Fragmented Challis and World War Era Patchwork
A jumble of aphorisms and historical vignettes spans from Adams and Dewey to Zionist councils and Arabic shorthand. It notes Admiral Dewey resting on a farm, Alexander the Great’s generosity, Harvard’s president, and Dr. Alexander Agassi’s museum funding, interwoven with surgical ethics and Zionist aims, ending with Manila's insurgent guard conditions.
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Admiral Dewey
Alexander the Great
Harvard
Alexander
Alexander Agassi
Museum of Comparative Zoology
America
Honorary Members Named by Military Surgeons
Clara Barton Anita Newcomb McGee and Mrs John F Merrill were elected to honorary membership in the Association of Military Surgeons after the Kansas City convention. Mrs Merrill, wife of John F Merrill of Holbrook Merrill Stetson, led Red Cross work in San Francisco during the Spanish American War and remains active in veterans support and children’s hospital efforts. She balanced executive duties with personal letters to mothers and continued services at the camp and hospital, while maintaining the reading and living room for soldiers.
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San Francisco
Kansas City
Clara Barton
American Red Cross Association
Anita Newcomb McGee
Washington, D. GC
Misa Helen Gould
New York
Mra
John F. Merrill
IRS
San Francisco Society
British Move Against New War In Africa Near Berbera
Britain faces a renewed conflict in northeast Africa as troops rush from Bombay to Berbera on the Somali coast protectorate. A mahdi incites rebellion among locals while the British, who seized the coast in 1884, claim a 400 mile shoreline and 200 mile inland zone centered on Berbera, a 20,000 inhabitant market hub for ostrich feathers and ivory.
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England
Manda
Great
Britain
Africa
Bombay
Berbera
Somali Coast
Somali
Women at Radcliffe Annex Spark Debate on Harvard Policy
A cleaved debate arises over Harvard administration’s treatment of women in the Radcliffe annex. After a long fight, a women’s college within the university was established about twenty years ago. Enrollment exceeds 600, and the term opens with course offerings reportedly aligned to women’s needs, though a notable example shows only one student attending a specific class.
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Wowen
Berverd
Wendell
Harvard
Minnesota
Dairy Reporter
The Misunderstood Mango In New York Markets
A New York Tribune note on mango history and taste details how the fruit spread from the Philippines to the West Indies and then to America. It highlights two preferred varieties, the black mango and No. 11, and describes connoisseur tips such as avoiding bruising and eating mangoes in a swimming pool.
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United States
America
Porto Rico
India
Africa
Britiet West Indies
New York Tribune
Cost of a Church Carpet Controversy
The pastor tallies direct costs at eight hundred dollars but estimates total church cost at four thousand dollars after counting fundraising entertainments and hidden expenses. He cites worry, effort, illness, doctor bills, and broader church demoralization as hidden costs of the campaign to raise funds.
British magnate plans iron and coal trust control
Sir Christopher Furness, renowned millionaire, pur chased the Weardale Iron and Coal Company for 10 million dollars. The Tudhoe mills produce 60,000 tons of steel annually and the group owns iron works, mines, quarries, coke ovens, gas plants and caravan homes. He aims to unite major UK iron and coal interests under a trust with Lord Londonderry and other financiers. Furness, famed ship and engine builder, has an estimated wealth around 125 million dollars.
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Sir Christopher Purness
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Weardale Iron and Coal Company
Tudhoe
Tow Law
Christopher
Lon
Christopher Furness
Donderry
Christopher Ia
Penny Cigar Contest Sparks Rivalry At Local Shop
Hp and Mineview Two elalt jixta navigate a city mireut when a penny bet ignites a playful dispute at a tobacconist. BEL and Tommy join in, producing a copper and a penny cigar as they linger outside the shop. One boy laments his departure time while quarreling over leadership and duties within the company.
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Mineview
Jotta
Hill
Tommy
Record pace and racing notes from late autumn reports
A long compilation reports Edouard Taylor’s Paris hour record pace, Harry Bikes’ Philadelphia attempt, and pacemaking by Hikes. It notes potential world hour record shifts, missed intermediate times, and upcoming match races with Orient 1 20 and Fournier pacing. Also covered are Holzel’s Spokane amateur mile, harness horse breeding insights, hog cholera serum news, Minnesota creameries, and poultry market projections with varied expert commentary.
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France
Edouard Taylor
Paris
Harry
Philadelphia
Hikes
Papa” Elkes
Taylor
Atlantic
Timiah
Chatfield
Jacquelin Wins in Berlin Velodrome Heats
Berlin third in four race series draws 18 000 spectators at Friedenau Velodrome. Heats led by Huebard Arend Seidl Meyers Huber Buchner with Banker Jacquelin Minozzi Deleu Singrions as seconds. Banker defeats Jacquelin in first semi final. Arend close third. Meyers edges Ellegard in second. Seidl handily beats Buchner Singrosa. Jacquelin wins consolation semi over Arend Ellegard Buchner.
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Jacquelin
Berlin
Friedenau
Meyers
Ellegard
Seidl
Germany
Huber
Buchner
Singrosa
Arend
Eines Still the Champion in Fifty Mile Race
Harry Elkes defeated Burns Pierce Frank Waller and Archie McBachren in a four cornered fifty mile match race paced by motor tandems. Elkes set multiple world records from the twentieth mile to the finish with a remarkable time improving the world standard. Pierce took second, Waller was edged out, McBachren quit on the forty sixth mile. The Canadian racer showed gameness but faded after the thirty sixth mile.
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Wels
Imp
Waller
Pierce
Ekes
McHachren
Tom Linton
Walstham
Holzel
Spokane
Surveyor B. 1
Gerriah
Harry Elkes
Phila~ielptla
Fay
Bouhours
London
Pierce Dinaled
Wale
McKaechren
Uis
Hoe
Porter
Tom Hutler
Frank Starbuck
Charles Porter
Harry Gibson
Fountain Ferry
Loulmville
Brarbuck
Butler
Gibson
Good Roads Display At Paris Exposition
The education and social economy department of the United States, with the League of American Wheelmen, will present a photography exhibit on good roads at the Paris exposition. The show aims to prove American roads lag behind Europe and to highlight the League’s road agitation work.
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Department of Education and Social Economy
United States Commission of the
McFarland Plans California Speaking Tour With Partners
Floyd McFarland writes to Pacific coast friends about an upcoming California tour to hold ventage meetings in major coastal cities with Orlando Stevens Hardy Downing and J B Freewan joining. Two Cinckwell Pier watchmen in Liverpool are found guilty. Day grants Depler by day and Knight by night.
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McFarlant
Cinckwell
Liverpool
Mr. Day Grants
Mr. Knight
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Jerusalem
Port Mans
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English Exploration Society
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Campa
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Orient
Fournier
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J. Sargent
O. Robbins
B. Bauve
Indiana Experiment Station
United States Department of Agriculture
Indiana
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Warren
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Marshall
Kosciusko
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the Hague
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International Cyclists’ Association
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