Russians in Matsuyama Prison Camp in Shikoku Island
London dispatch reports several hundred Russian prisoners kept in Matsuyama on Shikoku Island Japan. They enjoy limited freedoms, can shop and bathe, while letters are censored and officers fret over supervision. Rations and hospital facilities described with details on officers and privates perceptions.
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London
Matsuyama
Shikoku
Japan
Dogo
Czarina
Rurik
Kikuchi
Tower Trap at Pinehurst Gun Club Novel Shooting Feature
The Pinehurst Gun club introduces a tower trap with two top traps and a partitioned attendant area. Birds are released in five ways right left unknown overhead and doubles. Shooters face the tower except for overhead where they stand beneath it for challenging, varied angles.
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Pinehurst Gun Club
Europe
New York Sun
Wandering Visitor Stuns Philadelphia Saloons Crowd
A man of questionable appearance entered a Philadelphia saloon on Eleventh Street and announced his presence to the rear room, drawing interest from the thirsty crowd as onlookers whispered about his Odyssean attire and silk hat.
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Eleventh Street Thirst Emporium
Injured vaudeville hand displays scars of many schools
A Philadelphia Press recounts a battered performer who boasted of injuries from Berkley Cal Princeton Wisconsin and other institutes. He showed a grimy hand with broken fingers a fractured wrist a broken ankle and a broken knee cap as he recited Cicero and other linguistic stunts to a rapt, drinking audience.
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Rvom
Philadelphia Press
Berkley
Cal
Princeton
University of Wisconsin
Cicero
Yankee Inventiveness In a New England Village
In a Massachusetts town a man famed for two acts of ingenuity shows off a Europe tale. He visits Rome and sees a shrine with a slowly burning taper said to last seven centuries. He snuffs the candle with a puff proclaiming it a durable miracle and exits with a quiet chuckle.
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Massachusetts
Lippincott's
Europe
Rome
Allence
Japan's Imperial Library Shows Fiction Demand Lags
A Tokio imperial library report reveals Japan reads little fiction with 12 486 theology works making up 16 percent of holdings while 166 677 religion and science volumes dominate demand at 21 6 percent. Readers also sought 153 711 literature and language titles, about 18 percent, with history and geography accounting for similar interest. Art, engineering, military and naval topics have grown in recent additions.
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Imperial Library
Tokio
Our National Selfishness From Everybody's Magazine
Quote from Fredrick Trevor Hill discusses a pervasive national selfishness from ocean to ocean. He argues the average citizen demands to be left alone and excuses corruption to avoid reform. Reforms are mocked as hypocritical while business interests resist honest civic progress.
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Fredrick Trevor Hill
Everybody's Magazine
Ormerly
How to Build Strength Through Ju-Jitsu Training
A historical note explains that Japanese youths can gain notable strength in months by practicing a system that avoids heavy lifting. It emphasizes rest between exercises, deep breathing, and erect posture. Training sessions from 20 minutes to half an hour include focused breathing during routine drills.
Cat Battles Eagle On Moving Freight Train
A cat owned by a railroad engineer sat on the locomotive pilot during a westbound trip. An eagle attacked the cat, leading to a fierce battle aboard the moving train. The cat fought back with teeth and claws until the bird died after tearing a hole in the cat’s throat. the cat survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ergiseer
Reith
Fuse Safety On Electric Street Cars Explained
The New York Herald describes fuses as reliable safety devices in electric street cars. A fuse melts when excessive current risks motor insulation and overheating, opening the circuit to prevent damage. When blown, the fuse may vaporize and emit a small report with smoke.
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The
New York Herald
Hydrophobia Debate At County Medical Society Meeting
Physicians at a County Medical Society gathering argued that hydrophobia has a pathological entity and should be recognized as a distinct disease. Dr G Morton Illman discussed a case with autopsy while Dr M P Ravenel cited animal inoculation experiments showing uniform brain symptoms specific to rabies.
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County Medical Society
the College of Physicians
Philadephia Inquirer
G. Morton Illman
Ilman
M. P. Ravenel
Veterinary Department
University
Tailor Agent for Edward B. Grossman in Chicago
The advertisement notes an agent in Chicago for Edward B. Grossman & Co offering tailor made suits jackets waists capes furs and related items and publicizes the agency for Delineator.
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Edward B. Grossman & Co
Chicago
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Battereaé
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Berelio
Philadelphia
Citisen Smeers
Cat
Pacssy
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Miss L. ©. Ballard, Milliner
J. Monroe Davis
Zebelge
Parcers
Real Esfe
First National Bank
Fairbury
Neb
Coponiacuts &c
Scientific American
Ernest
Washington
L. P. Raymond
A. J. Sheldon
Sherwin-Williams
Thos. Nelson
Diller, Nebr
Neely’s Pharmacy
Edwin L. Feese
Diller
Dr. Brook
Dr. Neely
Bixby
Bank of Odell
H. 7. Diller
Dilla
Diller Brothers
Gaek
Frank T. Pearce
Dillbek
Nebraska
Recoan Office
J. G. Neely
Calla
Nes'y
Arveline
Marveline Co
Leavenworth
KAS
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