Japan Prepares for Earthquake Investigation Efforts
A 1900s era overview describes Japan's Shin sai Yobo Chownkwai committee and the Seismological Society researching quake prediction and mitigation. It notes a 12k to 14k annual appropriation, 60 Japanese volumes published, and diagrams linking earthquakes to moon phases and barometer readings, while warning that a future great quake may strike the Atlantic coast of the United States.
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T. A. Jaggar
Empire of Japan
Shinsai
Yobo Chownkwai
Kikuchi
University of Kkyoto
Seismological Society
Bugand
Germany
Japan
Perret
Naples
Omori
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Boston
Springflat
Honolulu
St. Pierre
Messina
Teneriffe
Vesuvius
Etna
Caribbeda
Calabria
Central America
California
Atlantic
United States
Harleston
Not Safe From Human Life
A racial vignette describes a whitewasher named Ale Hall and a conversation with Uncle Jacob about whitewashing a chicken house. The dialogue highlights awkward humor and language usage in a small town setting.
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Jacob
Talked Esperanto in Sleep on Home Night
A tale from a Philadelphia paper recounts Mr Smith awakening to his wife’s question about talking in his sleep. He recalls muttered phrases about an Esperanto night and a friend touching him, with a flustered attempt to explain before the fragment ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Scott
Smith
Fame Returns to Country Village After Government Office
A young man from a country village returns home after securing a desirable government post. He asks an old friend if the locals have heard of his honor. The friend replies that they have heard and simply laugh, offering no grand reception.
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St. Louis
Thomas
Millicent
Bartley
Hilda
Here be the dead and here the living tee g
A minister in a village churchyard noted the stark divide between the dead and the living. He inscribed on the gatepost a grim line reflecting social attitudes toward those buried and those left behind.
Alligator Joe Reveals Saurian Singers at Dreamland Park
In Laalle's Weekly, Alligator Joe Frazee of Florida explains that alligators can sing when content after meals. He keeps a 2000 strong Show at Dreamland Park, Coney Island, showcasing how young can be lulled to sleep by a tune. He describes nests, broods, and mother gators defending dens, plus myths of age and biting tactics.
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Laalle
Hiaden
Joseph Warren Frazee
Alligator Joe
Joe
Florida
Dreamland Park
Coney Island
Dreamland
Everglades
Keys
Jerry
Nile River
Gilla
Hilda and Bartley Dare Love and Future in Sicily Visit
In Sicily, Hilda and Bartley Dare plan marriage while Bartley recovers from illness after a westward assignment. Millicent Vane rekindles old ties, drawing Bartley into a cautious affair as Hilda confronts unsettling distance and uncertainty about Bartley’s return.
Thoreau the Prophet of Nature in Outlook
Hamilton W. Mable praises Thoreau as a new kind of outdoors writer whose ego and ownership view helped build a school and a lasting influence. He sees Thoreau as a refuge from work and wealth, imbuing American life with health and vitality, despite temperament flaws.
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Thoreau
Hamilton W. Mable
Lave
Ufe
Court rules on trimming woman’s hat sparks debate
A Chicago court decision on trimming a woman’s hat causes contention. The ruling prompts questions about fashion and style and notes that trim makers could reap large profits.
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Chicago Record Herald
Chicago
Dyspepsia Cure Turns Frijoles Into Office Prank
A veteran War Department division chief, famed for ailments and patent remedies, receives a box from the Philippines. The pills are revealed as frijoles by a sharp lieutenant, triggering laughter and a food joke about beans in the Washington Star tale.
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Washington Star
War Department
Building Association
Blue Ridge
Manilla
Phillippines
Jim
Jack Robinson
Jim Jeffries
Philippines
Leutenant
Liewtenant
Putin
Wife will name 63 co respondents in Brooklyn divorce suit
Brooklyn wife Roscoe H. Sanborn files for divorce naming 63 co respondents and producing love letters from multiple women. She claims she trapped Sanborn in a Crescent hotel raid with private detectives, then seized his strong box, and exposed alleged infidelity amid a dramatic confrontation.
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New York
Roscoe H. Sanborn
Brooklyn
F. X. McCaffray
Kings
Sanborn
Edna Conechair
Edna Earl
Fifth Avenue Girls
Dan McAvoy
Elizabeth
N. J
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Pitney
Warner Miller
Edna
St. Mary's Hospital
Granite Construcon Company
Nostrand
Seventieth Street
Crescent
Jett
J. Ross and Wife
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W.r.hearst
Great
Britain
Hilda Gary
Bartley Dare
Mt. Etna
Cammarata
Castrogiovanni
Walla
Centuripe
Troina
Maniace
Serra del Re
Sicily
la Generosa
Pollazi
Roger
Bailey
West
Kia Ite
Millicent Vane
Mllecent
Castellana
Tetralla
Allmena
Monte Balza
Imacha
Chiesa
Blelly
Sta
Mario Degil Angell
Memline
Fleming
Prall House
Kansas
Man Bane
WGP
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