World Markets Reported Across Far Regions With Avaried Imports
The article surveys global trade and labor notes from 1915 to 1916, detailing fruit and vegetable imports to Hull and Britain, and peculiar labor shifts including the rise of child labor in Italy. It notes shifts in weights measures, a British plan for decimal systems, and various industrial and agricultural curiosities across multiple countries.
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Hu Aric
Hart
Almeria
Hull
Britain
British Imperial Council of Commerce
Descartes on the heart and vascular diagrams
Readings from Descartes 1606 birth to 1837 Discours on Method excerpt detailing heart chambers and vessels. It explains venous and arterial relations, heart valves, and the renaming of arterial vein to pulmonary artery and venous artery to pulmonary vein.
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Keng Dercartes
Publisien
Inventions and Plans Highlight Mexico’s Improving Economy
The Mexican Review notes a Ban Luis Potosi tor tilas factory producing up to 3 000 units hourly, a railway extension plan under Secretary Bonning to unlock rich but undeveloped regions, Lake Texcoco reclamation to boost agriculture, refurbishing rifles and machine guns in Mexico City, and the Saille School of Arts and Crafts seeking public support to become self sustaining.
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Ban Luis Potosi
Bonning
Department of Communications and Public Works
Republic
Lake Texcoco
Mexico City
Department Public Works
Une
Alexico
National Arsenal
School of Arts and Crafts
Saillle
Bate
Coahuila
Ripirel
National defense study cites high rejection rates for defects
A New York committee on national defense reviews army medical exam failures from last summer. Of 114000 officers and men, 25 500 were rejected for physical defects, with low admission rates to the marine corps and naval academies highlighting the need for universal physical training and early hygienic education to build a stronger nation.
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Chicago News
Mitchel
New York City
Cefegular Army
United States Marine Corps
New York
Naval
1St Point
Annapolis
Uniitary Academy
Naval Academy
Hugh Hampton Young
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Switserland
Oung
Consider Your Ears Ald in the American Magazine
In a piece for the American Magazine Merle Crowell reflects on a dinner with a powerful talker and the value of listening. He critiques the giver more than the receiver and notes that truly able men are eager devourers of others ideas while seldom tapping their own reservoirs. He links curiosity to learning and cites J Ogden Armour Theodore Roosevelt and a New York show as examples of questions driving insight.
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Bia Meas
Merle Crowell
Kas
J. Ogden Armour
Crowell
Aftice
Armour
Amour
Theodore Roosevelt
Dunne Forentor
Mr. Dooky
Tougpess
Ty Paul
New York
Ex Crown Princess jailed by Germans
Reports from Rome say Countess Oso former Crown Princess of Saxony has been captured by German forces in Belgium and handed to the King of Saxony. He has confined her in a convent amid tight surveillance, marking a stark turn in the case of the disgraced royal.
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Rome
Oso
Saxony
Belgium
Prima 'Ens
Bank Robbery Law Debate Echoes in Kansas City Times
A Kansas City Times report recounts a November bank robbery in Rosedale where two men forced the bank president to hand over over $1000 and locked him in the safe. The accused pleaded guilty and friends posted the amount to obtain probation, igniting a legal debate on private punishment versus social justice.
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Rosedale
Arros
Geerms
Meer
papaNas
Idaho Court Reverses Refusal To Permit Opium User Witness
West's Docket notes the Idaho supreme court reversal of a trial court ruling that barred a Chinese interpreter witness from answering drug use questions. The opinion quotes medical jurisprudence arguing narcotic habit corrupts memory and honesty, yet allows evidence of habit to affect credibility and weight of testimony.
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West
Fong Loon
Pacific Reporter
Idaho Supreme Court
Budge
Supreme Court
Vipetten & Stille
Perveralone
Rey
Doctor a Fake Then Heals Me Aft One Day
A speaker mocks doctors as hacks yet relies on medicine when ill. The poet admits doctors save him from death, then derides medical science again, ending with a public chorus that ridicules solemn authority. The verse cycles between scorn and dependence on medical care.
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Doc
Cnres
Wash Dishes Only Once a Day From the Chicago Herald
A Chicago Herald feature cites Dr H Barnard in Table Talk urging housekeepers to wash dishes once daily to save time and effort. A test by a housekeeper cut dishwashing from 21 to 7 times per week, reducing daily washing from 62 to 412 minutes over two weeks while using the same amount of dishes.
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Chicago Herald
Balloon stone marks early British air travel in Hertfordshire
The earliest English memorials to air travel honor Sig nor Lunardi and earlier haphazard fliers. A 1784 Standon End stone notes Lunardi crossed Britain’s region of the air in 2 hours and 5 minutes. Earlier Flying Men died, including Cadman and felling, noted on epitaphs.
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London
Montes Mente
England
Standon End
Hertfordshire
Vincent Lunard
Lucen
Tuscany
Britain
Posterity
Thomas Felling
Burton Strather
Pockngton Church
Yorkshire
Cadman
Stary’s Church
Shrewsbury
Percy Pilcher
Sanford
Lord Braye
Rugby
Market Harborough
Braye
Altero Icari
Icarus
Bierot
Calais
Dover
Channel
North Fall Meadow
Dover Castle
Blerot
Bat Men Real Heroes From the Trenches
The piece honors officers’ bat-men or body servants who keep dugouts, boots, and gear ready as soldiers fight in the trenches. It cites stretcher bearers and loyal servants who save lives, carry wounded officers, and risk their own lives to ensure command and comfort amid heavy shelling.
