Oyster Inspector Ruth Greathouse Airiress of Washington
Miss Ruth C Greathouse of the Bureau of Chemistry in Washington is described as a capable and charming young scientist who inspects oysters and shellfish under the food and drugs act. She travels with portable laboratories and often works with male inspectors on interstate commerce investigations.
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Ruth C. Greathouse
Miss Greathouse
Bacteriological Division
Bureau of Chemistry
Washington
Uncle Sam
Ravndal Sees Turkey As a Field For American Enterprise
Gabriel Bie Ravndal American consul general at Constantinople and honorary chamber of commerce president for the Levant says Turkey offers opportunity for American brains and money. He notes rapid eastern changes, cites growth in Port Said Piraeus Beirut and Turkish railways, and contrasts U S trade share with rival nations. England leads Turkish trade with Germany France and Austria nearby.
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Gabriel Bie Ravndal
Minnesota
South Dakota
Constantinople
Chamber of Commerce For the
Levant
Washington
New York
United States
Ravndal
Turkey
East
Port Said
Piraeus
Athens
Beirut
Syria
Egypt
England
Germany
France
Austria
City of London's New Lord Mayor
Sir Edward Burnett assumes office as London’s lord mayor for a one year term. The annual show features a gilded coach and officials while historically crowds hurled hot pennies from Fleet Street windows as the sovereign laid claim to city access.
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London
Old City
Fleet Street
Edward Burnett
Temple Bar
Happier on the Farm Warns City Boy Life Is Hard
A rural advocate argues country life offers more opportunity and stable homes for boys with education and a good home. He contrasts city life as crowded and restrictive with farm life where boys can work, roam, and enjoy neighborhood ties.
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Chicago University
How to Avoid Lightning
Advice from Prof John Zeleny of Minnesota University outlines steps to prevent lightning deaths and property loss. Avoid metal pipes open fireplaces buildings telegraph poles isolated trees and certain tree species including elm oak poplar and ash.
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United States
John Zeleny
Minnesota University
Buying Him Cigars. Yale President at Carnegie lunch remark
President Hadley of Yale at a Carnegie Foundation luncheon in New York scoffs at a charge as ignorant and recalls a humorous anecdote about a woman seeking a box of cigars for her fiancé. The tale depicts fashionably choosing a tall, blue eyed man with a pale brown mustache and a long black cigar.
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Hadley
Yale
Carnegie Foundation
New York
Fifth Avenue
George
Names by Lottery Across Lands
The article describes varied birth naming customs: Muslims draw a name from five slips placed in the Koran. Egyptians name a child by the candle that burns longest. Hindus allow the mother to name a baby at twelve days, with the father choosing if he disapproves, then finalizing by lighted slips. in China girls are numbered at birth, while boys receive new names at age twenty chosen by fathers.
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China
Panama Canal Costs and Global Port Investments Gain Pace
The article compares Panama Canal costs with massive dock and harbor expansions across North America Europe and beyond. It notes Puget Sound cities and Canadian ports planning tens of millions and Europe’s giants like Liverpool and Antwerp spending heavily. It argues the canal will reshape world trade as vast new tonnage is built for its opening and highlights Pacific basin growth and American leadership in global commerce.
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Puget
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Vancouver
Victoria
Prince Rupert
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Atlantic Coast
Gulf Ports
Montreal
Halifax
St. John
Canada
Europe
Alfred W. Dyer
Great Britain
London
Panama Canal
Liverpool
Glasgow
Manchester
Southhampton
Cardiff
Bristol
Virginia
Germany
France
Holland
Belgium
Hamburg
Antwerp
Havre
Seattle
Rotterdam
Great Lakes
Mediterranean
Black
Caspian
Malayan
Mungo Park
Sir John Mandeville
Mandeville
Ananias Club
Baron Munchausen
Cape of Good Hope
Goa
Turkey
Spain
England
Orient
New World
Far East
Orient i
Italy
Egypt
Panama Isthmus
South Pacific Coast
America
Union
North Pacific
Pacific
Australasia
East Indies
China
Japan
Balboa
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City OF London
Dan Ferry
Panama
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