miscellany: Saxony verses to electric roads and tiger tales
A collection of short notes and anecdotes: Saxony pupils to memorize many Bible verses and hymns. an Ohio speculator recovers wealth after stocks drop. a New York legend links the tiger emblem to Tweed and Tammany. and legislation moves to regulate electric railways with steam road safety requirements.
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Saxony
W. C. Montanye
New York
William M. Tweed
Big Six” Fire Company
Montayne
Tweed
All Tammany
Omnigraph and other varied 19th century tech notes
The article describes an omnigraph telegraphy device with a keyed disk system and a spring contact to encode Morse dots and dashes. It also cites The American Grocer estimating beverage expenditures at over twelve hundred twenty eight million dollars, highlighting alcohol as the major share. It closes with a British Parliament remark on technical instruction and a humorous clash over policy and meaning.
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Arenesa
Remarkable Flint Bowlder With Toad Inside Found
A flint bowlder unearthed in England contained a full grown toad in a hollow. The toad entered as a juvenile through a small aperture and perished as the hole silted up. The specimen was shown before the Linnaean Society and will go to Brighton museum.
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England
Linnaean Society
Brighton Museum
Knight of Todar and Civil War Reflections
Poem and essay fragment discuss Sir Solance and Atay as cultural figures, then comment on Robert E Lee’s 1865 retreat from Petersburg, Lee’s possible futures, and the fall of Richmond. The piece uses historic hypotheticals and memorial tone, detailing Lee’s departure, Davis’s panic, and the broader impact on the Confederacy and Union.
Wisard with the sword in inaugural Washington parade
Major C. P. Gearheart of Danville Pennsylvania a veteran of the Pennsylvania Naval Guard and famed swordsman performed feats to boost his reputation during the Washington inaugural parade. Members of Congress including Green Polk and Packer watched from rooms with invited friends observing the display of sword and rapier skill.
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Polk
Major Gearheart
Mr. Gearheart
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
Representative Polk
Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
United States
Chickamauga
Twelfth Pennsylvania
Gearheart
Wisard
C. P. Gearheart
Danville
Pennsylvania Navarel Guard
Washington
Congress
Green
Packer
Messrs
Death wager between two elderly Maine men ends in tragedy
On New Year’s Day 1901 Judge J W Knowlton and Civil War veteran Tolman Young, both born in 1807 and in their nineties, wagered who would outlive the other. Young died March 17 after worsening illness, while Knowlton, struck by paralysis March 10, was expected to die within a week. The tale marks them as Waldo county’s oldest men. Levi Curtis, 82, attended Young’s funeral, a veteran of the First Maine Heavy Artillery wounded in action.
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J. W. Knowlton
Liberty
Tolman Young
Dropay
Young
Knowton
First
Maine Heavy Artillery
Engines Provably Injured on Maine Wreck
On the battleship Maine sunk in Havana harbor there are 162 complete engines. The contractor raising the wreck is confident all are injured and the ship could be patched up for Army 50 Fours, valued at $2,000,000. The retirement of Col Witt Davis after more than fifty years service was announced by the War Department in Washington. The German city of Casablanca will col e thousandth.
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Robert E. Lee
Richmond
Petersburg
Johnston
Sherman
United States Army
Winfield Scott
Virginia
George H. Thomas
Washington
Old Dominion
Grant
Lee
Mexico
Sam” Grant
Davis
Jefferson Davis
Lincoln
Fitz-Hugh Lee
Joe Wheeler
Union
Robert E Eve
Utica Observer
Maine
Havana Harbor
Army
Col Witt Davis
Third Cavalry
War Department
Opposition to Tariff Revision Cited by Moore
Charles A. Moore argues against Babcock proposed tariff revision, warning it would aid the steel trust and harm small manufacturers. He cites U.S. Steel dominance, foreign competition, and the need for steady tariffs to protect labor and export growth. Moore notes past gains in exports since tariffs, urging restraint on major policy changes.
