Diverse Curiosities From A Chicago Campus To World News
A mixed dispatch covers a sparrow nesting in University of Chicago arch carvings, Monte Carlo gambling prospects in Servia, first lucifer match claims, a Cambridge arithmetic curiosity, unusual bookbinding uses of eggs and milk, lightning linked bird sightings, a cat surviving by tail, and cocoa plantation shade practices in South America. The items reflect quirky reports and brief notes from science, culture, and society.
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South America
Bald Heads Seek Restored Hair in Cascia Cascia Waters
Bald-headed visitors are advised to visit Casciana in northern Italy to test its waters said to restore hair and plumage. A historic tale links the eleventh century Countess Matilda's blackbird to bathes in Cas cilana's marshes, inspiring court ladies to grow hair and feel renewed.
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Casciana
Italy
Matilda
Cascilana
Effects of Chloroform Explored by Harvard Professor
Harvard University professor William James cited in Edinburgh address describes half conscious states during anesthesia with chloroform ether and nitrous oxide. He notes exaltation of mind fades as normal state returns and speculates other mental phases may lie beyond waking consciousness. Dr Andrew Wilson challenges the certainty of stimulating phases yielding clear psychological insights.
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William James
Harvard University
Edinburgh
Andrew Wilson
James
French chamber president Bourgeois voices muted by noise
In the French Chamber M Bourgeois or the French chamber of deputies has a weak voice drowned by noise. He must ring the bell more often than his predecessor M Deschanel who cracked three bells with hard ringing. A bell substitutes for a gavel to maintain order.
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M. Bourgeois
Chamber of Deputies
M. Deschanel
Chamber
Bullet in Babe's Brain Injures Wisconsin Child
Three year old Emil Wagner of Waucoma Wisconsin was discharged from St Josephs Hospital with a bullet in his brain. It is believed he will carry it the rest of his life but without inconvenience. The boy was wounded May 5 by his nine year old brother with a small rifle as they walked in a field on their fathers farm near Wautoma Wisconsin.
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Babe
Emil Wagner
Wautoma
Wis
St. Joseph's Hospital
Milwaukee Sentinel
What Might Have Been Echoes of Different Lives
Quotation from Edith Wharton’s The Valley of Decision notes a man’s life remembered after death by a crowd of identical spectral figures. Each figure identifies themselves as the different lives he might have led, reflecting on paths not taken.
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Edith Wharton
World’s Largest Car Built for Paris Doctor Trip
A Parisian doctor plans to circle the globe in a massive automobile under construction. He will travel with two medical students. The vehicle includes two sleeping compartments a large work room and four large oil tanks for storage.
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A brief remark notes that a man with stomach trouble always finds something to occupy his mind.
Salisbury resigns high office as Balfour becomes Prime Minister
Lord Salisbury resigns the premiership of Great Britain and his nephew Arthur J. Balfour becomes prime minister. The article traces Salisbury multiple terms and party leadership, noting key cabinet positions and past general elections shaping the Conservative government.
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Salisbury
Balfour
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
Arthur J. Balfour
Gladstone
House of Commons
Liberal Party
Bern
India
Turkey
Conservative
Echoes of Killarney and a Fourth of July Quip
A Patriotic Echo recalls Gen St Clair Mulhollands tale of an Irish echo reversing the Fourth of July boast with You lie. A note on railroad tie preservation notes new plants rising to serve railroads lacking timber. A Chicago bookmaker OLeary wins 18000 in a poker bluff at Canfields Saratoga club. Historic Poker Row tale linked to Gen Dorris. Gov Odell withholds extradition papers in a custody case in Connecticut domestic dispute.
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Gen. St. Clair Mulholland
Killarney
Ireland
Philadelphia
Jim O'Leary
Chicago
Canfield
Saratoga Club
New Orleans
O'Leary
West
St. Louis
Olive Street
James A. Dorris
Dorris
Gov. Odell
New York
Connecticut
Annual Henley Regatta a Scene of Beauty
The Henley-on-Thames regatta draws an cosmopolitan crowd with Americans Yale Princeton and Harvard colors competing against British university crews and top clubs. The three day festival features bands bands of musicians, fine foods, and lively spectator revelry as the river scene fills with flannel blazers and parasols.
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Henley ‘Regatta
Henley-on the-Thames
American
Europe
Atlantic
Britain
Little Island
England
Yale
Wea
Eton
Cambridge
Trinity
Library Building Erected in Memory of Gladstone
St Deiniol's library rises on Hawarden hill in England as a national memorial to William Ewart Gladstone. The new building houses about 35 000 volumes from his Hawarden library and preserves his arrangement. Endowment of £10 000 nears completion. No opening date set.
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Gladstone
Hawarden
Dee
Cheshire Plain
England
St. Deiniols
St. Deiniol’s
Tyre
Hawarden Castle
Helsby
Preacher Loses Trousers During Rural Service Tale
A minister staying near a remote chapel cannot find his new trousers after an overnight visit. A farmer’s wife explains her husband borrowed them, requesting the preacher to rest in bed until he returns. Sir George Dibbs’s title saga ends with a humorous Chicago miscue and mixed reception in Australia.
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Sir George
Sydney
United States
Chicago
Sir George Dibbs
Australia
D—m Chicago Dibbs
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Toll
Fifty-seventh Street
University of Chicago
George
Chicago Tribune
New Monte Carlo
Servia
Toptchidere Park
Belgrade
Skupastchina
Michel Obrenovitch
Stockton-on-Tees
John Walker
Durham
Walker
Stockton
British Institution of Electrical Engineers
Leonard Joseph
Neil
Earl Rosebery
Commons
Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
Chamberlain
Scotland
Treasury
Thames
Henley
London
Iley
Empire of Business
Mr. Dibbs
Manchester Guardian
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