Vital Growth of Germany and World Economic Notes
A digest covers Germany's population rise from 25 million in 1816 to 86 million in 1912, with birth rates falling yet net growth accelerating. It cites Dr Helfferich on future totals and French misgivings, plus commentary on South African gold, Pompeii rhinoceros relief, Punch cover design changes, California gold output, Brittany crockery, and Carnegie on universal peace.
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Germany
Heliferich
Russia
Great Britain
Rand
London Chronicle
Witwatersrand
Europe
South Africa
Passing of Man and the Rise of Woman
An essay reflects on man as a former necessity for humanity's progress and gender roles. It argues the times now favor women’s advancement, noting man’s historical roles in industry warfare and society, and hints at art and culture created before women attained equality.
He Still Thinks He Is The One In A Ticket Mixup
A young man misreads romance as he purchases extra tickets and assumes a single partner. In trains, hotels, and theaters he feigns normalcy while a blushing companion nudges him to buy two tickets. Conductor and clerk catch the farce as others remark he forgets they are not together.
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Everyman
Let Them Fight It Out in The Public Mind
A fragment reflects on remarks about a group of opinionated men in the Speaking the Public Mind department. The speaker notes the difficulty of reconciling many minds and peers who often argue their pet theories rather than reach agreement.
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Datsin Garrett
Convention Hall Melee Over Belted Peacekeepers
A raucous convention hall scene unfolds as rivals threaten fists and clubs to settle differences while a band plays. Survivors receive championship belts and are bound to keep peace, with ring seats priced around five dollars. The piece lampoons quick tempers and social costs amid a chaotic crowd, noting the era’s appetite for spectacle.
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Kansas City
Dusting Pins Vanish: Study Tracks Tiny Metal Loss
Dr Navier a Paris scientist monitors individual specimens of pins lost from factory wage cycles. Ordinary hat pins vanished in ten days, steel pen nibs in under ten months, common pins in one month, and polished needles faded in about two and a half years, illustrating rapid rusting to dust.
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Navier
Paris
Blo
American Slogan on Speed and Beauty in Architecture
A quoted remark from an American architect contrasts desires for grand beauty with demands for rapid completion. It notes St Marys in Venice and Notre Dame as timeless monuments that could not have been built in 18 months, arguing public taste and stable design require longer, deliberate work.
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New York
St. Mary’s
Venice
St. Mark's
Notre Dame
Irrance
Aura
Couglieclmo Ferrero
Atlantic
Goldine Promises Quick Relief From La Grippe
An advertisement touts Goldine as a cure to relieve La Grippe symptoms and rebuild strength. It claims digestion improves, symptoms vanish, and offers Goldine, Alterac, and Laxatives with prices. Local drugstore presence noted, amid unrelated brief global anecdotes.
Reading For Time And Taste In Literature
A humorous meditation on book selling and readers habits, lampooning critics who chase old wisdom while others chase new trends. It recalls Pope Pius II and a tale of a priest in Tambalo as a reflection on value and timing in literature and public life.
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Wmerson
Tambalo
Pius II
Cinseppe Sarto
Theo Gidavppe Barto
Dinner remarks echo partisan clash in Indianapolis
At a dinner in Indianapolis Senator Kern listened with a deprecating smile to a speaker condemning a man who boasted too much. Senator Meru later commented that when we blow our own horn we can be sure we are doing something that would otherwise be undone.
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Kern
Indianapolis
Meru
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Sioan Bros
Oxfords
Oxford
Aluminum
Congoleum
Madras
Percale
Pompeii
Berlin Society of the History of Art
Marty David
Naples
Durer
British Museum
Aly Oficial Caradivistie
Gere
Punch
Dicky” Doyle
Sir John Gilbert
Doyle
California
United States
Brittany
Andrew Carnegie
Veriter
Wan
The
George Cohan
Bostern
Cohan
Witte
A. Wise
Timo
Giusepps Sarto
Ti Waa
Tombolo
le Crt de
South
John Sharp Williams
Mobile
Qld
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