Paris tribunal marks turning point in Venezuela dispute
Special correspondence traces the 1895 Britain Venezuela clash to the Paris arbitration commission. The piece covers Cleveland and Gresham's stance, the Monroe doctrine basis, the 1897 treaty, and the five member tribunal with Brewer Fuller and Maertens. It outlines historical boundary surveys by Schomburgk and later Granville lines and the push for the Yuruari gold region.
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British-Venezuela Commission
Paris
France
Great Britain
Republic of
Venezuela
Cleveland
Gresham
Esequibo
Pameron
England
Congress
British Guiana
United States
Guy
Venesuela
Justice Brewer
Andrew D. White
Frederic R. Coudert
D.C. Gilman
BR. Oye Alvey
London
American Commission
United States of Venezuela
Supreme Court of the
Russell
Richard Henn Collins
Melville W. Fuller
Supreme Court
David Josiah Brewer
S Prof. Maertennis
Russian Foreign Office
University of St. Petersburg
Maertens
Benjamin Harrison
the Navy
B. F. Tracy
Guiana
Sir Walter Raleigh
Netherlands
Raleigh
Holland
Dutch Guiana
New Amsterdam
New York
Demarara
Berbice
Brazil
Paris Tribunal
Maraca River
Esequibo River
Robert Hermann Schomburgk
South American
Schomburrzk
Orinoco
Orinoco Delta
Schomburgk
Shomburgk
Yuruagri
Greatritain
G. W. Weippiert
Handy Hay Stackers: Two Varieties for Easy Harvest Lifting
Orange Judd Farmer describes two hay stacker designs used in farming districts. The pole stocker uses tall poles, chains, pulleys, and ropes to lift hay onto loads, reducing heavy pitching. The derrick stacks hay in circles or lifts from wagons, with a fixed post, an extending arm, pulleys, and ropes, powered by a horse.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Symptoms of Cholera in Fowl and Control Measures
The article outlines cholera symptoms in poultry, including yellow feces, diarrhea, fever, dropping wings, stupor, loss of appetite, and thirst. It advises separating affected birds, restricting quarters, burning infected material, disinfecting with a half percent carbolic acid solution, and avoiding reliance on treatment, noting most cases are due to indigestion and run 1 to 3 days.
End of a Romance, Aurelia and Her Father
Dialogue notes Aurelia asking about George and a promise to call. The father confirms George called and was entertained, then left hurriedly after being shown a list of Aurelia’s new dresses and their costs. The excerpt is from Tit-Bits.
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Aurelia
George
Papa
Aurela
Freddie and Father Bond Over Night Prayers Reason
Five year old Freddie develops a nightly prayer habit directed at his father. In a quiet nursery exchange the boy explains the reason stating that he, his father, and God are all men. The remark reveals a child’s simple view of family and faith in a World News brief.
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Freddie
Stubb and Penn Trade Quips on Rare Paintings
In a brief dialogue Stubb notes rare paintings remind him of a rare beefsteak. Penn asks for meaning and Stubb replies not very well done, reflecting a witty transfer of comparison in a Chicago Daily News item.
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Stubb
Penn
Chicago Daily News
Farmer Boy Becomes Noted Marine Artist
A Chicago Daily News item suggests the famed marine artist began as a farm boy. It hints he developed his talent drawing after working the land, implying a rural start to his artistic career.
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Stubb
Kill Tree Stumps With Salt Says Country Gentleman
A Country Gentleman correspondent outlines a method to kill tree stumps and roots by applying common fine salt after cutting. The writer cites extensive experience using salt on various species and recommends late summer or early fall when sap flow helps carry the salt to extending roots.
How to Prepare Whitewash from Prairie Farmer
A detailed 18th century recipe describes whitewash made from lime, boiling water, salt water, ground rice paste, Spanish whiting, and glue. Mix with five gallons hot water, strain, and let sit a few days. Apply hot from a kettle or furnace. one pint covers one square yard and serves as a wood brick or stone coating.
We Must Raise the Horses
We must raise the horses and make the country the world’s greatest horse market. Costs to maturity rise in Europe while our methods lower them. South America holds features for success, but its people lack the qualifications. they don’t know how, while we claim to know.
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South America
Texas
Good House for Hens by P S W of Flanders New Jersey
A farm note describes a henhouse 2 feet by 10 feet with three footed posts and eight foot sections. It provides roosts, nesting and sitting compartments, removable steps, and a separate pen for each function. The open area is litter floored with a weather door. Built for 20 to 40 hens at a cost of $75 in first class style.
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P.S. W
Flanders
N. J
Among the Poultry for Better Flocks
Advice from the St. Louis Republic on poultry care outlines feeding, housing, and management practices. It covers avoiding crowding coops, using fresh earth for dust baths, limiting stimulants, and giving Pekin ducks and Leghorns appropriate water and exercise for healthier, more productive birds.
Value of skimmilk for growing chicks, says Farmers' Review
Experiments show skimmilk is highly valuable for young chicks and remains useful as they age. It boosts intake of other foods when added to the ration and supports rapid growth when combined with meat and milk, aiding fall layer development.
Grass as Summer Feed for Poultry
Grass in summer is the cheapest food for fowls and chicks with access to an unlim ited range. If a small plot is fenced for a large flock, they will pick grass so closely the ground is bare in days. Grass should be the primary summer diet with only a light grain meal at night to attract them to the yard.
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St. Louis Republic
Electrolysis Threatens Water Mains Says Conduit Expert
Philadelphia conduit expert Guy M. Gest warns electrolysis is eroding underground piping, especially water mains, risking many city water systems and large fire insurance losses. He notes unpredictable rates of destruction, with currents from trolley lines causing pipes to corrode and burst, endangering firefighting and public safety.
