Treatment claims to revitalize youth through electricityInventor Lewin promotes brain stimulation at Stanford
Five years of experiments by John J. Lewin, chief electrician at Stanford, propose electricity as an elixir of youth to prevent brain fatigue. The program, nicknamed hitting the brush, asserts improved mental stamina with no reported harm. Geronimo’s captivity at Fort Sill is blamed for his mental decline after years of pursuit and confinement.
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Brainiag
Jordan
Stanford University
California
John J. Lewin
Lewin
Geronimo
Vinita
Ind. T
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Sheridan
George Crook
Crook
Miles
Sister of Mrs Gould sails to serve leper settlement
Miss Hilla May Clemmons sister of Mrs Howard Gould has sailed for China to devote her life to humble service in a leper settlement. She views it as a divine obligation to immolate herself for the most wretched, with no regret or sympathy from Mrs Gould who remains in Paris amid her husband’s wealth.
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Hilla May Clemmons
Howard Gould
China
Molokai
Damien
Hemisphere
Gayelles
Paris
The Wilson sisters lead British society beauty wave
Two Wilson sisters including the young Countess of Chesterfield captivate London society with red-gold hair brown eyes and a flawless complexion. Debut at a royal drawing room boosts their status as modern fashion’s leading beauties surpassing past icons like the Dudleys and Londonderrys.
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Gunning
Moncrieffe
Wilson
Countess of Chesterfield
Louise Wilson
Countesses
Dudley
Warwick
Helen Vincent
Londonderry
Chesterfield
Hull
Great Britain
Canadian Parliament Debates Shorter Sessions
After a six month session the dominion papers call for a shorter term and better business methods. Critics blame the wind jammed oratory and low pay. John Charlton proposes adopting American House limits with five and ten minute debate allotments to speed proceedings.
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John Charlton
M. P
House of Representatives
Widow of Liscum in Manila Amid Grief for Tien-Tsin Hero
The widow of Liscum, prostrated with grief for her husband the hero of Tien-Tsin, who fell leading the Ninth Regiment, U S A. She is now in Manila with Captain Ahern and his wife.
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Mrs. Liscum
Ninth Regiment
Manila
Captain Ahern
Free-Cent Telephone Debuts in Cleveland Anew
The American Toll Telephone company starts operation in Cleveland Ohio introducing the Autophone a purely mechanical coin pay system with no electrical connections. A nickel ceils the buzzer by the coin slide tripping a wound spring while small coins pass without triggering the device. The slide hole matches a nickel exactly and resists mutilated coins to prevent jams.
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American Toll Telephone Company
Cleveland
Astor Milne insult sparks expected duel in high society
Weekly Panorama reports rising tension after the Astor Milne insult incident. A half hearted Pall Mall Gazette apology fails to satisfy Sir Berkeley Milne and his supporters. The code among English elites may be used, and the Prince of Wales and Milne’s allies demand fuller satisfaction beyond Astor’s current concession.
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Astor-Milne
Pall Mall Gazette
Sir Berkeley Milne
Prince of Wales
Sir Berkeley
Grant's Grandchild Becomes Princess Cantacuzene in Paris
Miss Julia Dent Grant, granddaughter of Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Dent Grant, became Princess Cantacuzene after a Paris birth. The wedding occurred in Newport last summer and ranks among notable society events. The princess resembles her grandfather, with brown hair and eyes like her mother Mrs. Fred Grant, and stands tall and slender.
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Grant
Cantacuzene
Paris
Julia Dent Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Newport
Fred Grant
Byzantium
Chicago Autowans attract country visitors with nickel rides
A dry goods firm recently commissioned three electric omni buses in Chicago. Auto vans seating eleven passengers beside the driver offer twenty mile per hour max speed. Seven more carriages will join the line as factory output allows.
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Chicago
New York Debates Banning the Hand Organ
The city weighs banning the hand organ amid concerns it disrupts work and public quiet. Supporters and opponents argue over its value and nuisance, with potential ripple effects to other cities if New York acts.
