Model Post Office at Sesquicentennial Exposition
The Post Office Department will set up a Model Post Office at the Sesquicentennial International Exposition in Philadelphia from June 1 to December 1. It will feature standard equipment and conveyors, a visitors gallery, direct mailing from the gallery, and full postal facilities including stamps, registry, savings, and parcel post. The station will operate under Philadelphia’s post office name, with mail addressed to care of hotel or general delivery.
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Philadelphia
Combs Through Antiquity From Carding to Hair Use
The article traces combs to ancient times with wooden bone and horn examples found in Swiss lake dwellings. Greek and Roman combs used boxwood, Egyptian ones ivory, and modern versions include tortoise shell. The function shifted from carding to hairstyling over time.
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Egypt
New York
Depew Praises Fame Through Competitive Spirit
Chauncey M Depew extols fame earned fairly through competition as the Olympic ideal and a measure of human contest and adventure The better man who prepares best wins and earns lasting respect in this Cosmopolitan quote
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Chauncey M Depew
Cosmopolitan
Wax Repairs for Worn Floor Spots in Entryways
Advice on preventing worn floor spots by applying a thin coat of wax monthly or biweekly. Rub wax with cheesecloth over the worn areas, allow 15 minutes to dry, then polish. After 1 to 2 hours apply a second coat and polish again.
Realtor Name Origin and Court Rulings Feature
The term realtor was evolved to indicate members of boards within the National Association of Real Estate Boards. Courts in several cases upheld the boards and restricted use to association members only.
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National Association of Real Estate Boards
Wonder of Nature Feather Structure Captures Efficient Flight
A Capper's Weekly feature describes a feather as a near perfect, multi part pinion from an eagle wing. It notes countless tiny components enabling strong lift and sail like air flow, while adding minimal weight.
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Gays Capper
Sign of Oaks and the Acorn Name in Briton Lore
The text traces how the acorn sign became a universal oak marker. It notes that oak trees bore a historic name given by Britons and carries this in modern language. As exploration spread, many oaks were found and today under 300 are known.
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Abe
At the Movies A Night of Shared Laughter and Crowd Energy
A long cinema evening described in a vivid, humorous stream of impressions. The reviewer notes crowd sensory chaos the mingling scents and noises and the communal surge of emotion from the film and audience alike.
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Colin
Helm
Waster
Broads
Argentina's Fingerprint Law Registers All Citizens
The article notes Argentina has a national fingerprinting system recording over 10 million residents. It claims the regulation makes the country unique in ensuring no one can lose their identity.
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Argentina
Conflict Over Human Soul Reflected in Moral Emptiness
Quote from Carlyle about the human soul caught between light and darkness, between two hostile empires of necessity and free will, illustrating enduring moral struggle and existential doubt.
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Necessity
Carlyle
Camel’s Patience and Vengeful Nature Told by Hassenein Bey
Hassenein Bey, the African explorer, notes camels are patient and loyal yet dangerous when cornered. A camel may wait and strike solo if repeatedly wronged, sometimes trampling victims or sitting on them after finishing the act. Camels fiercely join caravans and rarely abandon their group even in drought or danger.
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Hassenein Bey
Oasis
Sears
Prairie dogs bury their dead to seal burrows
Prairie dogs seal holes after death to prevent disease spread. Ranchers view them as pests as they strip plains of forage and threaten crops with their gnawing. Government rangers push extermination using gas and poison to curb their population.
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Plains
Hydrophobia Spreads Among Wolves in Moscow Region
Pasteur Institute of Moscow reports hydrophobia spreading in Russian wolf packs as twelve villagers in the Tvanove Vosnestensk district near Moscow are hospitalized with hydrophobia. A wolf attack on a party attempting to reach a neighboring village killed one peasant and left five others to die from hydrophobia and wounds before reaching Moscow.
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Russia
Pasteurovska Institute
Moscow
Tvanove Vosnestensk
Queen Victoria appears on Newfoundland and Quebec stamps
The text notes Queen Victoria on three stamps from Newfoundland 1809, coronation issue, and 1908 Quebec centenary, detailing her portraits on the three cent orange stamp, green ten cent, and two cent carmine alongside King Edward.
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England
Newfoundland
Alexandria
Quebec
Edward
Firemen Misplace Equipment Endanger Town Blaze
A Ce redo West Virginia fire spread from a poolroom to nearby buildings threatening the business district. The village apparatus had burned previously and a truck and 300 feet of hose lay hidden in a private garage after a one hour search, the Kenova department meanwhile had subsided the flames.
