Death mask of President McKinley sent to Washington
The death mask of President McKinley, taken shortly after death, is being preserved in Washington among national mementoes. A duplicate will be sent to Princeton University for its famed collection, joining masks of Cromwell, Napoleon, Washington, Lincoln, Booth, Sheridan, and other famed figures.
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McKinley
Bufexe
Washington
Princeton University
Lawrence Hutton
New York
Cromwell
Napoleon
George Washington
Lincoln
Edwin Booth
Lawrence Barrett
Richard Hrinsley Sheridan
The Wedding Ring Through History and Ceremony
The wedding ring carries ancient sacred meaning across cultures. Jewish rite certifies rings by officiants. betrothal often precedes marriage. In art and literature rings symbolize commitment and the left hand ring finger is linked to the heart and healing myths.
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Roger
Verona
Julia
Proteus
Europe
Immense Yakima potato crop eyed for export
In Washington's Yakima Indian reservation irrigation has taken a huge potato crop this season. Export quantity expected at 2000 carloads while one farmer could net about 10000 dollars. The crop is estimated at 40000 tons worth around 1000000 dollars.
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Petetows
Washington
Yakima
Ttme
Alcohol production in Germany in 1897
In 1897 Germany produced 95,532,300 fallons of alcohol with two thirds from domestic potatoes. About 12,500 country distilleries operated, with only A2% yielding 204 to 2,642 gallons each. The text notes a strong tone about convictions but rarely shattering them.
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Germany
Cleptoscope Enables Surface View From Submarine Vessel
A Roman engineer M Trinix has invented a device with crystal prisms called the cleptoscope. It allows bone in a submarine to view surface activity and photograph objects on the water from beneath. Experiments aboard the submarine In Delphina occurred in the presence of Sig Morin the Minister of Marine.
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M. Trinix
Delphina
Sig. Morin
Marine
Beaconsfield at 22 Portrait of Disraeli Author of Vivian Grey
A period photograph shows Benjamin Disraeli at age twenty two titled the author of Vivian Grey. The image highlights his early career before achieving political fame and literary recognition in London.
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Lord Beaconsfield
Benjamin Disraeli
Vivian Grey
Iterary
London
Alaska Fertile Land Beyond Snow and Ice Proclaimed
Governor Brady's Thanksgiving proclamation argues Alaska offers abundant blessings not seen by outsiders. He notes steady sea harvests and growing mineral wealth, modest agricultural gains, and resilience against natural calamities, while honoring Islander disaster victims and President McKinley.
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Alaska
Brady
Alaske
McKinley
Apparatus for Making Coffee Proliferates in Market
The passage notes thousands of coffee making devices and pots in the Patent Office, with prices around 25 dollars each. It contrasts opinions on boiling coffee and mentions foreigners preferring clear strong brews. An anecdote recalls Lip dried leaves used as coffee in Sumatra years ago, initially mistaken for tea but tasting like strong coffee.
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Patent Office
Sumatra
Dismissed Paris Professor M Edouard Herve Faces Censure
French professor M Edouard Herve, a noted educator and Academy member aged around 65, has been dismissed from his Paris chair for writing anti military articles. He has long been honored in Europe and taught mathematics at the University of the City of Paris where the offense alleged is inciting insubordination and prejudice against military service.
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M. Edouard Herve
Paris
France
Educa
Normal College
Hess
French Academy
Europe
M. Herve
University of the
City of
Eas
Dead Men's Section Saga on the Middle Division
Henry Fortune, railroad superintendent, battles a curse on the Middle Division where freight brakemen die after drinking tainted whisky laced with loco weed. Investigation ties the murders to Dummy Carlos and the Ranger's Rest bar at Gregson's, revealing a vendetta spanning years and ending with Carlos’s conviction for life in the insane asylum.
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J. Percy
J. Railroad
Nes
Lone Star
Red River
Rio Grande
Henry Fortune
Folger
Middle Division
Gregson
Manor
Ranger's Rest
Texas Plains
Henry Portune
Templeton
Chicago
Wivernl
Gremson's
Warm Springs
Tittle Hotel
Carlos
Danny Carlow
Polwent
Great Plains
Hirat
Gregson's
Gregson’s
Lse
Texas
State Magium
Two Nations Share A Post Office At Beebe Plain
A dual country post office sits on the boundary of Vermont and Quebec at Beebe Plain. The building, split by the line, serves both nations with a father as Canadian Quebec postmaster and his daughter as Vermont postmistress. A large boundary post in front marks the division, once moved by a man seeking a road access to the premises.
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Beebe Plain
Vermont
Quebec
United States
Canada
Twin sisters Miss Mary and Misa McFarland to sing at King Edward VII coronation
Miss Mary McFarland and Misa Marie McFarland, twin sisters from Danvers, renowned for beauty and talent as songsters, have been chosen to perform at the coronation ceremonies of King Edward VII next January. Their travels across Europe led to meeting the present king of England.
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Miss Mary McFarland and
Misa Marie McFarland
Dan
Mise
Mary McWselrod
Cole
Edward VII
Misses McParland
Europe
England
Mise Maria McFarland
Prince of Wales
The Suggessful Eye and Odd Tales
A fragmented column discusses eyes and character with notes by an eminent oculist. It cites gray eyes as common among eminence, then recounts a Scottish soldier tale about trousers and a mother’s response. It ends with Volos Carries Eight Miles claiming a record voice distance across Colorado's grand canyon.
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Volos
Grand Canyon
The
Oolorado
Bob
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Daily Story Pub, Co
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