Uncle Sam in Hot Springs and Americas rich coal output
A fragmented reminiscence praises Hot Springs Arkansas as a federal project with parks, fountains, drives, and a thriving hotel scene under Uncle Sam. It contrasts this with a regional coal production overview, noting Illinois and West Virginia leading terms, and ends with a quip about entering unceremoniously and tobacco cloud.
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Congress
Hot Springs
Uncle Sam
Washington
Great
Ouachita Valley
Central Avenue
West Virginia
Ohio
Alabama
Kansas
The Triumphs of Women Display Hidden Courage
A Brooklyn incident shows Mrs. Lennie Kelley saving her aged father by climbing over a dashboard to seize dangling reins as a runaway horse at Coney Island boulevard. The tale highlights unexpected female bravery beyond famous heroines.
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Brooklyn
Lennie Kelley
Coney Island
Pamelia
Clarissa
Mme. de Stael
Delphine
Mental Industry Prolongs Health in Old Age Says Modern Society
An article in Modern Society argues mental industry aids longevity and cites the London Iron and Steel Institute council, where four members are over 80. Sir Lowthian Bell is 87 and remains active in iron and coal expertise.
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London Iron and Steel Institute
Lowthian Bell
New Orleans Seizes Salt Water Springs and Warms Public Baths
An 1880s report details Hot Springs hospital projects, government control of mineral waters, and a broad tour through notable figures including Sarah E. McCoy and Sir John Alleyne. It notes a public bath network, a 135 degree mineral spa, and the Ozark journey from the Iron Mountain route to Pittsburg while observing English views of American life.
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New York
Hot Springs
Service of
Army
Navy
Ozark
Colume
Uncle Sam
Ozark Mountains
Iron Mountain
Mississippi
Vivid Imaginations From Cape May Message in a Bottle
A fragment recounts a Cape May woman who sealed a message in a beer bottle and cast it into the sea. The vessel Thunder allegedly retrieved it after many days and a shark catch at sea. The tale centers on a man and a Daisy of motive amid this maritime mystery.
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Cape May
Miss May Van Alen to Wed Plain American Lawyer
Paris reported engagement of Miss May Van Alen to Robert R Remington a Philadelphia lawyer of modest means. Granddaughter of Mrs Astor with about 6 million fortune she has long drawn notice for choices shunning titles for a common businessman. The match stirs society on two continents and follows her colorful courtship.
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May van Alen
Paris
Aince
Robert R. Remingtom
Miss van Alen
Remington
Philadelphia
Lord Salisbury’s Conservatism in a Witty Exchange
A temperance advocate pressed for more public-house reform to curb drinking. Lord Salisbury countered that more taverns would tempt excess, but he added he feels no greater urge to sleep when visiting a house with forty bedrooms, illustrating his entrenched conservatism and distrust of reform movements.
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Lord Salisbury
Salisbury
Rousesire of Unionists Judge Jackson of West Virginia
Judge John Jay Jackson, nearing eighty, long a federal jurist in West Virginia, has sentenced miners union organizers to jail for contempt and is noted for issuing drastic injunctions in labor disputes. A Virginian by birth, he remained loyal to the Union and helped shape wartime politics under Lincoln.
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Jackson
West Virginia
Famons
John Jay Jackson
Miners’ Union
Federal
Lincoln
Virsinks
Bell and Everett
Judge Jackson
Rude Awakening for Flaherman in Lyndonville Lake
George Chaffee of Lyndonville was fishing on the lake when an enraged steer charged from shore. The animal leapt into the water and swam toward him. Chaffee could not lift his anchor or move away, yelled for help, and fought off the steer with a fishing pole, driving it toward shore.
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Flaherman
George Chaffee
Lyndonville
Ao Mery
Chaffee
Tme
Big Robe
The Weeky Panorama Bank Clearances and Cash Transfer
The weekly panorama notes a bank balance of 10 cents while daily clearances reach 1 822 694 dollars and only 10 cents move in cash. It claims no New York bank has lied to the clearing house since 1878 and argues the cash transaction is a tiny fraction of the total clearances, highlighting large savings in time and money due to the clearing house system.
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New York
Death of Swami Vivekananda Who Taught Philosophy in America
Swami Vivekananda died in a Calcutta monastery and gained fame in Chicago for his World’s Fair congress talks on Hindu philosophy. He visited New York and Chicago drawing crowds, creating a furore with Indian attire and new ideas. He stayed in the U.S. after the congress, wrote books, and influenced religious circles before gradually fading from public view.
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Wami Vivekananda
America
Swami Vivekananda
Calcutta
Chicago
Congress
New York
Spalding Could Be Named Chicago Archbishop
The Right Reverend John Lancaster Spalding, bishop of Peoria, tops a list of three bishops considered for the Chicago archbishopric. Known for austere life and liberal views, Spalding is widely respected and is believed by Catholic circles to be the Pope’s preferred choice for the archbishopric.
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Peoria
Chicago
John Lancaster Spalding
Feehan
Spalding
Lordly Aid for a Young Learner and Bread Habit
A mother works to guide her daughter Annette away from a dislike of bread crusts while teaching her to recite the Lord’s Prayer. The story notes the girl’s kneeling effort to repeat the prayer as part of her lessons at home.
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Annette
Commonwealth
Avenir
Marconi Patents Claim Rights Across Abroad via Solari Link
Aled five amendment to Marconi’s patent application seeks to convert the original filing into a device claimed as an invention communicated abroad by Marquis Luigi Solari of Italy. Solari, a lieutenant in the Italian navy, was in China with allied forces two years ago and passed through the United States on his way home in September 1901.
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Luigi Solari
Italy
China
United States
Acetylene for Army Signaling Trials Reported in Germany
Cosmos reports acetylene mixed with oxygen yields a light three times brighter than oxyhydric signals. Experiments show daytime signaling possible over eight kilometers and nighttime reach about five miles, with translation for the Literary Digest.
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Germany
Cosmos
Literary Digest
Inverlclyde Foe to Morgan Seeks Cunard Rival Fleet
Reports suggest Lord Inverclyde leads Cunard opposition to J Pierpont Morgan in a bid to block his takeover with a rival line. Meanwhile USGS explorers report crossing the Beluga River in Alaska toward Mt McKinley, planning to reach Circla City and Forty Mile district if season permits, with Yukon descent possible.
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Cunard Line
J. Pierpont Morgan
Cunard Company
Alaska
Alfred H. Brooks
United States Geological Survey
Beluga River
Mt. McKinley
Tanana
Circla City
Forty Mile
Yukon River
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New York Herald
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Quachita
Pennsylvania
Castie
John Frita
Bethlehem
Mississippi Sound
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Hot Springs, Arkansas
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Army and Navy Hospital
Rousesire
Marconi
Inverclyde
Morgan
Liverpool
Canada
Sir John Burns
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