Weather kiosks planned in cities to display improved instruments
Weather bureau aims to place small street kiosks in major cities containing thermometers barometers and weather data. The boxes will be two feet by six to eight feet, sun protected, bicycle updated maps, and integrated with mail boxes for security.
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Weather Bureau
City Hall Park
New York
United States
Washington
New York Tribune
Willis L. Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Planus
Golden Rule Judge: Toledo Judge Adopts Do Unto Others Courtroom
Judge Austin of Toledo police court introduces mottoes and symbols to guide justice. A large American flag palms and plant adornments will flank the bench as the Golden Rule judge bars minors and loafers from the courtroom.
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Austin
Toledo
New York Sun
Arizona adopts new great seal with lifelike figures
A Phoenix Times report from Los Angeles notes Arizona hires a modern seal replacing the dated one. The emblem retains San Francisco Mountains pine tree cactus and a deer but in more natural form. The designer Warren E Rollins, an artist who has spent time in Arizona painting the Grand Canyon, crafted the updated seal.
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Territory
Arizona
Phenix
Los Angeles Times
San Francisco
Warren E. Rollins
Grand Canyon
Dr Pierce Publishes Full Ingredient List for Medicines
Buffalo New York physician Dr R V Pierce publicly lists every ingredient in his medicines and offers a free booklet proving they contain no alcohol narcotics or minerals. The booklet cites medical authorities endorsing each ingredient and promotes Favorite Prescription for women’s health and nervous debility.
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pier Hown Trios
Dr. Pierce
Li. V. Pierce
N.Y
Condor Immanality Description by Finley in Century
A Finley portrayal details the condor’s head colors and skin patterns. He notes horn colored bill red skin on the head, red patches on the knees, blood red breast skin visible with preening, and light wing bars. The throat skin hangs loose and facial features include orange red chin and greenish yellow neck stripe.
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William L. Finley
Century
Russian moujik faces tough choice over son's age
A Wall Street observer likens truth telling to a Russian moujik who frets before a military commissioner about whether to claim his son's age. His friend suggests declaring the exact age to avoid conscription or schooling. The idea amuses Piotr who exclaims at the solution.
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Wall Street
Lila
Moujik
Mott
Tiote
Piotr
Army officer pay scales at West Point and beyond
The Detroit News Tribune outlines cadet government allowance of 600.50 annually and post graduation commissions with starting salaries for second lieutenants at 1400 unmounted or 1500 mounted. Pay rises occur every five years, reaching 2100 for captains and 2100 for majors plus 3500 for colonels. Officers gain 40 percent raise in twenty years and receive residence allowances and commissary buying power.
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West Point
West Pointers
Detroit News- Tribune
A Run of Luck
A London Mail column fragment shows a narrator lamenting misfortune from moving day. The van damaged furniture worth five pounds, a five pound Bank of England note vanished, the gas deposit doubled, and a jury summons arrived, all in a single misfortune pile.
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Ruffen
Bank of England
London Mail
A Choice of Evils In A Houston Post Quotation
A fragment from the Houston Post presents a dispute over music lessons for a daughter. The quote shows a parent offering lessons at home and another suggesting lessons at a friend’s room, illustrating a choice of evils in a private arrangement.
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Tlouston Post
Short Stories on Society and Statistics
A collection of pointed observations on demographics travel and finance. It notes redheads and baldness myths the Italian lottery mistrust the mixing of Indian groups suburban installment homes in New York Japan as a costly destination and general attitudes toward foreigners. It mentions the U S wind risk and record keeping issues and Oklahoma's new bankup law creating a depositor protection fund funded by a 1 percent assessment on daily average deposits.
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New York City
Japan
Massachusetts
Ohio
United States
Oklahoma
Plays and Players in New York Arts Scene
Verdi's Ernani returns to the Manhattan Opera House in New York for the first time in four years. Rogers brothers star in The Rogers Brothers In Panama with Marion Stanley in the leading woman role. Bertha Kalich last performed Marta of the Lowlands in Chicago. The Land of Nicotine is Lew Dackstader's scenic minstrelsy. Strauss works on Electra and Massenet on Bacchus. The Cheery Boys Cheer musical features the Matabele war as a dramatic incident.
