West girl seeks $500 investment from noted men in New York
A young woman from the West travels to New York to invest $500 and seeks counsel from Russell Sage Chauncey Depew the Frohmans Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Platt. Each advises caution or to avoid investing with no clear plan and one suggests learning a trade while saving the money.
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Russell Sage
Chauncey M. Depew
the Frohmans
West
New York
Mr. Sage
Frohmans
Daniel Frohman
Mr. Frohman
Charles Frohman
Albany
Teddy Roosevelt
T. C. Platt
Mr. Platt
Chauncey Depew
Mormons Move Converts Across Europe to Utah
A group of American Mormons traveling through Paris with about sixty Swiss girls recently converted. The party split into small groups heading to Holland, Finland, and Belgium, all destined for Utah. Four Mormon apostles remained to seek new female converts among French rural populations.
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Paris
Holland
Fingland
Belgium
Utah
Bible's Old Meaning Confined By Modern Usage
The word Bible originally meant simply book but today is used to refer to a specific collection known as the Book of Books. The shift shows how language narrows over time.
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Enny
Albert
Sumbuddy
Carson
Georgie
Miself
Paw
Little Albert
Pupp
Nobuddy
Chicago Times
lHerald
Algeria Allocates 40000 Toward Grasshopper Fight
Authorities in Algeria provide 40000 toward pest control. In one area 3200 camels transport burning material to places where eggs were laid to curb the grasshopper infestation.
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Algeria
Women on Japanese tea farms paid fifteen cents a day
Women workers on Japanese tea plantations endure twelve hour days for a daily wage of fifteen cents, highlighting harsh labor conditions in the industry.
Russian scientist claims artificial sight via brain-focused device
Dr Peter Stiens, described as a Russian scientist, demonstrates an electrical apparatus that bypasses the eye to supply sight directly to the brain. He states the device creates artificial vision and plans a portable form, with tests showing a reporter perceiving light and shapes after the device is applied.
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London
Peter Stiens
Berth
Stiens
Mr. Stiens
Germany
Russiac
Parnell Home Fund Complete for Avondale Reversion
The Parnell Homestead fund is finished and will pass to trustees for the people of Ireland with eventual reversion to Parnell descendants. Supporters also plan a memorial monument in Dublin to honor his service to the Irish nation.
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Parnell
New York City
Ireland
Friends of
Avondale
Trish
Dieblin
Hones
Berry’s Pride All Gone in Dressmaker Bill Judgment
Pittsburg Dispatch notes Berry Wall known as the "king of the dudes" faced a jury verdict for 144 dollars on his dressmaker’s bill. The piece questions Wall’s willingness to support his wife’s status as "queen of the dudes" given the cost.
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Berry Wall
Wall
Pittsburg Dispatch
Sugar fumes blamed for crew blindness at sea
Several crew members on a sugar laden ship suffered blindness in moonlight and starlight while in the tropics. They could see clearly at sunrise. The crew attributed the condition to fumes from the sugar.
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Tropics
Business Declines Stagnant Africa Faces Food Price Rises
In Africa and South Africa including Cape Town business activity stalls. Food staples have doubled in price and thousands lack work or money to buy basic necessities.
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Africa
South Africa
Cape Town
Temperance Promoted in French Army Diet Change
Temperance has been promoted in the French army by controlling the canteen and substituting coffee tea and cocoa for intoxicating drinks. The reform aims to reduce alcohol use among soldiers and improve discipline and welfare.
Timetable predicts 33 day world tour via Trans Siberian
Russian Minister of Railways outlines a timetable claiming a completed Trans Siberian line would allow a full voyage around the world in 33 days. The plan envisions rapid long distance rail connections enabling near global circumvention.
Money in Switzerland Loans Rise Due to Scarcity
The report notes that two years ago Swiss lenders offered money at 3 to 3.5 percent with good security. Since then credit tightened and lenders now frequently demand 4 to 6 percent, reflecting tighter liquidity in the country.
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Switerland
Good Roads In Egypt Show Big Road Buildout
Twenty years ago Egypt had hardly any good roads. In the last six years over 1,000 miles of good roads have been built.
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Egypt
New York Hosts Count Of Millionaires Said To Reach Eight Hundred
The item notes that at least 800 millionaires are said to reside in New York. It also mentions Texas raised bees shipped worldwide and a 126 year old apple tree in North Flaven, Maine as a local point of interest.
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Central Road
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Japan
Alfred Vanderbilt
Lawyers’ Club
Equitable
Yokohama
Alfred
Cornelius
Phil
New York
Texas
North Flaven, Me
John W. Bull
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Tops Sales Worldwide
United States buyers purchase Cascarets at two million boxes a year and expect three million by New Year. The ad touts Cascarets as the most delightful bowel regulator for everyone year round, with druggists offering 10c 25c or 50c a box and a cure guaranteed.
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United States
Fourteen to Hang in Pennsylvania Executions Rise
Pennsylvania faces a record surge in capital sentences as Governor Stone holds indictments for fourteen murderers awaiting execution. Officials expect 1900 to become the era's peak year for hangings in the commonwealth.
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Pennsylvania
Stone
Educate Your Gowels With Cascarets
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for constipation with a 10c price and a 25c option. It promises a full refund if C. C. C. fails.
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