Remarkable Experiments on 22000 Public School Children
The United States Bureau of Education completed a multi year study of over twenty two thousand school boys and girls white and colored examining parentage surroundings nationality stature weight head shape and health. Data collected by teachers used precision instruments to measure senses pain response breathing and blood flow. Findings include broad headed children tending to higher intelligence and variability among groups with differences by race and social class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Education
Washington
Arthur MacDonald
Bureau
MacDonald
Appendix and the Useless Vermiform Appendix History and Speculation
A discussion of appendicitis and the vermiform appendix covers its function and imagined uselessness. It notes seeds and bacteria as factors, mentions a future schooner launch, and compares vessel lengths and costs in nautical terms.
Anthropologist Studies Child Size and Mental Capacity Links
An anthropologist argues brain proximity governs defect significance and explores links between height, weight, and intellect. He finds bright children taller and heavier, laboring-class children smaller, and mixed nationalities in parents may hinder mental development. He describes measuring blood flow to the brain and muscular activity with devices, noting concentration reduces respiration and blood flow.
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MacDonald
Six Masted Schooner Names Mast After Jiggermast
Builders at Camden Maine decide to name the new sixth mast the after-Jiggermast after long discussion. H M Bean in charge sought a fitting label as sailors urged a proper title for the extra mast.
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Mr. Bean
Camden
H. M. Bean
New England Art and Rural Taste in Bad Morals Debate
In a May Atlantic excerpt, Rol lin Lynde Hartt laments lack of good art in villages and condemns taw dry portraits and pretentious pieces. He mocks Bodenhausen Madonna on glass and notes pervasive musical activity but poor taste and isolation in rural culture.
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Rollin Lynde Hartt
Alderney
Bodenhausen
Jim Asa
M. Charles Blanc
Raphael
China
Hezekiah
Dwight
Mountain meal halts Scottish teaching ambitions
A Scots joke on a parish schoolmaster candidate who mishears Horace during a translation exam. The examiner quips that after such a "dinner" he should seek a wider sphere, sparking humor about literary qualifications and local schooling.
No Burglars About in West of Ireland Note
A traveler recalls staying in a small Irish hotel where boots left outside his door were not cleaned by the maid. He complains to the landlord, who retorts that even a watch and chain might have been left, humorously asserting the honesty of the people and noting he would not touch valuables.
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Ireland
Aes
Bulldog Heroic Rescue Ends Tiger Manhunt in Jalna
In Jalna, Capt. R G Burton and native helpers chase a man eating tiger after it mauls a servant. The bull terrier aids tracking and fights the beast, sustaining wounds but surviving. Burton shoots the tiger through the brain, sparing the dog, who becomes priceless to him.
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India
Jalna
R. G. Burton
Siesta
Burton
Capt. Burton
Iceland Maintains One Policeman For A Nation
A Green Bag note explains Iceland’s unusual police setup with a single officer kept for tradition. The lone officer is described as six feet tall, broad-shouldered, and well uniformed, serving more as ornament than necessity in a law abiding Viking-descended country.
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Iceland
Rainy Season Recalled by City Men in Tribune Snippet
In a Chicago Tribune fragment, two men discuss an unusually rainy season under a friendly awning. One speaks gloomily about the weather, while another with a cinnamon beard recalls 1869 before they fled.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Superior on Two Counts Hawks Fishing and Golf Joke
The Chicago Record notes a quip where Hawkins says fishing rests more and lacks dialect, while contrasting it with golf. The exchange highlights a lighthearted take on sports and speech.
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Chicago Record
Hawkins
Call Night at Four Inns of Court Promises Bar Admission
Hilary term call night at the four Inns of Court marks students with enough terms and exam satisfaction to be called to the bar. Newblers dine in formal dress, are ushered to benchers, receive wine, and hear a treasurer’s speech before toasts to the treasurer and bench.
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Inns of Court
London Mall
Walter
Diminutive Letter Sent Through US Mails Shocks Reader
A tiny handwritten letter from Minden Nebraska to Miss Grace Miley of Anderson Indiana amazed readers. The envelope matched a two cent stamp in size and was mailed in a little homemade box. The note inside contained over 400 words spread on both sides, readable only with a magnifying glass.
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United States
Grace Miley
Anderson
Ind
Minden
Neb
Miley
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
The Piano and Its Harms Reported by British Journal
An article attributes wide ranging harms to piano playing, claiming it fuels quarrels, ruins enterprises, unsettles intellectual work, and even incites crime. It cites Dr Waterhoch arguing girls should not begin hammering keys before age 15 or 16 and only those with talent and strong health should pursue practice.
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Waterhoch
British Medical Journal
Four year old Marian Keeps Gas Burnin in Sunday Lesson
Marian a Mount Vernon child in Sunday school surprised her class by recalling the verse Let your light so shine then quipping Keep your gas burnin as the golden text. The moment caused a ripple of laughter and a pause that brought the lesson back to seriousness.
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Marian
Mount Vernon
Methodist
Patents Issued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
A list of patents granted to Northwestern inventors includes Thomas I. Flynn of St. Cloud Minn for a cartridge loading machine Patrick Henretty of Belgrade Minn for a water wheel Cunningham N McLaughlin of Winona Minn for a honey box machine Charles P Goetzinger of Duluth Minn for a rail joint George W Sheets of Bixby SD for a key ring Foley Bros & Kelly Mercantile Co of St Paul Minn for a trademark Merwin Lothrop & Johnson Patent Attorneys located at 010 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul were the patent attorneys listed with the notice.
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Northwestern
Thomas I. Flynn
St. Cloud
Minn
Patrick Henretty
Belgrade
Cunningham N. McLaughlin
Winona
Charles P. Goetzinger
Duluth
George W. Sheets
Bixby
Foley Bros. & Kelly Mercantile Company
St. Paul
Trademark
Merwin
Ticket to baseball game slips in grim farewell
A Chicago Record quip hints at a bereaved traveler asking to leave a train after noon, jokingly offering a baseball game ticket as a final gesture. The line mixes humor with a somber moment, reflecting old newspaper voice and regional tone.
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Chicago
Ladies Can Wear Shoes One Size Smaller with Allen's Foot Base
A foot powder claims to ease tight new shoes and cure swollen hot sweating aching feet and ingrown nails corns and bunions. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Free trial tubes by mail from Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Thisband Plans Move to New Club Tonight
A brief, witty exchange records plans to transfer membership to another club after a last day, underscored by a joking resignation from a husband about eventual absence and a wife’s amused reply.
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Puck
Be Beautiful Clear Complexion Ad
An advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a path to a clear soft velvety skin with druggists carrying 10c 25c and 50c sizes.
Fits Permanently Cured by Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer
An ad style note claims steady relief after first day of use with a free trial offer from Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer. Included are testimonials and references to the product’s benefits. Independent lines reference other health cures and household remedies.
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United States
J. c. Ayer
Lowell
Mass
Dr. Kline
R. H. Kuma, Ltd
Philadelphia
Saved by Mrs Pinkham Letter Praises Remedy
A reader thanks Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for saving her life. She suffered leucorrhea inflammation of the womb and ovaries, endured pain and bedridden illness, and credits the remedy with restoring her health, strength and mobility. She urges others to seek help.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Cot
E. P
Bicwarpsom
Renecanpes, Wis
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