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Ernani
New York
Manhattan Opera House
Metropolis
Rogers Brothers
Panama
Marion Stanley
Bertha Kalich
Marta
Chicago
Mme. Kalich
Lew Dackstader
Richard Strauss
Electra
Massenet
Bacchus
Matabeleland
Church Work and Faithful Unity Across America
Two hundred years since the Society of Friends established a Lyon church in Lyon Rynoe WS. The American Sunday School union notes an average of four Sunday schools daily for eighty three years. The London bishop praises American church harmony, contrasting with the UK. A new lay evangelist training school opens in New York with thirty leading laymen and pastors from various denominations to remain undenominational.
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Society of Friends
Lyon
Rynoe WS
American Sunday School Union
London
America
New York
New York City Demographics and Sunday Population Plunge
The New York Herald notes shifts in city demographics with one quarter native stock and more under one than Wyoming has total population. It cites rising expenses per inhabitant from 21 to 53 percent and highlights Manhattan below Wall Street with six weekday days averaging 69,000 and Sundays 2,600.
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New York City
Wyoming
Manhattan Island
Wall Street
New York Herald
Tales They Tell and Small Courtroom Tales
Henry Twele Jr of Greenoak aged three and a half has smoked pipes for over a year. Patrick McGlenna, drunk, surprised Judge Johnson at Media by taking a seat beside him. George F Allen of St Louis admitted picking the pocket of Sidney J Rice to prevent another robbery.
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Henry Twele, Jr
Greenoak
Patrick McGlenna
Johnson
Media Pa
George F. Allen
St. Louis
Sidney J. Rice
Waves and Rivers in a Tangle of Waterways
A fragmentary summary notes rivers and waves folklore with mentions of lighthouses in New York, the East River once called Salt river, the Nile overflowing from July to December, and the Abyssinian highlands rainfall driving floods. The Mississippi and Missouri are cited as vast rivers with claims about the longest river.
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East River
Salt River
Nile
Mississippi
Missonuri
Grebe
Wasp Nest Building and Ghost Tales Unite in Odd Scrap
A mix of science and fiction recounts wasp nest construction with queen using jaws to form paper, then shifts to humorous vignettes about Nell on Capitol Hill and a ghostly sea diver story. The pieces combine practical natural history with comic and eerie diversions.
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Chicago Tribune
Hooded Snakes and Their Lethal Hoods
The hooded snakes use expanded hoods as intimidation during fights but overdevelopment now threatens their survival. In a strike, the hooded snake overbalances, and predators like the mon goose and certain birds seize and tear the neck, delivering swift dispatch.
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Jin
Seaside town benches spark local boastful inscription
In a tale from Collections and Recollections, Joseph Buggins, Esq. funds benches on the sea front and inscribes that “These seats were presented to the town of Shingleton by Joseph Buggins, Esq., J. P. for this borough.” The boast mixes beneficence with public interest as the sea remains his.
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Russell
Shingleton
Joseph Buggins
J. P
The Secret of Content Reflection on Land Ownership
A quotation notes that true contentment comes when men own the land they work. It contrasts modern labor with French peasants who possess and not rent, implying independence binds them to the soil and steadiness of life.
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France
W. J. Dawson
New Recruit Excels In Family Business Says Farmer
A London Express quip highlights a son proving quick to learn in a family enterprise. The farmer notes the youth surpasses his boss in knowledge, needing only to persuade the employer to recognize his capacity. Strong enterprise and personal progress themes emerge from the exchange.
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Farmer Dobbs
London Express
Revenge Sparks Dentist’s Toothful Retort
A dentist grimly admits the motive behind his long tooth extraction. He explains the patient’s marriage to the loved one triggers the act as a personal revenge. The exchange centers on resentment and vengeance in a tense showdown.
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Psychical Society
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City Hall
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J. M. Walker
Europe
Scott Medical CO
Marion St
Seattle, Wash
Pacific Ave
Tacoma
Wash
Herald Printery
East Wishkah ST
Harrop
Hoyiiiti
Westhourt
Westport
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Portland
Taestis
Ais Od
Vaal
Tees
Wil
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Charlion
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Wishkah St
E. Wishkah St
Hayes & Hayes Bankers
Focal Mill
Steam Laundry
Lupton
Serpentin Street
Hmimgvors
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