Street Saleswomen of New York City Defy Weakness Myth
A Chicago News summary notes six thousand women work on New York streets as push cart vendors news girls and cafe workers from Battery to Harlem. They endure heat and cold while maintaining homes and families with strong endurance and practical trade sense.
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New York
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Haarlem
Upper East Side
Division Street
East Side
Upper West Side
Central Park West District
Wall Street
Chicago News
Indians of Patagonia Lead by Nomads in Wild Life
Hes keth Pritchard describes Tehuelche nomads of southern Patagonia who live as hunter gatherers with limited domestic animals. They migrate with guanaco herds, abandon camps after a death, and seasonally hunt unborn guanaco pelts for prized capas, selling these robes at settlements for high prices.
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Guanaco
Cheap Electricity by Locomotive Fan Turbine
Successful experiments generate power to light railway trains by mounting a fan on the locomotive front. Air pressure turns the fan to produce electricity, offering a new method for on board power generation.
Few American Built Ships Under Morgan’s IMMC
Only ten of the 140 steamers in Morgan’s combine operated as the International Mercantile Marine Company were built in the United States and merely twelve sail under the American flag.
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Morgan’s Combine
International Mercantile Marine Company
America
Damaged footballer fitted with celluloid nose at London hospital
A football player received a celluloid nose appliance after an injury at a London hospital. The unusual treatment case highlights early theatrical prosthetics used in sports injuries.
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London
A King's Royal Home to Undergo Buckingham Alterations
Special Correspondence notes Buckingham Palace, famed for its art galleries and grand throne room, will be remodeled at an estimated cost near $1,000,000. King Edward plans to use London as a permanent base, with changes aimed at easing inner layout and improving access.
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London
Europe
St. James’ Park
Westminster Abbey
Trafalgar Square
Duke of Buckingham
Lord Herry
Buckinghams
George III
George IV
Buck Ingham
Bucking
Canadian inventor touts railroad track telephony system
A Canadian inventor declares a novel telephony method using railway tracks as the transmission line between stations. He envisions exchanging messages over the tracks rather than a conventional wire line, claiming a practical communication link for railroads.
Never Seen a Horse by Alaska Indigenous Guides
A Washington Star piece recounts an Abercrombie expedition moment in 1899 Alaska. Quartermaster John F. Rice notes a Matanuska hunter who had never seen a horse, contrasting his tribe with Apache-like Matanuskis, shore Indians, and pack dogs as modes of transport.
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John F. Rice
Normandie
Alaskan
Alaska
Plains
Rocky Mountain
Yukon
Washington Star
Where Cow Bells Are Made In Col insville Conn Factory crafts 10000 to 15000 bells yearly for ranches and farms
A Conn factory on a hill side street in Col insville turns out 10000 to 15000 bells yearly for farms and plains ranches. Bell making steps include iron sheets cut by steam cutter, riveted shapes, brass coating, and a brass/charcoal firing process, followed by burnishing in a revolving cylinder. Bells range from three to seven inches and are shipped nationwide through wholesale hardware houses.
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Colinsville
Conn
West
Old English Remedies For Rabies In Early Medical Texts
The article surveys early treatments for rabies cited by Stephen Bradwell in Helps for Sudden Accidents and later echoed by Galen era authorities. It notes cupping, cautery, and sublimate, plus odd cures like pullets and pigeons, crayfish powders, and mixtures involving ale, garlic, treacle, and pewter. The Lancet excerpt contrasts differing beliefs about dog madness and water fear.
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Stephen Bradwell
Bhuffie
England
Celsus
Galen
Rhazes
Thomas Sendall
Wrong Man and Ancestry Tale From a D. A. R. Woman
A humorous New York Press piece recounts a Boston gathering where a woman flaunts a miniature portrait claiming a famous ancestor, only to learn the subject was not who she believed. The anecdote sits amid seasonal musings on anticipation and garden catalogs that stoke gardening fever during winter.
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New York
Buddendough
Boston
Dame
Lewiston Journal
The Pleasures of Hope and Anticipation
An aged Maine grandmother recalls the comfort of anticipation versus possession as she reflects on a simple life. The piece centers on themes of memory, longing, and quiet resilience in a rural New England setting.
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Maine
Stormington Barnes Calls for Government Ownership in Theater and Railways
The statement urges government ownership of theaters and railways to foster cooperation between two major national systems. It presents a vision of state control as a path to unify cultural and transportation sectors.
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Stormington Barnes
Weight Elephant Can Carry
A full grown elephant can carry thee Lons on its back.
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