Centennial items at exposition show relics and debates
A long item list describes The Olde Time cabin with New England relics, a Russian leather display, and a large painting in the Ohio State building. It notes retrenchment of Centennial staff, a 400 plus year old tree section in the Canadian Log House, and heated discussions over Indian policy. It also covers open drains, a centennial hospital cue, and critics of the women's exhibit. The text ends with notes on Behring Strait butterfly origins and a calculation rule for wagon spokes.
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New England
United States
Ohio State Building
Lake Erie
Lawrence
Conmodore Perry
Philadelphia
Teago Keening Journal
Howells
The
Atlantic Monthly
Detroit Free Press
Painted Lady
Vanessa Cardus
South America
North America
Scudder
New World
Behring’s Straits
Wagner
Asmerica
Asia
Australia
New Zealand
Mechanical tips and boiler copper skin experiments
An exchange remarks on cooling homes by ventilated openings and moist grass mats, notes Austria testing copper-lined locomotive boiler skin reducing scaling, and discusses future fuel trends toward gas in rolling mills. It cites an American concern on furnace forms and aims to adapt existing furnaces for gas or minimal modification while experiments show carriage wheel weight figures.
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India
Austria
Alantifuelurer
Inguech
Religious and Educational Notes Across Nations and England
The Christian Union surveys religious and educational topics in Europe and Britain. It notes church membership losses in Britain due to intemperance, vacation schools in Providence Rhode Island, a call for a royal commission on elementary education, and a Presbyterian semi centennial in Indianapolis. It also reports progress of Sunday schools on the Continent, travel teaching in Germany, and curious London missionary notes. It discusses summer educational conventions, attendance uncertainty, and the expected benefit of broader teacher participation.
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Newman Wall
Great Britain
Providence
R. L
London
Indiana
Presbyterian
Presbyterianism
Indianapolis
Joseph. Tuttle
Walush College
Europe
France
Paris
Germany
Sehilig
Countess Goetz
City of London
London Missionary Journal
Bridgewater Gardens
Howe & Man
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Christian Union
Spelling Reform Report Endorsed by Phi lological Association
A committee of the American Philological Association reported yesterday in this city that spelling reform should faithfully reflect spoken speech and accept practical limits. The plan envisions an ideal alphabet with distinct signs for each sound, while acknowledging no language can have a perfect system. It urges breaking down entrenched prejudices and adopting a uniform Roman alphabet adaptation for English, with scholars and educators leading the change.
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American Philological Association
Leech Breeding Farms Expand Across Europe
The article traces the rise of regulated leech farms after near depletion of wild stocks. French demand spurred cultivation, then Hungary Turkey Greece Germany and others joined. Marsh beds are subdivided into five to six acre compartments with dual ditches and controlled flooding. A central reservoir keeps 40 000 to 60 000 leeches per acre ready for market.
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Hungary
Turkey
Greece
Germany
Algeria
Syria
Leech Harvest Cycle Described in Chambers Journal
The article details a yearly leech farming cycle from digging to breeding to collection. It explains seasonal underground periods, spring and summer feeding on horses, and late summer harvesting by fishers using boats to beat ponds and recover large and young leeches for market.
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x—Chambers
Grandmother's Trick Indicts Gambler in Natchez Swindle
In Natchez a gambler was indicted for swindling two thousand dollars with the grandmother's trick. Judge Richard Turner, new to cards, questioned the statute but allowed the case to proceed after a demonstration by Karl Wurst. The trick misled the judge. he found the defendant guilty, fined, and imprisoned.
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Natchez
A& Rich Greeny
Richard Turner
Karl Wurst
Hurst
New Orleans Times
Philadelphia writer on American progress in surgery
Por Gross of Philadelphia writes on American progress in surgery since 1776. He argues surgeons treat fractures and dislocations more scientifically than in other countries and makes similar claims about joints general affections and amputations.
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Por. Gross
Philadelphia
Textile Mills Dividend Signal Amid New England Losses
Gwenara reports about forty cotton mills, most paying dividends in the past year, while numerous New England mills operated at a loss, reflecting divergent regional trends in the textile industry.
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Gwenara
New England
Waters Inferred Egg Batter Recipe Card
Two eggs beaten with a pinch of salt then stirred with flour to a stiff dough. Knead well, roll very thin, and bake or fry as a crisp flat batter.
Oriental Splendor in Constantinople and Abdal Aziz’s Finances
A Constantinople letter notes Abdul Aziz’s private jewelry collection seized for cash with an estimated 6,000,000 Turkish pounds. It highlights a costly solid-gold coffee service appraised around £10,000, and contrasts lavish past display with modern Turkish restraint. The piece details Turkish women’s dress and the decline of princely splendor under surmising reforms led by the Sultana Valide and a cautious fiscal approach.
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Constantinople
New York Times
Abdul Aziz
Finance Department
Atlantic
New York
Turkey
Seraglio
Conaq
Palais Royal
Pashas
Heys
Kialar Agha
Sultana Valide
Do Birds Die a Natural Death
John Burroughs contends that birds may die without violence and shares anecdotes of sparrows vireos and other species dying from disease or accidents. He notes birds’ instinct to vanish before death, questions if even hardy birds die of old age, and muses on causes of death for hummingbirds swallows and other aerial species as published in Scribner's Monthly.
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John Burroughs
Scribner's Monthly
Public Speakers Use religious phrases in hope of praise
An observer notes that notably wicked men often vent in public speeches phrases like Thank God I have been praised and In the mercy of Providence, suggesting a credibility gap between piety and deeds. The remark highlights the clash between professed virtue and public action.
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Sidney
Mechanical and Scientific
Religious and Educational
Oriental Splendor
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