Ghosts and a Deadly Secret Haunting a Medical Student
A tale unfolds in a gloomy manor as Mr. Cowley and his nephew pursue a haunting truth. Ghosts plague the house, a rocking cradle, and a terrifying nun’s vision fuel obsession. Dr. Lee reveals a past murder linked to his medical studies, and a headless room shocks a companion with grim echoes.
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Mr. Cowley
Charles
George
Mudie
Marjorie
Mrs. Cowley
Rose
Air Ship Promising Flying Machine Tested in London
In England engineers Gaudron and Barth trial a cigar shaped balloon 17 feet by 3 feet at Crystal Palace. The craft uses a hydrogen balloon with platforms beneath for a motor and propeller actuation. They aim for 30 mph on windless days and envision a five seat version with a 100 by 30 foot balloon and four ten horsepower motors.
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England
Crystal Palace
London
Auguste Gaudron
Cecil Barth
Chicago Chronicle
Keep Your Children Busy With Daily Duties And Doubt
This excerpt urges keeping children engaged through work or play, praising effort without excess, and instilling a striving for perfection. It cites Emerson on discontent as a holy spur to continual achievement, referencing past courtship ritual of a maiden and her knight cap.
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Emerson
Wins the Emperor Triumph for Mrs Von Bruening in Berlin
The Boston socialite Mrs Gordon McKay known as Mrs Adolph Von Bruening wins back her husband’s German diplomatic status after a persistent campaign. She won favors from ministers, gained access to the emperor, and secured his restoration to service. The moment marks a notable triumph of American influence in imperial affairs and was followed by a new post for Von Bruening as first secretary of the German legation in Tangiers Morocco.
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Berlin
Adolph von Breuning
Gordon McKay
Boston
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
von Bruening
Harvard College
Joseph Tract
Cambridge
McKay
Washington
Tangiers
Morocco
Chinese Use of Flour and Food Customs Detailed
The article describes urban Chinese life with a focus on food economics where many rely on restaurants and hot water stands. It notes extensive flour use in dough, vermicelli, and dumplings, prepared by workers forming sheets and strings, often eaten hot. It also mentions cakes and confections. A second piece recounts a legend about St Dunstan shoeing the devil, who is bound to avoid ever seeing a horseshoe displayed.
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Central
China
St. Dunstan
Riches of Ecuador Await Development by Rail Lines
A mining engineer predicts vast undeveloped mining fields in Ecuador's northern Andes and orient, with alluvial gold in the Amazon headwaters, coal veins in the south, and large copper, sulfur, rubber, and hardwood resources. The report notes expanding sugar, coffee, cacao exports, and a growing rail-linked economic potential.
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Andes
Ecuador
Orient
Amazon
South America
Sicily
Guayaquil
Where Is the Old Fashioned Boy
A city dinner features a spoken lament for the old fashioned boy. The speaker recalls a bygone era with vivid images of fathers, clothing, grooming, speech, and manners. The piece contrasts past ideals with present changes in youth behavior and upbringing.
Dangers of Lightning Kill Hundreds Yearly in U.S.
The article notes about 500 people die from lightning annually in the United States with many injuries. Most fatalities occur outdoors or near metal conductors, with 50 percent outdoors and 44 percent in private homes. It warns against clothes lines, chimneys, open windows, and tree shelters, urging middle-room safety during storms and deeming five hundred deaths among 70 million people a small figure.
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United States
Medical profession overcrowded in the United States
Census figures show one registered physician for every 655 people in the United States, indicating potential overcrowding in the medical field. By comparison, Germany in 1898 had one physician per 2,114 inhabitants, about one third as many per capita.
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United States
Germany
Scheme to scare wolves with patent automatic gun
Presbyterian Banner notes a recent patent for an automatic gun to frighten wolves on western prairies. A clockwork box fires blank cartridges at intervals, from sunset to sunrise during lambing season, deterring wolves without a man present. Wolves may learn the ruse, as in Russia where they fear telegraph hum.
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Patent Office
Presbyterian
Notre Dame University Promotes Catalog Free Inquiries
Notre Dame University in Notre Dame Indiana invites readers to request a free catalog and details on terms and courses. The college offers a preparatory school for all grades, a commercial course of one or two years, St Edward's Hall for boys under thirteen, and strong emphasis on thorough coursework and student care after fifty seven years of activity making the institution renowned nationwide.
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Notre Dame
Indiana
Notre Dame University
West
St. Edward's Hall
A Wee or a Pony Puffs Tiny Shetland in Guthrie Center
In Guthrie Center a ten day old Shetland pony weighed seventeen pounds and a girl named Lulu Lemon carried it like a kitten. A widow chose a morbid tombstone inscription, and a quip about a bicycle rattled a highway commissioner to act.
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Guthrie Center
Lulu Lemon
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Retolorado Tent & Awning CO
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Gutsball
Pres
Lawrence St
15Th & Curtis
Colo
Trial Sons
Ogden Assay CO
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Room 7
Union Block
Golorad
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