Electricity as aid to farming gains commercial traction
London reports Sir Oliver Lodge's electrical system for crop growth moves from tentative trials to practical commercial use. Lionel Lodge details how positive current from transformers stimulates plant growth, with field networks and valves managing currents, claiming up to 30 percent yield increases on average soil and higher on rich soil.
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London
Sir Oliver Lodge
Lionel Lodge
Sir Oliver
Mr. Lodge
Arctic
Traiis
Oliver
Tolleston Gun Club Lands Platted Into Gary City Lots
Hammond Indiana reports orders to plat 1700 acres once owned by the Tolleston Gun Club near Gary into 16000 city lots. The land, bought for 17000 dollars, has risen to an estimated 2 million dollars with Gary's development. The area was a hunter's paradise famed for clashes between club watchmen and indigenous people, with five lives lost in those conflicts.
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Hammond
Ind
Tolleston Gun Club
Chicago
Gary
Wolves
Pelicans
New Head of U S Army Favors Dirigible War Craft
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood new army chief favors shorter enlistments to build a larger civilian reserve and notes the need for extra officers. He supports using small dirigibles for reconnaissance and calls airplanes less useful until larger craft can carry additional personnel.
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United States Army
New York
Leonard Wood
Uncle Sam
Wood
United States
Germany
England
Gold-Headed Cane Swindle Revealed by Scotland Yard Tale
Sir Robert Anderson recalls a London fraud where a so-called gold maker duped a premier firm. He promised a method to multiply gold, staged a Whitechapel lab, and vanished after siphoning $100,000. The culprit later boasted that each exit left the cane packed with sovereigns.
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London
Robert Anderson
Criminal Investigation
Scotland Yard
Blackwood's
England
Europe
Leman Street
Whitechapel
Lovers Court by Wireless Leads to Elopement
Anna belle Rooney aged nineteen and James Connelly aged twenty two eloped after using a homemade wireless link through steam pipes to arrange their marriage. They wed at St. John's Baptist Church and returned to live with Anna belle's parents who forgave them. Connelly studied wireless telegraphy at Clason Point Military Academy and taught Anna belle to send messages.
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New York
Annabelle Rooney
Washington Avenue
Bronx
James Connelly
Connelly
Clason ‘Point Military Academy
Marconi
Rooney
Annabelle
St. John’s Baptist Church
Baby Plays With Snake Troubling Burlington Family
In Burlington New Jersey two year old Edward Limeburner amused himself with a good sized snake coiled on the window sill for about a half hour before his mother Mrs Limburner shouted for help. Family members dispatched the reptile and no one was hurt. How the snake entered the home remains unknown.
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Burlington
N. J
Edward
William Limeburner
Delwin Street
Statistics Quarterly follows quarterly imports data change
Washington reports the bureau of statistics will publish quarterly information on imports entered for consumption instead of yearly updates, following requests from business interests. The change aims to provide more frequent data for market analysis and policy discussions.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
London to Employ Girl Messengers in Post Office
London plans to replace boys with girl messengers in post offices to reduce boy unemployment. Initial trials will run at large provincial offices before expanding to St. Martin's-le-Grand and other offices. Girls will handle indoor elementary work with the aim of securing permanent positions later.
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London
St. Martin's-le-Grand
BC government orders mine rescue gear for three stations
The British Columbia government has placed orders in Pittsburg for complete apparatus to equip three mine rescue stations to be installed in the principal coal mining areas of the province.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
Pittsburg
Trial by Ordeal in Japan
In parts of Japan a household theft can trigger an ordeal where all servants write the same word with a brush. The ideographs reveal the conscience through muscular effort, aiding the guilty party’s discovery. The test is described as more humane than the old boiling water ordeal.
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Japan
London Fads Drive Snuffbox Auction Prices Skyward
In London seven snuff boxes sold for about 20 000 each while five more averaged 10 000 each in a craze among the wealthy for curios. Values lay in age and associations rather than intrinsic worth.
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London
Hats Made at Home Saves Money With Stylish Trim
The article explains home hat making as a frugal summer trend using gown material for trimming. It details practical methods from linen and raffia hats to drawn net shapes, bias bands, and florals, noting stylish effects like wide scarfs and up-to-date bows. A standout example describes a red chiffon sailor hat costing $40 at a party but doable at home for about four dollars.
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Rafia
Batavia
Simple summer dress and muslin trimmings pattern
A plain green linen summer dress features a central panel and wrapped seams with a yoke of spotted lawn and embroidery. The set includes a straw hat with bows, a cross barred muslin pincushion cover, Dutch baby caps, bias corset covers, and assorted muslin trims and ribbons.
Royal dress and order of the Garter noted
The royal consort joins the Most Noble Order of the Garter as a Lady of the Garter, placing Queen Mary among the queen mother in this high honor. The blue ribbon and star remain a striking feature in royal portraits and ceremonial dress.
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Order of the Garter
Queen Mary
A Hemming Party For Bride-To-Be Planned
A bride-to-be invites her best girl friends for an afternoon on the porch to hem and sew. She will provide needles and thread while guests hem kitchen towels and may place initials in a corner. The idea should be a clever, enjoyable event.
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Curtis
Glenn Curtiss
Atlantic City
Gen. Wood
Glover
Lovers Court
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