Japan silver standard debate reshapes world trade
William E. Curtis reports on Japan’s shift to silver backed currency, its impact on foreign and domestic trade, wages, and industry. The piece details gold deficits, currency depreciation, and a boom in Japanese cotton and silk production driven by silver prices, with comparisons to Britain, India, and the United States. It notes rising Japanese mill expansion, dividends, and the lure of capital into industry.
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Japan
Chicago
Bank of Japan
National Bank
Asia
Hong Kong
Bombay
United States
Europe
India
England
Latin Union
Nho
America
Great Britain
Manchester
Shanghai
China
Mexico
Osaka
Germany
William E. Curtis
Long List of New York Mixed Drinks Urges Bar Men to Display Menus
A French visitor to New York suggests bartenders publish a printed list of all mixed drinks for unschooled patrons. He recalls many exotic terms and argues a published bar menu would help strangers identify and order beverages accurately.
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New York
New York Sun
Chicago
Barkeeper
Proof Thereof.—Man Falls From Thirteenth Floor
In a dinner table exchange Mr. Chugwater reads about a man who fell from a skyscraper's thirteenth floor. Mrs. Chugwater notes thirteen as unlucky and asks if the fall was fatal, learning the man never knew what hurt him.
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Mr. Chugwater
No Cause for Alarm
Mistress asks about police in kitchen. Bridget says five in total last night. Mistress urges one to stay. Bridget explains three of them are regulars, ending the exchange with a light quip.
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Bridget
The Boy Who Wished and Worked to Succeed
A didactic tale contrasts the lazy wishing boy with the industrious one who acts. It emphasizes that aims require effort and persistence, and that luck favors those who combine desire with consistent work. Sel.
Mice Train as Workers Log Daily Travels
A device demonstrates mice trained to perform tasks with a small register on the machine noting their daily work equating to traveling ten and a half miles. The report highlights human ingenuity in leveraging animal labor for mechanical work.
A Christian Hero Adolphus Cited At Centennial Observances
A contemporary remarks on Gustavus Adolphus as a Christian hero. The article highlights his kneeling prayer for divine guidance before battle at Lutzen and Luther’s hymn sung by the army. It notes the enduring influence of his faith and courage across ages and peoples and its duplicative inspiring power.
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Gustavus Adolphus
Lutzen
Jesus
Luther
Oddities of Wild Animals and the Bear versus Woodchucks
A Woodsman recalls how a bear preys on woodchucks amid clover fields. A clever old woodchuck warns others by whistling, aiding their escape until a tree hideout fails and the bear fatally preys on the entire den by late August.
Crows Outwit a Farmer and Get a Dinner
An Illinois farmer recounts how crows outsmart him with porcupine quills and eggs then learned to grasp eggs, steal them, and later chased by kingbirds is described. The tale notes crows’ cunning and their feeding tricks complicate cornfield protection.
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Illinois
Mice Operate Miniature Thread Spinning Machine
In a Third Avenue New York shoe shop a tiny window exhibit shows two trained mice running a miniature thread spinning machine on a treadmill. The store owner, a German inventor, designed and built the device to fit the limited space and it cannot be powered by steam.
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Third Avenue
New York
Largest garfish ever caught at Lake Marte
H Lutz reeled in a 41 inch garfish with a seven inch bill after an hour and a half fight. The fish, hauled in with a gaff hook and landing net, tested his 50 foot line and drew dramatic jumps several feet high.
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H. Lutz
Lake Marte
Polly Got Even with the Old Man Parrot Prank Tale
A New Bedford man bought a parrot for his niece. After failing to elicit a response the bird was abused. The next day the man found twenty nine dead chickens and the parrot marching among them shouting Say uncle you darn you say uncle in a farcical retribution.
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Polly
New Bedford
Companions in Mischief ATS Oil City Pair
A dog and a horse owned by Colonel Hulings at Oil City form inseparable companions. The horse learns to pick locks and escape when the door is not padlocked. The dog tires of barking while the horse trespasses on nearby lawns prompting enticement of the women of the house to the yard.
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Willis J. Hulings
Oil City
Pittsburg
Burglar Foiled by Teeth and Truth at Chicago Station
Policeman John Roebuck and Edward Goggin watched a man with a lit match at the Illinois Central Thirty ninth Street station. He used a coupling pin to smash the safe while a freight train passed. The man, later identified as Henry Stone alias Mouthy John, was captured. the safe held $4000.
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John Roebuck
Edward Goggin
Illinois Central
Thirty-ninth Street
Chicago
Hyde Park Station
Lieut
Lavin
Henry Stone
Mouthy
John
Telegram on Alexander Simms’s execution
Ella Simms, wife of Alexander Simms, asks Sheriff Bowden to tell him to be hanged on the tenth and states she cannot attend and forbids shipping his remains. Simms is to be executed tomorrow at 11 for the murder of Policeman Minor.
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Alexander Simms
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