Rats Cost U S Billions A Year In Damages
Daily Democrat notes rate costs the United States about 66 million dollars annually due to rodent damage. Government scientists affirm extermination is impossible, relying on traps and containment. Dr. Merriam warns Washington’s underworld of rats is vast, causing substantial losses in markets and insulation fires, with professional catchers offering limited success.
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United States
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Technical Magazine
C. Hart Merriam
Washington
Dr. Merriam
Merriam
Airships in War and Social Rants Featured In Briefs
A period piece notes airships as likely to play a major wartime role, with the War Department and signal corps backing dirigible use for national defense and coast defense funding. Separate items critique Georgia laws on women’s appearance and praise immigration traction and farm labor, while philanthropy to colleges tops $23 million in gifts.
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Board of Ordnances
War Department
Washington
Signal Corps
Board of Ordnance
Congress
Bureau of Immigration
John Barrett the Patience of a Real Hero in Penury
Washington report profiles John Barrett a 65 year old Connecticut native living in dire poverty. He endures illness and poverty with quiet dignity and hopeful resignation, even suggesting hospitals buy his body for medical study to ease his final days. He refuses complaint and clings to faith and a plan for future aid from congress.
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Washington
John Warrett
Job
Connecticut
Star of Hope
John Barrett
Congress
Georgetown University Hospital
Ardent Lover Harasses 18 Year Old Miss Evans
Miss Alice Evans of Dumas Ark pleads to Memphis police after an infatuated man named Claude Everington repeatedly pursues her. He has forcibly assaulted her, stalks her, and uses threats and phone calls, while school staff and police attempt to curb the harassment.
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Memphis
Tenn
Alice Evang
Claude Everington
Miss Evans
Dumas
Ark
Everington
Texas
Arkansas
Evans
Alice
Claude
Prof. Kirkpatrick
Business College
New York World
Farmer Dies While Attempting Suicide in Ohio Noose
James Lorey, a farmer in Zanesville, Ohio, died after trying to hang himself. Coroner rules death due to apoplexy brought on by excitement.
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Zanesville
James Loreymer
Broken Heart Sends 16YearOld Mother to Death
New York report of Mrs Mario Sicaria a 16 year old Long Island City mother who, driven by loss after the Children's Society took her infant, killed herself after three failed attempts including sulfur matches in water an industrial cleaner and finally a gunshot wound.
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New York
Mario Sicaria
Long Island City
Lfe
Twin Babies Die After Heat Claimed Life
Philadelphia report says Mr and Mrs James Cramer left their home on July 4 after the death of their twin infants Norman and Isador aged about six and a half months. Heat and illness weakened the babies. both died within days after hospitalization. The parents compactly refused to return home.
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Philadelphia
James Cramer
Norman
Isador
University Hospital
Virgil
Styles in straw hats for young men in coming season
A hat maker outlines four prevailing styles for young men including a sennett yacht hat a split straw yacht hat and two flexible Hats. Low crowned designs with varied brims are described along with soft braid options and the growing use of fancy hatbands matching wearers’ preferences.
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London
Thames
McKinley
Inside Inn confusion at the fair ends with clerk collapse
A visitor questions the Inside inn concept at the fair. The clerk faints amid a tangled, tongue twister exchange about inside and outside inns while bellhops rush water and brandy, misapplying remedies to the wrong sides.
Salt Lake in India Legend of a Silver Field
A brief tale from Jeypore recalls a fakir warning a rajah to ride without turning back to gain a land of silver. He rode thirty miles before peeking behind and found not silver but a lake of salt at Sambur salt lake in Salt Lake in India.
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Salt Lake
India
Jeypore
Sambur Salt Lake
Fresh Medicine Sparks Clash Over Care
A fashionable invalid and her husband quarrel as the doctor returns with new medicine, wondering why yesterday's dose would not suffice. The exchange, quoted from Catholic Standard and Times, captures domestic tension and concern for updated medical treatment.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Pie plant definition as taught at night school
In a Chicago Tribune style exchange a teacher at a night school defines the pie plant while a pupil named Shaggy Hatred Pupil blurts a fragmented reply The dialogue hints at a classroom joke or slang origin tied to the pie plant phrase in local parlance.
