To Cut Down World Fuel Bill by Wireless Power
Prof. Fernald predicts trains nationwide could run on electricity generated at central gas-producer plants near mines. The article notes industrial and urban adoption potential and cites Washington's early calls for a national university to advance science and education.
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Great Central
Robert H. Fernald
Robert Franklin
Technical World Magazine
Winois
United States
Fernald
Unmarried Women Poll For Ideal Husband In Leap Year
Miss Myrtle Bascom of Chicago Omaha outlines her ideal mate in a leap year contest. He must be a good meal ticket provider and able to swear when needed yet not intrude on his private life. He should be American, a gentleman, with a face that attracts dogs and babies, and have just enough money for the next meal. Bascom favors honest, plain American types over titles or debt, and would not force a husband to reveal all.
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Chicago
Omaha
Myrtle Bascom
Bascom
James Dahlmann
Jim
Misa Bascom
Strange finger insect bite mystery perplexes Philadelphia doctors
Physicians at the Children's Homeopathic Hospital see many patients with swelling on the index or middle fingers after a mysterious bite. Mary Bergdauer, 17, and Mary Jansen, 19, were treated with swelling subsiding in both cases. No deaths reported.
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Philadelphia
Children’s Homeopathic Hospital
Mary Bergdauer
Mary Jansen
Merry Widow Hat Incites Alley Scene in Allentown
A man and a woman on Turner Street encountered a conflict when the man, angered by the large Merry Widow hat, grabbed the hat and stomped on it after the hat’s edge struck him, then kicked it into the street before fleeing down an alley.
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Allentown
Turner Street
Fort Riley tests show new artillery ammunition devastates infantry
The field artillery board at Fort Riley conducted two year long tests of German high explosive shrapnel and shell. At 3,000 yards the shells shredded infantry targets in column and a protected gun and caisson, igniting fires and killing dummies. Two stone walls sheltering troops were demolished with five shots.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Field Artillery Board of the Army
United States
Wettest Town in Land Benbow City Riches From Liquor Trade
Benbow City eight miles south of Alton grows around a Standard Oil refinery and claims the title Wettest in Illinois. It started as a village with 18 voters and 23 saloons now housing 300 people and 23 saloons averaging one per 13 residents. Seven brewery agencies join the 23 dramshops with $500 yearly licenses each, yielding a $156000 nest egg for the coming year. Liquor payments of $50 per resident raise the town’s per capita wealth above any other American locale source wide.
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Benbow City
Standard Oil Company
Alton
Illnois
Dramshop
Mve
United States
Unusual Chinese Cargo Arrives on British Steamer Jeserie
The British steamer Jeserie from China and Japan docks with matting and general merchandise. It carries 2,000 tons of fire crackers to be discharged in New York for Fourth of July celebrations and three tons of Chinese pigtails to be processed domestically. The vessel, with 55 crew, includes 17 Malays and 23 Lascars.
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Baltimore
Jeserie
Thomson
China
Japan
Far East
Tibergheen
Athol
America
New York
Fone
Dalny
Manchuria
Yokohama
Kobe
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Singapore
Penang
Colombo
Suez
Port Sid
Algiers
St. George
Bermuda
Around the House Table Linen of To-Day and Improvement
An analysis of current table linen trends compares today with a decade ago, noting improved designs and lower prices in medium quality linens. Irish-made fabrics are praised for durability, with round center-pieces and lace details from Fayal and Bohemian styles popular. Emphasis on avoiding starch, proper ironing, and careful mending with darning. Also includes quick home tips on larding meat and a hearty family soup recipe.
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Ireland
Azores
Fayal
Love and labor blend in timeless verses
A 1908 poetic fragment celebrates love as the core of life and motivation. The speaker stresses that money fuels work, yet true worth comes from giving and sharing love, which lifts spirits and sustains effort toward a shared home and happiness.
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Tia
Fragmented miscellany from a late section with jokes and anecdotes
A collage of light verse and comic bits, including a parable about a boy and his dog with a loaded billy, humorous vignettes about chores and hats, and stray observations on advertising and vaccination. It blends whimsy with oddball local keepsakes and social quips.
Simple Cheese Fondue Snack Recipe Steps
Simple cheese fonda recipe uses bread crumbs cheese eggs milk butter salt cayenne and soda. Melt butter then add milk soda and bread crumbs and cheese then simmer five minutes or until smooth. Stir in eggs and cook three minutes and serve on buttered toast.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Direct Blood Action
Old advertisements tout Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Includes testimonials, price of 75 cents per bottle, and other patent medicine pitches from druggists and dealers. Also references to Hall's Family Pills and Lewis' Single Binder cigars in a period ad style.
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Pernie
A . Bave de
Gre
Waioing
Kinnan & Marvin
Wholetale Draggista
Toledo
Hell
Hall
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
Advertises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female troubles including displacements inflammation and nervous prostration. Claims long standing use and invites women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Goshen
Indiana
National American University
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Washington
Congress
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Russia
Vladimir Sergeyetvitch Kuturoff
Varvara Tranovskaya Kuturoff
Doukhobortsky
Quaker City
Merry Widow
Australia
William Humble Ward
Earl of Dudley
Imperial Yeomanry
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Dudley
Charlies Gurney
Earl
Viscount Ednam
ARMY
Ill
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Uattle
Byron Williams
Washington, D. C
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Billy
al Po
Michigan
Dervish
Channing
Lewis
Desler
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Til
Otto
F. Ellsworth
Oyville
Bova
Beaver Falls
Purina
Fivnitas
Secipeeenestid Salen Cs
Nice
Sid Fate Bree
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