Beautiful Scenery in Portugal Tour Highlights Seven Peak Valley
An eastern newspaper writer recounts a Portugal tour from Ponta Delgada to Sete Cidades. He praises the seven peak coronet and crater edge views over misty rain, noting guided travel by a native Azorean and a diverse party from the United States and England. The journey blends dramatic scenery with weather antics and local humor.
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Portugal
Maken
Ponta Delgada
Bates
Nossa Senhora
States
America
Our Lady
Japan's millionaires rise with new era of wealth
Jiji Shimpo surveys Japanese fortunes of 600000 yen or more, finding 441 such individuals in Japan, concentrated in Tokyo Osaka Kobe Yokohama. It notes ten rich Americans to one in Japan, but argues Japanese wealth rests on land, not money making, and predicts Tokyo may become an East financial center as shipbuilding and finance boom.
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Jiji Shimpo
Japan
Tokyo
Osaka
Koto
Kobe
Yokohama
United States
Tokio
London
Europe
New York
Camden
Philadelphia Record
Burglar Bluff Exposed as Couple Laughs at Revolver Joke
In a Detroit Free Press anecdote Brown recalls hearing a prowler and finding a burglar in the bedroom studying silverware. Lacking a firearm, he bluffingly shouted for Amy’s revolver only to learn there isn’t one in the house. The tale ends with life advice about hope and anchors.
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Brown
Omeone
Amy
John
Detroit
Free Preas
Promoter admitted to seeking money not morals in China plan
A historian recounts promoter Mitkiewicz boasting that his China bank scheme was a commercial venture, not moral reform. Li Hung Chang reportedly taunted him about chasing profits while Europeans claimed spiritual aims were paramount. The piece contrasts cynicism with a later Cambridge anecdote on proper aid to fallen women.
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Eugene Stanislas Kosteka de Mitkiewicz
Li Hung Chang
Mitkiewicz
Chinabank
Earl Li
Miticlewle
Kansas Crop Experiment Echoes Wheat History and Growth
The Kansas wheat story shows a shift from spring to winter varieties driven by “wheat king” C Henry near Abilene. By 1901 Kansas harvested over 4000000 bushels valued above 50 million dollars. The state’s agricultural experiments, including 2500 apple varieties tried, reflect bold but risky methods and regional dominance against New England and several other states.
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Kansas
Union
C. Henry
Abilene
Henry
Prairie States
New England
Jersey
Delaware
Alabama
Arkansas
Montana
South Carolina
Women and Masts
In Lippincott's Magazine a discussion compares male and female contributions to English music. It notes women’ s strong devotion and talent as performers while asserting that no woman has yet produced a great musical composition, prompting questions about gender and artistic achievement.
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Milale
Lippincott's Magazine
How the Money Goes in the Duchy of Lancaster and Beyond
The piece details pensions and salaries from historic sources. It notes the king receives 803 pounds in duties on wines for the duchy of Lancaster, the Prince of Wales gets thousands annually for tin duty losses in Cornwall, and the crown office housekeeper is paid 13 pounds yearly. An impulsive act 18 years ago abolished her post. It recalls Mugland’s old pipe officer earning 62 pounds 94 shillings 8d yearly, the pipe now broken, last officer dead, yet wages persist since Charles II’s era and may continue until the Stuarts return.
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Duchy of Lancaster
Prince of Wales
Cornwall
Crown Office
House of Lords
Mugland
Charles II
Noted Robber Duel on Riverbank Turned Escape
A Chicago Record-Herald account sketches a tense exchange where a robber demands money and the victim offers his life, revealing a demented man’s resolve. The would-be victim mentions seeking to jump into the river to end his distress as the robber flees.
Hatener detector for telephones eyed in Sweden
Lintanar Heteoten describes a simple instrument with a button to detect wire tapping. Users press the button and the device reveals whether a third party is listening, offering a quick test of their telephone line security.
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Sweden
Milena Refuses Dance Over Golf Fatigue Dilemma
A cautious tale from the New York Times recounts Milena weeping as her friend asks what troubles her. She explains golf leaves her exhausted, making dancing impossible and depleting her energy for both, illustrating a comic contradiction in modern leisure.
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Har Milena
New York Times
War Fund of Germany Vault Guarded Around Clock
A German war fund totaling eighty million dollars in gold is kept in a vault and guarded day and night. The massive hoard has been in place since 1874, with officials noting continuous preservation of the treasure.
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Germany
Beaten by Indigestion He Finds Cure in Vogeler’s Compound
Frank Chambers of 9 Bennett Street Chiswick recalls years of chest pain, faintness, and skin troubles before his wife read a pamphlet claiming Vogeler’s Curative Compound, made from a West End physician’s formula, could help. After trying the remedy, he says he regained health, now sleeps well, eats freely, and feels like a new man. The St Jacob’s Oil Ltd of Baltimore offers free samples to readers who write.
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Frank Chambers
Bennett Street
Chiswick
Voueler
London
Vogeler
St. Jacob's Oil, Ltd
Baltimore
Feast of St John the Almsgiver Aids Constantinople Beggars
Constantinople marks a yearly festival on November 25 to honor St John the Almsgiver patron saint of mendicants. No beggar of the Greek falli ng on his bent that day receives alms. The festival frees beggars from nuisance and helps the needy.
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Hegears
Constantinople
St. John the
Kansas People Praise Western Canada Settlement
Isaac H Levagood reports from Didsbury Alberta that Kansas delegates are impressed with Western Canada. He notes 1200 acres changed hands locally, school district plans, growing crops, and neighbors turning modest holdings into productive land with stock. He mentions land surveys and winter wheat potential.
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J. 5. Crawford
Kansas City
Canada
Missouri
Kansas
Isaac H. Levagood
Didsbury
Alberta
Spendy Long distance Mail Run Sets Record
A Sydney to London consignment in 31 days on the American route covers 16 265 miles and beats the Suez route by four days. Pigeons for the German Army will be bred in a new four story aviary at Spandau for future military use. The Handsomest Calendar of the season, reproductions of paintings by Sie, will be issued by the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Hallway on receipt of twenty five cents.
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Sydney
Australia
London
England
Sues Canal
Allen
I. Allen
Olmsted
la Roy
Bpandau
Sie
General Passenger Department
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
A. Miller
Chicaro
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