The Poison of Insects and Their Bites Explained
Dr Neward chief entomologist explains that insect bites and stings are rarely deadly. He details bees wasps spiders and various bugs and shows many feared toxins are overestimated while noting true poisons affect mainly other insects. He cites cases of bee stings and rare human fatalities with context on immunity and misattributed deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Europe
Berta
William Frew
England
Frew
Orst
Herbert H. Smith
United States
Connecticut
South Carolina
Wiisky
Bourhwell
New England
Cra
Glover
West
Hoston
Mexico
Durango
Edward Palmer
Central America
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Is Athletic Training Useful in a Turbulent Wrestling Match
Washington Post profile contrasts Nouroulah the Turkish wrestler and Cleveland’s Tom Jenkins, praising Jenkins’ muscular form while mocking Nouroulah’s obesity and alleged lack of training. The piece argues athletic training quality and quotes Surgeon General Hammond, questioning vitality costs of exercise.
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Washington Post
Nouroulah
Turk
Rom Jenkins
Cleveland
America
England
Jenkins
Noureulah
Cleveland Wonder
Tom Jenkins
Roeber
Kansas
William A. Hammond
Beautiful Indian Girls and Intermarriage Laws Highlight Territory
The piece surveys Native American beauty standards among tribes in Minnesota and Indian Territory noting increased mixed blood and education. It details harsher intermarriage laws in Chickasaw and other nations, license fees, headrights, and the rise of wealth-driven marriages, plus profiles of notable Cherokee and Chickasaw women and a forthcoming national compilation on American journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Indian Territory
Tookah Turner
Cr. Turner
Muskogee
Miss Turner
Rachel Davis Brady
Georgia
Ross
Joshua Ross
Hoss
Dr. Thompson
Pleasant Porter
Leota Crabtree
Aban
Isparhecher
It Just Struck Mer in Detroit Hotel Dinner Scene
In a Detroit hotel a dinner table encounter reveals a woman recognizing a man she cannot identify. The mystery man seems to know her too as memory betrays them. A companion urges forgetfulness while suspense builds around a possible husband reunion and past marriage reveal.
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Detroit
Amie
Inter
Annie
Chicago
Teapot Door Alarm Used by Assistant Secretary Atlee
In New York Times reports Assistant Secretary of State Atlee, who is deaf, uses a homemade alert system. A teapot hangs from a chair, attached to a door by a string, so when a visitor enters the door lifts the pot to head level and then lowers it with a crash as the door closes. The device startles visitors, prompting Atlee to greet with a smile and offer assistance.
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New York Times
Atlee
History of American Journalism Washington Letter
The Librarian of Congress will publish a book compiled by Ralph M Meikun of the periodical department. It will offer a brief history of American journalism with newspapers organized by states, including long-dead papers and the newest titles.
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Washington
Ubrarian of Congress
Ralph M. Meikunaie
Pressure of modern life judged as no greater than past times
A Boston Transcript essay argues the so-called nervous drive of modern life is a delusion. It mocks business culture, criticizes rapid lifestyle rhetoric, and claims centuries past rebels endured equal or greater mental strain through famed authors and climactic routines. It suggests nostalgia distorts hardship.
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Boston Transcript
Woodern
Sintsing
New York
England
London
Atlantic
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Balzac
Byron
Corinth
Butchers Ad Conumption in New York Mall and Express
A fragment discusses a belief that butchers suffer from consumption, noting no evidence among local butchers in their market. The speaker reflects on rumor, personal experience with illness, and suggests climate or environment may influence the condition, but finds no substantiated cases among long-time workers.
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New York Mall
Wington
Colorado
Egypt
Peter Jackson Pugilist Dies After Long Ring War
Peter Jackson famed as the best colored heavyweight dies in Australia after a two year illness. His career spanned wins over Lees and Johnson, a famed 61 round bout with Corbett, and a later clash with Jeffries ended his boxing life.
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George Siler
Chicago Tribune
Peter Jackson
Australia
Peter
England
Jackson
Klondike
Zipser
Porto Rico
West Indies
Jacksonville
Fla
Bill Farman
Australa
Tom Lees
George Godfrey
Boston
America
California A. C
Big Joe
Joe
McAuliffe
Patsy Cardiff
Jie
Chicago
Sailor Brown
Mike Lynch
Paddy Brennan
Ginger McCormick
Jack Fallon
Alf Mitchell
Jack Partridge
Jem Young
Jack Watts
Caddy Meddings
Alf Ball
Jack Watson
Charles E. Davies
Jem Smith
Pelican Club
London
Jack Ashton
Jack Failon
Gus Lambert
Gus
Dick Keating
Louisville
Denver
Ed” Smith
Battery D
Billy Muldoon
Smith
Miller
Isin
Jim Corbett
California Athletic Club
Corbett
al Fish
Jackie
Jack Dalton
Fish
King
Dalton
Frank Slavin
National Sporting Club
California
Davies
Uncle Tom
L. M. Houseman
Eddy Foy
Mason and Dixon
Jeffries
Dust on Sea Vessels Baffles Mariners at Ocean Watch
An old mariner describes dust accumulating on ships at sea, noting it despite skeptics. He cites meteorological and evolutionary theories, questioning why fine particles settle from the wet sea mists and commenting on the high specific gravity of sea dust.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Darwin
Dust Squeezed From Water by Natural Forces on a Vessel
The speaker explains how dust particles suspended in air are kept aloft by wind but drawn toward a moving vessel through centripetal attraction. He argues two forces act in harmony: upward air currents and a centripetal pull from the ship that gathers dust toward Earth’s center, noting the oddity of squeezing dust out of water as a natural consequence.
Passing of the Habitants from Quebec to Modern Times
A Quebec letter notes the fading habitant as modernization reshapes the region. Railways and telegraphs erode old isolation, farms subdivide along riverfronts, and the old feudal and religious life slowly yields to industrial change, while habitant lore remains a rich, unmatched cultural treasure.
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Quebec
New York Post
Canada
Ichabod
Lower
St. Lawrence River
Laurentian Hills
Montreal
Habitants
Voyageur
Carter
New England
Department of Habitant Lfe
Atlantic
Wowan Observing Faculty in New York Journal
An 1890s column asserts women have long been trained to observe covertly for self protection, likening their vigilance to a horse’s perceptive side vision and noting their power to notice details others miss.
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New York Journal
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Dr. Neward
Department of Agriculture
Five Civilized Nations
McKenzie
Mer
History of American Journalism
Butchers
Old Mariner
L. E. Morrison, BE. J. Gauseporl
Ee More Rison & Gi
Wasnip Wasilincton
Lower St. Lawrence
Wowan
Union Station
State Peare of Health
J.H. Wells
Western
Indianapolis
E. T. Holmes
Big 4
Indianapolis Usiness University
Se Fine Bio
J. Heeb
Pennsylvania
Ind
Theodore L. Sewall
May Wright Sewall
Fredonia Allen
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Lake Maxinkuckee
Peama
Sore’ Tcuiniar
Jon J. Rattovaedt
Directony
Indianapolis College of Law
SAKS
Indiana
Saks & Company
J. P. Mullally
Monument Place
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