France tops smoking figures as millions puff yearly
In France six million smokers include eight pipe users and five cigars per fifteen. two smoke cigarettes. They consume over 800 million cigarettes annually, enough to circle the globe 500 times. A tea merchants’ firm offers widows a pension on weekly purchases. The Shah of Persia marks his 46th birthday, with vast wealth from diamonds and stones. the royal family numbers thousands, the current ruler’s household about twenty children.
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France
Shah
Persia
Jersey City Man Names Aguinaldo’s Irish Lineage
Peter Scanlan of Jersey City claims Aguinaldo is the son of an Irishman and that his real name is O Gormeley. He says the father, born in Tralee, Kerry, went to Hong Kong, married a wealthy Japanese woman, then moved to Manila to run a grocery business. Scanlan admits his reputation for truth is excellent and he is not proud of the facts.
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Peter Scasian
Jersey City
Aguinaldo
O’gormeley
Tralee
County Kerry
Hong Kong
Manila
Scanlan
Gett
Fremont
Grounll
Merrill
Erma
Ralston
Palermo doctor claims gas cure for consumption
Prof Cervello at Palermo hospital reports a new inhalation cure using formalina gas. He treated 20 third stage consumptives. two died from debility before it could work, three recovered within a month, and five are improving. He claims the method shows promise despite fatalities.
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Prof
Cervello
Palermo Hospital
Palermo
Hassayamps and the curious truth-telling river lore
In Arizona and New Mexico the Has sayampa river is said to curse drinkers so they cannot tell the truth. Locals call these afflicted individuals Hassayamps and claim a notable number reside in the region, shaping colorful regional myth and humor about elevated air and minds.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Barbed Wire Gains Ground in Southern Italy Vineyards
Barbed wire usage grows in Southern Italy primarily for training vines and deterring night thieves. Vine rows are closely spaced making barbs hard to avoid even in daylight, and at night entry is nearly impossible. Wire chosen is light since long spans and cattle are not factors in these vineyards.
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Italy
Western vault in U S mint to be largest strong box
The western vault now under construction in Philadelphia will be the largest safe in the world. Its dimensions exceed eight feet by fifty two by ten with compartments totaling 112 million dollars in capacity. It will house only silver dollars, while the eastern and northern vaults will hold silver bullion and gold coins.
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United States Mint
Philadelphia
Canadian telegraph line to Dawson City and Lake Bennett
Consul Brusu of Clifton Ontario reports the Canadian government will immediately build a telegraph line from Lake Bennett to Dawson City and also establish telegraphic communication between British Columbia and the Yukon. Dominion authorities deem the franchise too vital for national safety to leave it to private hands.
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Brusu
Clifton, Ont
State Department
Lake Bennett
Dawson City
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Ohio Farm Father Wins Prize for Most Children
Joseph Pierce of Flora ville Ohio has 35 living children from two marriages. Born in 1834 on a farm and an lifelong farmer, he claimed a $200 prize for having the greatest number of offspring. At 65 he remains hale and hearty.
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Ohio
Joseph Pierce
Floraville
Pierce
Monkeys Trained to Pick Cotton in Egypt
A consular report notes thrifty Italian traders in Egypt trained monkeys to harvest cotton and employ them in fields with good results. The practice could open a new employment field and may curb monkey slaughter in British India. Monkeys are very numerous in the region, prompting Bombay and Calcutta papers to advocate government action.
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State Department
Egypt
British India
Bombay
Calcutta
French scientist proposes louder phonographs by larger furrows
M Dussano asserts that increasing phono graph size boosts sound. He built a bigger cylinder phonograph running faster to repeat sounds, and experiments showed the larger device produced sounds louder than the original, not fainter.
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M. Dussano
Spring Imagery of Soldiers and Memorial Flowers
A verse describes blue May skies and flowers worn as wreaths and clusters by a speaker and comrades. Time changes them little, even as one falls in battle and joins the ranks of the dead, the spring beauty enduring beyond loss.
Memorial Reunion and Decoration Day Reflections in a Southern Town
A grieving veteran returns incognito to a quiet southern village, reencounters his lost love Erma Ralston amid family graves, and Debates Decoration Day meaning. The piece blends memory of war and reunion with a column praising Decoration Day as sacred, urging national unity under the flag and honoring fallen soldiers across the North and South.
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Ralstons
Miss Erma
Ralston
Ironwood
Miss Ralston
Erma
Col. Ralston
Fin
Fragmentary reminiscence and a somber walk home
An old man recalls betrayal while strolling past a flowered gate. He recalls college friends and the fading merriment, then notices a simple inscription and quickens his pace toward an unknown, unsettled turn. The scene hints at guilt, memory, and a looming choice.
Laurel the Graves of Our Dead
A fragment from Gilberte Holt quoted in the Detroit Free Press. The speaker urges banishing anger and choosing reverent remembrance as she extends a hand in a silent moment. The tone reflects reflective, ceremonial sentiment typical of commemorative writing.
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Gilberte Holt
Detroit Free Press
Memorial Day sentiments and memorial thoughts
Memorial Day reflections express grief and enduring connection to the departed, likening memory to fragrance that pleads from those in another world. Judith Spencer's verse frames mourning as a prayerful longing within a father's house of many mansions.
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Judith Spencer
Good Housekeeping
Memorial Day remembered through generations
Elizabeth Robbins Berry reflects in Boston Budget on Memorial Day as a shifting tradition. She notes the day once honored Civil War veterans now includes younger generations, who lay flowers for fallen comrades and keep alive memory as time moves forward.
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Elizabeth Robbins Berry
Boston
Commemoration Day Tribute to the Heroic Dead
Memorial Day is a tribute to those who shed their blood to preserve American democracy and national unity. It honors forefathers and brave men, whose sacrifices let liberty endure, with flowers laid on graves and flags raised to mark their memory. All honor to the heroic dead.
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Kate Thorn
N. Y
Vase Language at Auction Inspires Cultural Debate
A New York Times note reports a vase auction where a 50 cent piece prompts comments on pronunciation and culture. A Wellesley student remarks that a cloisonne piece reveals education, noting the auctioneer’s diction shifts with value, sparking discussion on linguistic nuance.
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