Turkey diet and new business league headlined in Silver Messenger
A collage of items reports Tennessee cotton planters shipping turkeys to curb grasshopper damage, a Sweden born doctor, a Scranton trust funding horses and a dog, and Booker T. Washington aiding a National Negro Business League. A Boston frat meeting is planned for August 23 and 24.
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Tennessee
Scranton
Joseph Kossuth Dixon
Boston
Ila M. Amerman
Massachusetts
Dixon
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
Ala
Negro Bualhers League
Misniesippi and Georgia Convict Labor Farm Use
The piece notes Mississippi and Georgia shifting from leased convict labor to farm employment benefiting cotton and free labor, claiming better returns and fewer hardships. It also cites Japan moving from 18 to 20 as the smoking age in a 1899 bill, and a St. Joseph Missouri budget approach where city officials replaced salaries with working businessmen to fund streets, illustrating limits of expenditure and income.
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Misniesippi
Georgia
Sho Ne~ Mote
Imperial Diet of
Japan
Macvanton
Ghestson
Far East
oMclla
St. Joseph
Death of David Wells Denies Norwich Man Legacy
David Dwight Wells of Norwich Connecticut dies and will leaves nothing to Harvard University Williams College and the Springfield City Library. Wells born in Norwich and well known as a traveler playwright and author. He lived in London serving as assistant Secretary of the American Legation during Cleveland's second term. His books Her Ladyships Elephant and His Lords Leopard gained fame.
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David Dwight Wells
Norwich
Conn
Harvard University
Williams College
City Library of
Springfield
Maas
Mr. Wells
London
England
Public opinion cited as sole source of reform in drama bill
In the House of Commons a leading English statesman argued that reform can come only from public opinion. He warned improper feats and songs fade if people stop laughing. As a test, American commissioners at The Hague Peace Conference note mass support from the nation via tours telegrams letters and memorials influencing views on arbitration.
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House of Commons
England
Hague
Bird tame robs Sing Sing inmate's prison days
A Sing Sing convict skilled in birds tames a young robin while on temporary outdoor work. The bird responds to his whistle and perches on his shelf at night, staying with him in his cell and following him outside at dawn.
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Sing Sing
New York
Haa
A Wife But Plays With Dolls in Potts Town
A 14 year old bride Mrs Alverdie Snellen berger of Potts Town Pa spends her days surrounded by dolls on a rustic bench near her mother's house. She honeymooning with Horace W Bneienberger 22 as they plan a home. The union surprised friends though attentions from him were noted. A watch valued at 6 francs was not claimed by its owner.
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Pottatown
Alverdie R. Snellenberger
Horace W. Bneienberger
Sasvie
Snellenberger
Pottstown
Horace
Alverdle
Jacob Snell
Gbellenverger
Roachonias In Kitchen Indians Make Moves Servants
Riverside correspondence in the Philadelphia Times reports on servant girls in western households. The piece argues the servant girl question is resolved not by importation or exploitation but by placing girls in families where they receive kindness and privileges, yet remain modest and eager to learn.
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Baye
Wester
Riverside
Cal
Philadelphia Times
Soli
Lovers Defy Age and Maternal Counsel in Rustic Marriage
A tale of Horace and Alverdle who wed despite objections from Mrs. Jacob Snell. The farm hand Gobellenverger from Pottstown helps their plan as the girl returns home, content in love. The Indian school program is praised for placing girls in domestic roles and supporting family work.
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Department of the Interior
Harwood Hall
Bori Bori Fatalities Decreass In Navy Diet Change
Dr Tatsusaburo Yabe of the Japanese navy cites Archives de Medecine Navale showing beriberi nearly vanished in his service after changing rice heavy meals to include pearl barley. Before 1884 summer beriberi affected 25 to 40 percent of men, but from 1885 to 1895 only three deaths occurred, all during the China war when rice supplies failed.
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Tatsusaburo Yabe
Archives de Medecine Navale
Karike
M. Kanehiro Takaki
China
Never Called Again Watch Trade Allegation
In the early days of my consulship a man offered funds to ship similar watches to the United States and asked me to invoice at a misleading price. I doubted the transaction and insisted on investigating with special agents in Paris before approving any shipment.
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Min
United States
Iid
Paris
Peculiar Pekin Islands Of Sound And Beggars
The Pekin police once armed with loud drums patrol streets at night to deter burglars and mark their rounds. Pigeons wear whistles tied to tails making a melodious confusion. Blind residents use drums to announce arrival and dogs. Beggars form organized groups with a ruler and threaten merchants for money, sometimes carrying out threats to extort large sums.
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Pekin
Prince Harry of Tombstone and the Rise and Fall of Henry Bennett
The tale follows Henry W. Bennett later known as Prince Harry of Tombstone who rose from a destitute miner to cashing in parlaying a $150,000 mine sale. He lived lavishly with his Mexican wife purchasing diamonds operas and perfumes before squandered fortune and a self-inflicted death.
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Prince Harry of
Tombstone
Henry W. Bennett
Arizona
New Mexico
Bennett
Boston
George Hearst
Mney Bennett
el Paso
Texas
Denver
San Francisco
San Franci
Baldwin Hotel
New Orleans
Tod
St. Charles
Bennut
Tallest of All Living Men
A historical note profiles Lewis Wilkins born 1874 near St Paul Minnesota as the tallest living man at 9 feet 7.5 inches and 264 pounds. It discusses gigantism or acromegaly per Dr Marie, cites French giants and past record holders including Charles Byrne, Constantine, Herold, and Lady Emma, and explains how acromegaly could produce extreme height while noting not all giants are acromegalic.
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Lewis Wilkins
Europe
Wilking
St. Paul
Minn
Wilkins
Marie
Marle
Charles Freuet
Marnat
Ninetieth Juglisedt Infantry
Wilkina
Charles Byrne
Constantine
Zurich
Switzerland
Herold
Leipsic
Emma
The Abyssinian Boaster and His Bogus Christianity
A critical portrait of an Abyssinian soldier, noting pretension and domineering behavior toward inferiors while cringing to superiors. The piece describes his gear, including rifle, curved sword, and a round leather shield, and claims his so called Christianity is merely ritual, with few attending church. It labels him as a thief and cheat compared with neighbors, and highlights his lethargy and opportunistic mule driving.
In Shanghai a cyclist clad in baggy gear shocks observers
A visiting chronicler describes a Chinese rider who pedals forward rather than backward, wearing bright baggy trousers tucked over knees, bare feet on pedals, a yellow balloon shirt, and a pigtail under a tin cap. He is said to be a wealthy merchant, with attire that clashes with the street scene.
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Erineton & Wheel
Shanghai
Ike
Dutton
Buffalo News
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Prince Harry
Paso del Norte
Mexico
Rio Grande
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Peru
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