Machinery of a Pool How Peel Methods Tie Up Stock and Public
An interview outlines stock exchange pools using ties on large holdings to suppress sales, then manipulating prices through coordinated buying and selling, borrowed money, and a publicity department that seeds biased news via newspaper channels to drive public interest and benefit the pool.
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Peel
Publicity Department
Stock Exchange
New York Evening Post
Wall Street
Ambulance Dogs Show Manners in Karlsruhe Maneuvers
In Karlsruhe Baden the Fourteenth Army Corps conducted ambulance dog trials to test field recovery. Daylight search by two crossbred shepherd dogs covered half a mile by a quarter mile and located wounded men within 20 minutes. Night trials in thick blackberry undergrowth proved harder, with three dogs and bells aiding keepers as they helped locate prisoners within thirty minutes.
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Karlsruhe
Baden
Fourteenth Army Corps
Vasual
The Prift of Modern English Verse Quip
A Washington resident famed for staying in town year round faces an ultra modern insult from a bold friend. The exchange turns into a playful boasting about seasons and location as the loom of fashion is mocked in a witty colonial voice.
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Washington
Belgian financier aims to open Corfu gambling house
The Belgian Marke, backed by European capitalists, arrives in Corfu to establish a large scale international gambling house. The Theotokic deputies largely support it claiming benefits for the island, while leading Athens citizens strongly oppose the plan. The Cologne Gazette notes strong belief it will be carried out.
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Marke
Corfu
Chamber of Deputies
Athens
Greece
Cologne
California Dominates Apricot Cultivation in U S
California holds a near monopoly on apricot cultivation in the United States, shaping national production and supply dynamics. The state accounts for the vast majority of orchard output, influencing pricing and availability across the market.
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California
United States
Science Notes Challenge Moss Rule Across The North Side
In a survey by Henry Kreemer moss distribution on trees challenges the north side rule with 1 percent on west and northwest 1 percent on north 20 percent on northeast 33 percent on east 15 percent on southeast leaving 10 percent unaccounted. Other items report a French Paris Academy display of Dusmud inventions aiding blind students including counting blocks and a motion cineograph a self dumping scow in Havana a gas acetylene machine test with 46 models all found safe but varying gas yields and a warning against automatic systems.
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Henry Kreemer
Paris Academie Des Sciences
M. Francois Dusmud
M. Carnot
London Mail
Paris
Ieans
Havana
Cuba
Bcal
Petts
Great Britain
Commission
A Child's Logical Mind
Henry Marston of Overbrook is described as unusually logical for a child and fond of oranges. After his family declared the rule that the largest orange must be returned for the smallest, Henry briefly picked two medium oranges before proposing a clever solution to swap the smallest for the largest, reflecting his sharp mind.
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Henry Marston
Overbrook
Henry
Philadelphia
The Home of the Kindergarten in Japan
The piece praises Japan for a perfect kindergarten system that uses entertainment over punishment. It notes elaborate play apparatus adapted for infants, helping early math through tangible shapes like cones, spheres, and cylinders. Wood turning and straw outlines with peas teach forms, while Blind Rat blocks display raised Japanese characters for tactile learning.
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Japan
Pyramids to Open with Electric Lighting for Tourists
General Director Masnero, head of the society for preserving Egyptian antiquities, plans to illuminate the inner passages and alcoves of the pyramids with electricity. The project aims to bring new attractions to Egypt and allow visitors to reach the innermost recesses of the monuments.
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Masnero
Great
Pyram
Pyramids
Electric light least tiring to eyes, scientists say
A historical note reports eye strain varies with illumination. Candle light closes eyes several times a minute, gas 2.8, spotlight around 22, electric light 1.8. Scientists claim electric light is the least tiring of artificial illuminants.
Saxons Named for the Short Crooked Knife
The Saxons, whose original settlement is tied to Saxony, derive their name from the seax a short crooked knife used to arm them.
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Little
Kingdom
Saxony
Allen's Foot-Ease and Other 1900 Advertisements
A collage of old ads touts Allen's Foot-Ease for feet and shoes, Dr Kline's nerve restorer promises cures for fits and nervousness, and various remedies for children, coal mining risk, and coughs. Includes Mrs Winslow soothing syrup and Piso’s Cure citations plus a quip about bad eggs.
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Desler
Allen
Apowder
Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Kline
Itrial
H.H. Kure, Ltd
Arch St
Phila. Pa
Upper Congo to the Great African Lakes Railroad planned
A Brussels based company named The Upper Congo to the Great African Lakes Railroad Company aims to build and operate 868 miles of railway in the Congo Free State. The Congo State guarantees interest and grants valuable concessions. capital is set at 5000 dollars.
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Congo Free State
Brussels
Belgium
Upper Congo
Great African Lakes Railroad Company
Congo
Comet A 1902 Discovered At Smith Observatory
Comet A 1902 was reported by Br. W. R. Brooks as discovered on the night of April 15 16 at the Smith Observatory in Geneva X. It will be catalogued as Comet A 1902 and is noted as the first comet discovered this year.
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Br. W. R. Brooks
Smith Observatory
Geneva
Surgeon’s Knife Tone in a Pinkham Remedy Testimonial
A letter from Mrs. Bexis Stevenson of Salt Lake City describes long ovarian and womb inflammation cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after four weeks of relief and three months for full recovery, praising the product and inviting others to write for guidance. the message references Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Eckil Stevenson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bexis Stevenson
State St. Salt Lake City
Utah
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Science and Industry
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Frere
Death Valley
H_ F_ Witherby
Waite Nile
Grand Canyon of
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Piso
J. W. O'Brrex
Tii Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Ayer
Mt Druggists
Ron
No. C. Ayer Co., O
Lowel
the Deeies
Onetayer of Tisted
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Cosanitery
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Alabastine CO
Grand Rapids
Mich
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The
Ted
Sale Prope
Boston
D.C
Nsionseirzore
Wari Adjudicatang
Newspap
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