Fulgurites Formed by Lightning Seen Worldwide
The article describes fulgurites, glass tubes formed when lightning strikes sand or rock and melts silica. It notes interior diameters from quill to over three inches, depths up to thirty feet, and finds across Armenia, Nevada, and Mexico with specimens in a national museum. Humboldt is cited regarding findings on the Nevada de Tolera and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson's Weekly
Aand
Littl Ararat
Armenia
Hort
Soporova
National Museum
Mexico
Humboldt
Flim-Flam Game At Mendelssohn Store
A young man entered Louis Mendelssohn’s shop on St Mark’s Place with two letters and sought a $10 bill for ten ones. He paid with a $10 note but only nine $1 bills appeared. he tried to retrieve the rest, then fled after being caught by a police officer. He gave the name John Williams, claiming he would return for the money, but was eventually discharged.
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New York
Louis Mendelsedha
Hear
St. Mark's Place
Philadelphia
Mendelssohn
Mothen
Mandelsohn
Rogues
Min-flang
John Williams
Mendelasohn
New Era Sermon Hearing Leader Rogora Moves North Side
President Henry Wade Rogora of Northwestern University and his wife Baye relocate to Chicago sluma. Mrs Rogora leads Settlement Society work with Dr Rogora joining with earnest interest. A childhood anecdote recalls his early inquisitiveness and wit about literature and sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wade Rogora
Northwestern University
Baye
Sluma
Chicago
Rogers
Settlement Society
Freshening Vegetables In Cold Water To Improve Taste
The article notes that vegetables improve with freshering in clear cold water unless taken directly from the garden. It highlights cabbage cauliflower lettuce cucumber and celery as especially benefited. It also mentions soaking new potatoes to ease scraping and make them meatier and suggests cold water to remove acrid portions from onions.
Evolution of a Name Through Time and Social Change
A narrative tracing how a girl once named Mary shed letters as she grew. She dropped the r to become Maz May, then altered y to e amid social shifts, and later removed the e to become Ma. This tale illustrates evolving identity through spelling.
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Ap Exchange
Plain
Mary
Mixa May
Jake
Alant
Labor and Capitalmeet in New York Bold Union Plan
The piece outlines labor and capital clashes, praising central unions in New York City. It notes a proposed 100000 worker federation in Greater New York, aiming to reduce strikes and shift toward arbitration, with the Typographical union preparing to fund influence for favorable contracts.
International Typographical Union approves defense fund and union printing push
The Detroit convention adopted a permanent defense fund financed by a monthly 10 cent uplift and dedicated to bonds, with the interest directed to a temporary defense fund. It also authorized up to $10,000 to secure Michigan state printing to be performed by union printers, shifting official printing to union hands.
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International Typographical
International Typographical Union
Detroit
Mich
United States
Permanent Defense Fund
Executive Council
Union Fund
Michigan
Textile Production Falls as Massachusetts Report Totals Decline
The Massachusetts labor statistics report shows 4,701 establishments, down from 4,695 in 1897, with total value of goods and work at $865,619,185. Boots and shoes lead with $131,162,678 in value. cotton goods $390,986,469. leather $26,907,780. machinery $84,797,770. metals $40,426,780. paper $28,025,257. woolen $30,809,698. worsted $25,604,722. Textile production in cities like Fall River fell $3,096,464 from 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barea of Statietics of Labor
Massachusette
Fall Hiver
Unnecessary Strikes Highlight Labor Organization Needs
Unions and employers should act within the ten hour law and seek joint discussion. The Brooklyn and New York strikes are seen as avoidable with better organization and transparent joint boards, which could have prevented or eased the Cleveland disturbances.
