Wide World News Briefs From Denver To New Zealand
A digest of varied items: Denver claims 1 million dollars wagered on the presidential election result. Sunday laws in Honolulu strictly enforced with fines or jail for ball playing. Sweden faces a manufacturing boom causing rents to rise and distress among capital-rich manufacturers. New Zealand reports a 2 million dollar revenue surplus, plans a 1 million loan for railway extension. Parisian microbe light advances by Raphael Dubois. French cannons recovered from Louisbourg harbor reach Toronto. A Lyons firm uses caustic potash to emboss silk webs with cotton threads for intricate patterns.
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Honolulu
Lyons
France
Woman Performs Cake Delivery on Roosevelt Train at Greeley
A woman jumped onto the back platform as the Roosevelt train departed Greeley California to hand a home made cake to the governor. The momentum carried her off balance and she tumbled onto the sand but rose smiling and waved a kerchief to Roosevelt, becoming the spectacle of cheering onlookers.
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Greeley
Cal
Roosevelt
Bankruptcies and friendships at a Quaker petition scene
The Philadelphia Record describes a bankruptcy petition where creditor and debtor, both Quakers, reconcile with a handshake despite insolvency. The article contrasts genuine misfortune with fraud and notes the social tension in debtor creditor relations. It also details Pan American exposition plans in Buffalo including costs, timelines, and site dimensions. June 1901 opening date is cited.
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Enmula
Philadelphia Record
Buffalo
John N. Scatcherd
Center of Population 1900 Shifts West Toward Chicago
Since 1890 the center of U S population has moved north and west, settling in central southern Indiana near Columbus. The piece traces movements from 1790 east of Baltimore to a forecasted drift toward Chicago, notes a Chicago newspaper dated May 10 1881, and cites George W Smalley of The Times criticizing U S China policy. It also mentions Stonewall Jackson’s Lexington home becoming a tenement and a Sunday school for Black children operated there.
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United States
Indiana
Columbus
Bartholomew County
Cincinnati
Chicago
Greenwich
Seymour
Jackson County
Ind
Baltimore
Loulsiana
Woodstock
George W. Smalley
New York
London Times
China
Mr. Swdey
England
London
Smalley
Stonewall Jackson
Lexington
General Jackson
Ghastly dispatch prompts grim war experiments tale
A chilling dispatch claims imperial grounds test Mauser bullets on corpses and suggests Germans may extend such experiments. It notes gruesome yields and questions scale while mentioning related actions in China and a trophy shell mounted for Lord Galway. Also references Dublin murder aftermath and naval command changes.
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Imperial
Berlin
China
Villebois de Mareuil
Boshof
Lord Galway
Sherwood Rangers
Imperial Yeomanry
New York's Divorce Mill Exposed in Outrageous Scheme
A clandestine divorce ring in New York used a lawyer, opposing-side attorney, and a female correspondent to forge cases. False witnesses testified to alleged infidelity, and referees granted divorces without the real party learning of the action. The gang was nabbed after identity clues surfaced and the group faced arrest.
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New York
Oller
Scrawbdody
Arctic expedition update from Peary reports limited success
News from Peary notes Dr. Kahn and a party of explorers arriving with late word of Lieutenant Peary's voyage. The summer effort is seen as moderately successful with likely wintering at Fort Conger and cautious prospects for further progress.
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Peary
Deaths Coincident Henry Villard Marcus Daly Die Same Day
Two prominent figures Henry Villard and Marcus Daly died within miles of each other on the same day. Villard, a German born newspaper man and railroad magnate, helped build the Northern Pacific and led Edison General Electric. Daly, born in Ireland, built vast copper wealth in the Northwest with holdings totaling hundreds of millions. The draft notes also mention R H Biddy and a Portsmouth New Hampshire bequest tied to a funeral equestrian statue.
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Henry Villard
Marcus Daly
Real Northwest
Villard
Germany
Tiinois
New York Evening Post and Nation
Oregon Steamship Company
Kansas Pacific Railroad Company
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Edison General
R. H. Biddy
R. H. E. Porter
General Porter
Portsmouth
N. H
Mra. Biddy
Fools Gold at the Beach Hotel Romance
Lucy Alston faces a melancholy summer finale as Horace Sturdivant pursues her with charm while fearing poverty. After a moonlit terrace moment, he kisses her and flees, revealing his fear of wealth and duty. Mrs Poindexter contemplates keeping Lucy with a generous but cautious plan tied to her own fortune.
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Moses P
Horace Poindexter
Horace Sturdivant
Lucy
Mr. Sturdivant
Sturdivant
Wea
Aaron Poindexter
Stamford
Boston
Janey
Moa
Congress
Shooting stars and their fiery flight described by Flammarion
Camille Flammarion defines shooting stars as small iron carbon bodies weighing a few pounds that travel in space in swarms and orbit the sun. When entering the sun’s orbit they are deflected toward Earth, lighting up nights with bright meteors. Their speeds reach 72 to 1644 kilometers per second, while friction causes temperatures near 8000 degrees Celsius, triggering bursts.
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Camille Flammarion
Earth
Penitentiary Twine Plant Lets States Solve Labor Issue
Minnesota and Kansas report success with prison made binding twine reducing costs 3 to 5 cents per pound. Labor unions and farmers praise the program as a direct challenge to trusts, though both states note demand outstrips production.
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Penitentiarion
Minnesota
State
Kansas
New York Post
Postal Service Profits Highlight New York Est. Revenue
The United States Postal Service reports New York earnings exceed 8 million dollars annually with a net profit around 5 million. Official figures emphasize the postal system as a major national concern and source of revenue within the era.
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Postal Service Establishment
United States
Post Office
New York
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Silver Messenger
Omalnis
Idaho
Denver
Sweden
West
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Dloudhounds
Paris
Raphael Dubois
New Zealand
Louis- Courg
Toronto
Louisbours Harbor
Texas
Great West
Chillcothe
Ohio
Sir Frederick
Cavendish
Phoenix Park
Dublin
Frederick Cavendish
Harry Rawson
Ching Station
Glory
Tie
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