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Guy M. Gest
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Gest
N. O. Times-Democrat
The Shifting Meaning Of Everyday Words
The essay argues that word meanings drift downward over time making communication unclear. It cites gentleman and degree as examples and notes that many who gain a degree may lack scholarly substance, unlike historic standards at Harvard or Yale.
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Yuba Dam College
Harvard
Yale
Boston Transcript
Roosevelt Advises Scout to Swash His Face at Santiago
An officer recalling a dangerous scouting mission at Santiago asks Col. Roosevelt for an interview. He is mud splashed and asks what to do next. Roosevelt replies with a wry smile that the first step is to swash his face.
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Santiago
Col
Roosevelt
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Housewife Addresses Competition for Servant Services
A housewife and a servant debate the abundance of available helpers. The servant remarks frequent job changes show fierce demand and competition for services in a brisk exchange from Heitered Welt.
Gaddley The Swiss and Trotterly That Accounts
A fragmented cartoon caption contrasts Swiss peasants in wooden shoes with accounts of their lumbering gait, captioned in a World issue style.
Counterfeiters Exposed by Secret Service
The Secret Service uncovers a new band of counterfeiters and seizures a large amount of bogus bills. The article notes faked items closely imitated by real goods, including Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, urging readers to buy from trusted druggists.
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Secret Service
Hostetter
Summer Costuming in the Boarding House
An adipose elderly lady at a boarding house breakfasts complains about forcing her two daughters to wear stiff costumes all summer. Her daughters urge caution as a fox terrier pup causes a stir in the basement vestibule. Washington Post.
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Washington Post
Ladies May Wear Shoes Tighter With Allen's Foot-Ease
Many women can fit into smaller shoes after using Allen's Foot-Ease powder. It eases swollen hot and aching feet and relieves ingrowing nails corns and bunions. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Free trial by mail from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Doomed Man Feels Stares on Way to Scaffold
The doomed man cowers as crowds line the route to the scaffold. He laments the spectators while the executioner jokes, injecting a grim levity into the somber scene at a Detroit Journal report.
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Detroit Journal
Lake resort guide via Wisconsin Central Lines
A 99 summer booklet offers details on spending a week or two at Wisconsin lake resorts reached by Wisconsin Central Lines. Jas. C. Pond, Gen. Pass. Agt., Milwaukee, Wis., promotes the booklet and travel plan.
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Wisconsin Central Lines
Jas. C. Pond
Gen. Pass. Agt
Milwaukee
Wis
Foolish remark about education and father cited
An Indianapolis Journal quotation recalls a teacher calling a young man an extravagant fool for spending on his education. The exchange questions the meaning and implications of that remark and its view on the value of schooling.
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Indianapolis Journal
A Man of Thrift and the Nickel Plate Line Pitch
A thrift themed dialogue contrasts a man’s plan to save his summer funds with the nickel plate road’s boast of fast express trains daily and superior dining car service. It highlights travel options and affordable rates versus competitors.
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Chicago
Buffalo
New York
Boston
Diggs and Biggs Discuss Daughter's Marriage
Newspaper excerpt shows a light exchange on a daughter’s wedding with a remark about the new son-in-law’s strike. The dialogue echoes Chicago Evening News tone.
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Diggs
Biggs
Chicago Evening News
A Clean Record and the Charwoman Ancestor
A Philadelphia Bulletin item features a quip about clean records and an ancestor described as a charwoman in a humorous exchange. The dialogue contrasts reputation with lineage and implies a mixed assessment of character.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Lane’s Family Medicine Ad Promotes Health Claims
An Atchison Globe advertisement touts Lane’s Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement benefits and gentle liver and kidney action. It hails cure for sick headache with prices 25 and 36 cents. The text also includes satirical quotes about marriage and commerce, reflecting period advertising tone.
Frisco Line Promises Quick Service to Oklahoma City
Offers splendid inducements to homeseskerm. The Frisco Line reaches the most important localities in the territory, and takes you through to Oklahoma City without change of cars. It is the shortest and most desir able route. Write for descriptive literature to Bryan Snyder, G. P. A., St. Louis, Mo.
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Oklahoma City
Bryan Snyder
St. Louis
Cure Advertisements and Remedies from 19th Century Papers
An assortment of patent medicine pitches including Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming cure for colds with money back guarantee, Piso’s Cure for Consumption praised by S. F. Hardy, and Hall’s Catarrh Cure advertised as a constitutional remedy. Also a quip on office life and a brain teaser line about the mind as the measure of the man.
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Prof. Maertens
theritish-Venezuelan Tribunal
Harrison
Derrick Stacker
Poe
Detrovit Free Press
Lane
Todd
Atchison Globe
Oklahoma
Ayer’s Fair
J. C. Ayer
Lowell, Mass
Escanaba
Ravine
Sheboygan
Manstowee
Rewaunee
Algoma
Stargeoo Hay
Marinette
Menominee
Green Bay City
Sera Ushese
R. Cc. Davis
Gen. Poss. Agt
Michigan Avenue
Somerville Journal
Piso
S. F. Hardy
Hopkins Place
Baltimore
Pope
Hall
Price
Minnesota
Uae
Barney
Kansas City
Iwxn
Omaha
Carter
Buckingham
R.p.hall & Co
Nashue
N.H
Manila
Wabash Ave
Auditorium
U Dewey
Hong Kong
Manila Bay
Bay of Manila
Cavite
Franklin College
NEW Hampshire Military Academy
Atty. A. M
West Lebanon
Indiana
W. L. Austin
Tipton
E. BR. L. Vant
Elecant Alde
Toys Farms
J. Mulhall
Sieus
A. N
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