Founding and evolution of St. Louis from trading post to city
The article traces St. Louis origins as a French trading post established in 1764 by Pierre Lacledé Tingneste under a mercantile charter with exclusive rights from the Louisianan director general. It became capital of upper Louisiana, shifted to Spanish control, returned to France, then to the United States in 1808. It incorporated as a town in 1809, gained a city charter in 1822, and saw annexation and later separation from county authority in 1870–1875.
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St. Louis
Pierre Lacledé
Tingneste
Mercantile Company
Louislans
Missouri River
Upper
Louisiana
Paris
Spain
France
tFrench
United States
Carondelet
Harness trade thrives as horses keep demand high
Charles Schell president of the National Harness Manufacturers association opened the twenty sixth annual convention at the Victoria hotel. He said horses remain essential despite autos and that demand for harnesses is as strong as ever with producers selling more harnesses in the past year. Over two hundred members from nearly every state attended, the largest gathering in the association’s history.
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Charles Schell
National Harness Manufacturers’ Association
Association
Victoria
Schell
Talking Cat in German City Draws Scientific Attention
A cat named Peter in a German city attracts wide interest as experts from the zoo inspect it. The animal reportedly responds clearly to commands, even distinguishing "No" when called as "Misou" and quickly learning simple words like "nit" and "Anna" the keeper's name.
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Bates
Hamburgh
Peter
Indiana farmer boosts deer herd in profitable venture
From six head of deer the Indiana farmer grew to seventy in fifteen years. The deer raising proved profitable with venison at 50 cents a pound and yearly sales. Bucks shed their horns each March and are sold for knife handles. A yearly shipment of horns accompanies the earnings.
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Indiana
Population gender balance across continents and regions
World population is about 1.7 billion with 1.038 billion sexed as 1000 males to 990 females. Europe shows 1,027 women per 1,000 men, Africa 1,045, America 9645, Asia 961, Australia 937. Uganda has the highest ratio of women, while Alaska gold fields and Malay states are lowest with 391 and 389 respectively.
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Europe
Africa
America
Asia
Australia
Uganda
Alaska
Malay States
Ancient remedy for baldness traced to king’s mother recipe
A French Egyptologist unearthed a papyrus describing a remedy for balding used for a king’s mother about six thousand years ago. The salve blends dates and dogs’ whiskers into a tonic. its efficacy cannot be recommended.
Preserving Juices in Beefsteak Broiling Tips
Fannie Merritt Farmer, renowned cooking authority, explains the broiling principle to keep steak juices. She advises quick searing with constant turning, then cooking to taste, and recommends porterhouse and sirloin as best juicy cuts while trimming flank and tenderloin for separate dishes. The bone can enrich stock if the flank is used for stew.
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Fannie ‘Merritt
Porter House
Porterhouse
Household T Questions and Simple Care Tips
Soft water for washing is advised. Parafin can brighten polish. heat oil and fry an onion to remove oily taste. Thyme and lemon help in cooking and storage. To remove oil stains, apply lard then wash with soap and water. Darning tips include threading holes and pulling edges flat. Rub zinc table with vinegar to brighten. Hang a one piece frock on a muslin covered hanger to preserve shape.
Barley Soup Recipe From Historic Home Cook Notes
A vintage recipe describes Barley Soup using three ounces barley, stale bread, butter, parsley, salt and carbonic soda. Soak barley in water with soda for twelve hours, then simmer bread and remaining water, add salt and butter, boil four to five hours, finish with parsley and white pepper near the end.
Mother's Surprice Bread Apple Bake
A vintage style recipe describes layering buttered bread and sliced apples with sugar in a pie dish. The dish is baked until the apples are soft and the result holds shape, serving with a sweet, well blended mixture.
Brain Cakes Recipe Instructions
Retailed text describes washing brains, removing membranes, braising with salt, then beating with parsley sage salt mace cayenne egg yolk and cream. Form into small cakes and fry in butter to a light brown. optional nutmeg flour and lemon zest may be added.
Cherry Vinegar Processing and Sweet Cherry Drink
Collect two quarts of red cherries and pour one and one half pints of vinegar over them. Let stand three days, then strain. To each pint of cherry liquid add one pint sugar, boil twenty minutes and bottle. Dilute with iced water when serving.
