Arctic Esquim _ tribe labor and life in common
The article surveys a northern Sound Eskimo station system with about 60 individuals across coastal points from Cape O Foulke Fjord. It notes shared living, equal livelihood, no formal hierarchy, and interdependent hunters who share game in scarcity while each man must be a skilled hunter to secure a wife.
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Sound Eskimos
Cape O Foulke
Peterawik Glacier
Chrliren
Scribner’s Magazine
Profanity Debate Echoes From Vermont Village Visit
A Boston man visiting a Vermont town reports widespread swearing among men and boys, saying profanity is instinctive and routine in conversation. He cites a New York lawyer's claim that small villages swearing levels would rival large city weekly totals. The opinion contrasts city attitudes toward profanity.
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Boston
Vermont
New York
Swearing Becoming Uncommon in Large Cities
A reader reflects that profanity is vanishing from daily talk, attributing it to culture rather than religion. He notes courteous gentlemen and professional men refrain from swearing, while cruder oaths occur less among workers and more from a distant country youth in a single summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
European Royals Hold Large Shares In U S Securities
The European royal families hold substantial American securities led by Emperor William once owning about 9 000 shares now valued around 3 000 million with an annual income near 150 000. Empress of Germany about 500 000 and czar of Russia around 6 000 000 with major rail bonds. diverse monarchies invest through bankers in Berlin and St Petersburg.
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William
Berlin
Loutaville & Nashvlle
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Illinois Central
Germany
Royal Hovachold
Minneapolis Journal
Russia
Pennsylvania
New York Central Railroad
Northern Pacific
Canadian Pacific
New York
New #Hit& Hartford
New Jersey
Cen
St. Petersburg
Royal Inis
Royal Family of
Spain
Payn Seeks U.S. Marshal Job Backed by Senator
Roosevelt as New York governor defied Senator Platt to push Lou Payn from Hate insurance. Now Payn seeks the United States marshal post and Platt backs him.
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Tayu
Roosevelt
New York
Platt
Lou” Payn
Mr. Payn
United States Marshal
The Rose Motifs and the Fair Sex in Roses
A fragment discusses roses as symbols of beauty and attractiveness for women, noting roses, natural or artificial, enhance a woman’s appearance in a pleasing fashion during the present era.
Grandstand Play at Baseball Rules Debate
Andrew Freedman, president of the New York club, walked out amid a heated NL rules dispute over ejecting offending players. An amended rule mandated immediate removal for insults, with further evidence and suspensions to follow.
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National League of Baseball Clubs
Andrew Freedman
New York
National League
Board of Directors
Freedman
St. Louis
Mr. Freedman
Catcher Carl E Wood of Chattanooga Club Born in Fulton Mo
Carl E Wood catcher for the Chattanooga club in the Southern league was born April 6 1875 in Fulton Missouri. He learned baseball at Fulton College and began pro play with Topeka Kansas in 1895 followed by Jefferson City and St Joe Missouri and Fulton Missouri through 1898 and 1899. Last season he caught for and managed the Helens club in the Montana state league whose pennant win was decisive before his August injury ended the season. He batted .350 and fielded .932 in 34 games in 1900.
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Carl E. Wood
Chattanooga
Fulton
Topeka
Kan
Jefferson City
St. Joe
Helens
Montana
Wood
What the Players Draw New contract reforms in National league
The National league adopts a new players contract. Key points grant players control over transfers, require consent for sales, end the sales system, and shorten option periods to one season. The changes were decided at a New York meeting and communicated by Mr. Zimmer to their lawyer Mr. Taylor.
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New York
Zimmer
Players’ Association
Taylor
National League
Changes in Playing Rules and Diamond Glints Notes
Baseball rule changes aim to shorten games with catcher in front of bat, balls ruled against pitcher for early hits, and penalties for delays. Forfeiture penalties set at 1000 dollars after hearing. Diamond Glints reports Willie Keeler at Columbia, Motz’s return, Tiernan runs a New York cafe, Donovan to manage St Louis, and Hugh Jennings studying law while coaching Cornell.
