Global items From Science to Society in One Issue
A miscellaneous digest cites the American Bible Society on global scripture circulation and 256 colporteurs, reports a Manila opium seizure hidden in lampblack barrels, explains harsh Manitoba winter fishing, notes brisk auction bridge scenes in Paris clubs, previews armor steel debates, and observes social facts from prison treadmills to Hebrew language efforts, budgeted world commerce, and world population stats.
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American Bible Society
United States
Ee Lacana
Customs Secret Service
Gays
Manila Times
Graduation Gowns Emphasize Simplicity and Practicality
Graduation gowns favor simple, dainty styles with a practical focus on durability. Frocks use fine linens, mull, organdie, and cotton voiles with kimono waists and tunic skirts. Embroidery, Valenciennes lace, and white ribbons shape trims while comfort and ease of cleaning guide fabric choices for the summer season.
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Gradu Lates
Valenciennes
A New Shade of Red for Spring Hats
A bright lobster red emerges as a spring fashion note for young girls. The look features straw hats in Tyrolean shapes with a slight upturned left brim, requiring four single quills for a perky finish. Also offered in blue and leaf brown with decorative options in velvet, satin, or similar trims.
A Japanese Room from Harper's Basar
Upstairs I have drifted into the Japanese room with gray walls pale curtains lavender and light blue cotton crepe. The rug is hand braided lavender wool with blue inflections. A gray home spun bedspread and a white embroidered monogram decorate the dressing table.
The Boy's Outfit and Fashion for Children
A fragmentary description from Harper's Hagar outlines practical boy attire including a Kuselan blouse of natural linen paired with Wild & Wide leather belt. It suggests brown boots and stockings, low shoes for indoors, leather leggings outdoors, and notes fashion progression to long trousers as the boy grows.
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Jane Calhoun
Harper's Hagar
Beverity
Blackhawk Plan for Slavery Question and a Soldier’s Redemption
A historical summary recalls Blackhawk’s proposed policy to remove free state male slaves to slave states and sell captured females to free states as a method to end slavery. It also recounts Charles Callender’s pursuit of redemption after dismissal for cowardice at Bunker Hill, his brave conduct on Long Island, capture, and restoration of his record by Washington.
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Blackhawk
United States
Free States
Fee States
Charles Callender
Cortain
Bunker Hill
Stalin
Long Island
Washington
R. W. Anderson
Wando
Sarracenia
Cesspools
Slavery in New England and King Kamehameha’s legacy
The article surveys early New England slavery numbers and laws, noting 700 in New Hampshire 6000 in Massachusetts 6000 in Connecticut and about 3000 in Rhode Island, with opposition strong by 1784. It recalls Rhode Island’s 1770 slave trade activity and Paul Revere’s engravings and prints the 92 who resisted the stamp act. It then profiles King Kamehameha of Hawaii born 1737 who united islands, reformed practices, and died 1819, leaving a war coat valued at $160,000 preserved in Honolulu.
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New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Boston
New
Jamaica
Samuel Hins
Paul Revere
Tlere
England
Lord Hillsborough
Old State House
Sons of Liberty
Revere
Hell
Kamehameha
United States
Honolulu
Bishop's Museum
The Champion Dumfounded By Remarkable Dwarf Claim
Tit-Bits satire mocks a billed “Most Remarkable Dwarf in the World” as 6 feet 6 inches tall. Bland Bhowman confirms the joke, noting the absurdity and calling the claim a fraud in a playful exchange.
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Bland Bhowman
Mosquito Control Lessons From Dr. Howard
Correspondence of the Boston Transcript outlines how to prevent, trap, and exterminate mosquitoes. Dr. L. O. Howard reviews mixtures with citronella and camphor, kerosene films, screens, and powders, plus habitat changes and fish introductions to curb breeding in homes, tanks, and public spaces.
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Boston Transcript
L. O. Howard
Bureau of Entomology
Howard
Heating Orchards to Save Fruit Crops From Frosts
An MO circular by W L Howard of the University of Missouri explains three heat methods for protecting buds, flowers, and young fruit: burning oil, coal, or wood. Heids mans large heaters per acre, cooking costs around 30 per hundred for oil heaters, and 10 to 20 per acre after the first year.
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St. Louis Democrat
Missouri
W. L.howard
University of Missouri
Howard
Notable political chatter in scarce state press
The text reports fragmented remarks about Colorado's single senator, upcoming organizational groups like the Daughters of the Mexican Revolution, and partisan reactions from Kansas and Atlanta papers. It notes tensions in progressive statesmen and references Mexican policy debates, highlighting crude cross-state commentary and editorial tones.
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the Daughters of the
Kansas
Oly Star
Food and the Duration of Life from New York World
Eustace Miles the food reformer and Dr Charles Reinhardt the London dietetian completed independent investigations on foods and longevity. Reinhardt favors strict frugality and mastication with sour milk as a path to healthful old age. Miles argues for a balanced non flesh diet and thorough mastication, noting nations thrive on varied foods and that habit allows longevity on many diets.
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Eustace Miles
Charles Reinhardt
London
Reinhardt
Mr. Miles
Fragmented Toledo Blade snippet on steak pricing discussed
A garbled excerpt shows a dialogue about a steak price and trimming, with unclear speakers and context. The fragment mentions Toledo Blade and a market setting, but lacks coherent events or identifiable individuals or organizations.
Flint-naking in Brando n England Sparks Export Trade
Flint-naking remains active in Bran don England with flints produced for shipment to Africa and other nations where 100 year old guns still see use, reflecting enduring craft and trade links across continents.
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Brandon
England
Africa
Une
Town Sayings By Ea Hows From County
A garbled column of witty maxims and misheard proverbs is presented as a county saying sheet. The text includes quips on travel, love, money, and social roles with numerous misspellings and incomplete phrases, offering a snapshot of a fragmented historical narration.
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