Women who drink liquor in New York society
The Rev Dr L A Banks rector Grace Methodist Episcopal church says drinking among women of the better and middle classes is rising in New York. He warns that rich and poor women alike attend hotels and restaurants for cocktails, showing indifference to opinion and conscience, eroding old temperance norms.
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New York
Saya
Whce
Universal
L. A. Banks
Grace Methodint Episcopal Church
One Hundred and Fourth Street
Columbus Avenue
Newport
Washington
Life in Far-Off Oregon Remembrance of a Past Tragedy
A Portland reporter recalls the 12 to 15 year old shooting of Emil Weber by Sandy Olds. Olds, who served a year in prison, later died of consumption in Albina. The tale links memory, liquor, and old social bonds as a nod to the saying cast bread upon waters.
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Alder Street
Sandy Olds
Emil Weber
Third
Alder
Weber
Olds
Albina
Portland Oregonian
Salicylic Acid as a Food Preservative Findings
Liverpool researchers Dre MecAllieter and Bradshaw conclude salicylic acid used in food preparation is not harmful and acts as a health preservation. Their experiments indicate digestion is scarcely hindered by saturated solutions and effects on living subjects are practically negligible even in moderate quantities.
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Dre. MecAllieter
Bradshaw
Liverpool
Mali
A Woman With a Musical Heart Revealed in Vienna
In Vienna, Prof Relter presented a woman to the Society for Internal Medicine who has suffered four years of palpitation and a peculiar singing heartbeat for about eighteen months. The voice, audible to others, rises and falls in strength and is linked to a heart valve malformation causing vibrations.
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Relter
Society For Internal Medicine
Vienna
The Dread Hour of Death and Human Dignity
A reflective piece on the universal approach of death, contrasting human and animal responses. It discusses mortality as a quiet, natural process, citing William J. Long’s writings on how animals die and the common instinct to seek shelter, while noting the noble obedience to nature’s call in quiet resignation.
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William J. Long
School of the Woods
Coes
Ice on the Cake at a Mothers Meeting
A New York Preview item recounts a Brooklyn gathering where a North Dakota visitor jokes about others, then recalls a Swedish housemaid Minna whose cake was iced with a literal miniature snowdrift due to literal interpretation of instructions. The tale highlights language slips and cross cultural miscommunication.
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Brooklyn
North Dakota
Sweden
Nergebife
Minna
New York
I Am Not Superstitious Says a Modern Woman
A New York Times excerpt features a contemporary woman declaring she is not superstitious while recalling moments tied to superstition. She notes a pin on the sidewalk, a recalled quarrel with Reginald, a new moon sighting, and salt spilling, using these events to question belief and attribute meaning.
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Reginald
Asia’s Pendulum Lake and Dr Hedin’s Asia finding
In Central Asia Dr Sven Hedin studies Kara-koshum or Lop-nor lake movements tied to desert level shifts. The lake retreats northward toward its ancient bed and is followed by vegetation wildlife and fishermen as it slowly shifts over a century. Encouraging tales of Clergy at seminary end with a humorous New York Times quote.
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Asia
Sven Hedin
Central Asia
Kara-koshum
Lop-nor
Sooma
Prieralsky
Hedin
Infant longevity and mortality from early 20th century science
A historical discussion surveys infant mortality declines due to mothers’ knowledge, medical advances, vaccination, antitoxins, and hygienic feeding. It weighs past Europe’s high under one year death rates against rising life expectancy, noting heredity, climate, nutrition, and sanitation as longevity factors alongside insurance emphasis on family longevity.
Elias Howe Dream Leads to Eye of Needle Discovery
Inventor Elias Howe nearly ruined himself before learning the needle eye should be near the point. A vivid dream of execution and warriors sparked the idea, waking him at 4 am to craft a needle with an eye by 9, shaping the sewing machine’s breakthrough.
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Elias Howe
Howe
New York News
Roentgen Rays and Cathode Currents Reconsidered
Scientists describe Lenant rays and cathode rays as moving electrons in a train of minute negative charges traveling at high speed. Roentgen rays are viewed as radiation from impacts of moving electrons with stationary electron groups, forming energetic emissions in solids.
President Roosevelt's Children Ride About Washington
The president's children are frequently seen on rides around Washington and attract much attention. Roosevelt has never ridden a bicycle since assuming his high station, but his children ride and travel widely in public view.
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Roosevelt
Weehington
Pharaohs Chariot Found in Thebes Valley Tomb
The Times reports discovery of a nearly 4000 year old pharaohs chariot in the Thebes valley tomb. The elegant cart, tied to the rulers of ancient Egypt, emerges in remarkable preservation and offers new clues to royal mobility and funerary practice.
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Thebes
Tyebes
Cheap German Manufactures Incandescent Tulle Apply to Spain
Fragmentary OCR notes describe cheap German manufactures and incandescent tulle applied or discussed in Spain with unclear context and garbled terms. No clear names, dates, or events emerge beyond mentions of German production and Spanish reference.
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Spain
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Connecticut
General Theological Seminary
Mathorn
Jans
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Meisoner
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M. Flowlane
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