The Country Sunday and Drunkard's Craving Debated
The column discusses religious reflections on temperance and diet as cures for drinking, arguing mothers diet toward temperance, favors fruit heavy meals and nonalcoholic drinks, and cites Dr Brunt on thirst. It also reports beer and spirits consumption in eight nations, with Germany United Kingdom United States Austria France Hungary Italy Russia and resulting per capita figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunton
Devil's Hospital
Frances Willard
Imost
Germany
United Kingdom
United States
Austria
France
Hungary
Italy
Russia
Spain
Austria-Hungary
Alliance
No Drinkers and Temperance Debates Across Nations
The piece notes international whisky allowances and temperance discussions, citing varying gallon limits in the United States United Kingdom France and Russia. It quotes Mr Trelawny Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company Australia on sober crews and scheduling, plus Germany’s anti alcohol debates led by Dr Juliusburger and the Students Abstinence Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temperance Chronicle
Trelawny
Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company
Australia
Navigation Committee
Atlantic
Tropics
Germany
Juliusburger
Berlin
Reichstag
Temperance Means Success in Work and Life
Temperance means success and avoidance of whisky from a practical view. It argues whisky dulls perception and harms judgment, hindering careful work and ambition. The piece stresses resisting alcohol to protect career advancement and financial stability.
Mental Maladies and Alcohol Poisoning, A Swiss Professor Warns
Dr Alb Mahain of Juau sanne University Switzerland discusses mental maladies in Le Blen Social. He argues alcohol poisoning rivals morphia as a poison, with chronic alcoholism developing slowly under daily inoffensive doses and eroding character and intelligence. Neighbors misattribute changes to vice, masking the true cause until moral decadence and profound impairment become evident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alb. Mahain
Juausanne University
Switzerland
Physical effects of temperance among troops in South Africa
Sir Frederick Treves noted a 30 000 strong relief march to Ladysmith where the first losses were drinkers, a clear mark that alcohol did not build stamina. He argued spirits fail to confer lasting vigor, despite popular belief, in a London Queen commentary reflecting temperance wisdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Treves
South Africa
Ladysmith
London
Sultan Opens Bridge for Prince Costly Plea in Constantinople
A tale says the Turkish sultan ordered a bridge to open during its construction to let a ship pass, after learning his infant son cried for the flag view from the nursery. The move cost over 500000 dollars, inconveniencing citizens and wasting funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
London
Dolmabagtche
Iron hand of Goetz von Berlichingen preserved at Nuremberg
In the old chateau near Nuremberg is preserved the iron hand of Goetz von Berlichingen the famed German knight who lost his hand in battle. Goethe celebrated the warrior in a drama bearing his name. The hand is a glove of iron with an internal mechanism enabling movement.
placer gold found at Como mountain lake in Colorado
Two tourists near Como Camp, Colorado, dove into a ridge lake and discovered rich placer gold. The finder announced gold while the other, a former gold miner, exclaimed the discovery. The lake is described as the finest placer mine in the West and possibly the most remarkable find on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Como
Colorado
George
Man dies after rock crushes worker at Welsh quarry
Richard William Jones was killed at Lilanberis Quarry in Wales on June 17 when a large boulder pinned him. His comrades lifted the rock, he uttered a final hymn line, then they carried him to hospital where he died.
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Richard William Jones
Lilanberis
Wales
Journey of Silver Queen Carrier Pigeon Heroism
A homing pigeon named Silver Queen from South Pittsburg undertook a remarkable 1700 mile journey home in 30 days. Freed August 7 1900 from Denver’s Brown Palace Hotel she battled storms and hail returning via Zieback County South Dakota and a final perch at her owner's loft September 6 1900.
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Homing Club
South Pittsburg
Brown Palace
Denver
Pittsburg
Henry Homeyer
Zieback County
South Dakota
Homeyer
Albert Greb
Wigs Through the Ages and the Decline of Powders
An antiquarian overview notes wigs predate civilization with use by savages to seem formidable and by judges to heighten the law’s dread. The French Revolution ended the era, with prices quoted at 30 to 40 guineas for victims’ wigs. By 1858 clergy and officials shed the burden, though the Speaker of the House and lawyers still bore it. even footmen powdered their own hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Chronicle
France
England
Stuimner
House of Commons
Law
Stones or plants: Mesembryanthemum mimicry in South Africa
A South African Mesembryanthemum species grows on stony ground and resembles a pebble enough to be mistaken for stone. Another form on the Karru hills bears two large leaves like ducks’ CRES with a weathered stone color and a green tinge, briefly flowering bright yellow. A third variety mirrors quartz pebbles among which it thrives.
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South Africa
Karru
Chelsea characters used in Chel sea for china painting
Chelsea marks used on china painting are described as brands or characters. The note cites that these marks identify origin or maker and are applied to Chinese porcelain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
China
Good for the Lung Exercise Claim in Prose Voice
Reprinting guidance notes singing or repeating passages aloud as a top exercise for lungs and chest highlighting vocal activity as healthful.
Various Negligence and Property Law Notes Across Jurisdictions
A digest summarizing multiple 65 L.R.A. topics including unincorporated benefit associations in Indiana, quarry blasting liability in Montana, mutilated railroad tickets in Georgia, carrier delay and deterioration in Arkansas, standing on moving street car platforms in Ohio, interurban railroad control questions, insurer notes on employer baggage, creditor insurable interests in debtor life, parol gifts and conveyance questions in North Carolina, stock transfer priorities in Idaho and West Virginia, lighting liability in Pennsylvania, and a widow’s estoppel in North Carolina on probate grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
L. & A. Electric Street R. Co
Lohe
Ohio
Surprised the Boston Girl and the Duke of Argyll Wit
An Englishman and a Boston belle exchange flippant dialogue aboard a Canadian Pacific train near Manitoba. The duke, roughing it, and the young lady prize lofty talk about nature while the duke mockingly matches her lofty phrasing with comically highbrow banter. The anecdote appears in London Answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Argyll
Canada
Manitoba
Boston
London
The Shah Is Coming Prank On A Cincinnati Car
A passenger on a streetcar jokes about the shah of Persia visiting the United States. An older woman Bridget O Donoghue tries to set the record straight in a lighthearted exchange about her status and address at No 21 Third Avenue.
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United States
Bridget O'Donoghue
Errors of the Doctors and Medical Blunders Annotations
A New York World critique notes fatal misdiagnoses and medical blunders. It cites George W. Hennessey and John R. Millspaugh dying after doctors misread illness, bogus patient complaints, and ambulance misdiagnoses of intoxication. It praises Dr. Michael K. Warner for his final act to protect patients’ payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hennessey
United States Marine Hospital
New York
John R. Millspaugh
Detroit House of Correction
Daily Press
Michael K. Warner
Baltimore
New York World
Oily Art Exhibition Sparks Proposal Confusion
In a London Tit-Bits snippet, Tom King and Miss Gardiner attend a summer sale and picture exhibit. Tom doubts the meaning of a title while Gladys realizes that a card at the bottom reveals a marriage proposal and its acceptance, ending with the word Sold.
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Tomking
Miss Gardiner
Gladys
London
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