Little Melinda Brown-Her Book in Harper's by Cecelia Myrover Robinson
A poetic recollection of childhood storytelling titled Little Melinda Brown-Her Book recalls fairy tale figures and memories. The speaker laments lost innocence while invoking characters like Cinderella and Bluebeard, with a reflective envoy praising lasting friendship and nostalgia.
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Cinderella
Melinda Brown
Geraint
Bolgharhoo
Bluebeard
Cecelia Myrover Robinson
Harper's
Shipwrecked trio clings to capsized galliot keel
In August 1906 off Memel the galliot Anna Rebecca loaded deals for Oldenburg. Captain Hans Messer and two youths, Rudolph Wischemann and Fritz Meyer, survive a sudden keel-upturn after a northwest gale. They lash to the hull, hope for rescue fades as days pass with no sighting, and Meyer shows signs of exhaustion and delirium as they drift toward Schwarzort coast.
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Hans Messer
Memel
Oldenburg
Rudolph Wischemann
Fritz Meyer
Gadl
Schwarzort
Meyer
Wischemann
Castaways Survive Eight Days At Sea After Wreck
A lifeboat crew rescued two castaways adrift for eight days on a capsized ship near Memel. Fritz perished from starvation while Hans Messeh and Rudolph Wischemann endured extreme thirst and exposure before rescue. The Anna Rebecca, likely leaky, capsized and later was righted and towed to Memel.
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Fritz
Meyer
Hans Messeh
Rudolph Wischemann
Perwelk
Anna Rebecca
Memel
Roland
The
Wide World Magazine
Electric horn for automobiles described by English device
Harper's Weekly explains an electric motor horn using a brass case steel disk and two magnets. An eight volt accumulator powers the buzzer causing continuous loud blasts with a steering wheel switch for hands free signaling.
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Harper’s Weekly
Statistical Oddities From the Philadelphia Bulletin
The article cites sample life facts: one man in 208 is over six feet, one in 100 women carries life insurance, one man in eight succeeds in business while eight go bankrupt, one sudden death among women to eight among men, one in ninety cold is taken outdoors with nine indoors, and in every 100 couples one reaches a golden wedding.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Pickle consumption and quirky stats ring through press
The piece notes over 4,000,000 pickles eaten weekly in the United States. It recalls ex Senator Clark, a Montana millionaire who once worked in mines for $1.25 daily. It cites New York City men drink an average 380 spirits and malt liquor yearly and mentions no hydrophobia death in England since 1902 as disease prevention evidence.
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United States
Clark
Montana
New York City
England
A. A. Robinson's Early Railroad Career
A. A. Robinson, president of the Mexican Central Railroad, started as an axeman in the engineer ing corps of the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad.
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A. A. Robinson
Mexican Central Railroad
St. Joseph
Denver City
Middle Ages to Modern Theft and Library Opening
The text notes medieval book hiring from stationers and cites Samuel Fancourt opening England’s first circulating library in 1740. It also reports recent surge in robberies at New York hotels and that owners are boosting measures to curb publicity.
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England
Samuel Fancourt
New York
Tiverton’s Ancient Water Works Gifted by Amicia in 1240
Tiverton boasts England’s oldest water works built in 1240 by Amicia, Countess of Devon, who donated them to the town. The system draws water from a source five miles away.
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Tiverton
Amicia
Devon
Necklace Gifted From Egyptian Mummy to Mrs St John Brodrick
A necklace 8000 years old from an Egyptian mummy is described as a wedding gift to Mrs. St. John Brodrick from Sir John Scott Murray among jewels worn by Englishwomen.
Will of Richard J O Mulrenin bequeaths violin to Dublin museum
The Dublin resident Richard J O Mulrenin bequeathed the violin played on Vinegar Hill the night before the 1798 battle to the museum on Kildare Street Dublin. His library goes to the Gaelic League.
