Purified Food Reform in Dr Wiley’s Twenty Year Crusade
Dr Wiley leads a long battle for the Pure Food Law as federal action nears. The article recalls his experiments and public warnings about adulterated foods and deceptive labeling, noting the 1906 act will affect food medicines and interstate commerce. It praises reform efforts, mentions Toton Sinclair and meat inspection, and highlights the need for proper labeling and cooking as a fine art.
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United States
Amega
Wiley
Congress
Dr. Wiley
Fauman
Lin
Bince
Toton Sinclairs
New York
Wiley Bey
America
Harum
Conti Uue
Jabel
Inbel
Con Witeas
Wiley Saye
Grangera
Jan
Indiana
Dr Wiley
Washington
Robertus Love
Dr. Wiley and the Whisky Trick in Washington
Journal excerpt details Dr. Wiley joking with legislators about a chemistry based seduction of public taste. He mocks the idea of a scientific agriculturist and performs a mock aging experiment turning alcohol into a faux fourteen year old whisky, revealing how labeling can mislead buyers.
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Dr. Wiley
Dr. Wil Oy
Man Builds Personal Motor Boat Invention
A French engineer Han Centritaire proposed a personal water craft with a petroleum motor, saddle seat, watertight box, and a standard boat propeller. The device, strapped to the body, would allow operation by a crank and reach speeds around forty miles per hour.
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Han Centritaire
Academy of Science
France
New York Globe
Jinx Quarrel Forces Stay at Fort Worth Hotel
The Fort Worth Record reports that Jinx was driven from home after a quarrel and had to lodge at a hotel last night. The incident mentions Mrs Jinx as his cook, with unclear details about who Mr oeene or the ident refers to.
Polar expedition diary reveals stark Arctic living conditions
Dr W N Fowler of Bluffton Indiana chronicles hardship at Camp Wellman Spitsbergen as the Wellman polar expedition stalls for a year. He describes a two room living space with a live air chamber, meals of varied fare, extreme cold, and isolation plus sightings of visiting ships and tourists in the Arctic harbor.
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Bluffton
Ind
Wellman Borth Pole
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Dane's Island
Spitsbergen
Camp Wellman
Indiana
Ohio
Arctics
Tromson
Frithjof
Max Fieischmann
Cincinnati
Our
Fielachmanne
Holmen
Wifo
Linwonth
Engilahmi
Greenland
Ne de France
Boand
Waa Hem
Morocco
Virgo Bay
Rinffton
Reminiscences of Cutter Foot Lariat of Ineocents Abroad
A New York Sun obituary sketch honors Bloodgood H. Cutter the “Farmer Poet of Long Island” famed for short verses and traveling antics. It recalls his thrift and bursts of verse from wheel to orchard fence, his misadventure with a buckboard and German farmhands, and his prolific if whimsical poetry about public figures and events.
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Mark Twain
Bloodgood H. Cutter
Asaya
New York Sun
Oll Cutter
Douglaston
Pegasus
Phrenological Journal Cites Need for Opportunity in Talent praise
A Phrenological Journal remarked that no man's abilities are so bright they do not require proper opportunity and friendly praise to gain world notice. The text argues that even promising individuals need patronage to advance.
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Ptny. Wee
Old Fashioned Campaigning In Mississippi Race
Charles Scott campaigns in Mississippi on horseback with his committee. He vows to travel town to town, camping out if a town is missed, asserting the people favor his simple life both now and after election.
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Charles Scott
Mississippi
Saya
New York Tribune
Neight
Colonel Scott
Nfe
Monks Start Motor Car Service To Grand St Bernard Hospice
The St Bernard monks tested a new motor car designed to carry heavy luggage from Martigny to the hospice on the Grand St Bernard pass. They plan a regular automobile service for tourists to the hospice starting next summer.
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St. Bernard
Martigny
Grand St. Berhard
Typewriter Cure Proposed for Nervous Prostration
A prominent Boston physician endorses the typewriter as a cure for nervous prostration. He says patients should use the machine to gain concentration, noting that the act of typing assists focus while nerves are in a state of strike.
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Boston
Saya
Boston Record
Vegetarians' Dog Brighton Sign Attracts Tramp Attention
A Boston Record note says a well known Brighton residence hosts a sign claiming vegetarians and a dog issue. The sign reads We are vegetarians, but our dog is mot. The report highlights local kerfuffle over the odd message and trespassers frequenting the property.
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Brighton
Boston Record
New Plant Creations by Luther Burbank Displayed
Luther Burbank showcases four new plant creations including the Shirley poppy named Santa Rosa strain, California wind poppy, Heuchera christata foliage plant, and Patagonia vegetable squash imported from Chile. The catalogue notes these will be market ready within a year and widely grown in California gardens.
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Luther
Santa Rosa
Burbank
California
Patagonia
Chile
Coral ballast and tunnels mark vast rail projects
Reports describe coral used as ballast on the Florida East Coast route from Key West, with coral roadbeds built in deep water and piled with timber and concrete. Western Pacific plans California tunnels, including a 7,000 foot Becke pass bore and a 1,200 foot solid rock cut north of Quincy. Pennsylvania tests freight caboose air whistles, and New Orleans hosts Zapote ties for 50 year life. A Megaphone warning system protects workers on New York Central lines with Italian laborers operating the horn.
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United States
New York Tribune
Great Southwestern Desert
Florida East Canal Railway
Florida Road
Minch
Key West
Florida Keys
Keys
Ike
Florida
Henry M. Flagler
Cuba
Walque
Janu
Senna
Atlantic
Gulf
Western Pacific Railroad
California
San Francisco
Brooklyn Eagle
Caratern
Alifornia
Oroville
Heckwith Pass
Western Pacific
Spring Garden
Quincy
Feather River
Beckwith Pass
Spanish Creek
New York Central Road
New York
Ig 2
Lunatics Overpower Aeronauts In Grandola Balloon Ride
Two aeronauts encounter a crowd of lunatics near a Grandola Italy asylum as the balloon descends. Patients seize the rope, two balloonists pelting ballast to dislodge, keepers intervene, one inmate entangled is carried away as the balloon escapes.
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Grandola
Italy
Lim
Aeronauta
Origins of the Guillotine and Its Namesake
The guillotine was named after Dr. Guillotin who did not invent it but publicly urged its use as a humane method of execution. A mechanic named Schunder under Dr Antonine Lou prepared the device, originally called tou tson or lousette. Guillotin narrowly escaped execution during the revolution and later helped found the Academy of Medicine in Paris. The highwayman executed in 1782 died by the blade.
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Wiley
House of Representatives
Stesemay
Politon
Washington
Wiley Long
Fren
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