Vast array of global tidbits and scientific notes
A long WWII era style miscellany reports on a Japanese bride’s gifts to her parents, the world’s longest lighting conductor on Lugspite, Cuban tobacco seed exports to the United States in 1904, and plans to convert Omaha barracks into a signal corps post for airship experiments. Also noted are French honors to Frances Johnston, uranium and radium links, Canadian Indian population stats, Mars habitation claims, a viceroy’s punctuality, large crystals, Carnegie steel idle days, Irish coal and metals, Syrian olive oil exports, and London’s planned Lon g ton wharf dock project with a 5 million dollar budget to handle vast tonnage.
Four Public Offices at Once Governor McDonald of Colorado
Jesse McDonald, new Colorado governor, previously led Leadville as mayor and held a state senate seat while serving as lieutenant governor. His tumultuous path began after Peabody’s resignation, leaving him balancing roles as governor and mayor, with the senate seat vacant and a reputation as a steady, capable leader.
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Denver
Jesse McDonald
Colorado
McDonald
Gov. Peabody
Leadville
State Senate
Daniel Healey
General Assembly
Healey
Long Range
Ashtabula
Pennsylvania
Senator Tabor
Robinson
Alva Adams
Gov
Hils Party
Honor Blind Hymn Writer Fanny Crosby Day Observed
New York on Sunday March 26 honored blind hymn writer Fanny Crosby whose songs comforted sorrow for years. The March 24 birthday marked her eighty five years with tributes. Crosby, blind since age six, authored many hymns under pen names and influenced generations with titles like Safe in the Arms of Jesus and All the Way My Saviour Leads Me. She lives in Bridgeport Connecticut and remains active, recalling a time she wrote forty hymns before any were published.
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New York
Fanny Crosby
Jesus
Grace J. Francis
Lyman Schuyler
Ella Dale
Charles Bruce
Victoria Stewart
Julia Sterling
Victoria Sterling
Carrie M. Wilson
Frank Gould
James Apple
Lizzie Edwards
Henrietta Blair
Arthur J. Langton
Miss Crosby
Hazel Dell
Honeysuckle Glen
Senate Chamber
Washington
Crosby Lves
Bridgeport
Conn
Earl of Rosslyn Weds Misa Anna Robinson in Quiet London
London reports the Earl of Rosslyn, James Francis Harry St. Clair-Erskine, 36, secretly marries Misa Anna Robinson, a Minneapolis native who later lived abroad and once acted on stage. The groom, famed for publicity stunts, previously misused funds, posed as a war correspondent, and had a varied career including acting and other pursuits.
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London
Earl of Rosslyn
Misa Anna Robinson
Minneapolis
Minn
James Francis
Harry St. Clair-Erskine
Unique French Toy With Grass Covered Doll Head
A Paris toy shows a doll with a terra cotta head topped by grass instead of hair. Furrows over the eyes hold seeds from a packet sold with the doll. After watering, a green crop grows into hair and eyebrows, creating a comic look that amused buyers.
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Paris
MOST SACRED RELIC IN KANDY TEMPLE DRAWING PILGRIMS
The holy tooth of Buddha, housed in Kandy Sri Lanka, is revered by Buddhists as a sacred relic. Pilgrims from around the world visit the Dalada Maligawa temple, where the tooth sits in a gold lotus form protected by wealth and ritual. The tooth has a storied history of conquest, destruction, and reverence across centuries.
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London
Jerusalem
Mecca
Gautama Buddha
Christ
Kandy
Ceylon
India
Palestine
Fsland
Goa
German General Meckel Shapes Japanese Army For War
Berlin observer notes Maj. Gen. Meckel long the architect of Japan's modern army. From 1885 he taught Moltke and Boon doctrines in Tokyo, inspiring Kuroki Nogi Oku and others who won at Port Arthur and Liaotung. He lives in Steglitz with oriental art and rare Japanese collies sent by Field Marshal Oyama.
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Berlin
Manchuris
Meckel
Army of
Japan
Yalu
Kinchou
Nanshan
Liaoyang
Tokio
Germany
Moltke
Boon
Mukden
Steglitz
Oyama
Development of the American dairy industry noted
The piece observes the growth of United States dairy business and cites rail haulage of butter: 400000 pounds in 1898 and nearly 14000000 in the following year, highlighting rapid expansion beyond business leaders’ realization.
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America
United States
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Veteran Cabinet Figure James Wilson Heads Farm Policy
Washington says James Wilson, the dean of the administration and sole survivor of the original McKinley cabinets, has served as secretary of agriculture since March 5, 1897. President Roosevelt has invited him to a third term, marking twelve years in the cabinet as a remarkable record. Wilson is noted for shaping farm policy as the nation exports far more agricultural products than it imports, reflecting the department’s growth from a mere division within the interior department to a cabinet portfolio.
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Washington
McKinley
James Wilson
Roosevelt
Wilson
Retary Hay
Department of State
United States
Interior Department
Ambiguous Postal Inquiry From Kansas City Firm
A garbled note requests information for G warner O P and T Ay Kansas City Southern Ry Kansas City. It mentions government data on impaired lands and mineral lands plus current business affairs and ticket sales details. The text is severely fragmented but indicates monthly sale lines and fulfillment lines.
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G. Warner
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Frances Johnston
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Department of Indian Affairs
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Canada
Mars
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Rutgers College
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Syria
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Mexico
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Africa
China
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Tex
Assyridae
Pompeii
Imdonald
Mew
Jesse M'Donald
Fanny J. Crobby
Earl OF
Rosslyn
Pretoria
All England
Violet
Robert de Grey Vyner
Lond Won
Pinero
Trelawny
Buddha
Gen. Meckel
Agriculture
Lydia
Pinkham
Wees Gan Neal i Hinilas
Mrs. Mwrigat
Shea
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pusheck
Chicago Daily News
Porgat
Illinois Central
Tennessee
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Thalstone
Querem
Western
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