Wander-Lust
A traveler sings of moving across roads and rails with book and staff in hand. The speaker, a pilgrim of the earth, seeks wide horizons beyond walls and towns, driven by the fire of travel and the joy of motion.
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1905
Page
2
The Second Floor Dwellers and a Steam Conspiracy
In a Boston lodging house, Mary leaves steam heater risks to Jeremiah J. Penrose Jr. of Norcross Brothers. Amy Noble befriends him, they share mischief and affection, and their romance grows into an arranged match as he works to fix the heater and win her heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
la Grippe
Mrs. Brown
Avery
Norcross Brothers, Plumbing and Heating
Jeremiah J. Penrose, Jr
Jeremiah, Jr
Boston
Becau
Jérémiah, Jr
Goodby
Amy Noble
Penrose
Trey
Amy Nobles
Jerry
Radium Therapy Seen Spreading in Hospitals
Hugo Lieber, inventor of radium coatings used at Flower Hospital, predicts rapid adoption of radium in cancer treatment across continental and British hospitals. He cites European use for cancer and lupus, notes price surges from 150 to 600 700 dollars, and praises New York physicians Abbe Morton King Dieffenbach Piffard for lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Lieber
Flower Hospital
New York
Lieber
England
France
Germany
Europe
Berlin
Markwald
Vienna
Freund
Holzknecht
Nienstaed
Curie
Paris
London
Creeping Rails Prompt Rail Instability and Remedies
A discussion of rails that creep beneath trains cites instability of track, loose foundations, and short rail sections as causes. Experts favor continuous support and split rail joints over spikes, with calls for improved track construction and longer term fixes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Age
Lidenthal
F. S. Stevens
Country Week Memory on Wind-swept Dark Harbor Piazza
C D Gibson recalls a country week trip with poor children from a city slum. He helped a thin urchin onto a farm wagon and watched the boy marvel at rolling pastures and a silver bay, joking that crowded grass must need many cops to keep it clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Gibson
Dark Harbor
Mr. Gibson
Drawing Back from Danger Widow Weeds Fascinating Matchem
A witty note from the New York Mail features Mrs. Weeds, a widow of 20, as Mrs. Matchem introduces her while Oldbatch jokes about not becoming her twenty-first husband.
Pad More than He Earned
A humorous exchange between an office boy and the proprietor notes the boy earns four a week and gives his mother all he saves. The proprietor asks what happens to the remaining three and a half, highlighting a comic wage dispute from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Even the Poorest See Romance in Family Garden
Mrs Nexdore affirms her daughter loves music, while Mrs Peprey agrees she adores it and even her own. A father’s objections to a suitor prompt the wife to stay silent, trusting the father’s downtown dealings and discernment over the mother’s knowledge of the young man.
Ventilated Barrel for Shipping Perishables
A Southern inventor introduces a novel ventilated barrel designed for long distance shipment of spinach kale and other garden produce. The two-tier stave construction creates inner vertical air ducts and offset ventilation slots that stay open, ensuring thorough ventilation and reduced spoilage.
Airship design promises safer passenger flight
A Minnesota inventor showcases an airship with a light metal keel and curved buoyant chambers. The craft uses twin propellers and bevel gear systems to move up or down, with bow and stern rudders for steering and a cabin housing a motor and shafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Fragmentary Note Recounts a Local Incident
A garbled report describes an unclear event involving an older woman and a man named Crabbe. Details are missing and the sequence of actions is not understandable from the readable text.
Cat Rides 154 Miles on Paddington Swindon Mail Engine
A Paddington to Swindon mail train carried an unauthorized passenger, a black cat, who rode the engine for 154 miles. The cat perched between engine and tender resisting cleaners and porters, eventually alighting at dawn in Eastbourne Terrace with soot and oil on its fur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paddington
Swindon
London Express
Eastbourne Terrace
The Ideal Diet for Body Needs and Growth
An essay argues that daily food should meet physiological requirements to maintain weight nitrogen balance health and endurance. A slight excess may prevent under nutrition but long term overconsumption harms health. It notes adolescence needs for tissue growth and warns against laziness and worthlessness in large people.
Sailor Reveals Odd Customs of Circassian Women
In a curious tale a sailor describes sizing Circassian women by their features and attire. He recounts an old-fashioned test involving trousers and a presiding tailor, warning of the social dangers and urging politeness toward women. A second vignette features painter Joseph Mordech and a Yale anecdote about a prince and a sitter, ending with a child’s tale.
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Sanne
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Seton
Weston
Goodne Crabbe
Mary Jackowski
Michael Jackowski
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Sailor
Caressa
Joseph Mordec
Yale
Angel
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