World Fair exhibits and distant colonies fascinate visitors
The St Louis exposition hosts a vast assembly on two square miles, including a Philippine tract with replicas of native villages and buildings. The Filipino colony, with Americans and Europeans, showcases life and habits, while replicas echo Spanish architecture and distant peoples from Patagonia to Africa.
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St. Louis
Pacific Archipelago
Unely Sam
Philippine Islands
Philippine Commission
Patagonian
Africa
Japan
World’s Fair Exposition Captivates With Magnificence
The 1904 World’s Fair commands government interest and investment of 11 million dollars plus Philippine funds. Highlights include an 112 foot floral clock, a six acre crop map of the United States, German pavilions, the Rainbow Garden, and the Palace of Machinery’s 60,000 horsepower engine. Visitors are treated to expansive landscapes, shaded avenues, and a vast aerial race potential with Santos Dumont’s machines and other aeronauts.
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United States
Uncle Sam
Ullola
Agriculture Hill
Germany
Cascades
Englin Charlottenburg
Hank Monk
Horace Greeley
Placerville
Secn
Mark ‘Twain
Artemus Ward
Cascade
Palace of Machinery
Nationa
Immen
Mammoth Palace of Agriculture
Santos Dumont
Allentown Girl Returns from New York Matinee
A young Allentown woman recently returned from her first trip to New York where she attended a matinee at a prominent venue. She described the experience as brilliant, with high impressions, later spoiled slightly by a waltz during the evening opera. Friends recounted her glowing reports, one noting envy at the matinee.
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Allentown
New York
Metropolia
Matines
Jeff
Walt
Opera
Fnr
Bene
Yan
Ae Pladelphia Ledger
Why Cooperative Colonies Fall
A lecturer and former Zoar colony member explains that cooperative colonies fail when out of touch with the wider world. He notes equal property and earnings reduced energy and thrift, while petty jealousies hindered work and the leader’s death hastened decline.
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Zoar
Canadian Route Shorter by 680 Miles Across Atlantic
At a Halifax meeting of the Royal Transportation Commission officials submitted reports and maps showing the Canadian route between Europe and the East was 680 miles shorter than routes from United States ports.
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Royal Transportation Commission
Halifax
Europe
The
East
United States
Porta
Russian Ship Canal Survey Proposes 1463 Mile Link
Surveys completed for a ship canal across Ugala to connect the Baltic and Black seas show a distance of 1,463 miles and an estimated cost of 180 million dollars.
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Ugela
Baltic
Black Seas
Pilles
How does the crew get inside a torpedo powered warship
A gunnery lieutenant on a battleship guides a curious girl from a country rectory through the vessel’s torpedo mechanisms. She probes the engine with a parasol and then asks how the crew gains entry, a question that leaves the officer momentarily paralyzed. The vignette from London Tit-Bits captures a child's astonishment at naval warfare and the dangers of technical curiosity.
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H. M
Leutenant
California's Building at World Fair Attracts Attention
California erects a pavilion in the agricultural building with an exterior covered in dried fruit. Four tons of apricots peaches and prunes are exhibited to draw universal interest.
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California
Mosquito Exhibit at Louisiana World Fair Showcases 98 Varieties
The Louisiana world fair exhibit will display ninety eight varieties of mosquitoes in cauea. The insects are guaranteed not to bite or eat.
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Louisiana
Center of Lamb Raising Industry in Colorado
Greeley Colorado is rising as a lamb center rivaling its potato trade. Lamb shipments to Eastern markets reach 74 to 100 carloads weekly. Winter feeding trials using sugar beet molasses prove successful in northern Colorado with tens of thousands of sheep fed in Greeley Ft Collins Loveland and nearby areas.
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Greeley
Colo
Colorado
Ft. Collins
Loveland
Real Case of Broken Heart Saga From West Ham
A 74 year old widow died after being deserted by her 72 year old fourth husband shortly after their December wedding in West Ham. A coroner's jury found her death resulted from valvular heart disease with her last words saying My heart's broken. The Philadelphia Ledger reports the case as a tragic end to a life marked by marriage and heartbreak.
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West Ham
Philadelphia Ledger
Noted Scientist Maximilian Nitze in Berlin Telegraph Hub
Noted scientist Dr Maximilian Nitze who invented a luminous stomach apparatus a quarter century ago remains in Berlin as a university instructor. The U S has about 20 million families and 5 million businesses totaling 25 million potential telephone lines with roughly one eighth equipped.
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Maximilian Nitze
Berlin
University
United States
Decorative doorway turned Moorish ornament plan
A detailed design describes converting an unused doorway into an ornate Moorish style feature. It features a wide shelf above the door for pottery, a back panel, open pattern sides and top, arch framed shallow shelves, a central shallow cupboard, and lower shelves for a bookcase and storage. The project uses thin wood, staining or enamel, and Japanese gold or leather paper to cover the door.
Servians Fond of Water Observation by an English Traveler
An Englishwoman touring Serbia notes locals drink vast cold water and little alcohol. She shares prejudices about Serbs, observes a habit she calls water logged, and cites a doctor who links constant thirst to low activity and busy daily routines.
