Rats A National Pest costs billions in damage
The biological survey of the Agriculture Department estimates rats cost the United States about 56 million dollars annually. They cannot be exterminated and can only be held in check by rat traps. Fire losses and other damages attributed to rats may be higher than official figures. Washington reports millions of rats within the capital and significant annual losses in markets shops and stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
C. Hart Merriam
Washington
Mr. Merriam
Merriam
Morbid health habits and labor disputes in early 20th century items
A mingling of short notes on public health anxieties, labor arbitration in New Zealand, road tests on automobile impact, a Connecticut dog license led to a marriage, and Secretary Wilson's retirement hints. The column blends social commentary with brief notices on policy trials and personal curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Benedict
Open Jail Doors By A Want Ad Miracle
A Oklahoma City newspaper ran a six line want ad seeking release for John L Silber. The ad sparked public sympathy, prompted petitions and legal letters, and led to a governor pardon after 11 months in jail for a charge later deemed unjust. Silber, a 22 year old switchman, was pardoned on April 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Oklahoman of
Oklahoma City
Oklahoman
Silber
Trainmen's Union
Buffalo
N. Y
Oklahoma
Newkirk
Roy E. Stafford
Want
John L. Silber
Want Advertising
Silbert & Young Man
Ad Man's Gospel Prompt Fails to Advertise Sorrow and Woes
The ad oriented quip asks who bears sorrow, woes, contention, and red eyes. answers that the one who lacks advertising suffers these misfortunes. It echoes a period tone about commerce and visibility in public life.
Court rules广告 payments for city loan ads valid
In Philadelphia last week Judge Wiltbank refused to block City Comptroller Walton from signing warrants for advertising bills tied to a 10 million dollar municipal loan. The ruling upholds 30 years of practice, finding funds available and clerks acting properly. Named newspapers and publishers were defendants in the taxpayer suit brought by Leroy N. Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Philadelphia
Wiltbank
Walton
Leroy N. Lewis
The
Press
Public Ledger
Inquirer
Evening ,Telegraph
Item
Sunday Dispatch
Daily News
Herald Publishing Company
Daily Gazette
Cracks
Kensington Critic
Black paper for newspapers may cut costs nationwide
Fox river valley paper manufacturers in Appleton propose using black paper with white ink to replace white print paper. They claim black paper costs could be under half the price and require far less pulp, using old newspapers as stock. The plan will be presented to eastern manufacturers after Washington congressional hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Wis
Fox River Valley
Congressional Investigating Committee
Washington
Editors plan to label Mundy speech as flapdoodle
An associate editor and editor discuss countering Mundy with a dismissive label. They fear the speech undermines their candidate and decide to brand it flapdoodle to appease straight-ticket voters and block opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mundy
Piper
Poets Born Not Made Says Publisher in Capital
A youth in Washington sought critique from a publisher with the Library of Congress copyright division. After the publisher urged burning his work the youth argued that poets are born not made. The publisher replied by blaming the poet's parents, prompting a broad smile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Capital
Brary of
Congress
Kansas City Journal
Greeley Recalls Lending Fees and Unreturned Sums
Horace Greeley in a pointed editorial recalls helping many as a lender yet rarely receiving repayment. He notes only one return of five dollars sent from an asylum as proof of how rare such refunds are, a detail cited by Victor Smith in New York Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Greeley
Victor Smith
New York
Preas
Discovery of a Possible Eighth Moon of Jupiter
The article chronicles the long history of Jupiter’s moons from Galileo to present observers at Greenwich and Lick Observatory. It notes Barnard’s 1892 discovery of a fifth moon, Perrine’s 1904 sixth, and a 1905 seventh, with an eighth moon under recent observation. It describes Jupiter’s belts, the Great Red Spot, and the challenging visibility of the outer moons even with large telescopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter
Roemer
Galileo
Herschel
Lord Rosse
Parsonstown
Sirius
Lick
Calilea
Gilbert
Edward Emerson Barnard
Lick Observatory
Mt. Hamilton
Cal
Amercan
Charles Dillon Perrine
United States Naval Observatory
Perrine
Greenwich Observatory
England
Padua
Saturn
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Harvard College Observatory
Arad
Greenwich
Jovian
Few Perfect Models In Europa Artists' Ring
In Europe about 10 000 women and girls work as artists models earning rings. It is strange to say there are not ten among them who possess a perfect face and figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Success Magazine
Europa
True to the Last Spirit of Perry and the Bluejackets
The article honors ordinary seamen of the U S Navy, recounting Bancroft’s portrayal of heroism in the Battle of Lake Erie. It highlights Commodore Perry, surgeon Parsons, and Wilson Mays who fought on deck, aided by pumps and rope work, with Mays dying at his post but remembered as a steadfast patriot.