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London
Bat-Man
Bat-Ma
Jones
Andrews c
Misread Letter Appeals Doctor About Diet Fraud
A garbled historical letter complains about a physician in a newspaper department and a dishonest diet cure. It references cray notes on patients, eggs, pears, gold, and a desire to stop suffering. The writer questions cures, diet plans, and the role of medical advice in public belief.
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Miwaukne
Eufforer
Ane
Stein
Bota
Bern
Bencalawia
Iowa
Farm Offices Rise In Rural Wisconsin Homes
The Farm Office describes how Wisconsin farmers increasingly create in-home work spaces to handle real estate and farm business, noting that deals are often struck in kitchens or back porches. The ideal setup features a flat top desk, filing case, section bookcase, typewriter, and private, quiet space to avoid interruptions.
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Farm and Real Restate Journal
Wisconsin
Jani
Imperial Academy plans lake shore biological station
The Imperial Academy of Sciences of Petrograd plans a biological station on Lake Tialkal shore. The lake’s thin depths host remarkable fauna with rare species not found elsewhere. Some species are ancient, seen as vestiges of subtropical Si beran fauna from the upper tertiary period.
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Imperial Academy of Sciences of Petrograd
Tialkal
Thin Lake
Ith Cishew
Sibera
Annie Laurie ballad and the new city fly catcher tale
The piece contrasts a fragment of Annie Laurie sung by William Douglas with a Popular Science Monthly note on A E Chapman’s patent fly trap in Redlands California. It describes Chapman’s street traps using fruit and cinnamon bait and reports counts of flies collected by the new city office at ten dollars weekly.
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A. E. Chapman
Redlands
Call
Chapman
Ilvery Atables
Contrast in Safety Warns Drivers on Rail Crossings
The Minneapolis Journal cites a western railway, the Chicago Wheat Western, with many fatalities at at grade crossings, versus the Pennsylvania railroad reporting zero deaths on busy steelager runs. It notes trains at 60 mph cover one sixth of a mile in ten seconds and urges public safety against crossing accidents.
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Minneapolis Journal
Western Railways
Chicago Wheat Western
Eastern
Enreylvania
Warnite Sien
Public Safety Committee
Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association
Minneapolis
Ae Mans Railway
Wiroet
Society of Clean-up Roosters Formed in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia group named the Society of Clean-up Roosters forms with no dues or fees. Members pledge to keep their city clean and receive a porch-tug readout saying I Help oop My City Clean. The city highway bureau reports 30 structures toppled per hour and 120 per day. Dallas contemplates adopting city manager government.
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Philadelphia
City Highway Bureau
Fragmented Confession of a Slacker and Social Pressure
A narrated confession describes a single man pursued by social scrutiny, with fathers probing work, pay, and prospects on a commuter train. Women’s home companions frame expectations as flirtation turns to judgment, while peers question virtue and status in a charged, indifferent society.
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Itu
Paper Rainproof Garment From Mitsimata Plant
A Japanese invention turns paper into a functioning rainproof coat made from fibers sourced at the Mitsimata plant. The process uses mountain grown materials and aims to provide an affordable, lightweight protective garment.
Make the Farm Home Modern Shows Kitchen Efficiency Tips
A farm home expert argues for running water and drainage near the kitchen, storage tanks, and affordable devices to save time. He urges practical shelving, proper knife placement, drainboards on both sides of the sink, and organized utensil storage to ease housework for farm wives.
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P. G. Holden
Stallen
Denmark Cow Tuberculosis Cure Puts Calves First
An article explains Dr Bang's method of preventing bovine TB by feeding newborn calves sterilized milk away from tuberculous mothers. It notes Denmark adopted this practice, yielding healthy cattle. It also cites Dr Alfred Hess applying the concept to reduce human infant TB risk in New York.
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Maeve
Dr. Bang
New York City
Popular Science Monthly
Denmark
Bang
Dhamark
Der
Alfred F. Hess
New York
Baron Radale
N. J. Wenheg
Hea
Plan to tax surgeons for non diseased appendectomies debated
A Bloomington like bill in the state laboratory era questions surgeon charges when an appendix is removed for non medical reasons. It suggests the patient loses the bill if the appendix is deemed non diseased and later returned to the owner after expert review.
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Indianapolis News
Houth Iakila
Massachusetts commission advocates two prices in stores
The report calls for credit priced goods at a higher rate than cash purchases, claiming buyers on credit pay about ten percent more. It argues cash pricing could reduce overall costs by ten percent while maintaining merchant profits. It cites impact on workers and notes Chicago findings. No legal remedy seen. rely on merchant agreement or competition.
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Omaha World Herald
Massachusetts Commission
Chicago
Massachusetts
Kelly
How Many English Words
A historical gloss argues there are about 100000 English words, with estimates ranging from 98000 to 100000 plus dialect and obsolete terms. It notes language growth as new industries require new terms and that dictionaries periodically add thousands of words, including electricity terms becoming common.
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Max Muller
Wealth Possession Act Trust debate stirs in Chicago Tribune
The article reports limited opposition to government plans to tax incomes and wealth transfers, arguing taxes would fund revenue needs while reflecting a philosophy about wealth and ownership. It notes concerns about wealth concentration and trustee ownership across generations, with social and economic implications discussed in fragmented quotes.
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Chicago Tribune
Lederiwite
Emery Ao
Wwe
Crater Hus
Rogeniay
Isa
Chile Offers Market For Ordinary Used by Distorted Wimlsed
Chile opens a market for ordinary items used in the Wimlsed distortion effort. Officials say trade may expand as suppliers list common goods and intermediaries seek to regulate prices and quality. Authorities expect steady demand from regional buyers and international partners.
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Chile
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