Arnold’s Wedding Boots Defy Time and Tide
Delavan Lake farmer George N Arnold still wears the calfskin wedding boots bought in 1852 for his marriage to Philena Crangon. The boots have survived inflation weather, and years of work, with Arnold asserting they bring luck and prosperity to his life and farm near Janesville. A Chicago Tribune note adds he preserves them carefully, avoiding wear during plowing while keeping them for memory and fortune.
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Janesvilla
Wis
George N. Arnold
Delavan Lake
Arnold
May States
Walworth County
Delavan
Mr. Arnold
N. Y
George Fox
Moravia
Wiscon
Philena Crangon
Wisconsin
Janesville
Chicago Tribune
Dame Fortune
Victim of Wife's Enterprise in Elkhart Anticipates Ordinance
A woman in Elkhart Indiana actively advocated a local ordinance while her husband became the first arrested for involvement in the alleged infraction.
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Elkhart
Ind
German General Meckel Taught Japanese to Lead Armies
Berlin reports the London Times cites Maj. Gen. Meckel as the Prussian mentor behind Japan's army success. Born 1842, he joined the Prussian army in 1860, fought at Woerth, and later shaped the Japanese general staff with Moltke’s principles. He mentored most officers, stressing preparation for peace and war.
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Berlin
Germany
London Times
Meckel
Gross Lichterfelde
Gen. Meckel
Moltke
von Meckel
The World's Fattest Boy Willie Harris Tale
Willie Harris, an 18 year old from Ta Quoin Illinois, weighs 598 pounds and stands five feet four inches. He has a 71 inch waist and 67 inch chest with 44 inch thighs and 22 inch calves. He attended a country school where no chair large enough existed and now uses two chairs. He sleeps in a bed built for him and once broke a lodging house bed. Only ready made items he can buy are collar buttons neck ties and pocket handkerchiefs.
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Chicago
Willie Harris
Harris
Ta Quoin
Ill
Man with a Grievance Prompts Street Corner Oration
A Chicago street campaigner, described by the Chicago Journal as a curbstone orator, harangued passersby from a sidewalk corner. He denounces trusts, extols shared wealth, cites government statistics, and questions the money standard as police disperse the crowd. The scene ends with a chase as a boy throws paper toward him. Peculiar Japanese Delicacy.
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Orator
Isthmian Canal
Shipbuilding Trust
Wall Street
Paper-Making Under Pressure in Elsenthal Australia
In Elsenthal Australia a rapid pulp to press sequence saws three spruce trees at 7 35 am converts them to paper by 9 34 am, and the first copy goes to press at 10 00 am, taking 145 minutes from tree to newspaper.
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Elsenthal
Australia
Monument in Bristol Honors Myron F. Wilson Family Print Pioneer
In Greenwood cemetery Bristol Vermont a unique arch shaped monument of a Washington handpress honors Myron F. Wilson and his family. The Wilson brothers publishers of the Bristol Herald erected it. The press dates from pre 1830s Burlington and later used for Bristol Herald. Myron F. Wilson born April 1 1819 had a long journalism career in Vermont New York and finally Bristol where he died December 25 1893.
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Boston
Mars
Greenwood Cemetery
Bristol
Wilson Brothers
Bristol Herald
Myron F. Wilson
Washington
Tult
Myron Wilson
Burlington
John R. Forest
Winooski
Myron, Prenton
James Wilson
Westford
Leton E
Ladien (Felton) Wilson
The
Free Press
George Stacy
A. L. Pappineau
William W. Atwater
Houghton
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Riverside Press
Mr. Wilson
Albany
N. Y
Cathage
Malone
Gouverneur
N.Y
Lawrence Iralherd
John Gregory Smith
St. Albans
Franken County Journal
St. Albane Messenger
George Church
Theodore Roosevelt Jr Teaches Bible Class for Oyster Bay Boys
The 17 year old Theodore Roosevelt Jr teaches a Sunday school class in Oyster Bay. Twelve eight or nine year old boys attend and are devoted to their young teacher. He shares talks on noted biblical characters beyond the regular lesson. Recent talks covered David and Saul and St Paul.
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Oyster Bay
L. 1
United States
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
President's Place
Long Island
Theodore
Clase
David
Saul
St. Paul
St Paul
Atalla
Roosevelt Seeks Weight Loss Through Tennis and Rows
Washington special reports President Roosevelt struggles with weight, now at 208 pounds, after years of growth from 185 pounds when he became vice president. He pursues tennis and rowing at Oyster Bay to slim down, aided by walks and disciplined meals. An elephant note follows on its three-ton carrying capacity.
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Washington
D. C
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Harvard
White House
Navy
Loeb
Dulaney
Mr. Loeb
West Point
Amalgamated Association's Stormy Rise in Labor History
The Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees traces its 1892 founding to Gompers while detailing wage gains from 14 to 22 cents an hour, ten hour days, closed vestibules, and the influence of W D Mahon in building a 60 000 member labor movement via arbitration over strikes.
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Detroit
Mich
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electrics Railway Employes of America
Gompers
A. F. of L
Indianapolis
Alnce
Chicago
Amalgamated Association
W. D. Mahon
Mabon
Columbus Union
Mahon
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Isbor
Jewell Now in Smyrna With American Squadron
The European squadron under Rear Admiral Theodore F. Jewell anchors at Smyrna Harbor aboard the Olympia Baltimore and Cleveland. The mission aims to collect debts owed to American citizens and secure equal rights for U S schools and missions in Turkey with comparable treatment given to France and Germany.
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Washington
D. C
Theodore F. Jewell
Smyrna
Olympia
Baltimore
Cleveland
Turkey
France
Germany
Jewell
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Man, Meckel
Staf
Illinois
Curbstone
Chicago Journal
Smises
Washington Band Press
Teddy Roosevelt
Meghant
President Roosevelt
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
William D. Maeon
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