Century Old Age Rules and a New Hundred Year Club
A late 19th or early 20th century feature outlines various longevity tips from doctors and lay sources, highlighting cleanliness, diet, exercise, and mental health. It mentions the Hundred Year Club and lists nineteen rules, with notes on sleep, room conditions, and daily routines. The piece shifts to aviation history, detailing Santos-Dumont's Brazilian-born engineer, his aircraft design, a two-bladed propeller craft, and past aviation experiments including Langley and Lilienthal, concluding with Zeppelin trials on Lake Constance showing limited success.
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Evershady
Velby
James Sawyer
Ying
Fermi
Santos-Dur Mont
Santos-Dumuont
Langley
Maxin
Ghaaute
Lilienthal
Suley
Kini Nenard
Krebs
van Zeppelin
Lake Constance
Substitute For Ear Trumpet For Theatral Use
Inventor William G Ehrhardt of New York City proposes a hollow truncated cone aluminum ear trumpet substitute. Two collectors attach to the head with a slotted keeper and elastic tape, allowing adjustable fit without tying. The device aims to free both hands and reduce caregiver effort during public amusements.
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Origa
William G. Ehrhardt
New York City
Biggest of Waterspouts Seen Near Campeche Bank
Captain Liddle and the crew of the steamship King Bleddyn report a towering waterspout sixty to seventy feet high and about 100 feet square that appeared near the Campeche bank in the Gulf of Mexico on the morning of September 16. The column, resembling a volcanic eruption, lasted about a half hour and was followed by renewed spouts as the vessel sailed away.
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Liddle
King Bleddyn
Mexico
Campeche Bank
Jatiinds
Gulf of Mexico
Mirate
Liddie
Bleduys
Secret defense device found in New York bank vault wall
A damaged OCR fragment describes a supposed secret method to deter burglars at the Atlante Mutual Insurance Company building in New York City. It mentions camndn balls embedded in walls around the money vault to frustrate wall penetration and burglary tools.
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Atlante Mutual Insurance Company
New York City
Blipperiness of Fish and Slippery Plant Note
Fragmentary text notes a comparison of fish slipperiness and a plant form named fun aus. It mentions a stimy coating to protect flora from attacks, with unclear scientific context and missing details.
Stump Retorts in Campaigns Stir Voters Amid Odd Anecdotes
A long-winded account contrasts sharp retorts with heavy arguments in political forums. It recalls a skit where a flatterer mocks an opponent, a Dutch sentinel tale about a Boer prisoner, and a cheeky promise to pay a debt, all illustrating how quick, humorous replies sway audiences during campaigns.
Retort Over Back Pay Boosts Leach Campaign
A North Carolina congressman General James Leach faced a hostile crowd over his vote for the so called calary grab. In a booth crowd moment a man shouted about back pay and the general coaxed him into the spotlight to reveal the truth, turning the moment into a famous retort cited by opponents.
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James Llaudison Leach
Leach
Congress
Siboothou
Global gold use paints, frames, and furniture beyond coin
The article notes only a fraction of the world gold supply exists as coin. Most goes to arts and industry including gilding, picture frames, signs, furniture, and pottery. Britain and the United States rank high in recoverable gold by arts production, with large losses diverted from circulation annually.
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Cain
France
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Iudia
French tobacco and the Regie monopoly urge smoking ban
French doctors say tobacco should be avoided as government monopoly cigars are consistently poor and taxes on other brands are steep making smoking impractical.
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Regie
Female clerks in Japan spark new training schools
The latest innovation in Japan is the creation of commercial schools to train female clerks, with Nipper’s largest railway company signaling limited entry for certain positions. The discussion hints at engagement and income timing, mentioning individuals like Arthur, Belle, and Dermumery in a fragmented social context.
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Japan
Nipper
Lhaté Worden
Bonats
Walts
Mise
Withers
Arthur
Belle
Quips and Quirks From a Past Paper Teaser Page
A jumbled OCR fragment from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper page features fragmented dialogues, humorous lines, and stray quotes. It mentions playful exchanges about love, a clever compliment, and social banter, with scattered references to figures like Mrs. O Reagan and Jane, plus brief sketches and a note on urban lighting machinery in New York City.
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O'Reagan
Tam
Pailadelphia Ballouz
Jane
Quan
Matam
Cnsformer
Glasgow
Scott
Zolf
Brooklyn
Johari
Baltimore
Jeb
Kanakakee Swamps Wake To Modern Irrigation Dreams
Local residents and officials in Indiana push to construct an artificial waterway along the Kankakee swamps to enable 20th century progress. The plan, backed by state authorities, faces legal hurdles yet prompts confidence as communities seek to tame the river and prevent drifting, while legends of Hades and Stygian pools fade amid practical water management efforts.
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Jeremiah Smith
Kookokee
Kankaker River
Indiana
Sun Perwit
Starke
Laporte
Tle
Lome
Wankakee
Wols
Charen
Marcum’s Creek
English Lake
Kankakea
Soula
Kankakee
Sotheby’s sells early Ruskin folio at £1,260
A damaged catalog fragment notes Sotheby’s London sale of a Meissen 14 by 81 inch facsimile of Ruskin’s art theory, linked to George Eliot and other figures. Earlier folio records reached sums like $8,500 for rare copies. past results include $390 to $2,075 across various auctions.
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Regerton Castte
George Eliot
Vans
Aetonz
Easle
Westminster
Pune
Charles
Elloe Naorton
Hod
Otter
Jobn Ruskin
Sotheby's Bhee
London
Colonel McClure Lonesome On Platform Orator Gaffe
Colonel A K McClure stood on many platforms amid a crowd. A speaker joked the crowd only came to look after the horses, leaving the audience in startled silence before the session resumed.
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McClure
A. K. McClure
Mcuture
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