The Modern Manganese Vault and Its Electric Skin
A Washington Star summary explains the manganese steel vault with an electric skin, its placement, fire and blast resistance, and alarm system. It notes guards, tunnel risks, and the improbability of recovering large sums, with express carriers and serially numbered bills as safeguards.
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Vaedy Stee Boletos Ant ‘Celie
Goge
Express Big Company
Than Ateal
Ad Company
Express Company
Washington Star
Robertson cured by ward observation ends mania
Morgan Robertson the sea fiction writer was placed in a psychopathic ward after believing he would go mad. A week later staff declared him sane and discharged him. In a billiard room party he announced he had no certificate proving sanity, prompting nervous jokes among peers.
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Morgan Robertson
Robertson
Bozeman Bulger
Metropolitan
Not while she plans to husband our daughters
A Baltimore American quip mocks domestic resource use and family finance as a wife focuses on guiding their daughters. The brief remark plays on the pun of husband as spouse and male guardian.
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Baltimore
Mount Rainier Glaciers and Subalpine Garden Feature
Describes Mount Rainier's glaciers and the surrounding subalpine landscape. Notes the 14 408 foot peak figure, the Nisqually Emmons and other glaciers, ice rivers, crevasses, and ice formation. Highlights park flora from Paradise to Summerland and subalpine meadows under rich cedar and fir forests.
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United States
Mount Whitney
Mount Rainier
Nisqually
Ingraham
Emmons
Windlers
Cowlitz
Paradise
Carbon
Russell
Mowich
Puyallup
Pyramid
Swiss Alps
parka—Spray Park
St. Andrews Park
Henry's Hunting Ground
Summerland
John
Amateurs Snapshots and Self Deprecation in a Family Album
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt humorously recalls an average man showing a friend his photo book. He critiques his wife’s photos and his own awkward likenesses, notes on backgrounds and lighting, and jokes about missed shots and captured moments as cherished souvenirs.
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Mere
Mary
Grand Canyon
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Music as Medicine and Mood in Song and Sound
A study of music therapy notes ragtime and Chopin affecting mood and health. Physicians in the National Society of Musical Therapeutics cite the New York Medical Journal on music’s restorative power and its influence on nervous exhaustion and mental atmosphere.
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David
Saul
National Society of Musical Therapeutics
New York Medical Journal
Sandwiches Wonderful Drum Roars Through Mansion Hall
The eccentric Lor Sandwich loved thunderous drums and had a music room wall lined with parchment to amplify the roar. When struck, the drum scared listeners into avoiding the room ever again, according to his biographer in the St. Louis Republic.
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Sandwich
Lor
St. Louis Republic
Turtle Eggs Taste Guide Becomes Curious Mariner Oddity
A fragmentary note describes turtle eggs as an acquired taste and mentions cooking observations. It compares two items, hints at a rough outer shell, and references a curious dimpled side and liquid white parts.
Distribution Question Tests Society, Says Washington Star
Noting distribution as a major issue of the era, the Washington Star warns about the unpredictable consequences of spreading even simple facts as it echoes concerns over societal impact and information flow.
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Washington Star
That Made a Difference. Dick Be Married?
A clipped exchange notes a man named Dick Be who married, with commentary on knowing when one is well off. The remark appears in a Boston context.
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Ijiack
Boston
Pope Faces Daily Critic On Instagram Influence
A daily critic emerges on social media challenging the pontiff’s statements and public image. Posts label insights from Vatican observers and theologians while sparking debate about modern clerical leadership and outreach.
Wasn't Dizzy After All At The Aquarium
A reader recalls an unusual after dinner experience ending in sudden dizziness at an aquarium. He lists Welsh rabbit mince pie and lobster a la Newburgh as potential causes, but ultimately suggests the sensations were due to the aquarium surroundings rather than the food.
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Banks
Newburgh
Aquarium
Exchange
Brooks and Rivers Clash Over Rhyme in Odd Exchange
In a quirky exchange cited by the Seue-Chbnes Tribune Rivera provokes Brooks with a request for a rhyme on practice. Rivers pauses, then compliments the prompt as a perfect hit, sparking a playful burst from the rattle writer.
Attorney Hastily Seeks Car In Hot SF Afternoon
A San Francisco attorney, overheated from a hot afternoon, makes a hurried attempt to obtain a car but misses his objective. He speaks of the heat, while a minister he knows looks him in the eye and offers a sober reply.
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San Francisco
Hades
Aapronan
Military Vigilance How Our War Department Traces Officers
The Washington Star reports the U S War Department tracks officers with extraordinary precision. A young officer on desert scouting duty received a telegram offering transfer to new regiments, and the reply arrived within minutes via a station agent. Later, traveling home on leave, a telegram ordered immediate detached duty while the officer was on board.
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War Department
War Office
United States War Department
Arizona
Washington
Arml
Alwence
Washington Star
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Money IN Transit
Strondy Sossesd
F. H. Griffeth
Goa
Chopin
Oregon
Evening Telegram
Portland
TOR
E. W. Hodson
Rexall
Seebedhies
Newberg Cyclery
Harry Garrett
First Street
Newberg, Oregon
Brooks
Rivers
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