The Rise of Tom Johnson From Office Boy to Mayor's Road Chief
In Louleville Kentucky tales recount how Tom Johnson, hired at 14 as a foundry office boy at two dollars weekly, rose through the ranks of Cleveland's street railway under millionaire mayor George du Pont. His strict rule adherence and early improvised actions at the draw station earned promotions, becoming superintendent at 17.
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Maple Rise
Louleville
Otes Bay
Street Railway
Hketeh
Cleveland
Loulaville
Tom Johnson
Fortune
B. du Pont
Johnson
du Pont
Fourth Avenue
Walnut Street
Eighteenth
Walnut Streets
Main Streets
Mr. du Pont
Young Johnson
Fourth
Utica Globe
St Josephs Cathedral: Coastline Claim and Great Organ Feature
Buffalo report recalls St. Josephs Cathedral as a major showplace. An archbishop faced jeering missiles from a neighboring residence while laying the cornerstone. The cathedral houses a grand organ once shown at the Centennial and a 43 bell carillon, noted as among the world’s largest.
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St. Joseph's Cathedral
Buffalo
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Gath
St. Joseph's
Lake Erie
Hughes
St Joseph's
Munich
New York
Mortality In Grand Army of the Republic Rises
For the first time since the Grand Army of the Republic was organized the mortality in the order last year went beyond 10,000. Within four or five years one half of the 400,000 members in 1890 will have passed from the rolls of the living.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Rolla of the Living
Parle Skirts Highlight Flat Hip Silhouette and Folds
The newest skirts from Parle emphasize a flat hip line with very narrow folds that disappear at the back. The text notes self denial as a source of satisfaction.
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Parle
Ben the Bully Buffalo Meets Comeuppance in Park
In Golden Gate Park San Francisco Ben a buffalo known as a bully is finally challenged after months of picking on others. He loses his strength and coat grows thin. Three former victims eventually confront him and overpower him, ending his reign of rough behavior.
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Golden Gate Park
Ben
San Francisco
Grogey
Hhis Jubicant
Thay
London Financier Sir Charles Rivers Wilson Visits America
London financier Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, president of the Grand Trunk Railroad, arrives in the United States on a brief visit after previously touring America to study railroads. He once managed Britain's national debt as comptroller general and helped resolve the Egyptian financial tangle of 1876. His current trip aims to influence discussions around a Russian-Chinese loan and foreign bonds as investment.
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London
Charles Rivers Wilson
Grand Trunk Railroad
United States
Sir Charles
America
Central Pacific Road
Charles R. Wilson
Sir Charles Rivers Wilson
Great Britain
New York
Chicago
Woolsey
Got His Pay At Last In A Monaire Tale Of Census Woes
Col Sim Baston recounts a Wyoming fortune tale tracing his 1890s job as a census enumerator in Louisiana. He laments a delayed government payment of 119 dollars, writes Washington, and receives a curt denial. After years of waiting a Denver trip yields a blackened check for the full amount, ending the long chase.
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Monaire
Uncle Kam
Sim” Baston
Wyoming
United States
Loulatana
Washington
Bureau of
Bunko
Denver
Colo
Census Bureau
Utica Globe
Brokers Say Market Is One Sided and Dangerous
Brokers, about 5000 strong, complain that the market is booming only in outward show. They call it banker's market with subsidies and want active fluctuations that allow clients to both buy and sell. They warn the current one sided rise harms legitimate brokerage fees and risk. New York Press notes brokers' street view.
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Bankera
New York
Progress In Aerial Navigation Prize Awarded
M Lanton Dumont, the aeronaut who best approached the Deutsch prize challenge, received £160 from the Aero Club for his 1900 efforts toward a navigable airship. The Paris correspondent notes the summer contest looks promising as new ideas expand minds while laziness yields only cobwebs and chains.
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M. Lanton Dumont
Deutsch
The
Aero Club
Paris
Ancient Pocahontas Academy marks semi centennial
An 1851 Pocahontas village schoolhouse, now a sturdy frame building, celebrated its semi centennial. The Pocahontas Academy began as a private venture before public schooling, later becoming the public school, known as Pocahontas Academy, with historical names Amity and Hickory Grove tied to the town’s former names. Pocahontas lies in Bond County, Illinois, on the Vandalia railroad about forty miles from St Louis.
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Pocahontas
Pocahontas Academy
Amity
Amity Academy
Hickory Grove Academy
Hickory Grove
Bond
Liquid Air Fan Motor by Oscar Ostergren
Inventor Oscar Patric Oster gren introduces a liquid air powered rotary fan. The system uses liquid air as the motive fluid and vaporized air to cool a room via fan blades. A central reservoir feeds the circuit, a turbine drives the wings, and cold exhaust mixes with room air for cooling.
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Oscar Patric Ostergren
Stunting the Brain in Mexican Water Carrier Image
A Mexican boy is pictured balancing a large water jar on his head, using a single rope for balance. The caption notes heavy loads carried in many countries, drought in Mexico, and water drawn from wells or carried long distances.
