Newly Gleanings From The Nation And World
Germany sought a duty on the balloon cup won by the aeronaut at St Louis. Harry K Thawe’s second trial for Stanford White’s slaying set for January 6. The Pope ordered Lourdes feast worldwide. Bryan advised on the House floor in Washington.
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Germany
St. Louis
Harry K. Thawe
Stanford White
Hill
American Tobacco Com
W. J. Bryan
House of Representatives
Washington
Lovelace
Aero Club of America
United States
David Ranken, Jr
Congress
The
New York World
Roosevelt
Swarthmore
Jeanes
Peter Vogel
Brooklyn
Notable Women in Society and Arts Across Cities
Highlights include Miss Helen Gould and Mrs. Russell Sage seen shopping in New York City. Mary K. Michael, of Hamilton Ohio, a plasterer and paperhanger, is noted. Arts figures such as Mrs. Caroline Dana Howe, poetess, dies in Portland aged eighty seven. Notable actresses learn singing at the Manhattan Opera House.
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Helen Gould
Russell Sage
New York City
Mary K. Michael
Hamilton
Ohio
Caroline Dana Howe
Portland
Manhattan Opera House
Mme, Zola
Emile Zola
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Cobden-Sanderson
Mme. Dobineau
Paris
Mary Duff Daly
Augustin Daly
Daly’s Theatre
Osborne
Queen Alexandra
Princess Louise
Marchioness
Waterford
Countess of Waldegrave
Mary Howard
Proposal to grade French troops by stride length
A proposal suggests evaluating French troops not by height but by the length of their stride. The idea would shift assessment criteria from stature to gait, potentially affecting recruitment and advancement decisions.
Young Texas teacher finds Postum improves nerves and skin
A Texas girl recalls starting Postum Food Coffee as a child and continuing until six months ago. She says quitting coffee, adopting Postum, cured nervousness, improved digestion and headaches, and gave a clear rosy complexion. She notes ease of transition and mentions others who switched after proper preparation. Read the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Texas
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Desperate Dan and the harmless mischief of a boy
A verse recounts Daniel's playful misdeeds from spying to stamping letters, each small act described with vivid action. The narrator assures no harm was caused, presenting Daniel as a gentle lad who meant well, with a sunset note from Martha Burr Banks in St Nicholas.
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Dan
Daniel
Martha Burr Banks
St. Nicholas
Pine pollen travels far as yellow coatings across lakes
Pollen from pine forests travels far, forming yellow coatings on lakes and even the ocean up to 200 miles from shore. Pollen grains are hollow vesicles that buoy them in the air like box kites, explained in Nature and Science from St. Nicholas.
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Nature and Science
St. Nicholas
The Watchman Shadow guessing game description
A candle behind a watchman shadow guessing game is described where a player sits facing a screen to see shadows of others passing behind him. Players may disguise themselves. the watchman tries to identify them for a forfeit each correct guess.
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Washington Star
Saint Bernard Helps Mother and Child on Snow Covered Path
A woman guiding her daughter on a sled met a large Saint Bernard in a narrow snowbound path to a schoolhouse. The dog listened to her request, backed into a shoveled side passage, and allowed the sled to pass. He waited patiently and then continued on his way.
The Hungry Wood Folk Feeding Story
A winter feeding display attracts hungry woodland animals to a juniper tree. Suet, seeds, bread scraps, and fruit are hung on the branches and trunk, drawing crows, jays, nuthatches, chickadees, woodpeckers, squirrels, and rabbits from across the area.
The Runaway Kite
Grandpa fosters John’s kite hobby until a windy day tests his grip. Left alone in a wide field with a strong breeze, the boy struggles to hold the tether as the kite pulls him off balance and toward a brook.
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John
Grandpa
Kite pulls boy into brook and kite escapes
A boy cannot stop a kite and it drags him into a brook. He falls, loses grip on the string, and the kite sails away as the child laments to his grandpa. The episode ends with the boy recalling the misbehaving kite.
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John
Grandpa
Elsie Chases Sunday Marble Games Away
In a Washington Star column a young girl named Elsie, three years old, marches into a marble game on a Sunday. She chides the boys with a firm sermon about churchgoing and propriety, prompting their retreat as her aunt looks on.
