Fly Book Loss Triggers Long Chase Across Waters
A burglar steals a treasured fly book valued as much as any heirloom, containing salmon trout and bass flies from Maine to California. The owner, "bewailing the loss" of the collection, pursues leads through prisons, pawnshops, and advertisements, hoping to recover the pocketbook that mapped the world of big game flies. The article notes famed flies tied for Norways’ salmon, cascades of Irish, Scottish, English waters, and memories of battles with lunkers. Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Manler
H'e
Norway
Maine
California
Canada
Pittsburg Dispatch
The Needs of the Negro Defended by W E B Du Bois
A speech excerpt argues for the ballot as a defense and guarantee of freedom and work in the struggle of African Americans. Du Bois asserts unity of work culture liberty and race progress with American ideals, urging America to value humility, faith, and talent of the freedmen.
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W. E. B. du Bois
Harvard
America
Annie Rooney
Titan crane lifts fifty ton blocks on Scottish sea wall
A colossal 700 ton Titan crane in Scotland can lift 100 ton loads and modern locomotives with ease as it builds the Peterhead sea wall. Its 100 foot arm reaches into the sea while a rotating platform guides four sheaved blocks and suspended cables. The massive machine, rivaling government gun cranes, shapes granite blocks for the new sea barrier.
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Scotland
Los Angeles Times
Peterhead
Garrote as a merciful yet brutal death device
A New York Journal article examines the garrote used to execute the Spanish premier’s assassin. It details the device’s alleged instant death, the lack of blood, and the brutal, lingering potential when wielded by a violent executioner. It cites Ma loja’s 1881 hanging in Matanzas as an example of prolonged strangulation.
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Exen
Ineventor
Spain
Maloja
Matanzas
Cuba
New York Journal
Salads as a Diet Advocated by Mia. T. Rorer
Mia. 8. T. Rorer in the Ladies Home Journal extols salads as wholesome diet. She urges green vegetables with olive oil lemon juice and light seasonings, notes oils aid digestion and blood salts, and suggests salads at meals even with game courses.
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Mia
T. Rorer
Ladies’ Home Journal
Woes of the Mosquito From Washington Star
Mosquito enemies include the dragonfly and the spider both feeding on larvae and adults. Dragonflies prey in two life stages but are impractical to raise in quantity in dark woods. The text argues against relying on dragonflies alone to solve the mosquito problem, urging a search for alternative methods.
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Washington Star
Paul Revere Public School Planned for Boston
Boston will build a new public school named for Paul Revere at an estimated cost around 3 million dollars. The structure will feature light pink granite and brick faced walls with terra cotta accents and include public bathing facilities for students.
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Sionton's New School
Boston
Paul Revere
Elephants in Burmese Works Aid Heavy Labor Operations
A description of elephants trained for public works in Burma and Mysore forests. They haul huge teak logs, drag timber, and perform tasks with ease. A noted capture near a kheddah shows a herd driven into an open gate, allowing engineers to secure 10 elephants with remarkable efficiency.
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N Burmah
Mc Works
Burmab
Mysore
Kheddah
Accidental Gold Finds in Western Mining History
The narrative recalls unexpected gold discoveries linked to graves and graveside scenes in 19th century mining lore. It recounts Leadville splits and figures who, while burial or grave digging, uncovered rich fortunes, including Dead Man's Claim and other fortunes born from chance.
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Klonike
California
Felic
Leadville
Rieb
Ages of Trees Reported by German Scientists
German scientists have furnished information on tree ages. Pines reach 500 to 700 years, silver fir about 425, larch 275, red beech 245, aspen 210, birch 200, ash 170, elder 145, and elm 130 years.
Colors in Coal Tar Dyes Provide Wide Shade Range
Coal tar used for dyes yields sixteen shades of blue and yellow tints, twelve orange, nine violet, plus numerous other colors and shades, illustrating the extensive palette obtainable from this material.
Northwestern scenes and railroad information offered for ten cents
An aggregation of notices mentions Mrs Coll Mann at Mrs Eva Fays millinery, fishing prospects in the Northwest, and a Great Northern Railway hunting and fishing bulletin. It advertises an art book of Northwestern scenes, sheet music offers, a railroad publication describing routes to Seattle Sitka Juneau Dyea and glaciers, and a ginger snaps sale at Skif's cash grocery.
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Minnesota
Whitney
G. P
T. A
Great Northern Railway
St Paul
Minn
G Valley
PT. Whitney
Ge PN
Popular Music Pon. Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Amska
Seattle
Sitka
Junea
Dyea
Yukon
O— FL
Warrsey G. P.& Sac
Great Northern Rail
St. F
Ul, Minn
Thrice-a-Week World Promotes Wide Coverage and Value
The New York World Thrice-a-Week edition boasts 418 pages weekly, 156 papers yearly, and a one dollar weekly price. It promises prompt political news, impartial reporting, world coverage with special correspondents, vivid illustrations, and departments for households and women. Subscribe for one year with The Arcona for 75 cents, a combined value under a two-dollar regular rate.
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Tux Arcono
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Axtell & Cox
Coll Mann
Eva Fay
Skif’s
Cath Grocery
THE
New York World
Colorado
Phillip
Kane
Texas
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