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New York
George Eliot
Maggie Tulliver
Chicago Girl Receives First Musical Instruction After Engagement
Miss Bessie Macdonald of Chicago announced engagement to Baron Rudolph de Hirsch of Munich. She studied music in Chicago and, while in Munich, received an offer to sing at Covent Garden. Returning to Chicago last August she suffered nervous prostration from overwork and resumed leading roles in January with the Castle Square company.
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Bessie Macdonald
Chicago
Baron Rudolph de Hirsch
Munich
Bavaria
Gran Company
Covent Garden
London
Castle Square
Savage-Grau
One Hundred Year Club Opens in Chicago
Chicago hosts a novelty club where members vow to live one hundred years. Notables include Fernando Jones and Mrs. Mary Ann Otis. Otis predicts reaching 100 in 1898 while praising plain food and a quiet life. Judge Otis urges joining the Don’t Worry Club to avoid unnecessary stress.
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Chicago
Philadelphia Times
Windy City
Fernando Jones
Wen
L. B. Otis
Mary Ann Otis
Seaside Belle’s Endless Millinery Tricks
A seaside belle bragged of a “wild extravagance” in hats. She carried a white Leghorn and a black straw, reshaping and combining them with trims to create unique looks each day. Her trunk held more millinery, yet two hats supplied endless possibilities. Pluck and industry made her technique affordable.
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Seaside
Special Berth Bant Tops Hoboken Arrival
Among North German Lloyd Lahn passengers at Hoboken are Mr. and Mrs. Chauncy Morian of Indianapolis Ind. He is 33 and weighs 450 pounds while she is 26 and weighs 250. Morian says he is glad to stand solid ground again after gaining 20 pounds on ship. A special berth and a dining room seat were built for him to accommodate travel. After customs they left for home on a Pennsylvania Railroad train.
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Bant
Hoboken
New York Times
Chauncy Morian
Indianapolis
Ind
Morian
Mrs. Morian
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Storage Battery Lighting on Trains Gains Traction
Recent developments in train lighting with storage batteries as an important adjunct suggest electric light will soon illuminate day and sleeping coaches on steam railroads. Not only in the United States, but a large English railway company is equipping fifty day coaches with dynamos and storage batteries, a system successfully tested for months.
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United States
England
British Government Camels in India for Regimental Moves
The British government owns over 25 000 camels with several thousand used in India to carry stores and equipment as regiments move quarters along the line of march.
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India
Small Wounds Dangerous Infections Warn Doctor
A Berlin physician warns that minor wounds can cause severe harm. He cites a thumb injury sample where 18 wounds led to permanent disability in 60 percent of cases, underscoring hidden risks of simple injuries.
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Berlin
Li Hung Chang and the Eastern Diplomatic Landscape
A historical portrait of Li Hung Chang as a dominant eastern statesman, detailing his efforts to modernize China, balance foreign powers, and negotiate with Japan's Marquis Ito. The excerpt recalls the era's diplomatic complexity, notes on railways, telegraphs, and military expansion, and hints at a voyage anecdote from 1877 involving an elephant.
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Janus
China
Ces
Japan
Ito
Great Men Met On His Journey and Li Hung Chang Tales
The narrative recalls Li Hung Chang and Gladstone and Bismarck, praising Grant and detailing Li Hung Chang’s long influence in China. It covers Taiping rebellion, foreign involvement, Li’s rise to viceroy, wealth from concessions, and a 19th century clash with Gordon amid the era’s colonial upheavals. It closes with animal anecdotes and a note from M. Fawkes.
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Li Hung Chang
East
Bismarck
Gladstone
Salisbury
General Grant
Grant
Frederick 5. Ward
Gordon
Pekin
Hung Tse Chuen
Hung Tse
China
Yang-tse
Nanking
Imperial Army
Frederick E. Ward
Tien-Tain
Pechili
Tien-Tsin
Indian Songwriter Claude Haynes Claims Pioneer Status
Special correspondence describes Claude Haynes a Kiowa who asserts he is the first Native American to write and publish songs. He recalls a trance inspired debut at age 15 for ghost dances, but later abandoned medicine songs to focus on love sonnets.
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Inter- Ocean
Claude Haynes
Haynes
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