Hat Industry Tells Its Toll in The Warren Mail
The Warren Mail describes a large hat manufacturing sector across many states with over 200 plants employing more than 25 000 people and generating about 20 million dollars yearly. It details fur sourcing from coney hare nutria muskrat and beaver and explains processes from fur preparation to forming sizing body shellac steaming dyeing blocking curling and trimming of felt hats including derby styles.
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New York
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London
Prince the Snoring Horse Guards Kansas City Firehouse
In Kansas City Kansas a single case of animal snoring is reported. Prince the fire department’s oldest horse snores loudly at night, delaying alarms and causing suspicions that duty officers slept on watch until the horse’s behavior exposed the truth. The horse’s snoring is linked to a human habit.
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Kansas City
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Prince Snorer
William McConnell
Ibsen Described as Diminutive Yet Imposing Figure
The article portrays the Norwegian dramatist Ibsen as short in stature with a large upper body. It notes a huge head, bushy white hair, and piercing blue eyes. It then mentions the impossibility of reaching 17,000 feet above sea level.
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Ibsen
Freedom of press in Japan masked by dummy editors
The passage argues that there is little press freedom in Japan as papers are suppressed for anti government content. It explains that a "dummy editor" is jailed when suppression occurs, while the real editor relaunches under a new name and continues publishing. Dummy editors spend much of their time in prison.
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Japan
Smokeless Powder A Remarkable Navy Improvement
The article explains smokeless powder as a new Navy standard, detailing gunpowder varieties including grain pebble and prismatic forms. It notes smokeless powder emits no smoke, leaves no solid residue, and relies on gaseous combustion products, outlining creation methods and differences from brown and black powders.
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United States Navy
Customs of Japanese Child Rearing and Rite of Passage
The article outlines traditional practices from birth to adolescence in a Japanese family. It describes naming rites blessed by a temple priest, the May paper carp emblem, temple presentation at one month, the obi girdle at age three, San suffix at fifteen, and social life for children including toys, games, and street performers.
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Omi
Omi-san
German develops acid free soldering liquid
A German inventor introduces a soldering liquid that is acid free. The solution is prepared by dissolving 500 parts zinc in 1000 parts hydrochloric acid and 500 parts water, then neutralizing the remaining free acid with ammonia water.
Fort Augusta and Italy’s Towers: Historic Fort and Campaniles
Article recounts Fort Augusta near Sunbury built in 1756 as a defense against the French and Indians, noting its size, armament, and preservation call. It then surveys Italy’s campanili with the Pisa and Florence towers, describing construction, height, features, and Galileo’s room atop the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
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Augusta
United States
Isaac Gross
Sunbury
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Col. Gordon
George III
Fort Augusta
Valley Forge
Italy
Pisa
Galileo
Florence
Giotto
Golf Jewelry Embraces the Golfing World
Golf has invaded the realm of jewelry with designs of golf clubs on pins brooches and miniature club bundles. Ladies receive score card frames purses and belts while men gain cuff links tankards and cigaret cases with golf motifs. Prizes in local and inter club matches boost popularity.
Great Men React In A Quick Gesture Gallery
A vivid catalogue notes how famous figures signal annoyance. The Prince of Wales winks his left eye, the Emperor of Austria puffs cheeks, the Czar rests his hand on his head, Mr Gladstone pivots sharply, and the Sultan of Turkey grips his throat.
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Austria
Mr. Gladstone
Turkey
Water-sensing Kettle Keeps From Boiling Dry
A water tank in the cover with a float extends into a tube in the kettle and links to a pivoted bar that lifts a plug in the rover, allowing water to flow into the kettle when it runs dry, preventing scorching.
Molten Iron Routed by Rail To Steel Works
A Pennsylvania system ships 700 to 800 tons of molten iron daily from Duquesne furnaces to Homestead Steel Works. Iron is tapped into a 250 ton mixing ladle, then poured into 20 ton ladle cars for direct conversion to open hearth steel, bypassing pig casting and repeated handling.
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Dlast
Duquesne
Homestead Steel Works
Man Collects Reversed Blotting Paper Of Presidents
A Philadelphia man owns a rare collection of blotting paper pieces gathered by his father, a former White House official. Each sheet, when reversed, bears a president name from Harrison to Garfield, with Lincoln’s last official letter signed on one highly prized sheet blotted before his assassination by Booth.
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White House
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Garfield
Lincoln
Booth
Portrait of mamma before she was married
Dialog shows Little Ethel describing a portrait of her mother in youth, while Visitor remarks on the likeness, noting the change since marriage. The scene centers on family likeness and nostalgia in a brief domestic exchange.
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Ethel
Mamma
White Cat and Angel Helped Man Escape Hell
An elderly man recalls a winter in Houston when a white cat helped him resist burglary, then saved him from despair after he was wounded and jailed. The cat’s return to his cell and a tiny kitten from a child sparked his recovery and resolve to reform, linking two frail lives to his redemption.
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Houston
Harris Street
Hell
Ambitious Chinaman Learns German in New York Mixup
A San Francisco Chinatown entrepreneur moves to New York to learn English but ends up learning German by error. He stays in a Manhattan lodging, avoids fellow Chinese, and later discovers his misstep when speaking among his own people.
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John
Chinatown
San Francisco
New York
Metropolis
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Mott Street
Paper floors gain popularity in Germany
Paper floors rise in Germany due to jointless construction reducing dust and health risks. The floors are good heat and sound insulators with a soft linoleum feel, cheaper than hardwood. Paper mass uses cement binder, shipped as powder, spread on floors, pressed, and finished with wood tones.
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Germany
Notable Centennials of the Year
Centennials to be celebrated this year include Vasco da Gama’s discovery and voyage to India by the Cape of Good Hope in Lisbon in May. Also marked are Savonarola’s burning in Florence in May, the birth of Holbein in Basle in June, Montpelier honoring Auguste Comte, Ancona honoring Leopardi, and Paris honoring Michelet.
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Loss to the Wealth of the World in the Blood and Ashes of Battle
The article cites estimates from Leslie's Weekly about the immense economic toll of wars. It surveys U S and global losses in human lives and wealth across revolutions and conflicts, including the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War, noting official costs, debts, and broader economic damage. It quotes Leroy Beaulieu on war's deadly, distant reach.
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Leslie’s Weekly
United States
England
Lancashire
Leroy Beaulieu
Modern method recovers coal from sunken canal boats by pumping
The article describes using a wrecking boat with a centrifugal pump to lift coal from sunken canal boats. A long flexible suction pipe and iron pipe sections reach depths up to 200 feet, pumping coal and water ashore for screening. A diver assists when underwater work is needed, and pumps range from two to sixty inches in diameter.
A Civil War Shirker’s Cure by River Rescue
An old veteran recalls a lazy private who spent most of his service in hospitals until a new surgeon tied his eyes and head high, then dumped him into an icy river. The drastic plunge ended the shirking once and for all, and from that day he never shirked again.
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Elmo, Kaufman Co
Texas
Dr. Pierce
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Common Sense
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To Shoe the Whole World Calculation of animal hides needed
A shoe manufacturer calculates yearly hides needed to shoe the earth population including cattle goats sheep horses and kangaroos. A separate note claims a musket ball can pass through a pane of glass without cracking it while suspended by a thread. A Chicago schoolboy describes an island as land surrounded by Sampson's fleet.
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