Years Not a Burden: Views on Aging by Notables
The piece cites John Burroughs at seventy seven praising health and productivity, Amelia E. Barr urging mental activity and optimistic routines, Cardinal Gibbons advising regular life, sleep, and modest diet. It frames old age as a period of wisdom, tolerance, and purposeful work rather than decline.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
John Burroughs
Amelia E. Barr
Burroughs
Earth
Cardinal Gibbons
Queen Mother of Italy Responds in English to Kaiser
Harrison Morris cites a remark attributed to the dowager queen of Italy at a Rome function. The queen reportedly greeted guests in English and surprised a Japanese observer by using phrases in Japanese and noting they were her only Japanese sentences.
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Italy
Margherita
Kaiser Wilhelm
House of Savoy
Harrison Morris
Girard
Philadelphia Ledger
Rome
Mr. Morris
Diamond Oldest of Riches in Ancient Lore
The diamond is traced to ancient Egypt and India where it was prized as a precious stone. Deriving its name from adamas meaning unsubduable, it remained extremely costly as polishing methods were unknown. Pliny called it the most valuable, with ruby and emerald rising in value until 1476 when Ludwig von Berguen devised a cutting method restoring diamond prestige.
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Egypt
India
Adamas
Pliny
Ludwig von Berguen
King Victor Emmanuel III Leads Army in Warfront
The King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, joins frontline duty sharing soldiers' hardships. Known as a republican-leaning monarch, he guides Italy through war while remaining involved with military planning and social reform, earning broad national support.
Will Found In Shoeless Stranger After Train Accident
A northbound Orient Railway passenger train incident at Fairview, Oklahoma, left a stranger named Walkirk with a severely severed left leg. In his shoe, a will disposing of Washington farm property was found. he had not signed it, but signed it before surgery, naming his three children as heirs.
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Wichita
Kan
Orient Railway
Oakford
Okla
Fairview
Washington
Walkirk
Bloomington jury convicts two for blind tiger operation
In Bloomington Indiana a Monroe County jury convict Pendegraft for running a blind tiger at the half way house between Bedford and Mitchell. He receives 144 days at Putnamville penal farm and a $50 fine. Co defendant Goss of Sanders pleads guilty to similar charge and gets ninety days and $50. James Strange noted as habitual drunk.
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Bloomington
Ind
Monroe County
Pendegrast
Lawrence County
Putnamville
Pendegraft
Bedford
Mitchell
Charles Goss
Sanders
Here
James Strange
New Gloves for Brave Cop in Milwaukee
Patrolman Rohde earned a reward pair of white gloves after risking his life to stop a runaway wagon. He grabbed a line as a horse pulled toward Chestnut street, was dragged and bruised, but slowed the horse until bystander William Horowitz arrived.
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Milwaukee
Rohde
William Horowitz
Seventh
Vilet Streets
Chestnut Street
Horowicz
Rare hip fracture operation performed in Fond du Lac
George Mulhollan of South Byron who had a fractured hip was treated with a rare operation not done before in Fond du Lac county. Two tenpenny silver plated spikes were driven through the hip bone to join the fracture. The bones have knit and he can walk as well as before.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
George Mulhollan
Byron
Mulhollan
Knight's hens hatch eleven chicks from fifteen eggs
East Palestine Ohio resident Joseph Knight of the Burt farm says he trusted a hen to hatch fifteen eggs. The eggs hatched on Tuesday producing eleven chicks and four kittens, Knight asserts in good faith.
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East Palestine
Joseph Knight
Burt Farm
Here
Knight
Luther Wedding Ring Passes Through Many Hands
The ring of Martin Luther’s bride Catherine von Bora, inscribed with a 1525 date, was kept by the Anhalt-Bernburg line and later by Rev. Walters’ wife’s branch. Mrs. Hildegard Pinkert now holds it, believing it authentic after expert Carl Jensch vouched for its genuineness.
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Martin Luther
Hildegard Pinkert
Maximilian Pinkert
St. Bartholomew's Church
East Forty-second Street
Seamen's Institute
South Street
New York
Detroit Free Press
D. Martino Lutheros
Catherine V. Bora
Luther
Catherine von Born
Saxony
Bugenhagen
Anhalt-Bernburg
Leipsic
Baroness von Georgi
Pinkert
Portable derailer concept aims to stop trains automatically
An Illinois inventor proposes a portable derail device to throw a blocked train off the track if the rear signal is ignored. Critics say it shifts blame rather than reduce deaths, suggesting a passive obstruction that triggers locomotive brakes automatically to halt the train without human injury.
