Various World Notes and Statistics Snapshot
Silver Messenger reports odds and ends from multiple domains. Mentions London physicians, Providences, Wales, Scotland, and other regions with numerical tallies. notes a cat expert on pure whites. mentions toads sold in France for gardens. postal savings banks in several European states. praises George Shergold, the Gloucester shoemaker turned millionaire benefactor. recounts a Bangor bull moose incident during the closed season. cites De Wet as a Cambridge writing scholar. Tur keys sultan enjoys motoring and decorates a German autoworker manager. asserts Britain holds 82 000 000 000 tons of coal with 500 years supply at current consumption. provides last year’s British and Irish coal usage figures and South Africa war casualties including officers and men, with wounded totals and invalided counts.
David Harum Day at Tullay Lake Park Faces Protest
Farmers near Syracuse oppose a proposed event at Tullay Lake Park with a professional impersonator reading the famous shows trade scene. They warn the day may be canceled due to objections to the book and its humor.
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David Harum
Tullay Lake Park
Syracuse
Seane
David
Conference in Charlottesville Promotes Nonpartisan Racial Uplift
A negro conference in Charlottesville Virginia adopted a "prayer to the intelligent white people of Virginia" urging no disfranchisement of any group and calling for a measure that applies to both races. The appeal asks whites to aid in uplifting the colored race morally and in advancement.
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Charlottesville
Virginia
Varlot of Paris Claims Rodent Embalming Breakthrough
A Lis bon paper reports Varlot of Paris discovering an embalming process using Roult method that embalms and metallics the bodies with a fork or spoon technique. The result is said to preserve corpses indefinitely with wrinkles and lines reproduced, giving the corpse a metal appearance.
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Varlot
Paris
Lisbon
No Title Provided Yet in This Fragment
The fragment discusses modern vice in English shooting party life, noting a shareholder exposed as a dipsomaniac with homicidal tendencies, another decamping with abilities, a third harming gamekeepers and burning a shooting box, and a fourth promoting insurance among aristocratic guests. It also mentions cooperative holiday housekeeping aimed at destroying faith in human nature.
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England
New York City Population Standings in 1900 Census
The 1900 census lists New York as the world's second largest city with 3,437,202 residents. The older city area within Manhattan and the Bronx holds 2,050,000, while Brooklyn including Richmond and Queens adds 1,886,603. London nears 6 million, Paris lags, and Chinese centers like Hankow and Pekin pale beside New York.
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New York
Old City
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Richmond
Queens
London
Paris
China
Chippewa Canoe Masters Validate World Championship Claim
The Chippewa of Sault Ste. Marie claim world dominance in canoeing and paddling. A Cleveland resident, descendant of Chief Showwano, boasts the title and readiness to race any challenger, praising the skill of swift water maneuvers on St Marys rapids and the danger of the falls. Flying Cloud is highlighted for speed and precision, with family and business discretion noted.
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Bault Ble
Marie
Mich
Ontario
Western Plains
Showwano
Sault Ste. Marie
Cleveland
Baymoning
Flying Cloud
Stret
St. Marys Rapids
England's Twenty-Eight Administrations Years Longest Terms
England's present conservative government marked its fifth birthday on July 2 and has endured without a cabinet change despite nineteen members. The century has seen twenty-eight administrations, with eight longer than the current one. Lord Liverpool led the longest term from 1812 to 1827, fourteen years and 819 days, while Lord Salisbury's second administration lasted six years and fifteen days with six changes in its makeup.
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England
Great Britain
Lord Liverpool
Lord Salisbury
Parrot's Pactical Joke Stuns Bridgeport Churchgoers
In Bridgeport Connecticut a Saturday night prayer meeting was interrupted when a voice cried Lucy's in the water. The pastor led a river chase by boat but found no Lucy, only a green parrot in a neighboring house laughing and shouting that it was a good joke.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Mission Chapel
Lucy
Housatonic
Lions and Tigers for London Zoo Specimens Arrive
No fewer than seven specimens are to be presented to the lion house at the London Zoo, including three lions and four tigers. Two of the tigers come from the Viceroy of India, while the lions include one that was given by Mr. Cecil Rhoden to the Pretoria Museum but later returned, as tensions rose. The zoo path loses the tiger Prince, with only two others remaining from Indian rulers.
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London Zoo
India
Cecil Rhoden
Pretoria
Prince
Oodneypore
Baroda
Gadbar
Anita
To Wake the Duke at Strathfield Church
A stranger breached the church of Strathfieldaays where the Duke of Wellington was a regular attendee. After the sermon, the verger closed and opened the pulpit door to wake the duke, telling the preacher they always do that to wake the duke.
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Strathfieldaays
Duke of Wellington
Government's Voluminous Fabrications and a Broken Marriage
A remark on the vast amount of government publications suggests a man would spend decades reading them in a year. The piece notes a broken marriage engagement as a separate example of personal failure within public discourse.
American Free School in Manila Described by Carrebter
Frank G. Carrebter tours Manila primary schools and a girls’ school, noting one story buildings with oyster-shell lattice windows, open-air air flow, and post bases. He observes boys and girls educated separately, American-style lessons, celebrations for Fourth of July and Washington’s Birthday, and early American influence in teaching methods, with skepticism about local reverence for truth.
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Frank G. Carrebter
Correspondint
Philippines
United States
Manila
Washington
America
Great Viceroys of China and Horse Feeding Notes
News item surveys Chinese viceroy Li Hung Chang and three other viceroys by population, detailing provinces from Yangtze to Canton and noting Szechuan’s vast size. It also covers horse feeding practices, dangers of new grain diets, dosing methods, and veterinary care amid drought and farming updates from Wyoming and New Zealand sheep shipments.
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China
Li Hung Chang
Lim Kun-L
N. Klengsu
Yangtao- Kiang
Canton
Szechuan
Thibet
Nest
Kwet Chun
Sheep News
Wyoming
Johnson County
New Zealand
New York
Majestic
Australia
Wyoming Mountains
Battle Lake
Grand
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M. Sweet
Puntichen
Challis
toaHoa
Wales
Scotland
Tieland
France
Postal Savings Bank System 1
Austria
Helgium
Canada
Hungary
Italy
Netherlanda
Sweden
Colwaies
George Shergold
Gloucester
Bull Moone
Woods
Bangor
Christian de Wet
St. James
Cambridge
Turkey
Britain
Irejas
South Africa
Cam Rothe
Ken School
Tor
Stock Yards
Chicago
Michigan
Vermont
Rona CarHoLie Cathedral
Axon
Bie Rerai Stone Market
Ork's Plant
Kuie
Opie
Klang-al
Total
Chang Ohi-Tang
Hupeha
Hunan
Wee Cee
Kwang-tsing
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