Status of German Women and Emancipation Progress
The piece contrasts English and American advances for women with Germany where emancipation has made little headway. It cites a Prussian chamber scene where a minister vowed to keep women quiet at political meetings. It notes past German resistance to women entering civil service and medicine, yet hints at growing German female consciousness and demand for public life participation.
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England
United States
Chamber of Deputies
London Graphic
Germany
France
Shoo hoary origin of the universal chicken call
A observant young man speculates that shoo arose as one of the first human utterances. He argues the hiss signals a mortal enemy to fowl, dating back to primitive days when reptiles preyed on birds. The hiss imprint teaches chickens to flee at the word shoo.
Scripture Cake at Comrie Bazaar Appeals to Folk
A village bazaar in Comrie Strathearn Scotland featured a novelty called scripture cake. The recipe mixed biblical verses as ingredients with measures drawn from Kings Judges Jeremiah Samuel Nahum Numbers Chronicles Leviticus Proverbs. The ad promised a “good cake” by following Solomon's verse.
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Comrie
Strathearn
Scotland
New Bloom in the Night Garden
The speaker notes Miles growing in the night as a glimmering, faint white light in cool dreaming darkness. Dreams continue growing unseen until they rise. The fragrance awakens the speaker, who sees faces turning toward a sun, addressed to Josephine Preaton Peabody.
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Josephine Preaton Peabody
Descriptions of a Stage Duel in a Third Act Scene
A vivid exchange recalls a dramatic climax where the heroine silently approaches with a dagger hidden, the hero steps from a bed of flowers, and she stabs him twice before crumpling near a handsome aigretto. An amused observer notes the audience member’s hat remained on throughout the scene.
Pershing's Mindanao Victory Over Moros Ends Expedition
Captain Pershing and American forces routed the Maciu Moros on Mindanao after a lengthy bombardment and assault. Forts were captured or destroyed, about a hundred Moros killed or wounded, and two Americans were wounded. The Sultan of Cabugalan led a fierce counterattack but was wounded and killed as his followers fell. Gen. Davis ordered hostilities paused to allow peace moves by several sultans.
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John J. Perahing
Mindanao
Pershing
Lieut
Loring
Cabagulan
Ted A
Vicars
Davis
Bacolod
Macau
Sumner
Captain Pershing
Los
Casey a Civil War veteran
Admiral Silas Casey U S N a Civil War veteran and later naval officer who helped block munitions and soldiers transport over the isthmian railway. He graduated in 1860 and served as executive officer on the gunboat Wisenbickon involved in the Charleston attack.
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United States
Hawk
Silas Casey
Isthmian Railway
Naval Academy
Wisenbickon
Charleston
Naval officer Miral Dupont’s service and rise to commodore
Miral Dupont served on the Quaker City during the Fort Fisher attack and commanded at Fort McKee. He was promoted to captain in 1889 and advanced to commodore in 1898, reflecting a long naval career and rising ranks.
Good Bag of Mountain Lions Killed by Mrs Dobrowsky
Mrs A F Dobrowsky, wife of a jeweler, shot and killed two mountain lions on Bear Mountain during a Sunday hunt. She was alone when she spotted a lion up a tree and, as her husband joined her, fired. Both lions were mortally wounded as they rolled in the undergrowth.
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A. F. Dobrowsky
Bear Mountain
Mra. Dobrowaky
Lion Kill Report From Chronicle Fragment
A fragment from the San Francisco Chronicle notes a hunter killing a lion with a single ball and remarks that the third mountain lion was larger than its fellows, measuring about five feet.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Women Electors in Norway Municipal Elections
Norway grants municipal voting rights to all men and, for the first time, to unmarried women as tax thresholds are set. Married women become electors if their husbands are taxed, expanding participation to about 200000 women across classes. Electors may also stand for election, with Bodø and Christiania noting female councillors.
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Norway
Bodo
Agpelund
Christiania
Asphalt Deposits in Mexico Attract Investment
Modern Mexico reports renewed focus on Mexican asphalt deposits. Several southern and southeastern fields are being developed with U.S. workers and machinery. Ex-Gov. James S. Hogg of Texas has concessions near the Monterey and Gulf railway in Tamaulipas and plans to export most mined asphalt to the United States, claiming vast and high quality reserves.
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Mexico
Republic
Gov. Hogg
Texas
Monterey and
Gulf Road
Tamaulipas
United States
Hogg
Archbishop Kain Nearing Critical Illness in St Louis
Arch bishop John J. Kain head of the St Louis archdiocese since 1895 and former Wheeling bishop shows deteriorating health after six months of illness. Born in West Virginia, he spent early church service as a missionary in the Blue Ridge Mountains and is 61 years old.
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St. Louis
John J. Kain
St Louis
Kenrick
Kain
Wheeling
W. Va
Blue Ridge
Archbishop Kain
Old Dominion
West Virginia
Workmen's Baths at Cleveland Paint Factory
Facilities provide daily shower baths for employees in Cleveland Ohio. The dry color department workers are required to bathe to protect health after prior exposure to harmful lead compounds. The practice has extended careers, with few men showing injurious effects from lead.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Nowaday
Lunatics on the Increase in Scotland Since 1358
Since 1358 the number of lunatics in Scotland has risen by 180 per cent while the population has grown by a smaller percentage. The ratio suggests a growing public health concern during the period.
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Scotland
Meat Taxes Must Go Election of a Democratic Gangren
A 1901-02 political tract argues the beef trust inflates meat prices. It blames Republican tariffs and Congress for inaction, calls for criminal prosecutions or tariff repeal, and urges a Democratic victory to curb the trust. It cites Roosevelt, Knox, and Treasury policy while detailing price rises and market manipulation.
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Beef Trust
Congress
McDermott
New Jersey
Richardson
Tennessee
Ways and Means
Committee On Ways and Means
Republican Party
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Knox
Steel Trust
Armours
The
Swifts
Roosevelt
Beef Combine
Chicago
Department of Labor
Bulletin
Beet Trust
Combine
Senate
That Full Dinner Pail Dem Victory Gist in Buffalo Speech
Gov. Odell claims New York has limited trusts more than any state and predicts Democratic victory. He argues Wall Street funding and boss influence threaten Republicans, urging a campaign fundless race. The Harrisburg Patriot notes fraud claims in recent elections and underscores fair votes for governor.
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Odell
Buffalo
New York
Wall Street
Platt
Hanna
Trust Limited
Great American
Harrisburg
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