Longevity Rules Spread From Health Advice and Hundred Year Club
Health guidance outlines cleanliness exercise diet and daily activity as keys to long life with new rules attributed to Sir James Sawyer. It mentions sleep posture fresh air, ventilation, mild daily exercise, temper control and open windows as part of a plan to reach advanced age. It also recounts inventor Santos-Dumont’s airship design and historical approaches to self propelled air travel including hydrogen craft and Zeppelin trials.
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James Sawyer
M. Santos-Dumont
Santos-Dumont
Langley
Maxim
Chanute
Lilienthal
Renard and Krebs
von Zeppelin
Lake Constance
Airship to Make Four Mile Voyage From Suresnes
Report states De Balioon has already performed aerial trips in Paris and that an airship intended for a four mile voyage will be built in Suresnes, a suburb, for a successful voyage.
Substitute Ear Trumpet Proposed for Public Venues
William G. Ehrhardt of New York City unveils a two part ear trumpet substitute designed for theaters opera and other public amusements. The hollow aluminium collectors attach to the head with a flat elastic tape keeping hands free and reducing the need to handle a traditional trumpet.
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William G. Ehrhardt
New York City
Biggest of Waterspouts Seen Off Campeche Bank
Captain Liddle and the crew of the steamship King Bleddyn observed a towering water column sixty to seventy feet high and about 100 feet square off Campeche bank in the Gulf of Mexico on the morning of September 16. The phenomenon lasted about half an hour, then reappeared briefly as the ship moved away, with foaming water surrounding the apparent eruption.
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Liddle
King Bleddyn
Mexico
Campeche Bank
Gulf of Mexico
Bleddyn
Cannon balls embedded in wall guard vault at Atlantic Mutual
Report describes a protective feature in the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company building in New York City. Cannon balls loosely embedded around the money vault create opposing surfaces to deter burglars by defeating wall picking tools.
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Atlantic’ Mutual ‘Insurance Company
New ‘York City
Campaign talkers and warm replies win votes in rallies
Across the country seasoned spotters who answer early and warmly often sway voters. A campaign speaker must parry hostile questions and fire back quick retorts to unhorse critics, a tactic illustrated by a story of a Boer War era English guard taking control to give a sleep deprived boy a rest.
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Henvy
The Back Pay Retort That Made a Senator Famous
A North Carolina congressman General James Madison Leach faced a heckler asking about his back pay. He taunted the crowd, singled out the man, and declared he would make him famous in about twenty seconds. The episode, recounted by Mr. Davitt, ends with the crowd cheering and no harm done.
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James Madison Leach
North Carolina
Leach
Congress
Carolinas
Gold use in arts dwarfs coinage worldwide
The article notes world gold stock near 1,100 tons with only 190 in coin form. Arts demand runs about 120 tons yearly, with four tons minted and a ton lost as waste. France, Britain, and the United States lead consumption for arts. Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Russia also high, plus sizable hoards in India and other nations.
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France
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Russia
India
French Tobacco Ban Drives Doctors to Quit Smoking
French medical men abandon tobacco due to the government monopoly and high taxes. Physicians say cigars from the Regie factories are uniformly bad, making total abstinence the only sensible option.
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Regie
Innovation in Japan trains female clerks in commercial schools
The latest development in Japan is the creation of commercial schools for training female clerks. A major Nippon railway company has announced it will hire women only in its large clerical department after a specified date.
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Japan
Nippon
Igi
Humorous Snapshots From scattered notices and quotes
A mosaic of light humor and social jests from late 19th century papers. Jokes on love duplicity and hats mingle with wry lines about teaching, fashion, and daily life. Brief quips touch on theater gossip and a glimpse of urban life and industry.
Kankakee River Tales and the Elysian Fields Vision
The passage recounts early Indiana lore around the Kankakee River in Starke and Laporte counties. It notes historic surveys by Jeremiah Smith from Washington and echoes poetical musings likening the river to Styx and Acheron. Residents now aim to transform its banks into Elysian Fields, despite enduring obstacles and state involvement.
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Starke
Laporte
Kankakee
Jeremiah Smith
Washington
Indiana
Mlinols
Acheron
Waeglish
Charon
Marcum’s Creek
English Lake
Door’ Prairie
Elysian Fields
Sequel and new titles in winter literary line up
Clive Holland plans a sequel to My Japanese Wife while Egerton Castle prepares The Secret Orchard for serial publication this winter. James Lane Allen's A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath will appear in a one volume edition from Macmillan with Hugh Thompson illustrations. A new life of George Eliot by Clara Thomson debuts in Westminster Biographies. Ruskin executors will issue selections from his diaries and letters but not a full biography. A first folio Shakespeare sold at Sotheby’s in London for 1260 dollars, with earlier prices ranging up to 8500 dollars for exceptionally fine copies.
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Clive Holland
Egerton Castle
Kentucky
James Lane Allen
Macmillan Company
Hugh Thompson
George Eliot
Clara Thomson
Westminster
England
Charles Eliot Norton
John Ruskin
Collingswood
Mr. Ruskin
Colonel McClure Faces Unruly Crowd at Assembly
Colonel A. K. McClure spoke to a large audience of farmers and others when the crowd rose and rushed to the benches mid speech. The chief speaker remained calm, addressing the disruption as it occurred.
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McClure
A. K. McClure
Goloner
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Glencoe
Dundee
Nicholson
Davitt
Tommy
Martin
Mr. Davitt
London Star
Meither
Unsere Gesellschaft
Philadelphia Bulletin
Jane
Glasgow Evening Times
Scott
Brooklyn
Johnny—Paw
Paw
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Bazar
George
Papa’s
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Philadelphia Press
Georgie
Nellie
Henry
Boston Transcript
New York
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