Nations of Far East to Exhibit in 1915
A U S government commission returning from the Orient says eight nations will officially participate in the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Countries listed include China Japan Austral ia New Zealand Dutch East Indies and Cochin China with total appropriations amounting to several hundred thousand dollars. Austria joined with 400000, half from commercial groups.
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San T
Francisco
United States
Far East
San Francisco
New York
Alva Adams
Colorado
Thomas G. Stallsmith
Agricultural Department
Philippine Islands
Tapan
Australia
Dutch East Indies
New Zealand
How to Eat Asparagus in a London Satire
Ivan Heald of the London Express offers comic dining guidance. He suggests odd table maneuvers to handle asparagus and warns against improper bites below the belt, framing the vegetable as a cheeky opponent in a playful etiquette piece.
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Ivan Heald
London Express
Monastic Wit Wins Clerical Promotion in Tennis Tale
In the court tale of Francis I a clever monk Regnier Muainus wins a tennis match with a brilliant stroke provoking the king’s humor. The monk retorts that the stroke was Francis's own fault for not making it an abbot’s. A week later Maiius becomes abbot of Beaulieu.
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Francis I
France
Regnier Muainus
Francis
Maiius
Beaulieu
Reis as the quiet inventor of telephony
The article credits German scientist Philip Reis as the true inventor and discoverer of telephony principles. It notes Reis demonstrated a partially articulate electric telegraph in 1861 at Frankfort and showed that vibrating membranes could reproduce electrical vibrations, shaping the basis of telephone ideas later credited to others.
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Reis
Bell
Edison
Berliner
Marconi
Philip Reis
Frankfort
Early Telephone Pioneers and Mount Etna Ice Mystery
Reis and Elisha Gray developed early telephone ideas around Bell's filing yet received little reward. Mount Etna alternates between snow and lava heat. A 1828 heat event hidden a vast lava covered ice field, preserved by volcanic sand.
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Reis
Elisha Gray
Washington
Professor Bell
Gray
New York World
Mount Etna
Practical Health Hint Strengthen the Lungs
Aimed at tuberculosis prevention the piece urges keeping the chest open and shoulders back to maintain full lung capacity. It warns drooped posture narrows the chest and shallow breathing weakens lungs, contributing to consumption. The article notes consumptives often have a narrow chest with forward head posture.
Social status and the lion or the goat
In a brief item from the Atchison Globe a cheeky note contrasts social bravado with reality, joking that a man who imagines himself a social lion may in fact be just a goat.
Roosevelt's Tapir Hunt Through Brazilian Wilds
In Scribner's July 1914 article Roosevelt recounts the unknown river down which he traveled with Colonel Rondon and hounds. The hunt features a wounded tapir, pursuit by dugouts, and the perilous chase through jungle with peccaries cHased by hunters and dogs.
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Roosevelt
Wilds OF
Bra
Scribner's Magazine
Charles Scribner's Sons
Scribner’s Magazine
Elbe
Rhine
Rhone
Saone
Europe
United States
Brazil
South America
American Museum of Natural History
Royal Geographical Society
Madeira
Cherrie
Costa Rica
Benedetto
Rondon
Kentucky's New Senator Named to Succeed Bradley
Governor McCreary appoints Johnson N. Camden Democrat as U S senator to fill the late William O Bradley’s seat. Camden, son of former West Virginia senator, inherits wealth from coal lands and investments. He serves until the fall election to fill the remainder of Bradley’s term through next March.
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Kentucky
Johnson N. Camden
McCreary
William O. Bradley
Camden
West Virginia
Bradley
Reckless Advice Sparks Worry in Boston Transcript
The Boston Transcript quotes a tense exchange where Mr Lapleigh doubts his health while Miss Keen urges restraint after his risky actions. The brief dialogue hints at concern for well being and cautions against dangerous behavior.
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Lapleigh
Miss Keen
Boston Transcript
What is light quiz prompts juvenile class
A Chicago News fragment shows a teacher asking about light and a child answering that light is nearly everything bought at the grocer, as spoken by a boy in a juvenile class. The exchange hints at playful classroom dialogue and urban everyday life.
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Chicago News
Attitude Question in Shoe Store Circles Cited
A Kansas City Journal quip asks if a man should go down on one knee for a woman, noting it is seen as the correct practice in shoe store circles. The remark reflects social expectations and dating ritual norms.
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Kansas City Journal
One of the Hero Class Passes Away
A Philadelphia Punch Bowl tribute notes the man who did much for American drama yet never wrote a play, signaling a lasting impact through other creative contributions.
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Pennsylvania
Duty and Reason Intersect in Moral Power
A reflection on duty as a force that binds action and belief. It argues that those who instill a genuine love of duty surpass mere rational argument in guiding human conduct.
Menace of the Sea Threatens Atlantic Coastal Cities
In a Geology inspired warning W A Du Puys Uncle Sam Wonder Worker essay predicts rising seas will inundate Atlantic coastal cities including New York Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore. The piece cites coast subsidence since the glacial era and notes a seventy year fall of Boston’s sill and the Hudson mouth drifting 200 miles offshore.
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New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Atlantic Coast
Atlantic Coast Line
Coast Survey
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston Harbor
Hudson River
Baltimore
Washington
Mississippi
New Orleans
Galveston
Geological Survey
Manhattan Island
Battery
Customs House
Broadway
Wall Street
Financial District
Nassau
New Jersey
Long Island
Delaware
Chesapeake
W. A. du Puy
Uncle Sam
Wonder Worker
Balancing Beam Rescue At Construction Site
A steel beam hoisted to a high level swung and knocked a worker from the girder. He clung to the end as another man ran to balance the load, and both were lowered to the ground safely.
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Harper's Weekly
Cape Cod Canal Opens On July Fourth Celebration
Cape Cod Massachusetts stages a July 4 pageant to mark the canal opening. The waterway will handle ships up to fifteen feet draft at first, with full completion aimed by November for vessels with twenty five feet draft, at a cost of twelve thousand dollars.
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Cape Cod Canal
Cape Cod
Mass
Cape
Gasoline Onl Leave Portland and Arrive Aberdeen Schedule
Train schedule snippet shows No 41 leaving Portland at 8:30 am with stops at Beattie Tacoma and Centralia arriving Aberdeen about 3:30 pm. Earlier Gasolin Onl trip leaves Portland 11:00 pm, arrives Aberdeen 6:00 am with Centralia 3:00 am and Tacoma 12:45 am listed.
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Aberdeen
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Aberdeean
Moctips
E.e.e
McCleary
Elma
Chicago
Milwaukee
Paul
Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation CO
Centralia
Beattie
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Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co
H. 8. Crocker Co
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
M.D
Stampa
GTOP
Byron
Harper
Fred Hewitt Aber Eer
L. L. Maley
Aberdeen, Wash
HAYES
Hayes Bankers
Alway
D. Swift & CO
Seventh St
Washington, D. C
the Herald
Chehalis County
Wise Advertisers
Pacific
Michal
Aberdeen Printing Co., Inc
E. Wishkah St
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