Surprise Signal Tests Modernize Western Rail Lines
The Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific and others test railway safety with surprise signal and whistle checks. Open top observation cars planned for the Denver and Rio Grande to showcase scenery. Purdue studies wireless telegraphy to dispatch trains and improve responses on routes in Mexico and beyond.
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Ward Rio Grande
Marsum
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Eres Pacific Railroad
W. A. @percett
Queen and Crescent Railweoms
Denver and Rio Grande Railgegen Company
Sistul Gorge
Grand Canyon
Arkansas
Canyon
Grand River
Black Canyon
Gunnison
Rocky Mountains
Purdue University
Oetlisng
Wea
Eecent
Tree culture in western Kansas becomes real investment
More than 10 000 trees will dot Sherman county as the 1905 addition to thousands already on fields and homes. Western Kansas tree culture has passed the experimental stage and investors now see it as a gilt edged investment adding value to farms and improving beauty and comfort of homes.
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Kansas
Sherman County
Goodland News
Story of Rojestvensky’s bravery told by Russian academy
Dr. M. W. Pickard, a Russian by birth who studied at Odessa, recounts the tale of Admiral Rojestvensky earning the St George cross. The Vesta, commanded with Popoff killed early, faced a Turkish battleship and two smaller vessels. Rojestvensky’s gunnery sunk the Turkish flotilla while Vesta was disabled. The ship later sank near Roumania in 1887, leaving Rojestvensky revered in Russia.
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Rojestvensky
Russia
M. W. Pickard
Kansas City Times
Pickard
Imperial Naval Academy
Odessa
Vesta
Danube
Popoff
Roumanian
Pheodonis
Snake Island
Black Sea
Roumania
Secret bomb making materials found in Saint Petersburg
A St. Petersburg cable to the New York American reports a web of bomb making materials seized by authorities. The gear allegedly arrived from Geneva in packets and was assembled in Saint Petersburg with white metal casings and glass cross pipes containing sulfuric acid and picric acid to produce a deadly flame and explosion.
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St. Petersburg
New York American and Journal
Geneva
Cannibal Altar Found Near Albany Oregon
Archaeologist J G Crawford reports the discovery on a farm five miles southwest of Albany along the Calapooya river of five prehistoric skeletons showing mutilation and a burned clay altar. He believes the remains indicate cannibal sacrifice and heart offerings to a deity.
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Albany
J. G. Crawford
Crawford
Love From a Balloon Ends In Quick Engagement At Deland
Swedish aeronaut M. Frankel ascends a balloon that damages and lands on Deland island in a country house park. A large employer of labor hosts a silver wedding jubilee and forms an instant connection with his eldest daughter, leading to an engagement with the aeronaut.
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M. Frankel
Deland
London Globe
Song of Kangas and Oil Spurs Rally of Supporters
A fragmented poem praises oil wells and mobilizing supporters from many place names and characters. It calls for unity, three cheers, and confidence that oil production will rise, naming figures and regions in a bold rallying tone.
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Frozen Man
Little Branch
Poker Park
Trigger Ranch
John D.’s
Sun
John
Beth 'Hayden Carruth
Harper
Veteran actor Joseph Jefferson and the tank idea
The last illness of Joseph Jefferson spurred anecdotes of his life and humor. His son Charles pushed realism in drama by introducing a tank in Rip. Jefferson resisted, then relented, and later quipped about public demands, while stories of Yale undergraduates and Jefferson walking as preferred exercise add to the portrait of the famed actor.
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Joseph Jefferson
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Jefferson
Charles L. Jefferson
Charles Jefferson
Charles
Rip
Joe Jefferson
New Haven
Conn
Dr. Pangloss
Yale
Gray
Mr. Jefferson
New Haven House
Schneider
New York World
Lawrence Barrett
Boston
Barrett
Alaska Exhibit At Portland Fair To Surpass St Louis Display
Governor John G Brady leads a major Alaska showing for the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland including gold nuggets totems and large mineral displays. The Alaska exhibit will feature an Indian dugout a topographical map and educational displays alongside forestry grazing fishing and agricultural resources.
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Portland
Ore
John G. Brady
District of
Alaska
St. Louis
Plea For the Silk Hat by London Tailor and Cutter
The London tailor argues silk hats are not worn widely. they last longer than felts and, with proper care and ironing, keep a glossy appearance. He says silk hats confer a tone and character unmatched by other headgear, despite cost.
