Fragmented World Notes From A Dated Jasper Item
A mashup of scattered snippets from the era mentions oddities: Venezuela’s defiance, the Kaiser’s fate, essays on poverty and spanking, aging birthday trends, egg freshness tests, a West Point grad heading his class, and a railway with many bridges in the Adriatic north of Trieste. It also cites a Philadelphia palmist, heiresses seeking titles, the Washington statue under cover, Amberland lumber prospects, and Siberian timber shipped to Melbourne.
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Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Greenough
Washington
Smithsonian
Onion odorless bulb faces skepticism from real onion lovers
The inventor of an odorless onion hopes to win over palates by proving the bulb is as pleasant to taste and as anti-scorbutic as the traditional variety. Doubts linger that true onion lovers will accept its genuineness without 24 hours of self-advertising to visitors after consumption.
Two Naval Records Set On Trial Cruise
A young Annapolis trained officer commanded an eight inch gun crew that hit all 25 shots at rapid fire. The Cheater, a new scouting cruiser, completed a four hour trial at speed of 26.53 boats and proved the fastest vessel of its class. In England democracy’s advance boosts peerage books with Debrett nearing 195 years, 2,500 pages, and a shift in titles.
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Annapolis
England
Debrett
Walking and boxing for boys by Theron
Athletic instructor Terhune outlines proper walking and stairs technique, fasting steps to improve breathing, leg development, and balance. He advocates boxing, fencing, and bag punching as core boy exercises for self control, brain engagement, and full body conditioning, warning football's risks but urging preseason fitness.
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Albert Payson Terhune
New York Evening World
Paderewski
Coventry
Ne Welles
Athletic
Coon
Io Lepoasione
Solice
The Call of the Soil and Bank Panic Reflections
The article discusses how youth on farms shape statesmen and financiers facing the bank crisis. It promotes Canadian land as safe investments between ten and sixteen dollars per acre, with 160 acre homesteads and rail access. Government agents in the U S offer details on districts with free homesteads and railway info. George-Something preys on my mind. Mrs Sharp-Ah seeks a light lunch.
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Bettman Aks
Anders
Ruln
Yai
United States
Western
Canada
Government of Canada
George
Nine Million Lewis Single Binder Cigar Sales
Annual sales exceed nine million units for Lewis Multiple Binder cigars. The ad touts rich mellow tobacco and compares quality to top ten cent cigars, urging customers to ask their dealer to try Lewis’. From Peoria Illinois, the ad promotes the old gentleman joke and a factory viewpoint. Also references Castoria safety labeling and a Chinese forestry school in Mukden with unclear context.
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Lewis
Lewis Factory
Peoria
Ill
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Jasper News
Jasper
France
Sbe
Venezuela
Charleston News and Courier
Ohio
Flora
Glen E. Edgerton
Manhattan
Kan
West Point
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Germany
Italy
Amberland
Australia
Melbourne
Ares
Fencer
Ea Diet Chinese School of Forestry
Mukden
Its
For
Piet
Pont
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