Pecan Pie Promises, Pioneering Microbes, and Potatoes
An odd mix of notes touches on a potato shortage, a claim that epilepsy is caused by a microbe, and musings on future microbes of love hunger and thirst. It mentions wood aging, rising food tech from inorganic matter, and shipping experiments. It reports New Zealand staying out of the Australian commonwealth and nearby rail and crime items, including a Minnesota train robbery and a coach hold-up in the Adirondacks. It notes New York City appetite for pies and the bustling pie trade, with pie wagons seen in streets as a sign of stable demand.
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Minnesota
Adriannacks
Boil Wevine
conchiGia
Tip
New York Tribune
New York City
New England
Gutta Percha Scarcity Alarms Marine Techists
Counsel Atwell of Roubaix reports French scientists are pursuing acclimatization of the gutta percha tree Insonandra gutta to replace scarce supply. The Malay Peninsula and Malacca forests yield the only durable material for submarine cables. Local uprooting and premature harvesting threaten future stocks within about ten years, prompting efforts to cultivate the plant.
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Atwell
Roubaix
France
Malay Peninsula
Malacca
Love and Regret Across a War Wound Fate
Eva Austin’s manipulation of a broken engagement unsettles Captain Humphrey. In war torn moments, he learns her hidden sacrifice was to shield another and blesses her memory as he lies wounded. The reveal frees him to die with a peaceful conscience.
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Miss Austin
Eva Austin
Humphrey
Eva
Ella
Goodby
Ela
Patience
Tiva
Riding in a Motor Vehicle Through Gaza Goggles
The author recounts an early motor ride with novelty and humor. Clad in a cap and waterproof jumper, he tests speed and sensation on an open road, noting the awkwardness, disorientation, and eventual thrill of the extended journey despite discomfort and reined expectations.
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Gaza
Farle
London
Pall Mall Gazette
The Lost White Cement Mine and Stan White’s Illusion
A legendary lost mine tale centers on Stan White, the White Cement find, and a Colorado New Mexico mining party. White’s claim of astonishing ore led miners across the Rockies, then vanished with horses and supplies, leaving many stranded before White reappeared years later with intact specimens.
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Stan White
Ita
Vallore
Rocky Mountain
New Mexico
White Cement
White
Rock Mountains
Silver King
Nat C. Creede
Colorado
California
Horse Head Gulch
Old White
Sharon
Henry
Horse Gulch
Gulck
Rockies
M Mountains
Waite
Salt Lake City
Disappeared Man’s Debt to Utah Ranchman Remains Unpaid
A man vanished leaving a loan of $6,009 to a Mormon ranchman in Provo, Utah, with no effort to recover either principal or interest. The incident underscores the enduring myth of the White Cement among Rocky Mountain miners as a dream.
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Provo
Utah
Rocky Mountain
Art of Wax Figures and Dime Museums Detailed
Inked tale explains wax figure craft from rough wax miniatures to full statues with glass eyes and real hair imported from China. It contrasts advertising and museum uses, notes dime museum pricing, rental contracts, and failures like a mechanical water sky revealing a female figure, as reported by the New York Post.
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Jersey
China
Faust, Mar- Bterne
Mephiatopheles
Aurora
New York Post
The Deadly Three Leafed Vine In Illinois City
A Philadelphia Record note discusses widespread poison ivy cases in an Illinois city and urges action. It explains the ivy’s distinguishing traits from Virginia creeper, recommends root pulling and burning, and advises protective clothing and frequent hand washing with sugar or lead solutions, noting occasional immunity among some.
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Iinois
Yine
Philadelphia
Burn Treatment Remedies from a Foreign Industrial Guide
The article describes various burn treatments including cocaine pomatum and mixtures with hydrochlorate of cocaine aristol and innoline, plus liniments of hydrated lime glycerine and oils. It cites lime and cotton compress dressings, and a new remedy using pieric acid in water applied with moistened compresses at Saint Louis hospitals.
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la Chronique Industriche
Cure for Naughtiness
Conscientious parents face the challenge of guiding a child’s moral growth. Minor misdeeds attract attention and can make the child feel important. The author argues for quietly rewarding good acts and letting small faults fade from memory to reduce ego-driven mischief.
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Florence Hull Winterburn
Woman's Home Companion
Yorke with Hiding Pipers Desk Demand Surges
A New York Sun report notes a desk maker states orders for desks with hidden springs and secret compartments rose last year, surpassing the total of the prior decade. Some desks feature intricate mechanisms and secret buttons that reveal narrow recesses. The author asks why secret-keeping desks appeal, guessing business secrets and female clients drive demand.
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Yorke
Havas
New York Sun
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Westvillaw
Freeland, Pa
Tribune J Printing Company, Limited
Philadelphia Times
England
Spain
Paris
Pasteur Institute
Melville
North Pole
New Zealand
Ellas
Mackeszie
Ina 7
Russia
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