Mushroom Dangers and Safe Handling Alerted by Experts
The article outlines mushroom poisoning cases and the danger of edible fungi. It cites Dr Prentiss and Count De Vecchi as authorities, describes amanita muscara poisoning and symptoms, and lists treatment steps while noting no antidote for muscarin or phallin. It ends with a call for mushroom clubs to promote safe consumption and education.
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Agricultural Department
United States
Jerry Tusk
Washington
Dr. Prentiss
Count de Vecchi
Legation
Virginia
Dr. K
Prentiss
Chambersburg
George Jeffers
Philadelphia
Berg
Jerry Rusk
Oryx and Lion Die in Desert Duel
A traveler recounts a dramatic battle in East Africa where a superb male oryx charged a lion. The two foes collided as the oryx skewered the lion with its horns, both animals dying in a single encounter. The observer preserves the oryx head with horns reddened by the kill.
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Mid-Africa
East Africa
Somaliland
German East Africa
Spietzbock
How the Brahman Cleans His Teeth
The Brahman cleans his teeth with a twig from specific trees and must announce the act to the forest gods before cutting. He cannot do so daily and must abstain on certain lunar dates, celestial events, and personal anniversaries. violating this yields hell.
Pay of Steamer Captain and Crew
The salary of a captain of a British transatlantic steamer is $5,000 a year and the crew earn about $22 per month.
Gen Shafter's Daughter and Family in War Times
The article recalls Gen. Shafter's grief at his wife's death and notes his daughter Mrs. W. H. McKittrick, a social figure in army circles. It describes May Shafter’s youth, her marriage to Maj. W. H. McKittrick, and their life on a California ranch near San Francisco. It mentions McKittrick’s role in raising the flag over Santiago.
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Pretty May Shafter
Maj
W. H. McKittrick
San Francisco
McKittrick
Santiago
Nameless by Status in Corean Customs
A Corean woman is described as nameless in adulthood beyond family nicknames. Relatives call her sister or daughter, and after marriage she is referred to by her in law district. If she has children she becomes the mother of a specific person, and courts give her a temporary name for legal proceedings.
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Burt
Phil May’s Clever Work and Draftsmanship Insight
Phil May discusses how sketchy magazine illustrations arise from careful initial work in lead pencil and ink. He notes artists may pre study with blue pencil since blue ink does not photograph, enabling a breezy impromptu look produced by elaborate preparation.
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Phil May
du Maurier
Punch
Expressive Sketches In Blue Panel Study At The Fair
A writer describes an artist who could render textures with few strokes, bringing a gown to life. He brought original drawings to the World's Fair, selecting pieces that told the story and inked them, highlighting the craft of a sure hand in initial sketches.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Clever Russian count outwits Persian creditor in Teheran
A Persian dervish sat in Count Kolometsov’s Teheran reception room to press a debt. The count blocked the man with a wall of masons, who then fled when the insubstantial barrier rose. The incident marks a novel method of debt collection by a Russian official.
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Persia
Teheran
Count Kolometsov
Dervish
Pall Mall Gazette
Boat Dwellers of Japan Describe Life on Water
The article contrasts crowded cities with Japan’s waterborne families living on junks Along coast bays hundreds of households inhabit boats transporting goods and navigating as a family unit A traveler notes children as young as seven managing a twenty foot boat and warns of harsh fate for those who interfere with it Many three year olds swim like fish and laggards are teased and drowned to force learning
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London
New York
Japan
Graveyard Latin a Countryman Misreads Inscription
A countryman in a cemetery asks what Sic transit gloria mundi means. The sexton, reluctant to reveal ignorance, says it means the deceased was sick transiently and went to glory Monday morning.
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Harper's Bazar
Popular songs of the present time and opinion
A young woman asks Wille Washington for his view on current songs. He says he enjoys them but reluctant to admit it in front of his musical friends, reflecting a common stance reported by the Washington Star.
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Candor
Wille Washington
Washington Star
Chinese Rail Line Sha to Wusung Nears Completion
The Chinese railway from Sha to Wusung is nearly finished. About twenty years ago the government bought this road, hired thousands of coolies to tear up rails and sleepers, loaded them on a ship, and dumped them on a desolate spot along the coast of Formosa Nghai.
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China
Sha
Wusung
Formosanghai
The World's Biggest Town in London Demographics
A fragmented report notes daily births around 400 in London and 200 deaths. It mentions 60 children entering school, 150 persons entering wartime service, and 200 beginning life as apprentices or in related trades. The text is incomplete.
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London
Begging Wage Quoted in London Police Court
A London police court heard that eight or nine shillings a day could be earned by begging, reflecting on the earnings of beggars presented in court.
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London
Doings of Women and Local Notices Amid City Life
Fragmentary OCR note records social doings of women and neighborly matters in a city setting. Mentions a meeting on Se ed St S and a neighbor’s gathering during a period observed as a cure or turn of events.
Conversation on marriage duties and women’s social role
A discussion urges husbands to share household labor and supportwives’ social and emotional needs. It condemns neglectful behavior, notes fatigue of wives, and emphasizes the value of partnership beyond duties at home. It references insurance data and praises club women as social and intellectual agents.
Fashion notes on dress styles and fabrics
The passage describes throat ruffs, square-cut dresses, skirts, buckles, and long adornments in cut jet colors. It mentions black gowns in satin and heavy fabrics such as faille bengalin and velvet laces. Finery is described as scarce and varied with wide use of luxurious fabrics and trims.
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Ruffies
Sofa Pillow for chair back and travel use
A comfortable pillow shown to hang on chair backs or for travel. It can be knitted or crocheted in multicolored squares. Any stitch may be used, and when stuffed with cords and tassels and hung over a rocking chair, it adds comfort and ornament to the room.
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S Sa
Rand Anies
E Pictes
Roehe Hearst
Ital
Inda
Stanford
Daea Felina
Wallace
E. B. Crocker
J. Sloat
Martha Qpition
W. C. Hill
M. Hall
Sarah
Chicago
Mindmany
Gibson
Cincinnati
Mnow
Lormund Lowe
Grand R
The Alluring Mind Outshines Pure Beauty
A Boston Herald column argues that a clever, teachable mind enhances charm more than looks, and that beauty fades without intellect. It notes how a cheerful, witty woman wins affection even in dull weather and praises early training in table manners for children.
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Boston Herald
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Tory
Nant
St. Louis Republic
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