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Ceredo
W Va
Kenova
Marathoner Till Armour Aids Brunswick Fire
Till Armour, longtime Los Angeles firefighter and marathon walker from Los Angeles, arrived in Lewiston and joined Brunswick firefighters as nozzle man for hours during a blaze. He was on his fourth cross country trip from Los Angeles to Nova Scotia when the alarm sounded.
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Brunswick
Malne
Till Armour
Froi
A Angeles
Los Angeles
Nova Scotia
Lewiston
Bruneswick
Hunting Trip Planned on Vegetarian Lines
A humorous exchange outlines a proposed hunting trip centered on vegetarian foods and playful misdirections. Bogga persuades with plans to chase watercress in Maine and tulips in Virginia, then shifts to squash and lima beans in the Adirondacks while the narrator resists. The piece ends with a quip about a Welsh rarebit date.
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Bogga
Maine
Boggs
Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Adirondacks
Arthur —. Lippmann
Language of rooks noted in bird colony chatter
A London Mall report observes rooks using a complex vocal language at their nests. A female rebukes a returning mate with loud calls before he finally placates her by sharing food and allowing a field excursion.
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Lfe
Londono Mall
Peary Home to Become Memorial Shrine in Pennsylvania
The Roald Amundsen style birthplace of Admiral Roald Peary near Cresson Pennsylvania will be bought and turned into a memorial shrine. The frame house on William Fenn highway has been preserved after years of neglect with efforts by the Daughters of the American Revolution to involve state and federal lawmakers.
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Congress
Marksman Frees Pigeon At Iron Bridge Incident
Spectators at the Iron bridge watched a pigeon caught by a string tied to a tree branch. Tom Barden shot the line, freeing the bird which then fluttered away about eighteen inches of string still attached.
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Winchester
Nhw
Tom Barden
Cattell Denounces Physiognomy as Charlatanry in KC Address
Dr J McKeen Cattell retiring AAAS president told Kansas City audiences that psychology is the only reliable tool for judging character and that Columbia University research found no link between head shape or facial features and ability. He warned that reading characters by physiognomy and graphology is a charlatans' occupation.
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J McKeen Cattell
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Kansas City
Columbia University
Cattell
Pathfinder Magazine
Ungrateful Hawk A Crashes Window In Franklin
An adventurous hawk flies down Main Street in Franklin NH and crashes into a store window. It kills a sparrow then is captured by bystanders who carry it to a shop where it recovers and bites the people who helped.
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Franklin
Nhh
Beauty Mrs Oscar M S Burke Fines Maid for Forgetful Address
Mrs Burke formerly Princess Vlora fines her maid a dollar each time she is addressed as Miela princesse, reflecting her contempt for titles. On a Paris trip she quips about a certain lady named Helen, noting beauty faded after her father’s business failure.
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Oscar M S Burke
Vlora
Burke
Paris
Helen
Chicago Daily News
Contemp orary Comments Mixed Bag of Snippets
A collage of quoted remarks from various papers lampoons politics religion and society. Snippets mock Prohibition attitudes divine differences labor costuming and public wit, featuring lines on divorce custody quirks and shifting economic prices.
Farmers and politicians clash over back-to-farm movement
The American Lumberman notes nuisance concerns with no bounty on them while a lecturer says the farmer’s days are never forgotten. The Arkansas Gazette links the back-to-the-farm push to memory of farm life and the Ohio State Journal critiques party managers dodging main points.
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Ohio State Journal
Arkansas Gazette
Standing Army Origins in Britain Under Charles I
The British standing army formed mainly during Charles I's reign beginning 1641 after feudal tenures faded. The first five infantry regiments were raised between 1638 and 1680. By 1685 the army had 7,000 foot and 1,700 cavalry, while the militia totaled about 130,000 both horse and foot.
Headstand Confession Stuns School Report
In a playful note from Trou veur de Sentiers, Young America Little Mabel aces academics but falters in deportment. Her mother probes and Mabel reveals her misdeed was a simple headstand with feet against the wall to prove she could do it.
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Little Mabel
Trouveur de Sentiers
Calorie comparison: eggs and milk per pound
The text states eggs provide 638 calories per pound while milk gives 310. It notes one quart of milk weighs about two pounds totaling around 620 calories and suggests eight eggs may equal one pound, implying eight eggs could match a quart of milk in calories.
First Clasp Knives From Flanders Spur 17th Century Trade
The first clasp or spring knives became common around 1650 and originated in Flanders a center of diverse industries well before that period. A knife cleaning machine was invented later in 1844 by George Kent of England.
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Flanders
Seato
George Kent
England
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