recorder Michel
Laplace Station
St. John the Baptist Parish
Jonas Weill
Grand Jury
L. W. Brown
New Orleana
R. B. Scudder
Louisana Distilling Company
Zorleans
Reis
Kane
Thrillly
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
A Noble Fight Twenty Five Years of Prosperity and Suffering
A Greenville attorney Col. Isaac A. Suggs recounts a long illness and neuromuscular breakdown cured by Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He credits renewed health, sleep, appetite, and mental clarity to the medicine, and notes local inquiries confirm others’ benefi ts. Pills sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady.
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Atlanta, Ga
Constitution
North Carolina
Col
Isaac A. Suse
Greenville
Sugg
Pitt County
Thad
Dr. Williams
Old Sussex Peach Orchard Proves Long-Lived Trees
A Sussex county grower notes an orchard thirty years old that yields abundantly in good years, challenging the belief that peach trees have short lives. Some trees in the Delaware peninsula are known to bear for many years, showing longevity despite common opinion.
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Delaware Peninsula
Sussex County
English sportsmen safeguard South African mammals park plan
An English committee of sportsmen and naturalists aims to protect giraffe zebra eland gnu and other antelopes from extinction. A proposed method is to secure an enclosed park of about 100000 acres for their preservation under an organized reserve.
Much Married in England a Twinned Union Story
A peculiar English case unites a man who was thrice widowed with a woman who had thrice been widowed. They have children from previous marriages and the blended family now lives together harmoniously with the children of all unions.
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England
Heat holidays in Swiss public schools established by law
Heat holidays are now established by law in Swiss public schools. Recognizing that high temperatures hinder brain work, children are dismissed from tasks when the thermometer rises above a set point. Rubber heels to be attached to French soldiers' shoes claimed to reduce marching fatigue.
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Switzerland
Empress Catherine Uses Milk Maid Ball To Gift Pearls
The Empress Catherine orders a fancy dress ball for Mile Potocka who lacks pearls. While dancing, the empress slips a pearl necklace into the milkmaid’s pail and declares the milk has curdled. She uses the moment to frame a tale of human kindness.
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Catherine
Mile
Potocka
Brother mistaken intruder ends in single-night reunion
Michael Dixon of Pequonnock Connecticut woke to a noise in his bedroom and immediately fought the intruder. The struggle ended quickly when Dixon learned the intruder was his brother, whom he had not seen for years.
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Michael Dixon
Pequonnock
Conn
Michael
Washington Heights Heights Building Height Law
In Washington D C a new rule bans construction on business streets taller than 110 feet and on residential streets taller than 90 feet. The measure aims to control skyline impact and ensure neighborhood scale. Approved by city authorities, it sets height limits for future developments.
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Washington, D. C
Diplomatic Roles Stir In China Japan Talks
Washington rumors center on General Foster and his possible part in China Japan negotiations. Questions arise if a foreigner can be a plenipotentiary or if he would serve as a subordinate secretary. Rumors also touch Li Hung Chang and Liu Yun Yi amid imperial leadership shifts. Carlisle as presidential candidate faces heavy Democratic backing and prospects of a Carlisle delegation to the next convention.
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Wasuinctox
Gen. Foster
China
United States
Legation
Li Hung Chang
Liu Yun Yi
Liang Kiang
Chang
Carlisle
Washixerox
Kentucky
Blackburn
Washington
Carliste
Joe Blackburn
Cleveland
German Protectionist Exposes German Beef Import Ban
Washington Jan 2 It is asserted to the agricultural department that the Agrarian party in the German empire procured the prohibition on importing live cattle dressed beef canned beef and meat products from the United States Secretary Morton says landed proprietors in Germany are protectionists who teach McKinleyism in high duties They aim to exclude competition from United States fertile lands
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Wasnington
Agricultural Department
Agricultural
Agrarian Party
German Empire
Germany
United States
Morton
Senators Lose Back Pay For Vacancies In Wyoming Washington Montana
Washington reports that the three new senators to fill vacancies in Wyoming Washington and Montana will likely not receive back salaries previously paid to vacancy fill ins. An express provision in the last session's legislative appropriation bill is believed to end the practice. Also in Washington signs indicate a looming tariff war with Europe as France follows Germany in restricting American food imports and promoting agrarian policy to aid farmers. In another note Washington marks New Year calls as still thriving among officials, unlike other cities where the custom wanes.
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Washington
Wyoming
Montana
WasHincTon
Dec
United States
Europe
France
Germany
Prohibition Lifted on American Canned Beef in Hibren
Dispatch from Berlin via Ambassador Runyon reports Hibren authorities in Wurtemburg have removed the prohibition on selling American canned beef. In Washington, the House's currency bill fate appears split with Republicans likely to vote against and Democrats divided, supporting it to improve the measure.
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Wasumetox
Department of Agriculture
Department of State
Runyon
Berlin
Hibren
Wurtemburg
Germany
Washington
House
Capitol
Currency Bill Change Under Carlisle Amendments
Representative Springer explains Carlisle amendments to currency bill. The plan replaces United States bonds with a 50 percent guarantee fund in legal tender notes or currency certificates for national bank circulation and adds a 5 percent tax to fund a 3 percent overall safety reserve. A first lien on bank assets and double liability footnotes support payment of notes, with a 10 million safety fund on a 200 million current circulation. Banks may opt to stay under the old law, but officials foresee adoption.
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Washington
Springer
Associated Press
Carlisle
United States
Baok
Counterfeiting Foreign Stamps Raises Severe Penalties
Washington reports the treasury solicitor says possessing or using plates for foreign stamps is illegal. Stamp album prints will not be confiscated, but no further prints are allowed. plates will be seized if not surrendered. Foreign stamp counterfeiting carries a minimum two year sentence, higher than U S stamps. Spain considers letting Cuba arrange its revenue budget with U S tariffs, while the United States pushes its retaliatory plan.
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Wasnixaton
The
Treasury
Secret Service
United States
Spain
Tarif
Washington
Cuba
Madrid
State Department
Olney opinions export tax not a customs cost
The Export Tax Washindon Dec 29 Attorney General Olney in an opinion sent yesterday to the secretary of the treasury holds that the export tax imposed by a foreign government upon merchandise subject here to ad valorem duty or to duty based upon or regulated in any manner by the values of the merchandise is not to be regarded as one of costs charges and expenses referred to in section 10 of the customs administrative act of June 10 1890.
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Olney
Secretary of the Treasury
Oklahoma Statehood Delayed as Congress Debates Admission
Washington reports indicate opposition in Congress to admitting Oklahoma as a state this session. Some favor statehood in the next Congress, but political considerations may place Oklahoma on hold. Both Houses plan resumed sessions Thursday with intense work ahead, including fourteen appropriation bills, only a portion approved to date.
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Washacton
Congress
Washington
Senate
House
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