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Gunton
Brooklyn
New York
Cleveland
Cané Nn Joint Board of Representatives of Employers and Laborere
Lawyor Senate
Notes on cost of living and labor issues in the Dakotas and beyond
The notes discuss rising prices for necessaries, coal monopolies, and 25,000 workers employed in harvests across the Dakotas Montana and Western Minnesota. It cites a Mine Workers Journal defense fund of 100000 and argues wage earners gain protection and better conditions through organization while urging workers to reject dishonest employers. It includes perspectives from the New York Herald on organized labor aiding both workers and employers for national welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lita Abt
Coal Trust
Dakotas
Montana
Minnesota
Mine -Workers’ Journal
The
New York Herald
Phantom Dutch Velser Captures Ocean Myths on Cape Waters
A Dutch captain Capt Godthelp and crew recount a phantom vessel seen near the Delaware breakwater and Cape Town, later revealed as a mirage. Accounts from Capt Dawes of the Hampton corroborate seeing the same vessel. The tale ends with scientific confirmation that the ship was a 400 mile distant mirage reflecting a Dutch vertel.
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Java
Delaware
Capt Goldhelp
Howe
Indian Ocean
Bunda Stratte
Cape of Good Hope
Vanderdecken
Holland
Cape
Godthelp
Cape Town
Dawes
Hampton
Burgemeister Jonkhoer Coenen
Cape Town Harbor
Capt. Dawes
An Average Neighbor and Trade for Butter
A rough dialogue shows Mrs Goodson lending a pound of butter to a neighbor who promises to repay tomorrow with the bacon. The exchange highlights market prices and neighborly barter in a small town setting.
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Mies
Mystery of Nellie Knox Linked to Alfred Filla Case
Mrs. M B Knox of Denver writes Sheriff Pohlmann alleging her stepdaughter Nellie Knox vanished after leaving with Alfred Filla. Nellie’s body was later found in country lane, identified by her father Major Knox via a ring. Filla, a four time husband and former inmate, denies knowledge of Nellie’s fate while his uncle claims the body was hidden in a shed.
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Alfred
Filla
St. Louie
Big
Pohlmann
M. B Knox
Twentieth Street
Denver
Col
Hyter
Slater
Major Knox
Bills
St. Loula
Eho
Knox
Carthage
Mite
St. Louia
Fustice
Nellie
Ells
Thorn
Ingints
Ben
Broadway
Ghosts Haunt Greandok District Steady Crowd At Night
In Greandok Scotland crowds gather around Well Park as alleged ghosts frighten residents. A South erect tenement girl spots a large white figure, her father fetches help, the specter slips free leaving the sheet in the girl's grip as a young man escapes.
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Greandok
Scotland
Agai
Remarkable Crowsley Incident In Rothesay Drowning Case
A remarkable drowning incident at Rothesay involves four youths in a boat accident. An eight year old boy, guided by swimming guidance from his master, floated on his back as two young girls clung to his legs and a smaller boy rested on his chest. Rescuers saved them after nearly a mile of effort. Three adults two sisters and a sweetheart drowned.
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Crowsley
Rothesay
Alleged Murder Mention Sparks Libel Libel Talk
A fragmented city desk exchange questions how reference to Mrs Strong's alleged husband arose in a death incident paragraph. One writer cites guidelines to say alleged murderer and alleged debt to avoid libel claims, highlighting newsroom caution.
Beals Beetle Pest Threat to Trees Described
A historical note warns of a damaging pest, the beals tree louse, appearing harmless as a bark color but attacking from within the bark. In sufficient numbers it wilts and harms the tree, requiring removal from the trunk and the application of wood alcohol to deter or treat.
Emperor Baliem and the Austrian Monarchs Wandering Feet
Disjointed notes mix portraits of an Austrian emperor avoiding crowds with assorted ads and business snippets. The text mentions non territorial expansion, farmland prospects in Wisconsin near Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line, a shoe powder ad, railway earnings, and miscellaneous quotes and ads.
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Chicago, Miwachew & St. Paul
Marivete County
Wisconsin
C. BE. Rollins
la Salle
Chicago
Chicago Western Railway
Septemary
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Xerxes
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William A. Perrine
Irom Molders’ Conference Board
Sai
Bor Angles
New York City
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Great Central Organization
Talon
Alassachusette
Back
Murage
Bampton
Peter Hopkins
Oscar Clifford
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Hopkins
Clifford
Capt Godthelp
Nellie Knox
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