Growth of Ocean Steamers Brings Atlantic War Talk
In New York gossip on the Minnesota, a 30 000 ton steel steamer, its size compared with the Arizona and Etruria, prompts discussion of shipbuilding trends. Morgan’s and German lines influence, British ownership in American ships, steerage passengers, and Mark Twain's city life are noted with vivid portraits of New York society.
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Minnesota
New York
Mark Twain
York
Jim Hill
Arizona
Ocean Greyhound
Great Eastern
Baltic
Atlantic Passage
Germany
Atlantic
Cunard Company
Morgan
Steamship Trust
England
American Line
London
Philadelphia
Britain
Kaiser Wilhelm
Mark Twain a New Yorker
Mark Twain is described as becoming a New Yorker though not during the steerage era. The piece notes his residences in Jamestown, Hartford, and Tarrytown, plus princely stays in Florence. It mentions a current lease on a broad-beamed house in New York City near his former Tenth Street home and a ongoing lease dispute with a Florence owner.
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Butler
Flora McFlincey
Madison ‘Square
Mark Twain
New
New York
Mr. Twain
Richard Watson Gilder
Mr. Moody
Scribner’s
Lloyd Brice
Mayor McClellan
R. W. DeForest
Kipling
John G. Carlisle
Mark
Mr. Clemens
New Yorker
Jalmira
Hartford
Tarrytown
Joe
Florence
Italy
Princeton
N. J
Tenth Street
New York as a Magnet for Writers in a Growing Era
The piece surveys New York becoming the inevitable home for writers as notable authors relocate, publish, and prosper. It notes shifts from wage-labor roots to literary Independence, with names like Conway, Garland, Deland, Freeman, Crawford, Harland, and others illustrating the capital’s role in cultivating writing careers and the rise of magazines and merchantable copy.
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New York
Moncure D. Conway
Ade
Dooley
Dutine
Chicago
Metropolis
Hamlin
Garland
Fifth Avenue
Churchill
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Deland
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
New England
Mary Wilkins Freeman
New Yorker
Marion Crawford
Rome
Crawfords
Henry Harland
J. Duffield Smith
John D. Smith
Mary Jones
Myra Kelly
Speyer
McClure
David Gray
David Graham Phillips
Elizabeth Jordan
Olivia Howard Dunbar
Irving Bachellor
G. C
Liaoyang Falls to Japanese Forces After Eight Days of Battle
London reports Nipponese forces under Nodzu and Kuroki breach Russian lines near Liaoyang after a prolonged clash. Kuropatkin withdraws 180,000 troops across the Taitse river while casualties are estimated at tens of thousands. Reports differ on exact Russian losses as the battle rages and communications falter.
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London
Liaoyang
Kuropatkin
Taitse River
Tokio
Nodzu
Kuroki
Rennekamp
Mandaritoff
Stackelberg
Zaroubaieft
Taitse
Nodza
Harbin
Heiyingtai
St. Petersburg
Mukden
Far East
War Office
Daily Telegraph
Port Arthur
Meat famine looming as union order halts slaughter
President Donnelly orders all Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen under strict rules to stop killing stock and handling dressed meat. Retail butchers vow not to serve customers, while market dealers urge country brothers to ship meat into Chicago. Prices rise as visible supply dwindles.
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Chicago
Donnelly
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and
Oil Tank Explodes in West Virginia Fire Kills Six
In Yellow Creek West Virginia on September three a street lamp ignited the Fling home causing a blaze that spread to a nearby oil rig and tank. Six people Henry S. Fling Mrs Henry S. Fling Miss Eunice Fling Dorsey Fling George Fish and Clint Moore died. Three others were severely burned with one fatally wounded and another seriously injured.
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Yellow Creek
W. Va
Henry S. Fling
Henrys
Fling
Eunice Fling
Dorsey Fling
George Fish
Clint Moore
Robert Alexander, Jr
W. W. Fish
Rev
Stead
United Brethren
Elevator Fall Kills Two in Chicago Monarch Building
Two dead and five injured after an elevator in the Monarch building drops from the eighth floor at North Halsted and Fulton. Sears Roebuck & Co. occupies the warehouse space. operator Philip Caldwell died instantly. Mrs Katherine Hayes, 40, died later at Frances Willard Hospital.
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Chicago
Monarch
North Halsted and
Fulton Streets
John W.kiser
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Philip Caldwell
North Central Park
Ated Nue
Katherine Hayes
Washington Boulevare
Frances E. Willard Hospital
Parker Abandons Rosemount St Louis Trip Plan
Esopus New York September 3 Judge Parker reverses an announced St Louis campaign trip with Mrs Parker and will likely not depart Rosemount again during the race. He will make no speeches for the remainder of the campaign.
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Parker
St. Louis
Judge Parker
United States protests Russian seizure of Calchas cargo
The United States protests to Russia over the seizure of the British steamer Calchas cargo bound from Puget Sound to Japan, by the Vladivostok squadron. The protest aligns with the Arabia case, opposing treatment of ordinary trade goods and foodstuffs as contraband.
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United States
St. Petersburg
Russia
Calchas
Puget Sound
Japan
Vladivostok
Portland & Asiatic Line
The Power of Frankness in Character
Orison Swett Marden extols absolute frankness and openness as the mark of noble character. Secretive people breed distrust while the open-hearted earn confidence, forgiveness, and lasting trust through honesty and visible fault fixing.
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Orison Swett Marden
Jography story shows schoolteacher’s misfit to Y M C A bureau
An English schoolteacher arrives at a Chicago Y M C A employment office and, despite boasting about grammar and geography, fails to fit. A secretary advises moving to a small western town to gain experience. The man quips San Francisco as a supposed solution, illustrating a humorous misdirection.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
New York
Chicago Tribune
Y. M. C. A. Bureau
San Francisco
Tomato Rice Recipe Quick Variant
A short home style instruction from the Boston Globe describes cooking plain boiled rice in a pan with a teaspoon of butter and enough tomato sauce to give a pretty color. Stir until hot and top with a tablespoon of grated cheese before serving.
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Boston Globe
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Manchuria
Laotung
Fanusha
Yellow Sea
Gen. Kuropatkin
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