Probing Naval Power and World Trade Strength
The article argues for a rapid build up of German naval power while noting Germany cannot compete with the United States and hints at English intervention. It links rising life expectancy to advances in living standards and credits science with extending usefulness. It highlights Europe’s reliance on American food exports and cites U S agricultural growth from 1897 to 1900 as a sign of growing national strength.
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Neuesten Nachrichten
Berlin
Germany
United States
Bea
Auite
Army
Europe
England
U S Agriculture Forecast From 1031 Population Rise
The Department of Agriculture estimates a 1031 US population of 180 million under a conservative forecast. To feed this many people and animals, production of 700 million bushels of wheat, 1.25 billion bushels of oats, 8.45 billion bushels of corn, and 100 million tons of hay would be needed. The Agricultural Economist warns that current farming would require 150 million additional acres, with only 104 million acres new land available for farming.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Tax Collector Contracts Raise Questions in Lancaster
A Lancaster Kent city report notes about $75,000 of Statgan county taxes to be collected. The lowest bid for the collection contract was $35, an unusually low fee. The collector advances roughly $40,000 of delinquent taxes and earns $2,000 from a five percent abatement granted for prompt payment.
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Lancaster
Kent
Supreme Court rules publisher may print book as magazine content
The decision centers on Dr. Holmes’s Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. The Supreme Court upheld the Second Circuit, confirming a publisher’s right to print a book exactly as it appeared in the magazine, distinguishing between copyrighting a book and its contents.
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Dr. Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Holmes Estate
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals For
Second Circuit
Life's Story of Those We Love Best
Ella Wheeler Wilcox reflects on a life lesson found on the road west. The world may seem round yet is square in care, for the deepest wounds come from those we love the best. The poem contrasts how strangers praise while loved ones bear the blunt blows, warning that love’s care is both sweetest and sharpest.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The Mystic Portion Mystery Detected at School
Five fifth graders at Miss Reyburn's Select Private School form a Detective Band to uncover thefts among their peers. Suspicions quickly fall on Julia Gean, a quiet new girl, as missing lunch items and cards recur. Lizzie leads risky investigations at school and later at home, ending with a kitchen candy-making session in Mrs Dalton's house.
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Katharine Dayen McEthtony
Louise Seymore
Mary
Jane
Lizzie Dalton
Jane Barrow
Elma Hill
Lizzie
John Gess
Andor Sidpision
Bani
Elma
Julia Gean
Julia
Mystic candy tale saves thief in school plot
In a Presbyterian Banner tale the girls stake out a pink candy bag that vanishes. Lizzie and Julia uncover Harry Dalton as thief using a mystic potion ruse. Julia saves the day, ensuring Lizzie’s trust and halting a family pattern of suspicion.
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Violet
Lizzie
Aunt Violet
Tom
Julia
John
Harry Dalton
Harry
Livaie
Dalton
Presbyterian Banner
Gladstone’s quip on Carlyle at dinner noted
A Youth’s Companion passage recalls Mr. Gladstone joking about Thomas Carlyle’s eating, humorously comparing his mastication to posting letters as he quips Carlyle talked with jaws not used for eating, while Carlyle’s denunciations loom in readers’ minds.
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Carlyle
Mr. Gladstone
Augusta Fire Probed by Georgia Military Board
A governor appointed board of state militia officers will investigate the Augusta fire that destroyed the armories of the Sixth Georgia regiment and adjacent buildings on Broad Street. The loss of military property is reported larger than first thought.
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Augusta
Candler
Nhx Commando
Georgia
Signal Corps
First Cavalry
Broad Street
Chandler
Georgia State Fair Plans Reveal Women Led Exhibits
Detailed notes on the forthcoming state fair show women at the helm of major exhibits including educational displays and home crafts. Prize offerings include 50 dollars for best woodwork and 360 dollars for forged work by Georgia youths under twenty. Entries require blue print style drawings and strict adherence to specs, with Capt. Lyman Hall overseeing applications.
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Glenn
The
Fair Association
Georgia
Fair Management
Georgia School of Technology
Capt
Lyman Hall
Atlanta
Advertising Rates Offer Great Value to Local Business
Local newspaper ad rates are promoted as extremely low and an inducement for businessmen to patronize the columns. The pitch urges readers to try the service for affordable promotion.
British Proposal Accepted Yet American Amendment Fails
Washington report on Alaskan boundary talks shows Britain accepting a British arbitration basis while American amendment proposals were rejected. Officials note negotiations could resume but no final accord is assured, with the joint commission’s failure blamed on Canadian conduct and British reluctance to press further.
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Washington
London
Hay
Power
Joint High Commission
State Department
Haus
Mie
Joint Commission
United States
Alaska
Militia Reorganized in Virginia by Governor Tyler
Governor Tyler orders reorganization of fourteen infantry companies for Virginia state volunteers, completing final steps in the militia overhaul.
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Virginia
Tyler
Officials deny Samoa removals of consuls and chief justice
A Washington dispatch says no official source confirms any plan to relieve the three consuls and Chief Justice Chambers at Apia. Officials believe Osborne the American consul has escaped enemies there and is not disliked by German or British factions. The Samoan commission is said to have no power to remove Chambers.
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Washington
Samoa
Osborne
Apia
Chambers
Loubet Reprised by Crowd on Grand Prix Route
President Loubet of France headed to the Grand Prix at Longchamp amid a popular demonstration along the route from the Elysee palace to the race course. Troops lined the way as supporters cheered his return after the Auteuil outrage.
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Loubet
France
Auteuil
Long Champ Sunday
Elysee Palace
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United States Army
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