OF INTEREST TO WOMEN IN FLUSHING AND BEYOND
The piece notes Flushing New York women forming a strategy group to win husbands. It also reports Mrs Ruth Schaffner-Etnier a new inspector of education for Ponce Puerto Rico first woman in the post. Eight Mexican women recent graduates from Xcalpa school tour the United States to study systems led by chaperone Miss Harriet Fay funded by Vera Cruz governor with hopes of future repayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flushing
N. Y
Ruth Schaffner-Etnier
G. G. Groff
Porto Rico
Ponce
Schaffner-Etnier
Island
Allimnee
Vassar College
Vassar Students’ Aid Society
Xcalpa
Mex
United States
Harriet C. Fay
de d’ Esa
Vera Cruz
Georgia Eyes Union Passenger Station Plan In Atlanta
Georgia contemplates building a union passenger station in Atlanta. The report reflects state planning activity and potential transit infrastructure developments. The note situates Georgia among states considering such facilities, signaling regional transportation policy discussions.
Facts for Railroaders and Global Rail Metrics
A summary of rail statistics notes a salt shipment from Saltair to Idaho and compares mileage and passenger density. British engine drivers average 80 000 to 50 000 miles yearly with about 20 000 drivers in the UK. In 1898 Japan’s total rail system carried 84 040 963 passengers across 2 468 miles, while New York Central with 2 395 miles carried 24 074 254 passengers, implying far higher density for Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Saltair
Idaho
United Kingdom
New York Central
New England
Engineering Magazine
Meaning of stones and their symbolic virtues
The list assigns each gemstone a symbolic meaning. Garnet represents frankness, sapphire truth, onyx discord, emerald hope and fidelity, turquoise courage and hope, rubies beauty and elegance, agate happiness and prosperity, amethyst humility and purity of heart, Cornelian concord and happiness, diamond reconciliation and affection, jasper wisdom and courage, opal tears and pardon, topaz passionate affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal
Topaz
Quotations on Safety Virtue and Unity
A compact collection of aphorisms from Burke Carlyle Colton Quarles and Franklin. The maxims warn against false security celebrate virtue urge unity and warn against luxury and vice. The tone reflects a moral reflective brief typical of a 19th or early 20th century newspaper quote page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Colton
Benjamin Franklin
Klondike Nugget Among Notable Finds Weighs 77 Ounces
A 77 ounce gold nugget found on Gold Hill tops Klondike finds, valued at about 13000 dollars. Other notes describe large Swiss tannery modernization and the International Postal Union report listing 223,500 post offices worldwide with 6000 named after saints. Studied saintly names include Anthony Bernhard Francis George John Joseph Lawrence Martin Nicholas Peter Paul Silvestin Vincent Anna and Saint Clara.
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London
Klondike
Gold Hill
Switzerland
International Postal Union
Bern
Anthony
Bernhard
Francis
George
John
Joseph
Lawrence
Martin
Nichlas
Peter
Paul
Silvestin
Vincent
Aint Anna
Saint Clara
House Built by Women near Moosehead Lake Maine
Four women from the Little Mothers Aid association built a rustic loghouse near Moosehead Lake Maine. They sourced 80 logs over six weeks cutting, hauling, and assembling the structure with moss chinking, a porch, and rustic furnishings. They finished a one room 12 by 14 feet and added croquet ground and seating around the rustic home.
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Moosehead Lake
Maine
A. Z. Sanden
Little Mothers’ Aid Association
N. Y
Danish woman shoemaker earns guild medal in Kolding
Bertha Olesen, a 21 year old from Frederiks haven, impressed the Danish shoemakers guild by presenting a complete pair of shoes she crafted herself. The guild awarded her membership and a rare medal, and they plan to send her shoes to the Paris exposition as the first Danish woman made shoes. She aims to set up in Copenhagen as a custom shoemaker and recruit more women.
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Denmark
Bertha Olesen
Miss Olesen
Frederikshaven
Shoemakers’ Guild
The
Kolding
Europe
Copenhagen
Animal Wonders and Odd Facts From The Animal Kingdom
A column surveys animal traits and curiosities. It notes camels shod with camel skin, sharks entering the Mediterranean via the Suez, lion and tiger limb strength ratios, bee and bat navigation, ostrich transport methods, and Paris Academy reports on heart reanimation after stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean Sea
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Mexico
Academy of Sciences
Paris
M. Batelli
Inexpensive Silver Polish Recipe
A simple silver polish combines half a teaspoon of ammonia with all the whiting it will absorb. Then add enough potato-water to reach a bread-like consistency for easy polishing.
