Brooklyn Water Waste Blamed on Amateur Photographers
The New York Press singles out amateur photographers as a major source of water waste in Brooklyn. Readers are urged to use coupons for discounted starch premiums and colorful prints, while a Cleveland Plain Dealer report recounts a colored lawyer's remark about Alexandria’s black population and its humor.
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New York
Brooklyn
Wren
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Adelbert College
Virginia
Alexandria
Nervous Women Urged to Seek Mrs Pinkham’s Advice
An advertisement claims many women suffer monthly and go insane for days, saying ordinary treatment fails. It promotes Mrs. Pinkham’s advice as prompt relief, lists her cure letters as proof, and provides an address in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Chicago Drainage Canal Sways Congress and City Power
The Chicago drainage canal, hailed as one of the world’s great artificial waterways, was largely built by Chicago itself. Missouri and Illinois representatives weigh in on constitutional questions, lake levels, and pollution as experts plan two years of soundings to monitor impact and possible compensating works.
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Mississippi Valley
Congress
Illinois
Missouri
Chicago
Trustees of the Sanitary District of
Alger
United States
Secretary of War
Lakes Michigan
Huron
Erie
St. Clair Channel
Lake Michigan
Military Engineer Department
St. Louis
Mississippi
la Salle
Peru
Hennepin
Peoria
Pekin
Beardstown
Illinois River
Des Plaines
Joliet
Lockport
Eighty Seventh Street
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Calumet River
Emerald Mine Reported Near Springfield New Hampshire
The Boston Traveller reports a rich beryl emerald and diamond field found on a mica and garnet tract near Springfield New Hampshire. Mining parties had sought secrecy, but the discovery became public two and a half miles from the Grafton depot on the Concord branch of the Boston and Maine.
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Springfield
N. H
Grafton
Concord
Boston and Maine
Boston Traveller
The South’s Cotton Rise Foretells No New England Fear
John Gilmer Speed argues in Ainslee’s Magazine that Southern cotton manufacture is expanding and will not threaten New England. He notes 17,570,000 U S spindles worldwide with 3,500,000 in the South, predicting Southern output will grow alongside global demand and New England’s guidance will persist.
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John Gilmer Speed
Ainslee
Fall River
New England
Manchester
England
Providence
United States
Old England
Continental
Europe
Wise Words Echoed From A Cascade Of Quotes
A collection of century old maxims and aphorisms from figures like Luther Emerson Corneille Tacitus Shakespeare Solon Franklin M Henry Cowper Fuller Greville Goldsmith Zim mer man Horace Greeley Rochefoucauld Maria Edgeworth Bacon and Washington. The fragmentary lines offer reflections on virtue pride wisdom and social conduct, each noting human foibles and moral guidance.
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Luther
Emerson
Corneille
Tacitus
Shakespeare
Solon
Franklin
M. Henry
Zimmerman
Horace Greeley
Bacon
Washington
Henry Clay
The Dog and the Bantam Bond Endures
A city family’s dog forms an unlikely friendship with a bantam hen after the rest of the flock is removed. The pair share quiet companionship with the dog grooming the hen and the bantam perched on his back, even sleeping in the chicken house together.
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New York Sun
British Siege Train For Pretoria
A siege train sent to South Africa will play a key role in the Pretoria operation. It is manned by over 1500 artillery officers and men, with armor and ammunition totaling more than 5000 tons. The armament includes fourteen 6-inch, eight 5-inch, eight 4-inch and eight 4.7-inch quick firing guns, plus gun carriages, mountain appliances, and 100000 rounds of shell.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Burr and Hamilton saga sparks courtroom candle drama
A Washington lawyer recalls Aaron Burr in a trial story where Burr, facing a murder charge, held two lit candles before a witness and declared the jury must render nature's verdict. The tale links to Clemens and a prewar southern aura, while a second anecdote from Milford Journal highlights an electric car umbrella mix up and a humorous awakening.
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Citeent
Washington
Manhattan
Aaron Burr
Jere Clemens
United States
Alabama
Burr
Clemens
Hamilton
South
Milford Journal
Lakes Far Above Sea Level At Crucero Alto In Peru
From Crucero Alto, the highest town in the world, the Southern railroad of Peru descends to Lake Lagunillas where large cold lakes have no inlets or outlets. They glow with fish, are owned by Peru’s Arequipa presidency family, and stay at constant depth amid varying rains. Legends tell of whirlpools and disappearances, while a supposed underground outflow links to Africa.
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Southern Railroad of
Peru
Lake Lagunillas
Cordilleras
Boston Journal
Puma
Sarachocha
Cachipascana
Romania
Arequipa
Lake Popo
Lake Titicaca
Bolivia
Africa
Ayct's Hair Vigor Promises Restored Color For Gray Hair
An advertisement asserts Ayct's Hair Vigor will restore hair color to gray locks, mythically claiming it makes hair heavier and longer, removes dandruff, and stops hair loss. Priced at $1.00 per bottle and available at all druggists.
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