Dont Be A Coward Then A Schoolyard Tragedy
A Missed courage test at school leads to mockery and a boat accident. Herbert Webster resists peer pressure to join mischief, later learning Cal Clark died in a riverboat capsize while two others are badly hurt. His sister Kate consoles him as he grieves a lost friend.
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Herb
Herbert Langdon
Cal Clark
Mammia
Herb Webster
Nerb
Moltie
Itate Webster
Kate
Herbert
Mr. Webster
Serbert
Mrs. Webster
Mr. Deering
Deerings
Cal
Herbie
An Encouraging Beginning at School For Dean
On the first day of school Dean came home in jubilant mood claiming he learned to say eyether and nege ther instead of either and neither. His excitement reflected the fresh start and parental pride in a child’s early progress.
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Tye
FIRST FOREIGN WHALEBACK TURR
The Turret, a British turret steamer and rival to Captain MacDougal's Idea, entered New York Harbor after a nine day voyage from Tucacas, Venezuela, with 3022 tons of copper ore. Built by Doxford & Sons Sunderland for Peterson Tate & Co of Newcastle, she measures 280 feet by 9 feet, carrying 3250 tons dead weight on eighteen foot draft. Launched a year ago, she resembles an American whaleback above the waterline and is praised for seaway performance. The Turret will stay at Erie Basin this week before moving to Philadelphia.
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New York Harbor
Tucacas
Venezuela
England
Doxford & Sons
Sunderland
Peterson, Tate & Co
Newcastle
Erie Basin
Philadelphia
Multnomah Falls on the Columbia River Gorge
The Columbia River originates in British Columbia and winds between Oregon and Washington. The Dalles of Columbia narrows the river, with waters cascading over stone terraces. Multnomah Falls, Oregon, is described as the most beautiful, where water plunges about 500 feet like a spray strip.
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Multnomah Falls
Columbia River
British Columbia
Oregon
Washington
Dalles
Columbia
Gondolas to Go in Venice as Electric Launches Arrive
Fair Venice faces loss of its famed gondolas and gondoliers as electric launches replace them. American engineers will pilot the new boats, signaling a modern shift in the city’s canal scene.
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Venice
Venetian
Shortest line on earth links Mississippi to Pekin China
The claim of a geodesic line joining the Mississippi River mouth to Pekin China crossing the Bering Strait is illustrated by a simple thread measurement, using a large lobe as a guide to show the feasible curvature of the globe.
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Mississippi River
Pekin
China
Behring Straits
Moon Always Shows Its Near Side Explain Moon’s Synchronous Rotation
A scientific note explains that the Moon presents the same face to Earth because its rotation period matches its orbital period. The near side is perpetually visible from our planet as the Moon completes one spin per orbit.
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Earth
Heiress Miss Helen Gould to Debut in New York Society
The wealthy heiress, Miss Stewart M. Gould, daughter of Jay Gould, prepares for a New York debut after years of seclusion due to family illnesses. She wields $15,000,000 in assets, owns prime properties on Fifth Avenue and Irvington, and is active in benevolent work while known for music, walking, and horsemanship.
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Helen M. Gould
New York
Stvien M. Gould
Jay Gould
Miss Gould
Sbesides
Fifth Avenue
Irvington
Hudson
The Black Jack Inn Closes as Clare Market Block Demolished
The ancient Black Jack Inn in Portsmouth Street Clare Market closes as the surrounding block is set for demolition. The tavern, once a Dickensian hub, hosted medical students who signed a historic register with names like James Paget and Andrew Clarke. Nearby ghost taverns and the Angel Inn mark the era, including a 1779 sale notice for a black girl from the Public Advertiser.
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Portsmouth Street
Clare Market
Sam Weller
Lowton
James Paget
Andrew Clarke
Hooper
Gloucester
Owen
Angel Inn
London Daily News
A Great French Pathologist Charcot
Charcot pursued nervous disease studies with intense interest inspecting minds as pathological cases. He blamed Zola and Wagner for neurosis, eyed the German Emperor as a neuropath, and lamented Bury's brain burial saying the monster. He blended medical rigor with artistic talent and musical knowledge, hinting he might have become a composer.
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Charcot
Zola
Wagner
Bury
New York World
Maine Philosopher in a Corner Grocery
A Maine village host observes the world through a humble corner grocery plant, where a local philosopher quietly moralizes daily about life and human nature in small town surroundings.
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Maine
The Edge of the Village Spoils Maine Farmers
A Lewiston Journal report quotes a speaker criticizing farmers living near towns in Maine. He argues proximity to stores and factories tempts them to split efforts and fail to focus on farming, calling the village edge a major misstep and citing personal experience.
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Lewiston Journal
Maine
Leas
Sam
Vision of Birds Reveals Acute Bird Sight Across Species
Chambers Journal notes birds possess extremely keen vision and wide retinal diffusion, enabling sideways perception and early food locating. Hawks spot prey long before humans, and young fowl and hatchlings show early food finding and distance awareness. Ground nesters see early while tree and rock nesters are born blind and fed after hatching.
