Animals as Detectives From Monkeys to Dogs Across Europe
The Paris London papertype recounts a monkey attacker in a Clichy fowlhouse case and a dog trained to identify suspects in a German burglary. Stories cover a St Petersburg zoo poisoning, a London lost child led by a mewing cat, and police dogs in Posen and across the Adriatic coast aiding anti smuggling efforts.
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Paris
London
Leballet
Volkszeitung
Presden
Werner
St. Petersburg Zoological Gardens
Wen
Plaskin
Adriatic
Wireless current shocks East St Louis live with new power
East St Louis reports strange effects from the De Forest wireless plant near the stock yards. Since February 1, shocks and blue glow envelop the area as linemen, phone crews, and bystanders feel electric currents. A mule in the grounds danced when a message began, and damp days raise the shocks felt hundreds of feet from the mast.
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East St. Louis
Ciizens
de Forest
Alfred C. Curtis
Bell Telephone
Curtis
Chicago
de Forest Company
Tuberculosis Not Inherited or Contagious Says Pamphlet
A pamphlet from the Prevention of Tuberculosis committee urges teachers to spread accurate facts on cause, contagion, and cure. It notes tuberculosis affects about one third of humanity during life, accounts for a third of deaths ages 15 to 45, and cites 30,000 city cases with 9,744 deaths last year.
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Committee For the
New York World
Queer Telegraph Operator Hears Doom Warnings
Edward H Carleton recalls a night at the Chicago and North Western Railroad in Oconto Wisconsin when a late shift telegraphing led to eerie warnings. A mysterious prophetic Morse message and a debt paid afterward spooked him into quitting the key forever. Later it was learned a demented night operator sent similar omens to others.
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Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Oconto
Wis
Edward H. Carleton
Pfister
Sentati
Marinette
Pensaukee Siding
Milwaukee Sentinel
Russian Armada Echoes Old Spanish Fiasco
A long-winded chronicle compares the 1905 Russian fleet under Admiral Rozhdestvensky to the Invincible Armada, detailing delays, port maneuvers, and battles with Japan. It notes muddled news, coal supply ships, typhoon repairs, and the tense pursuit by Japan under Togo, with commentary on the fleet’s mixed composition and speed limitations.
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Spain
England
Rojestvensky
Baltic Sea
Korean Strai
Battic
North Sea
Great Britain
Madagascar
Singapore
China Sea
Togo
Rosestvensky
Philadelphia
Derivation of Animal Names Across Languages
The article traces origins of common animal names, noting Latin, Greek, Persian, and Indian roots. It cites fox and wolf meanings, camelus, elph, lux, and labu as linguistic clues, discusses leopard, seal, puma, jaguar, tapir, peccary, ocelot, moose, skunk, wapiti, Cree elk, caribou, and other terms with native or colonial etymologies.
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Sea
Cortez
Passowne
High collars blamed for dangerous nerve effects
Dr. F L Brubaker, citing Medical Mirror, warns that tight high collars may press on the pneumogastric nerve in the neck, causing symptoms from weakness and nausea to faintness. He notes historical observations and links to other conditions, urging caution for professions requiring neck restraint.
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F L. Brubaker
Medical Mirror
St. Louis
Dr. Brubaker
Brubaker
Hilly West and Murphy Candler Quiet on Workload
Augusta Herald notes Hilly West and Murphy Candler are busy with sawyer tasks and speaking little. Oglethorpe Echo reports Hon. Hoke Smith has been tapped with no definite report on water or blood drawing. A lot of gas escaped.
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Augusta Herald
Hilly West
Murphy Candler
Oglethorpe
Hoke Smith
Three Ailments and a Balm Boost Sale
A brief ad notes Sprained Ankle Stiff Neck and Lame back as common ailments where Chamberlain's Pain Balm proves valuable. It claims prompt application saves time money and suffering and lists H. R. Almer & Sons and W. J. Smith Arp as sellers.
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Chamberlain
H. R.almer & Sons
W. J. Smith
Woman Seeks Help for Skin Disease Cure by Cuticura
Miss Nellie Vander Wiele of Lakeside New York writes of months of sores on ears neck and cheeks that bled and oozed. After using Cuticura products she reports complete cure and urges others with similar afflictions to try the remedies.
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Nellie Vander Wiele
Lakeside
N. Y
Cutiura Sen Ointment and Pills touted as cure-all
An advertisement extols Cuticura products as a nearly superhuman remedy for skin diseases such as eczema psoriasis dandruff pimples ringworm and infant rashes claiming universal testimonials and urging readers to buy their ointment and pills for relief from toils of skin ailments and head crusts.
Georgia Gubernatorial Feud Echoes Across State
State affairs echo in Georgia as Jazabel Pope Brown withdraws from the governor race amid reformer clashes. Sydney C Tapp vows to oppose Hoke Smith, while Smith Clayton threatens to challenge if Tapp runs, prompting a colorful call to rally support.
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Pope Brown
Jazabel
Sydney C. Tapp
Anapta
Georgia
Sydney
Syd. Tapp
Hoke Smith
Bro. Smith
Smith Clayton
Syd
Clayton
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Bernard
van Houten
St. Berard
Finett
Pearson's Weekly
Chicago Chronicle
Count Cassini
Russia
Oyama
Kansas
John D
Saigon
Hankohe Bay
Kamranh Bay
Japan
Philadelphia Ledger
New England
Tommy
Billy Brown
Tel
Athens
Bruner
Dr. McGregor
Oglethorpe Burny
South Georgia
Griffin News
Newnan News
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