Island Inhabited by 60 Crusoes on Tristan da Cunha
A passenger letter from Table Bay to Montevideo recounts Tristan da Cunha’s lone settlement of 60 inhabitants facing dire hardship. Rats devastate crops, bread is unavailable for six months, and sharing is strict. a mission appeal seeks a Church of England teacher with no salary.
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Cape Town
South Africa
South Atlantic
Table Bay
Montevideo
Tristan da Cunha
Tristan de Cunha
Surrey
Mr. Borrow
Tristan
Valhalla
Borrow
Men battle thousand rats in warehouse melee
In Waterbury Connecticut two clerks at H. R. Stone & Co. warehouse fought for life against a thousand gray granary rats. Charles Wheeler and William Wesa killed 200, but rats swarmed injured them before other workers opened the door, ending the deadly siege.
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Waterbury
Conn
Charles Wheler
William West
Wheeler and
Wesa
H. R. Stone & Co
Woodbury
Wheeler and Wesa
Wheeler
Stickers for Pupils Lips Spark Lynn School Hearing
In Lynn Massachusetts parents protested Eastern Avenue training school methods at a school committee hearing. W R Felter cited objection to teachers licking sticky plaster on whispering pupils lips. Reports of punishments included green soap and tying stockings on faces. The committee will investigate. Blaisdell urged dismissal of any convicted teacher.
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Lynn
Mass
Eastern Avenue
W. R. Felter
James M. Blaisdell
Hit by Train: Runs Away in Bloomsburg
William Neal of Bloomsburg Pennsylvania was knocked from the main track by a locomotive as a passenger train passed. He escaped uninjured after leaping to a siding and fleeing home where a physician found no injuries. Neal said his immediate goal after the strike was to get away from the railroad quickly.
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Bloomsburg
William Neal
Neal
Stair Climbing as Art and Exercise for Women
The article discusses stair climbing as a graceful art and a key exercise for women. It praises posture and pose on stairs, notes the vogue among society women, and warns against awkward climbs while urging gradual training for better health and cardiovascular fitness.
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East
Sikh Burial Rites Observed Near Nelson BC
The Springfield Republican reports Sunder Singh ex sergeant in a Burmese regiment among 20 Sikhs employed by Canadian Pacific railroad who were in Nelson area for construction. He was killed on the track and his body burned on a funeral pyre according to Sikh rites. Some bones were sent to Amritsar to the widow and father. Remaining bones were cast into the river with rites.
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Nelson
British Columbia
Sunder Singh
Amritsar
India
Springfield
Mass
How Flowers Were Named and Their Origins
This piece explains the origins of flower names noting that fuchsias honor Leonard Fuchs, dahlias Andrew Dahl, camellias are linked to missionary Kamel, magnolias to Magnos De Montpelier, and anemones derive from a meaning related to trembling in the wind. It also mentions lavenders linked to the Latin lavare story and a Roman washing reference.
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Fuchsias
Leonard Fuchs
Andrew Dahl
Peru
Kamel
France
Japan
Magnos de Montpelier
America
Asia
Insect Processions in French Pine Forests
Entomologists report larval procession of a pine moth in France marching in single file. A group of 114 larvae was observed near Arcachon last April. Processions form at night for feeding and in day for burrowing to reach the pupal stage. A fly attacked the procession to lay eggs on the marching larvae.
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France
Arcachon
Magnetic barber reveals patient pain relief method
A barber claims to read a headache and relieve it with electric energy from his hands. He says he and the customer are magnetic mediums and his fingers transfer pain away. He warns his arms ache after each session but would not scare off customers.
Hand Etiquette for Supple Arms and Upright Posture
Advice urges women to stop pressing the hand against the face and using elbows as props. It warns wrinkled cheeks and bags under the chin from heat and pressure, and promotes elbow scrubbing with pumice, cold cream, and proper posture to preserve appearance.
Surplice Dress Stays Afloat In Empire Green Velvet
A cream chiffon and empire green radium velvet gown captivates with a plaited velvet skirt edged in lace applique. A white satin girdle, embroidered chiffon bodice, ruching, and a fichy bolero with a silver buckle finish the ensemble praised as one of the prettiest advance season creations.
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Valenciennes
Style Has Caught Fancy in Summer Millinery
The mushroom model of winter millinery remains in fashion with summer displays. An advance exhibit shows a black Neapolitan hat loaded with pink roses and foliage, a satin ribbon band circling the crown, and numerous loops filling the back under the brim.
Elegant Parisian Gowns Display Delicate Embroidered Styles
The article details two latest gown modes with gray-green and gray cloth outfits. One features soutache embroidery, velvet edges, lace chemisette, and duchess satin girdle. the other uses silk braid velvet trimming with a white satin evening gown copy featuring lace scallops, rose clusters, and ribbon drapery.
Harriman and railroad news dominate 1905 dispatches
Summary of clashes over wage and hours on western railroads after concessions were withdrawn in Chicago. Harriman re elected to lead Morgan Louisiana & Texas Railroad and Steamship Co. and plans for a 10 percent wage increase with a nine hour day were rejected by managers. Also reports on Roosevelt era politics, race efforts in Georgia, trials, and international strife across Bulgaria, Roumania and Ireland.
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South
Georgia
Atlanta Evangelical Ministers’ Association
John E. White
First Baptist Church
BE. H. Harriman
Morgan Louisiana & Texas Railroad and Steamship Co
The
Road
New Orleans
Thornwell Fay
William Frank Willoughby
Porto Rico
Regis H. Post
Roumania
Niagara Falls
Prospect Park
Washington
Harriman Corporations
Far West
Western Railroads
Order of Conductors
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Abe Ruef
San Francisco
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Iowa Senate
Campbell
Texas
Ireland
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