Brussels Visit Described In Personal Travel Notes
A traveler details impressions of Brussels and nearby sights, noting architecture similar to Paris but friendlier locals and cheaper hotels. The account covers meals, hotel costs, street life, ferrying taxis, notable sites like the King’s Promenade and St. Gudule, and Belgian hospitality, with colorful vignettes of natives, graffiti and urban scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Brnasota
Bois
Avenue Louise
Champs Elyacer
Warsloe
Lidiag
Europe
Paris
Ome
Gay Paree
Venice
Thiok
France
Honest friendships and federal reforms headline Hearst proposals
Hearst papers advocate a broad program including entangling alliances with nations, proportional Senate representation, separate military departments under a National Defense Secretary, targeted literacy abolition, January inaugurations, a federal sales tax to cut other taxes, a thirteen month year with Saturday holidays, a Nicaragua Canal, and acquisition of the West Indies as debt payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notte
George Washington
United States
Senate
Army
Navy
Air Forces
Secretary of National Defense
Education
Congress
Nicaragua Canal
Hearst Papers
English West Indies
Treaty negotiators fear exposure of secret aims
A Washington policy clash over the London naval treaty is described as risking naval defense and U.S. policy. Naval authorities argue the treaty leaves the Philippines undefended and jeopardizes open-door commerce. Critics say negotiators hid aims and drafted in secret to push radical policy changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of National
United States
Philippine Islands
Far East
Frank H. Simonds
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States Senate
Senate
German Putz Pushes Cask 550 Miles In Droll Feat
A German winter named Josef Putz reportedly pushed a cask of Moselle wine 550 miles, prompting playful anger and boastful claims about American feats. The item mocks national stereotypes and ends with a jab suggesting a rival challenge involving a cask of varnish remover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josef Putz
Herr Putz
Columbus Profile Sparks Absurdist Light
Dr Jean Charcot, a French scholar, concludes after a long search that Columbus was freckled, gray at 30, a vegetarian who abstained from alcohol and drank water with sugar, and used essence of black currants and attar of roses. The report, intended as unbiased, mocks the notion after more than four centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Charcot
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
Gray
Listen World The Nest and Lanier Poem Fragments
A garbled excerpt presents Elgie Robinson’s Listen World and references to Sidney Lanier. It hints at Lanier’s struggle with poverty and pain, his solace in nature near marshes and the poem The Micros of Alma or similar title, and a scattered, corrupted collage of thoughts, verses, and marginal notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Lanier
Hiiney Lanier
Telegony and heredity in animal breeding discussed
A detailed examination of telegony and inheritance in mammals and poultry, arguing the rarity of telegony, evaluating proposed sperm persistence and infection theories, and noting experimental breeding results. The piece cites mare and stallion matings, zebra and Leghorn genetics, and contrasts with historic beliefs while urging cautious interpretation of heredity claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eich
Abe
Meyers
Foxy &Tevens
Fory Stevens
Everett Zook
del Itteki
Jor Koperky
Stevens
George Sater
Hilent" Blattan
Ral
Ax Hie
Paul FB. Stettler
Vanishing Babies and Modern Life Pressures
The census shows fewer American babies due to cost and city life. In New York a newborn costs families about 700 dollars in the first year on a 69 dollar weekly salary, while factors like late marriage and birth control also deter births. The piece cites Malthus and contrasts past hardship with modern comforts, noting happiness and misery persist regardless of material change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York
Avery
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Belgium
Neluce
Fifth Avenue
Buckingham
Boia
Trvin Cobb
Bill
Fonny Hille
Billy
Nam Noone
St. Gudgle
Bevasele
Bowerver
Bruceels
Belgian Congo
Africa
Itelf
The
Hearst Papers Advocate
Elgie Robinson
Trecal Marshes
Pou Gaara
Wow
Tat
Payne
Teor
Nesond
AL EE
Winnie Etteher
Stralan
Toxin Pitener
Green
Lytied
Derry
Laegian
Ache Rieaare
Hekiardt
Aya
Halevan
Ra Star
Iver
Fapek
Halle Memond
Mange Cirean O
Ned Heard
Azores
Shamcock
Wion
Sig Thomas
Newport
San Antonio
Thead
Adina
Kinney
Hemairk
Doles
Serge Spe
Tig Fapingy
Warns Penne Eee
Bummiby
Welled
Iti
J. Mone
B. Metenworth
Pluvengen
Cotter
I. Sires Aakine
Whine Mune
Nectar Tanchase Hive
Gm Bore
Shay HiNa
Wiel
Meare Kluvengen
Sieur
Kincey
Bittner
Trurk
Merker
Thursnan
Aekine
Menghe
Alt Taupeier
Per Binney
Wiubie Para
Toa
Ware
Wen
England
Mise Vinten Jacob
Belen
Mendy
Zane Bo
Mixa Vacoh
Ranite
Dallas
Tapia
Malthus
Annie
Fish OF Chicago
Fish
Smith Brothers
Catton Neimost
Turnelr
Wroliniely
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