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London
National Health Club Promises Free Education for Working Girls
A west organized National Promotion of Health club receives 10000 acres from an Illinois man for a training institute for dependent women. The plan includes industrial arts and sciences taught free board and tuition. Three hundred applicants are ready, with more expected. Tents will be erected for city working girls.
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West
Promotion of
Illinois
Philadelphia Public Ledger
College Yell At Aberystwyth Draws Laughs Across Pacific
The San Francisco Chronicle notes the University of Wales Aberystwyth adopted a new college yell described as lively yet nonsensical. It chants Fip-pin-hur Abert Hip hip hur Aberystwyth with syncopated calls Yak Yak and risqué syllables.
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University of Wales At Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth
California
Bays
The
San Francisco. Chronicle
Ina College
Free Sample of Steketee's Pin Worm Destroyer
A vintage advertisement explains pin worms cause itching and nervous derangement. It promotes Steketee's Pin Worm Destroyer as a mild laxative remedy, available from GEO G. Steketee of Grand Rapids Michigan or via mail order for 25 cents.
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Steketee
Geo. G. Steketee
Cherry St
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Cot ton exposition in Melbourne shows two Caravonica II varieties
At the Melbourne exposition two new cotton plant varieties are shown. Caravonica II yields linen like cotton valued at 20 cents per pound. A second Caravonica II produces silky cotton valued at 24 cents per pound.
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Melbourne
Australia
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor Hits Milestones
The Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor recently marked its twenty-fifth anniversary with a reported membership of 3,919,600 and 65,327 societies, including 500 new groups.
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Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
It Saved My Life Praise for a Famous Medicine
Mrs. T. C. Willadsen of Manning writes to Mrs. Pinkham praising the medicine, saying it saved her life and that she cannot express gratitude enough. The letter highlights the life changing effect of the remedy and the writer's deep appreciation.
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T. C. Willadsen
Manning, Town
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Aids Relief for Irregular Menstruation
A testimonial from Mrs TC Willadsen describes years of failed treatments before Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound restored regular periods and improved health. The letter claims the remedy alleviates pain weakness and associated womb and reproductive system issues and invites others to write for advice.
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Lydia KE
Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Global trends and odd facts in a 1900s digest
A survey notes Europe leading a movement with reach into China Japan Persia Syria Korea and Armenia. It cites electric rail passenger totals 5 836 000 000 in the U S and Hungary Hungarys editorial duels follow a Hungary newspaper article. It mentions promotions of jiu jitsu for London police and Austro Hungarys 18 000 doctors for 47 million people.
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Europe
China
Japan
Persia
Syria
Korea
Armenia
Germany
Hungary
Pious English View on Russian Poverty Stirs Controversy
A D. B. Dillon column in the Nineteenth Century claims Russian peasants are so poor that even roaches and beetles find no sustenance in their huts. This provocative assessment reflects the era’s sensational European poverty discourse.
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D. BE. J. Dillon
Frenchman with tame bear charged at Stratford
In Stratford a Frenchman and his trained bear faced charges for begging. Chairman Mr Eliot Howard spoke in French, arguing the bear was doing honest work and the man was only collecting money. The case was dismissed.
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Stratford
Eliot Howard
London Chronicle
London Society Women Pets Rave, Pig Penguin Ride
A London society woman is seen with a small white beribboned pig riding beside her in her automobile. Another motorist is noted for always bringing her pet penguin Aristides into shops, where the intelligent bird often carries the handbag. A third enjoys horned toads as tonneau pets.
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Aristides
Tonneau
Viennese Naturalist On Reptiles And Death Timings
A London Globe excerpt reports a Viennese naturalist saying reptiles die mostly between nightfall and midnight, fewer between midnight and morning, and even fewer in daylight. He notes reptiles sense approaching death, seek certain places, and await the end, with underground reptiles surfacing before death.
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London Globe
Haparanda Town Women Promote Public Welfare Reform
In the Swedish town of Haparanda, women organize to help the community during winter illness. They study medical statistics and advocate actions to ease the strain of colds influenza neuralgia and toothache on residents.
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Haparanda
Sweden
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