Long Lived British Engines and Sprain Remedies
A 1845 British engine still in daily use on Waterford Tramore line demonstrates longevity, while similar American builds show far shorter lifespans. The article explains sprains, their causes, rapid swelling, and home and medical treatments including hot or cold water immersion to relax muscles and reduce pain. It notes Paris digging reveals city subsoil layers from sixteenth to Gallic periods, illustrating how cities bury relics over centuries.
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United States
Place de l’Hotel de Ville
Paris
Sparrows and Hawks Speed Myth Debunked by Witchell
English naturalist Mr. C A Witchell argues bird flight speeds are overestimated. He cites the swift as wrongly credited with 150 mph and says 40 mph is nearer a pigeon’s true long distance speed. Homing pigeons reach about 60 mph, while a sparrow hawk often fails to catch smaller prey on short courses.
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C. A. Witchell
British engines boast long service as No 1 locomotive
The piece notes British pride in industrial prowess as the No 1 Great Northern engine marks its four millionth mile, built in 1870 and still used on express passenger runs. The Locomotive Magazine editor comments on the durability of British built engines versus American constructions.
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Great Northern
Locomotive Magazine
Treating Disease by Light in Phototherapy
The article notes Finsen of Copenhagen developed phototherapy using red light to limit scarring in smallpox patients. It explains blue chemical rays worsen eruptions and that concentrated chemical rays cure superficial skin diseases like lupus, with electric arc lights as a substitute for sunlight. The Light Institute's success prompted adoption in London hospitals.
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Finsen
Copenhagen
The
Light Institute
London Hospital
Mahogany Hunters in Central and South America
The excerpt describes men with experience harvesting mahogany in Central and South America. Trees are scattered and hidden in thickets, requiring two men a full day to fell one. A scaffold is built around the trunk, cut high, wasting much of the best wood, then hauled by oxen to a river to make rafts.
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Central
South America
Blast-Furnace Gas Motors Gain In Western Europe
In western Europe and especially Germany, gas powered motors using blast furnace gases are rising in use. They are less common in England and the United States but are reported to significantly cut the cost of sounding. The motors mainly drive air compressors and electric generators.
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Europe
Germany
England
United States
Remains of Prehistoric Mem Ahan 2 Studied
Under the auspices of the Institute researchers continue work in famous grottoes along the Riviera. Bones and other remains of prehistoric men have been found there at various times, and lately three entire skeletons have been discovered.
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Mem Ahan
Institute of 6
Mentone
Riviera
McKinley Memorial Arch group seeks national funding
The McKinley National Memorial Arch association formed in Washington aims to raise funds from Americans at home and abroad to build an arch at the entrance to a Potomac bridge to Virginia. Notable vice presidents include Bishop Potter, President Roosevelt, Admiral Dewey, and Lyman J. Gage. Miss Helen Gould agrees to join as a vice president and chair a women’s committee to support the drive.
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District of Columbia
Washington
Potomac River
Virginia Shore
Henry C. Potter
New York
Roosevelt
Lyman J. Gage
MacFarland
McKinley National Memorial Arch Association
Helen Gould
Miss Gould
National Association
Queen Alexandra's electric Victoria car and rural signs rise in era
A Queen's electric motor carriage, a compact self drives with four horsepower, reaches up to fourteen miles per hour, and offers thirty five to forty miles per charge. Meanwhile Milledgeville readers praise farm name signs on gateposts marking Midway Farm and other country improvements, foreseeing era of genteel rural adornments as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition looms in St Louis in 1903.
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Sandringham
Milledgeville Free Press
Midway Farm
Mail boxes at farm gates spark gatefront improvements
Letter boxes now appear at farm gate ways across many districts in several states along new government mail routes. Farmers respond by improving gate entrances to match the new boxes, with women and younger men often displeased by the contrast and driving changes to raise the gates to the letter box standard.
Historic House at Palace Green Thackeray Built for Last Days
The historic home of William Makepeace Thackeray at 2 Palace Green London was to be sold at auction. Thackeray leased and later demolished an old mansion on the site to build a modern house for his final years, with the property later selling for about ten thousand dollars more than its cost. A separate antique anecdote recalls General Sir Ian Hamilton’s spectacles found on a Boer battlefield and returned to him years later.
