Athletic Preacher vanquishes Yale and Harvard runners
Rev Herbert W Workman of Cambridge captivated American crowds at Berkeley Oval near New York, winning the one half mile and two mile events against Yale and Harvard entrants. The English rector, slender and fit, credited regular meals and hours for his power and hinted at retirement after next year’s English championship to focus on ministry.
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Herbert W. Workman
Berkeley Oval
New York
Yale
Harvard
Oxford
Cambridge
Mr. Workman
Rey
Workman
Atlantic
England
Southampton
Cambridge University
Hopeful prognoses shielded McKinley to aid recovery
The Philadelphia Medical Journal defends doctors for offering hopeful prognosis after McKinley’s surgery, arguing an optimistic view boosts patient chances and that misjudgments were preferable to despair. It notes the theory that doctors feigned confidence to protect the patient’s hope, a notion the piece deems unfounded yet intriguing.
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Philadelphia Medical Journal
McKinley
What Ambiguity Cost a Lawyer
A New York lawyer’s wife attended an auction sale of faces and faced a 2000 dollar price. She asked her husband for approval and received No price too high. She bought the item and was surprised by the generosity. Later she learned the dispatch had read No, Price too high. The mispunctuation caused a costly misunderstanding.
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New York City
Porto Rico Tax Status and Economic Condition
Porto Rico is described as lightly taxed with no debt, no army or navy, no internal revenue taxes, and unrestricted trade with the United States. The government is economical and its main expense is for ushoals. Brigandage and petty thievery have been suppressed as it recovers from war, hurricanes, famine, and political restructuring.
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Porto Rico
United States
Professional Bee Hunters in the Texan West
A historical note describes many professional bee hunters across the West and Southwest of Texas. They use cave recesses along river shelving rock as natural hives, with caves filled by bees and honey found yearly in rove regions and tree trunks, highlighting traditional honey gathering practices.
Strange Mausoleum at Laurel Glen Vermont
In Vermont near Cuttingsville a grand Laurel Glen mausoleum stands as a costly memorial to a New Yorker’s family. Erected with 125 workers over a year, it uses 750 tons of granite 50 tons of marble and 120000 bricks. The Greek temple body measures 18 by 26 feet and rises 20 feet high.
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Lous
Vermont
Laurel Glen
New England
Marble State
Cuttingsville
John P. Bowman
Remarkable Vermont tomb inspires curiosity and dread
A Vermont village hosts a colossal mausoleum for Wilmas Howman with life sized marble statues of his family and a grand door weighing 6500 pounds. Italian busts and mirrors create vast white halls, bronze candelabra light a cathedrallike chamber, and a $50,000 endowment guards grounds. The owner’s curious death scene and ornate grounds draw visitors, while contemporary European submarine plans and labeled devices fuel a separate segment about France and Britain advancing underwater tech.
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Howman
Wilmas
Italy
Vermont
Killington
Cause of Left Handedness Explained by Brain Blood Flow
A London Express report summarizes Dr Luddeckem’s view that left brain dominance causes right side nerve strength and hence right handedness. Higher blood pressure on the left side may enlarge iris vessels and shorten the eyeball, making the left eye often the sharper, explaining why left-handedness arises from brain blood supply and speech center localization.
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Luddeckem
Algemeines Journal
der Abr Macherkunst
London Express
Luddeckens
Dasa
Train de Luxe for Afhiea on Cape to Cairo line
Cecil Rhodes pledges comfort on the Cape to Cairo railway as a new train de luxe arrives in South Africa. It features a dining saloon, three convertible sleepers, a smoking library and card room carriage, a postal and luggage wagon, plus a rear observation platform. Each 56 foot coach runs on bogie wheels for smooth operation.
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Afhiea
Cecil Rhodes
Cape To Cairo
South
England
America
London Daily Mail
Britons Grow Taller As A Nation Says Study
A British student notes rapid height and weight gains in England. Statistics on 10,000 males show averages of 5 feet 8 inches at 17 and 5 feet 9 inches at 22. Over 60 years national average rose from 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8⅕ inches.
Jail break note hints at escaped inmate message
The sheriff reports a note left by the fugitive who broke jail. A fragment reads "Excuse the aberty I take" found on a piece of paper, suggesting a partial clue or apology from the escapee. Authorities seek further details leading to recapture.
The House of Too Much Trouble and the Butterfly Web
A pair of children’s poems and a tale from Munsey’s Magazine recount a lonely boy’s quest for a playmate and a butterfly’s peril in a spider’s web. Downie the butterfly is saved by Brightwings, Pearly, and a boy who protects the butterflies, ending with childlike kindness.
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Butterfly
Telow
Fiy
Albert Bigelow Paine
Munsey’s
Downie
Brightwings
Pearly
Cassell
Animals Learn Tricks in Struggle for Existence
A New Orleans Times-Democrat interview recalls a bay horse that slips its bridle with ease and enjoys wandering off after sunset. The owner notes the horse’s gentleness and curiosity, the frequent escapes, and a long study to understand how the head slips through a throat latch buckled lightly under the neck.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Thoes
Grip horse improvises escape through bridle frame
The text describes a horse manipulating throat muscles to widen its neck, enabling it to slip its head through a bridle frame when a rider is out of sight. It details how the animal alternates tensing and relaxing muscles to free itself from restraint.
Mint Marks Explain Which U S Mint Produced Coins
A discussion on mint marks for U S coins twenty five cents and larger. Philadelphia carries no letter, San Francisco uses S, New Orleans shows O, Carson City bears EC. The article adds how to read marks by inspecting the coin's edge and side, and notes the four mint locations in the United States. Also included is a short piece on the kids game buried treasure and how the miser guards the treasure can.
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United States
Philadiph
San Francisco
New Orleans
Carson City
Philadelphia
New Oreans
Ventriloquism in Birds Impresses Sentinels and Hunters
The Philadelphia Times notes that some birds mimic voices to mislead predators and pursuers. The pinnated grouse and Maryland yellow throat excel at ventriloquism, enabling deceptive calls from close or distant points, while many ground birds lift calls toward tree tops, complicating detection.
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Philadelphia
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