Typhoid Control by Sanitation in Japan War Army
Anita Newcomb McGee discusses typhoid rates in the Japanese army during the war, praising sanitation and hospital work at Hiroshima, Yalu, and Manchuria. She cites low case numbers and deaths amid extensive medical efforts, contrasting with higher typhoid impact in the Spanish-American War era.
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Anita Newcomb McGee
Hiroshima
Yalu River
Manchuria
The
Yalu
Kuroki
Oku
Miteburia
Shinmia
Japan
Seyleiber
Erin
Spain
Tle
New No Tool Detachable Handle For Value Bales
A newly invented detachable handle for vailises offers tool free attachment. The design uses a padded leather body part to resist wear and breakage, enabling quick use without specialized tools.
Valise Handle with Central Strap and Buckle Device
A patent description outlines a valise handle forming a central low mood into the upper face to receive a strap. Ends pass through frame rings and buckle atop the handle. Metal retainers hold the strap in the groove, preventing contact with the buckle. No sewing or riveting needed, saving time and cost.
Seedless fruit progress sparks future crops
The article notes seedless fruits as a major advance in agriculture, tracing the sequence from seedless orange to seedless apple and predicting seedless grapes, watermelons, strawberries, and possibly persimmons as next steps, driven by agricultural science.
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Kempe
Department of Agriculture
Fireproof Mail Car Impresses At Washington Congress
A steel fireproof mail car was exhibited at the international railway congress in Washington. Postmaster General Cortelyou and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General De Graw examined the car and gave hearty approval. Built by the Standard Steel Car company in Pittsburg, it rides on standard six wheel trucks and attracted strong interest from foreign railway representatives.
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International Railway Congress
Washington
Cortelyou
de Graw
Standard Steel Car Company
Pittsburg
Iron From the Sea Claim on Cumberland Coast Barrier
After five years and a cost of 2.5 million dollars, 170 acres of England’s richest iron deposits have been claimed from the sea on the Cumberland coast. A semicircular barrier nearly 7,000 feet long, 210 feet wide at the base, 83 feet at the top, and 40 feet high marks the approach to extraction.
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England
Cumberland
Centauri Trip Fare Rumors From Floating Train Tale
A playful dialogue imagines a journey to the fixed star Centauri aboard a rapid train. Fare cited as very low per hundred miles, with a through ticket costing 2 700 000 000. Brakeman describes swift travel and arrival in Philadelphia years hence.
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Centauri
Acria
Uchet
Sas
Philadelphia
Biletin
Sacred Stones and Ancient Centers of World Worship
The piece describes sacred stones and their centers of reverence across cultures. It notes the Ilack stone of the Man Cebu dynasty in Mukden as central, mentions Tibetan and Arabic associations, and references the London stone as a measurement landmark tied to historic worship practices.
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Mancebu Dynasty
Mukden
Merca
London
London Telegraph
The Shellshark Hickory: An All American Tree Legend
Frank French in Scribner's notes the shellbark hickory as a truly American tree. Its sturdy roots bold bark and distinctive inner scales inspire admiration for its beauty and character. The piece praises its independence and fiery autumn color.
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Chimpey Corber
Frank French
Scribner's
Miss Death Undergoes Appendectomy in Philadelphia Hospital
A string of misread names describes a patient tagged Miss Death brought to a German hospital in Philadelphia for an appendectomy. The surgeon was Dr rank Hackett Dye. After the operation the patient was cared for by day nurse Miss Payne and night nurse Miss Crone Puel, recovering quickly as doctors checked progress.
Aberdeen court official recalls sharp Scottish wit
A court official in Aberdeen is described as a canny Scot. During a session an important witness did not appear and the judge demanded his presence. The official replied with dry humor that the witness is dead, saying he cannot say more.
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Aberdeen
Absurd Poor: A Woman Refused Alms for Child
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt captures a satire where Miss De Style dismisses spontaneous charity and questions why a woman with a baby cannot seek work. The scene contrasts contempt for poverty with a plea for assistance, highlighting social expectations.
