The Lance as a Parmless Weapon Prof Schaffer Warns
Prof Schaffer a noted German surgeon argues the lance lacks a heart and would be more deadly if enlarged. Britain ships about 50 million tons of coal annually to multiple nations with bunker coal adding roughly 11 million tons. Vienna horse meat shops number 185 and feature clear displays with signposts. Sicilian cities use leather disks behind horses nostrils to curb breath when required.
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Great Britain
France
Russia
Spain
America
Sweden
India
East
Gates Opened On Norway High Roads Delaying Travelers
A feature of Norway’s travel routes is the abundance of gates numbering over 10 000 nationwide. These gates mark farm boundaries and separate home fields from waste lands, forcing travelers to stop their vehicles and dismount to open each one, causing inconvenience and delay.
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Norway
First Honolulu Letter Carriers Learn Streets and Census
Letter carriers were sent from the Honolulu post office on August 14 to acquaint residents with the forthcoming free delivery system and to map streets and house numbers, aiming for a near complete census of the city before free mail delivery began.
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Honolulu
Islands
German Edict Promotes German Terms in School Sports
The Wurtemberg ministry of education orders teachers to replace English sports terms with German equivalents. Coaches must use native words in gymnastic instruction and games, such as substituting kicken and football jargon with German forms.
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Wurtemberg
Jealous Prague Professor Bequeaths 15000 for 200 Year Preserve
Dr. Von Jirusch a pharmacology professor at Prague University leaves nearly 15000 to the National Museum. His will requires all belongings furniture clothes plate linen library manuscripts and letters to be packed in air tight cases and kept for 200 years to enlighten people of the twenty second century about manners and habits of the twentieth.
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von Jirusch
Prague University
National Museum of
the City
Ink stained hands mark new house desks in use
Representatives in the house display deep black ink on their hands from ink wells built into the desk edges. When pressed, ink spills onto one or both hands as members stroll along the aisle, with an estimated fifty members daubed in a single day.
Wisconsin gambling wage offset invalidated by Supreme Court
A Wisconsin gambling dispute held that an agreement crediting and debiting card game winnings to employee wage accounts is void. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled the arrangement against public policy and in violation of gambling statutes, preserving wage integrity and prohibiting such settlement method.
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Wisconsin
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Spider Silk Gloves Captivate Fashion Leaders
A Paris hosier notes fashion leaders pay up to 2001 for spider silk gloves. A firm calculates 1,350,000 yards of single thread needed for one square yard of dress silk. Thread thickness ranges from 1 1000 to 1 4000 inch and bears 60 grains.
Rouen Town Gifts Conditioned Prize For Giants
Rouen faces an awkward decision after a millionaire's will leaves his fortune to the municipality with a yearly prize of 25000 dollars for a pair of giants whose offspring may enhance the French race. Candidates are already lined up, including a 27 year old police officer famed for his health and extraordinary size.
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Rouen
Fur as a Trimming for Seasonable Gowns
Barah Davidson surveys the evolving role of fur in fashion, noting that fur now trims veils, collars, and gowns beyond traditional capes. She highlights elaborate gowns featuring mink, sable, and Mongolian fur, discusses high costs and frequent alterations, and predicts ongoing fur usage with varied sleeves and collars while advising cautious purchases.
Wordplay and Wit Across U S Newsapers
A collage of quips and jokes from multiple papers shows light humor about common follies. Puck and other editors poke at human foibles while a servant jokes about a tramp triggering hydrophobia in a startled mistress. The snippet captures era tone and playful banter.
Reflections of a Bachelor: Love Tricks and Cold Romances
A humorous collection of cynical maxims on love and marriage. It mocks men chasing status by humiliating others and women treating distant letters as marriage proposals. The tone, from the New York Press, exposes dating games and social wiles in casual, witty prose.
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N. Y
Hanging Gardens Beyond Babylon and Arabian Terraced Groves
Describes ancient Babylon's five terrace gardens and 500 year old wonders. Notes analogous hanging gardens on world mountains including Sheraizi near Muscat with steep cliff town, water-fed ledges, and verdant terraces irrigated by a mountain stream.
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Babylon
New York Sun
China
Col
Arabia
Muscat
Verdure
Sheraizi
Plucky Little Bird and a Surprised Philadelphia Teacher
Dr. Charles C. Abbott discusses bravery in birds as kinglets clash with an Acadian owl, causing waking turmoil and a chaotic cascade of avian alarms. A Philadelphia kindergarten teacher is surprised by children misidentifying animals during a drill, revealing assumptions about visual demonstrations.
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Charles C. Abbott
St. Nicholas
Philadelphia
Coon of High Degree at Keppel’s Print Shop
A satirical portrait of Rastus a favored coon of Frederick Keppel in New York. The animal roams the engraving stock, socializes with Ernest Thompson Seton and Oliver Herford, and exhibits pickpocket tricks and artful nibbling of prints. He washes treats in a tub and wipes paws on cuffs.
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Rastus
Frederick Keppel
Sixteenth Street
New York
Mr. Keppel
Ernest Thompson Seton
Oliver Herford
Fagin
Chinese Officialdom Reform Plans Bring Officials Together
The Sin Wan Pao notes a plan by Chang Chih tung and Tuan Fang of Hupeh to link officials. Subordinates once visited superiors at yamens twice a month, now a central meeting place in Wuchang hosts six fixed days monthly for joint assemblies resembling a parliament. Japan adopts a similar yearly practice for mutual counsel.
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Sin Wan Pao
Chang Chih-tung
Tuan Fang
Hupeh
Wuchang
Japan
Shanghai Mercury
Mexican Squirrel Described as Colorful Global Species
A Country Life feature notes squirrels are widespread across warm forests from India to Central America, with the showcased specimen described as carnelian red on the head and back, pearly gray body, and a splendid tail. It highlights their tameness and domestication potential, contrasting with the northern red squirrel.
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Far East
Central America
Guiana's Queer Sentinel Lizard Described In Paris Museum Report
The sentinel lizard of Guiana named for its loud hiss at predators is described. A four foot long specimen sent to the Paris Museum of Natural History delighted officials, though it could not be fully and safely studied. Locals claim the oval lizard fry is delicacy. natives call it Teju or Tupinambis nigropunctatus.
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Barah Davidson
Guiana
Museum of Natural History
Paris
M. Merwaert
French Guiana
Museum Aliy
Growing demand spurs larger school buildings across western Canada
The article notes population growth in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, prompting construction of larger school facilities. It cites free homestead laws and cheap railway lands as incentives for settlers, with government agents active to attract newcomers and widespread advertisements in papers naming locations and opportunities.
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Cang
Manitoba
Assi
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
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Plucky Little Bird
Coon
ST. Jacobs
Carter
Salzer
Stampa
Aaa
North Dakota
Morton
Lal
Balle Seneot
Chicago
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