His Clever Cook Outwits an Alderman in London
An alderman seeks a premier cook after hiring eight failures in 12 months. Mary Smith, posing as the duchess’s maid, is chosen for a $300 yearly post and four dinners. The duchess supposedly ill reveals the ruse, and a hotel plot uncovers that Bill Lane alias Bill the Cook is the true mastermind behind the culinary caper.
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Mr Jones
Mary Smith
Kingscourt
Miss Smith
Miller’s Hotel
St James
Bill
Bill Lane
London
Duffer
Sam
Thealderman
Girth of the Earth Aims to Measure Globe Diameter Precisely
Coast and geodetic survey teams will spend years solving a vast problem to determine Earth's circumference with feet level precision. An arc 38 000 miles long from Atlantic to Pacific will be measured using triangulation across the continental divide. The work, led by Andrew Braid, seeks diameter accuracy within 50 feet and will impact scientists worldwide.
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North Pole
Andrew Braid
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Atlantic
Pacifico Ocean
Washington Post
Electric railway gear prices show sharp decline
An analysis notes a rapid drop in trolley car equipment costs from about 4500 dollars six years ago to 1200 dollars today. The piece highlights the electric railway field as the most promising for rapid development and includes a manager’s inquiry to seven manufacturers.
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United States
Electrical Review
Seven
New Alloy From Copper and Silver Promises Strong Industrial Use
A Paris based inventor uses copper and silver proportions to create a new metal that combines exceptional strength with resistance to sudden or sustained strains. The article suggests production costs may stay low, enabling large scale use even if silver values rise. London Court Journal.
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Paris
London Court Journal
Remedies for the bowel troubles of children and adults
Mrs. W. L. DunaGan of Ronaqua Tennessee reports teething babies suffer bowel complaints in hot weather. She uses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and finds it effective for children and herself. She cites a severe bout of bloody flux cured within a day and a half after taking one third of a bottle. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers everywhere.
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Chamberlain
W. L. DunaGan
Ronaqua, Hickman Co
Tenn
New War Inventions Alarm Europe Minds
A contemporary critique describes supposed European war innovations. It cites rifles capable of long range devastation, steam driven machine guns, bulletproof coats, torpedo-like shells, and a radical electric device by M Turpin said to erase fortifications and mow down thousands. The piece questions credibility while highlighting public fears and sensational claims.
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France
Germany
Austria
M. Turpin
Munchausens
Europe
Turpin
New York
Aldermen Rebuke Pullman Opinion in Chicago Times
The Chicago Times notes 62 aldermen unanimously urged the mayor to appeal to Chicagoans for support of the Pullman strike. It argues aldermen acted from reading public opinion, not purely humane motives, and that they reflected a broad city sentiment condemning Pullman and endorsing the strikers.
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Chicago
Pullman
George M. Pullman
Chicago Times
Rosebery Ambition Satirized by Lord Rosebery at 47
Rosebery now 47 is credited with three ambitions to be richest man in England prime minister and Derby winner. He is said to have achieved wealth via marriage to Baron Meyer de Rothschild's daughter, gained the prime minister post after Gladstone's retirement, and won the Derby through recent turf fortune.
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Lord Rosebery
England
Baron Meyer de Rothschild
Gladstone
New York
Taladrom
Income tax craving by men eager for income
Quote attributed to Exchange notes many men would gladly pay income tax if they could retain the income.
The Gold Hat and the Mad Ride to Brooklyn
Mr Sloth and a mysterious young man share a rain soaked cab ride after a gold top hat is seized. The youth bolts from the cab leaving the hat behind as the pair flee and swap to a dangerous journey toward Brooklyn, ending with a crash and police intervention.
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Peter Sloth
Mr. Sloth
Casino Roof
Madison Square Garden
Sloth
Wagner
Long's Hotel
London
Long S Hotel
India
Mir Sluth
Dilenmma
Brooklyn Bridge
Broad Street
Bowery
City Hall
Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue
Flatbush
New York Sun
Qualified Trust in Husband Tightens Domestic Bonds
Dialogic snippet from the Boston Home Journal explores trust between spouses. Mrs Newlywed and Mrs Exsperiqneed debate implicit faith, concluding trust exists within bounds. The exchange reflects early 20th century domestic sentiment and social norms on marriage.
Rediscovered cave of bandit wealth in Sabinas region
News from Sabinas and southern areas recounts a cave linked to bandit El Colorado near the Iguana mountains. An exploration party found ancient silver coins but was overcome by fire damp. several died, including Cuevas who revealed the site on his deathbed. Authorities guard the cave as investigations continue.
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Sabinas
el Colorado
Mexico
Iguana Mountains
Cuevas
Silverio Garza
Lampasas
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Naylor
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Gove
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Kansas
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Hays City Sentinel
Phenix
Rosebery
Andres Avelino Caceres
Peru
Congress
Chile
Chicago Herald
Ayers Carsaparill
Meipehlere
Ogei
Jorg
Ayer
Noreatur
Kans
J C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Maga
New York Depot
Canal St
Wesleyan Avenue
Providence
Samnil
Darling
Waldron-Brownell Co
Bradford St
Bristol
Brooklyn Drug CO
Fulton and Downing Sts
N. Y
Sherman
Agency
South Water St
P. O
Geo. H. Peck
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Hamburg-Bremen
Delaware Fire Insurance Company
N.Y
Sidney Earle Syndicate
Adress
Sailie J. Battey
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