Emperors Language Skill and African Governance Highlight
The article notes Emperor William II speaking Swedish and other languages during a royal visit, and describes King Menelik of Abyssinia as a paternal ruler who personally inspects the palace, supervises gardens, and uses a telescope to monitor streets. It also covers perceptions of locomotives in Africa, vaccination of firearms, and various international curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperor William
Sweden
Count Thott
Kaiser
Prince of Wales
William II
Gymnasium
College
Kassel
Hess
Menelik
Abyssinia
Windsor Magazine
Europe
Africa
Desert
Cape To Cairo
Soudan
Mosquito Census Rates Insects as Major Health Threat
English scientists report a bug census showing mosquitoes among the most harmful insects. The British museum origin of the census is to be verified and expanded to improve human health through detailed, scientific insect data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ufe
Animal Kingdom
Ernest Austin
Natural History Department
British Museum
India
English Plum Pudding Recipe From Ladies' Journal
A historic recipe describes seed first one pound of raisins with currants and orange peel, then suet brown sugar and stale bread crumbs. Five eggs beaten with juice moisten dry mix, steam ten hours, cool, and store.
Public Prosecutor Seeks Heavy Sentence in Paria Conspiracy Case
Closing speech delivered Wednesday evening before the senate and high court in the Paria conspiracy case. Prosecutor urged a severe sentence for Jules Guerin head of the Anti Semite League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria
Senate
Ales
Jules Guerin
Anti- Semite League
If Editors Who Do Exchange Form A Trust
An unsigned poem from the Detroit Free Press imagines editors who trade content uniting to form a trust. It jokes that such a move would erase famous names and erase the press, leaving only workers and dull days across the Styx. The speaker warns editors of the power they hold through publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li Hung Chang
Hanna
Chauncey M
Paul
Jones
Hearst
Journal
World
Earth
Detroit Free Press
The Lady of the House Outwits a Pest
A dominant visitor knocks at the door demanding entry. Mrs. Blank asserts authority amid insult and declares I am the lady of the house, turning the encounter into a display of upper-class arrogance and control. The intruder presses on about soap, while the exchange ends with a tense standoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget
Mrs. Blank
Wheat Market Notes From Antwerp Commentary
Antwerp report notes wheat market weakness due to large global stocks. Farmers hold back to protect prices, keeping merchant profits. Prices fall if farmers flood the market. if farmers restrain, merchants can sell at a profit. Shipping and export dynamics from India, Austri, and North America influence prices as Argentina’s crop shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Frotti
India
Danubian
North Amery
Character by the chin a guide to personality
A nineteenth century piece argues the chin reveals character. A strong protruding chin signals iron will and intelligence, while a receding chin implies moral weakness and lack of initiative. The author notes other facial features modify these readings.
Chin shapes and traits reveal character says New York Sun
A New York Sun piece links chin形 to personality traits including coquetry in a dimpled chin and nobility in a broad square chin. It notes cruel signs for a perpendicular, colorless lip profile and suggests long pointed chins imply poetical tendency but weak constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
McGill Opens Lord Strathcona Women’s College in Montreal
Lord Strathcona’s Gifts to McGill culminate in the formal opening of the Royal Victoria College for Women on Sept 14. The donor, Canada’s high commissioner to Great Britain, has given at least 2 million in total. the college cost 300 thousand and will receive substantial endowment. The article notes the historic Donalda program started in 1885 to endow women’s arts studies, with twelve Donalda graduates earning BoA degrees last spring and many medalists among Donalda girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Strathcona
McGill University
Montreal
Royal Victoria College For Women
Canada
Great Britain
College For Women
McGill
Donald Smith
Lord
Donalda
Russia Plans Peasant Resettlement Across Asia Empire
Russia proposes to move European Russian peasants into Asian lands with grants of land tax relief and free transportation. Eligible settlers must have capital between 100 and 300 dollars and would receive twenty years of tax exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Asia
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Manelik’s
Ac Patermal Path
Tate
Gine
German West Africa
Eggers
Damaraland
Damaras
Cook Islands
South Seas
London Globe
Neue Freie Presse
Vienna
Vincenso Cervello
Palmero
Italy
Rome
Floria
Map
Cervello
Exchange Editor’s Trust
Rockefeller
Great
Styx
North America
W. G. Johnson
Maryland Agricultural College
F. Hammesfahr
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