Longevity Club Studies Century Life Claims
A New York press summary notes a Hundred Year Club formed by about 100 professionals and scientists seeking to prolong life toward 100. Members include Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Dr. H W Wiley among others, and they study diets and natural strength as factors, comparing Ireland Germany Serbia and China. They stress no strict rules, openness, and aims to benefit community longevity rather than mere exhibits.
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New York
Pro
Ella Wheeler Wilogx
Theodore Sutro
Carleton Simmons
H. W. Wiley
G. W. Smith
Albert Turner
Mary Banke Stacey
John da Witt ‘Warner
John R. Hayes
United States Pension Bureau
Washington
P. Vollum
United States Army
Club
Ireland
Germany
Servia
Simmons
China
Lucky Pupils Escape Philadelphia Public School Math Change
Philadelphia schools have abolished partial payments and compound interest in tuition as a reform. The city’s head agrees that few students will need these problems in life, noting many pupils previously faced slate work and anxious figures. The city’s stance is praised by the Baltimore News.
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Philadelphia
Quaker City
Baltimore News
Navy expansion for Greater Germany up to new credits
The German navy builds fifteen battleships and first deservisers in private and government yards at Kiel Dantzig Wilhelmshaven with ships under construction at Kiel Wiking and Siegfried units. Cost exceeds 65 million dollars as Berlin eyes further parliamentary credits beyond last year’s estimates.
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Greater
Germany
Hilel
Dantzig
Wilhelmshaven
Rhis
Numeroos
Kiel
Wiking
Windmill Power for Dynamos Idea
A new wind based electricity concept uses windmills to pump water into a high reservoir. Water drives a turbine connected to a dynamo, aiming for a continuous power supply despite wind variability.
Royal Depot and Private Railway Station Description
Fragmentary OCR describes Victoria's depot and a private railway station at Gosport connected to a pontoon. Mentions the royal family and embarkation for Peborne with a semicircular platform amid unclear context and garbled phrasing.
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Victoria
Quatn
Milt
Gosport
Peborne
Saral Abita
Rayally
Tae
Germany Buys Island Nation Amid Pacific Scramble
A fragmented report notes Germany acquiring the Carovne Yslanda from Spain and references a curious petition to Congress from Kusale leaders claiming forty-seven years of contact with Americans. The piece relays a Harpers Weekly description of the Curiae group with its islands and rivers, and a mythic tale of island formation from soil and a basket.
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Germany
Spain
America
Kusale
Congress
Bo H
Wola
Tve
Bad
Tly
Harp T'S
Bhp
Thede Whidren
Paele
Ashe
Placer Mine on Wall Street Falls Gold to Roof
A fanciful report claims a placer mine atop government offices in Wall Street yields gold yearly. The gold supposedly rains from chimney smoke and settles on the roof, later swept into the Ray office gutters. Guards deter intruders as bankers dream of tapping Uncle Sam’s roof treasure.
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Wall Street
Wilbo
New York Mail and Express
As- Ray
Uncle Sam
Age of Big Trees in California Records
Prof C B Beasy reports in Science that he counted 1147 growth rings from the stump to the center of a large California tree used as floor by a dancing pavilion. The tree was about 24 to 25 feet in diameter and over 800 feet tall, dating its growth to 1147 years, with doubt that any existing tree approaches 2000 years.
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California
C. B. Bessy
Beasy
Weather Yorecagia Inn Cup Forecast Rumor
A plan claims to predict weather from coffee bubbles. Readings vary with bubble movement. Rapid ascent means heavy rain soon. slow clustering means possible showers. centric bubbles promise sunny weather and no umbrella.
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Walla
Dissolution Experiments on Buried Animal Bodies
Seymour Haden reports twelve years of burial experiments on animals to test how bodies dissolve underground. He describes varying depths and times for complete dissolution, noting the soil and air remain unharmed and that bones disappear or remain buried at different depths over years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Haden
Bodize
Bouirs
Birds Fleeing Storms Show Tactics Against Hurricanes
Observations describe how seabirds such as gulls petrels and terns respond to approaching storms. They seek shelter and employ rising and diving flight patterns to ride wind currents and gradually maneuver away from the storm center.
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Storth
Heavenwart
Baltimore Crooks Hit Jewelers as City Seethes
The Baltimore American reports a spree of jewelry store robberies and house thefts in Baltimore, culminating in a daylight attack on a North Street jeweler who was bound and robbed of nearly all his stock. Police urged intensified patrols and resident vigilance, noting Sundays as high risk while families attend church.
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Baltimore
High Water in Calcutta Floods City During Downpour
The New York Press reports Calcutta faced extreme flooding after a long dry spell. Water reached about twenty inches in streets, with pedestrians wading, boats and wagons navigating. Traffic rules were suspended amid chaotic conditions and natives fished in flooded thoroughfares. One clerk was struck in the eye by a jumping fish while wading to work.
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Calcutta
India
New York Press
What Surprised the Chinaman in Amoy Market
A well-to-do Amoy merchant, asked about a Maxim gun firing 400 shots a minute, nods politely then fans himself. The fan collapses and he and others wonder aloud if all soldiers can read, a moment of cultural misapprehension captured in a terse anecdote.
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Amoy
Growth of Prosperity Seen on Havana Matanza Rail Line
The United Railways line between Havana and Matanza shows rapid growth with many new canefields planted along the route and significant construction. Reported evidence includes widespread development, ongoing project activity, and optimistic outlook for regional prosperity.
