Journey to Africa Promises Revelations From Gorillas
R L Garner writes from New York World about returning to darkest Africa to study native gorillas and a native language, aiming to cross Elyria to Bembo and Fernan Vaz lake en route to the Izanga coast. He plans to bring civilization’s mechanical productions into the jungle and gather anthropological specimens. The article argues Africa holds clues to human origins, noting primeval tribes, language ties, and a primitive yet advancing monkey civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repic
Elyria
Bembo
Fernan Vaz Lake
Lake Izanga
New York
Africa
Tam
Earth
R. L. Garner
New York World
British Lion Promises Bite Into Siam Venture
The Boston Journal comments that Britain may soon seize Siam as a rich morsel to sate its appetite and hopes this could soften a harsher stance toward Venezuela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
Venezuela
Boston Journal
Westfield Forms Bicycle Accident Insurance Firm
A new company in Westfield Massachusetts offers to insure bicyclists against accidents incurred while riding. The firm aims to protect riders from a wide range of mishaps encountered on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfield
Mass
The Price of a Battlefield Sold at Low Acre Price
The Bull Run battlefield was sold for under six dollars per acre, far below the usual valuation for historic battlefields, as reported by the Boston Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull Run
Boston Herald
Deaf Pupils Stage Unique Recitations at New York School
A Wright Humason School program by totally deaf students featured Miles Standish read by Helen Keller aged 16 who also used raised letters to help lip reading. The show included seven tableaus, a Greek dance by Katharine Woodward, and a two act farce by Robert Moulton with eight silent speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright- Humason School
New York
Miles Standish
Helen Keller
Bertha M. Freeman
J. Pierson Radcliffe
Will J. Quinlan
Willard K. Taft
Katharine Woodward
Robert H. Moulton
Moulton
Columbia
Florence Shattuck
Carrie Macniel
Francis Be
Mary Nicholas
Wright
New York Sun
A British Alliance Rumor Linked Lady Randolph Churchill
The New York Recorder reports rumors that Willie Wallie Astor may name Lady Randolph Churchill as his wife. It notes her youth and high social standing, her potential past love, and the speculative match as a favorable scheme, though it stresses that the tale is unconfirmed gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Churchill
Willie Wallie Astor
Lady Randolph
Willie Wallie
Cholly Knickerbocker
New York Recorder
Bathing debate at Lansing school unsettles teachers
A blush ing young school ma'am submits a question to Superintendent Pattengill asking who should take a bath the offender farmer or the student. The issue remains unresolved as Pattengill is away and both groups join the so called unwashed.
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Washington
Illinois
Lansing
Ma’am
Interior
Pattengill
Italian sea captain claims sail holes boost wind speed
Genoa captain George Batta Vasalio reports small holes in sails improve performance. He argues air cannot circulate properly in inflated sails, creating a cushion that reduces wind pressure. Trials in various weather support the claim per New York World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Batta Vasalio
Genoa
New York World
Back to His Engine From State Office
Ods Hennessy formerly state railroad commissioner returns to locomotive engineering after unsuccessful bid in politics. He resumes his engineer career on the St. Louis to Poplar Bluff run and recently took a train to Little Rock. He had a six year term, started a small business, and then rejoined the Iron Mountain railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ods Hennessy
St. Louis
Poplar Bluff
Iron Mountain
Little Rock
Chicago Tribune
Their Different Mottoes in the Capital
The Washington Star reports contrasting presidential mottoes with Secretary Morton urging Plant trees and Vice President Stevenson advocating Carry an ax as symbolic guides to policy and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton
Stevenson
Washington Star
Drug Store Tales From St. Louis Readers
Report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch recounts night clerk experiences in a west end drug store. It covers stamp scams, soda purchases by couples, liquor tricks, and drug fiends including morphine and quinine abusers, plus stray parcels and a morphine-obsessed patient who trusts chalk for sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Cincinnati
Jamaica
Legion
St. Louis
Vichy
Mamma
Olive Street
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Origin of jingo word linked to 1880s war mood
Dick Dasher in Pittsburg Dispatch notes that after the Russo Turkish War and a Tory Liberal election clash in Britain the term jingo arose from patriotic songs mocked by Liberals to describe belligerent factions. The word then signified a fanatical warmonger ready to rush into war without restraint.
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England
Constantinople
Gladstone
Liberals
Earl of Beaconsfield
Peace Party
Dick Dasher
Pittsburg Dispatch
New Lifeboat Sandy Hook Arrives From Port Huron
The first of 12 lifeboats ordered by the government reaches Port Huron. The 34 by 8 foot craft, called the Sandy Hook, will be stationed at Sandy Hook under Skipper Trevonian Patterson. Six boats head to the Atlantic and six to the Pacific and Great Lakes. It is self bailing and cannot upset, with capacity for fifty aboard.
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Port Huron
Mich
Sandy Hook
Trevonian Patterson
Atlantic Coast
Pacific Coast
Great Lakes
Thomas D. Walker
Life Saving Service
New York World
Hearing Restored by Schlatter Cure in Leadville
Reported remarkable cure by Francis Schlatter in Denver reaches Leadville where George Milliken, a Deaf resident for five years, received blessing via a handkerchief. Ear ailment healed by morning and deemed permanent. Separately, Representative Bennett introduces a bill to charter the Professional Woman's League of the United States with aims to aid professional and charitable women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Schlatter
Denver
George Milliken
Leadville
Colo
Milliken
Schlatter
Representative Bennett
Brooklyn
Rachel McAuley
Louisa Eldrich
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Bertha Welborn
Rosa Rand
Laura A. Palmer
Elizabeth Wood Doremus
Professional Woman’s League of the
United States
Sorosis
Cat Birth Draws Odd Rabbitlike Kitten in New York
Sylvester Howard of Cold Spring Harbor New York reports a cat giving birth to five kittens one of which resembles a rabbit with a cat head. The strange offspring is at Eugene Howard’s home in West Neck New York. The item cites the St Louis Globe Democrat remarking on a new Senate class with an average age of 44 years and many new to public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Howard
Cold Spring Harbor
N.Y
Eugene Howard
West Neck
N. Y
Senate
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Fountain and Prescription Desk
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Long Island
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Ular
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Maynard
ALBERT + BATLEY
Acton St, Maynard, Mass
NAGLE
Marrs
P.O
Concord Junct
J. W. Henderson
South Acton, Mass
Lackawana
Franklin Wilkesbarre and
Cumberland Coals
E. Jones & Co
South Acton
WM. ©. Hale
Maynard Stdt
AcTon, Mass
N. S. Daniels
Concord
H.p.n.dahl
Riverside Block
T.f.sheehan
Barrett’s Mill Road
Concord Junction
C. M. Gould
Main ST
Jeremiah Sheehan
U. S
Garry’s Block
J. W. Raymond
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