Heidelberg to Get New Railway Station in 10,000 Cost
The German university town of Heidelberg will build a new railway station with an estimated cost of 10,000. Health officials in New York destroyed six million pounds of adulterated and harmful foods over the last year. Crop and trade notes from around the world include Algeria’s 1904 wine yield and Guatemala coffee prospects. Foreign credit practice in China and skeleton trade from Smolensk are reported, along with a Welsh magistrate ruling on liquor sales.
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Health Department of New York
Napoleon of the Far East Oyama Honored for Military Rise
The Japanese marshal Iwao Oyama is hailed as the Napoleon of the Far East for his long service history and stark battlefield prowess. A longtime soldier and organizer he earned the rank of field marshal after decisive campaigns in Manchuria and the China war.
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Iwao Oyama
Far East
Oyama
Marshal Oyama
China
Russia
Figures of Russian Poverty in London Trade Tables
The London board of trade tabulates foreign wages showing Russian railway daily pay by department. Construction workers earn 25 cents, locomotive and carriage 89 cents, and traffic 53 cents. Figures cover permanent staff and include department heads, which raises the averages.
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Russia
London Board of Trade
Mysterious Stone Image From Easter Island
A National Museum display shows a giant stone statue from Hasfer island in the Southern Pacific. Easter Island holds over 60 images, once arranged on stone platforms and toppled during native conflicts. The statues, carved from volcanic tuff and moved miles over rugged ground, weigh three to 30 tons. About 400 pure Polynesian residents live there, unaware of the images’ erection, suggesting later immigrant origins. A drawing of the image was made during the 12 day Mohican visit in 1886.
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Mike Seum
Hasfer Island
Pacific Ocean
Easter Island
United States
Mohican
B. T. Day
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Roosevelt's Classmates Plan Harvards 1880 Anniversary
Boston learns Harvard college restless with the class of 1880 marking its twenty fifth anniversary as the president's own class Theodore Roosevelt. The group plans a large unrestricted fund to aid the college and set a precedent toward a new endowment while members pursue law business teaching medicine government ministry farming railroading journalism and other pursuits. March of Improvement quotes a local observer on change.
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Harvard
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Belfry in fir tree forms Tacoma church tower
Oldest belfry in the United States rises from St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal church on the edge of Tacoma Washington. A Douglas fir eight feet in diameter supplied the spire for a 700 year old wooden tower. The ivy-clad steeple sheltered the bell until recently.
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St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church
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Washington Church
The Papal Flag in Historical Heraldry
The papal flag is little known outside Rome. The pope’s old temporal flag was white with St Peter and St Paul and the cross keys at the center. Merchant ships under church states used a half yellow half white banner with cross keys on white. Godfrey of Jerusalem’s crusader banner mixed gold and silver with five gold crosses on a silver field to avoid metal on metal heraldry.
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Vatican installs electric elevator in palace
An electric elevator of the latest pattern was installed in the Vatican palace at Rome. The pope blessed the new elevator before it went into use.
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Tribute to Hans Christian Andersen Birthday Remembrance
On April 2 the hundredth anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth was marked in New York and Europe. Friends in Copenhagen plan charity-focused relics including a portfolio with his birthplace autographs silhouettes and photos. A scarce 40 year old age portrait and stereoscopic views from the Rolighed villa are also offered along with plates illustrating his life and tales.
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Perilous Bicycle Gyroscope Dare Demonstrated
New York publication Armee et Marine shows a dangerous gyro scope ride. A 12 foot wheel spins on horizontal and vertical axes with a bicycle rider on a biesele track. The rider accelerates, blocks the wheels, and is tossed upward as the wheel turns, completing seven to eight revolutions in a single ascent.
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New York
Armee Et Marine
Water Power Wasted Restoring Bay of Fundy Energy
The Bay of Fundy and nearby estuaries hold tide power from 36 to 45 feet head, replenished every 12 hours, offering aggregate capacity far beyond Negara. Moncton reports tides reaching 30 feet with a six foot bore, suggesting harbor improvements without harming the bore's charm. A traveling savings bank in northern France transports a safe and clerks by carriage to collect deposits in villages on schedule.
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Man claims cure for rheumatism with Williams Pink Pills
Oxford Michigan resident William Jones credits Dr Williams pink pills for a complete recovery after years of muscular rheumatism. He began using the pills in 1904 after doctors failed. Jones says his condition, once spreading through his body, fully resolved after continued use.
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Chicago Chronicle
Catching an Amazon in Kansas City Court Doings
A Kansas City court session, reported by the New York Herald, featured cross examination of witnesses including a diminutive man and his Amazonian wife. The wife grew impatient under questioning, declaring she would not be caught. Bartholdt replied with courteous reassurance that he had no wish to trap her.
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Fort or Fortress The Difference Seen in Defense Terms
A terse note compares a fort and a fortress noting how each term implies different scales and defense intent, with the fortress described as stronger, more permanent, and designed for longer sieges while a fort serves as a tactical outpost or garrison.
Honest Confession A Doctor S Talk on Food
An eminent Texas doctor admits bias against advertised foods and shares his reform after trying Grape-Nuts. He reports improved digestion, no eructations or fullness, and increased strength after weekly use. The Postum Co. identifies him and promotes the slogan There s a reason. Look in each package for The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
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