Mosquitoes as Pests and Disease Carriers
In a discussion drawn from physicians, the mosquito emerges as a major disease vector and pervasive nuisance. Dr. Edward McCarthy notes 250 species worldwide with 30 in the United States, detailing Anopheles as malaria transmitters and Culex as yellow fever vectors, larval development, breeding habits, and practical control methods such as drainage, fish introduction, kerosene treatments, and repellents.
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Anopheles
Culex
Tropics
Edward McCarthy
Russia
Alaska
United States
Man
Alphabet on a Pinhead Impresses Engraver’s Skill
Mr. H. A. Houseal, an engraver, etched the entire alphabet on the head of a common pin small enough to read with naked eye. The 1/16 inch pin displays A-M around the edge and N-Z inside, center marked, with letters about one quarter the size of those on the Lord’s Prayer on a dollar. He spent about an hour and a half, balancing the work between customers, using an ordinary engraver’s tool and a four inch lens. Houseal plans to keep the pin as a curiosity.
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Anopheles
New Orleans Times-Democrat
H. A. Houseal
Houseal
Baltimore American
In Hot Pursuit of De Wet Inside Boer Chase Operations
An unpublished letter by Dr. G. D. Varcoe, a surgeon with the British Seventeenth Lancers, recounts Plumer’s pursuit of Gen. Christian De Wet in January and February. The account details engagements near Colesburg and Hamel River, heavy shelling, ambulance work, kopje fighting, the Boers’ tactics, Victorian patrols, and the chase's harsh conditions. It notes De Wet’s elusive maneuvers, the weary march through rain and mud, and the capture of Boer matériel and 250 Boers, including De Wet’s coachman.
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G. D. Varcoe
South Africa
Seventeenth Lancers
Orange River Station
D. C
Christian de Wet
de Wet
Colesburg
Hamel River
Jeffrey
Kopje
Imperial Light Horse
Col. Plumer
Plumer
Col. Knox
Knox
Hout Kraal
Hopetown
Evening Post
Rancocas Estate of Lorillard in Burlington County
Rancocas, the stock farm of the late Pierre Lorillard at Jobstown, spans about eighteen hundred acres along the old Monmouth road once used by Washington’s troops. The estate formed from several old Burlington farms including Clayton Newbold, with adjoining land owned by Jacob Ridgeway, Philadelphia street car magnate.
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Rancocas
Pierre Lorillard
Jobstown
Burlington County
Monmouth
Washington
Lorillard
Mr. Lorillard
Clayton Newbold
Newbold
Shreves
Earls
Gauntts
Burlington
Lorillard Domain
Jacob Ridgeway
Philadelphia
Azaw
Dog on Engine Aids Early Washington Railroad Work
The Portland Oregonian recalls a shepherd dog used on Dr. Baker’s Strap railroad from Wallula to Walla Walla to clear the track. The canine kept on the engine to remove obstructions of horses and cattle that blocked trains, a tale remembered by Northwest settlers and miners in Idaho and Montana. the dog was eventually run over while on duty.
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Washington
Dorsey S. Baker
Wallula
Columbia River
Walla Walla
Inland Empire
Thousand Hills
Northwest
Dr. Baker
Idaho
Montana
Portland Oregonian
The New Canals in Austria
Vienna correspondence notes Austria plans a vast canal program linking the Danube with the Oder and Moldau to Prague and beyond. The scheme aims to boost Bohemia and northern Austria while coordinating with a parallel railway expansion. Estimated cost is 750 million crowns, with work to start by 1904 and finish in twenty years.
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North Sea
Baltic
Adriatic
Black Sea
Budapest
Fiume
Austria
Reichsrath
Danube
Oderje
Moldau
Budweis
Prague
Danube-Oder
Elbe
Melnik
Vistula
Dniester
Vienna
Bohemia
London Times
New York Leads World in Telephone Stations Count
New York now has 60,000 telephone stations, ranking it as the largest city telephone system in the world. The figure underscores the metropolis's advanced communications network and expansive urban infrastructure.
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New York
Brown-tail moth plague hits Boston suburbs hard
A Boston Sun report describes the brown-tail moth invasion near Allston Cambridge and Medford, with thousands of caterpillars on fruit trees and verandas. It details itching and inflammations, failed kerosene torches, and city efforts including a Cambridge aldermen’s appropriation for destruction, plus a history of the gypsy moth fight and instructions for control.
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Boston
New York Sun
Allston
Cambridge
Medford
Board of Aldermen
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
General Assembly
A. H. Kirtland
State
Somerville
Holland
Scituate
Waltham
Seabrook
N. H
South Berwick
No Dialects in Ohio, Says Cincinnati Paper
The Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune argues Ohio residents practice clear enunciation over dialect, contrasting Boston pretensions with Mississippians and New Englanders. It claims Ohio has fewer localisms and a superior educational system, asserting universal education shapes language.
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Boston
Union
America
Harper's
Mississippi
New York
New England
Ohio Valley
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune
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Baltimore
Lancers
von Korber
Dual Monarchy
Germany
F. J. Smith
Gypsy Moth Commission
Ohio
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