The Breadwinners and Its Controversial Authorship
A late discussion questions the Illinois woman alleged author of The Breadwinners. The piece notes external evidence confirms authorship, while internal page content condemns labor and lauds wealth, portraying snobbery and aristocracy as central themes and mocks the common worker. The New York Journal’s critique is cited, arguing the book aims to glorify money and denigrate labor.
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Illinois
New York Journal
Death of Archbishop Lewis On Atlantic Steamer
Archbishop Lewis of Ontario died of pneumonia on the morning of May 4 aboard the steamer Menominee crossing to England. He had sailed while seriously weakened from a pneumonia attack and was bound for Egypt to regain his health. On the night of May 3 his wife and the nurse with him noted the deteriorating condition.
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Archbishop Lewis
Lewis
Ontario
Atlantic
England
Menominee
Egypt
Open Air Pantry For Country Homes
The feature describes a simple outdoor pantry built on four tall legs with a sheltered roof, shelves around the interior, and tiny holes in the weather boarding to trap pests. It is white washed twice a year, cleaned daily in hot weather, and costs about three to four dollars to construct or hire.
Cheap Steel for Foreigners Controversy Sparks Debate
Charles M Schwab, president of United States Steel, concedes American steelmakers sell goods abroad cheaper than at home. He argues plants run at full capacity create surpluses that must be disposed of abroad to avoid plant curtailment and layoffs. He says lower foreign prices protect foreign markets and prevent factory closures.
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Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Company
Schwab
Popularity of Outdoor Life Reflects Health of Nation
The article notes growing popularity of outdoor life and a wide range of sports and pastimes. It highlights shifts from tennis and football to golf and cycling, with open-air exertion valued for its own sake beyond mere amusement.
Acquittal of Harvard Professor in sensational murder trial
Professor Charles R Eastman of Harvard University is acquitted of murdering his brother in law during a Fourth of July shooting at practice. The case drew intense drama given Eastmans high standing and the circumstantial evidence weighed by the jury and Attorney General Knowltons eloquence. The verdict underscores prudent justice and doubts about guilt despite serious allegations.
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Eastman
Charles R. Eastman
Harvard University
Knowlton
Richard Grogan
Keeps the Fish Alive Concept and Inventor Cassius Fisk
A description of an aquatic fishing innovator from Ohio, Cassius M Fisk, who designed a closed water tank with an air pump and reservoir to keep live bait oxygenated during multi day fishing. The device uses a perforated bottom tube and air distribution pipes to steadily release air, maintaining purified water and extending bait viability with less frequent pumping. The inventor also adds a net to aid in selecting bait.
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Cassius M. Fisk
Ohio
Harriman Rivalry Elevates Railroad Financier to Power
May Rival MM. Harriman has built a dominant role in U S railroads through control of the Chicago and Alton and leadership of unions with the Union Pacific Southern Pacific Pacific Mail Steamship Line Oregon Railway and Navigations and Kansas Southern. His ties with the Goulds and Rockefellers broaden his influence and his clash with J J Hill over Northern Pacific boosted public notice.
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MM. E. H. Harriman
J. Pierpont Morgan
Chicago and Alton
New York
Harriman Bros
Tillmols Central Railroad
The
Alton
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Pacific Mall Steamship Line
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Kansas Southern Railroad
Goulds
Rockefellers
J. J. Hill
Northern Pacific
Mr. Harriman
Bad Effects of Cigarettes Cross Atlantic Health Debate
The London Lancet calls cigarettes the least harmful form of tobacco while American experience and leading medical authorities dispute the claim. Many states have passed anti smoking laws based on the belief that cigarettes threaten health of mind and body. If the Lancet dictum were true it would undermine American legislative wisdom.
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London Lancet
Atlantic
Open Air Telephones Coming to New Haven and Beyond
Outdoor pay station telephones are being tested in New Haven Connecticut. The device resembles a police box on a slender post with a locked door operated by a penny. Inside is a dime nickel slot pay station and a cabinet directory. Conversation begins when central is reached and payment is made.
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New Haven
Conn
Portraits of Peabody figures presented to University of Nashville
Origin at Peabody Board. Portraits of William M. Evarts and Dr. Barnes Jeers, early Peabody board members and the first general agent of the Peabody fund, have been presented to the University of Nashville.
