Denmark Sells West Indian Islands To United States
The United States and Denmark strike a bargain to transfer St. Croix St. Thomas and St. John to the United States ending a nearly fifty year barter begun with a 7 1/2 million offer for 138 square miles. The three islands face history rich in flags and Caribbean trade with St. Thomas noted for its harbor and pivotal role in West Indian commerce.
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United States
Denmark
Danish West Indies
Antilles
Russia
Alaska
United States Senate
National Geographic Society
Virgin Group
St. Croix
St. Thomas
St. John
Porto Rico
Christianstad
Frederikstad
Knights of Malta
Louis Viv
Prince
Islands
Coral Bay
Cruxbay
Greenland
Iceland
Newsboy Student Startles Experts with New Root Method
Philadelphia Wendell Sooy once a newsboy now studies at a Pennsylvania university and demonstrates a fast root extraction technique. He can solve a problem in five seconds using a memorized cube table to nine, with teachers noting cube roots in four seconds. Professors including Prof. Yocum call the system technically interesting.
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Philadelphia
Wendell Sooy
Pennsylvania University
Sooy
Iie
Yocum
Armed Plants and Their Defenses
A naturalist notes how plants defend themselves with spikes and venom similar to animals. Bramble gorse holly use thorns, night shade and nux vomica mimic venom, while bitter-tasting species like buttercup deter grazing. Some plants emit disagreeable odors such as figwort, avoided by most animals except goats.
Risorgimento meaning and cognate relation to resurgence
The term risorgimento translates to rising again and is discussed as a historical Italian concept. The text notes its verb forms show a cognate relation to the English word resurgence.
Old Town of Mozambique A Lasting East African Stronghold
The London Chronicle notes Mozambique as the first Portuguese settlement in East Africa. Built 1508 to 1511 with stone from Portugal, the town has changed little, with four century old houses and barred doors still visible. The harbor is dominated by the castle of Sao Sebastiao, standing high above the water and forming the coast's most impressive structure.
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Mozambique
East Africa
London Chronicle
Portugal
Sao Sebastiao
East African
Rise of Italy and the Risorgimento
The risorgimento marks the rebirth of the Italian nation from Austrian domination to unified Italy. It began in 1831 with Mazzini's Young Italy and saw Cavour edit the influential Il Risorgimento in the mid nineteenth century.
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Italy
Mazzini
Young Italy
Cavour
Il Risorgimento
Bathing the Family Clock For Quick Clocksmith Aid
When a clock balks, try a clock bath before calling the clocksmith. Lay it on its back remove the face and squirt kerosene into the works. Wipe up oil and dirt. If needed remove the works soak them in kerosene for a minute or two to rejuvenate the mechanism.
Infant buried alive in cemetery rescued by volunteers
In Atlanta near Decatur an infant girl named Dixie was buried for about 11 hours near a grave. A mother known to Rev T J Noland left the child in the dirt. local men heard crying, found and saved her, then took the baby to the orphans' home for care and education.
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Atlanta
Decatur
T. J. Noland
Adairsville
Mr. Noland
Dixie
Father identifies boy found on river bank as missing Jesse Brown
Mrs Brown on a Delta to Redding train saw a body on the Sacramento river bank and yelled, There is my boy. Frank Brown confirmed the remains as his seventeen year old son Jesse who had disappeared after relatives hunted for two weeks. The cause of death remains undetermined though it is believed he fell in while avoiding discovery.
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Redding
Cal
Delta
Frank Brown
Sacramento River
Jesse
Trout Chokes Kingfisher Near Elk City, Oregon
In Toledo Oregon, Wilmer Nelson watched a kingfisher dive for a large trout on the Yaquina River near Elk City. The bird fought the fish, and the boy found the drowned kingfisher with the big trout stuck in its throat, illustrating a brutal struggle between predator and catch.
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Toledo
Yaquina
Elk City
Wilmer Nelson
Swallows Keeper's Keys at Philadelphia Zoo
Keeper Manley at the Philadelphia Zoo was locked in a cage with an ostrich for two hours after the bird swallowed his keys. The incident stemmed from Manley's accidental key loss while tending the enclosure.
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Philadelphia
Manley
The
Zoological Gardens
Smokeless Steam Engine Cuts Smoke With Inverted Pipe
The Illustrated World describes a smokeless steam engine advance using an inverted smoke-pipe that directs gases soot and cinders downward to the track. A fan enforces proper draft while a vapor system moistens emissions so they fall away from the air rather than billowing around rail terminals.
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Illustrated World
Human element must be removed from rail signaling
A correspondent argues that railroad wrecks show the need to eliminate human error from signaling. Citing Milford, the piece notes drivers may miss signals due to fatigue or distraction, and urges automatic stop systems to override human action, highlighting Chicago westward line as proof of feasibility.
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Milford
New York Sun
Rom
Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Immense American Railroad Line
The article notes that the tracks of a great eastern railroad system would wrap around the world if laid single, totaling 11,823 miles of track. Of this, 3,761 miles are multi tracked, 828 miles have three tracks, and 637 miles are sidings.
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Great Eastern
New York
Kansas City
New Light Work Locomotive With Quick Ster Fluid Boiler
A new locomotive designed for light tasks features a boiler that can raise a full head of steam in 15 minutes, enabling rapid readiness for service. The engine emphasizes speed of startup and compact power for light-duty routes.
