Bad Boy Writes of Highwaymen and Pickleman's Daughter Tale
Ex Governor George W. Peck style reminiscence recounts a voyage with his father through London. They visit sites linked to highwaymen like Claude Duval, mock royal society, endure a comic horsemanship mishap, and hear a shaggy-dog tale about an American pickle man whose daughter marries a duke, bankrupting fortunes yet yielding social satire.
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George W. Peck
Wisconsin
Peck
Sun
Joseph M. Bowles
London
England
Biate
Republic of France
Napoleon
Newgate Prison
Daffy
Claude Duval
Homestead Heath
Missouri
America Tops World Trade In 1904 Asserted By Press
A Cent Per Cent writer cites government statistics showing U S supremacy in cotton, pig iron, and coal consumption growth from 1881 to 1903. It notes U S population of 82 million and wealth near 106 billion dollars with crop cash value around 2.012 billion, predicting exceptional prosperity for 1905.
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America
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Russia
Great Britain's Rivers Embrace 2000 River Networks
The report notes Britain's vast river system with about two thousand waterways linked to historic empire expansion. It highlights key rivers shaping trade, defense, and settlement patterns across colonies and the mainland.
Woman of Pluck Built Klondike Empire in Dawson City
Chicago widow Mrs. Robert Hutcheon built a premier Dawson City dry goods, lingerie and millinery emporium after 18 Klondike trips. She financed a tent shop, moved to a wooden building, and expanded with Paris London trips for supplies. The boom waned, with Fairbanks and Tanana as future hubs, and she plans a Klondike branch next summer. A silent wedding in Bulwell England followed the article.
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Chicago
Robert Stanley Hutcheon
Dawson City
Klondike
Hutcheon
Consumers’ Gas Company of
Dawson
Skagway
Bennett
White Pass
Lake Bennett
Hoodlinka River
White and Pelley River
Yukon
Campa
Fairbanks
Tanana
Monument planned for General Slocum victims
New York reports a granite memorial to the 61 unidentified General Slocum disaster victims buried in Middle Village. A 20 foot high monument with a bronze relief of the steamer and four life size figures represents Faith Hope Memory and Grief. Unveiling is set for June 15 with survivor attendance encouraged.
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New York
General Slocum
Middle Village
Long Island
Mrs Donald McLean Elected DAR President General
Mrs Donald McLean elected president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution succeeding Mrs Fairbanks She is a charter member and former regent of the New York City chapter She is connected to Judges Nelson Maulsby and Beattie Immortals who signed the stamp act repeal A scholarship in her name was established at Barnard College by the NYC chapter DAR
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Turkey
Ginger
High Fife
Duchess
Elese
Prospect Hall
Frederick
Gen
Horace Porter
Chauncey M. Depew
Barnard College
New York City
D. A. Ro
Not a Mere King Our Ambition Aims to Raise Italian Agriculture
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy is praised for trying to modernize government and agriculture. The article notes his plans for an international agricultural parliament, state purchase of railroads, and reforms to ease farmer burdens while criticizing costly colonial ventures and his high salary compared to other monarchs.
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Paris
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Germany
Adewa
Africa
Edward
Kaiser
Czar
France
United States
Muler
Dogs Save Five Lives at Mount St Bernard Pass
Monks of St Bernard used dogs to rescue five men from a snowbound caravan in the Mount St Bernard pass last winter. The team found eleven bodies in the snow, then located five survivors in critical condition. The injured were brought to the hospice and cared for.
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St. Bernard
Mount St. Bernard Pass
Strongest Safe Ever Made by Premier Diamond Mine
A new safe of Premier Diamond Mine company is designed to hold 10 million dollars in diamonds. It stands seven feet tall, eight feet wide, weighs 21 tons, with a five ton steel door. Cost estimated between 7500 and 10000 dollars.
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Premier Diamond Mine Company
Woolless Sheep Arrive for Experimental Breeding Near Washington
The Barbados origin woolless sheep, possibly African in heritage, produce fine mutton. The government animal industry has imported six specimens now at the experimental farm by the Potomac opposite Washington. They will be used for breeding and, if successful, propagated extensively in the United States.
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Barbados
Africa
Government Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Opposlite
Potomac
American Jenkins to Represent South Australia in London
J G Jenkins an American born in Susquehanna County Pennsylvania will give up the premiership of South Australia to become the colony’s agent general in London. He is said to be the first natural born American to represent a British colony in London. He arrived in Australia as a canvasser for an American publishing house, settled there, became a naturalized British subject, and rose to ministerial roles before attaining the premiership.
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Dad
London
J.G. Jenkins
South Australia
United States
Suaquehanna County
Australia
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Claude Duvall
New
Tyburn
Mr. Duval
Stock Exchange
Rotten Row
Tally-bo
South Africa
States
Bay
Pickles
Ln Ravine
Hennery
America Supreme
Great Britain
Europe
Bulwell
Amaid
Slocum
Mrs
Donald M'Lean
Daughter of the Revolution
Daughters of the Revolution
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