Cardinal Gibbons and Panama Canal Policy Raise United States Nonpartisan Stand
The article presents Cardinal Gibbons' critique of Congo Free State abuses, arguing missionaries are best informed on conditions and urging noninterference by the United States. It also defends canal policy to favor American materials and contractors, and discusses Senate debates on entanglement in European affairs regarding the Congo and Algeciras treaty implications.
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Congo Free State
Congo
Great Britain
Berlin
Leopold
Ernests
Senate
Howe
Canal Commission
Panama Canals
Congress
Pregs
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Commission
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Panama Canal
Beneft
Europe
Algeciras
Senate of
Africa
Debate on Senate power and moral justice in currency
The piece rails at treaty oversight and centralization, mocks moral outrage over bacon theft versus elite finance, and critiques libertarian and monetary theories. It contrasts public virtue with wealth, condemning selective justice while predicting Congress will dodge currency reform until the next panic.
America All Right Despite Roaring Times
The nation faces pessimistic briefs on crime taxes and governance yet remains stable with a strong union, no drastic loss of state powers, and prosperity sustaining housing, food, and wages. China’s opium war and reform efforts draw global interest while U S politics mix humor and criticism in daily dispatches and public notices.
Christmas Trees Dispute in Vermont Regarded as Forest Loss
Vermont forest harvests for Christmas trees draw protests as 1.5 million young spruces balgams and hem teen are cut annually. Farmers supply New York Boston Albany buyers, discarding about 60 percent at road ends, with critics warning of water shortages and ecological damage. Timber cuts aging to market harms long term value, while pulp wood demand tempts farmers to harvest early.
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Montpelier
New York World
Vermont
Santa Claus
Thom
New York
Haston
Albany
State Forestry Commission
The Suspicious Man
A fragment from a humorous piece portraying a cheerful, well treated man surrounded by friendly workers. The narrator notes the warm reception from wife, office boy, postman, cook, children, friends, elevator operator, grocer, and tradespeople, ending with a foreshadowed turn after Christmas.
Fingers and law place value on the thumb in hand
The Philadelphia Record reviews how laws assign value to fingers, with the thumb worth about a third of the hand, and varying percentages across France, Austria, Germany, and Italy for each finger. It notes the middle finger's importance, ring finger's lesser role, and little finger as a point of support, while mentioning artists and surgeons. A London Chronicle item reports Mark All, aged engineer, walking 60,000 miles in seven years to disprove aging workers’ uselessness.
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Tt Ie
Texas
White House
Mark Twain
Root
New York
London Saturday Review
United States
Japan
Philadelphia
Germany
Austria
Meignan
London Chronicle
London
Mark All
Mark AH
Fleet Street
Alt
Halle
Three Kingdoms
France
Spain
Switzerland
Belgium
Holland
Italy
Russia
Take & Waek
Newhaven
Tieppe
Merkell
Royal Gluttons Living and Dead in Europe and Britain
A survey of monarchs famed for extreme appetites notes Charles of Roumania and Leopold of Belgium as strict dieters while Louis XVI and Louis XVIII are cited as historic gluttons. It details royal feasts, the Talakeram ceremony, and the link between appetite and monarchy, concluding with a potential Earldom of Shrewsbury arising from peerage rulings.
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Roumania
John D Rockefeller
Francis Joseph
Edward
Nicholas
Turkey
Plevna
Russia
Leopold
Belgium
Europe
Portugal
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Alfonso
Spain
France
Two Sicilies
Don Alfonso
Wurttemberg
Travancore
Louis XVI
Louis XVIII
Marie Antoinette
Varennes
Paris
Retiring British Ambassador Durand Draws British Press Fire
Various conjectures in the British press explain Sir Mortimer Durand’s retirement as British Ambassador to Washington. Critics say he failed to adapt to Washington society, was eclipsed by German and French embassies, and lacked vigorous public presence. Proposals urge a new envoy modeled after Lowell and Choate, active across America and in Canada and Newfoundland.
