New Theory of the Origin of Mountains by T J Lee
United States Navy astronomer Professor T J J Lee argues that earthquakes volcanoes and mountain building arise from leakage of the ocean bottom. He cites Alaska Yakutat Bay Nippon Aleutian trenches and a Pacific ridge forming parallel ranges as evidence that lava expelled from beneath the sea lifts coastlines and creates mountains. The theory suggests the sea bottom leaks under deep rock and the earth expands more rapidly than it contracts.
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T. J.J. Lee
United States Navy
Yakutat Bay
Alaska
Lee
Aleutian Islands
Rocky Mountains
Professor Lee
Kurlfe
Japanese Islands
Island of Japan
Nippon
Japan
Tuscarora
Aleutian
Kurlie Islands
Samoa
New Zealand
Kurlie Island
Pacific Ocean
Philadelphia Ledger
Misuse of Courtesy Titles in Heraldry Debated
A Town and Country correspondent notes frequent errors in using courtesy titles for heirs of peers. The piece cites examples such as the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough and Mrs Ham mersly, as well as Cora Countess of Strafford, arguing the correct signatures should use initials like C. Strafford. The issue has sparked heated debate among scholars and officials.
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Hammersly
Duchess of Marlborough
William Beresford
Beresford
Lord Beresford
Cora
Countess of Strafford
Lord Strafford
Lady Strafford
Cora Strafford
England
C. Strafford
s&Object
Unmarried men seek mates at Belgium marriage fair
In Eeaussines Belgium the annual marriage fair draws twenty seven engagements and may create about a dozen more. The event keeps youths from emigrating as maidens and bachelors mingle over lunch while matrons encourage suitors with market place notices.
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Eeaussines
Belgium
Mattoles
Oxen Build the Railroads in Nova Scotia
The New York Sun notes oxen still labor in eastern Canada. In Nova Scotia they plow, haul hay and timber and drag roadbed for railways. They work in tandem, are patient and untiring, then are fattened, slaughtered, and eaten.
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Canada
Nova Scotia
New York Sun
Powdered Eggs Use as Food and Provisions
Powdered eggs, a larger European industry, are dried with heat or air currents and ground for market use. Salt or sugar may be added as preservatives. Evaporated eggs equal about four pounds of fresh eggs in nutrition and are valuable for camps and expeditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Pure Food
Bohemia Focuses on Mountain Dam Building
Attention centers on mountain dam construction in Bohemia to supply water power and reduce flood damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohemia
Japanese Growth and Press Tactics Noted by Osaka Daily
Three Osaka Mai Nichi reporters visited the New York Times to study modern journalism and printing. They describe government driven physical culture boosting Japanese height by about two inches and note unions gaining influence among printers. The Osaka Mai Nichi, Japan’s largest daily, circulates 270 000 and serves Korea and parts of China.
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Japan
Times
K. Aishima
Osaka Mai Nichi
Daily News
Osaka
N. Okumura
Jiro Abratani
New York
Aishima
Aishma
Korea
China
New York Times
Evolution of Food Through an Ancestor’s Breakfast
An ingenious Harper’s Weekly piece imagines a Middle Ages observer for a modern breakfast. It notes fruits and vegetables were rare, pumpkins and squash were common, and items like potatoes bananas or grapefruits were unknown or newly introduced.
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Harper's Weekly
England
China
India
Europe
Atlantic
Persia
Worth Remembering About Fire Escape Tactics
The note emphasizes staying low to avoid smoke as you crawl during a fire. It warns that smoke rises and a steady air current travels along the floor, guiding movement and improving visibility. Stay low, move quickly, and check doors for heat before passage.
Zinc mining rises in Mexico with key deposits
Zinc mining in Mexico has become important in the last three years. The principal deposits lie near Monterey with Calera hosting a large mixed sulphide ore body and the Tiro General site in San Luis Potosi also producing zinc ore.
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Mexico
Monterey
Calera
Tiro General
San Luis Potosi
Cure Claim for Eczema Clears After Remedies
Mrs Louis Beck of San Antonio Texas claims her two year old son suffered eczema for six months. After ineffective treatments by two doctors the child found relief with Cutiura Remedies. sores healed in two months and a clear face returned.
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Louis Beck
San Antonio
Tex
Electric haulage replaces animal power in Comstock lode
Electric haulage has supplanted animal power in the Comstock lode and twelve of the mules brought to the surface had not seen daylight for twenty years.
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Comstock Lode
Allen's Foot-Ease Powder Advertisement
Do your feet ache and burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Hose a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures corns bunions swollen hot smarting and sweating feet and ingrowing nails Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25 cts Sample sent free Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N Y
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Curious footwear for horses across lands
The London Globe reports on unusual horseshoe methods: in Iceland horses are shod with sheep’s horn and in Sudan with camel skin. A German inventor created a paper horseshoe coated with turpentine oil and other ingredients. Paper layers are glued to hooves to reach the needed thickness, claimed to be durable and moisture proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Sudan
London Globe
Five Months in Hospital Discharged as Incura ble
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota narrates five months in a hospital ending with a discharge as incurable and a six month life expectancy. He describes heart trouble smothering spells unconsciousness and vision and kidney issues before using Dean's Kidney Pills which he says addressed the root cause and restored his health. Sold by all dealers at fifty cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Levi P. Brockway
S. Second Ave
Anoka
Minn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Diseased Pigeons in London
The London Outlook reports that a large majority of pigeons in London are consumptive or diseased in some way. This observation from the New York 24 item notes a widespread illness among urban birds and concerns for public health and city streets.
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London
N.Y
The Genuine California Syrup of Figs and Senna
One of the essentials of modern homes is a trustworthy health product. The advertisement endorses Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a proven family laxative approved by physicians and the Well-Informed of the World. It urges purchasing the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Patient
A Manning Iowa woman writes that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her life after years of suffering from female troubles. She followed the remedy’s directions and regained perfect health, urging other women to try it. The ad claims the product has cured thousands and invites sick women to write for advice.
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Lydia Pinkham
T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinksham
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