Four Kings of the Rail Syndicate Control Transcontinental Route
The Rocke Morgan Hill syndicate gains control of key rail lines linking the Northern route with the East. St Paul’s President Ing receives ten million for his shares as insiders lock up large sums. Great Northern stock is pledged to partners with guaranteed returns to preferred holders and stepped rates for common stock. The deal stirs rivalries with Vanderbilts and Canadian interests as prices surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neas Coast
Rocke- Morgan-Hill
Chicago, Milwaukee & Paul
Easting & Krent
Great Northern
St. Paul
Chicago
Barling
Marshall Pield
Alexander Mitchell
George T. Smith
Northern Pacific
Morgan
Baltimore
Harvard Semitic Bible Museum Opens With Schiff Gift
Har vard s Bible Museum showcases a comprehensive Semitic life and thought collection funded by Jacob H Schiff. The new building aims to aid serious Bible students nationwide and stands as a unique world class Semitic museum uniting ancient and modern branches. The article also notes the Australian federation’s early century progress and Judge Deemer declining a university chancellorship in Iowa.
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Harvard
Semitic Museum
Jacob H. Schiff
New York
Henry and Duke Henrys Triumph in a Time of Grievance
The article discusses Duke Henry leaving Holland in protest at Dutch States General actions. It notes an $80,000 annual grant for his personal support was approved amid dissent, and a tithe claim was refused. It highlights his upcoming marriage to Queen Wilhelmina, potential acceptance by the public, and possible competition from others. It also covers the Washington DOJ building project bids, with a New Yorker winning the contract.
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Henry
Duke Henry
Holland
Prince Consort
Wiign
Bim
Wilhelmina
Attorney General
Washington
Palisades to Be Saved From Quarrying Threats
Two state legislative commissions appointed by New York and New Jersey have secured an option on quarrying sites along the Hudson opposite midtown Manhattan. They plan to create an interstate park preserving the palisades bluffs, a project long promoted by The Society for the Preservation.
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Palisades
New York
New Jersey
Hudson River
New York City
Society For the Preservation
Scenic and Historic Places and Objects in New York
A fragment discusses the Scenic and Historic Places and Objects in New York. It references designated sites and preservation efforts highlighting regional heritage and policy contexts within the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Wallace Campbell Named New Lick Observatory Director
William Wallace Campbell, not yet elected director of the Lick Observatory to succeed the late James B. Keeler, was born in 1862 on a farm in Hancock County Ohio. He studied astronomy at Michigan under Schaeberle and held chairs at Colorado and Michigan. He authored textbooks including School of the Prophets. A Chicago group calling itself the School of Prophets meets there to prepare for what it sees as the world’s end.
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Schiff
Toy
Lyon
William Wallace Campbell
Lick Observatory
James B. Keeler
Hancock County
University of Michigan
Schaeberle
School of the Prophets
School of Prophets
Chicago
Sleeves in Veils and Korean Bridal Headdress
A vivid account of traditional Korean female dress, sleeves and veils, with a legend of how women wore their husbands sleeves to save Seoul during a northern invasion. It notes the white veil, the heavy headdress, and the strict etiquette that governs bridesmaids’ appearance.
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Korea
Seoul
Yellow fever sweeps West Africa and disrupts colonial rule
The West African coast faces a severe yellow fever outbreak with malarial fever as a backdrop. French officers and charity sisters die, Chaudie departs for Europe, Gen. Combes assumes duties, and the army doctors stay at posts. The outbreak disrupts government and commerce as ships avoid port and no European can leave.
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Africa
Atlantic
West Africa
Sahara
Senegal
Revue Francaise
Sisters of Charity
Chaudie
Europe
Combes
France
Crow May Supplant Carrier Pigeon As Battlefield Messenger
German officials consider replacing carrier pigeons with crows for dispatches arguing crows cannot be eaten as easily as pigeons and could scavenge carrion. A German society backs crow training and a Kaiser review of a crow occurred, but practical experiments remain untested.
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Germany
Tne
Lady Kenmare Plans Lake of Killarney Hotel Supervision
Lady Kenmare, famed for aiding the poor on Lord Kenmare's Irish estates, intends next year to personally supervise a hotel on the Lake of Killarney, which the couple owns. Killarney house sits nearby on the same lake.
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Kenmare
Lord Kenmare
Killarney
Killarney House
A Woman Doubts Half of What a Man Says
A New York Press aphorism notes women rarely believe more than half of a man’s words, yet the impact hinges on whether the first half or the last half is in question. The quip implies trust is split by order and emphasis in conversation.
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New York Press
Nighttime predation by jackals hyenas and vultures in Africa
The article contrasts vivid travel impressions with the harsh nocturnal reality in African villages. It notes jackals hyenas and vultures as persistent agents of hygiene work and describes the scene before and after nightfall, highlighting filth between huts and the traveler’s disillusionment upon entering a hut.
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Persia
Arabia
Babylonia
Syria
Egypt
Asia Minor
North Africa
Africa
African Commission of Public Highways
Filbert Dumonteil
Nighttime Hyenas Sweep Oasis Towns Across Asia Africa
A Youth's Companion account describes nocturnal hyenas swarming across settlements in Asia and North Africa. They raid garbage piles, gnaw bones, and vanish at dawn leaving no trace. Travelers endure stifling nights as distant howls fill the camp, then wake to a cleaned scene.
Mammoth Tusk Exhibit Draws Wisconsin Interest
Roadmaster 8. D. Purdy of Burlington displays a large mammoth tusk fragment found in a Hagar gravel pit at his La Crosse office. The seven foot piece, once exposed to air, crumbled in places. UW geology division confirmed it as tusk material amid prior doubts of petrified wood.
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D. Purdy
Bur- Mngton
la Crosse
Wis
Hagar
Geological Department
University of Wisconsin
Cry for Help to Mrs Pinkham 1899 letter tales of illness
A March 15 1899 letter from Mrs S J Auten of Harrison Virginia describes eighteen months of ovarian and uterine inflammation with back and side pain. She seeks Lydia E Pinkham vegetable compound after doctors failed. Multiple testimonials claim improved health and urge others to write for advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
J. Auten Haisoon
Dean
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Conand ‘Hain
J. Warsox
Hampton
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Alexander Geddes
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
Joww D, Rockefeller
Araajucona
Harvard's Bible Museum
Earl of Hopetoun
United States of Australia
South Pacific
Deemer
Iowa Supreme Bench
Iowa State University
Jacob Schif
The
Department of Justice
Poat
University of Colorado
Ann Arbor
Jackal
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Asia
Qhafi
UuUl
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