Various Global Notes On Science, Politics, and Society
The item surveys scattered notes from around the world including metallurgy quirks like gold color variation, Norway Sweden boundary surveying, Indian students in Japan, railway workers and game, a Cork castle gale, Brazilian needs for American methods, Canterbury archbishop’s anti Sunday effort, Alaska seal skins, Carnegie’s baggage to Skibo, Milwaukee cream standard issues, wireless gear for Solace voyage, antique paintings found under a floor, and more on primes, royals, cockroaches, a San Quentin fire, a wasp using a pebble, German rail conductors, Galveston memorials, Trojan toys, a large French funeral painting, and Los Angeles Quaker marriage cases.
The Emancipation of Two Daughters in London
Maryon, a South African physician, leaves England to seek his fortune, while Barbara and Josie rise from quiet country life to become actresses in London. After Maryon’s departure, Barbara grows lonely in the Hermitage and Josie climbs the stage via a traveling troop. Josie’s fame brings new friends, yet Barbara endures isolation as she supports herself amid bustling city life and hopeful letters from Maryon.
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Maryon
Aylesmere
Haddon
Hermitage
Maryen
South Africa
Josephine
Barbara
Maryvon
England
Pather
Dusephine
Lfe
Josie
Eng
Orposite
Fosie
Jasie
London
Miss Merryweather
Zinsie
Jane
Wan
Mde
Dex
Southampton
Bob
Art
Maygon
Healy
Maryan
Jesse
Jean
Prin Titie
Marvow
Janathe
Sayhara
Osephine
Dad
Iovet
Fundly
Maryor
New Tree
Paige
Merrweather
Jesle
German Prize Calls for Hydraulic Cement Research 1906
United States consul in Berlin reports Germany invites worldwide scientific essays on the chemical processes of hydraulic cement hardening. Prizes totaling 2570 mark offered, evaluating papers anonymously. Submissions due by December 3, 1906. American engineers urged to contribute to this national effort.
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United
Erut Mason
Berlin
State Department
Germany
Mason
United States
Milne Pinpoints Haiti Cable Break With Seismograph
Earthquake specialist Professor John Milne of England, long employed by Japan, built an earthquake network of nearly 1000 stations. He noted West Indian cables rarely broke but his palaumophone data suggested a cable break at 11 30 p.m. on December 28 off Haiti, locating the fault exactly where the break occurred.
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Pubic Ledger
John Milne
England
Milne
Haiti
Like an Old Hand Boston Advertiser Fragment
A dialogic fragment shows a couple in a quarrel or playful exchange. She asks if he has loved before, he denies, she inquires again, and he retorts with a tease about being “an old hand” in love, highlighting a humorous courtship moment.
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Boston Advertiser
Lone Star Hans the Sioux noose hunter
Ned Ainsworth reports Fred M. Hans known as Lone Star, dubbed the Terror of the Sioux, was acquitted of a murder charge after a controversial case tied to the 1901 Rosebud Indian outbreak. He helped capture an assaulting suspect, warned of a deadly attack at Wounded Knee, raced 28 miles in 35 minutes to relay orders, and earned a government medal for his bravery and aid to Little Bat amid a battle that left many Sioux dead at Bloody Gulch.
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Bronx City Tribune
Ainsworth
Ned
Fred M. Hans
Lone Star
Hans
Sheridan
Miles
Crook
Beard
Duquette
Lure
Zach Taylor
Lure Ranch
Luse
Hwever
Medicine Man
Wounded Knee Creed
Forsythe
Wallace
Little Bat
Ike
Clea
Hane
Lit
Bat
Shravine
Henry
Lone Star of the Sioux Warlord Faces Quiet Duty in Dakota
The narrative recalls Lone Star, aka Fred M. Huns, famed Indian fighter and scout, hired to quell unrest among the Rosebud Sioux by enforcing work on a government project. Once feared by Sitting Bull and others, he earned a reputation for deadly efficiency with pistols, while avoiding rifles. His presence calmed Indian labor and allowed authorities to proceed without further revolts in the fall of 1890.
Scandalous Military Justice in Dessau Case
London Chronicle reports a striking military trial in Dessau where two private soldiers Guenther and Voigt were sentenced to five years penal servitude and expulsion for insubordination to Sergeant Heine after defending themselves in a drunken clash. Heine received three months' imprisonment, prompting accusations of a travesty of justice and public outrage.
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London Chronicle
Dessau
Guenther
Voigt
Heine
Weeting
Candor and The Dinner Table Gaffe
New York Tribune reports Controller Grouch remarks on candor in the wrong place. A hostess’s dinner ends with a child and a maiden lady. the lady asks the child the color of her eyes. The child responds vividly naming yellow whites and red rims, prompting laughs and reflection on social tact.
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New York Tribune
Grouche
The Druggist Satire in Jabetha Tribune Verse
A satirical piece from The Druggist of Jabetha Kansas critiques pharmacists and their profiteering. It portrays the druggist as a public benefactor in name only while customers seek nostrums to ease labor, lamenting the dealer’s wealth from selling potions as spring winds and water flood the market.
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Jabetha
Kan
Tribune
Daisy
Ineligible Grandmothers and Modern Branded Mothers
London Outlook contrasts brand mothers who play hockey golf and dance with grandmothers of a century ago. It notes today’s women ride to hounds and wear lavender silk, mittens, and blush at men’s attire, suggesting shifting ideals of suitability for young men.
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London
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