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Miss de Style
Philadelphia Bulletin
Child’s Name Stutter Defense Sparks Confusion
In a Philadelphia Ledger exchange, a speaker jokes about a child’s name Dionis KR K Casey. The line hints the extra initials arose from a stuttering mispronunciation of Dining Carey, blamed on a godfather’s tutting effect rather than meaning.
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Flannery
Dionis
Casey
Finnegan
Dinnig Carey
Philadelphia Ledger
The Excessive Love of Money Opens Penitentiary Doors
Quote attributed to the Cleveland Leader warns that greed leads to crime and punishment. The saying emphasizes money obsession as a primary pathway to legal trouble and incarceration.
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Cleveland Leader
Dust removal in parlor cars a railroad future scene
A New York Tribune description imagines a railroad future where a vented hose attached to a porter's valve cleans dust from passengers' clothing as cars pass through a central cleaning plant. Central Railroad of New Jersey yard workers use long rubber-tube squeegee devices to purge dust during trips, removing upholstery dust continuously.
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New York
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Comumunipaw
Central Pulping Station
New York Tribune
Wood fiber thread weaving spreads across Europe
In Germany and Holland textile producers use wood pulp to create thin ribbons through a slitted plate, then twist them into regular threads. The process, likely to reach France, yields washable dyed and printed fabrics. Ube weed pulp thread regains strength when dried after wet weakness.
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Germany
Holland
France
Incombustible Celluloid A New Fireproof Material
A French chemist dissolves celluloid in ether and alcohol then adds an ether-degalal of ferric perchloride to create a volatile mixture. Upon evaporation a shell like substance remains that is uninflamable and incombustible yet retains pliancy and transparency, serving the same uses as ordinary celluloid.
Shoe Lacing Invention Aids the Fat
A Cincinnati woman perfected a shoe lace device that lets people lace shoes without stooping. One string stays fixed while pulling the top laces the shoe and pulling the bottom loosens it. It targets ease for the obese, elderly, and infirm, though not designed specifically for fat men.
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Cincinnati
Plowing With Electric Power Demonstrated in Italy
An Italian experiment shows electric plowing using a 500 volt trolley current, enabling seven to fifteen acres of land to be plowed in twelve hours depending on soil. The method marks a significant efficiency gain for agricultural work.
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Italy
Thunderstorm in Childe Harold Canto Third
Orr Byron depicts a fierce June thunderstorm with mountains answering the sky. Sir Walter Scott calls it one of the poem's most beautiful passages, noting the living thunder and sublime terror that blend enjoyment and awe.
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Orr Byron
Childe Harold
Bwitzerhand
Uid
Walter Scott
Franklin Wolford and his First Kentucky Cavalry
In Eugene Newman's essays on public men and events a tale portrays Frank Wolford, leader of the First Kentucky cavalry, famed for sharp commands. West Point observers critiqued the unit, but Wolford boasted his men ride, shoot, fight, and endure fire, vowing they would dominate any ground and chase foes from Tennessee by sunrise.
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Eugene Newman
Frank Wolford
First
Kentucky
Congress
West Point
Wolford
Thar
Obier Squad
Tennessee
Old World beauty models by national traits
A London Standard quotation ranks national types for modeling idealism. Spain yields beauty and symmetry in girls, rural Ireland provides graceful throats, English maidens offer pretty faces, Grecian women supply perfect arms, Turkish harem women have dainty hands, Italians are strong in figure, and Halyan women are among the most beautiful. Frenchwomen are deemed too thin and vivacious, German women too commonplace for artistic work.
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Spain
Ireland
Sunny Haly
London Standard
When the Negro Was Created and Dawn People Belief
The article recounts beliefs of Central American peoples regarding creation. It says Indians and others claim the Negro was made before white or Indian, dried in darkness. They call themselves dawn people while the white man is said to have been made at noon on the first day.
Mme de Remusat Described As Greek Goddess Face
Contemporary observers praised Mme. de Remusat for flawless alabaster-like features and a statuesque beauty. She attracted universal attention in public, maintaining grace and charm into old age without appearing frail.
