Native African Print Shop Shows Central Africa Progress
Catholic fathers run a printing and schooling station on Lake Tanganyika’s west shore. Mpala natives learned brick making, iron work, farming, and printing, producing a small geography book in their language. Father G Van Acker supervised typesetting and binding, marking a notable early effort by Black printers.
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Lake Tanganyika
Mpaia
Central Africa
Europe
G. van Acker
Frisky Wolverines Roam Near Long Lake In Michigan
Grand Rapids Herald reports frisky wolverines in northern Michigan near Long Lake. Indians and trappers say animals enter cabins and destroy or steal goods. Pigs and small animals are killed and locals fear going out after dark. Residents question if calling locals Wolverines is flattering.
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Longlake
Grand Rapids
Mich
Carvajon
Mr. Seton- Thompson
Wolverine
Michigan
Theory Connects Cruelty to Murder Rates in Nations
An ingenious statistician links murder frequency per million to animal cruelty levels across countries. He cites England and Ireland with six killers, Germany 13, Belgium 14, France 16, Austria 24, Hungary 67, Spain eight, and Italy 95, noting climate also influences outcomes. He is a German member of the Berlin Society for the Protection of Animals. A Mexico steel frame house, first of its kind built in the United States, rises in the City of Mexico under Diaz. A wideawake American erects Jordan steam pumps supplying churches across Europe with Jordan water.
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Wing Humbert
Italy
England
Ireland
Germany
Belgium
France
Austria
Hungary
Spain
Great Britain
Berlin Society For the Protection of Animals
Mexico
United States
Nea del Monte
Diaz
Food facts and production across nations and diets
A compilation notes oyster production in France reaching 100 million annually with sales at ten dollars per thousand. It compares production efficiency among crops, average British and American food consumption, grain per capita, and dairy outputs. It also touches on potato and cucumber nutrition, Parisian and London eating patterns, Irish gout prevalence, and the longevity linked to a morning breakfast habit.
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France
United States
England
London
Ireland
A Bundle of Splinters and Obscure City Notes
The piece mentions the Dakota river as the world’s longest non navigable stream over 1000 miles, fuel use for locomotives, marriages among widows, a costly hotel planned in Houston rivaling New York’s Waldorf Astoria, silk substitutes like paper dress material, and Chicago building values. It notes 1900 Chicago construction at 20 million and forecasts 50 million in the current year amid labor troubles.
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Dakota River
Hoston
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Chicago
Eat Cone
A Few Don’ts for Women Says Chicago Journal
A Chicago Journal piece lists cautions for women on dress and appearance. It warns against sacrificing fitness for fashion, wearing improper undergarments, and neglecting tidy hands and feet, stressing balance between attire and personal upkeep.
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Chicago Journal
Newspapery Quips Reflected in Classic Quotes
A collection of old quips from Chicago Chronicle Indianapolis News Atchison Globe Warning ton Democrat and Chicago Daily News. The lines poke at judgment work ethics eloquence and sorrow with a humorous historical tone. Each quote hints at social norms and human foibles across the press.
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Chicago Chronicle
Indianapolis News
Atchison Globe
Warnington
Chicago Daily News
Laughable Bits and Bright Quips From Old Papers
A collage of humorous exchanges and wry witticisms drawn from early 20th century papers. Gossipy snippets include a tale of business misadventure ending in failure after water supply buyout, a quip about linseed oil and water not mixing, a quip about a broken watch, and brisk one liners on marriage, hats, and memory. Names and places frame the jokes in a brisk, period tone.
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J. Hansen
Lincoln Street
Orleans Hotel
Geo Galagher
Ayers
Esthervile Roller
Estherville
Rygg
Chas
Postofice
West
Lincoln St
A. O. Peterson
Estherville, Iowa
E. E. Johnston
Bingham & Johnston
Firth and
Lincoln
E. Schank
Old Palace
Howard
Dray
Robins & Julson
Lake Tangany la
Frisky
Cheboygan
Midiana
Jordan
Queer Records
D. Lee
Joe Brooklyn
Paterson
N. J
OT City
Pie
Fred A. Connor
Jocko
J. Finney
Manchester
Homer W. Crawford
New Lisbon
C. Golding
Spudlong
Chicago Tribune
Foreman
Quarry Gang
Ethel
Charles
Mabel Hicks
Smartley
Bluegore
Hartley
Philadelphia Press
Mrs. Galloupe
Mr. Gibble
Gibble
Brooklyn
Aittle
Mr. Meekton
Washington Star
Alow
Mammoth
Frank
Bobby
Papa
Inter Ocean
Coal Truat
Pat
Yonkers
Statesman
Lewis
J. 8. Lewis CO
Beston, Mass
John Malyerson
Howard Graves
ED Pondrol
Presi
James Espeset
State Bank Incorporated
Jno
M. Barker
I. Sondrol
A. D. Root
A. ¥. Lough
W. 8. Jones
P McHeick
Herrick
W. W. Davis
Popi
NEW York Week
TRIBU
LAR Publicatio
People’s
the Tribune
Agricultural
T'S
Lucementa
North American Review
Harpe
New York City
Harper's Bazar
Harper's Weekly
Century Magazine
St. Nicholas Biswasiar
Cit McClure
Frank Sweal
Uetens
New Erect City
York
Persews
Clty Soribner's
Apart
Citerican Aculturiat
New Yorker
Ano Postan Magasine
Irvington
Jountry Gentleman
My Reform Journal
Philancinna
Pew
Lippincott
Eax Hiladelphi Bermona Company
Tient Fon
Masa
Rin Mand
Spvingiiela
New Vhalend
Imgiei Sbi
Orange Judd
Chi
Indiaanapolia
Ean
Ohio
Farm News
Springfield
Ermer
St. Paul
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