Mexican Food Customs From Breakfast To Noon
A historical account describes Mexican meals from bread and coffee for breakfast to the midday repast, noting soups and eggs at dinner, scarcity of pastries, and reliance on tortillas with beans and corn cakes. It highlights late afternoon business hours, evening meals, and the laborer's frugal diet, including pulque and improvised utensils. The piece ends with a Vienna test showing steel outperforming corundum in pressure resistance.
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Mexico
Impulqueria
Vienna
Portrait sketch of a young United Mine Workers leader
The Outlook outlines a 33 year old coal miner and UMW president who began work at 13, supplemented by night studies on economics and labor organization. He joined the Knights of Labor in 1835 and was elected secretary treasurer of a district UMW body at age 26.
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United Mine Workers W
Organization of Labor
Knights of Labor
United
Mitchell and the Coal Strike Power Rise
The text traces Mitch ell s rapid ascent from national organizer in 1897 to president in 1899. It notes the 1909 great strike shifting power to western bituminous miners through collective bargaining, with anthracite workers joining after the victory. Mitch ell now backs a large union but the next battle remains unsettled.
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West
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Europe
Coronation Crowns Inspire Baker Cakes in Delay
Bakers display crown and coronet shaped cakes in windows as king's coronation is postponed. The crown proper uses almond or cream wafer paste with sugar gems and meringue details baked slowly. Also notes a spiritualist column from St Petersburg claiming direct communications from the dead via letters.
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England
New York City Waste Plan Seen as Future Light Source
Mayor Low opposes the Jackson street dump and urges burning city waste to generate income. He cites English towns using refuse to power electric lighting, noting large and small communities burn garbage to light thousands of lamps. The Times notes possible NYC adaptation via private contracts blending garbage disposal with electric lighting. Also reports W T Hutcherson editor dies at 72 in Wickson County Press obituary.
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Jackson Street
New York
Low
James J. Devlin
England
St. Helens
Accrington
Warrington
Ashton- Under-Lyne
Nelson
Darwen
Blaidwaite
Mesbrough
Rhyl
Reti
The
New York Times
W. T. Hutcherson
Wickson County
N. C
Charlotte
Dickson County Press
Milkman and sprinker driver seen in Henderson talk
In Henderson Kentucky a milkman and a sprinkling cart driver were seen in earnest conversation. Spectators inferred the milkman planned watering his stock, a possible conspiracy discussion.
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Henderson
Yoilkman
Sparrow Jack’s House and the first sparrow introduction
The article recalls Sparrow Jack house in Germantown and the tale of John Bardyley bringing English sparrows to Pennsylvania to combat caterpillars that damaged city trees. It notes the house’s Revolutionary era architecture, its decline, and Bardyley’s role in introducing sparrows, linking the name to the home and to sparrow lore in Philadelphia.
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John Bardsy
Smith
Philadelphia Inquirer
John Bardyley
England
Bardsley
Pennsylvania
John
Jack
Mardsley
Remarkable Career of Veteran Locomotive Engineer Sisco
Engineer Sisco of Clinton Indiana has been placed on the pension list of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. For 42 consecutive years he served as an engineer on the Northwestern road and has logged 1 402 207 miles. His feats would span three moon trips or circumnavigate the globe multiple times if continued. Born February 27 1836 in Oswego New York he learned machinist trade there before moving to Clinton in 1857 to settle for life. He has worked under numerous master mechanics and division superintendents and maintains a comfortable income.
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Sisco
Clinton, In
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Tad
Globe
Oswego
N.Y
Clinton
The Ostrich Sees All Around Its Neck
A concise note explains that an ostrich can view its surroundings without moving its head. It adds that a person behind the bird can see the ostrich's pupils and, in turn, is noticed by the fowl.
King Edward suffers appendicitis and digestion theories
The article explains King Edward's weekslong illness as appendicitis and discusses the appendix’s role as a digestive gland like the liver and pancreas. It notes the caecum and appendix anatomy, evolution questions, and germicidal comparisons with tonsils, plus a separate item about a Atlanta woman dying after prolonged religious contemplation.
Olney Barred by Age in 1904 Presidential Prospects
The discussion among Memphis Democrats centers on Richard Olney age 69 in 1904 and whether he should be a presidential candidate. Edward Stanwood cites precedents of older presidents and quotes Blaine on needing rest. The piece notes rising mental and physical demands of the office and suggests Democrats may favor younger contenders under a 67-year age ceiling.
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Sone
Memphis
Democrats
Richard Olney
New York
Edward Stanwood
Olney
Mr. Olney
Stanwood
William Henry Harrison
Jackson
Buchanan
Taylor
Henry Clay
Gen. Scott
Cass
Blaine
Mr. Blaine
Chicago Tribune
David Bennett Hil
Arthur PB. Gorman
Cuban Minister Gonzalo de Quesada Born in Havana
Gonzalo de Quesada, the first Cuban minister to the U.S. government, was born in Havana on December 15, 1863. He was educated in New York public schools and at the City College of New York, earning a law degree after studies at Columbia and New York universities. He represented Cuba during the revolution and became a favored figure among Latin American patriots in Washington.
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Gonzalo de Quesada
Washington
Havana
New York
College of the City of
Republic of Cuba
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Sister Republic
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Begas Life Vs . Mine Boy
United Mine Workers of America
Coronation
London
St. Petersburg
New York’s
Mayor Low
Bung-lish
Seth Low
Sparrow Jack’s
Friends of
Main Street
Germantown
Upsall
Upsall Street
Sparrow Jack
Sparrows of
America
Leander Sinco
Clinton, Town
Hine
Leander Sisco
Edward
Clarence Kilbourn
New Haven
Philadelphia Medical Journal
Large Intestine
Mernelt
Sarah Ek, Howell
Atlanta
Foresta
Norway
Sweden
United States
Canada
Richard H. Ulney
Democrats of
Tennessee
Educat
New York City
Cubs
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