Chamois Helps Preserve Fine Linen and Lingerie
Chamois skin is valued for protecting linen goods and fine lingerie by staying wrapped around stored items to keep out air and prevent yellowing.
Sioux leader aims civics lessons for four months
Capt. E H Allison, a Sioux adopted into the Uncpapah tribe and tied by marriage to Sinawin, plans to educate Sioux on reservations in South Dakota about citizenship. He will conduct meetings, teach elections, polling, and laws, and run mock ballots to show election methods over three to four months.
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South Dakota
E. H. Allison
Capt. Allison
Uncpaphah Tribe of
Sinawin
Sacred Bear
Chicago
Gen
Sheridan
Otis
Little Big Horn
Canada
Sitting Bull
Thither
United States
Fort Randall
Capt
Allison
Missouri
Admiral Dryfus and the sardine aversion tale
Washington Star recounts Edward Mashall's anecdote about Admiral Dryfus of Virginia who turned pale at a dish of Maine sardines. He recalls a Pacific voyage where his ship survived on sardines and soda crackers until relief arrived, leading to a lasting aversion to sardines.
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Admiral Dryfus
Virginia
Richmond
Edward Mashall
Washington Star
Maine
Pacific
San Francisco
SCABTORITA The Kind You Have Always Bought
SCABTORITA the Kind You Have Always Bought appears as a brand phrase likely from a vintage advertisement. The line emphasizes the product name SCABTORITA and the familiar slogan indicating quality and trust associated with the item.
Feuding Osage Tribe Chiefs Spark Violent Power Struggle
The Osage nation south of Wichita Kaw endures a civil war over leadership between Peter Bigheart and Eagle Chief. Twenty Indians have been killed as both sides rally support. Bigheart funds his wealth through oil and mines while Eagle Chief backs allotment, deepening the clash between factions and drawing in white allies.
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Wichita
Kaw
Peter Bigheart
Eagle Chief
Kentucky
Bigheart
Caney and San Juan Battlefield Recounted by Boston Correspondent
A Boston Transcript writer tours Caney and San Juan, describing the former battlefield’s transformation. The wire fence at the Haskell Dickinson shot site is rebuilt, trenches filled, and remains scattered with old clothing. The fort, Cuban trenches, and blockhouses are deteriorating while Caney hosts a Fifth Infantry garrison and San Juan hill shows overgrowth and vandalism at the surrender tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Caney
Col. Haskell
Dickinson
Pineapple
Fifth Infantry
San Juan
Recovered Teeth After Pug Dog Chase
A stylish young woman on Diamond Street dropped a string of false teeth during a gusty sneeze. The pug dog seized the gleaming teeth and led pursuers through several blocks before the dog yielded them at Tenth Street. The woman retrieved her lost dentures.
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Chase
Philadelphia
Tenth Street
Fido
Sawmill towns host 28 small libraries in Wisconsin
Among the sawmill towns and logging camps of northern Wisconsin 28 small libraries are circulating under the care of Rev. Stanley E. Lathrop of Ashland. Often this is almost the only good literature that reaches these places, where most people are too poor to buy books. Many more libraries could be used to advantage, also illustrated newspapers and back numbers of magazines.
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Wisconsin
Stanley E. Lathrop
Ashland
Hound Returns Home After 500 Mile Missouri Trek
A hound bought in Missouri and shipped to a Kansas ranch vanished after a day or two. Investigators proved the dog traveled back to its Missouri home, covering about 500 miles along an unfamiliar route.
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Missouri
Kansas
Contemporary Wit Then and Now Collected Jests
A treasury of quick quips from 20th century papers. Jokes touch on neighbors stock wives and shaving misadventures. Snappy lines compare rural life urban headlines and everyday mishaps with a sharp humorous twist.
Hints for the Cook Delicate Salads and Savory Tips
The article offers practical kitchen advice from potato salad flavoring to whipping eggs with heat. It suggests mixing dressing hot for savory results and adding salt to eggs to speed frothing. It proposes a novel salad using white grapes asparagus tips and English walnuts with whipped cream dressing and stresses nutrition for strength.
Eagle and hawk duel over lake trout in wooded marsh
At a lakeside perch a white headed eagle spots a hawk diving for a four pound pike. The hawk loses the prize to the forceful master, then the eagle retrieves the fish and flies to cover, asserting dominance over the scene.
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Island Lake
King of Birds
Global views on wealth and empire from the 1899 era
Notable figures span Kaffraria cattle as currency in Africa to UK umbrella manufacture at £2,000,000 yearly. Reports show 240,000 French deaths from contagious disease, London cabs spanning 44 miles, Rhodesia royal grants, King Lobengula’s 80 pensioner wives, Germany’s rise in finance, North Africa investments near $3,000,000, and burial customs in parts of Africa. Also notes 12,000,000 acres irrigated in Sahara, Scottish ships valued near $70,000,000 and coal output $60,000,000 in 1899, insurance capital in Russia at $209,000,000 and 21,114 insured persons.