Logical Methods Contradict Cook’s Aimless Techniques
A dialogue mocks inconsistent culinary logic as a cook countertops opposite methods. Professor laments her lack of reason while Timid Wife questions the approach. The narrator notes she beats eggs to stiffen them and aims to make steak limber via opposite actions.
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L. P
Ocean-Going Dredge Crosses Atlantic Under Steam Power
A dredge built in Holland for the government of Uruguay completed the long Atlantic crossing powered entirely by its own steam. The vessel demonstrates Dutch engineering and Uruguay’s naval procurement ambitions during the era.
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Holland
Uruguay
Atlantic Ocean
Leap Frog Tracks Bring Express Trains To New York Elevated Lines
New York elevated lines adopt a track lifting method to route express trains over re enforced or renewed stations. The middle track is raised about 12 feet with platforms 350 feet long, allowing express trains to gain headway on a 3 percent incline and stop smoothly at stations while local tracks remain unchanged.
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New York City
America
Rail line fatalities and injuries in last year exceed prior three years
The report shows 8,621 deaths by steam railroads last year with 222 passengers and 1,594 on duty employees among the dead. Non-trespassers and trespassers plus 343 industrial accident victims sum to岸. Injured totals reach 162,040, split across passengers, on duty and off duty employees, trespassers, non-trespassers, and industrial accidents, with 1914 and 1913 figures also provided for comparison.
Bridge built in Holland for Java railroad project
A three arched steel bridge 698 feet long weighing 580 tons will be shipped to Java for a Holland government railroad project over the Serajoe river. It is assembled in Holland to ensure perfect fit and requires only field connection during erection on site. The unusual design combines arches with short straight trusses over piers for a single track gauge of 3 1 2 feet.
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Holland
Serajoe
Java
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Parana Brazil Booms as River Parana Attracts Real Estate Boost
A southern Brazilian town Parana rides a real estate upturn as local agents tout the River Parana as the state’s most watery and navigable for deep ships and plentiful fish, promising vast opportunities that booster sales would love to mirror in California.
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Brazil
Parana
California
Ota Benga Ends Struggle in Lynchburg Suicide Note
Ota Benga, the African pygmy exhibited in St Louis, failed to adapt to schooling and life in America. He quarreled with his lack of education, quit a southern school, worked in a tobacco factory, and, unable to return home, killed himself with a pistol in a Lynchburg stable after obtaining a revolver.
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Lynchburg
Ota Benga
Samuel F. Verner
St. Louis
New Jersey
Cannibal Captive Remarks Spark Controversy
In a limited exchange, he told a few black acquaintances that American civilization was too advanced for a captive cannibal, a remark triggering debate over attitudes toward race and civilization.
Frog in Stomachs Exhales Strange Rescue
John Arnold of Kansas City swallowed a frog near a city spring. Doctors at the Kansas City emergency hospital used a stomach pump, then a strong emetic, which produced a living frog about half an inch across. Arnold recovered.
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Kansas City
John Arnold
Kan
Arnold
Harvard Seniors Wear Women’s Gowns in Mock Graduation
Harvard Cambridge Mass. seniors wear women’s gowns on campus in the month before graduation Dr Frederick Schenck of the faculty writes. He notes the Mother Hubbard gowns began in 1892 when no men robes were made and says the practice signals feminine relatives of graduates hold bachelor’s degrees.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Frederick Schenck
Mother Hubbard
Foundl y Findlay Man Buried Beside Wife Near Cemetery
Jacob Green aged ninety six Findlay's oldest resident was buried beside his wife. He had left Germany to be near her grave after her death ten years earlier. With no relatives in the United States he returned to Germany, but grew despondent over his wife's body remaining in this country and bought small property near the cemetery to live out his days.
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Findlay
Jacob Green
Germany
Green
Help For Working Women With Female Weakness
A Frankfort Kentucky woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after severe female weakness. She says after three bottles she can work again and endorses the remedy, urging others to try it and seek confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Frankfort
Lydia E. Pinkeham
James Coney
St. Clair St
Lydia EK. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medickcine Co
Lynn
Mass
Miss Violette Wilson Leaves U C To Seek Real Education
Miss Violette Wilson daughter of former Berkeley mayor J Stitt Wilson defies paternal authority by withdrawing from the University of California. She says she seeks education from real life rather than a college diploma and left after a few months feeling studies hampered her mental growth.
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Violette Wilson
J. Stitt Wilson
Berkeley
University of California
Lfe
Miss Wilson
San Francisco Chronicle
Be cheerful you can look about you and see people worse off
The Detroit Free Press quotes a humorous exchange about keeping spirits up despite bills. One says cheerful outlook helps notice others worse off, the other notes bill collectors and those richer who won’t help. The piece frames money worries with wry urban wit.
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Detroit Free Press
Campaign quips warn against mudslinging with rock retort
In a sharp exchange Senator Sorghum counters calls for mudslinging by saying if you are going to throw something you should throw a rock. The remark frames a tough stance on negative campaigning and suggests restraint.
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Senator Sorghum
Pure wheat beverage offers gentle, caffeine-free refreshment
Many former tea and coffee drinkers have discovered a pure wheat beverage with a delightful flavor. It avoids sleeplessness and heart flutter commonly caused by caffeine in coffee and tea, reducing headaches and other ills.
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