Burmese Buddhists and a Quick Cable Despatch
The article contrasts Burmese Buddhist practice with Gautama’s original teaching and notes the vast speed of a 50 hour transcontinental cable reply. It recalls Stanley and Livingstone’s long journey, then describes a modern relay via Azores to Mombasa tracing the cable path to Nairobi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Weekly
Stanley
Africa
Ujiji
Livingstone
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Nairobi
British East Africa
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Azore Islands
Lisbon
Gibraltar
Malta
Alexandria
Port Said
Suez
Aden
Zanzibar
Mombasa
Buddha's doctrine and its drift through history
The article traces early reforms from Cyrus to Buddhism and Brahmanism, noting Gautama's rejection of Brahmanism, the path to peace through virtue and self surrender, and the peril of distortions into a relic worship. It also mentions a telegraph message sent from Africa to Nairobi covering about 10 000 miles and eight hours time loss.
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Ezra
Nehemiah
Holy Land
Cyrus
India
Gautama
Buddha
Christian Herald
Nairobi
New York
A 1200 Year Old Tree in Japan
The Prince of Wales witnessed a pine tree in Japan reputedly twelve centuries old. Supported by props, the giant pine is a perpetual offering to Buddha set by Kobo Daishi near a pagoda built twelve centuries ago. The tale links the tree's age to the dynasty's span and the emperor's lineage.
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Prince of Wales
Japan
Buddha
Kobo Daishi
Unique Bath Apparatus Invented in Oregon
An Oregon inventor shows a portable bathing apparatus that encases the entire body in a large glass bowl, applies vacuum, and supplies oxygen from the lungs. It can serve as a thermal bath and a vessel to impregnate the body with medicines, using two airtight sections to enclose the body fully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Washington Star
Vast Asphalt Riches Found Near Latakia and Far Planet Victoria
Archaeologists report asphalt layers near Kferie Syria about twenty five miles northeast of Latakia along the Latakia Aleppo road, deemed inexhaustible by mining engineers. Neptune extends the solar system by over one hundred million miles, while Professor George Forbes names a distant planet Victoria and predicts discovery about ten billion miles from the sun.
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Syria
Kferie
Latakia
Aleppo
Neptune
George Forbes
Victoria
Cau casian Snow Observed on Mount Malet
M A Brun reports a peculiar porus snow called Cau casian snow on Mount Malet in the Alps. Grains reach an eighth of an inch and slight adhesion causes a high risk of avalanches.
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Mount
Malet
Alps
M. A. Brun
Ozone Poisoning Suspected Cause of Plant Workmen Ills
A German authority links serious gastric troubles among workers in large electric plants to ozone poisoning rather than electric radiations. Ozone forms nitric acid with atmospheric nitrogen, explaining the acid taste observed. Remedy suggested is ample ventilation and separating high tension equipment from work areas.
Photographing the human eye by new lens and mirror system
Professor Dimmer of Gratz has perfected an eye imaging apparatus. A light flash and mirrored lenses project a retina image on a photographic plate. Exposures are brief to avoid physiological effects and yield detailed retinal pictures for diagnosing eye disease. In another note, flywheel design saves power. A 450 hp engine at 95 rpm loses 15 hp to motion, cut 5.7 hp with sheet iron coverings. A 6380 hp engine saves 30 hp or 4.8 percent with proper covering.
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Dimmer
Gratz
Nurnberg
Employers' Liability in England Case of Emma Dewhurst
In Preston County Court Emma Dewhurst a char woman suffered permanent injury from a pin prick on a floor-cloth. The judge ruled she was a regular employee and entitled to 7s per week under the Workmen's Compensation act, making the employer liable for the full period of her enforced idleness.
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Emma Dewhurst
Preston County Court
Pall Mall Gazette
Staining Bone Brown With Acidic Solutions
A Historical note from Scientific American describes a process to stain bone brown by first freeing grease with petroleum ether then soaking five to fifteen minutes in a dilute acid mix of forty parts hydrochloric acid to 1000 parts water at room temperature. The article continues with washing, immersion in a potassium permanganate solution, rinsing, drying, polishing, and optional reddening using fuchsine or grenadine to achieve a deeper color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
National League Notes on Players and Transfers
Manager Jim McGuire keeps the Boston lineup lively as Willett shows promise. St Mur ch sold to Lawrence of the New England League. Mack of Syracuse joins Chicago Nationals. Anderson and Donohue provide strong White Sox hitting. Beals Becker moves to Little Rock. Graney to Columbus. Crandall draws praise as Mathewson comparison. Glaze to Providence Eastern. Never back to Newark. Washingtons end skid with a single win after eleven losses. Butler loaned from Brooklyn to Rochester. Thielman reinstated after layoff. Van Haltren leading Oakland in Pacific Coast League. Broken leg heals and he hits hard.
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Willett
Jennings
St Murch
Brooklyn
Lawrence
Mack
Syracuse University
Chicago Nationals
John Anderson
Jiggs Donohue
White Sox
Pittsburg
Beals Becker
Little Rock
Cleveland
Michael Graney
Columbus
New York
Otis Crandall
Mathewson
Boston
Ralph Glaze
Providence
Newark
Washingtons
Jack Butler
New York American
Rochester
Jake Thielman
George van Haltren
Oakland
A Suggestive Lapse of Memory
A humorous exchange from Philadelphia Press in which a hostess asks Tommy to choose cake and he recalls his mother’s instruction but admits forgetting it after a long visit. The snippet captures a light domestic moment and Tommy’s shy wit.
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Tommy
Philadelphia Press
Deposition of dew varies with color on painted boards
The dew deposits are strongly influenced by color appearing thickest on a yellow painted board while not at all on red and black areas.
Montreal Woman Credits Cuticura for Curing 25-Year Eczema
Mrs. J. B. Renaud of 277 Montana St Montreal says a long battle with eczema left her leg raw and she walked on crutches. After two Cuticura treatments swelling fell away and within two months new skin covered the leg. She claims seven years of cure and praises the remedy.
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Cutiura
J. B. Renaud
Montana St
Montreal
Que
The Ills We Are Heir To
A brief editorial notes three modes of bearing life’s ills by indifference philosophy and religion, stating indifference is most common philosophy is ostentatious and religion most effective. The note appears from a New York source dated 27.
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N. Y
Dr. Kline’s Nerve Restorer and Teething Syrup Advertisements
An advertisement offers Dr. H. R. Kline of Philadelphia promising a free trial of Great Nerve Restorer for fits and nervous diseases. It also promotes Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain in infants. The note mentions a beard pattern claim and cites Japan’s annual army recruitment along with a 1906 cocoa crop total.
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St. Vitus
Kline
H.R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Fights Female Ailments
A promotional note claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieves women's suffering without drugs. It cites testimonials from over a million letters in the Pinkham Laboratory archives in Lynn Massachusetts and asserts the product saves some from surgery by restoring feminine health using plant ingredients.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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