Plague Strikes Santos as Yellow Fever Past Misgivings
The article details Santos Brazil as a plague hotspot with dire sanitary failures from discharging sewage into harbors to flooded streets. It notes rats carrying disease, lack of quarantine, and calls for a modernized health system, while citing U S medical officers and the 1893 commission that improved the city. It mentions figures like Dr Vital Brazil and reports of seventeen cases with four deaths.
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New Orleans
Santos
Western Hemisphere
Americas
New York
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Minas
Friends of Santos
Portugal
India
United States
Rio
Central
South America
United States Marine Hospital Service
E. A. Feurtes
Cornell
Rudolph Herring
James H. Feurtes
Jaimes H. Feurtes
American Commission
Rio de Portugal
Havelburg
Vital Brazil
Rush for Automobiles in England
Several English car makers refuse new orders unless contracts include a nine months delivery clause.
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England
Borrowing Feud Sparks Tense Exchange in Philadelphia Record
A terse exchange in the Philadelphia Record features Frankleigh asking to borrow a hundred from Borrows, who replies he is broke and unable to lend. The brief dialogue captures street talk and financial strain in city life.
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Frankleigh
Philadelphia
Learned Tibetan Lama Dordji to Visit America and Cities
The Khanbo Lama Agouan Dordji, a leading Tibetan Buddhist scholar and eastern Asia ecclesiastical authority, plans an American tour after studying Buddhist literature in London museums and universities. He once lectured in Paris and once sparked Buddhist interest in Paris’s Musee Guimet. He favors ascetic living, refuses wealth, and will distribute a $2000 charitable grant through a public mass meeting committee to aid the poor.
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Agouan Dordji
America
London
Eastern Asia
Petersburg
Paris
Musee Guimet
Khanhbo Lama
Cocoa Palms Many Uses In Philippine Life
The cocoanut tree provides food from kernels and drink from the liquid inside the shell. Tuba wine is tapped from the central bud and, when fermented, yields vinegar and brandy. Husk fibers make ropes, shells carve spoons and beads, leaves roof houses, and roots supply dye. Coconut oil is widely produced, used for hair, lamps, and street lighting, with Manila exporting 130000 pesos of coconuts and 25000 pesos of oil to China and India.
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Philippine Archipelago
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Philippines
Manila
China
British India
Journal of the Society of Arts
Yankee Doodle and the Nation's Song
In the December National Magazine the familiar tune Yankee Doodle is praised as a defiant yet enduring symbol. The piece notes its deflation of ridicule yet its vital role as a marching tune for American armies and a marker of national sentiment, an indestructible American institution.
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National Magazine
America
War Echoes of a Defiant March at Bunker Hill
A fragment recalls a bold clash titled a clattering right-about-face battle march. The line evokes a fierce, defiant mood tied to American bicycles and a storied hill, hinting at a historical cadence and insurgent spirit. The passage suggests a patriotic, mobilizing moment.
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Bunker Hill
Eve's Apple Tree in Ceylon Is Paradise Legend
The isolation of Ceylon features a plant called Eve's apple tree or the forbidden fruit with orange exterior and crimson interior. Its fruit supposedly looks bitten and deadly, a legend linked by Mohammedans to Paradise and Eve's bite as a warning against the poisonous rind.
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Ceylon
Philadelphia
Paradise
Garden of Eden
Refuses a Million Dollars, Donates For Public Welfare
Mr. J. Sdads How of St. Louis declined a $1,000,000 inheritance and instead gave $2,000 for public welfare. The text notes his belief the money supports his work alleviating distress among the poor. It also highlights Sergt Baldry of the Eighteenth Hussars and his daring escape at Elandslaagte and Ladysmith during the Boer action.
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Lindell Boulevard
St. Louis
J. Sdads How
Sergt. Baldry
Eighteenth Hussars
Elandslaagte
Ladysmith
Joubert
Gallantergeant
Baldry
A Recipe to Vary Your Oyster Soup
A note on oyster soup variety suggests scalding a dozen large oysters in their juice, chopping them, and returning them to the liquor. Add onion, celery, parsley, then simmer with flour butter, broth, and cream. Season with cayenne white pepper and nutmeg for a finished, smooth soup.
Rocking Chairs Said to Cause Insanity
Physicians claim rocking chairs trigger nervous troubles in women and advise relegation from regular use. They warn that excess rocking tires the sitter and drains energy, urging alternatives to curb the habit.
Judges debate kissing the bride custom at weddings
In Manchester New Hampshire the issue of a justice of the peace kissing brides at weddings sparks contention as justices defend the act as an ancient custom and claim complete discretion in the ceremony.
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Manchester
N.H
Natal Mounted Police Troopers of South African War
A portrait and description of the Natal mounted police, a group of adventurous Englishmen serving as frontier troopers in the South African war. The article notes their rough rider image, knowledge of local terrain, and pivotal aid to English regular forces in recent fighting.
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Natal Mounted Police
The
Cape
Energetia
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