Fragmented portrait of unrest and imperial crisis across Europe
The piece surveys turmoil at home in Russia with riots, Cossack lashings, and palace threats while pondering how a war could unite a fractured empire. It also reports Berlin notes on the German emperor, Japan seeking space at St Louis 1908, British views on De Wet, and a reshaped tin can cartel amid America’s Cup chatter.
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Poland
Finland
Russia
Japan
Great Britain
Wealthy ex banker dies in New York
The note reports the death of John Pondle a former influential member of the New York Stock Exchange and Wall Street leader who died in New York in apparent poverty. The piece notes money moves and the fragile reach of wealth. It also covers U S postal changes: domestic money orders to Canada replacing international ones effective July 1 and Cuba letters priced at 2 cents matching Mexico and Canada rates, with implications for revenue and cross-border correspondence.
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John Pondle
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Washington
Transacions
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
United States
Speed of the Solar System The Newcomb claim
Professor Simon Newcomb highlights the nineteenth century achievement of measuring the solar system’s movement through space at about 40,000 miles per hour. He notes the vast, almost unimaginable scale of cosmic motion and imagines extreme scenarios, while stressing that the universe’s governing order makes such catastrophe unlikely.
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Simon Newcomb
Humnan
Russian bear overshadows world map amid tense geopolitics
A sweeping analysis notes conflicting state department records on South Africa and Oromanche Free State as well as rising tensions in the Orient. It warns of Russia's growing ambition in Manchuria Mongolia and Korea, with Britain wary and Japan prepared for conflict if needed. The piece highlights Britain's strategic concerns across Europe and the Middle East as the quest for influence intensifies.
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Orient
Peking
Ftates
Russia
Manchuria
Vlalma
Mongolia
Turkestan
China
Germany
Shangtung
Japan
Korea
Jiji Shimpo
Tokyo
Great Britain
Levant
Crimea
South Africa
England
Balkans
Constantinople
Bohemia
Prince Henry of Prussia A Contrast to His Brother
A portrait from the London Globe depicts Prince Henry of Prussia as the opposite of his ambitious brother. The quiet prince endears himself to navy officers and sailors for acts of rescue, and his devotion to his mother in 1889 stands out. During his son’s marriage to Irene of Heligo, Frederick the Noble gave him a slip of paper promising his son will be a good and true husband, a moment the paper notes as never causing his sorrow.
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Prince Henry
Prussia
Kaiver
Degre
Irene of
Helgo
Frederick the Noble
London Globe
Paralyzed Judge-Pat Noting Kodol Cure Claim
A dated reader complaint cites a confession of drunkenness and a sworn note from John Beam praising Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as the best digestant. The letter asserts the product digests all foods and claims no other preparation compares.
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John Beam
West Middlesex
Davis
International Mining Congress Open Fare Announcement
Boise Idaho hosts the International Mining Congress with an open fare of one fare for the round trip. Tickets go on sale July 21 and 22 with favorable passage each way and a final limit set for August 4 1901.
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International Mining Congress
Boise
Idaho
Newbro’s Herpicide Claims to Kill Dandruff Germ
A fragmentary ad asserts dandruff stems from a germ and only Newbro’s Herpicide can destroy it. It argues washing scalp or regular remedies fail to cure dandruff, while Herpicide eliminates the germ and stops the cause.
Riches of Thunder Mountains from Dewey claim
A Lewis County dispatch reports dramatic ore discoveries on Colonel Dewey's Thunder Mountain property. Winter work by 8 to 26 men yields a large network of cross cuts and shafts, with surface assays suggesting 6 to 8 dollars per ton across the eight claims and a potential total value near 6.5 million dollars. Many seekers flock to the district as transport via the P. and I. N. Ry nears completion.
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Ton Tune
Thunder Mountain
Dewey
Supreme Court Upholds Two Mile Sheep Grazing Ban
The Supreme Court affirms the lower court in Sifers v Johnson Blaine county criticizing grazing laws as within state police power. It upholds a $100 award to Sifers for damages from Johnsons sheep trespassing and destroying pasturage near Sifers home within two miles.
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Supreme Court
W. A. Sifers
O. P. Johnson
Blaine County
Sifers
Johnson
Sifera
Quarles
Statutes upholding hogs at large and police power upheld
The court explains that laws banning hogs from running at large and restricting sheep near dwellings serve the public good and peace. It rejects claims of taking property without due process, noting grazing rights on public domain are by sufferance, not vested. The decision affirms the statutes as valid and enforceable. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve note and warning about counterfeits are included.
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Appellant
Congress
Idaho
Union of States
Reading matter donation request to reform institution
A letter asks readers to donate higher class literature to inmates of a reform institution. It notes many readers have no use for such material after one read and proposes dropping items at a convenient place for shipment by freight, with donors paying charges.
Poor Millionaire Lately starved in London story
A Poor Millionaire Lately starved in London because he could not digest his food. Early use of Dr. King's New Life Pills would have saved him. They strengthen the stomach, and digestion, promote assimilation, improve appetite, Price 250, Money back is not satisfied, Sold by KR. W. Sarr, druggist.
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London
Dr. King
KR. W. Sarr
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Fubbert
Syracuse
St. Louis
de Wet
Tin
Sun
Weiser
R. E. Lock Woon
State Department
South African Republic
Orange Free State
Oklahoma
Iinke
Thunder Mountains
Mle Sommtercamp
Chantes E. Arney
DeWitt
DeWitt's
Davis Dana Co
Arney
Ry Moyer
Lawson
Moyer
Sommer
Ilcago
He SigNar
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