A Dr Doctor Follows A Child To A London Garret
A doctor, returning from a society meeting on a dreary September night, follows a barefoot street child selling matches to thirteen Plough Court in Banner Street. There he finds the widow mother and her injured leg, both living in a bare top floor room without furniture but with a surprising air of peace and dignity.
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Moorgate Street Station
London
Vorry
Plough Court
Banner Street
St. Luke's
To Lie in Stillness The Dead Wonder at Dawn
Poem fragment in which a dying speaker reflects on time the living and the dead. A corpse recalls a lost lover and compares the living craftsman and the hidden dead, questioning whether the dead ever rise or cease to think. The meditation blends mortality, memory, and yearning with stark, lyrical imagery.
Heroic Child Helpers and a Faithful Sacrifice
A nurselike woman cares for her children in dire poverty while Billy, the breadwinner, seeks sustenance. Barnardo reveals his charity and offers to shelter the siblings, proving that true heroes are homegrown. The mother prays, faith endures, and the hospital admission follows as Billy and Bess join a larger family under care.
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Bess
Billy
Nother
Sister
Sobi
Bill
Barnardo
Washington chemist patents alcohol from natural gas
A Washington chemist gains a patent for extracting alcohol from natural gas. A demonstration plant is planned in Bradford Pennsylvania to show its commercial value. The product resembles wood rather than potable alcohol. About fifty gallons can be produced from five thousand feet of gas costing twenty five to fifty cents.
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Washington
Bradford
Pennsylvania
First electrical steel furnace nearing completion in Belgium
The Kjellin-Roechling type furnace for steel production is approaching completion at Societe des Aciennes Liegeoises works in Brussels, claimed to be the first electrical furnace of its kind in Belgium.
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Belgium
Societe Des Aciennes Liegeoises
Brussels
Pear shaped balloons trend in Belgium air travel
Belgians favor pear shaped balloons with an upward point and spherical base. Proponents claim this design rises faster and steadier than ordinary balloons. The pointed top is said to shed moisture and snow that can weigh down balloons and hinder ascent.
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Belgium
Ominous Owls Likely Sparked by Foreign Feather Matter
The mysterious owls that alarmed Britons are believed to be caused by foreign material on the feathers. The culprit is likely phosphorus producing bacteria from decaying wood, or a phosphorescent feather fungus seen in geese, possibly an oily condition from a diseased oil gland.
Parisian metallurgist perfects copper to steel welding wire
A Parisian metallurgist develops a perfected welding process joining copper to steel wire. The new wire combines high conductivity with increased tensile strength and elasticity, yielding a product stronger than copper and smaller and less wind-exposed than iron or steel of equal capacity.
Wasp with Ancient Wing Vein Found in Colorado Shale
Professor T D A Cockerell of the University of Colorado describes a well preserved Miocene Paratiphia wasp from Florissant Colorado. The specimen shows wing venation identical to the modern genus with a distinctive imperfect vein that persists in the same insect today.
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T. D. A. Cockerell
University of Colorado
Florisant
Col
Maple Sugar Yield Per Tree debate in New England Grocer
An expert claims average maple sugar yield per tree is three pounds, with some seasons yielding one and a half to two pounds. The New England Grocer expresses skepticism, noting sap flow and sugar content vary by tree and season. Readers in Vermont are invited to weigh in.
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Vermont
New England
Honesty and Matrimony Observation by Diogenes
The observer notes Diogenes passing by married men without scrutiny. He explains that such a man would drive a woman mad on a first visit, implying marriage would be unsuitable for him.
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Diogenes
Italian Laborers Save on Board in Railroad Camps
A Washington Post report notes Italian unskilled laborers in U S railroad camps live on about $10 a month by buying and cooking their own meals. The study shows average 1906 earnings of $37.07 monthly with meal costs around $5.30 and rent about $1.40, explaining significant remittances to Italy.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Italy
Russia
Austria-Hungary
United States
Washington Post
Last of the Water Drinkers Dies in France
Leopold Desbroses, last of the famed Water Drinkers society, dies in France. An engraver by trade, he hosted the group at his home where art and literature thrived. Murger, later immortalized as Rudolph and Schaunard in Bohemien works, once stayed there.
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France
Leopold Desbroses
Murger
M. Desproses
Rudolph and
Schaunard
London
Globe
Always An Excuse
Two women who had not met in years happen to meet in the street. They exchange cordial remarks about how little they have changed and wonder how long it has been. The second woman explains she has not visited because of the weather.
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Roy Cin
Dundee Advertiser
A Source of Amusement Small Girl and Chinaman Joke
A Philadelphia Record item quotes a little girl asking about a Chinese washeeman and whether everyone in China dresses the same. The mother confirms and the child notes how they might laugh at each other, reflecting a race joke in a dated context.
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China
Philadelphia Record
Prisoner Asks Pension After Long Service Inquiry
A life convict in the Andamans, released on an order, applied for a pension claiming long service as a government servant while in prison. The report notes he had forgotten his prisoner status during his time in custody.
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Andamans
Madrag Mail
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