Empress mother dies in Tokio. Paris heiress passes away
Eminine News Notes notes the death of Lady Showing Ichijo, Empress Dowager’s mother, aged eighty in Tokio. Mrs McKenna, wife of Colone McKenna and daughter of R C Kerr ens, dies in Paris. The piece also covers tuberculosis death-rate trends, a New York heiress marriage, and other social items in Europe and America.
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Showing Ichijo
Tokio
Japan
Philadelphia
McKenna
Colone McKenna
R. C. Kerrens
St. Louis
Paris
France
Frederick L. Hoffman
Marjorie Conley
New York City
D. Perry Wilson
Lock Haven
Atlantic City
Holloway
London
Eab Papp
Berlin
Nellie Hunt
Ohio
Od Oil
Cleveland
Affable Crown Prince charms parade crowd
Berlin reports describe the German Crown Prince as affable and adept at smoothing etiquette tensions. While riding to a parade last Monday, veterans shouted greetings and he stopped to chat, then rode on in the Pasewalk Cuirassiers uniform acting as captain on temporary duty.
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Wilhelm
Garde du
Garde du Corps
Berlin
Pall Mall Gazette
Hypnotic Insects Highlight Queen Bee and Death's Head Moth
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece notes that a queen bee can hypnotize her hive with a hum, while the death's head hawk moth uses similar powers to plunder hives. It also mentions a monument in Mannheim Germany for Anna Holzel, wife of a carpenter who helped Schiller escape debtor's prison in 1784.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Anna Holzel
Schlossgarten
Mannheim
Germany
Schiller
Postum Use Improves Health Says Doctor
A doctor reports that families using Postum show better health than coffee drinkers. He recalls his own switch after marriage, noting indigestion and related disorders disappeared after starting Postum. The claim, attributed to Postum Co., comes with a plug for The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Radium Bath Plans and Ancient Water Pipes Revealed
A lunar of curiosities notes water pipes in terra cotta used in Crete forty centuries ago with subconical tubes and stop ridges to keep sediments from collecting. Other items discuss Byroscopes for steadying ships, radium bathing in Joachimstal Bohemia, wood moisture loss, death tests via X rays, and Dr Mark Baldwin’s dream theory at Johns Hopkins.
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Crete
Joachimstal
Bohemia
Professor Bordas and the paste diamond mystery
The note recalls that numerous modern methods create artificial diamonds, but none match the perfection of old French paste diamonds whose secret is lost. Even experts could not reliably distinguish paste stones from mined diamonds.
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Bordas
The Newspaper’s Duty to Print News Fair and Truthful
Peoria Herald Transcript argues that readers rarely agree on coverage yet a paper must publish all news without personal grudges. It emphasizes printing important happenings across departments while avoiding personal bias. Fairness, justice, and truth guide journalism, even when criticizing officials is necessary for public good.
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Publc
Cours
Peorla Herald Transcript
Chinese Court Railway to imperial tombs line
A former Imperial Railway in North China built a straight route from four miles west of Kao-pai-tien on the Ching Han line fifty two miles from Pekin to the imperial tombs. A daily passenger train operated on the line. Engineer,
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Imperial Railways of
North China
Kao-pai-tien
Pekin
Imperial Tombs
Old Man Says His Life Is a Picnic
An 83 year old Mexican War veteran from Nome Alaska E G Cannon arrived in Seattle aboard the Victoria. He plans to visit Washington DC to lobby for a higher pension and hopes to meet Senator Reed Smoot. He promotes temperance and living fully and says he will travel to Salt Lake then to Jeffersonville Indiana before returning to Kentucky and Utah. He insists the $20 monthly pension is inadequate and vows to press the Pension Bureau for relief. He remains vigorous and optimistic about reaching 100 years.
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Seattle
Wash
Victoria
E. G. Cannon
Cannon
Nome
Alaska
Hoe
Washington
Mr. Cannon
Salt Lake
Paul
Pension Bureau
Mormon Church
Reed Smoot
Louis- Ville Legion
Joseph Smith
Jeffersonville
Ind
Kentucky
Old Mexico
Utah
Rail inspection autos speed on rails worldwide
Locomotives are scarce for railway inspectors so small inspection cars, driven like automobiles, are rising in use. In the United States these cars run up to 40 mph with fuel for about 150 miles, and similar machines are finding favor in India as well. A railroad manager has even built a machine that can operate on rails or wagon roads.
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Tay
Countrie
United States
India
Fire risk warning about kerosene on wood fuel sparks danger
A ColIier's Weekly warning states that if wood fuel is wet and refuses to burn a pail of kerosene poured over the sticks can instantly start a fire. The advisory emphasizes the immediate and dangerous results of using kerosene to restart burning wood.
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Collier’s Weekly
Southern Cooking Receipts From Plantation Kitchens
Traditional regional dishes from the South with simple steps for Baked Cashaw Sweet Potato Pone Eggplant Fritters Fried Green Tomatoes and variations of Fried Okra and Stewed Okra with bacon. Clear instructions for preparing each dish and serving suggestions as noted in the Good Housekeeping style.
Practical Household Tips From Old Newspapers
Clean on cloth with skimmed milk or milk and water, soap will ruin it. A lump of sugar dropped into teapot not constantly in use prevents any mustiness. In baking potatoes put a small pan of water in the oven and they bake quicker. If you are troubled with black beetles in your rooms, make a paste of red lead flour and water. Try dipping your pork chops and pork tenderloins in flour before frying. To freshen stale rolls dip quickly in cold water and heat in the oven. If shoes are thoroughly wet rub in vaseline or plain lard and rest in a cool place several days. Never hunt for a gas leak with a lighted match. Paint the pipe with thick soap suds to show bubbles at leaks. Ten cents’ worth of stove enamel lasts six months with daily wiping.
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United States
Well known Alaska congressman Thos Cale profiled
The brief notes Thos Cale of Alaska is a Washington based congressman with a recognized Pacific Slope presence. Mentions include his address in Washington D C and a past election to represent Alaska. Also cites endorsements for Peruna tonic and references to Dr Kline and other medical claims.
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Pacific
Washington
9Th St. M. W
Washington, D. C
Thos. Cale
Gensgrose
Alaska
St. N.wagen
The Ladder Superstition Walks Across Main Street
A Star reporter notes a ladder leaning across a storefront creating a superstition test on a busy business street. Of thirty passersby, seven detoured to avoid walking under it while twenty-three went beneath, and the reporter himself avoided passing under it.
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Star
Washington Star
Maine Thirteen Story Birth in Biddeford Family
The Kennebec Journal reports a son born on Tuesday the 19th to Willie Nadeau and wife at No 18 Gooch Street. The baby weighed thirteen pounds and is their thirteenth child, all living. The couple married on the 18th, and the last child arrived thirteen months after the previous birth.
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Maine
Biddeford
Willie Nadeau
Gooch Street
Nadeau
Kennebec Journal
Genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Advised
An ad extols a famous laxative product from the California Fig Syrup Co as ethically approved and widely trusted. It urges readers to buy the genuine article through leading druggists, claiming world acceptance and health benefits for the family.
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California Fig Syrup Co
al Leading Druguistay
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Onto
Thomas Cate
Hon
C. Stomp
Virginia
Catarra
Kline
L- It Kline
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