Bremer Haven and Bremen City Notes from a Voyage
A correspondent describes sunset sailing into Bremer Haven, Bremen sights around the Rathaus square, the Roland statue, the rathskeller, and the statue of Gustavus Adolphus. He recalls a former captain’s tale, and notes the city’s canals, markets, and embroidery shops with German sizing and style.
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Groy
Gustavus Adolphus
Charles I
Gottenburg
Sweden
Germany
Bremen
Rathaus
Arnold Bochlin
Reflections on Mirrors and Self Perception Comedy
Mrs Spastick and Mrs Swastick debate how mirrors alter appearance. They note different reflections in various glasses and elevators and question how a ballroom mirror shows others' view versus self view. The banter underscores vanity and uncertainty about how one truly looks.
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Mrs Swastick
Swastick
Numerous Ties Amid Rural Neighbor Disputes
Dialogue from a small town quarrel mentions Lonelyville and a neighbor with a card table, a whealbean row, and a lawn mower. The exchanges reveal petty property friction and local humor.
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Lonelyville
Ears on Their Legs Ants Crickets Grasshoppers Feature
David Fairchild reports to the National Geographic Society on insects. The king grasshopper leaps a hundred times its length and sails long distances. Crickets are powerful singers with ears on forelegs. Ants described as communists with a female dominated colony and a single queen mother.
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David Fairchild
National Geographic Society
Christian Herald
Arc Light and Echoes in University Hall Acoustics
Engineers at the University of Staois used an alternating current arc light to locate sound disturbances in a large hall. By tracing light reflections and accompanying arc noise, they conducted an acoustical survey and hung curtains and canvases to reduce reverberations.
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University of Staois
Varloudt
Fire Chief Made Time Reaches Bronx Blaze by Private Car
Fire Chief John Kenton faced an early morning yacht and engine plant fire at Morrin Heights in The Bronx. After his engine failed on Lenox Avenue, he rode the L train to a viaduct, found a private car, woke the chauffeur, and sped to Sedgwick Avenue to reach the four alarm blaze.
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John Kenton
Morrin Heights
Bronx
Lenox Avenue
127Th Street
Sedgwick Avenue
New York Tribune
The New Fable Plays With Modern Morals
A satirical trio of fables lampoons finance politics and suffrage. A prosperous manufacturer rejects bonds citing due diligence, a political parasite falls for an obvious bait, and a dancing man faces a moral about equal suffrage amid election theatrics.
France Faces Slowing Birthrate Amid War Strains
The Boston Transcript notes that last year France saw births exceed deaths by 41 901, a weak showing compared with earlier years. It recalls 1907 and 1901 deficits and cites Tempson on Germany's population surge and military conscription pressures shaping French policy.
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France
Tempson
Germany
Boston Transcript
The Clash of Logic Between Man and Woman
A Spokesman Review excerpt argues that men view argument as a mental game of chess while women see it as a serious clash of personal belief. It says conflicts arise from differing standards of truth and sincerity, likening ongoing battles to Adam and Eve in Eden and predicting the pattern will persist.
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Spokesman Review
Seven Varieties of Flies and Their Dangers
The passage explains common houseflies, their breeding in manure and refuse, and the rapid growth of offspring. It notes maggots hatch in about twelve days, and a single fly can produce sextillions of descendants. Bacteria counts on a fly range from 650 to 6 600 000, averaging 1 254 000 in a sample of 414 flies.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
Storrs
Conn
Radium Egg Producer Reported In Colorado Quarry
An American farmer Cyrus White returned from Paradox valley Colorado with radium ore and dropped pieces in a Whitle hens drinking fountain. The hens then produced eggs at twice their normal rate and many laid two eggs daily. The Whiffle family reports improved health after eating radioactive eggs.
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Cyrus White
Paradox Valley
Colorado
White
Whiffle
Repairing Fractured Hearts in Russian Hospital
Doctor Zirdler reports 31 patients in a Russian hospital healed after heart stab wounds. Ether anesthesia, chest wall removal and heart elevation gave room to expand and prevent adhesions. Stitches placed quickly. several patients returned to work. Prompt rapid operation cited as probable success factor.
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Zirdler
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Bremer-Haven
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Customhouse
Cigarren Oder Liquer
Lloyd Steamer
Hartz Mountains
Smith
Charlemagne
Sigismund
Bismarck
Rathaus Square
Hamburg
Mediterranean
Rolanda
Roland
Barfild
Fables
Aire
Bill Cody
Fuel Supply Co
Burley
Mike
Pike
Death Valley
Smitty
Strongarm
Laura Chivington Cadbury
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