Leprosy Policy at Molokai Tightens Amid Public Outcry
The Hawaiian settlement at Molokai enforces new rules limiting leper contact with visitors and maintaining a stockade. Physicians warn affection spreads disease, while natives express mixed views on stigma and care. About 900 lepers on Molokai live in segregated housing with schools churches and limited family contact, as authorities promise improvements in food and mail services.
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Molokai
Heawaian Islands
W. Aa Luiu
New York
Central
Harel
Melokai
Fragmentary note on race and identity in a city scene
The text mentions fifteen whites and Hirry Chinese, implying a small, uneven racial mix in a local setting. No clear event, date, or organization is provided to establish a fuller news context.
COLOR-BLIND PAINTERS AT WORK ACROSS LONDON
A 19th century note on color blind painters who despite color blindness produce striking art. It cites a London painter famed for interior scenes, a woman in an aristocratic wedding group, and a physician portrait, with anecdotes of naval officers hindered by color vision and a color blind poster artist earning a living.
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Jokine
Ste
London
Hensington
Wise Words On Patience Duty And Courage
The text extols patience over ire and the steady burn of a man’s heart. It warns against unchecked enthusiasm and warns that fortune favors measured plans with graceful retreat. A thankful heart is praised as the source of all virtue amid life's long, warfare like journey.
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Feu
Destiny
Burglars Prefer the Baby as the Best Alarm
In a Chicago Record-Herald excerpt, a retired burglar argues that creaking doors, clocks, and the sleeping baby are the thief’s best tools. He says households barely notice a door’s creak or a clock’s tick, but a crying baby guarantees silence, making the infant the burglar’s strongest ally.
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Seip
Midge
Farad
Chicago
Record-Herald
The Care of the Liner in Household Affairs
Household advice focuses on closet care with white paper covering shelves and drawers, changed regularly. Sprigs of lavender or sachet powder are placed among items to deter odors, while soap remnants are removed to keep the pile tidy. Continuous folding and rewrapping ensure even wear and neat presentation.
Brooms and Marchwood Floors in Home Care
The York Tribune notes the best broom is hemp or broom corn covered with Haz The Japanese emperor broom is praised for durability while common rival brooms shed hairs and wear out The covered broom with catton flannel or Shaker flannel cover is ideal for dusting The article also recommends oil or wax brushes for floor care and cautions on oiling or waxing floors to prevent damage
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York Tribune
Directions for Preserving Fruit from a Southern Housewife
A Southern housewife shares preservation methods using wide mouth jars and long necked bottles. Peaches are heated then packed, corked, waxed, and cooled. Raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries boil ten minutes. tomatoes slice boil twenty, strain skins, reboil, then seal while hot. For tin cans, submerge filled jars in cold water and seal immediately. Store in a cool dry place.
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Keitie
Old Time Kitchen Prescriptions From a Fragmented Page
A garbled OCR fragment lists cooking steps for Bess Au Miroir a tomato pickle and a Cream of Celery Sour dish. It mentions buttered yolks baked slowly, tomato pickles drained in a bag, and a celery milk soup thickened with flour then seasoned with salt and pepper.
Black walnut weighs less than half ebony in quantity
A comparison notes that black walnut is less than half the weight of ebony for a given quantity. This highlights a significant density difference between the two hardwoods as used in furniture or construction.
Automobile Bank Brings Savings On Wheels To Mezieres
A French village introduces an automobiled bank car to serve outlying peasants. The electric four seater vehicle delivers banking desks and deposit services, allowing locals to open accounts without visiting town. Clerks welcome the novelty as a practical, popular savings method.
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Mezieres
Ardennes
France
New York Sun
Some Traits of Koreans From Morning Calm to Hearts and Hills
A wary cultural vignette describes Korean habits and humor. It notes a tendency to whistle or sing when beginning a climb, claims a Korean general invented the iron horseshoe, and mentions sentimental street names like Blessing Street Sunshine Street and Viriued Street reflecting romantic imagery in naming.
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Korea
Cho Son
Hest
Sunshine
Profit in Counterfeit Coin and Plating Methods
A detailed note on counterfeit coin production describes a skilled coiner who studies instans and electro plating to create coins that pass the usual tests. He can produce coins in gold and silver, sometimes fully genuine in weight and fineness, yielding about 1 percent profit despite risks. Many counterfeiters mix antimony into silver coins, coating them, while spurious gold coins are often plated with platinum to achieve correct weight. A final line notes a caterpillar consuming 600 times its weight monthly.
Fire ant and satirical notes on global matters
The article surveys a nocturnal collage of topics from New Mexico ants and labor, to sunspots, Indian drought connections, and a Chicago woman’s camphor method for pests. It also mentions Irish water power schemes, Bavarian bronze powder, and potato starch digestion. The tone is terse, era‑specific, and packed with named places and entities.
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Ing
Preventing Typhoid Fever War of Digestion
A Youth's Companion note discusses preventing typhoid fever by protecting the stomach. It argues stomach digestion varies among individuals, explains why some avoid infection, and recommends boiling or cooking food to kill germs. It mentions Swedish law restricting private import of medicines.
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Justi
New Mex-ica
Norway
Royal Society & Magnetic Survey of India
Norman Lockyereh
Furth
Bavaria
Sweden
Jere
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