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Charles A. Moore
Babcock
New York
Payne
Moore
Congress
Steel Trust
Republican Party
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Tam
United States Steel Corporation
Great Britain
France
Germany
American Steel Trust
United States
England
Mr. Moore
New York Mail and Express
Three Flourishing Plants Much Ado About Little
The Pioneer Press notes that outrage over the Russian tariff was largely unfounded. Illinois manufacturers pressed Washington about the countervailing sugar duty, but Secretary Gage explained the law cannot be changed and Russia buys far less than claimed. Exports of iron and steel, and agricultural machinery, appear exempt from the retaliatory order, reducing the perceived impact. The nation’s reaction seems overly heated given these exemptions.
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Pioneer
Illinois
Washington
Gage Inn
Russia
Plant dispute prompts defiant cries in Cleveland
In a sharply worded exchange reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer a speaker vows to wipe out enemies if needed while accusing rivals of refusing to buy up their plant. The confrontation highlights tensions over a disputed industrial asset and threats of drastic action.
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Cleveland
Wages cut for English iron workers due to foreign competition
The Injarious Competition In consequence of injurious competition of American and other industries wages of finished iron workers in the north of England have been reduced seven and one half percent. Docu pee the workmen of America from Injurious competitive of other countries Hornellsville Times.
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England
America
Hornellsville
Walter Baker Company Ad Warns Against Substitutions
A Boston based advertisement from Walter Baker Company warns grocers and housekeepers against fraudulent substitutes for La Belle Chocolatiere products. It highlights fair pricing, honest competition, and urges customers to check packaging. Free "Choice Recipes" book offered to those who mail name and address from Dorchester, Massachusetts.
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Walter Baker Company
la Belle ‘Chocolatiere
Dorchester
Mass
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
State Street
Boston
Old Lady Speake Guetic In British Isles
King Edward notes an aged subject in the British Islands who cannot speak English. Mies Mary Stewart, descended from the Stewarts of Appin, born in Ardnamurchan Argyleshire in 1791, has served fifty three years in various places between Appin and the Taverry district. She is pale hearty and able to move about. The old lady knows Gaelic but no English.
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Edward
British Islands
Mies Mary Stewart
Appin
Ardnamurchan
Argyleshire
Taverary
Paris Becomes Source of Student Business Grant
Mme Barbet Barbet-Balliol leaves an annuity of 10 000 francs to Paris for a young unmarried working girl deemed by merit, intelligence, and conduct capable of starting a business. The applicant must be French. Each year the Prefect of the Seine selects the most deserving case for funding.
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Btarte
Mme. Barbet-Balliol
Paris
Apa
Seine
Jury Trial Settled by Masonry Agreement in Oklahoma
In Logan County Oklahoma Guthrie and Western Railroad sued George Cooper for land. The defendant requested seven Masons as jurors and the railroad attorney, a Mason, agreed. The case proceeded with that jury and both sides waived appeal. Cooper won the verdict.
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District Court
Logan County
Oklahoma
Guthrie & Western Railroad Company
George Cooper
Cooper
Loaded Down with Offices in McBain Michigan
A local man, William H. Brown of McBain, holds multiple posts including deputy sheriff, marshal, street commissioner, pound-master, fence warden, health officer and truant officer. He also serves in several lodges. Combined earnings from these positions total about $600 yearly, and his busy day runs seven days a week.
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McBain
Mich
William H. Brown
Marshel
Brown
Dead Line May Stir Tensions Between Cattle and Sheep Men
Conflict looms near Green River Wyoming after cattlemen set a deadline and sent notices to sheepmen to stay away from shared grazing grounds. Sheep owners insist they have long used the territory and vow to defend their rights amid possible clashes.
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Green River
Wyo
Ceattlemen
German Navy Awards Orders for New Ships to Private Builders
The German navy department has placed multiple orders with private shipyards. Bremen based WeeGer will build two small cruisers, Blohm & Voss of Hamburg an armored cruiser, Howaldt works in Kiel a small cruiser, and contracts for two more battleships are expected soon.
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Dermes Nery
German Navy Department
Weeger Company
Bremen
Blohm & Voss
Hamburgere
Howaldt Works
Kiel
King of Greece Works as a Farmer in Summer
The king of Greece enjoys a pleasant summer by adopting farm life. He plows fields, cuts and binds crops, and tends the farm from start to finish as if it were his daily business, taking pride in hands on labor.
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Sieg
Finn
Greece
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Michigan House
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Caspel Will Cole
Ince
Weecking
Kansas City
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