Bathing Rules Trigger Aurora Health Crackdown
Aurora enacts strict weekly bath rules with enforcement by health officer Dr A R Reder and police chief Frank Mitchell. Inspections target hygiene, sleeping room limits, ventilation, and waste disposal, aiming to prosecute violators to the fullest extent of the law. Public anxiety grows as supply stores rush to stock tubs and bathroom gear.
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Aurora
Board of Health
A. R. Reder
Frank Mitchell
Dr. Reder
Lemercy
Rare Paul Revere prints fetch high prices in Holden auction
A sale at Edwin Babcock Holden’s American art galleries realized strong bids for rare prints and engravings. Highlights included Paul Revere’s The Bloody Massacre in King Street selling for 560, a Jamaica Bay piracy plate at 150, and a Battle of Bunker Hill piece at 160, among other titles and mezzotints.
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New York
Paul Revers
King Street
Boston
Twenty-ninth Regiment
Edwin Babcock Holden
Revere
New Bury
St. Memin
St Memin
Bunker Hill
Montgomery
John Trumbull
Shannon
United States
Chesapeake
Constitution
Guerriere
Java
Endymion
President
Wasp
Decatur
Philadelphia
Tripoli
Lord Cornwallis
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Dr G Stanley Hall Advocates Mild Child Spanking
Dr G Stanley Hall of Clark University urged in Greeley that American parents should not abolish spanking. He argued that while excessive flogging is wrong, a little slapping reinforces moral discipline and prevents precociousness and disrespect in children.
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Greeley
Col
G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Ink nuts in Hempstead park sicken dozen diners
In Garden City Hempstead crowds fell ill after eating ink nuts believed to resemble edible mushrooms. Mrs F A Sawyer and her daughter Mrs Keith Trask, along with their maid, suffered acute nausea and delirium then recovery over days. Others in local families reported similar symptoms. Doctors treated the group as ink nuts caused the illness.
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Sawyer
Hempstead Plains
Angora Goats Driven 4000 Miles by Captain Edwards
Captain W Edwards ranch owner of San Diego California arrived in Washington after driving a team of Angora goats over more than 4000 miles as the result of a wager.
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Washington
W. Edwards
San Diego
Cal
Pellagra Claims First Victim In Rhode Island
In Providence a fifty five year old inmate of the state alms house, William Riley, has died from pellagra, marking the state’s first known victim of the disease.
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Providence
R. I
William Riley
Captain Penny Rides Bucking Porpoise in Long Island
New York details Captain Charles Penny of Flanders Long Island riding a bucking porpoise after landing it with a fish hook. The beast, a bull from a herd of twenty, measured 91 feet and weighed over five hundred pounds, towed to Riverhead by seven men.
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New York
Charles Penny
Flanders
L. I
Penny
Peconic Bay
Porp
Riverhead
New Coin Proposed to Save Consumers Millions
New York banker William H. Short urges government minting of a two and one half cent piece. He argues it would save about 39 million dollars yearly as half cents are routinely taken in transactions not ending in even money. He estimates 15 million U.S. families incur this loss annually.
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New York
United States
William H. Short
German gun factories overwhelmed by orders says expert
Berlin reports German armament makers are swamped with orders per the Taegliche Rundschau military expert. The remark highlights wartime production pressures as nations mobilize for conflict.
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Berlin
Taegliche Rundschau
Chester Pageant Recites Town's Long History
A Chester town pageant staged over a week presents eight episodes from Agricola’s conquest in A D 78 to King Charles’s visit and the 1646 siege. Notable scenes include Edward III, Eleanor, Hugh Lupus, and St Werburgh Abbey founders, with visits by Baldwin and James II.
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Hugh Lupus
St. Anselm
St. Werburgh
Baldwin
Chester
Priges
Edward
Earl
Eleanor
Richard
Henry Bolingbroke
James II
Charles
Knoxs Old Church in Edinburg Recast With Modern Glasswork
The article traces the transformation of St. Giles from a medieval church famed for its architecture to a swept and garnished structure. It notes Knoxs fierce sermons, the destruction of stained glass, and the later restoration introducing modern windows and monuments. It highlights the shift from Catholic massing to Protestant meetinghouse usage and the impractical Gothic layout for contemporary worship.
