Salvation Army anti suicide bureau aids New York despondent
Col Hollands New York reveal shows daily work of the Salvation Armys anti suicide bureau aiding jobless workers elevator pilots and foremen. helps a baker, a 65 year old business man and others avoid self destruction by offering shelter work and guidance. General Booth notes causes and urges practical prevention through friendship and support.
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Cherry Tree
Spring Valley
Salvation Army
William Booth
London
New York
Fasces to mace to China warding halls and frontier forts
The article links the Roman fasces and English mace as symbols of authority in government. It describes the US House of Representatives mace, its history from the Roman to English to American use, and its ceremonial power to restore order. It then contrasts Chia-yu-Kuan frontier fort near Cathay with its mud brick walls, limited garrison, and improvised defense along the parapet.
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House of Representatives
Washington
St. Nicholas
Britain
House of Commons
United States
Chia-yu-Kuan
Cathay
China
Lahore
Got Rich Gold Mining
George Wingfield, once an 18 year old in Goldfield Nevada, located claims but leased them due to lack of funds. The lessees struck rich, making Wingfield a millionaire in time. James R. Davis came to Goldfield with no capital and, among strangers, hides his status as a major mining operator.
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George Wingfield
Goldfield, Nev
Wingfield
James R. Davis
Goldfield
Staten Island Schoolboy Wits on War Front Humor
The New York Herald quotes a Staten Island schoolboy’s grim war humor about foes in front and wives behind, noting the line as a bold, edgy epic truism.
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Staten Island
New York Herald
Death Valley Bloom Describes Spring Desert Flower Show
In descriptive prose the author portrays Death Valley in spring as a stunning contrast to its summer heat. Cacti bursts of color transform the desert into a turquoise cathedral with emerald floors and giant Easter lilies, while many species remain unnamed and secrets await future railroad exploration.
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Gehenna
Death Valley
San Francisco Chronicle
California
Hinnom
Persia
Work at Last First Party-Hullo
A brief comic exchange shows one person seeking work and another offering a stiff job. The dialogue captures a humorous push and pull over employment.
Rests in Life’s Melody and Divine Timing
The text cites Ruskin on rest as a natural pause in life’s music. It views forced leisure, illness, and failed plans as divinely timed rests that interrupt our singing. It urges faith that God maintains the tempo and resumes the note after each pause.
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Ruskin
God
Cock Crowers Out of Business
An antiquary notes cock crowers once served wealthy households by crowing the hours. They trained from childhood and sometimes had throat operations to achieve a cocklike crowing voice. The practice is described as extinct, with Lent evenings marked by all night crowing.
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N. O. Times-Democrat
Great Metropolis reveals urban social statistics
In London there are 3,556 blind residents and 2,057 deaf and dumb. The city holds 10,058 soldiers in barracks, 46,646 paupers in workhouses, 10,500 patients in hospitals, 3,300 lunatics in asylums, and nearly 5,000 criminals in prisons.
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London Barracks
Poetry in Machinery Ends in Kansas City Journal
An eastern writer notes there is poetry in machinery and asserts machine made poetry is already a familiar object as observed in the Kansas City Journal.
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Kansas City Journal
Missionaries in India Grow Substantially Over a Decade
The article notes 25,799 missionaries active in India, both foreign and native, a rise from 16,189 ten years earlier, marking about a 60 percent increase in gospel outreach efforts.
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India
Gossiping Wife Complains of G P Patients
A physician's wife laments the graft patient problem as two women try to borrow her child's clothes and nurse, using a shared birth coincidence to justify frequent requests while the doctor gains new patients through their circles.
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G. P
Marjorie
Spitzbergen No Man's Land Mystery Described
An eyewitness sketches Spitzbergen a frost desolated Arctic island 500 miles north of Norway's North Cape within 700 miles of the pole. He describes glaciers and icebergs breaking into the sea and notes it is the only known No Man's Land with no real government, possibly a future protectorate question.
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Spitzbergen
Arctic Island
North Cape
Norway
North Pole
No Man’s Land
No Man's Land
National
Enduring Witness Henry Van Meter Dies at 110 in Bangor
About thirty years ago a Black man named Henry Van Meter died in Bangor at age 110. A court case left him cornered by questions from both sides until the judge gently redirected him. He exclaimed to the judge not to interfere, declaring he could manage the two men himself.
