France as the World Banker and Its Growing Finances
The piece argues France dominates global finance by virtue of thrift and domestic economy. It notes large gold holdings at the Bank of France nearing $600 million, widespread small investor activity, and France financing major foreign loans during the early 1900s. It cites a 40 million population and a broad distribution of estates, highlighting France’s financial sway despite industrial gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Dow
England
South Africa
London
Britain
Hey
Russia
Japan
Germany
United States
Bank of France
United States Treasury
Paris
Great Britain
Republic
Brittany
Unlicensed healers and charlatans curb Paris medical scene
An English paper notes Paris abounds with unlicensed researchers and celebrated doctors alike. It cites Pasteur and Metchnikoff as remarkable yet warns many healers survive by suggestion while real doctors fear professional backlash and economic ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oueress
Pars
Pasteur
Metchnikoff
Gretele
Royal Queens and Gambling Tales From History
The article notes Marie Antoinette as a tireless player at tables with long sessions and mingling guests, while Joseph III compares the queen’s table to a gambling house. It also recalls Anne Boleyn as fond of high stakes and lucky wins documented in privy purse records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Antoinette
Queen's Table
Pontainebleu
Joseph III
Anne Boleyn
Henry VIII
Jars of berries found in Johnstown dig date 1889 flood
Workmen excavating for a new building in Johnstown uncovered a dozen glass jars filled with berries believed buried during the 1889 flood. The fruit appears preserved as it would have been when swept away by the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
California official backs asphalt oil for road dressing
California highway commissioner urges oil as surface dressing with 40 percent asphaltum and capped foreign matter. He details cold application favored, grading and dragging steps, sub grade preparation, and layer sequence for earth and gravel roads to improve durability and dust control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
States Highway Commissioner
Offer of Cemetery Lots Prompts Mr. Glimmerton to Think
A New York Sun piece presents Mr. Glimmerton receiving a circular about cemetery plots offered at moderate prices and favorable terms. He muses on the inevitability of death, the practicality of purchasing a burial site, and the irony of needing one without expecting to die soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Glimmerton
New York
New York Sun
Trees of an English Garden at Claremont
The Kew Bulletin notes Claremont as the Duchess of Albany residence hosting four premier tree specimens. Kentucky coffee tree Gyrinmocladus canadensis stands over sixty feet tall with a seven foot trunk. Sassafras of Neviale reaches seven feet two inches and about fifty feet. Magnolia macrophylla rises forty to forty five feet with a trunk near three feet eleven inches. redwood Sequoia sempervirens exceeds seven foot girth, 100 feet high, trunk thirteen feet, forming a slender pyramid. These four are unrivaled in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremont
British Isles
Duchess of Albany
Sassafras
Neviale
Britain
Islands
Public sale notice for monoplane in Brussels market
A Brussels bailiff advertises a court ordered sale of a monoplane built by L. Blériot. The air craft, seized by court order, will be auctioned at Etterbeek market with wings motor and accessories and cash payment only. The notice appears in the London Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Brussels
Chambers
Arthur Dereymaeker
Ernest Allard
Etterbeck
L. Bleriot
London Globe
The Great Bell Market at Nijni Novgorod
The article describes Nijni Novgorod Russia’s annual Great Bell Market held from July to September. It highlights its role as a major East West exchange with buyers from Asia and Europe and goods valued at twenty million pounds annually. It notes a vast bell market selling bells of all sizes from small to enormous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nijni-Novgorod
Russia
Asia
Europe
Names of girls in a college class reveal old fashioned trends
A college records 1600 female enrollment with Helen the most common name, then Mary, Margaret, Ruth, Florence, and Elizabeth. Many Hopes Dorothys Emily and Penelope remain present while Abigail Huldah Hepzibah have faded from popularity in America.
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Helen
Light
Mary
Margaret
Ruth
Plorence
Elizabeth
Hopes
Dorothys
Emilys
Penelopes
Abigail
Huldah
Hepzibah
America
Jack Tar's Superstitions On Bluewater Hoodoo Beliefs
A historical piece recalls maritime superstitions from old salt lore. Sailors fear Friday voyages and blue painted vessels bring rain and misfortune. A tale of the Donna T. Briggs and a mutinous crew over a black cat illustrates superstition shaping shipboard decisions and prize hunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Montauk
Donna T. Triggs
Stonington
Cuba
United States
Donna T. Briggs
Greenland
Cape Horn
Stuart
Mediterranean
The Junior Partner
A New York Sun story recalls a businessman noting two boys at work. One swept against the wind and wasted effort. the other swept with the wind, finishing faster and more efficiently, proving the value of quick intelligence and practical sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Hats and Hobble Skirts Face Downfall in Fashion
Mrs. Jesse W. Tobey of Columbia University predicts fashion reform after European trends. She says freak hats and hobble skirts will fade as women choose hats that suit their personalities, citing Parisian street style and New York as potential fashion centers.
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Jesse W. Tobey
Household Arts
Columbia University
Europe
Paris
New York
The Jordan Valley and Moabites in Palestine History
Travelers to the Holy Land often stay west of the Jordan and overlook the eastern hills. The Jordan Valley forms a deep barrier 1,400 feet below sea level, with hills rising 3,000 feet, shaping access and history. The region’s economic importance endures in both old and new dispensations.
