Fountain of youth and human weeds musings
A devotional essay mix recalls battlefield brass and home comforts, then shifts to ponder youth, aging, and the dancer of domestic joy. It contrasts soldiers' duty with social norms, muses on poets and seasons, and ends urging attentive parenting to guide growing minds. The piece blends public life, literature, and domestic ideals with a cautionary note on neglectful parenting.
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Ponce de Leon
Great Garden of Humanity
Gardner
Tuberculosis Congress Planned in Berlin May 23 to 27
The British Medical Journal announces an international congress on tuberculosis and its control to be held in Berlin from May 23 to 27. The report notes efforts to advance methods of combating the disease and to disseminate knowledge among medical delegates.
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Ment «Ral Journal
Berlin
J. E. Thompson
Milledgeville
Swift
Atlante
Georgia
Japan's Portress Laureate A Modern Poetess
The crowned poetess of Japan sits at the court as a formidable literary figure. Seisha, now 73, holds the role akin to our poet laureate, facing merciless critics while delivering her annual court poem. Her attire blends old fashioned white silk garments with a richly embroidered dress, reflecting Europe’s influence.
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Seisha
Japan
Europe
Two Cents and the World End Model
An alderman questions a council house on a 2999 year lease claiming land and buildings revert to the landlord at term. A mathematician offers 51 dollars to buy them back, while noting 4898 could fund soap for the corporation. The piece mocks endless arithmetic and the tortoise hare paradox, inviting readers to spot the fallacy.
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Tirmingham
Council House
Birmingham
Neanderthal Skeleton Found Near Dussetort Cave
The 1857 discovery in a cave near Dussetort yielded a well preserved Neanderthal skeleton with large frontal lobes and overhanging brow ridges. Initial assessments called it highly ape-like, while Virchow noted possible arthritis deformans affecting skull shape, fueling debate among early anthropologists.
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Dusseléort
Worlanen
Slaxley
Virchow
Dumas Outdone in Chinese Fiction Poetry Richness
A critique noting Chinese fiction’s elaborate use of poetry within plots. Poetic billets, overheard verses, and poetic contests mingle with wine, heroics, and romantic intrigue, suggesting literary finish rather than shortage.
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China
Making Ends Meet In A Farmer's Plan From Prairie Farmer
O. F. Doubleday outlines a farmer's plan to supplement crop income with fruit, stock, poultry, and careful management. Emphasizes diversified production, including fruit trees, horses, brood sows, and eggs, plus efficient fodder use and market awareness to match labor income and profits.
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Seattle
Eatire
F. Doubleday
Prairie Farmer
Durable Farm Gate From L M Van Meter
Durable garden gate instructions describe yellow poplar or pine construction with seven slats spaced for lightness and strength. Gate height set by cleat fusion, nailed with pennies and clinched, braces fitted and wired, end cleats cut from slats, all using wire nails. signed L M Van Meter for Farm and Home.
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L. M. van Meter
Fragmented rural tips from Farm Journal type notice
A patchwork of home and farm advice on weed control by blue vitriol on gravel paths, railway station complaints books, improper riding styles, wagon axle care, and washer placement. Contains fumbled phrases and scattered farming tips from a historical periodical.
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Russia
Farm Journal
Elephant theft scare disrupts Anderson circus parade
A circus performer quit in Anderson Indiana and demanded pay. A constable seized the elephant Gypsy amid papers alleging her vicious habits and prior escapes. After the constable held the animal, the show withdrew, paid the man, and moved on. Also notes a sharp fall in eleven month exports, led by crops and cotton, with total trade value down 5.87 million from last year. The federal drive shows strong factory and mine output largely offsetting farm losses, and 340 turpentine distilleries operate in Mortda.
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Anderson
Ind
Aetach
Brary
Hired girl service bureau planned by Household Economic Association
The Household Economic Association will open a fall bureau of information for employers of domestic servants and seekers of service. A practical superintendent will screen applicants for real knowledge, with learning opportunities in a school of domestic science. A clubroom will host weekly talks on cookery and sanitation, plus monthly social teas for bureau girls.
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Household Economic Association
Wformation
Prediction of 90 minute New York Philadelphia rail ride
Oberlin Smith of Bridgeton New Jersey told the Cape May convention of the American Society of Civil Engineers that a rubber tired railcar driven by electricity could carry passengers from New York to Philadelphia in 90 minutes. He predicted a tubular frame and pneumatic tires for the engine with steel spoke wheels and said a half hour trip is plausible, even with stoppages.
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New York
Philadelphia
American Society of Civil Engineers
Oberlin Smith
Bridgeton
N. J
Society
Cape Mey
Night workers and urban deaths in London estimates
Careful estimates indicate about 130000 humans are interred annually within Greater London limits and point to about 100000 residents living as night workers. The figures resemble early 20th century urban labor patterns and mortality considerations in the city.
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Greater London
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America
Peisko
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Dumas
Terry
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Itis
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