Lehigh Valley Rail to Build New East Mauch Chunk Station
Lehigh Valley Railroad officials announce a modern passenger and freight station will rise in East Mauch Chunk, Herman Riebe already ordered to commence work. The lower station opposite the Mansion House was abandoned after March flood damage to the river bridge. George Wetterall, a Wilkesbarre soldier returning from the Philippines, recovers $400 in four checks lost en route from San Francisco. A counterfeit money case leads to the arrest of Regina Katz in Wilkesbarre on bail. Andrew Selleder of Lerwick dies from heart disease brought on by lockjaw after Fourth of July injuries. A long distance bicycle race unsettles a dispute as John Hawley and Michael Flahive of Wilkesbarre plan a $150 ride to Auburn, New York on July 26. Thomas Scott, a former Army guard at Oneida, shoots off three fingers handling a revolver.
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Oneida
Science Siftings From a Past Era
A column compiles curious facts on human blood volume, sound and light speeds, winds, sun power, moonlight, and planetary visibility. It notes Vesta as visible to the naked eye, its small diameter, and its surface ratio to Europe, plus a snippet on nitrogen cooling producing snowlike crystals.
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Grand Seashore Excursion For Atlantic City Board
A New York Herald note warns that many serve improvised Spanish mackerel or cheaper substitutes like bonita and striped bass in place of true mackerel. The article highlights deceptive tastings at some restaurants and promotes a Lehigh Valley Railroad trip from Freeland to Atlantic City, Cape May, Sea Isle City, and Ocean City with July 22 sale and August 1 return.
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Dress Hints For Women In Vintage Wardrobe Tips
A vintage style guide advises on color coordination for brown eyes with brown dresses, warns tan shades for slim figures, and notes that fresh black veils suit complexions. It covers stain fixes, fabric cleaning methods, ironing tips, and shoe care including patent leather maintenance and scorched patches.
Violet Sponging and the New Dainty Woman of Cosmetics
A twentieth century image of feminine grooming favors violet scented toilet waters and powdering. The piece contrasts past fears of makeup with today’s daily ritual of bath and fragrance, describing a violet sponge method to finish a luxurious but economical beauty routine.
Meat diet harms children says Dr Winters
The New York Medical Journal cites Dr Winters warning that excess meat in a child’s diet dulls appetite for cereals and vegetables, fosters a habit like stimulants, and can lead to nervousness anemia rheumatism heart disease and chorea, stunting growth.
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Dr. Winters
New York Medical Journal
The Glories of Womanhood by Henry Van Dyke
A quoted passage from Harper's Bazar extols womanhood as serene dignity patient endurance and self sacrifice. It highlights qualities like tenderness, loyalty to heart's rights, protective instinct, harmony seeking, and generous personal surrender as native glories shaping a refined female character.
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Henry van Dyke
Harper's Bazar
Rumford Falls Woman Elevates 300 Acre Farm Through Dairying
Mrs. Luella Lane of Rumford Falls Maine, mother of eight, now runs a flourishing 300 acre farm. Five years ago she took charge of the rundown estate with primitive implements. Dairying is her specialty with twenty five Holstein cows and a variable herd of hogs. Five work horses kept busy. farm stocked with modern tools and machines.
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Luella Lane
Rumford Falls
Sprinkling Clothes and Sprinklers Compared
A guide favors a small watering pot for light weekly washing and praises a good sized atomizer like greenhouse sprayers for even misty dampening. It urges choosing a size that fits the hand to avoid cramping and to prevent soaking the entire garment.
Home Fitments Embrace Mixed Materials and Harmony
Home decor guidance suggests avoiding strict matching in favor of varied materials and harmonious colors. The idea is that mixed textures can create richer rooms. Emphasis is on balanced contrasts rather than uniformity.
Cemetery Lights and the Blue Flame at the Family Graveyard
A narrator recalls moving to a country estate with a graveyard near the house. Her brother Jamie and others report seeing blue flame forms rising from decaying graves, explained by gas rising from bodies. Several witnesses, including a cousin and a judge, later confirm sightings. The author offers no scientific explanation, inviting readers to seek their own answers.
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Jamie
Spain
Practical Conclusion From Volcanic Study Ends With Check
A popular scientist answers a Washington Star query about practical results from volcano research. He says the investigation yielded a check from a magazine, signaling publication or funding as the tangible outcome.
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Popular Scientist
Washington Star
Gigantic War Goddess Statue in Tokyo Draws Debate
In Tokyo stands a vast wooden iron and plaster image of a woman said to honor Hachiman. The statue rises fifty four feet with a stairway to the head capable of holding twenty inside. It carries a sword in the right hand and a large painted ball in the left. Internally it is a superb anatomical model with bones joints and ligaments scaled to the figure. The eyes are magnifying glasses enabling a glow of the surrounding country.
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Hachiman
Uninjured Lions Seldom Charge in Hunting Tales
London Times reports that lions rarely attack uninjured men, except when protecting cubs or startled by hunters. They approach low and fast with a coughing roar, not leaping as pictured, and their ears flattened give a comical look.
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London Times
Between friends frequent reproof makes the friendship distain
A terse observation notes that frequent criticism among friends erodes trust and affection, leaving the relationship strained and distant.
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