Vast mixed notes on empire, travel, and science
A collage of observations spans colonial life and travel. It notes literacy in India, alcohol taxes in Sweden, scarlatina and measles deaths in Russia, coffee labeling, fashion imports, and a Doctor Gourand on rational diets. Also reflections on Kitchener, French machine guns, New York transit humor, and South American expedition hardships with jaguars and insects.
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London
India
Sweden
National ‘Treasury
New York
Russia
Newark
Manhattan Island
Pearl Street
Gourand
Charles Frohman
Mauretania
Marie Doro
Lord Kitchener
United States Military Academy
West Point
John the Baptist
National Geographic Magazine
Adventures in the Jungle and Brazilian Civil Perils
Willard P. Miller a civil engineer who arrived at the Holland House from Tampa Florida recalls perilous adventures in Brazil saying a surveying party on the new road through central Brazil to Bolivia offers ample excitement. He plans to go to China for a change after a year down there.
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Amer Caur
Brazil
Broadway
Para
Amazon
England
Tampa
Madeira
Mamore
Bolivia
Engineering’ Corps
Rio Madeira
British East Africa
Willard P. Miller
Holland House
Fla
New York Sun
China
Man Survives Death Valley Ordeal After Eighty Mile Trek
H W Manton of Rhyolite California wandered the Death Valley wilderness for almost a week. He crossed scorching sands without food and with a single water sip, finally reaching Cub Lee's Furnace Creek ranch alive. Ranch men aided his revival after his lips mouth and tongue swelled from dehydration. He recounted traveling days with only lizards and a desert snake for company.
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Death Valley
Great American Desert
Ai Great
Los Angeles
Cal
Salt Lake City
Utah
Wide World Magazine
H. W. Manton
Rhyolite
Dread Pit
Kansas boy resents father's worn clothes and red whiskers
A Wichita Star writer recalls a Kansas boy who, forced to wear his father's hand-me-downs, cries behind the barn after his father shaves and grows a full red whisker beard. He quips that he must now wear all the red whiskers himself.
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Kansas
Wichita Star
Dreaming. New Page to the housemaid of a poet
A house maid asks why the poet stands before the mirror. He mutters that a statue may be erected for him. The maid notes that without occasional jealousy a woman’s life grows monotonous.
Rural churches and future of the country church
A leading seminary presents six lectures on the rural church and its future. The country church faces complex changes, with consolidation as the chief hope to solve financial and attendance issues while preserving religious life alongside the city church.
Wholesome Punishment for Oleomargarine Fraud
Federal Judge Landis in Chicago imposes severe sentences on oleomargarine violators under federal law. Convicted defendants mixed and colored imitation product and sold it as genuine butter, often at butter prices, defrauding consumers and dairy producers. A dealer advertises plain packaging and genuine churned product under government inspection as a legitimate option. The opinion defends lawful competition and condemns false pretenses. The justice of taxation on colored oleomargarine remains debatable.
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Landis
Chicago
Automobiles and the Cost of Living Debate
The Boston Globe argues that motor vehicles, by efficient transport and distribution, will lower living costs. As they become tailored to farming needs, they move farm products to consumers, unlock unused arable land, and reduce retail transportation rates, ultimately substituting mechanical force for brute labor and broadening access to goods.
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Boston Globe
The Loadstone Draws Farmers to Grow More Crops
The article notes farmers’ strong position as input costs stay high and prices remain favorable. It explains thousands of city folks moving to the country to farm, with optimism that a few success stories will spark wider participation, serving as a magnetic force for the “back to the soil” movement.
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Toledo Blade
Goethe descendants and his piano maker kin in Boston
A Boston Post item traces Goethe lineage in Roxbury Crossing noting piano tuner Goethe, born in Brussels, and his ancestors in Weimar and Berlin who were piano makers. It details Charles Albert von Goethe, the last Goethe in New York, his boarding house, and his view that literature and music cannot flourish together. The piece closes with a social observation about men who work quietly for women.
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Goethe
Roxbury Crossing
Boston Post
Brussels
Belgium
Europe
Post
Ludwig Albert von Goethe
Berlin
Ludwig Christian von Goethe
Nordhausen
Christian von Goethe
Weimar
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Frankfort On
the Main
Charles Albert von Goethe
Charles Albert
Charles
New York
Last Goethe Lived In Boston A Piano Tuner
Charles Albert von Goethe, last male descendant of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, is described as a piano tuner living in Boston. The report notes his lineage to the famous German poet and philosopher.
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Charles Albert von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von
Prosperous Kansas preacher trades horse for automobile gains
A Reno County Methodist circuit rider, Rev. W. B. Stevens, leaves the old mare to pasture and buys a $2,509 auto to expand his farm land business and preaching circuit. He claims earnings of $12,000 beyond his salary in three years and expects more. He says he is unique in Kansas for owning a car as a minister. The piece ends with a wry aside about weather and fishing.
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Germany
Aden
British Post Office Savings Bank
United States
Genral
Shanghai
New York State
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Colorado
New Jersey
Ohio
Bureau of Statistics
Cassier
United Kingdom
Kansas
W. B. Stevens
Reno County
Hutchinson
New York Sun
Stevens
Old Hymns and Faith in Times of Plague
A meditation on cherished old hymns, memory, and hope. A New Orleans yellow fever outbreak is recalled with civic resolve, a minister’s flower-and-smile cue, and the call to faith in adversity.
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New Orleans
Old City
Cartoon of a church member showing a mutilated Bible
A striking cartoon satirizes attacks on the Bible. A church member presents a pastor with a torn scripture, revealing only the covers. The pastor, surprised, remarks on the emptiness, while the parishioner recalls successive erasures of Creation, Moses, and later books.
Call to Follow Christ Beyond Dramatic Signs
Albert L. Berry reflects that Christ speaks to those desiring better living rather than through trumpets. The call to Follow Me silences pride, awakens noble impulses, and calls for self sacrifice. Jesus proves a leader whose strength meets every peril, transcending east and west mountains and seas.
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Christ
Galilean Lake
Jesus
Sea of Galilee
All Debts Discharged In Tale Of Heroic Rescue
Ben Watson saves Myra Underhill from a swift creek current and becomes the village talk. Aunt Tabby Wilson pushes for a romance and wedding, but Ben declines, saying his deed already fulfilled his obligation and he does not think they should marry.
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Ben Watson
Myra Underhill
Ben
Tabby Wilson
Myra
Harper’s Magazine
Mary
Straps Elude Fo2. Passenger Quits Amid Germ Fear
A fo2 boards a streetcar seeking a seat and fails to reach hanging straps. After repeated attempts he gives up with the remark that they are probably germ laden. He alrea dy paid his fare and leaves without catching a train.
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Success Magazine
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North
Australia
New York’ Sun
France
the Country Church
Minneapolis Tribune
A. Ewie
Queer Stories
Boston
Jordan
Greenland
Canaan's Fair and Happy Land
Atlanta Constitution
Drews
Karlsruhe
Haeckel
Jena University
Gladstone
Christian Herald
Jesus Christ
Christ Jesus
God
James H McConkey
God of
Albert L. Berry
Fox
Straps
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