Vast array of items from fraud to science and politics
A Boston swindler linked to Canada and a New York World note frame a tale of retribution and loss. A Lafayette statue funded by Dr. Evans will rise in Paris. Russian weddings surge amid unrest as peasant girls face army drafts. Pittsburgh Steel casts a conical shell weighing 100 pounds with a 2000 ft/s muzzle rate. A Hindu telegraph operator educated at Edinburgh reflects on history and science. Pasteur’s chicken cholera microbes yield unexpected rabbit results in Australia. Ex-Senator Fair thwarts a blackmailer in San Francisco. Greenland governor reads yearly papers forward, while a Swiss castle story anchors historic pride. A New York Graphic touts damming the Rockies to irrigate basins and curb floods, enabling vast land reclamation.
Greater love and a saving fire in a hometown romance
Marion Dutton, torn between Spence Arnott and John Dutton, faces jealousy and openly distrusts Dutton as a blaze at the Arnott mansion tests loyalties. John Dutton risks his life to rescue Spence from the burning house, earning Marion’s eventual realization of true affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Spence
John Dutton
Clara
Hoolan
Marlon
James
Clara Mowbray
Spance
Marton
Ghiet
Anid
Snott
Boence
Arnott
Marion Gfood
Boonce Arnott
Mr. Dutton
Arnott Mansion
Mar
John—Dutton
Spence Arnott
Whisperel
Eeeres Arnott
The Lobster Way of Life on New England Shores
The piece describes lobsters as elusive daytime quarry with a playful cautionary tone. It covers lobster habits in rocky New England waters from spring to fall their diet of clams and mussels and occasional large specimens. It narrates moonlit rockbound lobster hunts using traps nets and a boiling pit with an elder fisherman guiding a pupil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Graphic
New England
New Jersey
New
England
Balem
Mass
Bing
Poppy Culture Suggested for Bank Erosion Control
The Manufacturers Record urges opium poppy cultivation in the South as a self perpetuating cover. It cites French engineers sowing poppy seeds on railroad embankments and notes the plant's root network prevents soil washing and frost upheaval. Proponents say poppies could offer athletic advantages over wood and thistle banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Rail creep on a Canadian Pacific division in a “mus hop” bed
Thomas C. Kolfer cites rail creep on a soft roadbed where a 30 to 35 car train causes the track to move up to twenty six inches. Spikes and an angled plate system are discussed to prevent movement. Also described are the Capitol’s bathrooms with marble tubs and attendants, noted as a lavish facility for lawmakers with prolonged soaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Kolfer
American Society of Civil Engineers
Canadian Pacific
Tygfoot
Western Division
Whyte
Globe-Democrat
A Lifetime's Dietary From Ancient and Modern Views
The piece notes an average life food intake of about 10 ounces daily in early estimates, rising to 120 ounces daily per doctor surveys. It cites Dr Lankester's London data, mentions infant and youth portions, and references ancient uses of the boot as torture by Covenanters around 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lankester
London
Scotland
Making glucose crystallized from starch in sugar factory
The article describes a process to convert starch to glucose using dilute sulphuric acid, with steps including soaking, cracking, separating hulls and germs, drying the gluten and starch, and refining the glucose through filtration and bleaching. It notes that glucose is used for fermentation and brewing, and is sometimes mixed with cane syrup to resemble sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tha
Nothing Up Downstairs in Chicago Club Scene
An incident described by a narrator shows Bobby slipping while descending with coal, the coal rattling as he reaches the Lottoir, and a reply from his father in the parlor that nothing is up though everything is down. The prose also mentions a waiter at a major Chicago club who is the son of a wealthy Dutch family with a former general head of a baronial clan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Chicago
Holland
Robert Burns
Albany
Mary McPhe
Charles Calverly
New York
Ita
Tenth’Battalion
Washington Park
Peter Kenler
McPherson
Abram “Lansing
Robert Collyer
George C. Lorimer
Petar Kentor
Barns
James Eames
Mason Smith
Lea Centre
Onelde County
Becretany
Famento
Newburg
John Fidiearr
Capanville
la Fargeville
Grorce Bucnanan
City Hospital
Aha
Mont
Anoxzo Jacobs
Iqdder
Ithaca
Avious
Buffalo
Frank Ostrander
Georgy
William Farsi
James Mowbray
So'oma
Newbury Weefrank Ostrander
George
West Point
Solomon Gold
Farrine
Arsenic in Bird Preservation and Fashion News Across Town
The piece warns about arsenic in bird preservation affecting birds and people, notes tepid water or milk baths for cleanliness, and includes a humorous aside on a banana skin clearing club. It also surveys fashion and shop life in Paris and London, and the changing size of women as observed by a New York dressmaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bays
Boston Herald
Fashion notes on 19th century women’s waists and parasols
A antiquated fashion column discusses waist measurements for New York women, parasols and umbrellas, handles and materials, hats and coifs, colors for fall, and garments such as cambric and lawn dresses. It notes evolving styles, trims, and accessories with emphasis on period sensibilities.
