Green Sea and Floating Academy of Science
The article explains the Green Sea a popular name for green tinted ocean areas such as the Sargasso Sea and parts of the Persian Gulf. It notes possible causes including microscopic life and water properties. It reports Baltimore Geographical Society plans a Bahama Islands voyage with fifty scientists aboard a chartered ship as a mobile laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Sea
Newfoundland
Azores
Sargasso Sea
Persian Gulf
Arabian
Academy of Science
Geographical Society of Baltimore
Bahama Islands
When to Write Says Faguet on Zola and Youth
In a brochure on Zola, M Faguet of the Academie Francaise argues that writing too early harms a writer. He warns that anyone who starts before thirty and neglects a decade of reading and thinking risks becoming a journeyman author with little growth. Exceptions exist but are rare.
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Zola
M. Faguet
Academie Francaise
Mitchell county board meets to approve liquor licenses and loans
Davison County commissioners convened June 30 1903 with J W Gilfillan acting as chair pro tem. Approvals included liquor licenses for Fogarty Geiger Norris Martin Tobin and others in Mitchell, South Dakota. Loans of 400 900 and 500 dollars from the permanent school fund secured by farm mortgages were granted to W H Saul August Schaub and Robert Livingston. Wolf bounty payments were approved for Nicolaisen Lindstrom Champ and others. Road and bridge work in Prosper Lisbon Rome Baker Perry and other townships was authorized with bids and abatements approved. The day closed with tax and expense adjustments and impending bids for a Baker township bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Marshall
Mt. Vernon
S. D
Robert Livingston
NEY
Frank Nicolaisen
A. Lindstrom
Richard Champ
Lucy Kelsey
W. T. Bush
Prosper
Lisbon Township
Fred Bjodstrup
Iowa Bridge Co
J. Shaw
Fred Brodstrup
Nenney
Turney
Loison
Walpole
F Smith Tool House
F Smith
Wm. T. Guyer
Iwred Brodstrup
EJ Spears
L Tenney
Gross Road
Rome Township
Fe.t. Grinnell
Hill
G. Z. Musicman
Weaper
Hays Sheare Oh
Geo E Harris
T. Phillips
Badigy
Karl Knappe
Mt ‘Vernon
Aagat Herman Metzger
Gottliebmetser
Wm. Frohman
Gosche
Court House
City of Mitchell
Perry Township
Mattie McKinley
Permanent School Fund
Baker Township
G. W. Austin
Perkins Bros
Doral Bobb, Cailift
Dundass
Salary
Aqog Costa Stele
Helslea
Seltcee H
Butterfield
Intep Oursey
Schlimgen
McKinley & Eddy
Qld
Mitchell Plumbing Co Tepairs
James
McKinley
Polices
State of
South Dakota
Nick Yorty
James McKinley
State of South Dakota
Fred Williams
Justice Fee
State of South’ Dakota Vs. Wm. Sykes
Wilbur Lindsey
Elton Lindsey
Charles Lindsey
Oscar
Butterfeld
S.J Moore
Somata Los Iscs
H Webster
W Gilfillan
Coun- Williams
Justice
Esse
Suv
Moore
County
Amesziger
H Bugbee
John Davis
Joseph Davis
Tom Briggs
Henry Cheney
George O M .Butterfield
A W H Webster
Gilfillan
Newell Blackman
E. T. Grinnell
Chas. E. Perry
Tool
Davison
Ss. I. O. D. Stearns
O. D. Stearns
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Eases Longstanding Piles
An advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for bleeding and protruding piles after twenty years of suffering. A testimonial from H A Tisdale of Summerton claims two boxes cured him eighteen months ago with no recurrence. Sold by L C Gale.
