The Flywheel Insurance Monopoly of a Single Expert
Leslie's Magazine profiles a lone flywheel insurance innovator who claims sole authority in the field. He rose from a small engineering college to become a self taught authority with a mathematical method for calculating rim speeds and premiums. He asserts catastrophic wheel failure occurs when rim speeds reach about three miles per minute for solid iron and scales to other materials, with underwriters setting safe limits accordingly.
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Leslie
The Dentist and the Alligator Tale
Roy Farrell Greene told a dinner of dentists a legend about a dentist who, after his boat sank in the East, swam to shore as an enormous alligator rose. The dentist jabbed the alligator’s gums with a probe and asked if it hurt, triggering the creature to scream and allow his escape.
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Roy Farrell Greene
American Society of Curio Collectors
Ganges
Remarkable kidney cure at Wapello Iowa told by Minnie Hart
A Louisa County case from Wapello describes Minnie Hart who was bedridden eight months and drawn to one side. Dodd's Kidney Pills allegedly restored her mobility within four weeks and she credits complete recovery three years later. The report links kidney health to general well being and cites the Kansas City Journal anecdote of a hotel dining room scene. A humorous note closes with a quip about saving money and a gender remark.
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Wapello
Iowa
Louisa County
Minnie Hart
Dodd
Smith Center
Kan
Kansas City Journal
Early Texan Humorous Notes and Travel Rail News
A Brazos Bottom resident recalls two rare smiles from life and parodies tonic cures for ague while touting Cheatham's Chill Tonic and Defiance starch. The piece includes household tips with Red Cross Bag Blue and light gossip about a Chicago romance. The Houston & Texas Central unveils through sleeper trains to Denver and St Louis via multiple routes through Fort Worth Denison and Galveston.
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Houston & Texas Centrais Railreau
Houston
Denver
Galveston
St. Louis
Houston-Denver
Fort Worth
Denver Road
Colorado & Southern Ry
Low Rates to California on Southern Pacific Sunset Route
One way colonist tickets at reduced prices will be on sale daily from September 15 to October 31, 1905, via the Southern Pacific Sunset Route. For Pullman Tourist Cars schedules and more information, contact the nearest railroad agent or write to J. J. Anderson General Passenger Agent Jos. Hellen Assistant General Passenger Agent Houston Texas.
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California
Southern Pacific
Inc
Pullman
J. J. Anderson
Jos. Hellen
Houston
Texas
Oldest World Sculpture Emerges From Egyptian Excavation
In a dig led by Professor W. M. Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund at Wady Maghara Sinai, a sculpture likely the oldest in the world was found. It depicts King Semerkhet of the fifth dynasty smiting a Bedouin sheik, with a general shown above. The find also includes 10,000 B. C. flints, Roman objects from Oxyrhynchus, and a sphinx with unknown script and hieroglyphic inscriptions.
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W. M. Flinders Petrie
Egypt Exploration Fund
Wady Maghara
Sinai
Suez
Royal Academy
Semerkhet
Oxyrhynkhos
Drs. Grenfell and Hunt
Sphinx
The Search for Men in the Business World
The article notes fierce employer demand for high grade men who can produce results. It cites executives earning ten thousand and up yearly, with many over fifty thousand and even over a hundred thousand. Chicago and New York firms seek leaders who stop leaks, cut waste, and expand markets, offering salaries from 3 500 to 10 000 for top executives.
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United States
H. J. Hapgood
Harper's
Chicago
New York
Autumn Longing in Silent Fields
A reflective verse fragment depicts a speaker awaiting a loved one’s reply as nature’s signs shift from bloom to harvest. The poet notes birdsong fading and shadows lengthening while old age brings aches and the wind carries a sense of lost happiness. The speaker clings to hope that a word from the beloved might revive joy.
German University Students Rise Across Thirty Years
Consul Liefeld reports 41,928 students in German universities, up 150 percent since 1875, with 9,581 in summer 1904, 29,107 in 1895, 27,231 in 1885, and 16,441 in 1875. Women matriculated in South German universities total 137, with 1,049 additional attendees in certain courses.
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Liefeld
Germany’s South American Service Ships Grow to Fifty
Germany maintains a fleet of forty three large steamers in its South American service with six more nearing launch. The forty nine vessels total 217195 gross tons and most are recent builds including nineteen from 1900 to 1905. They operate on four Hamburg based routes to La Plata states and Brazil.