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No. 4
Henry van Meter
Bangor
Virginia
van Meter
Hathaway
Van
Urban Cinderella and the last car ride
A Montreal Herald item recounts a teacher guiding youngsters through the Cinderella tale. When asked why Cinderella must return by midnight the class falls silent until Larry blurts out the answer that she had to catch the last car.
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Cinderella
Larry
Montreal Herald
Churchley and Newitt Clash Over Rev Big Ley's Era
In a Churchley exchange, Rev Mr Big Ley’s leadership is criticized as a failure. Newitt claims Big Ley pursued his own ideas rather than aligning with the congregation.
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Churchley
Mr. Bigley
Newitt
Keep Mum. Women Are All The Same, Life Opinion
An excerpt asserts that women are largely alike in appearance and thought and that loving one woman is akin to loving them all. It frames female individuality as negligible and presents a sweeping generalization about women.
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Bureau
Women’s Department
Bovill
Of Natural Fools Quote by Thomas Fuller
A compact quotation notes that fools vary in head size and wit, with Fuller observing some heads lack room for wit while others are so long there is no wit for so much space.
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Thomas Fuller
A Scout foraging in the Sequatchie Valley 1863
A Civil War veteran recalls a self supplied expedition with John Hawkins Alonzo Jordan and himself to find food near Evans Drowned Out in the Sequatchie valley. They trap a sheep from a cabin, barter with a local woman using Confederate currency and army rations, lose a boat and a passenger, then land a mutton feast for the camp.
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Sequatchie Valley
National Tribune
Sequatchie River
Evans
John D. Evans
Indianapolis
Ind
John Hawkins
Alonzo Jordan
U. S
Hawkins
Madison
Sde
Ways and
Explorer’s Pole Claim Seeks To Save Lives
A historic explorer argues that discovering the north pole would save more lives than any other achievement by reducing risks for future explorers. The Judge notes the ethical aim behind the perilous quest and questions the measure of value in discovery.
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North Pole
Conjurer Quips Hair Count in Royal Magazine
A conjurer boasts to the audience that precisely 50 527 429 hairs sit on the head of anyone who asks. He offers £20 if his count is wrong, highlighting a playful Royal Magazine humor piece.
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Royal Magazine
Coal Ash Sifting Saves Time and Trouble Says Ruggles
In a pointed exchange, Ruggles notes he saves time and avoids unpleasant work by not sifting coal ashes, contrasting with others who sift. The remark highlights practical economy and daily chores.
One Advantage of a Long Night
A Boston Herald note recalls Judge Berry reacting to the topic The Land of the Midnight Sun at a feast before his illness. He muses on six month days and six month nights and the relief such darkness would offer to creditors.
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Berry
Boston Herald
Passing of historic Long Bridge over Potomac
The Long Bridge over the Potomac is being torn down. It witnessed events from 1814 when British forces burned it to halt expeditions, to Union troops crossing in 1861 and Meade and Sherman returning after the Civil War, with retreat across it after Bull Run.
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Long Bridge
Long
Potomac River
Washington
South
Thhe Long Bridge
Army of the Potomac
Meade
Army of the Tennessee
Sherman
Bull Run
Capital
Plow That Grubs Out Trees Demonstrated On Local Farm
A 900 pound grubbing plow attached to a 60 horsepower traction engine cuts a 26 inch wide furrow ten inches deep. It clears seven feet wide as it moves and recently cleared an entire field of stumps on O. L. Rosensteel’s farm near the city. Corpus Christi correspondent, San Antonio Express.
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O. L. Rosensteel
Corpus Christi Correspondence
San Antonio Express
Debt Dispute Recalled From Long-Standing Grudge
A quoted exchange recalls a years old debt dispute where one man demands repayment of ten dollars and the other promises to settle soon, only to disappear for twelve months, leaving the matter unresolved.
Work by Instinct Signals Native Nigerians Transmit Message
Native signalers in a Nigerian region communicate a message in English using flag lamp or heliograph with high accuracy despite lacking knowledge of the language. The study notes strong instinctive signaling and cross language comprehension in African communities.
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Africa
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