Open air treatment and legal trends in a jumble of notes
A collage of early 20th century observations covers topics from hotel staff training and church services for servants to failing gondolas replaced by electric launches. It notes medical open air therapy with high recovery rates, global language theories, German industrial schooling, extradition treaties, and evolving policing methods as nations seek better pursuit and detention.
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London Hospital
Bank Cuthiers
Canada
United States
Explosive Mountain Blasting At Pike's Peak Event
Witnesses attend a dynamite blast at Pike's Peak Powder company as a dam spans Beaver Creek near Cameron Colorado. A 160 foot tunnel is bored and 30009 pounds of dynamite set at the terminus. The blast shakes the camp hills while reports note 211 French officers in the Boer theater per The Intransigeant.
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Pike's Peak
Porth and away and thy sad heart its sore row
A fragment from the Bismarck Tribune hints at a reflective verse about departure tied to sorrow and memory, evoking somber mood in a brief literary clipping.
Polly and the Derringer in the Pawn Window
A pawnshop derringer draws a woman named Polly into danger as a would be mugger stalks her near a drugstore. She frees herself with the weapon and confronts the man, then questions his plight and urges him toward a street lamp for a face reveal.
Polly and the Stranger Debts Gift in the Dark Street
In a tense scene a hungry Loggard man with sunken features accepts kindness from Polly after she confronts his attempted robbery. She insists on paying his debt to the wife and kids, offers five dollars, and guides him to his emotions as he retreats into the night.
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Loggard
Polly
Peru’s Bribery Temptation of Officials Cited in Crime Report
The article notes widespread bribery temptations among judicial officials due to low salaries. It cites 1898 prison figures with 1406 prisoners, including 404 for homicide and 349 for robbery, and details 1228 police and mounted gendarmerie for Peru. It argues officers are few for vast territory and need efficient performance.
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Peru
Peroas
Gallantry and tragedy across seas and streets
A detailed narrative recalls Major Howard’s armed launch ordeal in the Philippines with two brave crewmen who fought off insurgents while the unarmored boat endurance carried scarce supplies. The piece shifts to heroism at home, honoring Willie Cochranes selfless act shielding his sister from a streetcar and a trackman George Double saving a woman from icy waters, followed by a wary anecdote about Sir Harry Smith averting a Kaffir war and a veteran engineer’s haunting memory of a child on a crossing.
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Philippines
Howard
United States
Arayat
Luzon
Harris
Engineer O'Neil
Young
Chamberlain
Cavalry
Rio Chico
Tarlac
Oeste
Major Howard
O'Neil
Ooste
Simmons
Alice
Theort
Willie Cochrane
Brooklyn
Willie
Alfred Cochrane
Cora
Myrtle Avenue
Wother
George Double
Hudson River
Poughkeepsie
Tremper Shade
Double
Troy
Deable
Low Point
Anna Bedford
Ulster County
London Chronicle
Harry Smith
Ladysmith
Marry
England
Sir Harry
Harry
Mr. Nixon
Cais
Union Pacific
Jim
Cincinnati Enquirer
Casey
Cassidy
Chieaxo
Cholly
Docker
Puck
Detroit Journal
Philadelphia Record
Q. C
Grandmamma
Johnnie
Egbert
Penman
Yonkers Statesman
Philadelphia
Tilegeune
William
Milan
Indianapolis Journal
der Ploh
Freddie
Tommy Jones
Harper’s Bazar
Increasing Vogue of Lamps in Household Use
Advice for busy housewives on lamp care and maintenance. Topics cover lamp chimneys and wicks, wick alignment, draught efficiency, oil levels, cleaning, and selecting proper wicks. Also includes quick dessert ideas, household tips, and humorous clippings reflecting early 20th century domestic life.
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Tribune Printing Company
Chicago
Central Presbyterian Chotch
New York City
Veniee
Ball
Fouth
Afriica
Anton Velius
Germany
Prussia
Upper Silesia
Kinglow
Saxony
Transvaal
Bismarck Tribune
Derringer
Sle
Thad
Childreu
Herringer
Tales OF
Bartholomew
Holland
Mer
West End Avenue
Der
Teddy
New York Mail and Express
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