Trouble in Africa Mad Mullah and British Somaliland policy
The London Graphic notes a costly misstep by Britain in Somaliland and argues a stronger, direct administration is needed to secure the strategic coast and interior trade. It recalls 1899 campaigns against the Mullah and Ogaden sheikhs, theErgo disaster, and calls for decisive governance to protect routes to Abyssinia and India while boosting commerce.
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Swayne
London Graphic
Great
Horn of Africa
Somaliland
Zeyla
Bulhar
Berbera
Soudan
Aden
India
Foreign Office
Red Sea
Straits of
Bab-el-Mandeb
Jibatil
Abyssinia
Italy
Mohammed Abdullah
Mahdi
British East Africa
Jubuland
Ogaden
Ergo
England
Colossus of Finance in the Gilded Era
The article hails J. Pierpont Morgan as the colossus of finance and power. It notes his anonymity in crowds, humble attire, and unmatched influence over financiers. It credits him with decisive sway in the coal strike, shaping operators’ actions without outward display of authority.
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Colossus
J. Pierpoot Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ed ward Rosewater and Montague tales from the west
A profile of Ed ward Rosewater of Omaha, a self made man and Bee founder, recounts Civil War service with Gen Pope and Lincoln friendship, plus at 186%, a role in relaying emancipation. A governor Montague anecdote follows about a Virginia campaign stop and a wooden shanty hotel. A Clifton Arizona rock hotel story closes with four large quartz rooms and triple steel gates.
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West
Edward C. Rosewer
Omaha
Rosewater
Murphreesboro
Tenn
Gen. Pope
War Department
Washington
Lincoln
Wanamaker
England
Germany
France
Austria
Omaha Bee
trans-Missississippi
Rock
Clifton
Ariz
Bailey Shere Wife. Kansas Governor-Elect Recalled Love Jilt
Chicago friends recall Willis Bailey long ago in Illinois Champaign days. A college love affair ended when his fiancée wed another man in Florida, leaving Bailey heartbroken and wary of marriage. Chicagoans debate if past sting shapes his hunt for a wife and a $70,000 mansion. George L. Douglas defends the governor, saying he keeps his word. A notice reports George Honaker’s conviction for assaulting his wife with life imprisonment.
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Chicago
Willis J. Bailey
Kansas
University of Aldiois
Champaign
Benedict
Illinois
Bailey
Kansan
Lve
Florida
George TL. Douglas
Association
Gov. Bailey
Willis Bailey
MISS DAISY LEITER TO WEAR CHICAGO DESIGNS IN DURBAR
Miss Margaret Leiter and her mother Mrs. Levi Z. Leiter from Washington and Chicago will attend the Delhi durbar as prominent figures. All gowns and wardrobe items were designed in Chicago to ensure perfect attire for the pageant. A complete inventory was kept by Mr. Leiter for customs in New York and English officials before departure. The pair plan to stay in Delhi until February then proceed to Simla.
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Margaret Leiter
Levi Z. Leiter
Washington
Chicago
Durbar
Delhi
India
Daisy
New York
Paris
London
England
Mr. Leiter
Unite States
Leiter
Miss Leiter
Mrs. Leiter
Simla
Woman bank president declines New York post in bold offer
The organizers of a women led bank in New York offered Mrs Sarah F Dick Huntington Ind the presidency after securing promises of 5 000 000 in deposits in year one Her father John McGrew a former bank president praised her loan judging as unmatched by any man The First National bank cashiership since 1873 will stay with her husband Huntington merchant Mrs Dickbng declined the splendid salary move Also notes on smoke reuse in Belgian factories turning smoke into heat via porous receptacle and petroleum and a Spain population increase of 3 000 000 since 45 years ago
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New York
Sarah F. Dick
Huntington
Ind
First National
John McGrew
Dickbng
Point Loma school inquiry about Cuban children admission
A New York inquiry into the Point Loma settlement and the Universal Brotherhood Raja Yoga school questions admission of 11 Cuban children headed to the California institution. Opposition led by the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children spurred appeals and concerns over management.
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New York
Point Loma
Cal
Lotga
Raja Yoga School
Ite
Sargent
Commissioner General of Immigration
California
New York Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
San Francisco
Vernon M. Davis
Eldridge I. Gerry
Universal Brotherhood
John J. Bohn
Katharine C. Tingley
Withdrawal of Eshek the Oppressor sparks trust critique
Chicago Inter Ocean reports publisher expurgation of Eshek the Oppressor by Gertrude Potter Daniels. The novel, a socialistic romance attacking trusts, is to remove or alter passages on oil refineries and a hero stirred by social doctrine. The book parallels Potter family ties to industry and a fight over Texas oil.
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Gertrude Potter
Eshek
Chicago Inter Ocean
Trosta
Daughters of
O. W. Potter Ha
Margaret Norton Potter
John Black
Gertrude Potter Daniels
United States Steel Company
J. Pierpoons Morgan & Co
Esbek
Texas
The
Eastern Petroleum Company
Jarvis Kennedy
Loeb
University of Chicago
California
Daniele
Jarvin Kennedy
Senator Dillingham Reelected by Vermont Legislature
Vermont voters keep Senator William Paul Dillingham in the U S Senate after his prior term and regional leadership roles. He was born in Waterbury Vermont in 1842, served as governor 1888 to 1890, and held multiple terms in state and national legislatures. The piece also notes a curious Australian case where a magistrate ordered a wife to support her husband with pension funds.
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State
William Panl Dillingham
United S Veanate
Dillingham
National Congress
Morrill
Vermont
Thie
Waterbury
Australia
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Africa
Mad Mullah
de Bwayne
Brition
Daniel Gilman
Manchester
N. H
Oateich Karas Bis Keep
Colossus OF Finance
FOWER
Edward C. Rosewater
Omaha Be Roling Factor
A. J. Montague
Virginia
Imperial Hotel
Isa de Wuiterer
Partisan Warwick
Bailey Shere
le Illude
Heaters
George Honasker
Versailles
Josie Honaker
Honaker
Willis J. Bailet
Miss Daisy Leiter
Durbar Et Dell, India
Daisy Leiter
Woman Bank President
Indiana
Spain
Sarah F, Dick
Hank
Point Loma School
Commissioner of Immigration
Tingley
Lotos
Bohn
Supreme Court of California
Mary E. Green
Charlotte
Mich
St. Petersburg
Poine Loma
Mariel
Senator Dillingham
W. P. Dillingham
Vermont Statesman
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