Fading document copy raises value of Philadelphia bear ad
A Philadelphia collector paid ten dollars last week for a bear advertising a western railroad. The original document, kept in glass, is in the State Department in Washington but is too faded for a photographic reproduction. James D. McBride made plates and secured a copyright in 1874, but they were destroyed by fire, leaving only preserved copies whose value continues to rise.
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Philadelphia
Western
Department of State
Washington
James D. McBride
Old Time Actress Ada Gray Destitute in New York
Ada Gray once famed forEast Lynne is found destitute in a small City Island cottage New York hospital care remains uncertain for years since retirement. She married actorwriter Charles Tingay and now relies on the Actors Fund for support.
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Ada Gray
East Lynne
City Teland
New York
Miss Gray
America
Charles Tingay
Fordham Hospital
Actors’ Fund
Paris Court Sets Doctor Visit Fee At Two Dollars
A Paris court ruled that two dollars is the ordinary fee for a doctor's visit in the city. A man and wife sued after a woman doctor billed four dollars for the first visit and two for the second. The court upheld that two dollars is standard for an average middle-class patient.
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Paris
Intrepid Mrs Colclough Sets Sights On Central Africa
Mrs Emma Shaw Colclough, a noted clubwoman and writer, sails solo for a Central Africa expedition believed to be the first by a woman in that region. Her past reports from Cuba during the Spurn War era earned praise, and this journey tests her fearlessness and storytelling prowess.
Prominent Statesmen May Come to Washington
Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles, 61, head of the British embassy to Berlin, could succeed Lord Pauncefote as British ambassador to the United States. A longtime diplomat, he has held posts in Roumania, Persia, Russia, and Germany and has led the Berlin mission since 1895. He is favored by the Kaiser.
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F. C. Lascelles
Gritign
Frank Cavendish Lascelles
Lord Pauncefote
United States
Berlin
Roumania
Persia
Russia
Germany
Depew receives odd minstrel jokes request letter
A letter found in Senator Chauncey Depew’s mail from southern Indiana requests fifty original jokes for a negro minstrel show aimed at funding church dishes. The writer asks for fresh, “splitters” and mentions paying Depew with the program’s note that all jokes were his original work.
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Depew
Senator Depew
Indiana
Chauncey Depew
Premier Ontario to Keep Old Cabinet After Re election
George W. Ross and his Liberal government are returned to power with the entire cabinet reelected. The Liberal victory is seen as vindication after charges of corruption by conservatives. Ross leads a long standing Liberal administration while Whitney heads the opposition.
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Ontario
George W. Ross
Emperor Williams Joke about Palace Cleaning
Chancellor von Bulow, a favorite of Emperor William, feared his wife's objection to palace cleaning time. The emperor joked he would help clean, and a few days later a large parcel arrived at the Bulow household containing 100 pounds of sugar.
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William
von Bulow
Germany
Bulow
Count von Bulow
William Merelfaw
Africans to disappear from Cuba says Havana report
A Havana Guanabacoa vital statistics report by Ma Gorgas notes January figures with native whites showing 457 births to 269 deaths and natives negras 128 births to 70 deaths. For 1901 whites gained 1,740 while blacks lost 513, with foreigners trimming the gap to one. If trends continue, no negroes may remain in Cuba.
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Cuba
Havana
Guanabacas
Rear Admiral O Neil Invited by German Emperor on Visit
Rear-Admiral Charles O Neil arrives in Berlin as a delegate to an international shipbuilding convention after a personal invitation from Emperor William. A veteran naval officer since 1861, he led ordnance duties, fought at Ports Hatteras, Clark, and the Merrimac encounter, and earned rear admiral in 1901.
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O'Neil
Emperor William
Charles O'Neil
Germany
Berlin
Naval Bureau of Ordnance
Navy
Cumberland
Ports Hatteras and Clark
Merrimac
Lieut
Morris
Coyotes Eat a Traveler near Palla Station Mexico
Monterey dispatch reports D Campbell Davies, a well known young man, was killed by coyotes near Paila Station on the International Railroad between Torreon and Monterey. A ranch worker found skeletal remains amid brush with clothing fragments and papers identifying Davies. He was the son of a wealthy Englishman and had been dealing in supplying goods in Mexico.
