Mary T Meyer of Boston Democratic City Committee
Miss Mary T Meyer, executive clerk of the Democratic City Committee of Boston, rose from clerical work to a trusted political adviser with influence and a substantial salary. Born in Malden and educated in West Roxbury, she joined state and city committees as a student and became a seasoned politician while befriending leaders like Thatcher Russell Coveney Reed Burnett and Sullivan. She supports home as the sphere of the average woman and opposes woman suffrage.
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Democratic City Committee of
Boston
Mary T. Meyer
Miss Meyer
Malden
West Roxbury
Fice
Henry ©. Thatcher
William BE. Russell
J. W. Coveney
Henry R. Reed
Robert M. Burnett
John O. Sullivan
The Wife's Income and the Marriage Balance
A column discusses husbands who resist funding household needs, wives who withhold or stretch money, and the idea that a wife can reshape her own "little world" to find serenity. It cites Delineator findings on bill paying and household economics, ending with a note on poor economy.
Home Economy and Health Advice From The Boston Transcript
A 19th century column urges improving home life with better equipment and routines. It argues that investing in quality household tools saves health and time, and that wives and staff deserve reliable machinery. A beauty expert recommends diet, fruit, vegetables, white meats, modest alcohol use, and daily tepid baths with herbal additives.
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Boston Transcript
Rag Carpet Hogs and Home Craft Hints
The item blends home how to on rag carpet use, crochet rugs, and care tips. It includes do it yourself sewing, washing rugs, citrus and olive handling, corned beef serving tips, clogged drain tricks, and basic garment collar guidance. It notes decorative country touches like a miniature bell tower and lamp wick reuse from old hats.
Come Back to Love A Dramatized Army Reunion
A tense reunion unfolds as Madge Vanness confronts Sgt. John Trevor in a Army camp shack. She reveals funds from horse sales pinned to his debts and pleads for marriage and a new life away from conflict. Trevor resists, choosing duty over escape, while the scene ends with a hopeful offer to renew life together.
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Robert Brown
Madge Vanness
Jack Trevor
Old Stokes
Jong
Brown
Madge
John Trevor
New York
Jack
Watters
Old
Madrid
Sanders
F. B. Cleyton
Lotus
Dire Threat
A Philadelphia Press item notes Fay spoke harshly after a rejection. He allegedly vowed not to propose again, signaling ongoing interpersonal tension and a troubling response to a breakup.
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Fay
Philadelphia Press
Portable Fire Escape Demonstrated in New York
The World of New York notes a lightweight fire escape exhibited in the city. A wire cable runs from a spring loaded box at a window with a wheel to control speed, returning to place in under three seconds after use. Inventor Frederick Engel weighs about 200 pounds and demonstrated a descent from eleven stories. It is touted as easily adjustable, unbreakable by fire, and capable of rapid reusability for multiple users.
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Lere
New York
Frederick Engel
Broadway
James
Origin of cancer shown in mice experiment
Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London reports progress toward cancer origin understanding. Scientists reproduced cancer features in 109 mice, producing tumors in 90, while inoculated healthy mice showed no tumors. Protected mice passed fluids into affected mice, slowing tumor growth, but further work is needed to assess human treatment implications.
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Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratory
London
Sea water cure touted for lunacy and diseases
The Grand Magazine reports eminent wrench cap commenters who claim sea water can alleviate lunacy. French doctors used subcutaneous sea water injections with purported beneficial results, and internal sea water doses are said to help consumption diabetes and stomach disorders in France and Sweden.
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The
Grand Magazine
France
Sweden
Discovery of the Compass and pre Columbus sun dials
Professor G Hellman argues that magnetic declination was known on the continent before Columbus through pocket sun dials using magnetic needles to align instruments with the celestial meridian. He notes three such dials found dating earlier than Columbus, including one from 4451, and says the origin of the magnetic variation knowledge remains a mystery.