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Elsie
Auntie
Washington Star
Bear cubs rescued as New York Zoo handles runaway infant
At the Bronx Zoo Katcha the mother bear and three cubs faced danger when one cub escaped through a fence into Czar's cage. Keeper Costain and a team used a rope and a lasso to recover the cub, then the cub was reunited with the mother who carried it away to safety.
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Katcha
New York Zoological Gardens
Bronx Park
Czar
Costain
William T. Hornaday
Bedford Park
New York World
No Cause for Alarm Bible quip quoted by Yonkers Statesman
A lighthearted exchange questions biblical copy abundance and age estimates. The Yonkers Statesman quips that a person’s real age may be recorded in one of the 200 million Bibles scattered worldwide, prompting amused disbelief.
Lord Brampton Turns Ninety Giving Cautionary Legal Advice
Lord Brampton Sir Henry Hawkins recently celebrated his 90th birthday and offered characteristic counsel warning against becoming entangled in lawsuits or the law, claiming he knows something about it.
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Lord Brampton
Sir Henry Hawkins
Barbers Fear Left Handed Bosses Superstitions
A Chicago Record-Herald piece recounts barber superstition noting left handed workers trigger bad luck. Tales describe accidents, cold faucets, and angry customers after left handed barbers work. The account asserts strong shop rules and distrust of left handedness in the trade.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Knights of the Razor
New York
Julius
Forests of France Shrinking Under Private Logging Threats
The French woodlands cover over 23 million acres with state and municipal lands better protected, while private holdings are often poorly managed. Resinous trees decline, ash and acacia vanish, poplar grows scarce, and chestnuts in the mountains nearly disappear as France imports $7 million of oak from Austria, Roumania, Russia, Germany, and the U S.
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France
Gaul
Austria
Roumania
Russia
Germany
America
New York Times
In Japan men outnumber women by 980 to 1000
The item lists demographic imbalance in Japan and shifts to assorted patent medicines and curiosities. It mentions FITS and nervous disorders with Dr Kline’s nerve restorer, a Philadelphia address, Mrs Winslow’s syrup for teething, a flying bird wing claim at 350 motions per second, Woolford’s Lotion for itching, and a note that items were invented in France.
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Japan
St. Vitus
Kline
H. R
Arch St
Phila
Cure for disfiguring sores after measles in Albion
Henry Porter of Albion Nebraska reports severe head and neck sores during a measles outbreak, hair loss, and poor response to doctors remedies. After using Cutiura Remedies, symptoms improved within a week and fully cleared in three weeks, with no recurrence since. Dated August 25 1906.
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Henry Porter
Albion, Neb
Amateur hunter from the city heads on two week woods trek
The Chicago News quotes a pair of guides discussing a city hunter setting off for a two week expedition in the woods. One guide notes the camp’s likely missing him while the other hopes the amateur will fare as well.
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Petey
Chicago News
Cheney & Co Offers One Hundred Dollar Reward for Catarrh Cure
Rank J Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney Co in Toledo Ohio that each firm will pay 100 dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason witnessed this on December 6 1896. Cheney Post Toledo Ohio advertising Hall s Catarrh Cure with constipation relief claims.
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Toledo
Lucas County
Rank J. Cheney
F.J. Cheney & Co
Toled County
Hall
J. Cheney
The Economy of Hats and Spending Habits
A Life magazine snippet humorously defines economy as buying a $2 hat for $3.75 while better hats cost $4. The piece notes the discipline of a frugal poor man and the skill of women who stretch January budgets through April, with men proudly supporting such habits.
Proof for Two Cents: Medina man cites kidney cure
G W Winney of Medina New York invites kidney sufferers to write for his experience with Dean's Kidney Pills after eighteen months of doctors, two hospitals, and severe back pain. He claims weight gain from 143 to 162 pounds and full recovery after 10 to 12 boxes. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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G. W. Winney
Medina
N. Y
Dean
Mr. Winney
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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Saint Bernard
Little Bear
California
Nate
Woolford
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