Linen to be Made in America by MIT Process
Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemist Benjamin C. Mudge develops a combined mechanical and chemical method to turn flax straw into linen fiber in about 12 hours, vastly increasing yield and enabling domestic linen production. The process recovers byproducts for paper making and uses the straw after seed removal.
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Massachusetts
United States
Belgium
Benjamin C. Mudge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mudge
Emigration Trends From Atlantic Ports in 1906 1907
The Review of Reviews reports round figures for 1906 140000 returned to Europe and 66900 left. In Oct Dec 1906 12000 steerage returned while 2460 did so in the same months of 1907. Opening weeks 1907 show 4712 arrivals from Europe and 432 for departures to Europe.
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Europe
Atlantic Porta
America
United States
The Runner-Up and a Lesson in Caution
The excerpt from Lippincott's centers on a wedding aftermath with the best man’s cautious approach to rumor and libel, a new reporter learning not to state unproved facts, and a column suggestion about a First ward social event. It also includes a poem fragment and a note on Australia’s heat deaths and tremors.
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Lippincott’s
Libel Sulla
Firat Ward
Firet Ward
Mra
Smith
Gowlp
Hostean
John Smith
Modern sponge gathering aids introduced off Tunis
Off Tunis a new sponge gathering submarine, designed by Abbe Raoul of Carthage, promises to replace risky diving. The 17 by 7 foot craft holds two men, moves by oars, uses water tanks to raise or sink, and features a 1625 pound safety load to surface if the ascent fails. The diver views through a window in the hull.
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Tunis
Raoul
Carthage
Seine
One Legged Lad a Pluckly Athlete in Scranton Area
Henry Haskins Smith a 15 year old Scranton boy born without a right leg after an accident proves his pluck. He earned a place on the Scranton Young Men's Christian Association team and competes with urban youth and other groups while setting rope climb and bar vault records. He also excels in running broad and high jumps horizontal and parallel bars swimming baseball and basketball. His perseverance grew from crawling beneath a train for a long hit and continuing to master sports with one leg.
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Scranton Young Men's Christian Association
Adool
Beranton Young Men's Christian Association
Tense Exchange in Buccesa Magazine Scene
A heated moment unfolds as a woman avoids his gaze while a man battles rising emotions. Her cold response and his failing composure escalate until she exits and he collapses on the rug. The incident leaves them altered and estranged.
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J. W. Foley
Buccesa Magasine
Beot and Merchant Duel Over Pipe in Rail Car Tale
A merchant and a farmer ride a railroad car and share a pipe misadventure. The merchant smokes, the farmer discovers his pouch is empty, and a playful exchange concludes with a quip about generosity and bad luck.
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Danny Scotrom
Philadelphia
Aid
The Garridge and the Gasoline Debate
A humorous sketch contrasts two cab drivers arguing over carriage upkeep and the source of carriages odor. A French driver defends his garrarghe while the first man insists on his own clean establishment. The piece includes an anecdote about Tudor Jenks and a light verse about springtime and prophecy.
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Fifth Avenue
Bungle's Bad Break
The excerpt features Mr. Bungle’s humorous misreading of a friend Jones who hurries to a brain specialist. Bungle offers lighthearted, sympathetic chaff about not worrying over minor concerns as Jones hurries away.
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Bungle
Jones
Mr. Bungle
Pehaw
Milk spill sparks crowd as trolley hits milk cart
A trolley car collides with a milk cart sending cans of milk into the street. A crowd gathers and a man strains to see past a stout lady who snaps at him to mind his own business.
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Everybody's Magazine
Has a Name Like a Noise From the Saturday Herald
Tudor Jenks, noted author of mn, contributes a satirical piece in the Saturday Herald reflecting on linguistic quirks and cultural echoes. The column blends humor with sharp observations about name origins and social naming trends.
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Saturday Herald
Tudor Jenks
Bridgeport Proud Of Native Born Baby Elephant
Bridgeport residents dispute claims that the fourth elephant born in the country was born elsewhere. They insist the 1,000 pound calf, daughter of Queen Bess and Jupiter, was born in Bridgeport and will be recorded as such before showing in New York.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Queen Bess
Jupiter
India
Boston
William D. Coxey
New York
Madison Square Garden
Danish Explorer Fights Wrecks in Frozen North
Danish explorer Captain Einar Mikkelson, aboard the Duchess of Bedford, was shipwrecked near Bushby Inland as the steamship Auratogi broke apart in a snowstorm. He had departed Valdes seeking a new Continent in the Beaufort Sea. The wreck left his crew and whalers stranded while rescue efforts unfold offshore.
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Victoria
Duchess of Bedford
Beaufort Sea
Capioln
Einar Mikkelson
Valdes
Auratogi
Elahi
Ashe
Mikkelson
Duchess of
Care for the nails with weekly manicuring guidance
The article outlines a weekly manicuring routine using cold cream to soften the cuticle, careful trimming with precision scissors, and polishing to shape nails. It warns against overcare, cutting the side cuticle, or cutting nails too deep, stressing thin translucent pink nails and almond shapes.
Siberian Timber Trade Prompts Global Shipping Strain
An Australian firm secured a Russian concession to harvest 30,000,000 feet of timber annually from Biberta near Vladivostok for delivery to Melbourne. The plan highlights global timber shortages as cruisers seek forests far from traditional sources and faces high duties on manufactured wood.
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Biberta
Vladivostok
Melbourne
Australia
New York
San Francisco
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