Kiss Contagion Debate Highlights Risk to Babies
An extended critique of public kissing in infancy cites Dr. Martinez and Lady Violet Greville. It warns promiscuous baby kissing spreads disease from scarlet fever to measles and calls for restraint, especially by the aged, while praising a refined, private kiss as an expression of noble love.
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Martinez
Archives de Medecine’ Des Enfants
Tartarus
Dr. Martinez
Violet Greville
London Graphic
Raiway
Warren hydrogen motor hailed as future power source
Edwin Wildman reports Capt. Edward C. Warren, a master mariner and scientist, has invented a hydrogen motor claimed to burn water by splitting its components to produce power. Warren compares his system to a lighter, cheaper Lusitania propulsion concept and foresees a coalless industrial revolution with water as endless fuel.
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Edward C. Warren
Capt
Warren
Nikola Tesla
Capt. Warren
Mr. Yesla
van Biebodoen
Lusitania
Santa Claus Of Brazil Leads Boston Ship To Rio De Janeiro
Capt James W Balano captains the four masted Margaret Thomas, officially Santa of Rio for 17 years, leaving Boston with gifts for Rio de Janeiro. The vessel sails 7000 miles in about 40 days, carrying apples sold at 26 to 380 per barrel. He notes shopping is a pleasant diversion and keeps gifts for all ages on the voyage.
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James W. Balano
Margaret Thomas
Santa Claus
Rio Janeiro
Boston
Boston Post
Mystic Wharf
Rio
Balano
Rio de Janeiro
Thomaston
Port Clyde
Mabel Jordan
Wilbur Jordan
American Loan and Trust Company
State Street
Thomas
Telephone systems for railways prove feasible and rapid
An article notes experiments confirming the feasibility of telephone dispatching for trains, tracing early use by Ham mond of the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn road fifteen years ago. It discusses three integration methods, portable Western designs, and the select system with rapid 24 second station call cycles improving safety and efficiency. A separate item reports a Nevada train halted by a meteor, engineer and passengers describing a house-sized bright meteor crossing tracks.
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Hammond
Boston
Revere Beach
Lynn
Narrow escape after fall into suspected well water
A timid man recalls a near drowning after a scientific man warned his well had issues. He investigated, slipped, and almost drowned, describing a frightening scare from yesterday with a cautious tone.
One Minute Fast Time Cards On Railroads Revealed
A New York Press story describes how major railroads publish public timetables one minute faster than railroad employee times. A man on a Grand Central bound train notes his $700 chronometer and observes the late start due to this practice. The article explains gate timing and last minute boarding as standard, allowing punctual entry for quick riders.
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Grand Central
America
New York Press
Lighting on British rails and new Berlin electric shifter
A Scientific American piece compares British practice where headlights are rarely used due to few grade crossings, and discusses ideal headlight standards for speed, fog, and signaling visibility. It also reports Berlin Tempelhof yard trials of a battery powered electric shifter locomotive with 40 hp, 300 volt battery, 160 cells, and trains up to 200 tons.
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Great Britain
Berlin
Tempelhof
Scientific American
Leipsic's Huge Station Opens Overworld's Largest
Leipsic Germany nears completion of a union station costing 31 million with 26 tracks on one level to serve 153 lines. Five existing stations will close as the new structure, 1,115 feet facade, spans nearly a thousand feet, funded by Saxony state Prussian government Leipsic city and the imperial post office. The Great Northern Railway England also offers a railroad playbox with cardboard train sets to amuse children on long trips.
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Leipsic
Germany
Union Terminal
Washington
State of
Saxony
Imperial Post Office
Railroad
Great Northern Railway
England
Great Northern
Roosevelt and hounds duel in countryside humor tale
A rambled scene shows President Roosevelt meeting Uncle Dunham over fine hounds, with dialect humor about authority and hunting. Roosevelt reveals identity but is rebuffed about borrowing dogs, while other snippets touch on poetry, satire, and brief vignettes.
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Dunham
Roosevelt
Hull
Theodore Roosevelt
Darky
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Booker
Washington
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