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Holy Land
Jordan
Moabae
Jerusalem
Jordan Valley
Palestine
Christian Herald
How the Gargle Was Taken in South Indian Missions
Rev. J J Sharrock recounts a medical mission anecdote from the London Globe about an old woman who followed a bishop’s wife instructions to hold a gargle bottle in her mouth. She returned with neck pain after claiming she kept her head thrown back for an extended period.
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J. J. Sharrock
London Globe
Metal Railway Ties May Combine Wood and Concrete
J. W. Hendrick of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe told the American Railroad Engineering Association that concrete ties are unlikely to fully replace wooden ones due to elasticity concerns. He said steel is costly and its use has raised doubts from pilots who have tested it, predicting metal ties will only occur in combination with wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Railroad Engineering Association
J. W. Hendrick
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Apples on Felted Tree Story Emerges in Northport
John C. Smith of Northport IL reported a surprising growth on a felled tree that bloomed after being cut. The tree, cut just before blossoming, produced ripe apples that matured over months, delaying dismemberment as he watched developments unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Smith
Northport
Smith
Salt Rock Forms In Subterranean Chambers And Mines
The article describes venting water into vast silt chambers to dissolve salt from rock. As water rises and falls, two feet of pool dissolve with two feet of floor debris. the debris becomes salt over time. Chambers span hundreds of yards, with galleries miles long, and a chamber of pure rock salt glows with color akin to a subterranean city. Miners work naked due to salt absorption in clothing, needing frequent relief. The piece also notes striking insect imagery with numerous muscles observed on a moth.
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Wilebegka
FealTRY Profit in Geese Kalleng
Geese have long been valued for profit and new duck breeds boost returns. Embden geese average eighteen pounds with twenty eggs per season. Gray Toulouse tops twenty pounds with about forty eggs. African geese are nearly as large, Chinese goose excels as egg producer. Indian Runner leads as a layer among ducks, Pekin may lay about 150 eggs but tends not to sit.
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Toulouse
Ohio Man patent carrier keeps eggs from breaking
A recent invention by an Ohio man offers a wooden egg carrier designed for dealers. It uses a hinged box with pegs forming vertical egg compartments, a cardboard tray, and a latching cover to prevent movement and insure against breakage during transport.
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Ohio
Feathered actors and poultry feed from old journals
A 19th century note praises geese as the brightest fowl and jokes that geese learn stagecraft quickly while turkeys take six months. It cites training trainer Clyde Powers on birds from ducks to peafowl. The piece also mentions hens resisting alfalfa in favor of corn meal mush and the high cost of feed with implied profits.
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Brossen
Clyde Powers
Mr. Powers
Poultry Journal
Yolk Color Tied to Hen Feed Mix Changes
Report notes that eggs from hens fed only specific grain and animal substances yield pale yellow yolks. Preferred darker yolks arise from liberal feeding of alfalfa or clover.
House smoking as remedy for roup in fowls
The Indiana Farmer cites a remedy for roup in poultry using damp straw burning to smoke fowls inside for several minutes. It notes personal trials and reports claiming the method cleans up an epidemic of roup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Trustees Notices from Madison and Nearby Townships
Local trustees announce weekly office hours by residence or township locations. J W Knauer and Ernest Kivett list Madison and Mill Creek hours. Benjamin Walls, Jackson township. Oliver Stringer at his residence. Db Voetcheson at Bainbridge. Pred Todd at Ployd. Otto Rector at Marion with Fillmore time.
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Mill Creek Township
Ernest Kivett
Ployd Township
Todd
Marion Township
Fillmore
Otto Rector
Mrs Gallagher Finds Relief From Acute Indigestion
Mrs. M. J. Gallagher of Geneva New York reports years of indigestion and constipation improved after trying Chamberlain's Tablets. She bought a bottle from her druggist four months ago and within days could eat heartily with no bad effects after taking two bottles. Sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Gallagher
Geneva
N. Y
Chamberlain
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Greencastle Farmer
I W Key of Greencastle for fifteen years suffered back pain and frequent kidney issues. After one box of Doan's Kidney Pills he felt relief and improved health. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold at all dealers and promoted by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W. Key
Farmer
Greencastle
Doan
Mr. Key
Foster-Milburn Co. Props
Buffalo
N. Y
Horace tattle and Powls disease treatment noted in manual
The excerpt lists treatments for diseases of Horace tattle sheep dogs and Powls as described in Humphreys Veterinary Manual mailed free from Humphrey’s Veterinary Remedies at 1 William St New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Tattle
Powls
Humphreys
Humphrey
William St
New York
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Quaecks
Jack Tar
Madison Township
J. W. Knauer
Jackson Township
Benjamin Walls
Oliver Stringer
Monroe Township
Bainbridge
VO Etcheson
MONON
Chicago
Indianapolis
Louisville
Seawe Svedinoet
Tumphreys’ Homeo, Medicine Co
Willand, New York
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