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United Railways
Havana
Matanvad
Bert Meee
Bassengerg
Havang
Cuba
The Deadly Mushroom Poison Phallin Described
A historic notice explains phallin as the dangerous poison in the death cup mushroom. It compares mushroom poisoning to snake bites and diseases like diphtheria, notes about 25 US deaths yearly from mistaking mushrooms, and warns that spores and handling can cause illness.
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Shebnat
United States
Butter by the Yard Rumors from Cambridge University Town
In Cambridge shire dairy fairs butter is sold by the yard 1 yard equals 1 pound wrapped in white cloth carried in narrow baskets. Butter women in linen dispense precise cuts without scales, university students and locals purchase yard butter for breakfast with bread each morning.
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England
Tivent University
Cambridge
Eng
Cambridgeshire
University
Cambridge “Yard
King of Wanning Inland Marries in Californias Shores
The King of Fanning Island is Mr. George B. Greig, a Scotch native long connected with Fanning and Washington islands, who has brought home bride Florence Edith Armstrong. She has lived in Fiji and Apia, educated to British standards, with the couple’s life hinting at island aristocracy and copra wealth.
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Fanning Island
South Seas
George B. Greig
Florence Edith Armstrong
Greig
Fanning
Washington Islands
Myre Graig
Apia
Ramoa
Fiji
Cremation Rising In Pacific Public Favor
The Cremation Society of England shows cremation gaining support as the preferred method to dispose of the dead. In its first three years it cremated twenty six persons, not reaching 100 per year until 1892. By 1898 and 1899 cremations reached about 240 annually, and by February this year had reached fifty nine. Notable recent cremations include Hon. Meaenergh and the Duke of Watritnote.
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Pacific
Cremation Society of England
Ecolety
Allen
Duke of
Corset Shifts Spark Fashion Revolution in Early 1900s
A blotched column reviews a corset display highlighting a move from curvy to straight silhouettes. Exhibits compare old and new patterns, noting women now smile after meals and display less figure emphasis. Observations contrast American and French fashion attitudes toward health and shape.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Paris
Value of Telephone Number In Business Identity
A New York Mail and Express quote explains how a firm's telephone number builds goodwill. Businesses moving away from their exchange keep their old number to preserve customer loyalty, sometimes paying mileage to maintain the familiar Cordland or Broad Street dial tone. The practice reflects the perceived monetary value of a telephone address in urban commerce.
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Hell Telephone Company
New York Mail and Express
Cortland
Broail
Sea Captain Faith and Fury in a Storm
A Philadelphia Record excerpt recalls a sea captain known for reading the Bible in calm seas and cursing in storms. The sailor would kneel with a cushioned chair under an awning, then rage and cry out to the sky as the weather worsened, praying only when life was easy.
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John de Var
Philadelphia
Record
Crusade Against Hunters Roams Chadron Prairies
A renewed campaign condemns hunters who raid the Chadron prairies for grouse prairie chickens and doves. It claims yearly invasions by guns and dogs driven birds to vanish, with meadow larks and song birds dwindling and grasshoppers rising as birds decline.
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Chadron
Towa Corn Supply and regional production figures
In the past twelve years Towa has fed livestock states in corn production. Towa held 1,814,611 acres for corn while Kangas, Nebraska, and Vetons harvested large bushels totals near 242,260,000 and 237,621,000 respectively. Haoeee slightly trails with 78,600.
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Towa
Towa Hos
Kangas
Nebraska
Vetons
Pam
London Traders Ready Umbrella Tent For Native Chief
A London syndicate of Gold Coast traders orders a giant parasol tent for a chief, with red white and blue silk fabric and a British lion cap. Costs run high with tall umbrellas priced at 235 pounds and smaller ones at 20 pounds. The tent will be used in public performances and is described as a vivid, elaborate canopy on poles, with fringe and a regal staff.
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Uae
London
Gold Coast
London Express
James Smith & Sons
Oxford Street
Borgeous
World Famous Bon Marche Founder Aided Workers
The Bon Marche in Paris, life work of Mme Boucicault, is outlined as a pioneering emporium. She shared profits with shop staff, funded homes of rest, holiday homes, a hospital, and an annuity fund. Upon death, she distributed her fortune among workers, based on service time, reflecting progressive employer employee relations.
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Paris
Mme, Boucicant
Mme
Boucicault
Mme. Baueleault
Splitoonkeeper Clinges Miles Gains Weight In Bizarre Fly Chase
Gibbsboro, N. J. resident Big John Gress, aka Sploonkeeper Clinges Miles, is described by the Philadelphia Record as morbidly obese. He keeps a home bar and, during lulls in business, chases a footlong padding fly across the room to burn fat, hoping to shed weight. His wife warns of the danger, noting his growing bulk and odd habit. He now aims to lose eight pounds or two per chase, sometimes catching half a dozen flies in a day.
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Miles
John Gress
Gibbsboro
N. J
Philadelphia Record
John
Tiny Planet Bros Discovered Near Earth by Harvard Astronomer
The Harvard Observatory’s In charge announces four photographs of the newly found planet Bros a tiny nine mile diameter orb thought to be the nearest minor planet to Earth and sun. In 1894 it stood 15,000,000 miles away and this month will approach within 8,000,000 miles.
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Harvard Observatory
Atequipa
Pary
Ong
Réggon
Itig
Relative Rail Networks in Spain and France
Fragmented OCR text compares rail lengths and populations in Spain and France. Not enough clear data to extract a solid, factual summary with named entities or dates.
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