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Peabody Board
William M. Evarts
George Peabody
Barnes Jeers
Peabody Fund
University of Nashville
Refining Petroleum Industry Growth in the United States
The third bulletin of manufacturing industries analyzes petroleum refining, noting that 1899 saw 42,234,664 barrels produced with at least 16,656,809 exported. Raw material cost rose to $123,929,384 while finished product value reached $202,859,341, and wages rose 15.3 percent as the industry consolidated.
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Ote
Miami
College yell studies reveal rich intellectual style
The Phi Lambda Epsilon fraternity at Kansas City Central High School stirs peers with a raucous chant. The piece notes the college yell illustrates language patterns and the peculiar beat of vowels, while a separate forecast predicts 50 000 to 100 000 additional acres will be devoted to rice culture in the South this year.
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Richiy
Phi Lambda Epsilon
Kansas City Central High School
Fis
Elle
New York Sun
Osage Nation Among Earths Richest Before Citizenship
Osage Indians of Oklahoma Territory gain 600000 acres of grazing land rent totaling 120000 dollars, boosting annual income toward 600000 and per capita earnings around 304.25. Combined wealth includes 1570195 acres valued at about 7.85 million, with 1972 members sharing profits and education being emphasized. Houses, furniture, and aspirational steps toward citizenship marked by progressive living, schooling, and potential carriages and autos.
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Oklahoma Territory
Kansas
United States
California Canning Industry 1900 Production and Labor
The 1900 California canning season packed 50 86 tons of fruit and vegetables, producing 3 870 157 dozen and 1 949 368 cases with 5 000 000 labels. large inputs included coal fuel wood oil gasoline and sugar. wages totaled 854 412 25. If labor costs for picking and can making were fully known, total labor would nearly double.
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California
Isbor
Concert Wisit Maren Trick In City Halls
In concert and dance halls a custom of tossing coins to singers is described. Singers, often young men, stand center floor between dances and cue cheers with a silver coin tapping the door. If expected tips fail to appear, a second coin rung signals the audience’s displeasure and the singer feigns effort to cheat God.
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Igntrsnes
Assiniboia Appeal Promotes Western Canada
An old reader from Yorkton writes about Assiniboia Western Canada urging emigration. He praises cheap opportunities, new districts in Saskatchewan, and local incentives, noting flour mills, wheat and grain prospects, and the appeal of strong buildings. Government agents offer details in advertisements elsewhere in the paper.
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John
Lever
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Yorkton
Assiniboia
Western Canada
Saskatchewan
Dominion of Canada
Bachelors in Parish Ordered to Pay Charity Fees
A Boston St. Marys parish priest announces unmarried men aged 25 to 35 must pay 25 annually to a charity. Ages 35 to 50 face a 50 levy, and men above that age will be exempt as no woman would marry them then.
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Scully
St. Mary's Boston
Timely Health Hints on Tuberculosis Prevention
The house mother can curb spread by urging paper handkerchiefs for eye ear nose or throat discharges and burning used tissues. Children should be taught not to share handkerchiefs or toothbrushes to prevent contagion.
McDaniel sixty second wedding anniversary celebration
Neighbors visited Grandpop and Grandma McDaniel to mark sixty two years of marriage. Grandpap was planting corn in the field when the guests arrived, and Grandma cleaned the breakfast clutter in the kitchen. Grandpap quipped delightfully about time passing.
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Attica
Grandpop
Grandma McDaniel
Grandpap
Kansas City Journal
Regularity of Ocean Mails and Steamship Service
Ocean steamships today are as steady as railroads in delivering the mails. They run at fixed speeds, expected to cover 3,000 miles across the oceans in the same hours and minutes, in all seasons, regardless of wind or storm, except on the rarest occasions.
Quarantine Official Transferred to Dakota HQ
Dr. John J. Kinyoun, federal quarantine officer in San Francisco, is moved to the Dakota headquarters in St. Paul Minnesota. His bubonic plague hobby travels with him, noted by the Chicago Chronicle.
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Omerr
John J. Kinyoun
San Francisco
Department of Dakota
St. Paul
Minn
Chicago Chronicle
University of Iowa appoints Gregory as law school chancellor
Charles Noble Gregory of the University of Wisconsin will assume the role of chancellor at the law school of the University of Iowa. The selection comes amid debates over costs of criminal trials and attorney fees, with calls contrasting pensioning criminals against pursuing lengthy prosecutions.
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Rockefeller
God
EL Paul
Minnesota
Assiniborn
Fresseesom
New York World
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