Susy Ellis and Ralph Geru bashful courtship ends in marriage
The tale follows Susy Ellis and Ralph Geru from shy, clumsy meeting to a concert mishap and a vow to marry. Ralph conquers timidity at last, tying Susy’s shoe laces together and later sealing their bond in Deacon Ellis's parlor. They build a happy cottage life and grow confident.
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Ralph Geru
Susy
Deacon Ellis
Gradtual
Hull
Ralph
Jonesville
Susy Ellis
Wlder Minkley
Wouldn't You Like to Be Consulted About Family Life
A Washington Star inquiry playfully asks if fathers would enjoy involvement in their children’s social lives and home etiquette. The piece envisions a father’s private den, shared family evenings, and participation in vacations, meals, and events with lively questions about aging, pride, and parental authority.
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The
Washington Star
Mother
Isabel
A Trolley Car Romance Reunites Two Lovers
Eustace and Margery, strangers who quarrel on a long distance trolley ride, rekindle their romance after a crash. He rescues her injured ankle, and in a field beside the wreck they reconcile, share a kiss, and vow to reunite as husband and wife.
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Eustace
Chicago
St. Louis
Mustace
Hustace
Margery
Marsie
Japan Camphor Exhibit At St Louis National Fair
The Forestry building showcased Japan’s camphor industry as part of Formosa’s exhibit, detailing a state monopoly on camphor and by products. It notes tree growth, distillation yields, and products like camphor oil saffrol turpentine and insecticide, with annual exports around 6 million pounds and a grand gold medal awarded at the fair.
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Japan
Formosa
Tokio
Kyushu
Shikoku
St. Louis Exposition
The Electrical Crane Drives Labor Saving in Industry
The electrical crane uses a magnet suspended from the crane hook controlled by a switch to lift and release loads with minimal labor. Current of one to twelve amperes energizes the magnet, allowing precise handling of beams, bars, ingots and plates. magnets range to 100 pounds lift and many specialized types exist for varied tasks.
Builders quarrel over wind spite of similar construction
George Ade recounts Chicago builders noting half finished structures toppled by last week’s wind while a peer’s row of houses remained standing. One claims luck, the other says his were powdered. The tale illustrates faulty construction blamed on differing practices.
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George Ade
Chicago
Mr. Ade
America
Jones
N. O. States
Athletes Best Gunners On Wisconsin Battery
The Badger reports naval officers praise athletic training as vital for soldiers and sailors. On the USS Wisconsin, six inch, 18 inch and six pounder guns show athletes like Friel McAndrews Smith Bringoff Christensen Lame Ridge and Lucid excelling at target firing. Training in sport and duty reinforce each other.
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Army
Navy
United States
Wisconsin
Chicago Daily News
Badger
Friel
McAndrews
Smith
Bringoff
Christensen
Lame
Ridge
Lucid
Little Pink Shoe A Poem By Kate Tyson Marr
A tearful memorial poem recalls a pink baby shoe stained with memories of a lost child. The speaker mourns a baby’s death, recalls a ritual kiss on the shoe’s tiny toe, and hopes to reunite in an afterlife while instructing that the shoe be laid near the heart.
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Kate Thyson Marr
New Cadmium Lamp Demonstrated in Germany
A cadmium mercury lamp recently invented in Germany shows potential theoretical interest. Researchers O Lumnur and 5 Gehrcke describe a two-tube device with mercury and cadmium amalgam that starts with a high arc from A to B and then runs at one to two amperes, requiring warming with a Bunsen burner.
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Germany
Scientific American
Gumlich
O. Lumnur
Hunger Sign in Sweden Railway Stations
In Sweden meal services at railway stations are signaled by a simple pictograph of a crossed knife and fork placed opposite the station name in the timetable. This indicates where diners can be served on trains or at the station facilities.
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Sweden
Pig Iron Production May Rise One Third If Maintained
If current pig iron output in the United States continues at the present rate, annual production would rise by about one third compared with the boom year of 1903.
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United States
Automatic Egg Cooker Invents Self Timing Bell
A diagram shows an automatic egg cooker using a beam scale and sand timer. An egg in a wire holder is boiled in water as sand trickles onto the opposite scale arm. When the egg finishes, the accumulated sand drops onto a push-pin and triggers an electric bell.
Cynical Pair Quips on Vacation and Congress Sessions
Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum saying he needs no summer vacation to rest during congressional session. Ally Sloper humorously defines philanthropy as the urge to help others when seeing someone in need.
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Senator Sorghum
Congress
Washington Star
Willie
Ally Sloper
Panama Trade Totals in Year End 1904
Imports from Panama into the United States for the year ended June 30, 1904 were valued at 440 744 dollars and exports from the United States to Panama were valued at 979 724 dollars.
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Panama
United States
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Josiah Allen
Varietta Holley
Mater Onbesk
Susy Ellis van
Absolom
U.4
Dastin
Singin
Josiah
Susy Waz
Frank M. Bicknell
W.G. Chapman
Jack
Marsis
Far East
Pigeie
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