The Limits of Science and the Need for Insight
The piece argues science shines but does not solve life’s deepest questions. It notes science aids travel and wealth yet cannot humanize souls or cure social hurts. It urges reliance on poets philosophers and religious ideals for true guidance beyond empirical facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huxley
Tyndall
Earth
Moses
Abelard
Heloise
Eve
Abel
Damon
Pythias
Harvard
Sorbonne
Marcus Aurelius
Saul of
Tarsus
Jesus of Nazareth
War and Arbitration in the Endless Quest for Peace
The essay argues war persists while human causes endure and questions arbitration's role in reducing conflict. It asserts peace depends on arbitration as a broader force, urging arbitration to spread and cooperate with other ameliorating powers to limit war, disease, shipwreck, famine, and sin.
Laws Banishing Horse Racing Faces Industry Collapse
Columnist Woodford Clay from Lexington describes how state bans on horse racing devastate Kentucky studs, with Haggin and other owners selling mares abroad. He notes weakened breeding, loss of U.S. stock, and calls for shorter meets and universal pari mutuel betting to save the sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Argentina
England
Russia
August Belmont
United States
New York
Eloping Lovers on Train Face Delays and Dilemmas
Lieutenant Harry Mallory and Marjorie Newton flee toward Reno for a divorce but a wrecked taxi and a missing preacher delay their plans. On a transcontinental train they plot to marry in a smoking room with a Yiddish drummer acting as justice of the peace while rivals and baggage mix, leading to jealousy and comic peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Mallory
Philippines
Marjorie Newton
Porter
Oe Hvely
Ira Lathrop
Little Jim
Mie
Wellington
Reno
Jimmie
Sammy Whitcomb
Tter
Mallory
Dr. Temple
Marjorie
Dog
Lathrop
Miss Gattle
Kitty Lewellyn
Maljorie
Nevada
Mr. Baumann
Harry
San Francisco
Rining Bar
Mrs Whitcomb Schemes to Ruin Jimmie Wellington
Mrs Whitcomb plans a long awaited takedown of Mrs Jimmie Wellington by using her ex husband Jimmie now sober, while Mrs Wellington arrives to confront the rival in a crowded setting. Asheton and the other figures play out a tense scene as relationships strain under temptation and past betrayals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Jimmie
Sammy Whitcomb
Jimmie Wellington
Jealous Tangles and Reno Revelations on New Year
In a tense Reno scene Jimmie Wellington and his wife contend with jealousy as Mrs. Whitcomb insinuates herself between them. Tensions rise when Wellington defends his wife and plans a six month alias arrangement, ending with a festive exchange and a gift to Dr. Temple as the chapter closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Jimmie
Ashton
Mrs. Whitcomb
Wellingtons
Jimmie Rose
James
Wellington
Lucretia
Mrs. Wellington
Doc Temple
Red hair and beards in biographical fame patterns
A study cited by Charles Kassel surveys hair color and texture among eminent figures. It finds dark brown to black hair predominates among genius, with few redheads. curls or waves are common, while beards vary, and many famous men show reddish beards despite dark hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swinburne
John Bunyan
Thackeray
Charles Kassel
Mr. Kassel
Napoleon
Andrew Jackson
James Russell Lowell
Greig
Cain
Judas Isedriot
Pontius Pilate
Savonarola
New York World
Italian Hygiene Expert Honored by Italy and Nations
Professor Luigi Pagliani of the University of Turin, who represented Italy at the Congress of Hygiene and Demography in Washington, returns after studying U.S. cities. He directed Italy’s cholera campaign of 1886 89 and receives the Maurizian Order as commander, the crown of Italy grand officer, plus French Legion of Honor, Paris Academy of Medicine, and London Royal Sanitary Institute honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luigi Pagliani
Washington
University of
Turin
Pagliani
Crown of
Italy
Academy of Medicine of
Paris
Royal Sanitary Institute of London
Oldest known leaf fossil found near Spokane
A fossilized gingko leaf uncovered near Spokane Washington is described as the oldest known vegetable matter. The leaf predates the Cascade and Coast Range formation and suggests the Rockies were still young, with its closest relative today the Japanese gingko.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Japan
Cascade
Coast Range
Rockies
Vegetarian Tips and the Servant Who Changed
A diner who stopped eating meat tips poorly and notices declining service. The waiter reacts by handling more dishes for vegetarian meals, leading to worse service unless tipped generously. The joke implies waiters expect higher tips for vegetarian orders due to cooking variety and extra trips.
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Col
D.C. Pearson
Woodford ‘Clay
Lexington
Rupert Hughes
Henry W. Savage
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