A Talk About Guam and Its Peoples Then and Now
The article describes Guam as the southernmost of the Ladrones, its size about 160 square miles, and its map by the War Department. It details interior inaccessibility due to jungle, endemic water sources, population of about 9,000 across six towns led by Agana, and the locals’ lifestyle, trade, and houses. It notes a large spring near Agana, and that most inhabitants live in towns while tending ranches. A pocketbook lost eight years earlier is recovered by a horse pawing it to the surface. A pig born in Rye with an elephant like head is reported, with large ears and a trunk between features.
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Guam
War Department
Manhattan Island
Ladrones
Marianne Islands
Germany
Philippines
Agana
Sumal
Ynarajan
Agate
Merizo
Umata
Rye
England
Ten Years in Congress Club Grows From Fifty-Third Cohort
A group of 25 lawmakers who began in the Fifty-third Congress in 1893 and have served continuously enter their sixth term. Known figures include Williams as minority leader Tawney as whip, Babcock as former Republican campaign chair, Cooper as insular affairs chair, and Dinsmore as ranking minority member of foreign affairs. They formed a close group as new members in 1893 and now loom influential in the House.
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Fifty-third Congress
Tantalus Club
York
Gillett
Massachusetts
Little
Arkansas
Loudenslager
New Jersey
McCall
McCleary
Minnesota
Maddox
Georgia
Mahon
Pennsylvania
Parker
Swanson
Virginia
Tate
Tawney
van Voorhis
Ohio
Waneer
Wiliams
Mississippi
Congress
Firat
Williams
Babcock
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Cooper
Wisconsin
Insular
Dinsmore
Foreign Affairs
House
British Royal Match Sparks London Society Buzz
London society is keen on the upcoming royal wedding as Princess Alice of Albany prepares to wed Prince Alexander of Teck. Alice, born February 25 1883 at Windsor Castle, is closely linked to King Edward VII and Queen Victoria while sharing royal ties with several European houses.
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Prince Alexander of
Teck
Princean Alice of
Albany
London
Alice of Albany
Duke of Albany
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Edward VII
Holland
Prince of
Prince of Wales
Victoria
Princess Alice OF Albany
Baid
Prince Alesander of
Relic of the past on the Talamancans of Panama region
A 19th century piece describes the Talamancans living in a small mountain region near Panama, preserving language and customs despite contact with Europeans. It notes their governance, marriage customs, religion, and solitude, then briefly profiles James J. Mattingly, a 21 year old keeper at a Washington apostolic legation who speaks five languages and studies three more.
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United States
Republic of Panama
Columbus Firet
Western Hemisphere
Panama
Sciene American
Spain
Cuba
West Indies
Isthmus
Cortez
Europe
Washington
James J. Mattingly
Ape Collection Brought to Philadelphia by Dr Biddle
Prominent Philadelphian Dr Thomas Biddle returns from Europe with a large anthropoid ape collection including a gorilla shot near Yaunde in Western Africa. The set, prepared by Umlauff, features chimpanzees and an orangutan, with notes on behavior, size, and trunked features.
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Thomas Biddle
Europe
Umlauff
Africa
Biddle
George Zenker
Yaunde Station
Equator
New York Tribune
Marquis Ito of Japan and a Nickel Verdict Tale
A profile hails Marquis Ito as a premier Japanese statesman and strategist who shaped diplomacy and naval power. A humorous indented note recounts a Lawrenceville Ind murder trial where jurors used nickel tosses to decide acquittal, and a stray line notes a claim about a condor living forty days without food.
Messmer Named to Milwaukee Archdiocese Succession
The Propaganda Congregation in Rome has proposed Bishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer of Green Bay as successor to the late Archbishop Katzer in Milwaukee. Milwaukee Catholics praise the choice. bishops and priests note his learning and progressive views. Messmer, born 1847 in Goldach Switzerland, was ordained 1871 and has served in New Jersey and Washington before becoming bishop of Milwaukee in 1892. He advocates citizen participation in public questions and canon law counsel, with wide respect among clergy.
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Congregation of the Propaganda
Rome
Sebastian Gebhard Messmer
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Archbbishop Katzer
Messmer
Katzer
Augustin Schinner
Mecamer
H. J. Desmond
The
Catholic Citizen
Joseph Rainer
St. Francis
America
Switzerland
Goldach
Canton St. Gall
Innsbruck
Austria
Seton Hall Seminary
South Orange
N.J
Catholic University At
Washington
St. Peter's Church
New
Cardinal Martinelli
Holy Nee
Manila
Chicago
Philippines
Ireland
Roosevelt
Lord Dalmeny, Rosebery Heir to American Bride Match
Lord Albert Dalmeny, eldest son of Lord Rosebery, will inherit as sixth earl of Rosebery. He inherits 32,500 acres and a prominent social position, with a Rothschild dowry of 12.6 million dollars in his family background. An army man by training, he excelled at Eton and Oxford, is a keen cricketer and footballer, and has now chosen to enter politics as ambition shifts toward public life.
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Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia
Biddle
Roxburghe
London
Atlantic
Hexburghe
Lle Giance
United States
Lord Rosebery
Albert Edward Henry Meyer Archibald Primrose
Lord Dalmeny
Earl of Rosebery
Amer
Eton
Oxford
Grenadier Guards
Eaton
New European Canal and the Corinthian route’s rise
The New European Canal promises to transform trade by linking southern European ports to inland markets. Despite early skepticism about cost and technical hurdles, the undertakings succeeded, shortening voyage times for merchant fleets and garnering broad support from maritime nations.
Tea production in India and labor inputs across acres
The document notes half a million acres under tea in India yielding 190 million pounds with a $100 per acre investment. Labor is 13 persons per acre. One pound of Indian tea yields seven and a half gallons of strong tea, compared with only five gallons from Chinese Abbott tea. It also states musicians keep excellent hair, with hair flourishing in prime life and very few showing hair loss among music devotees.
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Abetes
China
Iife
Asd
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Little Island
Pacific
Lecle Sam
Agaia
Island
House of Representatives
James A. Tawney
Vesges
Customa
Talamancan
Bismarck
Japan
Marquis Ito
Tokio Axsasaln
Marquisito
Mikado
Gladstone
Wee
Lawrenceville
Ind
Heade
George L. Ryan
Galatz
Barboshi
G. Messmer
Propaganda
Lord Albert Dalmeny
Herret
Earl of
Rosebery
Corinth
Far-Resch
India
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