Paraphrased Observations and Arctic Plans Highlighted
A fragmented column notes Alpine Avalanche and Count de Castellane warning on national peril from reduced income. It cites a Kansas judge misnaming Staynezstraw Laczynski as citizen, critiques Chicago evangelist Sheldon journalism, and compares Paris theaters left in subsidy. It ends with Sannikoff Land exploration planned by Norwegians, aiming to reach from Lena River in 1901, and summer camp work on the Lena.
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Sannikoff Land
New Siberia Islands
Siberian
Lena River
Lena
Population figures for Russia's four great cities
Census figures list St. Petersburg at 1 182 677 Moscow with its OSS 614 614 Odessa 405 041 and Warsaw 626 072. Men outnumber women in St Petersburg Moscow and Odessa while Warsaw shows a slightly higher female share.
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Russian Empire
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Oss
Odessa
Warsaw
Europe
Telemeter Increases Eye Distance For Distant Measurement
The article explains Zelus of Jena extended natural distance perception with prisms in a telemeter. Double images shift with object remoteness and a scale indicates real distance. About two miles yields fair accuracy.
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Zelus
Jena
System of Ethics by Paulsen on welfare and pessimism
The text states acts are good if they promote welfare and bad if they disturb it. The highest good is the development of life for individuals and society. Philosophical pessimism is not universal truth but subjective feeling, so the author prefers common sense judgment over eloquence of pessimists until more data exists.
Blue Fox Furbearing on Pribilofs and Maine Islands
A historical note discusses the blue fox Vulpes lago bus on the Pribilof Islands and off Maine, detailing breeding aims and methods. It describes diet, spring ice foraging, and the shift from dead falls to box traps, tail rings, and efforts to alter monogamy to increase fur supply.
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Pribiloff Islands
Beringwea
Lucas
Alaetian Islands
Maine
Tribilof
Doorknockers Fad Drives Antique Shop Chase
A Bohemian girl pursues old hand made doorknockers, especially lion head patterns, paying five to ten dollars. New factory knockers lack charm, so she swaps or hides unsold pieces and one rogue knocker ends up as play ammunition during wartime mock battles.
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New York
Stomach Troubles in Spring Cry for Help
The passage describes a bilious feeling bad taste dull headache sleeplessness and poor appetite signaling stomach distress. It urges a digestive tonic to aid an overworked stomach and restore strength and digestion.
Fasting illness puzzles Gent medical staff
A young girl in Ghent fell ill at the start of November with severe dyspepsia and has not eaten since. Despite extreme weakness, doctors remain puzzled by the case as they search for a cure and explanation.
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Ghent
Boer Women Armed for Defense in Boer War
The text states that British troops entering Boer territory may face armed women. It notes Boer women are trained with rifles and bitter toward the British. It adds President Kruger has struggled to restrain them and may permit field participation as a last resource.
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Kruger
Allen’s Foot Ease Powder Ad Offers Quick Foot Relief
Foot care powder claims to ease tight new shoes and cure corns bunions and swollen hot feet. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with samples available by sending request to Dr. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Allen's
S.olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
German Line Earnings Jump Between Hamburg and New York
In 1899 earnings on the Hamburg to New York line rose by 4 million marks above the previous year, reflecting a significant increase.
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Hamburg
New York
Distances of the Stars Challenge Astronomers
Prof Simon Newcomb notes that bright stars can lie far beyond the reach of telescopes and that Canopus may be a thousand times brighter than the sun. Rigel also remains beyond precise measurement, with about sixty stars having distance estimates as instruments improve yearly.
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Simon Newcomb
Canopus
Argo
Sirius
Rigel
Orion
Milky Way
Clergyman’s Invitation Sparks Mild Confusion at Home Event
A clergyman inviting parishioners to an near London living hosts an at home gathering. A district visitor receives a puzzled greeting as residents tease a card note with four big letters in the corner claimed to mean Reply soon victuals provided.
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London
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Hall & Ruckel
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Manlove Gate Co
Milton, Indiana
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Friends’ Oats
Muscatine, Iowa
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Little Friends
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Muscatine
Iowa
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Iascena
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Gread
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Goodyear
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