Fights for Islam: Maclean of Morocco’s Moorish Army
A Scottish Highlander, Harry Aubry de Vere Maclean, rose from British officer to Kaid and commander-in-chief of Morocco’s army under Sultan Murat Hassan. He reorganized the forces at Marakesh, led punitive expeditions, and helped secure the throne for a child sultan. The 20,900 strong army is equipped with European rifles and bases his power in Rabat and Marakesh palaces.
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Tangier
Maclean
Mural Hassan
Morocco
England
Bat- Ha
Mulaf Hasaan
Ahmed ‘Ven Muana
Ben Mussa
Rabat
Ben Mussa Inet
Kaid Maclean
Menelah
Harry Aubry de ‘Vere Maclean
Feseof Marakesh
The Mahogany Hunters A Forestry Trade Tale
The mahogany hunter is the key laborer in Central and South American logging, a skilled job locating trees hidden in dense growth. Logs travel by oxen drawn trucks to river banks, then by booms to ships, with prices varying by grade from $60 to $200 per thousand feet. The wood shifts from luxury to common furniture use in the United States, with Michigan factories adopting it widely for fine interiors and veneers.
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Cuba
United States
San Jago
Feading
Michigan
Kaiser's Sons Trained in Rigorous Prussian Cadet Life
The sons of the German emperor endure a strict daily routine at the cadet school in Plein with 5:30 wakeups, cold tubs, and early studies. The crown prince studies at Bonn as his brothers Ethol Fritz, August Wilhelm, and Ovour pursue cadet grades while making friends and active in tennis, riding, and cycling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Eithel Frita
August Wilhelm
Ovour
Plean
Girdle Fashion of Demi-Cant Links in Loula XII Era
The piece discusses the fashion of decorative girdles from which pendants hung. It notes demi-cant girdles dating to Loula XII, with gold chains, led seasors, gold purses, scent bottles, round mirrors, and rare female fidelity, though forms vary slightly.
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Loula XII
Criticst Goat to Pare Caléwall Wheel Drama
A farmer driving into Caléwall Kas faced a runaway team that knocked a wheel from his buggy. On the return trip another wheel was torn off by a frightened runaway, leaving him stranded near the town.
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Caléwall
Kas
American Tourist Causes Scene in Paris Cafe
A New York man, dining with his wife in a Paris cafe, disputed a bill for fruit. He argued a peach cost too much, clashed with the staff, and in moments he struck a waiter and was restrained by a gendarme at the police station.
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New York
Paria
France
Police Staton
The Late Flavius Josephus Cook as a Thunderous Orator
The Duffalo Commercial recalls Flavius Josephus Cook as a charismatic yet distrusted preacher who thundered orthodoxy for a decade. He shocked audiences with dogmatic views, delivering ideas with sensational flair and a famed bang in his speaking style.
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Flavius Josephus Cook
Acholara
Barrett Wendell
Cook
Curious English land tenures described in quirky terms
A quaint survey of English tenure reveals Hicksites in Yorkshire paying a midsummer snowball and a Christmas red rose to their landlord. The Manor of Foston is held for two arrows and a loaf of bread. A northern estate yields a vase exhibition every seven years, while Suffolk holdings demand two white doves annually.
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England
Broad House
Yorkshire
Foston
Suffolk
Mexican Education System Aims to Elevate Nation
The article outlines Mexico's public schools and colleges, noting free state education for both sexes, large preparatory colleges in Mexico City, and a major expansion in Guadalajara. It highlights a Normal School in Toluca and a new institute for 1,000 students, with government support, non sectarian aims, and emphasis on trades, languages, and civic uplift. General Jose Vicente Villada drives school growth, while Governor Rafael Pimental funds a southern Chiapas Normal school to educate teachers for surrounding areas.
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Europe
Mexico
Mexico City
Mita
Hoaphios
Sach
Jose Vicente Villada
Labora
Villada
Chiapas
Rafael Pimental
F. B. A. Wright
New fish in Superior the steelhead salmon introduction
The United States Fish Commission reports successful planting of Pacific steelhead salmon in Lake Superior near Duluth and Isle Royale over four years. Juvenile fish have grown to about one pound per year, with some five pound specimens recent catches. Spawning now underway and fishermen urged to release catches to aid propagation. planting will accelerate, aiming for a common lake fish.
