Diverse 1910s clippings touch on law, science and manners
A scattered miscellany notes potential sheriff candidate B Hancuften in Kansas, advances in tyre demand, German engine fuel tests, stamp affixing device, youth drinking in Cleveland, and social quirks. Also mentions life expectancy rising, hops imports, polar dogmeat debate, Seine street ads, Sweden’s firelean cooker, almanac shortages in China, and Amundsen’s oil engines.
Moving time tips from F H Whitten in Home Companion
Practical moving guidance covers notifying firms and banks of a new address, changing insurance and post office records, and informing magazines and friends. It also advises premove house airing, fumigation caution, and roach control methods.
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Mra
F. H. Whitten
Women's Home Companion
Ice Company
Accident Insurance Company
and Buralar Insurance Companies
Post Office
Gand Heards
Novel Card Party Idea with Color Assigned Tables
A host uses color coded flowers at a card party. Four guests at each table receive red pink or yellow blooms matching a central vase color. Scores are kept on decorated cards and prizes are vases of flowers. Suggest baskets as prizes.
Lunsheen and Dance Valentine Party Plans Revealed
A charming maiden plans a Valentine luncheon with eight close friends hidden for a white table set with bride roses. Each plate bears a pink brides maid rose except the hostess who has a pure bride rose. Photo place cards feature real brides, white suede favors hold couples’ cards, and a dance follows with cotillion favors and heart themed decorations.
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Cupid
de Coeur
Freshman Meeting Sparks Old Fashioned Jelly Evening Plan
A proposed student event by a freshmen class suggests fanciful classroom themes to entertain seniors. The plan includes large illuminated wall texts on obedience, freshman as teachers, toy decor, childlike prizes, and Mother Goose games with bubble pipes.
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Dev
Favor
Odd Belts Feature Spring Fashion Surprises
The piece notes belts across garments of diverse materials, from black patent leather on a black satin gown to a black satin girdle on a blue serge coat, highlighting unexpected fashion pairings. It also mentions eight years of Austrian industrial growth lifting living standards.
Germany plans a great Rhine canal to the North Sea
Berlin reports on a proposed ship canal to connect the Rhine with the Ems near Leer, aiming to bypass Dutch routes. The project, costing about 58.75 million dollars, would reclaim moorland and make Emden a two-river harbor, with government backing anticipated.
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Berlin
Rhine
Black Forest
Empire
Nort Sea
Bismarck
Riecetag
Wesel
Holland
Ema
Leer
Emden
Ems
Rhine- Hanover
Bourtanger
Itin
Imperial Insurance Tribunal
George Schendel
August Voss
Johannithal
Voss
United States
A. M. Thackara
Reserve
Geroney Language Society
New York
Unit States
Germany
Langua Society
Perfection for Perfection's Sake in The Atlantic
John Galsworthy argues that modern doubt about individual life spurs a return to a sacred instinct to perfect oneself. He frames perfection as a universal motive driving desire for harmony, love, and the possible hereafter, transforming modern perception into a new luminous ideal.
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John Galesworthy
Atlantic
The Flourishing Birch in Harper's Weekly
A summary of the white birch or paper birch known for canoe making by Native peoples. It notes possible US regrowth over 200 years, rapid spread where coexisting with other trees, and its wood properties. Maine is highlighted as a leading producer with millions of spools turned yearly, reflecting its industry use.
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Forest Service
United States
Souther
Maine
The Inducement Recalls Early Bantranclace Call Scene
A. Barton Hepburn recounts a New York gathering where a neighbor asks about joining a society to prevent seal extinction. He notes a man shows a bill addressed to his wife as proof of involvement, illustrating skepticism about motives and interest in the organization.
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A. Barton Hepburn
the &T. Andrew's Society Biaviguet
New York
Tew
Fragmentary Quote About The Selig Papers In Circulation
A garbled excerpt mentions the Selig papers keeping up the circulation and references a character or place Lappincote. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks a clear event or date.
The Loss of the Arctic by Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher recounts the disaster of the Arctic, a United States mail steamer, struck by the Vesta in fog near Newfoundland. He depicts the heroism of Luce and the crew, the mass panic, and the oceanic grave as passengers perish beneath returning mist and sea.
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Arctic
Henry Ward Beecher
United Staten Mail
Coat
Newfoundland
Last act an effort to save little girl on Titanic
Survivors recalled Captain Smith’s final moments on the ill fated ship. Fireman James McGann said the captain held a child under one arm as water flooded the bridge and he jumped to help reach a lifeboat, dying in the attempt while others were saved. The men deny rumors the captain caused his death.
