Growing Indian-Tension Across British Dominions
British and Indian governments face growing concern over anti Indian moves in South Africa and rising calls for equal rights in Britain and India. East Indians staged strikes in Natal amid violence. imperial officials urge investigations. Hindus and Muslims unite to demand justice, while some mobilize to exclude labourers from dominions.
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South Africa
Brition Talon
London
Indiana
Natal
Tiots
Viscount Hlardinga
India
Wwatera
Urewe
Wate
British Doles
Tia
Snb
Tis
Indl
Vitatine
Witton
No Limit to Postal Savings Bill Moves in Washington
The Mouse introduces a bill to remove all limits on individual deposits in the postal savings system. Current limits capped deposits at 500 dollars, with interest paid only on up to 1,000 dollars. The bill proposes to allow more funds to be deposited and earn interest, expanding the system for depositors.
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Washington
Bbs
Two Years Wasted Time Gould Be Saved in Education Plan
A committee of prominent educators, after a decade of study, urges cutting elementary schooling from eight to six years and starting secondary education at age twelve. The plan would compress college and professional study, enabling earlier vocational training and quicker entry into professional careers. The report recommends six years elementary, twelve to eighteen in high school, college from eighteen to twenty, and graduate work to twenty four.
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Gould
United States Bureau of Education
National Education
James B. Baker
University of Colorado
Germany's Latest Craze Mesotherium Cancer Cure
Germany has embraced mesotherium as a cancer cure, with public funds reportedly funding its purchase. The substance, derived from thorium waste, is placed in a silver box applied to affected areas. A surgeon recounted an odd anecdote of a patient swallowing a piece, forcing an operation to retrieve it.
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Germany
London Times
Anberta
Hia Baide
Seventeenth Century Organ Won in France by Dealer
An organ made in 1625 by Nicolaus Mandescheit, praised as the finest of its kind, was purchased abroad by an American dealer for $100,000 linked to Henry Frick. Found in a French Ardennes chateau after 200 years, Saint-Saens once played it. Also noted is a French plans for a rail line to the Aiguille du Midi, 12,608 feet, to span peaks by cablecars above Mont Blanc.
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Nicolaus Mandescheit
Henry ©. Frick
Ardennes
France
Saint-Saens
Aiguille du Midi
Mont Blanc
Iineta
Chamonix
World’s Highest Death Rate City Rumored in Bolivia
Report claims Cochabgiuba Bollins has about 75 deaths per 1000 last year, possibly tied to ignorance of basic hygiene among the tower classes. Infant mortality also high, with about nine percent of deaths under five years.
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Cochabgiuba
Bollins
Whims of the Air and Wind Variations in Flight
A garbled excerpt discusses sudden wind changes at height, their effects on early air travel, and the dangers they pose to aviators. It cites observations from the Aerotechnic Institute of the University of Paris and remarks on the history of mastering nature's forces for safer flight.
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Aerotechnic Institute
University of Paris
Aomietime
Garrett P. Serviss
New York Journal
Frederick the Great and the Loyal Officer Tale
A dramatic tale from Frederick the Great era recalls a disgraced lieutenant colonel who sought a royal reward for an informer’s discovery. The king denies admission, issues a strange reward, and through a ruse directs the officer to deliver a court letter while awaiting judgment. The officer surrenders at Spandau, and the royal note promises transfer of command in Berlin.
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Frederick the Great
Leutenant
Frederick
Abel
Friedrichs
Nieler
Boandau
Tobey
Spandac
Spandau
Berlin
Disease Germs Make Clean Hands Impossible Says Doctor
A British surgeon Dr Cumming reports that even scrupulous hand washing cannot remove typhoid contamination. He demonstrates with experiments showing 818 colonies in sterile water after washing and four colonies after alcohol, and a typhoid laden finger left on soup producing about 40 000 bacilli per cubic inch after 24 hours.
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Surgeon Cumming
Cumming
New York American
Getting Ahead of Father
A fragment from a Cleveland Plain Dealer piece captures a teasing exchange about curfew and breakfast, with a character noting a late hour and a father awake upstairs trying to think of funny things to say. The dialogue hints at family dynamics and humorous banter.
Woman Seeks Scottish Chiefs At Library
A peculiar exchange at a Boston library saw a foreign language student request a book titled Cottage Cheese by mistake. After clarifying, staff learned she intended Scottish Chiefs, reflecting a misheard title.
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Boston Transcript
Love of Nature Inspires Return to Rural Scenery
An observation from the Toledo Blade notes that after two decades in town, a man lacking pastry in his soul may yearn for rural landscapes once enjoyed on the old farm, a longing born from years of long work hours.
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Toledo Blade
Old Gaken Bucket Poet Ends Poem About Piano
A fragment notes a poet finishing a poem with lines about an old piano. The snippet mentions musical humor and references a New Orleans Picayune comment and a playful misquote. No clear story or people identified beyond generic references to Old Gaken Bucket style poetry.
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New Orleans Picayune
Mermaide and Mermen and Other Oddities
An excerpt on sea creatures notes the dugong and manatee feeding the young and their humanlike poses when mothers show above water. It links mermaids and mermen legends to these similarities and cultural stories. Also quoted are brief jokes from Youth's Companion and a promotional line for Bucklen's Arnica Salve promising quick relief for skin injuries.
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Australa
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Viscount Hardinge
Wrcount Rardinge
Ibra
Oug
Bruges
Wahleb
Pather
Montaigne
Bucklen
E. E. Chamberlain
Clinton
Lal Shit John DE Neu
Kickapoo Indian Medicine
Philadelphia
St.Louis
Honjultivt
K. DE Berg
Xour
Krene DeBerg
Kesley
Y. Eggert
Cashier
Fred Eggert
Ass'n Cashier
First National Bank
Trensacta Generali
Oseres
Ackley
Iowa
U.S
Arpin B. Blecher, CasHian
Rath
Ackley, Iowa
Trey
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