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United States Fish Commission
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Pacific
Lake
Burperior
Port Arthur
Silver Islet
Isle Royale
Lake Superiora
London penny teas for boys draw health warnings
A British company markets penny teas and Londonades for children with disposable paper cups and spoons to avoid disease. Medical officers warn of unsafe street ices and repeat deaths from unwholesome drinks, as reform prompts new safety measures.
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Lee-Burrow
Pertumea Introduced Into Spain by Arabs
Pertumea were introduced into Spain by the Arabs who carried many recipes for making them from the east. No British ship may carry a dock load of timber into a Britain port between the last day of October and April 16.
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Spain
Lady Milbank of London Captures Glory and Adventure
The Weekly Panorama profile portrays Lady Milbank as England’s top society beauty with blond blue eyes and milk white skin. She is an accomplished yachtswoman with a pilot’s certificate, a keen huntress across Scotland England and India, and she has connections from Flora Ida to a western cattle ranch.
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Milbank
Scotland
England
India
Lady Milhank
Ida Waters
Great Plains
Rockies
King Edward Not a Joker Medal Touches American Loyalty
The piece reports Americans presenting a medal and a servile address to Queen Alexandra through King Edward, who dismissively acknowledged their gestures. It contrasts a donor who funded a Boer War ambulance corps with nonparticipation in US conflicts, noting fortune and marriage ties as sole American connections.
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Edward
Alexandra
England
Saya Hearst
Chicago Amercan
United States
Manhattan Island
King Edward of
Spain
That Man Maclay Portrait of a Scorned Historian
A portrait of Maclay, the accuser of Admiral Schley, describes him as a Scottish born newspaper man turned historian by necessity. It notes his Cornell education, work on the New York Tribune, a lighthouse service posting, and a navy clerkship, suggesting his goal was national attention and financial gain.
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Maclay
Admiral Schley
Hoe
Schley
Cornell
New York
Ritune
Ighthouse
Navy
Buffalo Exposition Rates Seen Fair and Pleasing
A meeting of railway passenger agents hotel and newspaper men in Buffalo examined Pan American Exposition pricing. They found hotel rates from fifty cents to two dollars and first class lodging in private houses under a dollar, with rail fares one fare plus one dollar for round trips. Extensions of travel time were discussed, and officials stressed completion and safety of the Exposition with a free information bureau for visitors.
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Buffalo
Potata
Niagara Falls
Pubishers’ Association
Petroleum Distillation and Cracking Methods
The article explains two petroleum refining methods distillation in vacuo and cracking. It notes distillation under partial vacuum and cracking with superheated steam, describing how the process applies flame from the cracking sound and enters the un distilled petroleum.
Are You Using Allen's Woot Ease for Feet
An advertisement touts Allen's Woot Ease as the sole remedy for swollen smarting burning sweating feet corns and bunions. It promotes Allen's Poot-Hage powder to shake into shoes available at all druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a free sample offer and lists Allen's address in Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Allen 5
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Alleged Scheme Taints Scotch Education Fight
The American Machinist portrays a purported scheme involving Carnegie and Schwab. It alleges a $10,000,000 plan to fund Scottish university education to keep young Scots from competing with American steel works. The piece includes disparate notices and claims about public figures and health cures, plus local business and travel references.
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Mensrs
Carnegie
Schwab
Scotch Universites
American Steel Works
Indian Girl to Be Lawyer at Radcliffe Cambridge
Wah-ta-wase a full-blood Indian girl preparing to enter Radcliffe College Cambridge. She currently works as a typewriter and stenographer for a Boston lawyer and studies for her examinations at night. The page notes various topics from women lapidaries in the Philippines to rubber consumption and a proposed French railway.
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Wah-ta-wase
Radcliffe College
Cambridge
Mase
Boston
Philippines
Luzon
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Christian
Macleas
THE
Mahogany Hunters
J. Villada
Guadalajara
Republic of Mexico
Superior
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Panorama
Tate
Ohio
Crry
Toledo
Shpean
Frank J. Cheney
Palareh
Halt
Chen
Notity Public
Frei
BJ. Vueney & CO
Tolod
Kennebankports Industries
Kennebankport
Salt Lake
We of
Reese Feoitee
Dori
Pao Ting Fo
Tien Talo
Pina
Bota
Trinity Spings
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