Luck and Unluck in Human Fortune
A writer discusses luck as partly caused by personal deficiencies and misjudgments. He cites examples from history and private life, noting flaws in judgment, procrastination, and misreading others as frequent ruinous quirks. A tale from New Orleans Times-Democrat recounts a man duped by a fake train robbery story, ending with sharp irony about fate and success.
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10Ais XIV
Madame de Maintenon
Napoleon
Eugene Beauharnais
East
Arizona
Stotgy
Rush
Great American Desert
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Wholesale Faker in Newspapers Exposed as Public and Employer Deceiver
An old reporter recalls a notorious fake who duped a Northeast trust and several newspapers. He posed as a Hawaii correspondent for a Northern daily, then stayed in Frisco grinding out letters from the Palace Hotel. His vivid island life tales fooled many readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Frisco
Palace Hotel
Leg Breaker Who Made Money Suing for Damages
A prominent lawyer recalls a man who earned about twenty years by feigning leg injuries in new cities to sue municipalities for damages. He allegedly swindled defendants out of sums ranging from 1200 to 5000 dollars per case under a sugar refining patent pretense. The man denied the claims.
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West Virginia
Sioux City
Iowa
Ifemade
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Rome
Cork tiling offers quiet warm durable floor panels
Cork tiling made from virgin cork is now marketed as a pure compressed product free from cement and glue. It provides noiseless waterproof warm germ proof surfaces and withstands hard use. Panels in varied colors and densities serve as wainscoting or combined with tile floors.
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Scientific American
Chances of Army Promotion Lifted for Enlisted Men
The article notes a historic rise in commissions for new soldiers with many from the ranks earning officer appointments in the past year. It pledges to expand opportunities and recognize capable enlisted men who meet examination requirements, arguing former doubts about fair chances are unfounded.
Clever Bird in Mexico Builds Whole Home on Telegraph Pole
A Mexican melanarpes bird uses a telegraph post as a multi chamber home. At the base it digs a large hole for its family, higher up it creates an observatory with bored holes to scan the horizon, and still higher it stores food, turning the pole into house fortress and warehouse.
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Mexico
Queenstown Harbor hailed as vast and safe
Description of Queenstown Harbor portrays a three mile by two mile sheltered basin with ample room and high safety. It is claimed the entire British navy could comfortably ride within its waters.
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Queenstown
Helio graph in War Advances Sunlit Signaling
The heliograph or heliotrope has played a vital role in the South African War and in earlier Indian campaigns. It uses sun reflected signals to transmit messages over long distances, with distant stations read like a telegraph. The device is light, portable, and simple, weighing under ten pounds, and under clear air can be read at 100 miles, up to 15 words a minute.
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Miles
Gauss
California
Jfror
America
Scotch Highlands
Colonel Colby
British
Royal Engineers
Gibraltar
Tangier
Africa
United States
Signal Corps
Mites
Geronimo
Mountain Peak
Affghanistan
The Ideal Woman in a Man's Dream
Carrie I. Garrett argues in the Woman's Home Companion that the ideal woman is sympathetic and forgiving, with wit and reverence for conscience. Men seek a partner who looks up to him yet remains on his level, values religion, humor, and family prayer, and understands his jokes.
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Carrie I. Garrett
Woman's Home Companion
Father
How a Duke Earned Sixpence Story of Norfolk’s first coin
Friends recount how the Duke of Norfolk, among England’s wealthiest peers, earned his first sixpence with gusto. The tale emphasizes humble beginnings and the duke’s early frugality.
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Duke of Norfolk
England
Heliograph History and a Royal Tour Tale
The article traces heliograph use from Colby’s tin codes to mirror systems and the U S purchase in 1878. It notes British campaigns with heliographs in Afghanistan and the Boer War, then a Duke of the tour aiding travelers and collecting a sixpence from a Rome porter.
Paid Duty On A Mouse Creates Taxation Tale
A Philadelphia man kept a pet white mouse from Europe and faced a 20 percent duty. He protested but the board of general appraisers upheld the duty after appeal.
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Sam
Europe
Philadelphia
Board of Classification of General Appraisers
Parsley Neutralizes Onion Odor in Dishes
Parsley helps remove onion odor and aftertaste when used as a garnish. It is suggested for those who dislike the smell and for those who love onions and want a milder finish.
Dominance Shift Among Western Races
The struggle for supremacy in Western nations shows Anglo Saxon Teutonic and Scandinavian groups gaining influence over Latin races as their cultural ascendancy grows.
Vast Possibilities of Russia
If Russia succeeds in her plan to dominate Asia she could become mistress of some 100,000,000 people, a vast shift in power with global implications.
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Russia
Asia
Peruna Cure for Catarrh by Hon George Kersten
A Chicago man knights his nine year catarrh with Peruna after trying doctors and remedies. He took 18 weeks of Peruna and was cured for two and a half years with a permanent result. He urges others to seek absolute safeguard from catarrh and cold. He cites Dr Hartman’s Winter Catarrh booklet from Columbus Ohio for more information.
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Pernna
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Million Dollar Potato and Other Seeds Promised by Salzer Co
A catalog note from John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin touts seed varieties including Million Dollar Potato Rape Bromus Noeltz and 3 eared corn as great money makers for farmers. It offers 10 cent samples and 10 rare seeds with a request for postage.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
United States
CNA
Salter
Salzer
Abovo
Salzer Seed CO
la Chosse
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Heliograph
U. S. Army Heliograph Corps
South Africa
Peruna
George Kersten
Chicago
Geo. Kersten
Canada
Land of Plenty
Department of Interior
Ottawa
F. Pedley
L. VP. Holmes
Indianapelis
Ind
D. L. Caven
M. V. McInnes
Merrill Block
Detroit
Mich
Gov’t of Canada
C.O. D
AT. Swyth CO
W. Madison St
Salaa Zer
Johna Salzer
Hi. H. Green
Atlanta
L. A Ra
The
Lamb Mfe. Co
C'On
Rocky
JON M. Saivth CO
W. Mahton St
Ili
Fleane
Speltz
Tilone, OC
C.N
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton, Mass
Auelea
John M. Smyth Company
W. Madleon &J
CHICA
Ill
City Garden
la Crosan
Gregory
J. J. H. Gregory& Son
Marbletead
Mass
Tarter
BES
Hensio
John W.diorris
Washington, D.C
Pri
Atty Sioca
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