Patch pockets decorate tailor-made skirts feature noted
A fragment notes that patch pockets are a feature of tailor-made skirts. It observes a solitary specimen with a pocket positioned high on the left side and describes its placement beneath the skirt field.
Trench er Ring Game Among Children From Old England
Vivid description of a traditional child’s party game where a central plate is spun and named players must react quickly to catch it. If timed wrong, a forfeit is paid. the scene includes a later call-and-response sequence with a long list of whimsical phrases and forfeit rules.
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Goss
Ia 5
Venice
Barnhart’s Trouser Rip Follows Stage Fright Tale
In a humorous accounts from a public address, Barnhart endures a stage fright moment as his trousers rip during a performance. He and an onlookers remark on the sound while he prepares for the crowd, finishing the scene with no further mishap.
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Barnhart
Hank
Balancing a Plate On Pin Trick
A recipe style trick explains balancing a dinner plate on a pin. Drive a pin into a cork in a bottle and insert four forks into corks near their ends. Hang the forks around the plate edge so the plate rests on the pin, balancing it.
Origin and evolution of roller skating through history
The piece traces roller skating from possible eighteenth century wheel skates to the modern four wheeled skate attributed to a New Yorker in 1863. It notes rapid wheel and bearing improvements, first boxwood rollers, then hard rubber or paper, and finally iron and steel with ball bearings enabling the sport’s popularity among youths.
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Hon
Fragmentary lyric fragment about twinkling stars and lamps
The text presents fragmented lines mentioning Nice and Little Lamps and Little Eva, speculating that the twinkling stars are little night lamps that have eaten and gone to heaven. The passage is incomplete and lyrical in tone.
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Eva
Olga
Wireless Pioneers The Child Prodigy Behind Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi, while still a schoolboy on his father’s estate near Bologna, studied electricity and Hertzian waves. By age twenty in 1895 he built the first wireless apparatus whose promise astonished observers and set the course for modern telegraphy.
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Ita
Guglielmo Marconi
Bologna
Padua
Italy
F. Minturn Sammis
Popular Mechanics
Noted Men Plant Trees at Capitol Grounds Fad
Washington observes a reforestation fad with prominent statesmen planting trees on Capitol grounds. A purple beech near Vice President Sherman’s home marks the effort near Delaware Avenue and B Street NE. Speaker Clark, former Speaker Cannon, and other candidates will join in an arbor campaign. Trees include walnut, hickory, and red oak as each man selects his childhood shade. Superintendent Elliott Woods provides photos for official records as the move gains momentum.
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Washington
New York
Sherman
Capitol Grounds
Delaware ‘Avenue
B Street
Clark
Cannon
Elliott Woods
Writer’s Cramp Now Seen as Brain Fat
Medical authorities say writer’s cramp and similar conditions are not muscle fatigue but brain fatigue. The brain’s control center for complex actions tires first in some people, exhausting nerve cells and causing inability to write or operate keys. Recovery is hard, reversing prior beliefs that muscular overwork caused such troubles.
Fragmentary OCR Notes From A Confused Investigation
Nonsensical OCR fragment shows a six year old visiting her grandfather with a worry about a robe. A misread aunt mentions the moon made of green cheese and a Bible reference about a pot. The text is garbled, with several broken phrases and unclear attribution.
Haiti’s Modern Rise Amid Foreign Interest and Quiet Life
A detailed essay on Haiti contrasts its neglected international profile with a lively interior. It highlights Leconte’s 1911 government pushing rail and irrigation projects, critiques graft, notes foreign capital’s cautious reach, and praises Haitian women and varied landscape despite political fragility.
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Haiti
Soama
Tourish
Caribbean
Atlantic
Bermuda
Arizona
Antilles
Cuba
Porto Rico
Cocos
Royal Palms
Hait
Port-au-Prince
Tropics
Halt
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George Marvin
Harper’s Weekly
Black Republic
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Trinidad
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Andsleas
United Fruit Company
Costa Rica
West
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Naular
New ‘Policy
San Domingo
Venezuela
Colombia
Cincinnatos Leconte
Antoine Simon
West Indies
Willam Wah Horne
Teterior
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Aux- Cayes
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