Era of hysteria and cynicism decried by voices across nation
The Mirror Mansfield review cites Justice Holmes on widespread corruption charges amid a national hysteria. It targets lawyers doctors ministers journalists and merchants as hypocrites and selfish, urging reform is unlikely and destruction would be justified. It also notes the frail longevity of war veterans and references pension office estimates.
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Justice Holmes
Supreme Court
Washington Star
Whoaver
Paradise
Pell
Religious courtship in Peru uses holy water gesture
In parts of Peru a suitor must attend mass at the same hour as his beloved for thirty days. On the thirtieth day he offers her holy water after church. Acceptance or rejection follows, as she notes she already uses some water at the font if another man has her heart.
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Peru
Connecticut town bans spooning on walls and steps
A Connecticut town bans spooning on stone walls fences church and house steps curbs and gutters within town limits. The rule aims to curb public intimate acts and curb the spread of Cupid's epidemic in a drastic sentimental shift.
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Connecticut
Questioning ignorance for shoe buyers in a casuistry claim
The reader argues that keeping people who buy non feather shoes in ignorance serves their own good. It targets a tired national habit and questions the logic of restricting knowledge. The piece contrasts parcels and safety, pondering how fudge travels by post while dynamite is refused.
Boys near edge of Southampton pier face old salt’s cuffs
A group of boys plays near a pier edge when an old salt, a longtime onlooker, leaves his post and cuffs one boy. Asked why, he replies he cannot stand the uncertainty of whether they fall in, not caring if they do. The scene is captured in a Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph report.
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Southampton
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Womanliness and gender psychology discussed
The text debates preserving womanliness amid debates on desexing and gender. It cites Weininger on anatomy versus psyche, noting no person is anatomically woman and psychically man. It argues a woman's psychic traits stay distinctly feminine, regardless of appearance, according to Mr. Welninger.
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Weininger
Mr. Welninger
City Grass Is Different Says Lord Redesdale
Lord Redesdale reported to the King Edward Memorial Fund advisory committee that grass from the country withered in London while London grown seeds flourished. He called this an example of adaptation to environment observed during discussion of Shadwell market site laid out as a pleasure garden.
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Lord Redesdale
King Edward Memorial Fund For
London
Shadwell Market
London Globe
The Drawback Ad Lampoons Fat Man and Teething Aid
A quirky 19th century style collage mocks fat men and teething remedies, recalling Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and a boastful prize line. It jumbles tips about digestion and pain relief with advice about learning by doing and a life without aim.
Lightning strike spares Creole farmer after bolt tears clothing
Pierre Dease of Sidney Arceneaux's place six miles north of Rayne Louisiana was struck by lightning while returning from town with a wagon of cotton seed. The bolt shredded his hat and clothes, melted eyelets from his shoes, tore his trousers, and instantly killed his two horses. Despite severe burns and shock, Dease was not seriously injured and is expected to recover.
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Pierre Dease
Sidney Arceneaux
Rayne
Graft From Dying Man Aboard In Michigan Hospital
A dying man’s flesh was grafted to a living patient in Michigan. Jacob Kalem of Kalamazoo Paper Company lost shoulder flesh in a machine accident, then 360 square inches of flesh from a railroad crash victim was grafted to his shoulder. Kalem has recovered and left the hospital.
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Michigan
Jacob Kalem
Kalammazoo Paper Company
Kalem
San Francisco Call
Washing a Hill Away Near Calgary by Hydraulic Erosion
A hydraulic plant operates nightly one mile from Calgary to wash away 110000 cubic yards of dirt from a hill. Water is discharged at high pressure against the hill through a giant nozzle, terracing the slope and filling the old river channel. The process runs ten hours each night and is expected to take 90 days with 200 pound pressure and a 100 horsepower pump.
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Calgary
Alberta
White Moose Killed in Alaska Sparks Traditions
A pure white moose was killed by trapper Burn Higgins on the Kenai Peninsula northwest of Alaska. The head and skin were sent to Seattle via Cordova as secrecy over the affair lingered. Thrinket Indians link the albino moose to an ancestral maiden, a spirit of a beloved chief, and fear its loss will be felt if albino moose are rare in the region.
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Kenai Peninsula
Alaska
Higgins
Seattle
Wash
Northland
Cordova
Kenal Peninsula
Nesting Habits of Fishes Highlight Parental Care
A field sketch of fish parental instincts explains nest building across species. The sea stickleback guards a pear shaped weed nest while the tenopined stickleback suspends a weed bundle to plants and the catfish reportedly nests in unusual sites. The male often leads nest construction, guards eggs, and protects young.
Owl Plays the Piano in Peterborough Home
Ernest Lemmy of St Pauls Road, Peterborough, watched his pet owl strike piano keys. The bird pressed a key, listened, and tried others, seeming pleased with the sounds. It moved across treble and bass, discovering the black and white keys only sounded.
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Ernest Lemmy
St. Paul's Road
Peterborough
London Mail
Fortune Out of Revenge The Death of EB 8 Welles
New York recalls the romance of a fortune born from vengeance after the inventor of Rough on Rats EB 8 Welles died. In poverty he shared a single loaf with a partner, a rat fed, and he vowed revenge. He then created a lucrative poison in Jersey City, rising to prominence in four years.
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New York
Welles
Mr. Welles
Rate
Jersey City
Gum chewing disrupts Indianapolio dynamiting trial
Murray L. Pennell faced cross examination in the Indianapollo dynamiting case as he kept chewing gum despite orders to remove it. United States Attorney Miller and Judge Anderson urged compliance. Pennell claimed he swallowed the gum, causing a brief court delay.
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Murray L. Pennell
Indianapollo
Pennell
United States
Miller
Anderson
Not So Polite as It Looked on Streetcar
A tall woman struggled to reach a seat on a street car as twelve men sat on both sides. None rose to offer a seat until a small boy offered his. The woman thanked him, but he explained it was not politeness but gum stuck to the seat.
Good Seat at the Opera Hears Society Words
Judge recalls a theater outing noting a near box view and hearing every word spoken by society attendees. The dialogue highlights social chatter and attire amid an evening at the opera.
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Madge
Marjorie
Reason to Be Afraid and Opera Plans Spark Debate
A fragment shows dialog about fear of falling in love and questions about a woman’s schooling. It notes New York planning a popular opera, likely ragtime in three reels. A saying compares small gains to large losses in a pie and soup metaphor, hinting at contrasting ideas.
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New York
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