McCormick Harvesting Co Wins Grand Paris Prize
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co of Chicago wins the Paris Exposition grand prize for harvesting machines, with the highest award, a gold medal on binder twine. The firm also earns multiple medals in metallurgy and machinery, and tops American exhibitors in total honors.
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Chicago
McCormick Company
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McCormick Machines
America
Frances
Counlommiers
France
The Sure Things to Bet On and To Avoid
The piece notes bets on feats such as beating a hopping opponent in a 50 yard dash and breaking a wooden match with the fingers, failing to crush an ordinary egg with clasped hands, rising from a chair without aiding movement, standing with feet along wainscoting, and standing five minutes blindfolded, highlighting common wagers and their improbable success.
The Original Seven Wonders and Antiquities
The article lists the seven wonders with dates of construction and destruction, noting only the great pyramid remains. It details Mau Solus tomb, Diana of Ephesus, Babylon walls, Colossus of Rhodes, Zeus at Olympus, Pharos of Alexandria and related notes on their fates. It also includes a proverb about savings and two short jokes.
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Egypt
Mausolus
Caria
Diana
Ephesus
Babylon
Rhodes
Alexandria
Zeus
Olympus
Light enters water at 45 degrees
A classroom joke explains refraction and total internal reflection. The pupil asks what happens when light hits water at 45 degrees and the examiner replies the light goes out, highlighting the concept in a humorous framing.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Praised By Front Line Officers
Twenty nine officers and men write from the front to praise Bucklen's Arnica Salve for scratches bruises wounds cuts sore feet and stiff joints. It also handles burns skin eruptions and piles. 25cts a box with guaranteed cure. Sold by L M Bosworth druggist. The Times notes road supervisor poll tax receipts bound in fifty’s. Kennedy salt wafers sold fresh at Letts's.
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L. M. Bosworth
Bricks on Harvard Memorial Hall and a Rainbow Goddess
A New York Tribune item recounts student mischief from a brick cart perched on the Memorial Hall roof at Harvard, a firehouse prank with a coach and water, and a town hall statue of Justice decorated in a blue crinoline with babies in the scales. The caper involved a rope climb and risk of injury, later revealed as a prank by students amid town council dispute.
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Harvard
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New England
Hook and Ladder Company
New York Tribune
Humble men advance while vain ones stand still
A Collier's Weekly insight notes that when a young woman shows interest in a man's cravat, bachelor days fade as he begins to save. It claims true progress comes from self knowledge and effort, while vanity and arrogance keep a person stuck.
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Collier’s Weekly
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Story County Bank
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Marshalltown
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Judisch Bros
F. W. Eighmy
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R. D. Connell
Embree Lumber Office
L. R. Morkis
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