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Mortimer Durand
Washington
Tis
Canada
Newfoundland
Washington Socialife
Roosevelt
William Ft
Great Britain
Lowell, Choate
Whitelaw Reid
Sir Mortimer Durand
London
Iit
Speck
von Sternburg
Lord Pauncefote
England
Germany
Westminster Gazette
Europe
St James
America
Dorne
Dorne On A Full Tide of Oratory From ‘Dand
John o'Great
United States
Sameselt
Centralize chant echoes in New Orleans poem satire
A verse lampoons Secretary Root and the Centralize slogan. The speaker and Taney pursue the message up a height, then return with terse remarks. The crowd questions gain from centralized power as the poem recalls Washington travel and fading energy.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Root
The Old Nicholska Pharmacy In Moscow Exceeds Expectations
The Biggest Drug Store in the world exists in Moscow and is 23 years old. The Old Nicholska Pharmacy has become a family business under the present proprietor since 1833. The building is large with many departments including a staff education unit for 70 people. They fill about 2,000 prescriptions daily and boast near flawless organization with rare errors.
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Kansas City
Yourmat
Moscow
Nicholska Pharmacy
Fragmented Chicago fiction lines reflect social tones
Readable fragments from a Chicago News page present satirical and moral musings on manners, drinking, and social honesty. The jagged prose references a bill collector, a chiropodist, and plainspoken judgments, capturing a faded snapshot of local speech.
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Chicago News
Jaya
Mtepyige
The Czars Necklace Auction Brings Record Sum on Fifth
A famed Russian royal pearl necklace sold at 5th Avenue auction to J Dreier & Son for 195934 dollars as Wall Street fears loom. The sale capped a dramatic tale linking czars, diplomats, brokers and a looming market crash.
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Brom
New York American
Fifth Avenue
Wall Street
J. Dreier & Son
Maurice Brower
John Street
S Davison
Davison
J Dreier & Son
Abroad Money Flows From New York During Christmas
The New York Herald reports a vast Christmas money transfer abroad with $1,856,614 in outgoing foreign money orders. Celic of the White Star Line led sails, carrying 4,088 mail sacks and 8,534 registered articles. Britain received the largest share, followed by Italy and Sweden, with amounts listed for many countries and ships including the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and the New York.
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New York Herald
Europe
Veegels
White Star Line
New York
Majestic
Celtic
Great Britain
Italy
Sweden
Austria
Hungary
Denmark
Greece
Switzerland
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Portugal
Russia
Germany
And
Norway
The Neck Stock Revived In Victorian London Fashion
A London fashion vignette notes the revival of the stock as men’s neckwear in Piccadilly with a young author seen in 1830 style. It describes black English silk stocks tied under the chin and paired with a new low back collar with rounded front points. Also included are reflections from The New York Proms with social quips about wealth and marriage.
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London
Piccadilly
Supreme Court to Hear Kansas Colorado Water Suit
Kansas sues Colorado over Arkansas River water use with irrigation disputes. Colorado seeks three and a half days of argument. numerous Colorado counsel and Western Union officials attend, with discussions of Texas sugar irrigation and Roosevelt’s policies.
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Raleigh
B Brooks
New York
W A Danel
Denver
F L Clary
New Haven
H. A. Sumner
J P Altberger
Philadelphia
Banjo Music for the Nerves Healing Effect of Music
Dr Br Norman Meachen lectures in London on music therapy detailing how tunes soothe nerves and aid digestion. He cites Mendelssohn Chopin and "Tarantula Dance" as soothing examples and claims music cured a child, reduced fever, calmed the insane, and even treated alcoholism. The banjo is cited as curing a seemingly hopeless neurastic case in three days.
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London
Norman Meachen
Dr. Meachen
Stane
David
Saul
Meachen
Mendelssohn
Stavenhagen
Goddares
Insulted Piper Flouts Music Class Row in Fulham
In Fulham on Fernshaw Road a Highland piper performed a Scottish march to disrupt a professor's music class. After failed attempts to regain attention, the piper refused the professor's request to stop. Police bound over William Cooney to keep the peace as the bagpipes continued amid discord.
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London Chronicle
William Cooney
Fernshaw Road
Fulham
Roche
Westminster Police Court
Cooney
Biche
Profeson
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