Young Edison the Pet Alligator Enthusiast
Theodore Edison, six, son of the inventor, shows early ingenuity with five baby alligators from Florida. He conducts visitors to the tub to meet his pets, but guests react with caution while he asks them to admire the creatures. His prized companionship is a gray rabbit named Star, deeply attached and more cherished than his alligators.
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Theodore Edison
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Florida
Edison
Theodore
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Ted
Husons
Lucky Flier in Stocks Sparks Anniversary Windfall
A pharmacist and his friend discuss a stock tip on International Power. The plan yields a $1,700 gain when the stock hits 52, and the pharmacist uses the windfall to celebrate a 17th wedding anniversary with a playful but costly gift.
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Quill
Doc
Quinl
Nw York
Magnesia as a Weapon and a Baby in Japan
A New York Times item extols magnesia water as a potential weapon, citing a street encounter and a police captain’s claim it rivals a pistol. It also describes Japanese baby customs with gifts, names like Matsu and Mume, and rites from birth to the thirteenth day per Good Housekeeping.
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Burdine
Bill
New York Times
Japan
Matsu
Lunatics Freed After Italian Town Relieves Asylum
An Italian municipality unable to support its lunatic asylum released forty inmates who arrived together in Atessa. Their eccentric conduct frightened residents until authorities intervened and took charge of the group.
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Atessa
London War Office building in Whitehall details
The War Office plans a new three and three quarter acre building in Whitehall costing £650000, due in about two years. Work has run two and a half years. The Italian renaissance style will shape nine miles of chimney flues 26500000 bricks 260000 tons of Portland stone for seven floors and 670 rooms.
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London
Whitehall
Gambling at Monte Carlo Shows Elders at the Tables
An observer from the London Daily Mail describes Monte Carlo’s Hotel de Paris scene. The early morning empty avenues give way to roulette tables with scarce players except for an English woman who lost everything and now skims by on charity, aided by the hotel manager and a small circle of others.
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Monte Carlo
H. S
Hotel de Paris Omnibus
Hotel de Piete
London Daily Mail
Havemeyer's Violins Claim World’s Costliest Collection
H O Havemeyer of New York is said to own the most expensive violin collection in the world, a claim highlighting his famous assortment and wealth.
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H. O. Havemeyer
New York
Transvaal Gold Output Reaches 61 Million in 1903
The Transvaal produced about 61 million dollars in gold in 1903 marking a strong year for South African mining. The figure reflects ongoing gold extraction and export activity in the region during that period.
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Transvaal
Cakes That Looked Like Books From Early Richmond Tavern Tale
Halsey P Clarke recalls a Providence tavern scene where a traveler mistook johnnycakes for books on a mantel shelf. The kitchen joke ends with seven cooling johnnycakes stacked where he thought shelves held volumes.
Ant minds and high intelligence shown by ant naturalists
Lord Avebury argues ants display minds and high intelligence through social habits. He cites ant aphid mutualism, winter egg storage, and nest care, noting prudence and complex behavior. Dr Forel adds that success boosts ant boldness while failure triggers discouragement and shifts in instincts.
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Lord Avebury
Forel
The Frigate of Eternity Poem Shaped By Time Sailors
The fragment features a poem about a colossal frigate representing Earth as a vessel of time. It speaks of a cosmopolitan crew and dauntless mariners, describing storms and steadfast steering toward an unknown harbor through seasons and ages. James B. Einschilca is listed in the registry division of the Chicago Post Office.
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Rudyard Nipling
Seven Seas
Cosmopolite
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James B. Einshilca
Chicago
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