Denmark's agricultural profile noted in census
The Danish census reports 420,274 homes, 188 cultivated acres per 100, 198 people per 1,000, and 1,058,656 sheep, indicating agriculture dominates with about three quarters of the population farming. Copenhagen is the principal city. Princess Clementine d'Orleans celebrated her 84th birthday at Ebenthal near Vienna after stays in Mentone, tied by kin to European royalty.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Princesa Clementine d’Orleans
South Pilippe
Bchlows Ebenthal
Vieona
Mentone
Clementine
Prince Augustus of
Sax-Coburge-Cuba
Portugal
Victoria
Native plant protection and urban foraging concerns arise
A Springfield factory handles about 60 000 dozen agents daily with daily waste. dumped eggs hatch chicks feed a local farm. Community efforts surface to protect native flora near cities as ponds and orchids face overharvesting. call for careful rather than destructive gathering to preserve roots and ecosystems.
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Springfield
City
Umlte
Bishop Philpotts and the Oxford song tale
Exeter bishop Philpotts was known for sharp sayings. At a party in Oxford a guest singing out of tune prompted the future bishop to quip about not having a note in his voice. He joked he would rather hear the wrong song again than tell a tall tale and later, visiting Devon, offered to pull down the house to sleep by a pond to remove two objections.
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Bishop Philpotts
Exeter
Oxford
Phillpotts
Wong
Devonshire
Popovers from a Chinese servant recipe note from Harper's
A fragment from Harper's Magazine quotes a curious set of directions for making popovers. The text presents a kitchen scene where a Chinese servant shares steps to mix egg and milk, sift flour, add salt, and bake in a hot oven while the mistress avoids watching.
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Harper's Magazine
Youth groups' July deeds shine in civic faith
Thousands of juveniles in July and August joined Christian Endeavor and Epworth League conventions in Cincinnati and San Francisco. Activities include clothing and supporting a crippled boy, Thanksgiving dinners for thirty five poor, outings for poor children, winter care for an elderly woman, church flowers, hospital scrapbooks, education for two colored boys, rack service at a depot, and collecting two hundred books for a prison committee. The record argues such practical service proves religion in action.
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Cincinnati
San Francisco
Christian Endeavor
Epworth League
Indy
Une
Reyalid
Teelf Trun
Farmers Turnips Turned to Jam At Pan-American Expo
Humorous advice to farmers to convert surplus turnips into jam has been widely acted on in the United States. At the Agricultural Department exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition, cloth squares originally white have been colored by engine dyes from jams and jellies, producing yellow orange scarlet crimson blue and purple as a striking contrast to adulteration rumors.
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United States
Agricultural Department
A New Eldorado on the Kachinland Frontier
A New Eldorado on the northeast borders of Upper Burma promises vast riches in gold dust rubies amber and jadeite. Chinese merchants trade cloth for jade and precious metals while natives mine and dive for jewels in wild lands. The jade known as kingfisher’s plumes and the famed pigeon's blood rubles attract traders as British presence grows and regional exploitation looms.
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Upper Burma
Chicago
Kachinland
Kachin
Chiner
Mandalay
British Interest Grows in Kachinland Amid Trade Prospects
The feature notes British nominal control of Kachinland in the mountains and forests where rubies jade and valuable woods attract explorers. Captain W S Hardly Howard recounts the country’s customs and slavery, plus its trade shift from China to Burma as Tatia eyes opening to world markets.
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Tatia
Burmah
Kachinland
Howard
He Expels Devils and His Unusual Theories
Dr William D Gentry of Chicago claims power to expel devils through prayer not medicine He stopped practicing medicine years ago and offers free exorcisms He argues the sun is a cold dead planet and earth heat comes from internal and atmospheric fires predicting earth’s destruction by internal fire citing biblical prophecy He dismisses money and public attention as irrelevant
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William D. Gentry
Conane 4
Chicago
Gentry
Dowle
Morocco Maidens in a Traditional Betrothal Ceremony
In Morocco the marriageable age for girls can be as young as twelve with engagements formalized by parents who train brides to a ritual of weight gain through special foods. On wedding night a gauze wrapped bride travels in a red box on a mule as families parade with ritual music and gunpowder celebrations to the groom’s house.
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Morocco
Ahs
Jord
Secretary Ranger and Worker W Cary Sanger in Duty
The Army and Navy Register lauds W Cary Sanger assistant secretary of war as one of the hardest workers in government. He arrives about eight each morning and works with only a brief noon intermission, meeting staff and evaluating merits. The era notes cotton growing expansion in Russia and Asia, with 1900 showing a 44 percent rise over 1899 in Asiatic lands and 28 percent in the Russian district. Much corn land is being shifted to cotton cultivation.
