Noah Webster and the birth of American diction
The Philadelphia Press credits Noah Webster with founding an American diction nation through his dictionary and spelling book. His influence, it says, shaped pronunciation, spelling divergence from England, and the habit of defining terms before discussion, aiding a continent spanning country to share a common tongue with minor regional variations.
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Noah Webster
Americans
England
Philadelphia Press
Europe
New Jersey
We Are Not Native Born Americans Fire Roar Royston Roosevelt Edit
The piece notes Roosevelt prompted a line change in a play for insulting American family life. It also cites a Scotch-Canadian charge against American women, then discusses gambling myths as tested by Sir Hiram Maxim and the Earl of Rossylia. Population projections vary, with W S Rossiter predicting about 130 million by 1950 and leveling thereafter.
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Roosevelt
London Spectator
Mathematics in Sex Mystery New Guinea Pig Study
Boston reports Prof. William E. Castle of Harvard University claims experiments breeding two new guinea pig varieties prove Mendellian sex laws. The two hybrids are identical in character, supporting Mendell's rule that hybrids produce fixed germ types and offspring ratios, challenging Darwinian views and prompting debate with the National Breeders' Association.
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Boston
William E. Castle
Harvard University
Castle
Gregor Mendell
Darwin
Mendell
National Breeders’ Association
Will Includes Humorous Provisions in Charles Murray’s Will
Bridgeport New Jersey veteran Charles A. Murray leaves playful legacies. He bequeaths five dollars to Joseph Conwell for “two gallons of fatr to middling whisky” for his friends and says the group may gain “the rudiments of a liberal entertainment.” He also leaves twenty five dollars to Lyon Post No 10 GAR to buy fun, even “if they have to jump into the aquarium.” Murray notes blessings for others and a pledge to help from the hereafter once he finds where he is. Vineland, his home, has long been a dry town and Conwell is known for his temperate stance.
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Bridgeport
N. J
Charles A. Murray
Joseph Conwell
Lyon
Department of New Jersey
Grand Army of the Republic
Paris scientists claim independent wireless system with two orthogonal Serials
Bellini and Tost announce a solution to wireless telegraphy after 18 months on Normandy coast. Their system uses two rectangular Serials fixed at right angles to enable transmission of unequal currents and create a single vertical plane electromagnetic field. They say they have intercepted messages from English stations and ships at sea and can send from Pourville to Havre without affecting nearby stations. Benefits include ship distress triangulation, tracking hostile fleets, and reading secret exchanges.
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Paris
Bellini
Tost
Normandy
Pourville
Havre
Electric light linked to eye disease in Paris report
Two Dresden scientists warn that ultraviolet rays from electric light injure eye tissues and may cause cataracts. They also propose a simple preventive using yellow green spectacles, predicting universal adoption as electricity expands.
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Paris
Dresden
Woman for Chair of Physics at Paris University
Mme Curie appointed chief professor of physics in the faculty of science at Paris University. She and the late Prof Curie jointly discovered radium. The appointment highlights a landmark achievement in French science leadership.
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Paria
Mme. Curie
Prof
Curie
Paris University
Fight Over Relics Rocks Caused Pittsburgh College Standoff
Nation and three jurisdictions dispute ownership of inscribed stones tied to Indigenous Mingo tribe, now in Geneva College possession. President W H George defends custody claiming rocks were moved to the college cellar to protect them as rivermen fear loss of historic image.
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College
Pittsburg
Roosevelt
United States
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Beaver County
Geneva College
W. H. George
George
Beaver
Ohio
Christopher Columbus
Beaver King
Ohio River
Lightning bugs to end Standard Oil rule in Liberty claim
W F Doll of Liberty New York says South American lightning bugs light homes and festivals. He plans a Liberty farm to disrupt Rockefeller’s trust. six bugs would illuminate rooms brighter than kerosene lamps. Doll cites his past as a watchmaker and mentions a railroad project in Colombia. Hartford report notes a 1768 deerskin deed found at Burnside mill linked to land transfer in New Jersey with a £30 169 price.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
W. F. Doll
Liberty
N. Y
Bogota
Columbia
South America
Andes
Mr. Doll
Rockefeller
Doll
Doll Manufacturing Company
Broadway
Hartford
Conn
Trenton
N. J
Burnside
Connecticut State Library
Capitol
Andrew Reed
Charles Pellit
Hezekiah Howell
Burlington
600 Clovers In a Wallet Will of Bedford Merchant Filed
The will of Jere M. Lyon a Bedford Westchester county merchant was filed with Surrogate Frank V Milard at White Plains. Lyon left property valued around 100000 and kept his bank books in a meal bag. A wallet inside the bag held 600 four leaf clovers found after his death.
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White Plains
N. Y
Jere M. Lyon
Bedford
Westchester County
Frank V. Milard
Broken Nose Man Reflects On Luck And Life’s Uncertainty
A man with plaster on his nose recalls two encounters with women on city streets. In Boston his friend received a $20,000 check after warning a lady about her untied shoe, while in New York the man’s gesture backfired and a baldheaded insult led to a broken nose and ruined looks. He laments luck and wonders about his future.
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Boston
New York
Same-Nit Talk by Harry Kellar on Stage Magic
Retired magician Harry Kellar criticizes modern stage magic as tame while noting younger magicians fail to study as rigorously as the previous generation. He compares the craft to a comically stubborn elderly man at a tailor, who discovers only minor changes in measurements over years.
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Harry Kellar
Few One Armed Women Probe Casualty Immunity
A gray headed speaker challenges the idea that women avoid arm loss noting that many women work in mills and factories and suffer street or transit injuries. He asks why women seem immune to losing an arm while men do not.
Secret of Style in the Atlantic Essay
The essay argues that style is a small deliberate expression of inherited tendencies shaping a writer. The author describes the self as a bundle of heredities and the stylus as a conduit for instinctive drives. Reading evokes shared pulses rooted in biology and psychology.
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Atlantic
Some Night Joy Ride Sparks A Society Scandal
A dialogue hints at the potential fallout if the son of a millionaire quarrels with a chorus girl aboard a late night excursion. The exchange underscores reputational concerns and social tensions in a high society setting.
Solomon Quiz Delivers Confusion in Child’s Riddle
In a playful Sunday school moment a teacher asks what King Solomon did when two women claimed a baby. The daughter answers with a humorous misquote about making twins, reflecting a lighthearted domestic scene.
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Mary
King Solomon
Yessum
Intelligence as the New Capital Transforming Labor Power
The text argues intelligence will become the primary capital surpassing money as industry grows. It cites Dr Landoury on food guidance for workers, Lyons cheap restaurants with pure food, and French efforts helping workers obtain homes. It concludes a nation is a single body where all parts affect each other.
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Landoury
Lyons
France
Ethics vs tattling in business school culture
The piece argues youth taught to hide faults must adapt in business settings where employees are paid to report issues. It urges graduates to abandon schoolyard silence, own their errors, and accept consequences, stressing that open accountability strengthens organization and results.
Mistaking Love versus Genuine Passion for Women
A writer argues that genuine love shows without doubt and warns young women not to confuse fleeting tenderness with lasting passion. Desire to know if love exists should not substitute lived certainty, as imagination can mislead those inexperienced in romance.
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Monte Carlo
Atlantic Monthly
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Insurance
Manhattan Island
Peterborough
Grimsby
Fehoowe
Thempelyag
Harvard
Vineland
Murray
Dr. Conwell
Edward
Dr. George
New Yorker
Standard
Rio Cha
Colombia
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