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Monterey
Mexico
D. Campbell Davies
Palla Station
Torreon
Paila
Davies
Sauls to Help Bicyclists Sail Powered Bicycle Invention
South African inventor 3. G. Smith of Bloemfontein created a yacht bicycle with a lateen sail enabling wind propulsion for hours without pedals. The sail, oldest motor, traces to Isis in Egyptian myth. Similar machines appeared in France twenty five years earlier. The device gained popularity among South African sportsmen before the Boer War.
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Isis
G. Smith
Bloemfontein
France
Bound to Have Their Due Swiss Lady Dies Across Frontier
A Swiss woman from Chane de Funds went to live with her son at Morteau near the French frontier where she died. Rhinoph ered with artificial wreaths were brought into Seileerand by two Canis kouss oficial, who claimed duty on the wreaths. After much controversy, a sum of two francs was demanded and paid.
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Chane de Funds
Morteau
Seileerand
Taking Liberties With Prosperity in Tariff Debates
The piece cites editorials from the Columbus Journal and other papers arguing against alternating periods of plenty and famine driven by tariff reforms. It notes no clear proof of Cuban distress and quotes a New York Republican club member on opposition to an un-American policy, stressing that wage levels and non-resident sugar interests shape the debate.
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San Francisco Chronicle
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Columbus (U.) Journal
The
Columbus Journal
Egypt
Alphia
Cuba
Republican Club of
New York City
House of Representatives
Payne Sibley
United States
Spain
New York
Congress
Tariff debate urged to curb New York clamor
The Wheeling Intelligencer argues against tariff tinkering led by New York newspapers and importers, urging level heads and sensible trade policies that protect home production and avoid harming beet and cane sugar industries, warning that aggressive reciprocity could cripple key sectors.
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Sugar Trust
McKinley
Cuba
Wheeling Intelligencer
Result of the Entering Wedge 2
The Intelligencer claimed that the Cuban relief policy would drive a wedge into the protective tariff stance of the Republican party. The piece hints at uncertain fate for a related Payne Sibley matter and suggests further developments remain to be seen.
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Wil
Republican Party
Payne Sibley
West Views on Tariff Revision and Foreign Goods
The text argues there is little public demand in the west for tariff revision or increased foreign competition. It cites Senator Hansbrough as an editor, notes a pro industry bias, and ridicules the idea of rapid reciprocal trade, portraying revivalists as editorial zealots and referencing a farmer and a caricatured stance.
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West
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Ferocity of English Sparrow Proves Deadly to Flocks
A group of young men near Riverton tether sparrows in a cage for a target shoot but after three days only six remain alive. A second batch yields eighty four dead with two barely living sparrows still fighting. The Philadelphia Record notes the common English sparrow is ferocious and highly combative.
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Riverton
Philadelphia Record
Promptly Told His Destination in Sunday School
A Philadelphia gathering of juveniles heard a pompous visitor claim he came from Massachusetts and was bound for Maryland to save them from hell. When asked where he came from the children answered Massachusetts, then where he was going, to hell, eliciting a stunned, final quiet.
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Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Maryland
Had Good Excuses For Idleness
A humorous anecdote features Senator Stewart of Nevada and his protégé Jim. The two quarrel over work in heat or cold, Jim claiming it is too hot or too cold to work, while the senator accuses him of laziness and charity fatigue. The dialog highlights a stereotyped view of a Black man avoiding labor.
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Jim
Senator Stewart
de Wintah
Bose
Amusing Bishop Title Mixup At Pan American Conference
Rev Dr Van De Water recounted a tale at the General Theological Seminary alumni dinner in Buffalo about a English door attendant misreading bishops titles at a recent pan American conference. Three American and one colonial bishop were announced with comical misreadings: Beowah (Iowa), Onteco (Ohio), Misery (Missouri), and British Gehenna (Guiana).
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Engileh
General Theological Seminary
Buffalo
van de Water
England
Beowah
Lows
Onteco
Ohio
Misery
Missouri
British Gehenna
Gulana
Merbert Spencers Career Ends At Age Sixty Two
The venerable thinker Merbert Spencer dies at sixty two ending a career that shaped this century. His forthcoming volume Facts and Comments declares this his last book as he wraps up his synthetic philosophy based on organic evolution conceived in 196 and completed in 1896. His workshop treasures are gathered, and though widely acknowledged as a great figure he wore no titles to his name.
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Merbert
Table Tennis Ends Wine Drinking Era in Social Rounds
A Pilots essay notes how table tennis has ended the habit of lingering over wine. Men no longer sit and drink. they clear the table swiftly for rallies, while connoisseurs of old guard take off coats and shout as games replace hushed politics and friendship at the same board.
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Rintagen
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