America Has 3389 Yachts in Lloyds Register Opening
The Lloyds Register for 1905 lists 3389 yachts as the yachting season opens in New York. Many vessels converted to motor power due to gasoline engines, with several cup defenders like Mayflower and Priscilla becoming auxiliaries. The 542 page volume records 220 dollars total yacht value and 4259 stern vessels, detailing hulls and engines for practical reference.
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Lloyd’s Register
New York
Mayflower
Priscilla
Hiurges
Cary Smith
Pappoose
Minerva
Dlots
Slenala
The Gullibility Of Sheep And The Preacher Lord Radstock
A humorous look at sheep gullibility in lambing pens with ewes mistaking skin covered lambs as progeny. It contrasts with the aroma sniff test as the key to identification. The piece also notes Lord Radstock the preacher issuing religious addresses who inspired Russian authorities to ban his return.
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Lero
Duke of Portland Keeps blotter of twenty years races
The duke maintains a blotting book bound in leather catalogs race frames from the duke's horses over the past twenty years, documenting their performance and lineage in a private record.
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Duke of Portland
Farmer Subordination Across Europe Highlighted
The article surveys peasant-landlord relations detailing German tenants forced to seek consent and even buy it, Spanish nobles with crime trial privileges, French peasant ownership with limited landlord control, and Russian serfdom where peasants have no legal existence and owe all profits to the landlord with extreme exploitation.
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Germany
Spain
France
Red Light Vaccination Debate Sparks Controversy
Dr Paul of Vienna cautions against red light vaccination after reports that red illumination reduces scarring and pain in smallpox patients. Dr Finsen notes blue and ultraviolet rays cause ugly scars, suggesting red light rooms. Prof Gartner proposes red light vaccination, but Paul warns it could render vaccination illusory and diminish immunity.
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Paul
Vienna
Finsen
Gartner
Former Archduke Joins Swiss Army Under New Name
Leopold, once Archduke and brother to ex Crown Princess Louise of Saxony, has become a private in the Swiss army. He supported his sister's elopement, later married an actress, severing his royal ties and adopting the name Herr Woelfing.
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Archduke Leopold
Louise of Saxony
Herr Woelfing
Missionary reports Chinese Lao chief on primeval religion
Ray W. C. Dodd, a Presbyterian missionary in Laos, recounts Kun Tum, a senior native chief, describing a creed that rejects ghosts and spirits, centers on one God, and links races to three sons. He says a divine Book was divided, white descendants kept it, and two stone pillars guide their protection. a coming appearance of God in human form is foretold. Kun Tum and others await how Christians fare with the Book as proof of primeval religion.
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Ray
W. C. Dodd
Presbyterian Foreign Board
Haw
Friends
New York
Kun Tim
Kun Twn
Iking
Sismere
Kun Tum
Hair Trade Abuse in Brittany and Normandy Fairs
In Brittany and Normandy fairs peasant women are shaved of their hair by shearers who pay with shows or ribbons, often cheating victims. Hair is collected by bale gatherers and sold to wigmakers. dealers buy year round, paying in kind. Human hair trades fetch around 20 shillings per pound, enabling large profits for hair shearers.
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Brittany
Normandy
Teach Everyday Skills in Public Schools
Eldorado Kansas Republican urges schools to add practical daily life skills to book learning. Emphasizes standing, sitting, walking, reading, writing, spelling, politeness, and rational living over heavy focus on academic disciplines. Calls for less emphasis on ologies and more attention to common activities.
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Eldorado
Kan
Old Peer Karl Nelson Remains Only Living Lord From Victoria Era
An eighty two year old peer named Karl Nelson stands as the sole living member of the House of Lords who served when Queen Victoria first arrived at the throne.
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Karl Nelson
House of Lords
Queen Victoria
Navajo Blankets Trade Drives Machine Made Copy Market
The Navajo blanket tradition faces disruption as white run factories in Portland Oregon and Jacksonville Florida produce machine made variants for tourists and retailers. Despite cheaper copies selling for a fraction of the real hand woven goods, many buyers still seek the authentic Navajo blankets, sustaining demand for the handmade textile.
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Portland
Qre
Jacksonville
Tracking Migrations through Tags and Bands
The article notes how little is known about common creatures migration. It describes tagging codfish with copper tags in the United States and gill tags in Germany. Aluminum rings on birds reveal routes, showing many species do not head straight south to winter but travel east or west along coasts.
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Kei
United States
German Ocean
Germany
Russia
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America
Lloyd’s
Counbay
Ewe
Lord Radstock
Londorland
Rogais
Farmer
National
Leap Company
Clark Ave
Roth
Chas, W. Loomis and
Grenshaw & Young
Crenshaw & Young
Chas
W. Loomis
Got Lewet
Detroit Ove Works
A. Gillen
Lexington, Mo
Mm. D. Wilson
N. Wilson
Wilson Brothers
Roome S
10 Haerle
Lexington
Missouri
A. W.sandring
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