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New York
Smith
James McGain
Captain Smith
Unclear numeric list features mixed currency figures
A sequence presents various monetary figures such as 10,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 2,000,000 £ 00,000 4,000,000 1,000,000 and 191,000,000 dollars, but lacks context or narrative. The entry reads as an isolated tabulation of amounts without described events or entities.
German Women Breadwinners Rise in Industrial Sector
Hugo Munsterberg reports in The Atlantic On America that German women reach about 10 million breadwinners, with 3.5 million in industrial work and 734 thousand as independent owners. Germany shows 61.1 percent male employment and 61.0 percent overall female participation in work.
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Germany
Hugo Munsterberg
Atlantic
America
Thief Brazils Dog Cra Sram the 'Now ele
A London Zoo collector captures several crabs and crayfish hunted by dogs described as half fox. The dogs chase along the Amason valley river ice and attack crabs with vigor, flipping them and biting vital spots. An electric coin slot machine cleaner designed in Britain aids in cleaning sales areas of a shoe shop.
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Cra
Sisto
London Zoo
Amason
Uw Rat
Ant Fireworks in Harper's Weekly Observation
The article notes a four varrows phenomenon linked to termites at Rio Verde headwaters. Termite nests appear as miniature towers lit by tiny stars when visible, with lights fading upon striking the nest and later reappearing. Castelnau, mid 1700s, described similar glows near Goyum from many luminescent larvae inside mound galleries.
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Harper's Weekly
Rio Verde
Castelnau
Goyum
Remarkable New Mexico spring yields crystal sodium salt
A New Mexico spring holds extreme brine with water weighing over 10 pounds per gallon and temperatures above 110 degrees F. The liquid overflows forming a white bed of solid sodium salts over miles, with a shrimp like organism and a plant species in the arid salt flats. Tasmanian estates are listed with varied values, noting 60 landed estates and average values around 900,000.
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New Mexico
Ile
Tasmanian
Baseball Capitains of Industry Herman Long and Boston Glory
A nostalgic profile honors Herman Long for reviving Boston's pennant era with elite defense and batting, highlighting his shortstop range and timing. It notes his peak seasons, his later death in Denver in 1909, and Harry Pulliam's push for support for indigent players sparked by Long's memory.
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Herman Long
Boston
Frank G. Melee
Boston Heya
Beaton
Mr. Bebe
Mr. Soden
Kansan City
Kanena City
Herman Langot
Hoaton
Hoeton
Harman
Horton
Lane
Aelding
Hin
Aea
Herman Jong
Herman
Long
Denver
Harry Pulliam
League
Mr. Pulliam
Heriinn Long
Tom McCarthy Inventor of the Flying Trap Slide
A storied profile of Tom McCarthy, famed Boston Nationals outfielder, who popularized trapping flies to tag baserunners. The piece details his heady, inventive fielding tricks that surprised peers, rival teams, and managers, elevating McCarthy in Leagueland lore.
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Hall of Fame
Tom McCarthy
Honest Tom
Boston Nationals
McCarthy
Davy Crockett
Flien
Thomas
Flo
Thia
Mack
Mac
Kenton
Baltimore
Mclarthy
Mr. Wise
Tom
Zowle
Mr. McCarthy
Frank Selee’s Soft Answer Sparking Boston pennants
The piece contrasts Frank G. Selee’s humane management style with harsher coaching methods. It credits his positive approach for guiding the Boston club to five pennants in nine seasons, recalling Harry Wright’s earlier era and noting Selee’s restraint toward players.
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Frank G. Selee
Simon Legree
Frank G
Brotherhood of Man
Boston
Mr. Selee
United States
Frank Selee
Harry Wright
Hoston
Clarkson
Kelly
Mr. Nagg
Elephant stands firm as standard bearer in perilous battle
From Karpera Weekly an Indian tale tells of a Maharatta ruler whose elephant bore the royal standard on a flooded battlefield. When the mahout is slain the beast halts not the standard stays aloft while the enemy routs around it. For three days it remains, until a child inherits command and the elephant resumes marching behind the title boy.
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Karpera
India
Hithat
Before We Were Married Spend Thrills Turn to Charge
A fragment recalls marital strain as purchases once paid by the wife are now charged to her. The line hints at shifting financial control and lingering memories of past generosity with implied tension and blame.
Do fear you are babogiolereat in the cue
The fragment from the Kau iy Journal shows a dialogue about suspicion and appearance. A militant figure questions whether someone is courting a young man and clarifies that the companion is not a beau but a professor.
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Kau Iy
suMraget
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