Disease germs and protection through vaccination and Pasteur
A 19th century exploration of disease germs, natural selection in germ life, and the protective power of vaccination. The article discusses plague, typhus, smallpox, scarlet fever, and the potential for vaccines and Pasteur’s methods to mitigate or prevent outbreaks, including experiments with anthrax and hydrophobia. It notes vaccination laws in England, Germany, and France, and argues for compulsory vaccination to shield the population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France Nightingale
Atlantic
England
BOSC
Germany
France
Jassen
Pasteur
Perrine
Tir
Pasteu
Ray Genkester
Hayng
Loskaw
KicHarp A
Proctor
Weather Wisdom and Proverb Weather Lore
An essay surveys old weather lore from New England and cites moon and halo signs, oak and ash leaf timing, rheumatic signals, and the limits of meteorology. It notes the U S Signal Service role, military pay, and duties, ending with a wary nod to future war and weather service usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Cou Boy
United States Signal Service
War Department
Movernment Eee
Point Blan
Washington
E. Herbert Thompson
Signal Corps
Paul Pickle
Dream Foretold Death in Nearby House
A Pittsburg Dispatch item from Chicago recounts a dream in which a woman saw a tall bearded man place crape on a door. Two days later a death occurred in the adjacent house, matching the undertaker’s description in the vision, suggesting a striking coincidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Chicago
Rotary Snowplough dazzles Wahpeton crowds in bold debut
Wahpeton residents witnessed E Leslie's rotary steam snow shovel clear a hard drift between Fergus and Wahpeton in four and a half hours. The machine, drawn by two locomotives, hurled snow up to 200 feet distant, with a disc fan and flanger clearing rails and easing blockades. Leslie and Superintendent Boot praised steady operation and predicted further improvements while noting current use by multiple railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wahpeton
Dak
St. Paul Globe
E. Leslie
Fitzsimmons
Northern Pacific Road
Breckinridge Flats
Breckinbridge Yard
Terus
Hoot
J. Leslie
Boot
Fergus
Leslie
Northern Pacific
Nat New
Laslie
Union Pacific
Colorado Midland
Southern Pacific
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Chicago
Boston Cooking School Lesson Guides Classic Dishes
The Boston Cooking School yesterday covered Cream of mushroom soup chicken a la Marengo rice croquettes macaroni with cheese and jellied oranges with step by step methods and tips. It warns on mushroom selection browning butter and stock, and reveals menu for next Wednesday including quail chops and lemon sherbet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Cooking School
Cooking School
Parker House
Turquoises in Jewelry for Children and Rare Stones
Turquoise is highlighted as ideal for juvenile jewelry and valued for its blue shade when paired with diamonds. While many affordable pieces exist, rare and costly turquoises do appear, with Persian varieties deemed most perfect and valuable. Care advice warns turquoise can fade if exposed to acids, musk, or perfume, but proper maintenance preserves color for years.
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Judas
Coryphee
Turcione
New England
Eiveryone
Poles
Equator
Michaelimas
St. Peter's
Circilar
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
Dr. Smith
Newark
N.J
Florida
Sumter County
Evander Cameron
Toulon
Mary Ka Aynes
St. Paul
Loke
Salem
N. J
Princial Fay
Asia Minor
Pythias Lodge
Longe
Oakland
Cal
Pan
Ont Jong Reena
Herman Harnes
Winona
Minn
Russia
Russan
Some Things Shall Be Forever It Seems
A poetic meditation from the Springfield Republican argues that some truths endure while wealth, kingdoms, and death fade. It contrasts lasting ideals like reason memory and will with impermanent worldly measures, asserting faith in changeless justice and divine constancy beyond time.
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Springfield
Heaven
God
Hell
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Herbert Spencer
Zurich
Dunant
The
United States Signal Bureau
Jess
United States
Chicken
Housekeeping
Renee Meravipis
Ad Fest Ae Corps
Soayvati
Globe
American Agriculturist
Weekly Globe
Times
Amerikanischer Agriculturist
Boston
Mass
New York Sun
Omaha
Donnelly
San Francisco Chronicle
Piute
Pope
Truth and Fiction
Baltimore
Johnsons
Joneses
Corcoran
London
Lenox
Evangelist Wolfe
Lancaster
Wis
Reno
Pawer
Toledo
Auburn
Phil Armour
Anthony Parslow
Coxsackie
N. Y
Nashville
Bloomingdale, Ltd
Dakota Sauow
Sutton
J. R. Macomber
Lapeer, Mich
J. R. Dirstine
Treasury
McCue
New York
Dallas
Savannah
Item
Youngstown
Rey
RB Fraviar
New York Triune
Auswerse Communications
Cheyenne
Democrat
West Bend
Manchester
Curley
Oregon
Oshkosh
Clarence Gann
Corintiss
Dinah
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