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Mme de Remusat
What for A Boston Rival Inks on Law Yer Door
In Boston a young lawyer known for always seeming busy left a note saying back in an hour. On returning, he found a rival had scrawled beneath it What for. The playful exchange highlights streetwise vanity and competitive taunts in legal circles.
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Sareantic
Boston
Chance For Ennis Aunt Ann
Misa Mandy notes the club members clash openly yet share a lively time. The exchange hints at social dynamics and humor within the Chicago Tribune’s humor column style.
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Ennis
Aunt Ann
Misa Mandy
Chicago Tribune
It Didn’t Work. Jackson and Waston Speak of Faults
It is noted that a couple years ago they agreed to share faults openly. Jackson recounts that the wife had not spoken to him for six weeks, highlighting strained communication.
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Jackson
Waston
Ants Grow Mushrooms In Leaves For Food, Scientist Explains
Professor J R Ainsworth Davis discusses tropical American ants and their leaf carrying colonies. A special gardener caste cleans and prunes the chew leaf, enabling harmless fungi to form tiny mushrooms that serve as a primary food source for the ants.
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J. R. Ainsworth Davis
America
Science Magazine
New Electric Lamp Promises 40 Percent Lighting Cost Cut
A German market lamp uses a 25 inch tantalum wire inside a bulb to provide resistance, replacing carbon filaments. Tantalum, a rare metal, is highly conductive and resists acids, with a melting point above 4,000 degrees F, enabling a hotter, longer lasting light.
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Germany
Sievens & Haiske
Berlin
Ship's Keel All Propeller Novel Boat Plans
Pittsburg shipbuilders win a contract to build a boat for Thomas Berston of American Steel and Wire. Berston’s patented under keel propeller runs its full length beneath the hull. Test near Washington shows speed potential, aiming for 45 miles per hour on a 60 horsepower, four by thirty foot craft, with larger vessels hoped to go faster.
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Pittsburg
Thomas Berston
American Steel and Wire Company
Berston
Washington
No Garbage In Paris Illustration Of City Economics
The passage describes Paris failing to dispose of garbage while luxury establishments supply lower grade viands to dining rooms and kitchens, draining nourishment from the city. It frames this as an illustration of possible economics in a great city.
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Paris
Paper Barrels Replace Wood In Greek Wine Trade
Greek wine growers, short of timber and burdened by wood imports, are adopting paper for barrel manufacture. The new method aims to cut costs and is said to spread rapidly across the country, signaling a significant shift in packaging practices.
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Greece
Hoarding Is Out of Date in Spring Cleaning Reflections
The piece observes the modern shift away from hoarding as households face spring cleaning. It notes people keep items in boxes and attics only to confront a Day of Reckoning, with wastefulness and reminiscence prompting considerations of disposal, decluttering, and changing attitudes toward saving and gifting.
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Mins
The Touch of Green in Ladies Wardrobe
A style note on using green in spring outfits. Describes green hats in silver green straw, matching accessories, and color pairings with gray and brown fabrics. Recommends pale green muslin shirts for morning wear and notes fashionable contrasts, crediting M. N.
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M. N
Asparagus Rabbit on Toast with Egg
A Good Housekeeping recipe to toast whole wheat bread rounds lightly with butter then cover with chopped asparagus. Season with salt and cayenne, add Worcestershire, and top with grated American cheese. Bake until cheese melts but does not brown and serve with a poached egg on Welsh rabbit plates.
Jewelry Notes From Jewelers Circular on New Gold Pins
Ornaments in arabesque designs highlight new gold pins and brooches with amethyst crosses, bar red settings, and pearls. Rose gold dominates hatpins and pendants, with diverse stones, including diamonds and tourmalines. Popular motifs feature animals, flowers, and naturalistic sprays for back combs in platinum settings.
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Jorn
Kentucky Cavalry
Mme. de Remusat
Promiszer
Nilewspar
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