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Willie Keeler
Columbia
College Ninca
Frank Motz
Indianapolis
Chicago
Mike Tiernan
New York
Patrick J. Donovan
St Louis
Donovan
McGraw
Muggsy
Hugh Jennings
Cornell University
Ithaca
John M. Ward
God Provides Quietly Beyond Measure
A pithy proverb notes that if God withholds abundant harvests He still grants enough in unseen ways. Faithful readers are reminded to trust the divine provision even when blessings arrive softly or in smaller amounts.
Mystery of Central Africa Great Lakes Unfolds
A long article traces the origin of Africa’s Great Lakes and a once vast ancient sea. It cites Tanganyika fossils and marine fauna, Suess’s Rift theory, and Moore’s expeditions from Nyassa to Albert Nyanza. The piece argues the sea lay to the west, with volcanic events shaping Kivu and eastward watercourses toward Tanganyika.
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Great Lakes
Central
Africa
England
Tanganyika
Moore
Beck
Tanfanyika
Suess
Tte
Syria
Jordan
Red Sea
Lake Rudolf
Victoria Nyansa
Albert Lake
Kiva
Nyassa
Kenya
Kilimanjaro
Mr. Moore
Fife Valley
Albert Nyanza
Kivu
Albert Edward
Congo
London
Dainty Wicker Hampers Send Fruit Delights for Occasions
A New York fashion note highlights sending pretty wicker hampers filled with luscious fruit as gifts for holidays and voyages. The festive baskets feature green leaves and smilax, delivering sweet messages of goodwill even at sea or in illness. Memorial church plans in Richmond Va feature dedicated windows for naval and military heroes bankers railroad workers and iron workers funded by class contributors with contributor cards for pew access.
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New York
Rtichmond
Richmond
England's New Warships Plan To Build 18000-Ton Battleships
England’s admirality plans new first class battleships of 18000 tons to match France and the United States. Queen and Prince of Wales will carry four 12 inch guns and multiple 10 to 7.5 inch guns with heavy Krupp armor. Torpedoes and submarines influence design, aiming to minimize torpedo risk through bulk and watertight compartments.
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Herod Herod
Elze
United States
France
Admiralty
Eee
Queen
London Globe
Monumental statue planned for royal commemoration at Winchester
The article describes a colossal plaster statue of a king by Hame Thornscroft R A being cast in chrome for a future royal memorial in Winchester, the ancient capital and monarch’s burial site. The statue stands over sixteen feet tall with a bold simple granite base formed by two monoliths weighing forty and thirty five tons, awaiting transport in Cornwall.
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Winchester
England
Cvossal
Hame Thornscroft
R.A
Eixteen
Thornycroft
Cornwall
Embarrassing Moment at Temperance Society Meeting
At a Temperance society annual meeting led by the late Bishop of London the ladies committee report mentions “barmaidn” and the line about being visited in their homes provoked loud laughter. The chairman calmed the crowd by suggesting the report be taken as read.
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The
Temperance Society
London
London Chronicle
Ghost tale and aged Decatur County resident obituary
An aged Decatur county resident, Mrs Margaret King aged 109, dies at her daughter’s home in Greensburg Indiana. Born 1791 near White Oaks Ohio she witnessed Indian captivity of an older sister and came to Indiana in 1808. She mothered 12 children with seven having died earlier. A separate Argo newspaper note recounts a bishop’s ghost tale at a Peterborough cathedral fundraiser.
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Margaret King
Decatur County
Frank Lehrer
Greensburg
Ind
Indianapolis Journal
White Oaks
Onio
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Columbus
Toledo
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Benjamin F. Shthe
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Philadelphia
Benjamin F. Shibe
Quaker City
Shibe
Mr. Shibe
Les
A. J. Reach
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Old Athletic Baseball Club
Ghent
Peterbarn
Peterboro
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