A Lawyer Recalls a Pardon for a Wrongly Convicted Youth
A Michigan lawyer recalls a state prison case where a young farmer was convicted of stealing ten of twelve sheep. He campaigned with the man’s family and jurors, leading to a gubernatorial pardon after recognizing mistaken identity. The lawyer notes the governor thanked him years later for rehabilitating an innocent man.
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Michigan
Samuel
John
Mary
Detroit Free Press
Cooking Hints and Social Scene Highlights
Practical kitchen tips cover boiling apples in cider, simmering cocoa, and frying fat to test temperature. A poultry tip suggests browning then finishing in the oven for moist meat. A social anecdote from a dancing assembly recalls a stylish new arrival turning heads and quipping about her method of arrival.
The Law of Compensation Observed in Irish Dialog
An Trish Bull Bridget and Pat discuss the law of compensation from a Philadelphia Times article. They note examples where loss of senses or limbs supposedly shifts development and strength to other faculties, debating how such claims appear in the source.
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Bridget
Pat
Philadelphia Times
Man's Unkind Cut and Quick Wits in a Laughable Exchange
A cartoonish exchange mocks Miss D s foreign travel status and rumor that she travels often. A New York Press line notes her proudly plastered luggage. The dialogue shifts to a joke about a horse liniment, ending with a playful punchline about pleasing his wife.
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Miss D
New York Press
New Electric Fire Alarm Signal Praised by Experts
An English system described as simple instantaneous and effective uses a copper detecting wire near room ceilings with a center carbon over platinum terminals. When heat reaches danger, a circuit closes triggering an alarm and telegraphing to the fire station with an indicator showing outbreak extent.
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W. S. Freece
British Post Telegraph System
Dual-use weapon combines sword and revolver in one grip
A Long Island City inventor creates a hybrid weapon where a single handle operates both a sword and a revolver. The user can fire all rounds then switch to blade mode. The design benefits cavalry use and tactical versatility. A separate letter promotes red linings in hats and clothing to guard against sun exposure, claiming relief from sun headaches and heat.
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Dominic A. Ricco
Long Island City
Scientific American
St. James Gazette
Maude
The Smallest Microbe Discovery by Mr Voges
The smallest microbe yet known, found by Mr. C. Voges of Ruetos Ayres, is far smaller than the influenza bacillus and visible only at 1500 magnification. It causes deadly abscesses in cattle, named manguea in South America, with infection more lethal in hotter climates.
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C. Voges
Ruetos Ayres
South America
Sugar From Apple Trees in Ohio Farm Report
An Ohio farmer tapped fourteen sweet apple trees and collected seven barrels of sap. The sap reportedly yields more and better sugar than maple sap, suggesting a valuable alternative sugar source.
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Ohio
Frigid Siberia Reaches Record Ground Freeze Depth
A Siberian region endures extreme cold with permafrost remaining unmelted to five and a half feet in some areas as winter grips the north. The report notes unprecedented depth of frost and persistent low temperatures.
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Stberia
Siberia
Safety Firecracker A Safer Toy For Curious Boys
A Philadelphia Times writer describes a safety precracker designed to prevent nonexploding firings that scorch faces or blind eyes. The fuse passes into a small powder chamber before the main charge, with a colored signal for night use.
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Philadelphia Times
Dust limits and clean living urged by MIT expert
Ellen H Richards of MIT urged in Boston that 70 percent of family spending goes to ward off dirt and that preventing dust is key to cleanliness. She cites washing dusters, beating carpets on housetops, removing shoes, and keeping streets clean to cut germ spread.
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Ellen H. Richards
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Association of Collegiate Alumni
Boston
Railroad Rail Ends Hardened By Case Treatment
Rail issues on marshy or uneven beds cause damage as rails batter ends and corners. W E Coyan of Homestead Pa proposes a rail end burdening method using hot case hardened fluid and tempering fluid. A London Electrical Review notes an emergency brake for electric cars with four wooden shoes and compressed air assist. A trackless trolley system is being installed in Franklin New Hampshire replacing overhead wires with two side wires and dual trolley poles for lateral movement.
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W. E. Coyan
Homestead
America
Franklin
N. H
Strange diseases and their regional confines
The passage catalogs diseases tied to specific places. It cites pel lagra in Lombardy linked to damaged maize and large peasant deaths since 1833, ringworm in Burma, rock fever in Gibraltar, Aleppo evil in Asia Minor cities, and the Delhi boil in Delhi among soldiers.
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Lombardy
Burma
Gibraltar
Aleppo
Asia Minor
Delhi
Birkeland’s Electromagnetic Gun Trials At Christiania
Reports from Christiania describe Professor Birkeland’s magnetic gun delivering a one pound shell without nozzle noise. The electric connection uses a current breaker, and the shell is drawn from the bore by magnetism rather than powder. Birkeland claims magnetism could hurl much heavier shells farther, with trials watched closely.
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Christiania
Birkeland
Scientific American
Professor Birkeland
Novel Ship Speed Indicator Using Lever Arm and Spring
A new speed recording device for ships employs a lever arm, a spring, and a line or cable connected to an indicating mechanism. Tension applied to the line causes movement that corresponds approximately to the square root of the tension, providing a novel method to measure vessel speed.
Small but Strong Squash Proves Growing Force
A noted student of nature tested a squash by harnessing it with a lever. At eighteen days old the fruit reached twenty seven inches in circumference and began lifting weights. It raised sixty pounds by day twenty and astonishingly five thousand pounds by day nineteen after harnessing.
Great Chance For Satantata Prickly Pear Invasion
Australia offers a $25 000 prize for a method to eradicate the spread of prickly pear. The plant has infested vast tracts, rendering land useless and impenetrable, resisting fire, poison and chemicals.
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Australia
Dr L Duncan Bulkley aids common cold cure method
Popular Science News reports a theory that acid buildup irritates skin and mucous nerves to invite cold. A soda bicarbonate regimen is given in multiple doses over hours, with repeating cycles if needed, best started at first sign of coryza for prompt effect.
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L. Duncan Bulkley
Popular Science News
Travelers' Register New Schedule Massillon PA Lines
A new timetable effective 5 am Sunday May 25 1902 lists Westbound departures from Massillon station at 12 53 am 7 25 am 7 10 am 5 42 pm 6 59 pm 9 47 pm and 9 01 pm. Eastbound trains run 2 12 am 8 05 am 6 46 am 12 56 pm 4 19 pm 7 55 pm 10 23 pm. Daily and Sunday variations apply. For details contact J A Shoemaker Picket agent Massillon Ohio.
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Central Standard Time
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Oreville
Warsaw
Trinwaaneeville
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Milleresborg
Daga
Visit Washington promotion offers ten day trips from Canton and Massillon
Readers are invited to combine a Washington visit with a trip to Philadelphia and New York over Pennsylvania lines at same fares from Harrisburg to Philadelphia and New York. Cars depart Canton and Massillon starting May 11 1902 with a detailed schedule and baggage service. J A Shoemaker provides information. Train routes include Cincinnati to Charleston via Q and C Route and Southern Railway with through sleepers.
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National Capital
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Department of State
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Botanical Garden
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Musem
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U.S. Arsenal
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New York
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J. A. Shoemaker
Gnarleston Exposition
Cincinnati
Charleston
Queen & Crescent
Southern Railway
Chattanooga
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