Hairpins Unlimited Plot Ends in Matched Venture
Jiggins, a ruthless hairpin speculator, seeks to crush rivals by price wars and a global market. He meets a sharp handbag of a partner at Hairpins Unlimited who reveals she owns the stock and will take control, marrying him to dodge bankruptcy and form a joint empire.
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Jiggina
Mach
Jiggins
Broadway
Hairpins Unlimited
Jiggins Josiah Jiggins
Yam
Attle
Tam
Rickshaw an American Idea
The article traces rickshaws in Japan, noting early transport limits before cars and rails. It cites debates over origin, with claims of a Kyoto paralytic founder and an American idea by Goble around 1867, and mentions 1870 as the first official manufacture. It explains jinrikisha meaning man powered vehicle and alternative terms jin-riki-sha kuruma.
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Japan
Far East
Tokio
Hiego
Kyoto
Black
Goble
First French German Braille Dictionary by Blind Printer
The Vienna Institute for the Education of the Blind printed the Langenscheidt dictionary in Braille led by Karl Satzenhofer who is blind. The work used abbreviated type to save space and required deep knowledge of both French and German Braille systems, resulting in five heavy folio volumes. Helen Keller placed one of the first orders.
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Karl Satzenhofer
Vienna Institute For the Education of the Blind
France
Germany
Helen Keller
Machine for Grain Inspectors Tests Moisture in 30 Minutes
Grain inspectors can now determine exact moisture content with a new machine that completes a test in about thirty minutes. The device promises precise measurements and could streamline inspection workflows for grain shipments and storage.
Richard Dudley Revisits Nature and Finds Love
A famed bachelor Richard Dudley abandons the hotel life and roof garden to seek nature. He wanders rural roads and encounters a forest girl and her mother, then a dramatic rescue leads to meeting Elsie Bren ton and a rekindled romance resulting in marriage.
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Walters
Dudley
Richard Dudley
Dick Dudley
Richard
Shght
Mfe
Man
Elsie
Elsie Brenton
Boxmaking Innovation Drives Nails Through Two Boards
An English inventor's boxmaking machine enables nails to be driven through two boards at once and clinched into the second board, improving efficiency in assembly.
Cold Drinks In Heat Stirs Medical Folklore
The New York Medical Journal notes enduring myths about cold drinks in hot weather. It cites 85 degree conditions and sun stroke as misattributed causes, recounting old posters urging caution before drinking while emphasizing heat effects and misinterpreted cold water risks.
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Humane Society
New York Medical Journal
Bass Behavior: Wandering Roamer Through Seasons
The bass migrates between shallow and deep waters as seasons shift. Spring finds both large and small mouth bass in shallows, with larger fish under logs and weed edges by summer. Small-mouth bass favor stony bars at depths of 2 to 60 feet while large-mouth prefers weeds and muddy bottoms.
English astronomer observes Mars from Teneriffe
Mr P Ryves reports from Izana 8000 feet altitude that Mars shows clear detail near its closest approach. He notes cloudless skies, abundant polar snow, dark greenish southern regions, and red color marks indicating dry weather on the visible side.
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Teneriffe
Mars
P. Ryves
London
Izana
Earth
Montreal Family Herald
Ancient Bibles in Genesee County Reported
Dispatch to the Detroit Free Press notes numerous ancient Bibles in Genesee county with Rev George Bedford claiming the oldest owned by him. One Bible printed in Oxford England in 1825 and another in Worcester, Alabama 1797. Most are well preserved and include additional books such as Isdra Baruch Susanna Maccabees.
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Genesee County
Flint
Detroit Free Press
George Bedford
Congregational
Grand Blanc
Oxford
England
Worcester
Alass
Jazz tune draws shoppers to new grocery and butcher shop
A man on a rooftop at Eighth Avenue and Fifty Second Street played a jazzy riff into a megaphone and announced the opening of a new grocery and butcher shop on the ground floor, drawing hundreds upward in wonder.
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Barytone
Eighth Avenue
Fifty Second Street
New York Sun
Young Julia Falls Ill at West Baden Lobby
Julia a very young girl visiting with her father at the West Baden hotel lobbied when she suddenly grew pale and whispered I dont feel well. Her father noted the poor acoustics as a nearby friend observed the scene. The event reads as a brief local notice of a child’s sudden illness in a public space.
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Julia
West Baden Hotel
Morality at a Discount Attorney General Daugherty remarks on dishonesty anecdote
At a New York dinner Attorney General Daugherty cites a fishing tale to illustrate a small class of businessmen whose honesty mirrors a fish story. A theft over salmon leads to a tense scene but ends with the robbed man’s guide secretly offering mercy.
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Daugherty
New York
Lake Sunapee
Law saves BR 21 Orioles during hot summer import trade
The article notes canaries and tropical birds traded to Europe and the United States face care issues and market limits. It explains Brazil orioles cannot be kept in captivity for sale in the United States, while exotic species arrive in large cages for private aviaries and pets.
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India
Europe
New York Sun
South America
United States
Braga
Tropics
Radium's effect on seed germination and growth
The article notes experiments on radium rays stimulating seed germination and early growth when within limits, with adverse results if overexposed. growth may halt in air containing radium emanations from coated cylinders. It also describes peruvian La Joya dunes gradually migrating: a crescent dune 160 feet between tips, 477 feet along the convex edge, over 100 feet wide, about 8000 tons, moving 125 feet per year toward prevailing south winds.
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Lieber
la Joya
Peru
Why Bridesmaids Get Presents From the Groom
The piece explains a wedding custom where bridesmaids receive gifts after a playful mock battle between the bridegroom’s party and the bride’s friends. The ceremony ends with the groom presenting presents to all the bridesmaids.
Poison gas branch aids peace time war on pests
Chemical warfare service veteran work shifts from poison gas to peacetime tasks. Engineers apply fumes to exterminating agricultural pests, measure gas flow in meters, and control locusts in the Philippines and rats in Hawaii sugar fields. Savings across departments amount to 224,491 dollars.
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Agricultural Department
Bureau of Standards
Insular Bureau
Philippines
Hawaii
Chemical Warfare Service
The
Army
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