Eurapia Palladino Experiments Draw Scientific Scrutiny
Neapolitan medium Eusapia Palladino undergoes Naples University led trials with Bottazzi Galeotti and other scientists. Despite controlled tests and apparent anomalies like distant clay marks and phantom hands, researchers deem fraud unlikely and suggest biological, not supernatural, explanations of the phenomena.
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Eusapia Palladino
Psychical Research Society
London
University of Naples
Bottazzi and
Galeotti
Eusapia
Asapia
Pettazzi
Fiusapia
Philadelphia Ledger
Women Climb Selkirks in Three Months of Trekking
Dr Charles J Shaw a Philadelphia biology professor returns from a three months expedition into the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia. Four women joined four men, with Miss Caroline Rames of the New York Botanical Gardens notable among the group. They weathered storms slept in rock caverns and carried a silk tent with limited provisions. After thirteen days lost in a snowstorm they faced hunger without panic.
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Selkirks
Charles J. Shaw
Medico-Chirurgical College
Philadelphia
Selkirk Mountains
British Columbia
Shaw
Caroline Rames
New York Botanical Gardens
Newark High School
Emma Bhipe
Sunbury
Mary Jobe
New York City
Bayard Fuller
New York
Mr. Peterson
Dr. Shaw
Unique Foot Bath Slipper Invented for Prolonged Soaks
An Ohio inventor offers a rubber slipper with a roomy sole and tight ankle fit designed to hold a foot bath. The user can wear it around the house, keeping the bath warm and isolated from air, with hand pieces to help don or remove it. Any liquid bath may be used to extend soaking without exposure or replenishment.
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Ohio
Washington Star
Leaps to Terrible Death by Stowaway on Annette
William Brown, a stowaway barred from landing on the British steamship Annette from Kingston Jamaica, drowned while attempting to swim ashore near Philadelphia. Sharks swarmed the spot as the crew watched, and Brown was dragged underwater before help could arrive. Jamaica punishes stowaways by forcing three months of public highway labor, a fate Brown sought to avoid.
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Annette
Kingston
Jamaica
Philadelphia
William Brown
Brown
Crown Princess of Germany births a son in royal news
Feminine notes report the Crown Princess of Germany welcomed a baby boy. Other items note deaths in Albany New York and a New York society girl scandal sparking satire. Opera singer Annie Louise Cary reaches sixty five years since birth. Mrs E L Godkin dies in New York from heart disease. Mrs Roosevelt says the White House will be vacated on March 4 1909.
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Germany
William Cresswell Doane
Albany
N. Y
Mme. Melba
Enlalate Dix
Amsterdam
Newport Society
Annie Louise Cary
E. L. Godkin
Lawrence Goodkin
The
Evening Post
New York City
Ernestine Hunt
Marquis of Allesbury
Calgary
Alberta
Miss Robb
Edinburgh
Captain Robb
Roosevelt
White House
Mexican cargadors move heavy burdens with ease
The Mexican Herald notes cargadors in Mexico carry loads on their backs, often over 5600 pounds for short distances. They move household furniture in pairs with hand trucks, while carts and wagons grow in use, though hand trucks persist in Mexico City amid recent transfer companies.
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India
Mexico
Mexico City
The
Republic
Mexican Herald
Newly Gleanings From A World of Change
The itemized notes touch on global events: Liberty statue aging, King Edward VII gratitude, India and Simla legislatures curbing seditious meetings, France withdrawing ships from Morocco, Pittsburgh labor peace payments, New York rent deal at Long Acre Square, Odessa anti Jewish violence, Kansas City merchants closing shops amid Sunday law arrests, U S S A captain’s view on Ute affairs, Die Zukunft editor acquittal in Berlin, Treasury mint and banknote expansion, and Indianapolis gas utilities uptake to cut prices.
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New York City
Lord Minto
Edward VII
Legislative Council of India
France
Pittsburg
Legislative Council
Simla
Harry Levey
Odessa
Russia
Vladivostok
Kansas City
C. P. Johnson
Downs
Herr Starden
Die Zukunft
Sure
Berlin
Count Kuno von Moltke
Treasury
Indianapolis
He Needs a Home Commuter Seeks Own Land
A man who travels two hours each morning and two hours each night to his job explains he hunts for a single plot of land he can own. He says happiness comes from a fixed home where his children grow up with a sense of home, not wandering. The quote reflects a longing for stability and independence.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Steel Box Cars Lighter Than Wooden Equivalents
Steel box cars built recently will weigh about 3000 pounds less than wooden cars of the same size and capacity, highlighting a notable weight reduction in steel constructions.
Reform as a general human effort, says World
The New York World argues that political reform has not been quicker than social, industrial or economic reform. It states reform is not a special but a general effort of the human race.
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Lord Clive
India
Clive
Stringer Lawrence
Lawrence
Macauley
Westminster
England
Golden Rock
Trichinopoli
New York World
Hacer Egg Preserving CO
St. Louis
Campaign Push Revives Dormant Political Campaign
The New Haven Register notes the approach of a presidential campaign appears to rejuvenate struggling political efforts, giving new life to previously inactive factions and raising public interest in the race. The piece suggests strategic momentum from renewed campaigning and voter engagement.
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New Haven Register
Speeding as manslaughter defense in Indianapolis News
The Indianapolis News suggests an alternate way to dodge a manslaughter charge by not giving the machine excessive speed. The piece hints at courtroom strategy and safety concerns in motor vehicle cases.
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Indianapolis News
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Kashmir
J. J. Grew
Outing Magazine
Wormwood Scrubbs
Great Britain
Italy
Pocahontas
Mr. Partridge
Jamestown Exposition
Eagle Hotel
Center Square
New Oxford
Charkley Hersu
Oxford
Pitt St
W. M. Depot
F. L. Fleshman
WM. McSherry, JR
Gettysburg
Adams County
Court House
Joan B. McPherson
Donan P. McPmane
Attorneys At-Law
Omoe
Star and Sentin
National Soap & Chemical Company
Toledo
Pedenpys Crour
Ene Trage
Sora
Derby Medicine CO
Eaton Rapias
Miichigan
Liese
Fliegenden Blaetter
Alds&s
Ritlis
Double Power Mill Company
Appleton
Wisconsin
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