Koepenick Captain Voight the Ex-Con Wins Mock Officer Fame
Berlin police arrest William Voight a 56 year old former shoemaker and career criminal who impersonated a First Guards captain in the Koepenick raid. He boasts never serving in the army yet amused officers by finishing his breakfast before police transport.
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Voight
Germany
Koepenick
First Guards Regiment
Lange Street
Berlin
William Voight
Police
Vieclims
Thoepenick
Dr. Langerhans
Dr. Langerhans, the Burgomaster. Dr. Langerhans
Cage
Ame Riore
Lombroso
London News
Philadelphia
Birds Warn Mobile of Incoming Coast Storm
Reports from Mobile describe sea birds such as Mother Cary's chicks and sea gulls fortelling a coastal storm. Frightened birds arrived in increasing numbers from Mobile Bay signaling danger, with pelicans following as the disaster struck the city and caused significant property and life losses.
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Mobile
Mobile Bay
Paul Revere
Mother Cary
The Message of Christ to Capital Sermon in Brooklyn
The Rev. J. W. Henderson at Irving Square Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn argues labor remains central in the economy despite capital power. He warns against corporate centralization and argues wealth should serve the public good under Christian ethics, urging the wealthy to elevate labor, wages, and social welfare.
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Brooklyn
Irving Square Presbyterian Church
W. Henderson
March of Trade
Commonwealth
God
Christ
Jesus Christ
Armor impacts and guns threaten warship durability
Brig Gen William Crozier warns in his annual ordnance report that twelve inch coastal guns would not survive a two hour engagement as ships close and retreat. He proposes lowering projectile velocity to extend life, with tradeoffs in armor penetration and range, suggesting a Lt inch gun as longer lasting in high power needs.
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United States
William Crozier
Crozier
Crogier
Taft Board
Department
Happiness as a chase and the lure of eternity
Hawthorne contrasts pursuing happiness with stumbling into it by chance. He warns that chasing happiness becomes a wild goose chase and may vanish when claimed, while true happiness is bound to eternity and can unsettle even spirits in earthly form.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Washington Legislature Caps Rail Fares at New Rates
The Washington legislature at its latest session passed a law setting maximum railroad fares at 3 cents per mile for adults and 14 percent for children.
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Regislature of
Washington
Public health warning on alcohol and social costs
Professor P Brouardel warns ministers miscalculate alcohol duties by ignoring the social cost of alcoholism. He cites ruined families and dependent children as a public danger. He urges universal education of this principle to protect future society from the consequences of intemperance.
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P. Brouardel
Pupnatel
Response to Prayer In Newman Hall
A compact meditation asserts there is no true prayer without response and describes invisible heavenly wires delivering divine blessings as the electric stream of love touches the soil through Newman Hall.
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Newman Hall
Feed and care tips for poultry and livestock from Indianapolis News
Detailed feeding schedules for young chicks, including baked cornbread oats and green foods, plus brooding temperatures and housing. Also covers calf and lamb rearing tips, milking practices, grain substitutions, and farmstead ventilation and sanitation practices. Targets practical, era-appropriate husbandry guidance with emphasis on health, cleanliness, and gradual feeding transitions.
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Indianapolis News
Purification of Milk via Perhydrol Method Reported
The Matin reports Professor Behring of Marburg has developed a process to make milk germ free without altering nutrition. A gramme perhydrol per litre plus heat to about 122 degrees Fahrenheit decomposes to water and oxygen, yielding milk free of microbes and potentially indefinitely storable. Behring warns daylight exposure may reduce milk quality. advocates green or red bottles. The piece also notes to wash milk utensils with hot water and rinse after pasteurization.
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Matin
Behring
Marburg
Germany
France
Ministry of the Interior
Mili
Cowpeas Improve Lawn Soils in Favorable Conditions
The article argues cowpeas as a soil amendment for lawns, noting their ability to mellow soil, add fertility, and suppress weeds. Under good conditions a single crop often suffices to prepare soil. poor soil may require two crops to achieve the right physical state and nutrient balance.
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Asia
Sinai
Garden Notes on Poultry and Horticulture Practices
The article discusses poultry care highlighting guineas as hardy birds useful for pest control, and young stock useful for meat. It then shifts to flower garden prep, bulb care, and winter bee keeping with advice on trenching, manure, and storage for bulbs and canna plants.
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New York City
ST le FA
Tae
Frevi
Capital
Ohige
Mike Uke
Indianapolis
Guinea
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