New Chain Shot Gun Aimed at Air Threats
Inventor Julius Wodiska of New York unveils a two barreled chain shot gun designed to destroy aircraft and dirigible balloons. The device fires two projectiles joined by an extendable chain with a single powder charge, enabling simultaneous launch and a long, taut chain sweep. A water cooled helmeted shield suit for firemen also debuts, with a water powered air supply tested in Cincinnati. A mobile water shield concept could protect multiple firemen at fires.
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Julius Wodiska
Mr. Woadiska
Cincinnati
Stolen Zorn Statuette Recovered by Stockholm Clerk
A Zorn statuette titled Alma stolen from the Baltic exposition at Maimo was recovered in Stockholm. Insured for 5000 crowns, it sparked police and art circles’ uproar. A railroad clerk Vigren found it in discarded items, earning three months’ pay as reward.
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Anders Zorn
Maimoe
Scandinavia
Alma
Stockholm
Vigren
An Enemy Hath Done This Blunder Mixes Horses for France
A blunt note from Youth's Companion reports a blunder that mixed up a dozen or so bucking branches with a western cavalry mount shipment bound for France. Troopers first to ride them will lament the error, echoing scripture’s charge.
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France
Ambiguous Revolutionary Message Reflected in Early Uproar
A fragmented lead remarks on Americans in the twentieth century as readers of a new world, urging individual duty and participation. The text imagines work for every American and posits each citizen should see themselves as part of a broader national role, reflecting period rhetoric.
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Leaddre
Neatra
United States
Tires Partners
Shower Bath Uniforms for Firefighting Prove Practicable
A new firefighting concept outfits firemen in shower bath style uniforms that are fireproofed with water. The canvas suit, under twenty-five pounds, uses a perforated ring to shower streams between fabric layers, drenching helmet and suit and allowing entry into intense flames with minimal risk.
Portugal's New President Young Poet Peers Coimbra Fame
At fourteen Theophile Braga balanced school and a night printing job. He published Falhas Verdes before sixteen, earning a newspaper position and funds for Coimbra studies. There he met Kant Hegel Comte Ranke Macaulay Goethe and Hugo and wrote A Vision of Time, Portugal's greatest poem since Camoens.
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Portugal
Senhor Theophile Braga
University of Coimbra
Coimbra
Senhor Braga
Kant
Hegel
Comte
Ranke
Macaulay
Goethe
Shakespeare
Hugo
Camoens
New Disease Attacks Bananas in West Indies Plantations
A plant disease of unknown origin is devastating banana plantations in parts of the West Indies. Trees wither and die suddenly, and fresh plantings on the same soil succumb as well. The outbreak currently affects only certain districts. The red banana is noted as more delicious than the yellow.
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West Indies
Where it Gose Doc Wiley On a Married Man's Labor Split
A Beatty Post-Intelligencer note quotes Doc Wiley discussing a proposed division of a married man's energy. Sixty percent for providing food and forty percent for the mother’s raiment, though the mother’s view remains unreported at this time. The item reflects domestic labor expectations and a pending parental perspective.
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Doc Wiley
Beatty Post-Intelligencer
French Composer Describes Life and Death in Trenches
Camille Decreus, French composer and pianist, recounts volunteering for France in WWI, life in the trenches near Soissons and Vauquois, and the death of Collignon at Vauquois. He recalls extensive hardship, heroic acts by soldiers, and his own honorably discharge after rheumatism.
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Camille Decreus
Collignon
New York
Ysaye
William A. Clark
Greenwich
Conn
M. Decreus
la Tour d’Auvergne
Fontainebleau
Juvisy
Tourret
Clark
Ivry
Petitbourg
America
France
Soissons
Soissonus
Paris
Joffre
Vauquois
M. Decrens
Legion of Honor
Lasset-Schneider
Fifth Corps
World War Triggering Plot Figure Yanksiksich Named
A photograph of Yankositsch is highlighted as the man who hatched the plan to assassinate the Austrian crown prince and his wife, whose murder led to Austria declaring war on Serbia. The ultimatum over Serbian assets became the flashpoint, with Serbia conceding all terms except trial of Serb effects in Austria. Tankositsch is described as a Serbian army major.
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Loerst
Wogo Tankositsch
Austria
Europe
Yankositsch
Serbia
Mandeu
Tankositsch
Tankosited
Japanese stowaway found after four years at Townsend
Genjiro Suzuki, a Japanese stowaway who reached muth Cove on the Lado Mary four years earlier and escaped by jumping overboard, was taken into custody by a United States immigration inspector. He had worked in logging camps and a shingle mill and signed on as cook in the American barkentine Koko Head at Port Angeles last August.
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Fort Townsend
Genjiro Suzuki
Muth Cove
United States
H A. Myere
Port Angeler
Ig AM
Abe
Cleanliness In The Dairy
Milk passes through many hands from cow to consumer. Dairymen must ensure clean milk and good quality. Some wash udders at every milking and maintain clean stalls, earning higher prices. careless husbandry leads to dirty milk and poor prices.
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Strather
Slatted Collar Helps Prevent Cow Nursing Attempts
The article describes a simple device to stop cows from nursing themselves. A slatted collar made of two inch straps and ten to eleven slats fixed nine inches apart prevents the cow from swinging her head to reach her teats.
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Gow
Proper Feeding of Calves for Growth and Health
Keep feeding pails clean and change feeds gradually. Offer grain early and encourage calves to eat it quickly. Provide sweet milk if possible, or regular milk with minimal changes. Do not switch from sweet to unsweetened milk. feed clover or alfalfa daily to boost digestion and protein for rapid growth.
Mixing Feed for Calves and Milk Guidance
Article advises against mixing meal shorts or bran with milk for calves. Recommends grinding ground flaxseed and soaking in six times water to make a jelly mixed with milk, using a pint of jelly per four quarts of milk. States cooking flaxseed reduces its value.
Qbtiln Richer Gream in Cream Separator Guidance
The text describes adjusting the cream screw toward the bowl center to skim richer cream. It advises increasing speed and reducing milk inflow to the bowl. Reversing these actions would produce thinner cream, referencing a period instruction and a dated handwriting variant.
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oMeer
Dardanelles
Argonne
Marseilasse
Tim
Cook
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