Reforming calendars and copper futures shape 1900 outlook
The piece surveys global reform trends from military mobility to the coming iron and copper era. It notes America’s coal rank, humane punishment ideas, shifting liquor versus coffee use, copper’s rise, and large infrastructure plans including a New York tunnel and a Panama canal. It also covers a Western clergy lecture on ethics for schoolchildren using a stereopticon, tested in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
Isthmus
New York City
San Francisco
Alps
Europe
United States
Fairchild
Boston
Hall
Clark University
Baldwin
Princeton
Profoseqe Braall
Chicago University
Roan
Leland _Branford University
The Fool of a King and the World’s Laughing Gate
A San Francisco Examiner poem reflects on the enduring nature of fools and humor. It notes how court jesters once drew laughter from kings and courtiers, yet underlying loss and mortality persist. The piece contrasts past gaiety with modern irony as spectators mask pain behind wit.
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Uon
Two Orphan Twins Find Work At Mrs Medlaw Store
Eda and Ella Carr, two twin sisters, arrive at Aunt Medlaw's home seeking aid and end up reopening a shuttered thread and needle shop nearby. They prove adaptable, selling wares, sewing shirts, and catching the eye of Oswald Grey and Mrs Martigny who offer new opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Medlaw
Polly
Eda
Ella
Aunt Medlaw
Cilla
Oswald
Oswald Grey
Mrs. Martigny
Mrs
Ned
Elis
Lessyer
Lessner
Theo
Ela
Mr. Lessner
Tre
Odd Surgical Tale and Miss Lessner Shirts
A surgeon recalls an odd case at a convention where a young educated man injured by a fight refused nose reconstruction, later identified as a wanted embezzler aboard a ship to the Argentine Republic. Also described are Ella Med Law and Eda awaiting a store sale and marriage, plus a new mountain gun shell for Philippine service and rapid-fire artillery comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Argentine Republic
Philippine Airvice
United States
Philippines
England
South Africa
France
New Orleans
Wisdom Fragments and Scientific Snippets
A mosaic of maxims from authors like Bailey Disraeli and Johnson blends with scientific notes from Orion star plates and micro organisms in salt preserves. The piece includes a Kansas girl’s humorous essay about Italy beyond the Alps and marriage ambitions, ending with a humorous homely vow.
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A. Pettersen
Upsala
Sweden
Kansas City
Kansas Town
Alps
Italy
Missouri
Dorgs
Mistake Over Tree Notice Leads to Damages Claim
Richmond Indiana paid 2000 to destroy a dangerous shade tree after a misissued police notice. The wrong property owner cut two trees under protest and now seeks substantial damages if the city pays 4000, with bondholders potentially contributing.
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Richmond
Ind
Indianapolis Press
Only Heart Wounds Fatal
A London Globe report cites a surgeon arguing that heart injuries remain the only truly fatal battlefield threat in the South Africa campaign. Brain wounds are less often fatal due to small projectiles and modern surgery, prompting a proposal for a steel plate protecting the chest.
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South Africa
London Globe
The Census Who Writes the Ads
A Denver Evening Post column praises the creative ad writer who fuels business with bold typography and clever copy. It extols the ad man’s skill in selling bargains, guiding readers past sensational crime news to focus on stylish displays and profitable messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mags
Denver Evening Post
Jokes and quips cross the pages of modern papers
A collage of comic lines and quips from Harper's Bazar Puck Chicago Record Life and other papers satirizes weddings, education, attire and advertising. It notes newspapers rely on paid advertising space as essential revenue and warns against giving it away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bazar
Willy
Captain Cannister
Puck
Babe
Chicago
Chicago News
Rickets
Larkin
Harper’s Bazar
Penelope
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
Dime Museum
Clinton
Baby Growth Through the First Year
The text outlines infant length growth: about one inch per month for the first four months, then roughly half an inch monthly until age one. Growth slows after the first year, with height increases becoming less rapid.
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Russia
Illinois
Pennsylvania
States
San Francisco Examiner
Henry Rideau
Words OF
Carlyle
Holland
Frederick Saunders
Popular Science
Allegheny Observatory
Wadsworth
Constellation of
Orion
Morris Gibbs
Hamburg
James Weir
New York Press
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