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Kaffraria
London
France
Rhodesia
Lobengula
Germany
North Africa
Africa
Sahara
Russia
Silence in City Streets Shows Sudden Quiet Pauses
A Chicago observer notes episodes of sudden, brief silences amid the city's bustle. Trucks, hawkers, and pedestrians fall mute, noise collapses to a standstill for seconds, then resumes as commerce and movement return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Niagara
Bargain Feast Invites All for Pocket Book Help
Not a banquet but a bargain feast invites you and friends to a spread designed to ease budgets and stretch funds. Announcer urges attendance to share in the thrifty meal experience.
Workers and Their Work
Three thousand five hundred dozen goatskins are turned into leather daily in Philadelphia. In Coatesville steel mills, a four by two foot iron slab is cut in one stroke. Diamond cutting is not highly paid and involves strict espionage as workers must account for stones daily. Dry coal loses heating power. coal left outdoors loses heat faster than coal stored under a shed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Coatesville
Sayings of Children in a Chicago Daily Feature
A humorous Chicago Daily excerpt collects child quotes from a bee sting incident to questions about bread, bargains, teeth and Sunday school. Youngsters debate candy bribes, moral plans, and Adam and Eve with clever bluntness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Tommy
Johnny
Harry
Chicago Daily News
Writers in the Country
Edward Bok argues that major literary and related works rise from writers living in rural or country settings. He says city residence degrades quality, noting many successful authors avoid urban centers to maintain fresh minds and reflect true thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
Inventions Spotlight From Maine Lamp Trap to Rail Switching Engine
A Maine inventor unveils a lamp with conical shield and basin to catch insects automatically. A new engine attachment swings rails via a forward beam and wheel to guide switch rails as the locomotive advances. A measuring device records a vessel’s speed and course using clockwork driven cylinder and light projection. A bottle adulteration detector uses a float on a central rod to show partial contents removal and refilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Opelousas Woman Brass Band Leads Southern Society
Opelousas Academy Ladies' brass band in Opelousas Louisiana stands as a rare female ensemble in the South. Organized a year ago with a male leader the 18 member group trains under society girls of the town and claims notable proficiency after a year of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opelousas
South
Opelousas Academy
Electric Motors Cause Watch Confusion at Paris Exposition
Prudent visitors to Paris this summer might leave watches home due to the dynamos powering the exposition. A wide field of magnetism reportedly deranges watches within the area, not because of theft but due to the powerful electric motors.
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Paris
Berries Grow Swiftly in Arctic Summer
Eskimo children eat arctic berries that appear as soon as snow melts. A vine yields small huckleberry like fruit called porwong. The berries are sour with a pungent taste and send Indians into porwong hunting. The short season helps prevent a cholera epidemic. The Ram's Horn notes cowardice as the plea of consistency.
Alaska Civil Government Bill Leaves Marked Fortunes
The proposed civil government bill for Alaska is the largest ever before Congress. Filed by the state department it spans 284 pages and is divided into six parts stored in wooden boxes with red tape on five and a sliding top box for the concluding pages signed by the president.
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Congress
Alaska
State Department
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Warren, PA
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Union
Atlanta
Charles River
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San Juan and
EL Caney
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Somerville Journal
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Clinton and
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C. Smith & Son
Warren
Baker & Bowman Co
Utz & Dunn
Levis & Pifer’s
Ladies’ Fine Shoes
Goker & Son
Golden Horse Shoe
No. 309
Second St
Diamond Drug CO
W. Broadway
N.Y
N.greenland & Son
Pisa
W. H. Druen
U.S. Pension Claim Atty
Dearborn St
W. Genesee Street
Buffalo
Sheffield
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Washington
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Erie
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Miesmag
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J. B. Hutchinson
J. R. Wood
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
Sun, South
UCD
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Dunkirk
Fredonia
Lily Dale
Falco
Russell
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Titusville
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Gro. W. Bartlett
H. Parry
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Gro. H. Daniels
York City
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F. H. Garfield
Pas
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Tionesta Valley Railroad
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Lamona
Shef
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Amshef
Junction Oval
Western Aa
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Olean Express
Pittsburg
I Tidbute
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Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
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Omaha
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Weissbrod & Hess
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Otto Plock
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Port Jervis
Sullivan County
W. H. Crane
Stephen Crane
Cairo
Egypt
Humphrey Davy
Friedlander
Wiesbaden
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