Johnny and bal Jove tease as necktie joke unfolds
A playful exchange features Johnny-Hello addressing Perey about an arm injury, Johnny-Yaas noting a sprain, and Johnny-Gweat Scntt reacting with astonishment. The humor centers on attempting to tie a necktie, with bal Jove remarking on the effort.
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Johnny
Perey
Yaas
Women Who Push Goods Pattern Secret List Ad
A London notice describes women pressed into discreet promotion work for shops and firms. The piece notes female agents operate in high society circles to push jewelry dresses shoes and other goods while receiving commissions, with secrecy and broad industry use including wine, soap, and money lenders.
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London
Will Train Wildcat in Southington Mountain Camp
Bernard Martin, a woodchopper on Wobst mountain in Southington Conn, captured a wildcat in a trap set for a fox. On first visit the wildcat was found with one leg caught in the trap. He secured it and intends to trace its path.
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Bernard Martin
Wobst Mountain
Southington
Conn
Nin
Hypnotic Bedside Clock Lets Sleepers Tell Time
A New York Times item describes an electric clock on a mantel that can reveal the hour at any time by a hidden bedpost button. Activating it rings musical tones like a 9:20 reading, aiding midnight wakeful guests without turning on a light.
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New York Times
Bedford kitten plays ping pong and does tricks like a dog
A Bedford Massachusetts eight month old kitten named Tiger is described as highly intelligent. He plays ping pong by himself, mimics a rabbit to beg for meat, climbs bureau drawers and suitcases, investigates unlatched bags, and even runs a self contained ball game. He perches in Christmas tree branches and pounces on popped corn and then resumes a snooze after a win.
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Massachusetts
Bedford
Mass
Tiger
Death by Shoe Polish Linked to Nitrobenzol Poisoning
Toledo chemists Kirchmater and Coroner Storz rule W. F. Rader died from nitrobenzol poisoning, an ingredient in shoe polish he used. Rader died after cigar inhalation and dancing. the odor from his shoes and burnt skin prompted the coroner. Forty eight poisoning cases with only one recovery noted.
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Kirchmater
Storz
Toledo
Ohio
W. 5. Rader
Rader
Chicago Record- Herald
Berry Time Alibi Case From Arkansas Robbery Trial
Judge Henderson M Somerville defends an Arkansas defendant accused of robbery. The defendant testified he could not have been at the scene, claiming it was berry time and he was in the woods, describing a bizarre encounter with a bar and a lake incident. The exchange drew incredulous questions from the prosecutor as the time frame stretched from June to January.
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Henderson M. Somerville
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Berry
Quijquz
Juno
New York Times
Romance in Whittier Life and the Quiet Bachelor Secret
The Quaker poet John G. Whittier never married due to a long lost romance with Evelina Bray born 1810 in Marblehead. They parted at age nineteen after Bray’s parents opposed the match. Bray later married a clergyman William Downey who became a street preacher. Upon Whittier’s death he left 11000 to Amesbury Home for Old Women, and Downey’s widow sought admission as a former friend of the poet but died soon after.
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John G. Whittier
Evelina Bray
Marblehead
Mass
Whittier
Hin Tove
Milas Bray
Whitter
Miss Bray
William 8. Downey
Amesbury
Longest private wire planned by New York Central system
The New York Central will own the longest private telephone direct wire in the world. A No 8 copper line will run along tracks to Chicago, touching major cities and extending over 1000 miles from Buffalo east along New York Central routes to West Shore line and Weehawken, ending at Grand Central Station. The link enables rapid official communication across Vanderbilt system eastern and western sectors for large scale railroad business.
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New York Central System
The
Central
Chicago
Buffalo
Lake Shore Railroad
New York Central
Weehawken
West Shore
Grand Central Station
Vanderbilt
Aargo
The Deadly Torpedo and the Submarine Mine
A historical critique contrasts the torpedo with the submarine mine, noting the pullet of barbarity barred from civilized warfare and the lingering dread of undersea weapons. The piece reflects on past views of torpedoes as a measure of conflict.
War talk on torpedoes and submarine mines
Military writers condemn Electro-Mercantil Pre as a potential weapon but acknowledge civilized nations reject crude death traps. Torpedoes and submarine mines, backed by advanced mechanical cunning, remain the most destructively certain weapons.
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Pittalla
Sailor's Ingenious Wind Device Taps Overhead View
Captain Charles Bucknam of Falmouth Maine invents a weather vane linkage using hollow tubes wires and ball bearings to connect a wind vane on a stable to one near the kitchen ceiling so both turn together. He can now tell wind direction by glancing overhead in the cabin.
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Charles Bucknam
Falmouth
Thia
Local Crime Note From The Workhouse
A Laowestoft man sentenced to seven days hard labor for drinking at the workhouse offered a coin to the mayor to decide if his term should be fourteen days or longer. The incident reflects a small town court action and the exchange occurred during the sentencing.
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Ingland
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