Matterhorn deaths and mountain risk in old note
The piece warns that the Matterhorn’s deadly climbs claim lives each season. It recounts the weeks ago death of Dr. Black and Miss Bell in a landslip and the miraculous escape of others. It highlights ongoing climber danger and the Roche de la Closette threat while segueing to an anecdote about Arabs visiting a newspaper office and reacting to the telephone as a marvel.
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Dr. Black
Miss Bell
London
Miss Trow
Carrel
The
Matterhorn
Roche de la Closette
How to Clean and Restore Ivory Piano Keys
A Chicago News tip recommends cleaning piano keys with damp muslin and alcohol to prevent yellowing. If discoloration exists, rub with cotton flannel dampened with Cologne water. Old ivory can be rejuvenated and oxalic acid solutions can remove stains, but use care to avoid bleaching adjacent areas.
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Chicago News
Autos In a Thunderstorm Safety Note From Chicago News
A Chicago News summary explains that autocar safety in a thunderstorm is high if the vehicle avoids the cloud discharge path by staying on open wet ground or the barest dry stretch, cautioning against conduction through large metal mass routes on wet roads. It notes rare cases where a conductive path forms and urges driving on hard road surfaces.
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Chicago News
Young Applicant Seeks Trust Role After Bucketshop Claim
A young man tells a magnate he wants to run his trust. The magnate asks about experience. The reply reveals five years running a bucketshop that defrauded the public, highlighting a contrast between ambition and disreputable background.
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Ohio State Journal
War on caterpillars organized by Park tree defenders
Philadelphia Fairmount park enlists a corps to scrub shade trees and kill falling caterpillars with brushes on long poles. Workers endure all day to prevent reemergence, rejecting tar traps and poisons as ineffective. The tale includes humorous digressions from a Philadelphia Record column and a Brooklyn Eagle cartoon caption about learning to ride.
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Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Honeycomb Ceil Density Measured At Nine Thousand Per Sq Ft
A square foot of honeycomb contains about 9 000 ceils, indicating high cell density in this natural structure. Researchers note the metric helps compare honeycomb efficiency and production potential across species and environments.
Rajah Brooke and the Sarawak Head Hunters
London Letter describes Rajah Brooke’s suppression of head hunting in Sarawak after fierce campaigns against the Muruts led by Okong. British officers and Dyak troops captured Okong’s capital, with impaled Dyak fortifications and prized heads and earthenware jugs carried back as spoils. The rajah governs Kuching from a brick palace, enforcing a self-made code of laws.
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London
Rajah Brooke
Sarawak
Borneo
New York
Brooke
Okong
Ricketts
Okohe
Murut
Kuching
Telephone Habit Run Amok Warns Times-Democrat
The New Orleans Times-Democrat cautions that the telephone habit can become a disease for many people including drinkers and young women. It notes risk to hearing and ear shape from prolonged use and suggests the practice may alter the voice’s mellowness, though these are speculative contingeicies.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
A Cure for Every Ill Announced by Dr Fralick
Utica Globe reports that Dr Wilfred G Fralick of New York claims a perfected therapeutic fluid cures tuberculosis and destroys disease germs. He says the blood enriched by the infusion strengthens immunity, antiseptic and tonic actions eradicate bacteria and prevent new infections. The panacea reportedly tested on varied bacilli with universal success.
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Wilfred G. Fralick
New York
Fralick
Utica Globe
Loomis Tests His Wit In American Humor Lecture
Charles Battell Loomis gave a lecture on American humor at a Scotch Plains church. After praising some humorists he read funny bits he called exquisite then revealed they were his own. His admission followed a question from a friend about the authorship of those last jokes.
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Charles Battell Loomis
Scotch Plains
New York Times
Loomis
Carelessness to Coalitions: Lauth Becomes Iron Mill Magnate
Bernard Lauth started in a Pittsburg rolling mill at age 11 and by 30 was manager and part owner of a small iron plant. He proved a supposedly spoiled iron superior to the best, leading to the cold rolled process. His experiments transformed his mill into a vast plant and made him a millionaire partners.
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Bernard Lauth
Pittsburg
Lauth
Talking crow Jim teaches words and curses in Danville tale
A Danville Virginia schoolteacher owns a crow named Jim that talks clearly after a year of training. The bird greets with good morning while replying with a string of curses, and a second Danville crow steals a toothbrush, which is later found lodged in a horse skull teeth. The master recounts the episode as a lesson in crow mischief.
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South
Danville
Jim
New York Times
Saenger Conducts Memorable Garrick Program With Horn Innovation
Gustave Saenger led the Garrick Orchestra and removed the cornet in favor of two French horns blending with the ensemble. He transposed part of Beethoven's funeral march into a dirge heightening the mood during a scene in the play Are You a Mason. The production, featuring Ditrichstein, Rice, and Cohen, elicited strong audience laughter as a political jab at Tammany.
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Gustave Saenger
The
Garrick
Saenger
Beethoven
Messrs
Ditrichstein
Rice
Miss Cohen
Incomes in India and currency reform success
The currency standard alteration in India yielded a treasury profit of £3,000,000 set aside as a gold fund nucleus, and a nearly £7,000,000 gold reserve. Native average income rose from 18 to 20 rupees, and cultivated area expanded from 194,000,000 to 217,000,000 acres.
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India
Do you know what my wife's strenuous motto is
A fragment from a Chicago Journal item presents a dialogue where Cumso asks about his wife’s motto during preserving season and Cawker replies that he can state it. The exchange hints at a local humor or feature column style without full context.
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Cumso
Cawker
Chicago
News and Views Mr Cramp Objects
Mr Charles H Cramp a veteran naval shipbuilder sparked debate by condemning the superimposed turret on modern battleships. He argues the two story design complicates gun handling, reduces target view, and hinders ventilation, advocating completely open turrets to avoid displacement and crew hardship.
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Cramp
Charles H. Cramp
Navy Department
Mr. Cramp
Old and the New in Nineteenth Century Papers
A comparison notes scarce personal news in 1851 and the modern abundance of petty items. The author contrasts the Herald Sun Tribune and Times and observes today’s newspapers are indispensable to many readers despite reduced historic personal coverage.
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Herald
the Sun
the Tribune
The
Times of Today
Sotember
N.w.ptre
Eoven
New York Times
General Corbin to Wed Edythe Patten in Washington
Announcement from Washington states General H C Corbin adjutant general of the army will marry Miss Edythe Patten in the city at the bride’s residence on November C¢.
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Corbin
Washington
Edythe Patten
H. C. Corbin
Army
Plea For The Chinese Students In The United States
The Brooklyn Eagle argues against barring Chinese students, praising Minister Wu Tingfang and urging open admission so China can civilize itself through its youths studying in America rather than being sent away at the gate of Pekin.
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Wu Ting-fang
Pekin
China
Brooklyn Eagle
Swallcts Excuse Attributed To Prohibition Candidate
Dr Swallow former gubernatorial candidate for the Prohibition party drew criticism for remarks about Mr Melkhinley reported in his paper. He says the comments were political and not aimed at the late President McKinley. The public deems such talk untimely amid grief, yet many share a forgiving view.
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Dr. Swallow
Prohibition Party
Melkhinley
Swallow
McKinley
Philadelphia Times
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