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Germany
Hamburg
la Plata
Brazil
Bakers face tuberculosis risk from bread claim
Dr George Petit of the International Tuberculosis Society in Paris asserts at a recent Paris meeting that about 70 percent of bakers laborers are affected by tuberculosis and that bread may play a role in spreading the disease.
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International Tuberculosis Society
Paris
George Petit
Palo Alto Denies Chinese Restaurant License
Citizens strongly oppose a Chinese applicant for a Palo Alto restaurant license and the town trustees refuse it. The applicant plans to challenge the decision in court.
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Palo Alto
Defiance Starch speaks to shoppers and curiosities of 1900s
An assortment of notes covers Chinese fan exports from Hangchow to Shanghai and the United States, pawn shop intelligence, Judge Wilson’s Nahant speech, and assorted ads and anecdotes about Defiance Starch, Hunt’s Oil, and Pennywise morals. It highlights imports, habits, and consumer tips with dated anecdotes and promotional lines.
Noises in Her Head Restored by Pink Pills Claim
Mrs. Mary Reagan of Fall River Massachusetts credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with ending chronic head noises insomnia and exhaustion from overwork She says pre treatment symptoms included severe dyspepsia smothering sensations and a pale bloodless look Her condition improved after using the pills and she regained energy and color The claim notes a prior costly useless treatment and cites 50 cents per box or 24 dollars for a 50 box order from the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY
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Dr. Williams
Mary Reagan
Kilburn Street
Fall River
Mass
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Secretary Root Avoids Panic with Poisoned Letter Joke
Elihu Root shows humor when a reporter asks if the President will remove or resign Conger. Root quips that the President will use an Oriental subterfuge by sending him a poisoned letter, avoiding direct action with a sharp mock remark.
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Root
Elihu Root
Mr. Conger
China
Mr. Root
Disfigured by eczema finds cure with Cuticura products
A Brooklyn man cites eczema on the face for five months treated with Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. He reports dramatic improvement after one day and clear skin in a month, enabling him to go out again. A second fragment comments on politicians and truth.
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Cuticura
T. J. Soth
Stagg Street
Brooklyn, N. Y
Multifaceted Texas Ads and Odd Notices Showcase 19th Century Ventures
A collage of promotional blurbs and curiosities from Texas patches includes Hunt’s Cure promises, Marlin artesian well claims, yacht fashion jabs, Johnson Grass remedy pitches, Defiance Starch sales, and Gibson Well Water promotion. Snippets mention Marlin Texas depths, hotel facilities, and playful quips about social habits.
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F. S. Davidson
Davidson
U. S. Army
Washington, D. C
U.S. Pension Office
F. G. Davidson
E. C. ATKINS @ Co., Inc
Atkins
W.L
Entil
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
W. L. Douglas Strong
W.l.douglas
Nene
Necco & Eisemann CO
Houston, Texas
W. N.A. Houston
Piso
Brazos Bottoms
Cheatham
Samson
Delilah
Defiance Cold Waster
Wigg
Etraam
E. Kiser
Bakers
Last Og Ae Vicea Ac i
Hangchan
United State
Anderson
Shanghai
Defiance
Sheffield
Canton
Judge Wilson
Nahant
J. T. Wilson
Town Hall
Maine
Hunt
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
The
McCane’s Detective Agency
South
London
Mrs. Reagan
Marlin
Carlsbad
Joe Levy
Marlin Sanitarium
Johnson Grass
A. A. Cloud
Weatherford
Express
Bermuda
Texas Chemical Works
Blobbs
Bjones
Gibson Well Water
Gibson Well Water Co
Mineral Wells
Defiance Starch Company
Omaha, Neb
Clover Brand
Wertheimer-Swarts Shot Co
ST. Lous
U.S.A
Dresser
Stowers
G. A. Stowers Furniture Co
San Antonio, Texas
A. J. Tower CO
Boston, U.S.A
Tower Canadian Co., Limited
Toronto
Canada
Malars
Francis
Sacramento
Cal
Tir Allehare
DE Laval
Canal & Randolph
Cortlandt
Dranchee
Bahia
R. Paxton Company
Boston
Mase
A. H. Hess & CO. Harness and Saddles
Catalgue
D. Whitaker CO
Waco
Wm. D. Perelene & Sons
Tels
Ann Eee Sae Lena
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