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Palace Green
London
Hyde Park
Kenston Palace
Queen Victoria
Thackeray
Sir Ian Hamilton
Majuba Hill
General Hamilton
Parsons Brother of Lord Rosse Brings Science Drive
Charles Algernon Parsons, inventor and builder of turbine engines for the ill-fated Viper and Cobra of the British navy, is a brother of Lord Rosse and a son of the celebrated Lord Rosse of the great telescope, inheriting a strong bent toward scientific research and mechanics.
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Charles Algernon Parsons
Lord Rosse
Cardinal Domenico Scampa Ailing Archbishop Of Bologna
Cardinal Domenico Swampa, archbishop of Bologna, lies critically ill after an apoplectic seizure. Born June 1851 in Fermo to obscure parents, he rose through law and theology, becoming archbishop of Bologna in 1892 and cardinal in May 1894.
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Domenico Scampa
Bologna
Leo
Peter
Fermo
Domenico Swampa
Montegranaro
Pius IX
Scampa
Apollonare
College of the Propaganda
Worthless Husband Sentenced Under New Minnesota Law
A Minneapolis man became the first to be convicted of failing to support his wife under the state’s new law. He received ninety days in the workhouse, with possible three years in the penitentiary as the maximum. The court indicated future offenders would face harsher treatment, as such offenses shift from misdemeanor to felonious status with hard labor penalties.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Connecticut Constitution Amendment Votes At Town Elections
The Connecticut electorate considered a constitutional convention to shift representation from townships to population. Cities favored the convention while most towns opposed it. The proposition prevailed by 20 311 votes. Amendments also passed to elect state officers by plurality and to increase the number of state senators.
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Connecticut
O'Neill Sees Little Value in Torpedo Boats
Admiral O'Neill, head of ordnance, criticizes torpedo boats and destroyers as of questionable utility. He suspects submarines and French designs lack proven worth, calling torpedo craft useful only as temporary scarecrows. The episode of torpedo boats with Cervera haunts public memory amid debate on their merit.
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Cervera
O’neil
Gloucester
Santiago
Miles Against Canteens Opinion Shifts in Army Canteen Debate
In his annual report Lt Gen Miles now says the army would be better off without the canteen and that the prohibition should stand. Once a staunch advocate who helped establish it, his reversal provokes wide comment as anti-canteen forces celebrate a notable victory.
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Miles
Genera Miles
Infected antitoxin sparks debate on diphtheria cure
The article laments deaths of eleven children in St Louis from lockjaw after diphtheria antitoxin inoculation. It notes the toxin likely came from horse serum from an animal that died of lockjaw, not from the antitoxin itself. It urges cautious use while affirming the remedy saves many lives.
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St. Louis
Wolcott and the Cabinet Speculation After McKinley Death
A Western Republican and Roosevelt ally says Roosevelt intended to retain Cabinet members. Other Republicans doubt this, predicting inevitable Cabinet changes after Congress receives the first annual message. Ex Senator Edward O Wolcott of Colorado is among the names frequently mentioned.
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Roosevelt
McKinley
Walcott
Washington
Chicago Inter Ocean
Congress
Edward QO. Wolcott
Colorado
Cleveland Steam Canal Boats Sold to Philippine Lighterage Firm
The Cleveland Steam Canal Boat Company sold its steam canal boats and corsorts once plying between Cleveland and New York via Lake Erie and the Erie canal. A new Philippine ventures corporation will carry on lighterage work, with vessels cut into sections to be shipped to Manila. The manager cites inability to compete with steam railway facilities as the reason for the shift.
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Cleveland Steam Canal Boat Company
Steam Canal
Cleveland
New York City
Lake Erie
Erie Canal
Philippine Islands
Manila
Folding Bicycle Gains Army Favor in Europe
The folding bicycle impresses military authorities for scouting and dispatch conveyance. It has no saddle valve, occupies little space, and presents a small target. Invented by Gerard of the French army, the design folds and can be carried on the back, with a strengthened frame for rigidity.
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Europe
Sapt
Gerard
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