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Chambers’ Journal
The Volga River and Eastern Russia’s Development
The Volga shapes Eastern Russian life for over a millennium. It spans about 2,300 miles and up to 20 miles wide during floods, touching nine provinces with 3% cities and over 1,000 villages along its banks. The system moves about 5 million tons of goods yearly, supports 7,000 vessels and around 200,000 boatmen.
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Egypt
Nile
Russia
Volga
Volga River
Flag of Meeting House Bell Fragment on Display
Connecticut Historical Society displays a 1729 cast fragment from the old Center Church bell. The bell broke in 1725 and a flag was ordered to guide worship, with the recast bell sent to England and used here until 1841.
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Connecticut Historical Society
Old Center Church
John Edwards
State House
England
Hartford Courant
Inexperienced Physician Trims Patient’s Wig
A young Washington physician connected to Emergency Hospital tries to help a woman with a severe scalp wound. As he clips her hair to treat the injury her complaint, and the patient reveals she is distressed because he is cutting her wig.
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Washington
Echoes of a Cannon and a Dying Wild Animal
In a Pantheon cave a guide by striking his coat flaps reproduces a cannon shot. Nearby Viborg Finland in Smellin cave a thrown stone echoes like a wild animal's dying wail.
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Smellin
Viborg
Finland
Elasticity of Glass Demonstrated Over Twenty Five Years
A glass plate bent under pressure and left stressed for twenty five years returned to its original shape when released and tested, indicating no permanent set and suggesting near perfect elasticity among solids.
Door Nails in English Phrase Origin
The saying "as dead as a door nail" dates to early English usage, derived from the wooden door pin used to secure a hut door. Repeated use made the nail smooth hard and dry, giving rise to the figurative expression indicating total wear or age.
Terrific fight between bull and stallion ends in death
A bull and a stallion owned by John Kreutzer of Oakland Illinois fought fiercely in a shared lot. The stallion died after goring and striking, the bull was wounded and shot later. A two foot black snake coiled on the bull’s hind leg, discovered after the fatal combat.
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John Kreutzer
Oakland
Ill
Kreutzer
Parnyard
Ballanda
Mr. Kreutzer
Hints for Housekeepers and Kitchen Tricks
A compendium of domestic tips on remedies, cleaning, and recipes. Baked lemon for hoarseness and a heated juice over sugar. violet sachets for scent. coffee stain removal with egg yolk solution. deviled almonds with chutney and Worcestershire. waste-ice water for garden. baked ham finishing with sugar and sherry. nutritional notes on salmon. carpet cleaning with Ox-prill solution. a light wicker lawn stand for outdoor tea service.
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Boston Cooking School
Brussels
Parental Influence Versus School in Character Building
The piece argues that home life and parental example are essential to character, even as schools improve facilities and Sunday programs. It warns against relying on hired teachers to replace parental guidance, emphasizing that intellect without affection and humanity is of little value.
Public Schools and Religion in the United States
An American columnist argues that public schools cannot be irreligious and must reflect some moral principles without favoring any single faith. The piece contends that moral training is primarily the family’s duty, shaping citizens for the twentieth century within constitutional bounds.
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United States
Vicissitudes of the Florentine Diamond in Austria's Treasury
The Florentine diamond, valued at 459000 dollars, has a dramatic history from Charles the Bold to its current place in the Imperial Treasury of Austria. A series of misfortunes and trades spanning continents and ages led it from battlefield pockets to priestly coins, jewelers, merchants, and popes before joining the Maria Theresa era and royal collection.
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Imperial Treasury
Austria
Charles the Bold
Maria Theresa of Austria
Jewelery Weekly
Gossip’s Bridle in Walton Church Persists in Surrey
The inscription on an iron bridle kept in Walton-upon-Thames church recalls a two century old gift from a Chester to curb idle tongue. The device known as a brank or gossip’s bridle was used to shame offenders by public proclamation as they wore the padlocked instrument.
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Chester
Walton
Walton-upon- Thames
Surrey
England
New Life Belt Invented For Sea Rescue
A self expanding life belt uses elastic material with interior sections of alternating acids and alkalis. When activated by cords at the sides, chemicals meet to generate gas for buoyancy. Variations include a two hemispheres belt that splits in water for rapid inflation and a version that launches by rocket to ships in distress. India’s newspaper industry grows fast with rulers supporting education, now 550 plus periodicals in fifteen languages. early papers include Hicks's Gazette (1781) and The Bengal Harkutt (1795).
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India
Hicking
Bengal Harkut
Tpire
Iron Heating Adopts Electro Heating at Lauter Laundry
The proprietor of a Lauter laundry in Germany has adopted electro heating for a large number of irons used in the establishment. This move aims to modernize operations and improve efficiency in daily ironing tasks.
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Lauter
Germany
Brass reacts with smurlatic acid to color brass items
A solution of smurlatic acid and alia in water colors brass articles golden after a brief immersion.
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