Yale Gymnasium Director Reports Large Scale Fitness Defects
Dr Jay W Seaver of Yale reports results from tests on 20 000 college students across 18 universities showing widespread physical imperfections. Key findings include high rates of scoliosis 56 of Yale freshmen 18 of scholarship students 5 ordinary students 1 of athletes and 6 of all examined with hernia. He notes that regular gymnasium training and prescribed exercises cured many cases and urges continued physical fitness programs.
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Seaver
Yale Gymnasium
Jay W Seaver
Thhreshman
Yale
Hernians Fpu
Dro Senver
Tley
Tley Arrive Dro Seauver
Claen Uo
Moore
Herrta
Heat Weather Stops Watches in Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia Record reports extreme heat causing watches to stop. Jewelry store staff note many customers brought watches for repair as overheated springs and slowed movements affected timepieces. The unusually high temperatures lingered for days, ceiling fans barely cooling shops.
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Philadelphia Record
Vlerk
A Fine Field for Women at the Exposition
Up to 2000 women find daily work at the exposition in roles from gardening and cleaning to managing exhibits. Wages run from two dollars to two hundred fifty a week up to sixty dollars, with averages well below ten. Most work is in the Midway as ticket sellers, cashiers, waitresses, and managers, while the main show employs many as waitresses and in higher paid factory and machinery exhibits.
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Buffalo Exchange
Salars
The Igorrote Mail Carriers Of The Philippine Islands
The Igorrote Indians in the Philippine Islands are described as the most peculiar mail carriers in the United States postal service. They transport mail from Cagayan to Magia, a 100 mile round trip for one dollar, with free delivery as their main income. Their leader is Doug, called chief luxors, and they wear native breechcloths. The Chicago American photo features two carriers and their chief Kingsmore.
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Philippine Islands
United States Postal Service
Cagayan
Magia
Province
Doug
Chicago American
Foutmunter Kingsmore
Ireland in present prosperity but lacking manufacturing growth
Rt Hon James Bryce and Irish writer Seumas MacManus say Ireland enjoys comparative prosperity with better food higher bank deposits lower rents and larger work returns. They note Ireland’s economy rests on agriculture and fisheries and its size equals 32 337 square miles plus 246 square miles of islands with land reform still needed.
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James Bryce
Seumas MacManus
Ireland
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
Little Islands
Indiana
South Carolina
Philippine Islands
All Ireland
Study of Soils and World Wide Investigations
The Popular Science Monthly notes that United States soil research, led by agricultural stations and the national department of agriculture, rivals Russia in scope. In 1899 field work covered about 720000 acres, advancing soil surveying and mapping nationwide. A 1400 ton granite block from Cornwall is used for the Beachy Head lighthouse in England, measuring 68 by 20 by 14 feet.
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Russia
Popular Science Monthly
National Department of Agriculture
Milton Whitney
United States
Beachy Head
England
Cornwall
Internal remedy claimed to cure mucous membrane disorders
An advertisement touts a combined injection remedy for inflamed irritated mucous membranes and ulcerations. It promotes rapid relief for male and female urinary ailments with a claimed one week cure period. The text attributes legitimacy to Dr. Harding and Ge De ate Taf and mentions Tas Torbett and Dubnaue Gonova.
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Drohn Harding
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