Life of a Washington Drone in Civil Service empleo
A New York Graphic excerpt describes clerks in Washington as enjoying lenient hours and good pay while living near cheap provisions, with many seeking education in law or medicine. It warns that ambition can lead to bad habits, demoralization, and marriage into moneyed circles, as parents steer daughters away from mercenary suitors.
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Washington
St Louis
Mimmas
New York Graphic
New York State News Highlights Aboard Partridge Shooting and Accidents
Reports from Albany and across Upstate New York recount a legal misfire near Lake Placid when Assistant U.S. District Attorney O Connell wounded guide John Shay. Other items note unauthorized contract charges to the Aqueduct Commission, a statue gift for Albany, lodge elections, pension boosts for veterans, a farmhouse fire with fatalities, and accidents including a Hinsdale child death and a Cayuga musician’s fatal fall.
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Daxion O'Consent
United States District Attorney
New York City
Lake Placid
John Shay
O’connall
Shay
Mr. O'Connell
Tas
Aqueduct Commission
Statue of Warren Unveiled at Gettysburg on Little Round Top
Bronze statue of General Warren unveiled Wednesday atop Little Round Top at Gettysburg. It depicts Warren in full uniform with field glasses in his right hand and sword grip in his left. The statue commemorates his role on July 2, 1863 during the battle and the thwarted enemy movement on Mendel’s left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tun Stitue
Ofr Warren
Gattysburg
Warren
Mende
Attitada
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Philadelphia
Fis
Denver
Col
Boston
Hickman
Canada
Lelonds
Lafayette
Paris
Evans
Klessinger
Handa
Russia
New York Sun
Henesthis Basto
Pittsburgh Steel Casting Company
Target Bill
West Shore
Falltoad
East Blushua—Sarbodhlesry
University College At
Edinburgh
Via
Hapsburg
Aargau
Switzerland
South Australian Register
Ding
Sydney
MS Pasteur
ML Pasteur
Fair
Nevada Bank of San
New York Tribune
Greenland
Coomhagen
National Survey
Rocky Mountains
Missouri
Mississippi Valley
United States
Edward Heron Allen
Epre
Marion Hampton
Booke
Uncle Jamey
John
Anela James
Gen- Teman
Satan
Wael
Kinga City
Farm, Field and Stockman
Honduras
Congressional
Capitol
Philadelphia Telegraph
Renato
Mc Reagan
Morrison
Death
The
Orange Pact Club
St-Paul- Pioneer Press
Orango-Peel
Ramage
Orange Peel Club
Tricson
New York Mail and Express
Mother
Iona
Directoire
Lucifer
NEW York State News
Sroszr
Robert Barns
Mary McPherson
Grand Lodge
Order- of - Good_Templary
Brooklyn
DrLos Lonz
Charmont
Tak
Butomer
William Protmore
Robertsonville
Bronson Robertson
W. D. Frean
Hinsdale
Maud
Robert H. Ropers
Boonville
Joan Lzstiz Voontmes
Mohawk Valley
Fort Hunter
Joserhe Castelline
Buchanan
Olcott
Howard Niles
Normian
Norman
Hudon
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