Youth heir William Ziegler Jr aims for the North Pole
In New York a 14 year old adopted son of William Ziegler inherits a fortune of 30 million dollars and vows to pursue Arctic exploration. He plans college at Columbia, studies polar expeditions, and envisions leading a future bid to reach the north pole. He regards wealth as a means for science and heroism.
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New York
William Ziegler
Noroton, Conn
William Ziegler, Jr
Ziegler
Far
North Seas
North Pole
George Brandt
Chicago
Brandt
Wiegler
Columbia University
George
Browning
Mr. Ziegler
Willie” Ziegler
William Brandt
Arctic
North
Pole
Columbia
The Bad Boy and Dad Visit the Pope in Rome
In Rome the narrator recalls a trip with his Baptist dad to the pope’s audience, where the pope’s blessing changes the elder’s view. They then tour the catacombs, where a petrified morgue scene frightens and amuses the pair, ending with dad craving more thrills before returning to the Coliseum.
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Italy
Dad
Catacombs
Japan’s war medical efficiency cuts disease losses
Maj. Louis L. Seaman outlines how Japan rebuilt military health to equalize 2,000,000 Russian troops with 500,000 Japanese forces. He notes Hiroshima hospital data through August showing disease deaths at a fraction of one percent, predeployment health checks, improved water and camp hygiene, rapid first aid, and the strategic use of medical efforts to turn microbes against enemies.
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Japan
Louis L. Seaman
United States Army
Seaman
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Russia
Hiroshima
A Queer Glowworm From Red Mountain Attracts Attention
Bessemer conductor Gleason of the Louisville and Nashville railroad reports a peculiar worm found on Red mountain. It measures about two and a half inches, has a shell-like back with 11 joints and yellow streaks, and yellow dots along its sides. The lights are bright and steady at night, resembling an electric glow, and the worm is sent to the Smithsonian Institution for examination. It is described as a curiosity and the first of its kind observed by investigators.
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Bessemer
Alann
Gleason
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Red Mountain
Smithsonian Institution
Society Girl Rescues Horses from Fire in Trenton
Miss Emily Roebling daughter of Charles G Roebling saved her father s thoroughbred horses from a burning stable then halted a runaway fire engine. She helped firefighters reconnect a burst hose and assisted in taming the bolting engine horses before returning to her embroidery.
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Trenton
N. J
Emily Roebling
Charles G. Roebling
Miss Roebling
Saws Immune from Consumption
Moses, a hygienic law giver, linked Jewish immunity to consumption to house living and washing rituals. The piece argues diseases spread in houses, notes Indians once mobile and now affected as they adopt housing, and urges proper house living to prevent tuberculosis.
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Moses
Misunderstanding over teacher question sparks pupil’s mother ire
In South San Francisco a primary school principal recalls a claim by an Irish mother that a teacher insulted her child by asking how many carrots are in a bushel. The teacher could not recall asking such a question, and the mother’s anger cooled as the classroom inquiry began.
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San Francisco
Emerald Isle
Wife riffs on husbands corking uncorking humor
Mrs. Gayman wittily notes that a husband’s corking good time equates to an uncorking good time, a playful quip echoed by the Chicago Tribune.
Music class question on beats in a measure
The quoted prompt shows a teacher asking students how many beats constitute a measure during a lesson on music fundamentals. It reflects a simple pedagogical moment and invites recall of basic music time signatures.
Prussian Cities Gift Crown Prince Couple Silver Table Service
A joint wedding gift from 100 Prussian cities to Crown Prince Frederick William and Duchess Cecilia will total about one cent per resident. The silver table service for 50 guests is valued at $126,060.
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Prussia
Frederick William
Cecilia
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