Metric System Spreads Worldwide From Paris Convention
From the New York Floridatrd account the International Convention of Weights and Measures promotes the metric system. It notes adoption in France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Britain, Egypt, Japan, and many others, with Denmark planning compulsory use in three years.
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New York
France
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Roumania
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Arontenegro
Sweden
Norway
Luxembourg
Argentina
Mexico
Peru
Colombia
Chile
Central America
United States
Russia
Greece
Great Britain
Ireland
Egypt
Denmark
Japan
Nicaragua
Bolivia
Guatemala
Paraguay
Siam
Turkey
Venezuela
Watching Daylight Robbers At The Ohio Street Show
A bustling downtown scene features Old Regular in a daylight con game. A crowd gathers as a big rat appears beneath a fruit stand, climbing orange boxes to reach a pile of English walnuts. Local onlookers describe the display as the town’s greatest show.
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Ohio State Journal
Old Regular
Plan immense Jewish colony in far away Mesopotamia
New York details the contemplated establishment of the world’s largest Jewish colony in Mesopotamia. International Jewish organizations back the project with financial resources over a hundred million dollars. The plan envisions a ten million population and aims to turn a country into a Jewish colony with strong support from Jewish Territorial and related groups led by I Zangwill and Jacob H Schiff in London.
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Mesopotamia
New York
Jacob H. Schiff
I. Zangwill
Jewish Territorial Organization
London
The World Embraces the Metric System and Notes Its Rise
The article argues for universal adoption of the metric system as a natural, global standard. It traces historical methods of measuring Earth, cites progress by China and Japan toward adoption, and contrasts factors delaying unity with the benefits of a simple, nature-based measure. It also reports on high music education costs and fundraising themes in operatic training.
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Pythagoras
Erososthenes
Fernel
Henri III
Paris
Amiens
Snellius
Ricard
Observatory of
Bouguer
Lacondamine
Peru
Maupertius
Clairaut
Laponia
New Minister Letter Confusion Over Black Eye Comment
In a Tatler dialogue Mrs. Peabody and the minister spar over a spousal injury remark. The exchange shows bewilderment at how a “physical wreck” husband could have caused a black eye and who bears responsibility.
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Tatler
Post Mortem Inquiry at Medical College Exam
A student in a medical college under examination is asked the cause of death in the destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii. He replies that they died of an eruption, an answer that underscores the moral of the moment.
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Argonaut
Herculaneum
Pompeii
Foam Extinguishes Petroleum Fires, German Tablet System
German chemists report a foam fire extinguisher using two solution chambers that mix to generate carbon dioxide and a stiff foam. Tests by fire chiefs show promise for garages groceries and yachts where flammable liquids are stored.
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Thomas M. Norton
Chemnitz
Germany
Winds of the Four Directions Poem by Luders
A lyric poem by Charles Heary Luders invokes the four winds. The speaker pleads for winds to spread cold and ice away from his beloved while asking the warm southern breeze to visit her, with vivid natural imagery throughout.
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Charles Heary Luders
Beelzebub Named Baby By Topeka Man In Old Tale
Walpptncott story recalls John Allen of Topeka once known as Kivete John retelling a street scene about Jasp White who after years of bachelor life marries and names his son Beelzebub citing biblical officers. In a separate note, coal mining over 17 years leaves 22,840 men dead, 10,000 widows, and 40,000 orphans.
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Walpptncott
John Allen
Topeka
Congress
Guh
Jasp
Beelzebub
Seaman Wins Rail Ticket By Word Of Honor
A well groomed man demanded a seamen’s return ticket to Birmingham at a British seaport booking office. Clerks refused, doubting his claim of being a sailor. The passenger defended himself with vivid talk, and the passenger superintendent overruled, confirming he is a sailor and granting the ticket.
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Birmingham
Secretary Knox Examines Globe For Global Reach
Expert geography tale places Secretary Knox with a six foot globe at his desk as he questions the sun’s setting and dust on the ball. A Pink Pennsylvania statesman engages a messenger in humorous banter about deserts and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Knox
Brooklyn
Wilfwin
Pegra
Sadie
Mr. Inox
Alliance of Mothers Aims to Teach Caring for Babies
Organization for Mothers in Philadelphia plans lectures in public school buildings after day sessions to reduce the city’s high infant death rate. Mothers will learn how to relieve and prevent illnesses, with prominent speakers addressing the meeting as a permanent group forms.
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Organization For
The
Philadelphia Times
Familiar Yarns of the Faculty at Yale University
A Bohemian portrait of Yale professors led by William Lyon Phelps and President Arthur Hadley. The piece blends humor and anecdote about Phelps’s student rapport and wit, West Point dog gags, and Hadley’s eccentric charm. It paints Yale’s faculty as practical, humorous insiders with strong ties to students.
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Yale
China
William Lyon Phelps Lampson
Sampson
Billy Phelps
Billy
Big Phelps
New Haven
West Point
Billy’ Phelps
Phelps
Rex Flinn
Arthur Twining Hadley
America
Hadley
Her Decision and His May Lippincotts Stage Crisis
An earnest stage aspirant refused engagement and threatened self harm. The manager, to calm her, agreed to listen and handed her a revolver from his desk drawer after a brief hearing. The incident unfolds as a dramatic plea for employment.
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May Lippincotts
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Bretecull
St. Cloud
H.schi
Damascus
ED Therory
New York Times
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Melbas
Gardens
Farrars
Europe
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Nordland
Lion
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Dr. Hadley
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