Olive oil in the United States and its adulteration
The piece surveys olive oil imports led by France and Italy, noting widespread adulteration with cottonseed oil and the domestic bottling under foreign labels. It explains refining processes, quality variances, medical uses, and the economics of price, duty, and consumer acceptance, with quotes from a New York importer.
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United States
Peteral
France
Italy
Lucca
Tuscan
Frence
Franco
Connoliscurg
América
New York
California
Self-Baking Sect and the Rogeany Religita Tragedy
A bizarre sect named Hopoway in a Russian frontier area advocates liberty and personal power, rejects passports and identity documents, and abolishes conscription. Members embrace self-sacrifice sometimes by cremation, building a large oven for public death ceremonies. four families reportedly perished in a single day as others mourned and prayed.
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Rogeany
Sime
Peking
Ternowo
Tirazpol
Russia
Impressions of South Africa from a Springfield correspondent
A Springfield Republican correspondent visits South Africa and reports poverty, scarce cereals and vegetables, and limited architecture. He notes a barren landscape, long plateaus, and a single good street in Cape Town with many wooden villages and corrugated iron roofs. He also observes high tariffs in Cape Colony and describes the country as largely poor except for a few rich dinners.
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Springfield Republican
South Alled
Madeira
Cage Town
Cape Colony
Cape Town
South Africa
Driftwood Beaches Reach Across Alaska to Asia and Gold Sands
Travelers note vast driftwood deposits along the coast between Yakatag and Kyak Islands, formed by tides and currents. Logs come from Japan, China, India, California, and Washington, with trees up to 160 feet long and eight feet in diameter. Some timbers buried back from shore show bark loss and coral-like hardness, while ruby sands beneath hold rich gold particles yet to be mined.
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Alaska
Yakatag
Kyak Islands
Seattle
Pacific Gulf
Japan
China
India
Asia
California
Washington
Bride Ear Boxing A Lithuanian Wedding Custom
The article describes a Lithu anian Russian province custom where the bride’s ears are boxed by her mother before the ceremony. It claims the practice serves to prevent a hasty unhappy marriage by providing evidence the bride was pressured into wedlock, aiding a future divorce claim.
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Lithusnia
Russia
Lithuania
Memory Miracles and Gas Leaks in a Comic Row
A wife’s memo to mail a note leads to a forgotten gas leak plea. The tale pairs a Detroit Free Press humor excerpt with a Virginia evangelist parable about a hard to reach man and a Boston wife’s joke on judgment. The two pieces mix memory, irony, and a punchline about life and marriage.
Bring Deep Ocean Voyage Quotation Sparks Seasick Thought
A globe trotter notes one advantage of sea travel, saying a man can drink as much as he pleases daily and others will credit him with seasickness. His companion asks why, prompting the traveler to explain that it justifies overindulgence at sea.
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Virginia
Boston
Bos
Globe Trotter
Msn
Longevity debates and the value of longer life
The London Spectator reviews Dr Metchnikoff and cites Sir Thomas Browne on aging. It argues life extension should reduce toil and misery, not merely extend years. A future medical breakthrough could rejuvenate stomach and liver, making old age less burdensome. without such advances longevity may be undesirable.
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The
London Spectator
Metchnikoff
Thomas Browne
Printing Without Ink Gains Favor in England
A new electric printing method uses damp paper with chemical additives in the pulp. It yields prints resembling copperplate or litho engravings, without ink on the surface. Existing presses can be adapted with minor changes to run this process, reducing ink costs.
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England
Wee
Legend of Sable Island and Ghost of Lady Copeland
Ainslees story recounts the Amalia wreck and a grim legend of Sable Island. Captain Torrens, survivor of a second disaster, saw a white cloaked woman with a bleeding ring finger and later tracked a pirate family to Labrador. The ring ended up in a Halifax shop and returned to Lady Copeland, supposedly stopping the haunt. Also includes an ad for Dr King s New Life Pills and Lunpher hats.
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Bable
Amalia
Gustav Hobbe
Ainslee
Torrens
Sable Island
Amelia
Lady Copeland
Torrena
Capt. Torrens
Labrador
Halifax
Copeland
Reduced round trip rates to Hot Springs Arkansas
Reduced round trip rates are in effect to the Hot Springs resort in Arkansas. The destination is endorsed by the United States Government for the cure of many ailments. The area features a wintry climate and about 200 hotels and boarding houses. Inquiries go to nearest ticket agent or to Mr. John G. Farmer A.G.P.A. Cedar Rapids, with the Bureau of Information in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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Hot Springs
Arkansas
United States
John G. Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Information
Home seeker excursions and land prospect ads sweep Midwest
Advertisement notes round trip rail fares to many Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota towns plus other states at a single fare plus two dollars. Details invite inquiries to B C R N agents and J G Farmer Cedar Rapids with notes on new Worthington to Hardwick Minnesota line and Mapleill Luzon Armstrong Estheaville routes. Urges low cost land buys in Red River Valley Minnesota and western Dakota with liberal farm loans and agent-led tours.
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Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Shell Bock
Abbott Crossing
Waverly
MO. G. Forrmer
T. A
Cedar Rapids
Worthington
Hardwick
Minn
Wilmout
Thos
H. Brown
Sioux Alls
S. Dak
Mapleill
Luzon
Armatrong
Estheaville
John Dows
Armstrong Ta
J. G. Farmer
Dakota
Red River
Emmet
Rediver
Minnegota
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Attor- Woyant Law
Feamet County
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Ritberville
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Lincoln Street
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Smith
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Andy Hingfeld
Dr. King
Walliams
Anderson’s
J. Newton Hathaway
Hathaway
Mathaway
Dr. Hathaway
Eneracpey and
Bestdeuge
St. Paul, Minn
Bocotere
Dg. Hansen
John O. Rygg
Corner Hardware
Geo. Galagher
Ellsworth College
Iowa Falls Lone
J.D. Stout
Sala
A. O. Peterson
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Norther Railway
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Fusteuen &Co
Estherville, Iowa
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