Fire Scene Built for Lubin Studio Melodrama
Barry Neil of Lubin stock firm arranges a staged fire with 400 to 500 onlookers, a journalist reports a dramatic rehearsal featuring a rescued heroine, a brave fireman, and a faithful dog, as the blaze is created with a chemist’s help and a guaranteed non destructive setup.
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Art of 30 000 Years Ago Statuettes Exhibited in Paris
Three bas-reliefs dated about 30 000 B C were shown before the French Academy of Inscriptions. The male figure is lean and athletic with an impression of readiness to cast a spear, while the women appear heavier. hair falls in long, close waves.
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French Academy of Inscriptions
Ontario farm settlement plan weighs ready made farms
The Ontario government debates funding a large farming expansion with five million dollars. It weighs ready made farms versus loans to settlers to test their ability, stressing that success hinges on the choice of settlers and the construction of good roads to attract families to new districts.
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Ontario
O Otario
Bloodhounds Trace Omaha Murder to Two Suspects
In Omaha last year Herman Cohn was killed near his home. Two bloodhounds used a show scent tracked the killers across parks and rails, leading to two young men identified by Colin as the murderers after encounters along the railroad line.
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Omaha
Neb
Herman Cohn
la Plate
Colin
Dolls of Cord and Worsted Craft Idea for Babies
A simple baby doll can be made by a big sister or brother using soft white cord or worsted. Wind the material on a cardboard, tie a knot near the end, cut loops, reverse the skein, and knot again to form a firm head. A face can be marked on after.
Napoleon’s tailors led his wardrobe growth in 1806
Paris April 4 The Chevalier account books revealing Napoleon’s tailor bills from July 1805 to June 1809 show the Emperor enlarging coronation garments and coats as he put on flesh. Items include enlarging coats and trousers, new linings, epaulettes and stars, with frequent upgrades and generous spending.
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Napoleon
Paris
Chevalier
Real Eugene Aram relic sale recalls famed case
The piece discusses Eugene Aram and Lord Lytton in contrast to the York convict. It notes Aram's intellect and classical learning, his defence reputedly a remarkable plea by a celebrated lawyer. The article shifts to slave-hound use on plantations and in the South and West, describing their continued role in tracking criminals.
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Lord Lytton
Aram
York
Britain
Thomas Lord Erskine
Bloodhounds Through History and Breed Variations
The article surveys bloodhound lineage and strains, noting India’s Rampore hound and a ferocious, leather-whip disciplined feral type. It mentions a Spanish bloodhound linked to slave days, tracing origins, temperament, and uses while warning about trained aggression.
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India
Spain
Cuba
Liability to sickness varies by occupation in Germany
The report lists illness rates per 100 workers aged 15 to 60 across occupations. Notably high figures appear among iron and metal workers, builders' workmen, and leather trades, with lower rates among tailors and storekeepers' assistants, indicating occupational exposure effects on sickness.
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Germany
Obacco
Railway Workmen And Factory Workers In Industrial Sectors
Railway workmen numbering 142, workers in chemical factories totaling 170, and miners at 184 are listed as major labor groups in the latest industrial census. This breakdown highlights employment distribution across transport, chemical production, and mining sectors.
Growing Diamonds by Artificial Means Reported
W von Bolton reports experiments showing carbon compounds exposed to mercury vapor decompose and form amorphous carbon and microscopic diamonds. Fine diamond powder placed on sodium silicate and exposed to mercury vapors at 100 degrees with illuminating gas yields small black carbon and crystals that burn completely in oxygen.
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W. von Bolton
Bolton
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