Wireless era notes and rural thrift in one column
A collage of observations ranges from Chicago pricing to water pipe safety in St Paul. It notes electric ground connections affecting meters, a Missouri horse trade anecdote, Western reserve humor, a wheat calendar across nations, and a New York hospital using biographs to study epilepsy and plant growth. It closes with Indian population figures and a revived spirit for life.
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St. Paul
Water Board
United States
Burma
New South Wales
India
Marquis of Bute Builds Princely Montstuart Chapel
The Marquis of Bute, Scottish nobleman and Cardiff mayor, famed antiquarian and owner of the Isle of Bute, begins a £40,000 private chapel at Montstuart House. He has funded restorations at Biath Tand palace and Montatuart, while facing eczema and a recent serious health spell.
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Marquis of
Bute
Scotland
Horn
Earl of Beaconsfield
Cardi
Cardiff
Rothlesay
Island of
Biath~ Tand Palace
Fife
Montatuart
Montstuart House
Ho Ponsenuop
A New Mosquito Threat in Newark
The Newark paper reports a new, unusually aggressive mosquito breed invading homes despite screens. Residents fear bites worse than New Jersey’s prior mosquitoes while doctors say the insects may consume malaria germs, prompting calls for board of health action.
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Newark
Passaic
New Jersey
Board of Health
New York Times
Englishman Leads 6000 Natives Home From Gold Mines
John Sydney Marwick, native commissioner at Johannesburg and Natal appointee, organized 6000 Natal natives working in Transvaal gold mines into a marching column to safety in Natal after war began. He guided them through Boer lines despite shattered rail links, earning praise from English authorities for the feat.
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John Sydney Marwick
Johannesburg
Natal
Transvaal
Marwick
Paper shingles arrive in Japan as cheap tarred pasteboard
A Tokyo company introduces paper shingles as a substitute for wood, offering a thick tarred pasteboard slab that is easier to handle and costs about half as much as traditional wooden shingles.
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Japan
Tokio
Growing feet and fashion shift change shoe size demand
A fashion column notes men’s shoe sizes have risen about one full size over five years as narrow pointed styles gave way to comfortable fits. Shoemakers and dealers cite education on how tight footwear distorted feet, while broader styles and looser coverings in other regions correlate with larger feet.
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Rivne
Halinelaaiere
le New York Herald
Yorur
Clear
Haberdashers
War Correspondent Knight Lost Arm in Belmont Battle
E F Knight a veteran war correspondent born in northern France lost an arm in the Belmont battle. He served in Algeria, crossed the Atlantic in a cutter, sailed Baltic waters, covered Africa campaigns, and reported for the London Times. He sailed near Havana seeking Cuban war news and survived a capsized boat. He and three others accompanied the British Kimberley relief expedition.
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F. Knight
Belmont
France
Paris
Algeria
Knight
Baltic Sea
Africa
London Times
E. F. Knight
Havana
Cuba
Mr. Knight
Kimberley
Dorant Like Women in London Dinner Mystery
Ceci Rhodes, a south African magnate, reportedly dislikes the opposite sex. In London he dined at Baroness Burdett Coutts's house but when asked by his secretary whom he brought, he replied he did not call her anything and never spoke to her.
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Dorant
Ceci Rhodes
London
Burdett Coutts
A Tagal Funeral Through War Ruins Near Manila
On the road to Imus near Bacoor the funeral procession passed the burned and shell-dented churchyard as American troops, heavy with mud and fatigue, rest near the hospital. Four days of fighting ended with Binacayan’s capture and a somber march amid rain and grim, bare mourners.
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Maui
Manila
Paranique
Lax Pinna
Bocour
Zapove Bridge
Tus
Bucour
Bay
Fifth Artillery
Imus
Geo. Grant
Bacoor
Binacayan
Imus Road
Heroine or Swindler at Hillghoro in 11 year old tale
In Hillghoro a sewing machine agent named Ellis Glenn courted Miss Bila Dukes, daughter of a local farmer. He forged a $4000 note, was bailed, vanished, then tracked to Paducah, Kentucky. He pleaded guilty and was sent to the Chester penitentiary, arriving Saturday.
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Hillghoro
Ellis Glenn
Bila Dukes
Glenn
Paducah
Misa Dukes
Miss Glenn
Funeral Procession Through Rain Soaks Town In Mud
A Filipino funeral band leads a somber procession from bamboo houses to Imus road with mourners and a red coffin. See mourners, a widow, and a crying relative as the crowd follows through wet, muddy streets. A soldier remarks on the burial victim killed near Irina. The scene includes a blind musician and a man kept steady by a bay, while rain sweeps faces and muddy shoes. An earlier note mentions a woman misidentified as Glenn, decades later tied to a forgery case and twin brother claim.
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Imus
Catyn
Hie
Perfume Plants Scheme Recalls Swindler's Tale
A reported scheme from Lawrence describes a tall man known as the king of the crowd proposing a ruse with perfume plants. The plan involved hundreds of bags and seeds, with water and a winded process to create sprouts sold for 60 cents each, then carried to town for profit. The tale, recounted by a juvenile witness, highlights a crafty hustle attributed to a single smooth talker.
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Eirwet
Lawrence
Kame
Santa
Milan
Rossetti Plans Preface for New Danie Translation Volume
Ilia and Elvey announce a third edition of Teomwatil's celebrated Daniel translation with Rossetti writing the prefatory note The tion 18 theme appears in Miss Sida and Het his Grat Rossetti manuscript history is debated The public memory of the injury tale lingers amid literary disputes and delays.
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Reraliog
Ilia & Elvey
D. G Teomwatil
Nuova
Danie
Wil Rossetti
Rossetti
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