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DeWitt
H. A. Tisdale
Summerton
L. C. Gale
Grace Before Meat: A Scots Farmer’s Quirky Blessing
An Ayrshire farmer’s quaint grace before meat ridicules papists and witches while praying for protection of blue bonnets and Scotland’s friends. The speaker asks for fortitude to endure life’s ills, preservation of livestock, and a blessing on all honest folk present. Some lines target Ireland and local rivals, concluding with Amen.
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Ayrshire
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Holy Land
Canaan
Scotland
Carlyle on Vengeur myth shocks 18th century naval tale
The article recounts Thomas Carlyle’s dramatic 1794 Brest battle description of the Vengeur sinking and Howe’s denial. It notes Carlyle admitted the tale was false except for the Vengeur sinking Gambetta’s Skull, and adds a side story of Dr Laborde misweighing Gambetta’s brain, weighing 700 grams.
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Thomas Carlyle
Brest
Villaret-Joyeuse
Admiral Howe
Carlyle
Like Reason in Birds and a Norwegian Cure
The article cites Froude on birds using cause and effect to crack shells and drop locusts, notes squirrels manipulating chestnut burs, and cites John Burroughs on a coon washing food. It then details a Norwegian method: drunks jailed receive bread soaked in wine daily, slowly losing appetite, leading to abstinence and cure.
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Froude
South Africa
John Burroughs
Century
Sly Politician Contemplates Candidacy Doubts
A Washington Star quotation shows a prudent politician refusing to declare candidacy. He notes that, for now, the public glare is driven by doubt rather than a firm decision. The exchange underscores hesitation and strategic timing in political life.
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Washington Star
Humble Qualifications Highlight Plain American Worker
A quotation from the Atlanta Constitution praises an elder American man as plain, honest, hard working and family oriented, noting he speaks no foreign language and embodies traditional values.
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Atlanta Constitution
Virtue of Necessity in a Humble Tale
Stray Storles notes Thorne and Jack Gladhand abandon debt. Bramble says he had to borrow. Friends stop lending as mutual reliance erodes.
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Thorne
Jack Gladhand
Change of Front and Treatment for Too Much Talk
A recalled Washington story shows a correspondent who switched papers and kept his edge with railroading roasts. An old friend recalls his nerve in journalism and his new approach with rail passes as a punchline. Churchill tale features a Harrow boy punished for talking too much by running around the field.
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Washington
Pittsburg
Tom
Ric
Jim
Capitol
Washington Post
Duke of Argyll
Winston Churchill
Harrow
Lord Randolph ‘Churchill
New York Tribune
Not Appreciated Kansas Sculpture At St Louis Exposition
The Atchison Globe derides a Kansas group sculpture at the St Louis exposition. A half nude woman with a sickle, bare feet in sandals, a bull beside her, and a restrained drapery prompts mockery that Kansans do not dust with a sickle or chase bulls.
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Kansas
St. Louis Exposition
Atchison Globe
A Rebel Wife and a Veteran Pension Claim
A Washington correspondence story notes a veteran’s pension complaint sent from the front about blood poisoning from an hen strike. He claims his wife is a rebel and seeks the deed so his pension passes to him, touching on domestic trouble and poultry product references in a satirical wartime letter.
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Pension Bureau
Washington Cor
New York Tribune
Melba Receives Child’s Touching Compliment
In a New York hotel Mme. Melba was approached by a fellow guest who recounted her boy's bedside remark during a singing session. The child, ill and in bed, lifted a small hand and murmured hush mummie dear birdie singing as the performance began.
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Mme
Melba
New York
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Jim Dumpston
England
Sunny Jim
Hazay W. Brown
Eddy
General Feed Store
E.B. van Alstine
Milwaukee Depot
Mitchell, S. D
H. H. Motley
A. B. McKeel
W. A. Barber
General Hardware
Boyton
Mueller
Herrick
J. W. Gilfillan
W. H. Webster
O. M. Butterfield
Fogarty & Geiger
City of Mitch
Fred Widmann
Charles Sanford
Tobin & Michell
Grace
Gambetta
Laborde
Ville d’Avray
Norway
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