Romance of an Egg Leads to Cross Ocean Correspondence
In Fort Dodge, Iowa, egg workers inspire a romance when a girl inscribes her name on a large egg. The egg travels with 277 others to Cuba where a Cuban merchant passes it to Charles Percy N. Smith of the U S Signal Corps who writes that he is stationed in Guinea Cuba. He invites a response and photographs, sparking a series of letters. The exchange becomes widely discussed as Smith plans a leave of absence, with speculation of an American goddess in Cuba.
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Fort Dodge
Cuba
Charles Percy N. Smith
Guinea
Lizzie Gray
United States
New Secret Process Produces Oxygen From Air Demonstrated
Henry B Moe Dowell at the Players Club New York shows a secret process to extract oxygen from atmospheric air. Swiss scientist Raoul Pictet and several dignitaries witness a successful demonstration. Reported outputs claim 68 000 cubic feet daily of oxygen 1 000 000 cubic feet of nitrogen and 1 600 000 cubic feet of carbonic acid gas with liquid air as the working fluid.
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Henry B. Moe Dowell
Players’ Club
New York
Raoul Pictet
M. Eszwaert
John Brooks
Boston
Edward A. Sumner
Thomon Lipton
Maj. Gardenshire
General Liquid Air Company
McDowell
Thornly
Ot. Pleter
Denounce Bible Reading in Public Schools Pastor Speaks Out
Rev Honry Frank of the Metropolitan Independent Church in New York denounces Bible reading in public schools as unqualifiedly wrong and a violation of constitutional rights. He cites a recent arrest over parental refusal to let a son attend a Bible-reading school and argues schools should remain secular focused on science, philosophy, ethics. He warns that money funds schools yet many citizens distrust sectarian texts.
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Honry Frank
Metropolitan Independent Church
New York
Frank
Mr. Prank
The Intrenching Habit in Civil War Front Lines
A sergeant recalls scars from Civil War front-line service. His unit hugged ground as 60 guns fired over them, then constructed intrenchments from rails and earth without tools. When Confederates attacked, the center held firm behind the improvised works until ordered forward.
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Chicago Water
Value of Small Change in a Soldier’s Tale from Virginia
A House member recalls prewar money values and a poignant moment in Virginia. He recalls an army blue shoat eighty eight years ago and a candy shortage that led him to give a silver half dime to a boy who later returned it, saying it would not buy much. The anecdote reflects nostalgia for past coinage and value.
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Virginia
Washington Star
Deaths Exceed Births In Ten Year Havana Stats
Maj John G Davis submits decades of vital stats showing 40,809 births 9,506 marriages and 101,989 deaths from 1889 to 1898 with a deaths excess of 61,423. Death rate peaks in 1898 1897 and 1896. Yellow fever accounts for 5,418 deaths. other causes 2 529. Births include 24,408 whites 2,235 Negroes and 3,763 mixed races.
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John G. Davis
Havana
Cuba
War Department
Rep Rt
Grogan Describes Africa Voyage and Cannibal Dominated Regions
Grogan, returning to England after a 6500 mile trek from the Cape to Cairo, reports a volcanic Africa zone a 40 by 60 mile sea of lava 100 feet deep where forests and elephants vanished. He claims 5000 Baleka cannibals inhabit a 4500 square mile area, killing and eating inhabitants while Belgian forces raid from Albert Lake northward. He accuses Belgian troops of frontier violence and portrays the region as chaotic under Belgian oversight with cannibal native troops.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Daily Chronicle
Daily News
Morning Post
Grogan
England
Africa
Cape
Cairo
Lake Tanganyike
Congo
Albert Lake
Lake Myera
Calf Scours and Care from Old Farming Guide
An 19th century style guide explains calf scours causes and remedies. It cites damp filthy quarters dirty vessels improper feed, cold milk, and long gaps between feeds as main factors. Treatments include careful feeding, castor oil, tinctures, and keeping calves warm. A stray anecdote from Dallas News concludes with a boxing tale from Jersey Bulletin.
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Essen
Jersey
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