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Mexico
Panama Canal Sale to United States Reported
Washington reports President Hutin of the Panama Canal company has tendered the canal and all rights to the United States without joint ownership. Previously proposals envisaged government stockholding, but not sovereignty. Colombia’s minister in Washington has offered to permit transfer of rights to the United States, enabling a direct sale of all property and rights.
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Panama Canal
Washington
Hutin
Panama Canal Company
Congress
Colombia
Panama Company
United States
Old Painter Still at Work at 98, Cooper Exhibits 230 Pictures
Thomas Sidney Cooper, said to be the oldest active painter, is now 98 and began as a theatrical scene painter in 1820. He has exhibited 230 pictures at the English Royal Academy.
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Thomas Sidney Cooper
English Royal Academy
Walter Baker Co. Chocolate This Century Long Dorchester Maker
Walter Baker & Co. of Dorchester Massachusetts established in 1780 on the Neponset river has grown into a world leading cocoa and chocolate producer. The firm cites strict quality standards and fair pricing, denounces fraud, and warns grocers against inferior substitutions. It displays the La Belle Chocolatiere trademark and offers a free recipe booklet to housekeepers who send their name and address.
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Walter Baker & Co
Neponset River
Dorchester
Boston
Walter Baker Company
la Belle
Chocolatiere
Mass
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
State Street
Masa
New Jersey Judge Proposes to Squeeze Trust Stock
A New Jersey judge advocates draining profits from trust stock, a move that may not be seen as promoting prosperity in certain quarters.
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New Jersey
Fulton voters approve purchase of cemetery in municipal ownership move
In Fulton Missouri the public votes to buy a cemetery as a bold municipal ownership effort nears its practical test amid debates over public control and local governance. Separately a census highlights India’s population at 294 million, British territorial gains of 10 million, and a native-state decline of 3 million.
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Fulton
Indian Empire
Congress members recall Cubs trip anecdotes and German toy trade growth
Members of Congress returning from Cubs share diverse tales about the downing situation. The toy making industry of Germany has prospered in recent years as Cape Colony British East India Eastern Asia North and South America and Australia purchase German toys with demand rising annually.
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Germany
Cape Colony
British East India
Eastern Asia
North
South America
Australia
Alabama Legislature Passes White House Bill on Davis House
The Alabama legislature approved an appropriation to buy and maintain the old Jefferson Davis house in Montgomery. The Confederate relic will be relocated to a proper spot and become a notable feature of the state capital.
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Alabama
White House
Jefferson Davis
Montgomery
Death of Baron Sarge de Thoyent Ends Long Life of Oldest Legion Member
Baron Sarge de Thoyent dies at age 7 depriving the Legion of Honor of its oldest member. He served long in the French army and later settled in Ireland where he married. One of his sons served in the British army. He spent the final years on an estate in the Eastern Pyrenees.
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Sarge de Thoyent
Legion of Honor
Ireland
Pyrenees
Remarkable railway map tiles at York Station England
A striking railway map on tiles at York Station by the Northeastern company contrasts with a stone map in Paris. The white tile map, six feet square with eight inch tiles, shows lines in martin black and burnt sienna. Similar maps are planned for other key stations. Prince Henry the Dutch royal consort is compiling a rich armory of English sporting guns ahead of his June voyage to Java and the Dutch East Indies, with absence through year end.
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Paris
York
England
Northeastern
Prince Henry
Holland
Java
Dutch East Indies
Ohio barn timbers showcase rare black walnut supply
Scores of old Ohio barns hold floors and mangers crafted from black walnut set in place fifty to seventy five years ago as pioneers cleared forests. Walnut furniture is popular abroad with English and French buyers, and even old barn timbers sell for export as lumber. The largest tree measured eight feet in diameter at the stump and sold for twelve hundred dollars.
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Ohio
Why Woolen Goods Bag When Made American
A Chicago Chronicle analysis explains why woolen fabrics bag under strain and how bagging results from stock mixing, grades, and felting properties. It notes some merchants misrepresent imported goods to justify higher prices and warns that not all American fabrics bag.
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America
United States
Chicago” Chronicle
Paris Milk Habit Spurs Health Inspectors Action
Paris becomes famed for milk drinking at aperitif hour as cafes stock sealed bottles and even a cow appears in a window. Health officials consider inspecting all milk for adulteration with tuberculosic risk deemed smaller than feared, and advocate compulsory PassTour sterilization.
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Paris
Dols
H. de Rothschild
Paris Corre
Chicago Chronicle
Sarsaparilla Origins and Amazonian Polling Process
A historical note explains sarsaparilla root comes from smilax vines in South America and nearby regions Jamaica Mexico and Central America. Indians of the Amazon harvests nine foot roots and extract the juice by a polling process used to produce the brown beverage renowned at soda fountains.
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Jamaica
Mexico
Central America
Amazon
Indiana
Detectives Scheme Unmasked Club Pocket Pilferer
A detective employed by a West End club uncovered a thief who stole cigars and other items. The culprit, connected to Bherloe Homes, smeared cigars with aniline dyes and hid them in coats, then verified theft by inspecting servants' mouths before persuasion.
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Ame
London
West End
Bherloe
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