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G. Hellman
Tle
Christopher Columbus
Fuel to Replace Coal Reported by Carliste Inventor
Daniel Crawbaugh of Carliste Pennsylvania says a practical artificial fuel has been discovered and is being manufactured near Bowmansdale. The secret process creates a fibered chemical fuel that weighs half coal, produces less gas, leaves fine ash, and burns freely with more heat and longer life. Expected cost about half as much as coal.
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Daniel Crawbaugh
Carliste
Bowmansdale
Convict No. 3420 and the Twin Chaplain Escape Plot
A Chicago boarding house thief known as Salters is captured after a string of robberies. At the prison Salters forms a bond with the chaplain, who later disguises himself in his twin brother’s clothes and escapes, leading to a dramatic arrest and conviction for the chaplain.
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Ly BR. Douglas
Daily Papers
Lis Nue
Salters
Ife
Tou
Chicago
Mgr. Salters
Mr. Salters
Mr. Davis
Lecl
Quad
New French Theory Links Appendicitis to Intestinal Worms
M Blanchard and Metehnikoff of Lasteur Institute contend appendicitis is caused by intestinal parasites, especially the trigocephal worm. They report microscopic evidence in appendices and urge avoiding surgery unless severe obstruction occurs, blaming city sewer products used as manure for garden vegetables.
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M. Blanchard
Upnd
Metehnikoff
Lasteur Institute
Blanchard
Methusoff
Warker Gardens
Great Cies
Pans
London
Powerful Band Saw Claims Speed and Safety Benefits
Engineering Magazine describes a powerful band saw capable of cutting material up to twenty eight inches wide and fourteen inches thick. It boasts quick, simple adjustments, level table, low vibration, and feeds at twenty fifty and 120 feet per minute. The device emphasizes safety and kerf savings for rapid, versatile ripping use.
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Ethin
Engineering Magazine
First Cancer Hospital Reports High Recovery Rate
The first annual report of the vertcan Oncologie hospital in the country shows 45 of 106 treated cancer patients discharged disease free. Twenty remain under observation and eleven deaths are recorded. the report highlights outcomes at this pioneering institution.
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Vertcan Oncologie Hospital
Philadelphia
Highest Kite Ascension at Lindenberg Falls Four Miles High
A string of six kites from the German aeronautical observatory at Lindenberg rose to 21,096 feet, about four miles, the highest elevation yet reached by kite flying. The achievement shows notable progress in upper air exploration over the past few years.
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German Aeronautical Observatory
Lindenberg
New York Sun
Consumption Cure Claims Tuberculosis Cure by Medicated Air
Knightstown physician Dr O F Fleener announces a inhalation therapy using a yellow liquid in an airtight cabinet with twenty psi air pressure to force medicated air through lungs. He alleges this kills tubercular bacilli within ten to twelve days and yields quick health and weight recovery, with complete treatment in about six months.
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Hill Germen
O. F. Fleener
Knightstown
Ind
Pleener
Fleener
Ife
Br. Vieener
Filtered Rain Water Cistern Construction Guide
A Country Gentleman description outlines building a stone cistern using hydraulic cement walls a brick filter cylinder and lime flag tops. It specifies a four inch mudless bottom mix nine parts gravel and sand to one hydraulic cement moistened lime and a foot of air above the brick filter to prevent frost.
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Rainfell
Lime Dust For Tuberculosis Benefits Touted By Paris Doctor
At a Paris Academy of Medicine meeting Dr. Bronardel advocated lime dust as beneficial for consumptives. He cited Dr. Bordenate claiming thirty years of practice with no tuberculosis cases among mill workers and that infected individuals improve after living in lime dust.
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Paris Academy of Medicine
Bronardel
Bordenate
Dustproofing a Wristwatch During Auto Tours
The Automobile advises using a match chisel shaped tool to apply a thin Vaseline layer at the watch case lid seat and on the back and front lids. This process makes the watch water dustproof and waterproof, protecting it from dust and grit during automotive travel.
Yale Professor Develops Method To Neutralize Nicotine In Cigars
Professor Gerald of Yale reports a process to neutralize nicotine in cigars. Tobacco leaves are steeped in a decoction whose main element is wild marjoram, removing harmful effects without altering quality or aroma.
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Gerald
Yale
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