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Richard J. O’mulrenin
Dublin
Vinegar Hill
Kildare Street
Gaelic League
Artesian Well Completes Deep Bore at Bank of England
A bored tube well extends to 400 feet at the Bank of England site and taps springs yielding at least 100000 gallons daily. The development secures a substantial water supply without drought risk.
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Bank of England
Cohasset Lawyer Charles A Elch Harvard's oldest living graduate
Charles A Elch of Cohasset Massachusetts is Harvard's oldest living graduate after the death of Thomas Wiggelworth. A 1833 graduate he is ninety two years old and has practiced law in Boston for seventy years.
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Charles ‘A. Elch
Cohasset, Mass
Thomas Wiggleworth
Harvard
Boston
Flavor Loss From Cold Storage on Foods and Vegetables
A veteran cold storage man notes that storing foods in low temperatures degrades flavor across beans cauliflower fruit peaches and poultry. He cites celery as an exception and suggests meat flavor diminishes after refrigerated storage, with Western beef often tasting bland. No solution yet reported by experiments.
A New Wrinkle in Photography
A photographer explains that telephoto success hinges on rigid tripod setup or wind shielding. Bright sun exposure runs about half a second with the lens wide open. Light handling can yield fine images. shelter and concealment boost depth and quality, according to Herbert K. Job in The Outing Magazine.
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Herbert K. Job
Outing Magazine
Arrests in London as suffrage activism rises
A new verb enters the discourse in London as activists confront authorities. A woman is arrested during a Kaffrage protest, signaling intensified clashes over voting rights and public protest.
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London
The Social Worker
The Social Worker highlights how young people pursue social service as a vocation, the rise of trained schools in New York Chicago Boston and fees around $100, and the varied pay scales from clerical to heads of institutions. It notes programs use city institutions for study and field work, stressing usefulness and service to society.
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Columbia University
New York City
Chicago University
Simmons College
Harvard University
Boston
Good Roads Movement Gains in the South and Railway Support
The Southern Field reports rapid progress of the good roads movement in the South without broader calls for popular aid. It cites the modern freight cost shift toward road grade improvements as crucial to linking farm production with markets. It highlights Southern Railway backing since 1901, and notes commercial bodies increasingly promoting road building as town and country interests align.
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Southern Railway
United States Agricultural Department
National Good Roads Association
An Even Affair
A Missouri lawyer recounts a recent assault and battery case tried in a Kansas City court. The first witness was asked why they did not aid the defendant, replying with a wry smile that they could not tell which man would be the defendant.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Ldetroit Free Press
Massachusetts Faces Auto Damage to Roads
A Massachusetts roads official cites an estimated $50,000 already damaged by autos and warns that unless new surfacing methods are adopted the harm will continue. He notes broad rubber tires on small wheels loosen the binder, exposing stones, and mentions tar surfacing used in France and oil asphalt base experiments as potential solutions.
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Massachusetts Commission
Boston Globe
Commission
France
Park Commissioners
Massachusetts
Good Roads Spurs Shift to Roadster Display in Lincoln County
Local owners of service stock exhibited in town last Monday showcasing fine horses. The caustic note praises better roads pushing demand for roadsters that can “step some” and marks a decline in saddle horses, reflecting a wider shift in agricultural transport.
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Lincoln County
seany—Feysetteyillia Olserver
Story Telling as a New Profession for Women
The article explores story telling as a growing vocation for women, especially in kindergarten and religious settings. It emphasizes imagination, repertoire breadth, and training from normal schools or elocution programs, plus practical paths through unions and clubs. Pay ranges from ten to fifty dollars per event, with twenty five dollars common.
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Boards of Education
Four sorts of brains reveal ranks of genius
The Chicago Tribune cites Hausemann who classifies brains into four groups from stimuli driven minds to true geniuses. Spitzka adds that eminent men in exact sciences tend to have the heaviest brains, followed by men of action such as statesmen and artists, with biologists and geologists among descriptive scientists.
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Hausemann
Spitzka
Chicago Tribune
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