Experts Test Boy's Age In Menace Trial
A boy named Doc Sileot faces theft charges after stalling age proof in court. Judges, a barber, a veterinary surgeon, and detectives offered contrasting opinions before the judge ruled the youth under legal age. He will be sent to reform school rather than penitentiary.
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Oor
Criminal Court
Doc Sileot
Baker
Union Pacific
Silente
Gut
Reform School
Doeetor
Wizzgard
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Sileote
Siicote
Reform Select
Humor Shapes Great Minds Across Time
Robert Mackay cites John Kendrick Bangs on humor as vital to success. He notes Coliam was inspired by egg standing risk, Washington by a jest punished, and Gutenberg by leapfrog play mud theory. The piece links humor to invention and turning points in notable careers.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Ife
Mr. Bangs
Coljim Iis
George Washington
Bangs
Jobs Gutenberg
Gutenberg
Robert Mackay
Mull Moose Fights Locomotive on Manitoba Rail Line
A giant bull moose blocked the Brandon Manitoba Pacific Express on the Brandon mile board. The moose charged the train as the engineer slowed and then accelerated to push through. The beast’s horns wedged in the pilot, killing the moose and delaying the train briefly while officials cleared the track.
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Pacific Express
Brandon
Manitoba
Brandon Mile Board
One Way of Learning
A ten year old and father banter over English grammar in a playful school vignette. The child boasts easy infinitives and participles while claiming mastery, and the narrator notes reliance on sixth grade grammar for later success may be misplaced.
Treating Pear Blight and Best Tree Growth Tips
Treating pear blight requires cutting out and burning all affected branches and sterilizing tools with kerosene or carbolic acid. Some growers favor growing trees from seed in the final site and top grafting to minimize soil disturbance, arguing forest trees thrive as roots remain undisturbed and leaves protect the ground in winter.
Mulching Doubles Raspberry and Berry Yields in Drought
Experienced fruit growers report mulched rows produced about twice as much fruit as unmulched plots. The mulch improved drought tolerance and made vines and canes more vigorous. Increased crops more than paid for mulching with a year of no crop avoided by the mulch.
Orchard Planting Distances and Companion Crops Described
The article outlines apple orchard spacing by variety with 35 to 40 feet one way and 33 to 40 the other, recommending 40 feet for mixed Greening and Baldwin rows. It notes interplanting pears and other fruit between apple trees and using space for hoe crops early. It also discusses tomato composition and pollen transport studies showing insects drive pollination, not wind, based on Vermont experiments.
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Greening
Baldwin
Vermont Experiment Station
Science and industry notes on railways and weapons
The Russian ministry of communications adopts petroleum for locomotive power. French inventor improves wood through dry distillation and high pressure for water and acid resistance and electrical insulation. Germany manufactures large engine balance wheels by winding rectangular steel wire on grooved wheels to prevent bursting. British Columbia to import song birds from England and eastern Canada for acclimatization. Southern Italy faces frequent earthquakes with Vesuvius danger and Torre del Greco at risk of Pompeii-like fate. Grand Central yard switches use green glass windows and 176 compressed air controlled levers. Indian Head tests on a new 12 inch naval gun report record velocity of 2854 feet per second with 50 pound projectile and 300 pounds smokeless powder. breech pressure 16 1-2 tons per square inch. prior range was 2500-2600 feet per second.
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Grand Central Yard
New York City
Indian Head Proving Grounds
Insects in metal a Frenchman’s curious reproductions
The New York Evening Post reports on M. Paul Despotte and an eccentric method to reproduce insects and leaves in metal. Using dampening, blowpipe, electrolytic baths, alkali washing, and shellac, tiny creatures like a mosquito in gold and a copper leaf are created. Amateurs have adopted the process, including a girl who cast her hand in metal as a decorative matrix.
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New York
Paris
M. Paul Despotte
Iis
New York Evening Post
Altitude boosts tuberculosis recovery claims
Parker Murphy notes high altitude aids TB not by atmosphere but by lower barometric pressure expanding the chest and improving oxygenation. Forced lung distention from altitude or exercise enhances respiration and immunity. Germany leads canary production with 250,000 birds yearly, 100,000 exported to America.
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Parker Murphy
Albany Medical Annals
Germany
Canary
America
Fragmentary 19th Century Advertisements and Notices
A garbled OCR dump lists a mix of chemical products and quantities, a tonics and patent medicines pitch, and assorted items. References include pitch pine byproducts, Grove’s Tasteless Cholera Cure, Hoxsie’s Croup Cure, Tasmanian electricity, German canned fruit trade, American life insurance, Beeman’s Pepsin Gum, and a Kaiser ordered chair at a Berlin church with an inscription noting King Frederick William I.
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Berlin
Frederick William 1
American apples gain fame in Europe and US cure for throat lungs
A brief note asserts American apples are known in France and across England and Germany, praising Piso's Cure as the best medicine for throat and lung ailments. The dated missive from Van Buren Indiana highlights no statutory holidays in Mississippi Kansas or Nevada.
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France
England
Germany
Mississippi
Kansas
Nevada
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Harry Snyder
Minnesota Experiment Station
Science and Industry
Ministry of Communications
Samar
Henri Joly
Leutenant
British Columbia
Natural History Society
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Torre del Greco
Pompeii
Herculanaeum
Grove
Prive Sc
Launceston
Tasmania
Hoxsie
California
Cincinnati
United States
Sam
Carter
H. M. Green
Ata
Dr. Greene
Neavura
Aoeeao
Mr. Joux D. Satrvit
hotman-Hiruston Electric Co
Yan
Et Sick Nera
al Thiszla
HE Lion
Lion Coffee
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
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