Harvard 71 Hero Stands Out in Great Fire Drama
A roomful of judges including a Senator and fellow Harvard men read a contest entry when a fire breaks out. An old man, a Harvard ’71 alumnus, heroically rescues a girl from a burning building before dying from his injuries. The crowd honors his sacrifice and the class mourns his loss.
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Anthony Comstock and His Crusade Against Vice
A profile of Anthony Comstock detailing his lifelong fight against obscene books and images, the dangers he faced, and his impact on American reform. It traces his beginnings in New Haven and New York, the 1872 arrests, the 1873 Comstock law passage, and his ongoing role as a post office inspector and reform advocate supported by Morris K. Jesup.
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Comstock
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Morris K. Jesup
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First European to Meet Mikado in 1868
In 1868 Admiral Lord Charles Beresford of Britain reportedly was the first European to see the face of the Mikado of Japan, a notable historical note from early contacts between Britain and Japan.
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Briefs from Everywhere
Marconi wheat spreads through Colorado drylands while Spain’s newsboys are women only. Friction matches date back fifty years. Honduras mahogany undercuts pine lumber. Switzerland hosts 5,900 women students. Britain imports farm products worth 900 million dollars yearly. Norge-Americans send one million abroad to Norway. Kansas has 44 counties without a pauper and 37 without a jail inmate. Sir Harry Johnston compares London misery to Africa.
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Switzerland
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Norway
Kansas
Sir Harry Johnston
London
Africa
Separator that fully separates pork from white in one piece
A solid metal device instantly separates pork from white without breaking yolk. It remains intact with no yolk fragments and is constructed from a single solid piece of metal.
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