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Bancroft
Lake Erie
Perry
Parsons
Commodore Perry
Wilson Mays
Mays
Duel near Wilmington ends with Webb wounded below knee
Senator Paynter notes the Webb Webb editorial lanced Tom Marshall. The duel near Wilmington, Delaware, left Webb wounded below the knee after two simultaneous shots. Marshall demanded a third shot, and Webb was carried to a hotel to recover for weeks.
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Senator Paynter
Kentucky
James Watson Webb
New York
Tom Marshall
Marshall
Wilmington
Del
Col. Webb
Webb
Dress Coats Fall Out of Demand for Labrador Mission
Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell’s ship the Lorna Doone sits in Boston harbor loading cast-off clothes for Labrador and Newfoundland poor. Boston residents are warned that locals rarely dress for dinner, with one tale of a swallow-tail coat repurposed into a Spencer jacket for an Esquiman youth. The doctor prefers practical gear over open-face coats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred T. Grenfell
Boston
Labrador
Dr. Grenfell
Newfoundland
Mr Green's Waterloo Board Dilemma
Mr Green paid four dollars a week for board but his appetite grew. His landlady faced a choice to quit or raise the rate. She told him she must raise to five dollars, and he exclaimed it was all he could do to eat four dollars worth.
Mysterious Exchange Between Two Speakers
A fragmentary dialogue features a dog mautic person declaring dislike for braggers and whiners while praising quiet takers. The listener challenges with questions about pickpockets and sneaks, leaving the exact identities and context unclear.
Ethel Prefers Earthly Visits To Heaven
A five year old girl questions heaven as a reward and wonders about leaving heaven to visit her grandmother. Her grandmother argues against leaving eternal bliss while Ethel weighs the idea and reveals affection for family.
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Ethel
Grandma
Missing Link Found by Dubois in 1895
Article notes the so called missing link between man and ape found by Dr. Dubois in 1895 along the Rengawan river in central Java. Fossils include a skull a thigh bone and two molar teeth and researchers built an animal not human yet closer to man than apes. The link named Pithecanthropus Erectus.
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Dr. Dubois
Rengawan River
Java
New York American
Fragmented vintage ads with health claims and quips
A garbled page of promotional blurbs and quack cures offers cigar pitches from Lewis’ Single Binder and nerve tonics from Dr. Kiine. It also trends toward child soothing syrups and patter about affection, teething remedies, and social aphorisms.
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Goshen Daily Democrat
JOS
Goshen
Indiana
the Doctor
New Zealand
International Road Congress
Paris
Wilson
Nhy
E. K. Gaylord
John L. Siiber
Kay County
Oklo
Quaker City
Faille
Greeley
Satelli
Lich Observatory
Uncle Sam
Mr. Green
Waterloo
Hall’s
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Wapping, Kinnann & Marvin
Wholagahc Druggista
Hali
Hall
Shakespeare
Lewis
Peoria
Kiine
Kine
Arch Street
Dodds
Guart
Clhalay
Pacific Coast Borax Co
Qius&s Nesbitt
Vuuils Valley
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