Cholera Rages Across Russian Cities Killing Thousands
Government reports show about 40,000 deaths from cholera in southern Russia over two months amid overwhelmed hospitals in Odessa and other areas. By mid August the outbreak extends to St Petersburg and mining districts, with 15,244 cases and 6,944 deaths in a week, and miners fleeing in fright as authorities struggle to contain the spread.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Odessa
Central Sanitary Bureau
Veekaaterinoslav
Don Cossacks
United Mine Owners’ Association
Albuquerque
N. M
Mogollon-Silver City
Jose Dominguez
Ernestine Mining Company
Socorro Mining Company
Glenwood
Jake Rouse
Rouse
Mounted Police
Socorro County
Silver City
Disappointing Discovery Among City News Boys
Two newsboys walk the streets with papers under arm. One, Jim, finds a dime he thought lost and jokes with Bill about the coin as he explains he found the hole the dime went through. The mood shifts from glum to amused as the dime reappears.
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Bill
Jim
Training down to beefless meals in a quirky diet joke
A humorous Chicago Tribune quote describes a family gradually reducing beef in meals. They note eating cuck steak and later beef organs before planning to tackle any food, illustrating a lighthearted, extreme reduction approach.
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Raynor
Shyne
Chicago Tribune
French Surgeons Probe Link Between Nervous Diseases and Wireless Telegraphy
French doctors investigate a possible connection between rising nervous disorders in the nation and the use of wireless telegraphy. The study seeks to identify causal factors and health implications amid growing tech adoption.
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Mary
Country
Concrete snowsheds to shield West rail lines this summer
Henry Gruber of the Northern Pacific warns that trains were swept from tracks in recent snowslides. Railroads will replace fragile wooden sheds with massive concrete structures along Cascade and Rocky passes to withstand avalanches and cyclones, protecting passenger service.
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Henry Gruber
Northern Pacific Railway
Washington Post
Northern Pacific
Cascade
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Pacific
The Nickel That Goes Fast
A mother asks her son Harry if he wants to buy candy for Cousin Elsie. He replies that a nickel disappears quickly once it is spent, illustrating a child’s understanding of value and generosity.
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Harry
Elsie
Insanity Recovery Rates Among Affected Persons
Historical note states that of persons stricken with insanity about one third recover, indicating variable outcomes in early psychiatric observations and prognosis.
Big Sister Movement Aims to Aid Working and Schoolgirls
The New York Mothers' Club appoints a Big Sisters committee to focus on the entertainments of working girls on holidays and on girls in public schools. The program, modeled after Big Brothers, targets prevention by offering wholesome employment and individual case help. Mrs Irwin chairs and has long championed girls welfare, lecturing to mothers for 1910.
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Big Sister
Big Sisters
New York Mothers’ Club
Big Brothers
Precocious Foresight From a Washington Star
A teacher scolds Tommy for errors in geography as he proclaims plans to become an explorer. He jokes that adult accuracy would discredit his future observations. The brief vignette captures his bold confidence and humorous honesty.
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Tommy
Washington Star
Judge upholds immigration law targeting aliens in immoral occupations
Federal Judge C. H. Hanford in Seattle ruled the amended immigration act is constitutional and that aliens engaged in immoral occupations are deportable regardless of residency length. He denied Umi Yoshida’s habeas corpus petition, stating the three year limit does not apply under the 1910 amendatory act.
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Seattle
C. H. Hanford
United States
Hanford
Umi Yoshida
Congress
Yoshida
German Blotting Paper Replaces Waste for Machinery Cleaning
In Germany blotting paper is adopted to clean machinery replacing Taw woolen refuse sponge cloths and jute waste. Workers receive less cotton waste and blotting sheets at lower cost. The paper cleans without soil and dust, reduces fire risk, tears safely if caught, and limits hand injuries.
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Germany
Harper's Weekly
Thackeray’s Correction at Epsom Downs
A distinguished foreigner visiting Epsom Downs with Thackeray notes that many men dressed as sailors were not sailors. The visitor asks if they are British tars and Thackeray responds they are merely Epsom talts, exposing a joke about imitation sailors.
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Thackeray
Epsom Downs
St. James
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