Mortality from historic wars tallied by a French statistician
A French statistician tallies war deaths totaling 14,000,000 across Napoleonic, Crimean, Italian, American Civil, Franco German, Russo Turkish, South American civil, and colonial campaigns. Includes only in service deaths. millions more died after discharge or were maimed. Cuban cigar wrappers, Japan loan notes, and ads follow in the same column.
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South America
India
Mexico
Tonquin
South Africa
The Heart Muscles Work in Resting Beats
The article explains that the heart is not constantly active. It has four chambers with auricles contracting to move blood into ventricles, then relaxing. followed by a pause. The auricles contract one fifth, ventricles two fifths, and the pause two fifths of each beat, yielding two-fifths rest time, aided by sleep.
Sacred Mountains of Japan Guarded by Deities
Travelers note grand shrines atop Japan’s high mountains dedicated to local guardian gods. Forested temple grounds rise above clouds, fostering belief that gods control rain by influencing the clouds.
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Japan
Serenity of Temper and Self Control
The piece notes serenity of temper as a sign of mental health and argues that bearing petty life trials with equanimity reduces irritation from scolding or irascible people. It urges practicing not hearing as a useful lifelong art to lessen conflict and personal distress.
War Loans Abroad Reach One Hundred Ten Million Dollars
Japan and Russia pursue large war loans in New York and London and Berlin markets. Japan and Russia together may spend about five hundred million dollars on combat this year, with total war costs near a billion dollars by year’s end.
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Japan
New York
London
Russia
Berlin
Rock Mountain Tea Now Sold In Tablet Form
If you lack time to prepare Hol lister's Rocky Mountain Tea it is available in tablet form. A package should be purchased for use. The product claims to make you well and keep you well and costs 36 cents.
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Hollister
A Girl's Nature Revealed by Small Grooming Acts
A Chicago Journal piece links tiny grooming habits to a girl's character and marriage outlook. It describes practical, sentimental, athletic, coquettish, and distant greetings as signs of future behavior and compatibility.
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Chicago Journal
Japanese Readers Favor Darwin and Old Gorgon Graham
A Booklovers' Magazine note by Harold Boyce describes Japan's literary tastes with ten English fiction writers popular there while science titles enjoy broad reading. Old Gorgon Graham by Lorimer impresses clerks and bosses, but profits vanish due to no international copyright. Darwin’s Origin of Species wins broad joy, Carlyle and Britannica also highly read, and native authors transform dry history into imaginative works preserving the name of the original.
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Japan
Booklovers
Harold Boyce
Gorgon Graham
Chicago
Lorimer
Tokyo
Darwin
Carlyle
Britannica
Maryland Elector Shows Napoleonic Idea Persists
Charles J. Bonaparte has been chosen as presidential elector from Maryland, indicating that the idee Napolienne still holds potency in political circles.
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Charles J. Bonaparte
Maryland
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Lincoln
Karl’s
Lane’s Family
Garfield
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Hamberger
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City Drug Store
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China
Bed Rock
Karpen
Geo. Keating
Leavenworth
OPERA
Seattle
Spokane
Tholin & Smith
City Drag Line
L. H. Turner
Prop
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Ietzu
ECH
Cuba
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford
Ship of State
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Port Arthur
Miss Antique
Oldbach
Philadelphia Record
Colton
Postoffice Building
A. A. Tholin
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