On the Ocean's Bed Uncanny Creatures Light Their Own Ways
Deep sea exploration described by Professor Charles F Holder, detailing life beyond sunlit zones. From 500 feet to over a mile deep, creatures display bioluminescence, phosphorescence, and unusual forms. giant squids, eel like sharks, and jellyfish fields illustrate a dark world where calcareous ooze rains build the ocean floor.
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Charles F. Holder
Pacific
Atlantic
St. Vincent
Bennett
Vivid Light Emerges in a Bazarr of Brilliant Lines
A fragment describes a bright light emitting vividly and stretching for about 100 feet into a maze of bright lines. The text hints at a striking visual display with extensive linear patterns.
Harvesting Ice A Detailed Seeable Process On Ponds
The article details ice harvest on a pond: marking the surface with marks 24 inches apart, deeper grooves at right angles, and 9 inch depth by plows. It describes cutting, forming large floats of multiple cakes, pushing via pikes to an elevator, and feeding cakes onto a chain for storage until use.
Pretoria War Life Among Quiet Streets and Quiet Courage
A New York Herald correspondent depicts Pretoria during war as calm and residential. Merchants trade, trams run, and a social scene persists with gardens, tennis, golf, and church prayer services, while many families wait for news and Boer women pledge to stay with their men.
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Pretoria
Transvaal Republic
New York Herald
New England
Transvaal
South African Republic
Burghers Square
Tom Paul
United States
Unite States
Sunnyside
Dom Paul
Marriage foretells Bavarian Royal Tie to British line
The betrothal of Princess Mathilde of Bavaria to Prince Louis of Saxe Coburg and Gotha links Bavarian and British royal houses. The piece notes Mathilde as daughter of a Jacobite claim queen and cites Louis as heir to Bavarian throne, with comments on lineage and heritage from London Sketch.
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Mathilde
Bavaria
Louis
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mary IV
Scotland
III
England
Alfred
Ludwig
Ludwig III
Luitpold
Vienna
Maria Theresa of
Austria-Este
Henrietta Maria
Charles I
Victoria
James I
Prince Rupert
London
Safe Fire Escape Idea Lets Inhabitants Slide Down
A new fire escape design by Louis N. Duquette of Southbridge Mass allows safe ground descent from windows. A bench hooked to the ledge supports the rider while two handles at the sides grip a boxed mechanism feeding ropes evenly from two reels. The system maintains balance as the descent rate is controlled via side gripping tubes.
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Louis N. Duquette
Southbridge
Mass
Philadelphia Factories Lead Nation in False Teeth Output
About 20 million false teeth are produced each year in the United States, with Philadelphia factories manufacturing nearly all of them. The process uses about 40,000 ounces of fine gold in the production.
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United States
Philadelphia
Quiet town hosts Red Cross troops amid Boer War relief
The article describes a peaceful town with a sizable population and hotels filled with Red Cross physicians and nurses from Russia Holland and Germany. It notes wartime impressions and that many Red Cross workers are stationed in Pretoria ready to be sent where needed.
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United States
Red Cross
Russia
Holland
Germany
Pretoria
Barb wire telephone line links Anderson Pendleton Ingalls
An Anderson Indiana correspondent reports a novel barbwire telephone system connecting Anderson Pendleton and Ingalls spanning fifteen miles. inventor Cas sius Alley of Pendleton owns six subscribers at fifty dollars yearly with plans for growth as local businesses employ it as a private line and the system proves reliable despite occasional cow collision damage.
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Anderson, Ind
Anderson
Pendleton
Ingalls
Cassius Alley
Ind
Wagner Glass Works
Alley
Big Four
Men of genius not always eldest say experts
Professor Axenfeld argues geniuses are often oldest, while Dr. Cyrus Edson lists eminent non first borns. Names include Franklin, Arkwright, Shakespeare, Wellington, Napoleon, Bismarck, Gladstone, and many others across centuries.
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Axenfeld
Cyrus Edson
New York
Simon de Montfort
Napoleon Bonaparte
Turenne
Solomon
Willam Wallace
John Wesley
Sir F. Baring
Montaigne
Carlyle
Brian Boru
Christopher Huggens
R. B. Sheridan
Women Not Money Makers in Harper's Bazar
Hetty Green argues women are not money makers citing impulsiveness and lack of market training. She warns against reckless speculation and advises verifying correctness before acting, noting caution can yield more profit than indiscriminate risk.
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Harper’s Bazar
Hetty Green
Headway Interest in Higher Education Cited in Dialogue
In a Washington Star quotation, a young woman notes the subject’s keen interest in higher education. Miss Cayenne agrees a mortar board suits her appearance and acknowledges her awareness of it.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Stomach bitters marketed as health fix for aristocrats
Advertorial style claim blames degeneration for reverses among British aristocracy. It links unhealthy living and poor digestion to various ailments and promotes Hoatet ter's Stomach bitters as a cure for constipation indigestion and dyspepsia.
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Hoatetter
Millinery Opening Pun Sparks Bank Joke
A quirky line from an Indianapolis report riffs on a millinery opening as a joke about a bank seeking spring. The humorous exchange features Mr Neg Well and Tommy Say in a playful street vignette.
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Tommy
Neg
Indianapolis Ress
Mountain rats of Colorado miners pets at meals
Miners in Colorado keep mountain rats as pets, similar in size to a wharf rat with a bushy tail like a squirrel. At luncheon hour they emerge from holes to beg, then eat scraps with the miners, who all share their meals with them as with tame squirrels.
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Colorado
Indianapolis News
Allen's Foot-Ease remedy advertises foot comfort
Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease It is the only cure for swollen smarting burning sweating feet coins and bunions Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease a powder to be shaken into the shoes At all druggists and shoe stores 26c Sample sent free Ad dress Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
They Have a New Play in New York Critics Say Jane and Yean
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes critics praising a new production in New York titled Jane and Yean and notes audience concerns about locating the theater to avoid a blunder.
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New York
Jane and Yean
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Beginning to Ferment in Harlem Life
Fragmentary dialogue notes a character Chappie with a bad head and possible self harm suggestion, reflecting tense urban humor in Harlem Life. The snippet hints at internal conflict or illness without full context.
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Chappie
Harlem
Aca Dressing and Panxuns Ham Balsam Ad
An advertisement extols Aca dressing and Panxuns Ham Balsam as reliable remedies. It mentions HinmpDERcoRxXS claimed as the best cure for corns and notes a humorous comparison between an onion and a leek.
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Creston
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Sould
Reech
Ariees
Mb & Paper
Micivan Board
Earth
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Grand Rapids
Michigan
Piso
Cath
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