Worldwide Consumption Deaths and Public Health Observations
The report notes high consumption death rates across Europe and Russia, with per-country tallies for 1880 to 1909. It cites harsh winters, sanitation gaps, and cold indoor living as drivers, and recounts a Manchester photographer’s lamped image of a child’s eruption predicting smallpox-like illness. It also mentions a New York physician using puzzles to entertain patients and German telegraph studies on lightning and telephone use.
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Europe
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Switzerland
Belgium
Wetherlands
Scandinavia
Hussia
Manchester
New York Federation survey on Sunday work among wage earners
Federation canvass of 5891 blocks finds 194 present wage earners, 2017 employed on Sunday. Among wage earners, 184 percent work seven days a week, noting a high share of Sunday labor in the city.
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Federation of Churches and Christian Workers of
New York City
Warne
Man Discharged After Onion Theft Case in Skowhegan
A Skowhegan Maine court discharged a man charged with stealing two bushels of onions after defense counsel argued the onions, pulled from the ground, were part of real estate and could not be stored. The note cites a parliamentary report stating seventy one people died of starvation in London in 185, with most fatalities among women over fifty.
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Skowhegan
London
India Celebrates Cocoanut Day and Rail Mileage Rankings
A fragment describes India's cocoanut day with offerings by Brahmin priests and Muslims reselling them. It lists state rail mileage rankings led by Texas and Rhode Island, notes a beehive found in a house wall yielding 125 pounds of honey, and reports Wembley Park England opening the first platform of its great tower with a base area of over an acre and the watch farm completed at an elevation of 55 feet.
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India
Wembley Park
England
Weetin
Antilles
United States
Cuba
Spain
Cortes
Uice
Saales
Ines
Dane
Pecania
Family of Nations
A. Sanrent Bion
Congress
German Canaries Provide Harsh Income For Women In Hartz
Fragmentary OCR notes describe women in the Hartz mountains earning income from keeping canaries. Some renters allocate up to three rooms to the birds, with households housing families and inventories. A French inventor proposes plaster figures with phosphorescent features to deter pests and protect canaries.
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Germany
Hartz Mountains
Geriously
President's Message to Congress on Cuban affair and Turkey
President's Message to Congress outlines U S duties amid Cuban rebellion and Turkish violence. It reviews Cuba Spain conflict, economic stakes, and possible interventions while urging restraint and adherence to republican ideals. It also reports on Ottoman unrest, missionary protections, and tensions with Turkey amid Armenian refuges and diplomatic claims.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Ottoman
Tiatpool
Marash
Erzurum
Cube
Catia
Spain
Havana
Tle
Ible
Secretary of Interior report highlights department affairs
The secretary of the interior presents a comprehensive exhibit of the department’s numerous affairs under his supervision. The document outlines selected subjects with full information, noting money appropriated and related details while signaling further informative material to follow.
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Vuong Santa
Inton
Tampoyvalilen
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