Rat Destruction Impacts Across Nations and Homes
A bulletin from the Ohio state board of health cites higher rat populations in the United States and Europe. Estimates claim at least one rat per person in the British Isles, with similar figures for Germany, France, and Denmark. Calculations place annual rat losses high, with costs per rat around a half cent daily and total annual losses near 167 million dollars. Rats breed rapidly, six litters yearly, six to twelve young per litter, and are nocturnal, living in hidden holes, making wholesale control difficult.
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Ohio State Board of Health
United States
Incorporated Society For the Destruction of
British Isles
Germany
France
Denmark
Great Britain
Lants
Public Health Bulletin No
Lowa
Rate
Smoke cost in millions harms city economy and health
Experts estimate Pittsburgh’s yearly soot would form a mound over 100 feet wide and 600 feet high, costing about 12 million dollars annually. Chicago tests showed smoke costs exceed tax bills, with vast nuisance damages. Health effects include throat and lung injuries, chronic ailments, and reduced life quality. A progressive engineer argues much smoke is avoidable through complete combustion, reducing waste and losses.
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Pittsburgh
Washington Monument
Chicago
Empty Cider Kegs and a Record Snow Year 1913
The Rutland News reports a Vermont cider shortage in 1913 due to late spring frosts and a dry season. Apple crops failed and mills that produce cider did not start presses, forcing some households to rely on torn presses passed down through generations or neighborly sharing to obtain limited cider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Rutland News
Grammar dispute over inscription on Indianapolis donor tablet
The Indianapolis donor tablet debate centers on a line honoring the donor. Some argue the word that fits best, others say who. Experts and the Literary Digest favored that, since the sentence targets the donor personally, though the ruling lacks full justification.
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Indianapolis
Literary Digest
Columbue Journal
Ants as Restorers in Flooded Ohio Soils
A Farm and Fireside letter argues that widespread ant activity in gravelly Ohio soils aids flood restoration by moving fine soil and gravel to the surface. The writer suggests ants may outperform earthworms in this soil type, noting slower disintegration of gravel and uncertain broader effects on farming recovery.
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Ohio
Wondrous Charm in Woods Portrait of Irish Forest Romance
A writer in Scribner's Magazine contrasts Irish woods with German forests. The piece paints southern Celtic enchantment, filtered green light, and open glades by a brown river. Imagined boats steered by enchantresses invoke Sir Guyon and Rinoldo amidst tall oaks and pale lilac seablls.
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Scribner’s Magazine
Italy
Sir Guyon
Rinaldo
Like Mother Used to Make Sawdust Oatmeal Gaffe
A grocer rushes to Acacia Villa to apologize for mispackaging oats with sawdust. Mrs. Grumble laughs as her husband Charles praises the breakfast, joking that the sawdust reminds him of his mother’s pounding porridge. The scene ends with light domestic humor.
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Acacia Villa
Charles
Dawn of the New Day Reflections
A meditation on mornings and time from Helen R. Albee's "A Kingdom of Two." The author muses that each day arrives quietly, bearing new duties and possibilities, unmarked by clocks, and unfolds as a slow, solitary procession of events shaping our consciousness and life.
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Helen R. Albee
Emigration From Scotland Reaches Record Pace
The tide of emigration from Scotland accelerates with thousands leaving weekly for Canada and Australia. Byeryman argues 1915 may set a new record and that up to 100,000 could depart by year’s end. He notes the exodus targets the young and energetic, leaving behind old, women, and children, and depopulating districts such as Jedburgh.
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Scotland
London
Liverpool
Glasgow
Canada
Australia
Jedburgh
Lonadon Byeryman
The Feiki Four Felker brothers at Dartmouth College
Samuel D Felker the current New Hampshire governor was one of four Felker brothers who attended Dartmouth in succession. They shared a room at the top of Dartmouth Hall and provided for their meals, forming a tight knit group whose later careers reflected their college days.
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Samuel D. Felker
New Hampshire
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth Ball
Political allusions mix chatter with future ballots
The piece surveys upcoming state races as editors expect candidates to emerge for governor and secretary of state across Democrat Republican and Progressive lines. It notes Kendrick likely the only Democratic governor hopeful, Houx probably renominated, and the uncertain paths for other offices and parties. It also mentions Mondell’s likely re nomination and broader expectations of heightened political activity in the months ahead.
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John B. Kendrick
Houx
Maley
Carey
Forsyth
Baird
Frank A. Hadsell
Carbon County
Mondell
Mendela
Man Of Wonderful Memory William C De Witt
The article hails William C De Witt for an extraordinary memory, able to reproduce thoughts by writing or dictation with perfect recall. It notes he and others like Stewart L Woodford Rev Dr Chamberlain and Rance Conkling possessed a spontaneous but prepared delivery that appeared offhand to most listeners and reporters.
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Gaby Deslys
de Wolf Hopper
Friars Club
New York
Gaby Deslye
S Ur
Anaconda Standard
Pileer
Broaway
Billings Journal
Woodford
Dr. Chamberlain
Senator Conkling
Congress
William C. de Witt
de Witt
Stewart L. Woodford
Classon Avenue Presbyterian Church
Rance Conkling
Notable Figures Recognize De Witt Public Service
The passage praises William C. De Witt as a climacteric public service figure whom great men at the bar and on the beach understood and supported. It notes Choate Parsons Russell Graham Cram Church and others as recognizing his leadership, enduring despite attempts to undermine him.
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Illinois
Eve
Adam
John J. Ingalls
Choate
Parsons
Leslie W. Russell
John Graham
Henry A. Cram
Jemea T. Church
Folger
Alien
Rapallo
Churem
William C. de Witt
Brooklyn Agile
The Price and the Bank: A Walt Mason Verse
A verse laments the social scorn for the poor and the value of money. It contrasts hunger and dignity with mockery toward those without wealth, arguing that wealth buys respect though true worth should not be judged by coin. The poem cites daily encounters with merchants and service staff.
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Jay
Walt Mason
Nowell and Abheely Civil Engineers in Basin Wyoming
Republican commercial printery item lists Nowell Co and W Abheely as partners in the Nowell Atherly Co firm. They offer civil engineering services including irrigation canals reservoirs water works and concrete structures along with life fire accident health and liability insurance coverage.
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Nowell Co
W. Abheely Nowell-Atherly CO
Basin
Wyo
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Omaha Hee
Republican, Commercial Printery
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