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Shaggy
Chicago Tribune
Daddy Stork's Mistake Delivers Baby Brother To Clarissa
Clarissa prays for a sister but Daddy Stork brings a whining baby brother. An angel explains the queen of heaven sent the boy to teach her patience and kindness, and Clarissa learns to love him. The tale ends with Clarissa acknowledging her misgivings were unfounded.
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Clarissa
Stork
Queen of Heaven
Chamber of Souls
Brother
Daddy Stork
Sleep Under Water Laughing Diver Tale From Dreadnought
An amusing Malta episode aboard the Dreadnought features a diver who slept through his task after lunch and woke to find fellow divers astonished. With the propeller blade as a perch, he rested as curious fish swarmed nearby while the crew joked and took no punishment.
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Malta
St. Nicholas
Weighty Question Cue Holes In A Barrel
A lighthearted exchange between Frederick and Constance ends with Frederick delivering the punch line Holes. The remark hinges on the paradox of an empty barrel becoming lighter when it contains holes.
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Frederick
Constance
Freddy
Pippin and Dumpling Ducks End Barnyard Fight
Beth boasts of duck knowledge while Mildred learns from Grandma Maitland. Two ducks named Pippin and Dumpling intervene as two roosters quarrel, quacking and pecking distract the birds and restore peace. The girls praise their grandmother and their own insight into ducks.
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Mildred
Beth
Grandmother
Grandmother Maitland
Pippin
Dumpling
Bottle Stunt Demonstrated With Simple Newspaper Trick
A newspaper flat on a table supports a bottle standing mouth down. By gripping both paper ends and having a friend strike the table, the bottle is said to walk off the paper without tipping, allowing the newspaper to be drawn away with confidence.
Game of Guessing Cake Party Idea
A playful party concept asks guests to guess cake types from wearable hints. Attendees select a cake name and decorate with a suggestive ornament such as a toy hen for layer cake or a sheaf of wheat for buckwheat cake. The prize goes to the most clever yet unmistakable representation.
Unnecessary, Mr Johnson-Tommy trunk discussion
In a fragmented dialogue the father questions why the trunkmaker sent no strap. Tommy explains he told the maker the strap would not be needed, citing the facts.
He Wants a Test From His Numbered Hair
A teacher tells a boy that every hair on his head is numbered and the pupil, William, asks to identify the number. The moment shows the child's insistence on precise labeling and curiosity in a school setting.
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Wiliam
Proper Care of Chimney and Cheeses Crack Era Dishes
Practical tips on chimney maintenance for homes using wood fuel, including yearly burn-out methods and cleaning tools. Also includes recipes for cheese crackers, a lemon sardine salad, breakfast ham and tomato dish, and a rum-flamed sweet omelette, with advice on presentation and timing.
Make Hat Bag from Hat Brim and Material
Create a bag by cutting two circles from chosen material and brim size, one three inches larger than the hat. Bind the smaller with ribbon, gather the larger into a matching band, stitch them with a gap for the hat, and fasten with dress fasteners. Neater and less bulky than square bags.
Repairing Wallpaper Spots With Dough Method
A simple home remedy uses a stiff dough of graham flour and boiling water to remove spots from wallpaper. Knead well, break into small pieces, double each piece for a clean surface, discard used pieces, and rub in one direction without repeating the same area.
Use Soda in Dishwashing for Easier Cleaning
A vintage tip explains washing soda helps clean cookware and silver. Boil roasting pans, covers, frying pans, and bread tins in a washing soda solution, then rinse and wipe. Silver also benefits from a brief boil in a weak soda solution, followed by rinsing with hot water.
Pfeffer-Nusss or Pepper Nuts
Four eggs and a pound of sugar are beaten with cinnamon nutmeg cloves and baking powder. Candied lemon peel is added with flour, then kneaded on a board. Shape into small balls, place on buttered paper and bake slowly.
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