Mark Twain Home Again After London Sojourn
Mark Twain returns to the United States after years abroad in London and Vienna where he was feted by elites including dukes and emperors. The humorist, now 65, remains active in writing with strong finances and continued vigor. Dr Edward Asahel Birge to serve UW president in Adams' health absence, a seasoned scholar of zoology and natural history.
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Mark Twain
London
Clemens
Vienna
Edward Asahel Birge
Charles Kendall Adams
University of Wisconsin
Adams
College of Letters and Science
Birge
Williams College
Harvard
University of Leipsic
Western University of Pennsylvania
Death of John E. Hudson Former Bell Telephone President
John E. Hudson of Boston died suddenly at the Boston and Maine station in Beverley while awaiting a train. He was a Harvard Law School professor for many years and became general counsel of the American Bell Telephone Company in 1882. He later served as general manager in 1886 and president from 1889 until his death.
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John E. Hudson
Boston
American Bell Telephone Company
Boston & Maine
Beverley
Mass
Mr. Hudson
Harvard University Law School
A Furnace of Earth by Hallie Erminie Rives
Hallie Erminie Rives, cousin of the author of The Quick of the Dead, writes A Furnace of Earth a striking novel praised for intensity and frankness. The 25 year old Kentucky author, once shocked by Smoking Flax, lives with Col. Stephen Rives in Christian County and defies conventional society in both life and literature.
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Hallie Erminie Rives
Atlantic
Pacific
Miss Rives
Zola
Ouida
Col
Stephen Rives
Christian County
Kentucky
Notable Atlanta Leader Collier Dies in Unexpected Fall
In Atlanta, Charles A. Collier, a prominent southern figure, was found unconscious after a back porch fall when a pistol fired. Born in Atlanta, he led banking and city projects including the Piedmont exposition, chaired the county board, and served as a Paris exposition commissioner. Also reported are a Johore electricity contract with General Electric, and a gift of $10,000 by Max Schoenfeld to the National Farm School for farm purchases by graduates.
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Atlanta
Charles A. Collier
South
Mr. Collier
University of Georgia
Capital City Bank
United States
Johore
Ibrahim
Sultan of
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Max Schoenfeld
Rorschach
Switzerland
National Farm School
Doylestown
From Queen to Factory Hand in Marion Society Report
Once the wife of George L. Mason, a major gas belt promoter, Mrs. Mason now works at Anchor Plating Works in Marion to support herself and two daughters. Her husband abandoned her. she sent the children to Georgia. She hopes to trace him as her life changes city fortunes.
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Indiana Gas Belt
George L. Mason
Marion
Macon
Mason
Muncie
Toronto
Canada
Courting Expenses and Kisses Spark a Pennsylvania Feud
A Bradford area quarrel between Frank Senevitz and Sophie Seraphin unfolds into a comic battle of bills. Frank seeks 316 dollars for courtship costs including rides, ice cream, tintypes, bouquets, and bootblack. Sophie retorts with a counter bill of kisses at one dollar each. The lighthearted dispute ends with a judgment for Sophie as the more practical party.
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Pennsylvania
Frank Senovitz
Sophie Seraphin
Bradford
McKean County
Frank
Sophie
San Francisco Growth and Census Ranking Shift
San Francisco, once eighth with 298,997 in 1890, falls to ninth at 342,782 in 1900, surpassed by Cleveland and Buffalo. Advocates credit Hawaiian annexation and new trade with Japan, China, Asiatic Russia, and Asia for population gains and predict a rise in the next census.
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San Francisco
America
Cleveland
Buffalo
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
China
Russia
Davis
East
Pacific Coast
Asia
New York
Mail carrier Harriet Upton ends rural route service
Mrs. Harriet L. Upton of Fairport Michigan long carried Uncle Sam’s mail between Fairport and Adrian. The rural free delivery era ended her route and she shifted to side work buying eggs poultry and dairy butter for neighbors. She plans to farm full time after thirty miles daily mail runs and other duties.
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Harriet L. Upton
Fairport
Lenawee County
Mich
Sam
Adrian
First War Correspondents and Telegraphic News
Notes and Queries recount the rise of war reporting from Henry Crabb Robinson in 1808 to the Daily News pioneering telegraphic correspondence in the Franco German war. It credits Fox Bourne and Archibald Forbes for telegraph coverage boosting circulation and notes the Diary of a Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere.
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Henry Crabb Robinson
Times
Daily News
John Robinson
Archibald Forbes
Fox Bourne
Paris
Henry Labouchere
Americans Seen as Formidable Competitors in British Trade
An English shoe trade organ quotes a traveling salesman from a Liverpool firm noting the spring season has highlighted strong American competition. He says American houses are advancing, adapting to markets, and will remain formidable rivals.
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Liverpool
Summer Heat Furthers Travel Frustrations Aspects
The Baltimore News ribbed travelers for midsummer fatigue and irritability on trains and boats. It notes hot weather dulls manners, clashes over seats and luggage, and a pair of women misreading a timetable while marking progress with pins. It predicts styles will improve in two months.
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Baltimore News
St Francis Tames the Wolf of Gubbio in Peaceful Pact
Anmixed old tale recounts St Francis meeting the wolf of Gubbio who had killed people and frightened villagers. Francis persuades mercy over vengeance, pledging food for the wolf in exchange for peaceful conduct. The wolf dies two years later, mourned by locals.
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St. Francis
Gubbio
Francis
Contemporary Review
Choir Scandal Fuels Upheaval at Cleveland Church
In Cleveland Epworth Memorial M E Church tension grows after choir members drank beer at a rehearsal hosted by tenor J M Hayes. Hayes offered beer to guests. several drank, prompting the music committee to call it a scandalous affair and triggering turmoil led by Rev Beech er Packard and the congregation.
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Epworth Memorial M. E
Cleveland
J. M. Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Ward Beecher Packard
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Samuel L. Clemens
Dr. Birge
Miss Halliv Rives
Collier
Geo. L. Mason
Kleee
Francis and
the Wolf
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