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Illinois
Lights for Battlefields and Night Illumination Tactics
The secretary of war directs the engineer corps to study searchlights flares star bombs and other lights used in warfare as illumination for advancing troops. Flares light streets and parks while sappers deploy them from trenches to illuminate the front. Star bombs provide up to twenty minutes of broad light and signaling rockets are used by both armies. Experiments are under way at the Washington barracks.
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Secretary of War
Engineer Corps
United States Army
Army and Navy Journal
Washington
Monarchs rebuke and wit in royal exchange
Charles II overheard an epitaph by the Earl of Rochester calling him never foolish or wise. In a Quaker encounter Penn approached with hat on. the king removed his hat. Penn asked why the king did not cover, and Charles replied that only one person at a time may be covered in this place.
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Charles
Earl of Rochester
Penn
Shaky Experience Over Malaria Claim
A visitor questions a claim of no malaria in the neighborhood. Farmer Corntessel jokes about the family’s chills and fever, saying they just returned from riding in a new automobile and have not recovered from the motion.
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Farmer Corntessel
Charge Sentenced to Sixty Days at Penal Farm
A case resulted in an ard charge being sent to the penal farm for sixty days, reflecting a punitive confinement measure.
Wildcat Currency Found in Old Bible in Indiana
Thomas Walburn found $73 in wildcat money dated 1833 to 1841 inside an old Bible found on a dump pile in Elkhart Indiana. The bills in $5 $2 and $1 denominations have long been out of circulation but may have value as relics.
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Elkhart
Ind
Thomas Walburn
A Quiet Peace Zone By Disinfectant Plan
A man explains buying much disinfectant not from fear of germs but to create a temporary peace zone at home. By thoroughly disinfecting, he hopes to reduce visitors for a day or two.
Misleading Audience About Bliggings Progress
A discussion questions why Bliggings shows little study progress. It blames the lack of encouragement from his father who pays no heed to classics but shows enthusiasm for his banjo playing abilities.
Endowed with life telepathy shifts old engineer's view
After 30 years as a locomotive engineer in New York area service, Sylvester P. Ames retires and takes up telepathy. He believes locomotives and other inanimate objects think and feel, sharing a tale of two engines that seemed to communicate on a near miss and a lifelong cribbage hobby.
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New York
Sylvester P. Ames
Ames
New York Public Library
Lodge
Pedmore
Brooklyn
Bill
826
827
Pete Riley
Few Are Accurate Observers in Public Life
A commentator notes that Mr Liloyd George can recall minute details from past conversations while others struggle to remember recent letters. The piece argues that few people are close and accurate observers due to general lack of interest and engagement.
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Mr. Liloyd-George
Largest and Most Powerful Locomotives and Fast Trains
The Triplex Compound engine built in 1914 by the Erie railroad weighs 426 tons and serves on an eight mile grade as the era’s strongest locomotive. The Mallet engine on the Santa Fe weighs 303 tons. The fastest passenger train is the North Eastern Railway’s Darling ton to York run of 444% miles in 43 minutes at 61.7 mph. The Pennsylvania Special runs 84 miles Jersey City to North Philadelphia in 83 minutes at 60.7 mph. A 120 mph record was set on the Plant system in 1901. Canadian Pacific leads with 13 322 miles of track.
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Erie Railroad
North Eastern Railroad
England
Darlington
York
Jersey City
Philadelphia
United States
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Ireland's Straddle Railroad Between Ballyunion and Listowel
A unique peg leg railway in Ireland runs a straddle a single elevated rail. The weight of the train is carried by this single rail with guide rails below for balance. Each coach has two compartments on opposite sides and the engine features two boilers, fireboxes, and smokestacks.
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Ireland
Ballyunion
Listowel
Northern Line Being Built Toward Arctic Ocean
A railroad is under construction northward from Petrograd to a point on the Arctic coast near the Norwegian frontier about five hundred miles west of Archangel. The route, reaching a coastline served by the Gulf Stream, would host a port that is expected to remain icefree while Archangel stays winterbound.
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Petrograd
Arctic Ocean
Archangel
Trainmen Must Slow at Pedestrian Areas on Tracks
A court ruling notes trainmen aware that a track is used by pedestrians must keep trains in control to avoid injuring a person on the rails after discovery. Guttery case cited from Alabama with 66 So. 580.
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Alabama
Guttery
Ala
Intuition Dictates Subtle Changes in Habit Trends
A reflection on how intuition guides keen observers to notice shifting fashion in behavior. The gifted observer senses subconscious cues, surpassing deliberate effort to reveal evolving social habits.
Second Nature Commentary on Reservists in War
A dialogue from Life magazine contrasts married men and reservists over conscription. Crabshaw argues they are used to combat, Crawford questions the policy, reflecting debates on compelled service and civilian duty in wartime.
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Crawford
Crabshaw
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