Marvels of Knossos Reveals Royal Ivory Board and Crown
Knossos yields exquisite art and architecture from Mycenaean times. An ivory and crystal royal draught-board, a golden encrusted mosaic surface, and a five-lilied crown emerge alongside seals showing worship scenes. Excavations near the throne room uncover a shrine, frescoes, and a Daedalian fusion of sculpture and painting.
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Knossos
Hatshepsut
Rhea
Cybele
Daedalus
Edwards
Henrys
Greece
Europe
London Times
Cooking in Camp Brings practical guide for woodland kitchens
The piece offers guidance for camp cooks planning for groups, detailing how to stock rations, assemble camp kits from Army or commercial supplies, and build efficient fires and cooking stands. It includes setup steps for firing, baking ovens in earth pits, shelter against rain, and a list of essential do nots like soap, matches, salt, and keeping fish and butter. The prose quotes New York Sun and ends with a poem by Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
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New York
The Mission of the Normal School
Francis B. Palmer argues that the normal school must train teachers as professionals with organized technical knowledge. A true professional life rests on fundamental knowledge that guides method selection and career development, elevating teaching beyond mere occupation toward a disciplined career. The aim is to produce teachers whose knowledge rivals that of lawyers in technical scope and applicability to child and human development.
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Caracter
Francis B. Palmer
Benefits of Vaccination History Call to Mass Education
A letter advocates writing a popular history of vaccination to counter antivaccine sentiment. It cites smallpox’s deadly toll before Jenner and argues vaccination freed the world from its greatest curse. The piece notes lawmakers fight faddists trying to revive sterilizing laws and urges broader public understanding.
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Jenner
London
Srey
Vaccination reduces mortality in Prussia and army
In Prussia since 1874 compulsory vaccination cut mortality to 7 per million and the army saw no smallpox deaths for years. Critics claim sanitation as the cause, but the source notes the specific poison in vaccines. It cites Gloucester 1895-96 with 1979 cases and 434 deaths to argue vaccination's primacy.
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Prussia
Gloucester
England
Church Sexton Smiles At Tips On Farewell Visit
A Tit-Bits anecdote recalls a country church sexton who, after forty years on duty, jokes with visitors about inquiry two. When asked if tips are allowed the sexton quips that Samiwell always says tips are allowed, leaving the party with lighter pockets and heavier hearts.
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Sexton
Samiwell
Alius
Tit for Tat at Massachusetts Dental Society
President El mer H Capen of Tufts College joked about his ignorance of dental terms and shared a nautical tale. He cited logs showing “Mate druuwa” and “Captain sober,” arguing that if true, those notes may stand despite ambiguity.
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Massachusetts Dental Society
Elmer H. Capen
Tufts College
Druuwa
Boston Herald
Impostors Among Animals Explains Deceptive Camouflage
William Morton Wheeler notes in the Century article that animals mimic surroundings and appearances to survive. He describes two paths of disguise, protective resemblance and color change, citing insects, spiders, chameleons, and leaf insects, with vivid examples from forests and various regions.
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William Morton Wheeler
University of Texas
Henry Drummond
Carlyle
Drummonds
East Indies
Evarts at Harvard Dinners A Dinner Toast Reply
Ambassador Choate recalls a Harvard dinner where William M. Evarts faced a posed exam question about why the stomach digests food yet is not digested. Evarts joked that he removes the coats of his stomach before leaving New York for the feast and hangs them in his wardrobe.
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Ambassador Choate
William M. Evarts
Harvard
Mr. Choate
Mr. Evarts
Evarts
New York
Philadelphia Record
Tramps Desert England As Vagrancy Falls Across Counties
A striking four year decline in English vagrancy may empty eastern workhouses of casual wards if trends hold. Norfolk’s casuals dropped from 29,037 in 1897 to 9,739 in 1900, with Suffolk showing similar four year progressions 23,903 to 12,838, indicating a countywide collapse in tramp numbers.
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England
Norfolk
Suffolk
Municipal Journal and Engineer
Want ed Heroes and Martyrs of Law and Order in Lynching Talk
The Century argues lynching grows bolder from Colorado to Texas with spectators including women and children. It praises sheriff courage in two cases, Joseph Merrill of Carroll county Georgia and Sheriff Beloat of Princeton Indiana, as examples of civic bravery against mob rule.
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Macon
Georgia
Colorado
Leavenworth
Kansas
Terre Haute
Indiana
Corsicana
Texas
Ennis
Cuba
Joseph Merrill
Carroll County
Beloat
Princeton
Mark Twain
Colonel Sherburn
How To Keep The House Cool In Hot Weather
Advice from Maria Parloa in The Ladies Home Journal suggests shading windows with blinds or awnings and screening, removing heavy hangings, and using cool colors. Open windows to air and sun the house each day, with strategic shuttering around mid morning, and keep skylights open. avoid keeping cellar windows closed in heat to prevent dampness and spoiled food.
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Maria Parloa
Ladies’ Home Journal
Boiler explosions comparison shows rising US casualties
A New England boiler inspection report details 373 explosions in the US last year, 268 killed, 520 injured, totaling 788 casualties, versus 383 explosions and 754 casualties the prior year. Britain shows far fewer deaths and injuries. No solution is offered to explain the disparity.
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New England
United States
Great Britain
Indian Brave's Dramatic Fate Recalls First White Baby Born Northwest
A vivid extract from The Ladies' Home Journal recounts a frontier tragedy where five Sioux warriors are executed by Chippewas after a blood feud. The girl’s dear Sioux friend Little Six dies in the gantlet as he tries to reach freedom, cementing a dramatic, era-defining fate.
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Northwest
W. S. Harwood
Ladies’ Home Journal
Little Frontier
Ancient Eggs From Li Hung Chang Surprise Fortunate Restaurateur
May Kee on East Washington Street received 100 aged eggs aged 106 years from Li Hung Chang. The eggs, never cooked and still in their shells, were cured by a secret Chinese process and were offered as a royal gift. A green grave and worshipful posterity accompany their history as mandarins’ delicacies.
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May Kee
East
Washington Street
China
Li Hung Chang
Moy Kee
Indianapolis Sentinel
New Ore Cars Cut Unloading to Seconds in Trials
For years workers shovel loaded cars of ore coke coal and gravel. Steel cars reduced wear and tear and enabled easier shipments. A new gravity unloading car spreads load up to thirty feet and can unload in seconds with no moving of the car. It adapts for ballasting and converts to armored military use in a minute. Arthur Goodrich notes in The World’s Work.
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Arthur Goodrich
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