Emma Goldman Talks Life and Views in Russia and America
Emma Goldman describes her Russian origins and German upbringing, details life for women in Russia, and recounts her shift to anarchism after Chicago events. She says she never leads a party, supports individual freedom, and condemns violence only by circumstance, not principle.
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Russia
Leon Czolgosz
McKinley
Emma Goldman
Cleveland
New York Sun
Justus Behwab
Germany
St. Petersburg
Honor for Colored Hero Parker Endures as Buffalo Plans Statue
Travelers recount a movement in Buffalo to honor J. B. Parker the colored man who struck down Leon Czolgosz. Organizers aim to raise fifty thousand dollars for a heroic statue at the exposition grounds. Parker, born a slave, rose through education and service, earning respect for his strength and restraint in crises from Charleston to New York riots.
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Buffalo
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Exposition Grounds
Leon Czolgosz
J. B. Parker
Walter
President McKinley
New York
Parker
Hold
Georgia
Charleston
Atlanta
Twenty-third
Second Water Power Canal Under Construction at Sault Ste. Marie
A second high capacity water power canal is being built at Sault Ste. Marie. It will measure 26 feet deep and 150 feet wide requiring excavation of 500000 cubic yards of rock.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Liberty in the Face of Doubt in Chicago Record-Herald
In a cleaved nation the poem declares Liberty remains, despite cries of doubt. The piece laments the old crimson menace and evokes a resilient democratic spirit. It asserts Freedom will rise again, guiding the nation and strengthening the brave youth even amid derision.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Inventor Wins Patent for New Knitting Machine Attachment
Kenosha inventor E. Harbaugh has been granted a patent for a stocking attachment that joins ribbed upper stockings to lower portions on vertical stroke knitting machines. The device knits the two parts to appear as one piece, avoiding sewing. Harbaugh, previously tied to a hosiery firm near Kenosha, claims this design surpasses all prior methods and fits most machines with minor modifications.
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Loward E. Harbaugh
Kenosha
Wis
Chicago Record- Herald
Harbaugh
Novel automatic lightship at Otter Rock West Scotland features
The Otter Rock lightship in West Scotland operates automatically without a crew. It is steel built with three watertight compartments, gas holders in the middle section, a 25 foot mast lantern, a rolling bell with a gas driven clapper, and a gas supply lasting months.
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Otter Rock
Scotland
London
New York Sun
Colombia Says Ecuador and Venezuela Not at War
Dr. Thomas Herran, secretary of the Colombian legation in Washington, says Ecuador amid leadership changes is not at war with Colombia. Filibustering expeditions lack open Ecuadorian government support, while Nicaragua and Venezuela are not pursuing full scale conflict. U S neutrality pledges may deter any war.
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Ecuador
United States
Colombia
Heuador
Thomas Herran
Legation
Washington
Silva
New York World
Senor Alfaro
Senor Viaza
Plaza
Alfaro
Quito
Escuador
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Mexico
Castro
Venezuela
Salazar
Andrade
Uribe
Panama
Luzon
Old Yale Campus Buildings Are Torn Down
The New Haven Evening Register reports the last Yale campus buildings were razed this summer. The old Treasury building North College and Lyceum hall have been leveled, leaving newly seeded plots that will soon show no trace of the century old structures.
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Yale
New Haven Evening Register
Treasury
North College
Lyceum Hall
President's coolness praised by Indianapolis Journal
The Indianapolis Journal lauds the president for splendid coolness under fire, stating it shaped him into a good soldier.
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The
Indianapoli Journal
The American in England in Mrs Forbes’s Memoir
Lady Helen Forbes reviews The American in England in the London Rambler, recalling her youth and asking where the American of earlier days has gone. She contrasts older manners with contemporary American girls and expatriates, lamenting the loss of a certain uncouth American charm.
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Helen Forbes
England
London Rambler
Herbert Vivian
Dr. Johnson
Helen
Moncreiffe
New York World
Duchess of
Athol
Georgiana
Countess of Dudley
Mordaunt
Ocean
Shade grown produce trials inspire garden experiments in shade
Ariel Mitchelson of Tariffville near Hartford reports cheesecloth tents create tropical conditions for rapid growth in shade grown Sumatra tobacco leaves and assorted garden produce. Potatoes, beets, and onions favored tops over roots. squash and lettuce thrived with better flavor, though squash decayed faster. Peach king J H Hale sees promise and plans further tests on muskmelons next year.
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Ariel Mitchelson
Tariffville
Hartford
New York Post
J. H. Hale
South Glastonbury
Surgeons from around world join in operation on President
The president’s operation at the Pan-American hospital in Buffalo drew a cadre of renowned surgeons. Dr. Presley M. Rixey led the care with Dr. Roswell Park, Dr. Mynter, Dr. Mann, Dr. Parmenter and others in attendance as the 4:07 p.m. shooting gave way to a rapid 4:18 p.m. prep. The speedy transport and skilled team underscored the intense effort to aid the president amid a large medical delegation.
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Buffalo
New York Journal
McKinley
Rixey
Lee
St. Louis
Mynter
Mann
Parmenter
Roswell Park
Niagara Falls
Michigan Central
N. W. Wilson
Charles G. Stockton
Eugene Wasdin
Marine Hospital Department
Charles McBurney
New York
Price
Presley M. Rixey
John Franklin Rixey
Highth
Navy
McKinleys
White House
Leonard Wood
Park
The
Bush Medical College
Buffalo General Hospital
University of Buffalo
Herman Mynter
Denmark
Copenhagen
Sisters
New German Hospital
Matthew D. Mann
City of
John Parmenter
New York State
United States
Cuba
T. W. Lee
Omaha Exposition
Charles G. Stockholm
Fort Porter
Sisters’ Hospital
President McKinley Uttered “Thy Will Be Done” in Final Moments
Inquiry among physicians and attendants in Buffalo during McKinley’s operation found his last words were “If not my will, then Thy will be done.” The Philadelphia Press reports the moment occurred just before ether was administered and after the surgeon Dr Mann delivered the operation.
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Buffalo
McKinley
Philadelphia
Mann
Noisy fellow Czolgoss and his anarchist ties
The text notes Czolgoss was seen as a loud talker on politics and his uncle recalls bold bets against Spain in the war. It suggests a past habit of risky bravado and suicide risk if he had lost. Poles remembered him and disputed his anarchist affiliations while living in St. Paul.
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Czolgoss
Czolgosz
St. Paul
New York World
To Niagara Weep and Pour Your Torrents Forth
Poetic plea for relief and healing set in a formal letter voice. John W. Finley presides in Philadelphia urging collective sorrow to aid healing, with a prayer to the Almighty for spared life.
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John W. Finley
Philadelphia
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Ladies and Gentlemen Headquarters
Emma Goldsman
America
Rochester
Thoon
Blackwell's Island
Europe
Vienna
Paris
Congress
France
McKinies
Leon Czolgorz
Dad Tad Mda
Lady Helen Forbes
Connecticut
DR. Roswell Park
H Rixey
Niagara
Money Moi
Ashington, IA
Man
Columbia Pharmacy
Southeast Corner Square
McCall Brothers
Frank Webb
Telephone
Brown Buggy Company
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