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Edinburg
Samuel Johnson
Boswell
St. Giles
John Knox
John
Roswell
Johnson
Waverley
Robert Louis Stevenson
Montrose
Argyle
Knox
Jennie Geddes
Haugland
Isle of Demons heroine Marguerite de Roberval tale
The New York Press recounts Marguerite de Roberval niece of the French viceroy banished to the Isle of Demons around 1640 with a nurse. After years of isolation she endures plague famine and the loss of husband child and nurse. Rescued by fishermen she later returns to France and hides until the viceroy dies living to a good age.
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Isle of Demons
Newfoundland
Marguerite
France
New York Press
Memory Test From a Pittsburg Dispatch
A quirky dialogue recalls a clerk reminiscing about a summer vacation in a farmhouse seven dollars a week and a faded memory. The exchange culminates in a joke about an ear of corn found in a bed mattress and a farmer’s lost car saga.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Kiss Not club swells with five thousand members in Cin cinnati
A report says more than five thousand join the Kiss Not club in Cincinnati amid a wave of similar groups abroad promoting health. A Indiana teacher sought aid from friends and received a reply praising risk in research after a kiss from a man with germ-heavy lip hair.
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Cincinnati
Indiana
Tam
King of Suspenders and Heirs to Kentucky Lands
A Kentucky capitalist jailed in Kansas City for arid belt law violations pleads for release claiming forty seven hundred acres of Kentucky land, ninety head of Herefords, eighteen beehives, a barrel of money and two pairs of suspenders. The judge contemplates but rejects the plea. The piece reflects on a universal ideal: owning two pairs of suspenders as a mark of wealth and distinction.
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King
Kansas City
Kentucky
Horse Had His Sympathy on a July New York Street
A chauffeur who loves horses reflects on a hot afternoon on Seventh Avenue New York. A line of autos and a delivery wagon sit in the sun as one driver, moving another car, ends up leaving the horse alone in glare. The tale ends with no one expressing sympathy for the automobile.
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Seventh Avenue
New York
Multilingual Guide to Bliss Island Immigrant Settlement
Henry Gellitt of St. Louis visits the nation s gateway as Missouri immigration representative to direct desirable aliens to Bliss Island. He speaks German English French Italian Spanish and Swedish plus many European dialects, promising a linguistic aid to new arrivals.
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Bliss Island
Henry Gellitt
St. Louis
Immigration Commission of Missouri
Mr. Gellitt
Europe
Pleased Old Widower Griffon Vulture Finds New Mate Pair
A Central Park Zoo keeper reports the Griffon vulture in his cage is unusually content after a male and female young pair were added. The elder bird, once bereaved and lonely, now mediates between the pair, even chastising the younger male when tensions rise.
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Central Park
Swethart
Swats and song in a doleful fly-catch poem
A weary speaker moves through a dreary scene swatting flies with a grim, dolorous song. She combats insects from window to kitchen sink while reflecting on illness, travel, and the banality of pestering creatures in a bleak, almost humorous monologue. The verse mingles domestic action with a wry, mournful mood.
The Value of Prevention Misinterpreted
A man visits drug stores asking for an ounce of prevention. No one told him to seek such a cure, yet he believes it saves money since an ounce is worth a pound of cure. The pharmacist questions the idea and its impact on his business.
One Consolation Yes quoted about Willie temper and traits
The mother says Willie has a hot temper and a habit of repeating things people would not want repeated. She notes traits he inherits from his father and grandfather and mentions Aunt Emily as a source of unguarded statements. The father jokes about avoiding inherited flaws in his children.
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Willie
Emily
Inventor’s New Women’s Shoe Sinks After One Season
A friend recounts the failure of a women’s shoe invention. He notes it was artistic and comfortable but produced no new disease findings for doctors and failed to gain popularity. The venture ended after the initial season.
The Steeplejack and the Overtime Joke
An onlooker comments on many trying episodes in the steeple climber’s line of work. The steeplejack asks what the worst part is, and the onlooker replies that hearing jokes about him working overtime is the hardest to bear.
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