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United States
Army and Navy Register
W. Cary Sanger
American Cottonseead Ia
Russia
Middle Asia
Bukhara
Khive
Rivasian
Too Much for Him and a Jewelers Window Clovers Tale
A fragmentary conversation describes a hunt for four clover symbols and a jewelers display in green and white enamel with a diamond dewdrop. The dialog hints at past romantic entanglements and themes of owing and being owed, set against a curious, cryptic exchange.
Songs That Made a Music Publisher Rich Beyond Belief
The New York Press reports on British song profits, noting songs like Lost Chord and In Old Madrid earned vast royalties. It cites editions sold for small sums yet generated thousands, and warns composers against selling outright to publishers, citing Kathleen Mavourneen and Nancy Lee as costly bargains.
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London
Manceron
Messrs
Wong
Sullivan
Old
Madrid
Goodby
Nancy Lee
Kathleen Mavourneen
Mil‘ton Weiling
Maybrick
Anthea
Henry Russell
New York Press
Endurance anecdote of Miss Kingsley at Imperial Institute
A gentleman recounts Miss Mary Kingsley’s lecture at the Imperial Institute emphasizing endurance and humor. He recalls her calm during an hour on a platform with overheated heating apparatus burning the soles of her boots, and her humorous note about losing her boats as she walked home, keeping the audience engaged.
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Mary Kingsley
Imperial Institute
Nitro glycerin use in smokeless powder tests
The United States ordnance board reports experiments to gauge nitro glycerin's role in gun corrosion from smoke powder and to devise a smokeless powder with low nitro glycerin content. Army powder with 25 percent nitro glycerin and navy explosive with none were produced. A four‑lead gun fired 636 times and a four‑inch gun 661 times showed no appreciable corrosion using a fine micrometer.
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United States Ordnance Board
Army
Navy
Wedgewood Buttons Highlight Recent Additions
White figures on blue ground set in a rim of dull gold or silver appear among the latest additions in the design lineup.
Origin of Famous Hymns and the Lives Behind Them
An overview of how hymns arose from personal faiths and moments. It cites Toplady who wrote Rock of Ages in 1779, Fanny Crosby's Safe in the Arms of Jesus, Sarah Flower Adams and Nearer My God to Thee, plus Wesley inspired Jesus Lover of My Soul after a hawk incident.
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Augustus Toplady
Hia Daily
Iin
Vanaistyne
Fanny Crosby
Boet
Jesus
Sarah Flower Adams
Jacob
Bethel
Charles Wesley
Wesley
Birds Dress Wounds With Natural Surgery, Study Suggests
A French naturalist reports woodcocks and partridges show healing skill, dressing wounds withown feathers forming plasters and hemostatic pads. He found birds with neatly sewn limb fractures and feather-based bandages, sometimes saving the bird from death by starvation after wounds.
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M. Dumenteil
Sega
Dates From Hot Regions Prove Viable For Commercial Growth
Arizona Mexico and California prove dates can be produced in warm areas. At a Phoenix experimental farm three imported trees yielded over 600 pounds in a season with fruit selling at 25 cents a pound and boxed fruit retailing 60 to 70 cents per pound. Seedling trees in other areas bore 40 to 200 pounds per tree, with wholesale prices around 25 cents. Local shipping firms adopt stricter profanity rules aboard ships to curb swearing, replacing it with non cussing conduct among crew.
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Arizona
Mexico
California
Government
Phoenix
Phits
Army chiefs rail against laxness and slovenly drill
General Miles urges a return to soldierly exterior and strict discipline in the U S Army following criticisms that some troops in the Philippine campaign exhibit careless dress and lax manners. The issue echoes Civil War era concerns about volunteers lacking polished drill and uniform care, compared with earlier regulars renowned for pipeclay standards.
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Miles Tan
Omer
United States Army
Chaffee
Philippines
Miles
Liberal giver Palmer funds railroads and parks in Colorado Springs
General William J. Palmer, who recently disclosed a $1,000,000 gift to officials and ex presidents connected to the old Henver and Rio Grande lines, came west in 1870. He founded Colorado Springs in 1811, built the road in 1871, and later sold control to Gould interests for $6,000,000. He remains a major benefactor to Colorado College, owned the Antlers Hotel, and donated Austin Bluffs land for a park before retiring from railroading to invest in local development.
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William J. Palmer
Philadelphia
Colorado Springs
Glen Myrie
Garden of the Gods
Gould Interests
New York
Colorado College
Antlers
Austin Bluffs
Park
Hoe
Colorado
France's Ex-Empress Eugenie Tours Scotland and Glasgow
Ex-empress Eugenie plans a west coast Scotland tour not visited before and will attend the Glasgow exposition. Papa Leo reads widely, including Quo Vadis, and notes Vatican satisfaction over its Catholic themes. A marble tablet of Constantine sits at Ostriano Cemetery linked to the tale.
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France
Eugenie
Scotland
Glasgow
Papa Leo
Henry Stonklewlex
Vatican
Constantine
Ostriano
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M. M. Sweet
Challis
Idaho
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Louisville Evening Post
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