The Motor Vehicle Revolution in England and War Use
Hon Charles Rolls argues motor cars reduce road wear and traffic space while cutting costs. He cites a 40 mile goods run under 1.50 and predicts horses will improve as traction demand lowers. He notes South Africa war use shows a motorist between Comando Nek and Pretoria at 26 miles costs 18 versus 1200 for oxen and less animal suffering.
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Charles Rolls
England
London
Transport Department
South Africa
Commando Nek
Pretoria
Trek
The Biggest Bicycle by Karl Jatho
German rider Karl Jatho unveils a gigantic two wheel bicycle with a drive wheel 812 feet diameter and a front wheel of standard size. The frame supports two side by side seats and dual pedal driven gearing, each rider steering in tandem as the drive wheel completes about 25 feet per revolution.
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Karl Jatho
Rome Car Craze Grips City Drives Daredevil Traffic
Rome experiences a motor car craze with dangerous speeds through narrow streets and little regard for onlookers. The post office plans to use motor vehicles for letter delivery to speed up service. A visit by about 50 cars southward boosted confidence in Italian makes as strongest and most durable for long trips.
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Rome
Automobiles Harvest California Wheat Fields
In California wheat fields modern steam autos cut harvesting costs below Argentine levels. These 56 horsepower machines with 60 inch driving wheels plow, harrow, and plant in a single operation. They drag 16 ten inch plows and four six foot harrows to sow Red Wheat.
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California Wheat Fields
Argentine Republic
Sultan Abdul Aziz of Morocco Seeks London Visit
The Moroccan sultan, Abdul Aziz, recently opened an embassy in London, is young and well informed about the West, enjoys photography and cinema, and longs to visit London though current regime restrictions prevent him. He favors American and English goods, unsettling French interests.
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Morocco
Abdul Aziz
Edward
London
London Daily Mail
Pears
Europe
America
Cyclists Sail With Lightweight Sails In Africa And Abroad
Two men in Africa, led by T. G. Smith of Bloemfontein, attach small sails to bicycles using a front frame strut and mast. The craze grew, becoming known as the Free State navy before the English-Boer war, with plans to spread to England and the United States as a playful, controllable sport for beginners.
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Africa
T. G. Smith
Bloemfontein
Smith
Free State Navy
England
Where to Carry a Camera on a Bicycle
A large photographic society recommends placing the Kodak on the rear fork directly under the saddle for best balance. The tripod should run along the upper frame tube. Carrying on the head or handlebars causes excessive vibration and balance issues while steering.
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Photographic Society
Portable self feeder for cattle on grass
An Illinois reader describes a 12 by 5 by 6 foot portable cattle feeder from Ohio Farmer. The floor with two inclined planes guides grain to outlets A and B and onto external troughs, with sliding sides to control quantity and a hinged roof for loading. Sled runners allow mobility to desired locations.
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Illinois
Ohio
Profit by delaying veal sales and feeding calves
A farmer argues for raising calves to veal age before selling, noting higher profits from feeding milk to calves, then selling at Christmas. He advises dry housing, sunshine, shelter, fresh water, and regular feeding with skim milk and grain to reach market size. His method contrasts with selling newborn calves for hides and milk for pigs.
Roads Without Dust and the Macadam Debate
The piece argues that dust from fast motoring may prompt new road construction methods, referencing California tests with petroleum to dustproof roads. It warns against abandoning MacAdam's core rule of a solid impermeable foundation with a porous surface layer, essential for durable, dust-free roads.
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California
Forgetful Traveler Hear Wailing Voice Aboard Steamer
A traveling passenger on a swaying steamer overhears a neighboring state room’s distressed plea. A woman named Marie debates breathing technique during motion, crying she wishes she were dead as a sleepy reply asks about following prior directions. This Chicago Tribune excerpt captures a dramatic moment at sea.
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Marie
Chicago Tribune
Word Scholar Survives Mattress Moth Mystery
A famed word derivation scholar stored furniture while seeking the origin of the term day. In Berlin a warehouse letter reported a mattress with moths so they destroyed the goods, prompting the scholar to joke that his mattress had an e as well as a moth, in a London King anecdote.
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Continent
Berlin
London
Public servants or bosses in political life
A Philadelphia Press exchange ponders why officeholders are called public servants with a quip that they are really our bosses, contrasting views on governance and accountability.
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Towne
Browne
Philadelphia Press
Count Ded broke tried to land a tax assessor post
In a Baltimore American quote, Count Ded broke attempted to secure a tax assessor position to obtain inside information, prompting curiosity about the heiress hunt and the scheme served as a sly rumor in the dialogue.
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Count Dedbroke
Baltimore
Timely remark on strikes during vacation season at boarding house
A fair young resident at a labor discussion praises workers for striking in the hot months when they would seek vacations. The Baltimore American cites the remark as an example of praise for virtue without follow through. Ram's Horn offers a pointed editorial line.
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Baltimore American
Market Report Across Cities Shows Mixed Animal and Grain Prices
New York markets report quiet and unchanged flour and grain prices with No 2 red wheat at 77 1/2 cents and No 2 corn at 59 cents. Live stock prices vary by city, with steers around 4.20 to 5.70 in New York and Ohio and Pennsylvania listings noting cows, calves, sheep, lambs, and hogs trading at multiple indicated ranges.
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New York
Cleveland
York State
Ile
Love and Law in a Divorced Love Story
A man visits a lawyer to file for divorce and tearfully confesses his affection for his wife. The lawyer asks if he loved her, and the man quips that he “analyzed her,” prompting the lawyer to laugh and the man to seek legal help elsewhere.
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Mr. E
What to Eat sparks a curious breakfast question
In a reminiscence by Mrs Minnie E Leo a little girl from the East End asks what hash was when it was alive, pondering the mystery as she eyes her last bite. The scene frames a curious common dish within a domestic reflection.
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East End
Minnie E. Leo
Monkeys at Norumbega Park prompt astonished remark
A Boston Post quote recalls two monkeys at Norumbega Park. The first notes a hairy creature with a middle parting and a cane, and the second exclaims that it is a man, lamenting such a figure descending from humanity.
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Boston Post
Anxious Note Spurred by a Fly Paper Letter
Marie B. of Waverly-No is urged to not jump to conclusions about a young man who writes on fly paper. The item presents a humorous, domestic notice tone without heavy detail. The language conveys caution and wit about romantic assumptions.
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Marie B
Waverly
Marie
Baltimore American
Allen's Foot-Ease Foot Powder Advertisement
Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease a powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet and cures swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrowing nails corns bunions. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25c sample mailed free. Address Allen Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
Leroy,n.y
Record Smashed Finds Undigested Food in Mammoth Stomach
The Louisville Courier Journal reports a 50 000 year old Siberian mammoth with undigested food in its stomach breaking a record for chronic dyspepsia. N W Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey endorses Piso’s Cure for Consumption as an infallible medicine for coughs and colds dated February 17 1900.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Far from Sufficient in Reason to Please You
A dialogue featuring Puck and the woman debating imagined love and willingness to do anything to please the other, revealing themes of romantic pretension and distancing affection. The exchange hints at irony and social playfulness characteristic of Shakespearean wit.
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Puck
Coughs Colds and Croup Cure Ad Promoted
An old ad touts Hoxsie's Croup Cure Nocpium priced at 50 cents and ends with a quip that he who slanders another smuts himself, featuring Ram's Horn branding.
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Hoxsie
Ram’s
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