Peat Resources and Naval Race Highlight Wisconsin Page
The Washburn Times reports on Britain’s naval buildup with four new superdreadnoughts and compares it to Germany’s fleet, noting the U S and UK game. The piece cites United States Geological Survey estimates that peat in U S swamps and bogs is worth about 38 million dollars and Wisconsin’s peat potential. It mentions the Astor machine converting peat into gas as a new development.
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Great Britain
Germany
United States Geological Survey
United States
Wisconsin
Shackleton Near Pole Had His Last Pony Survive Crevasse
Shackleton’s latest remarks reveal he nearly reached the south pole despite ship rations failing and his final pony lost in a crevasse. He echoed Richard III’s cry “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” in recounting the perilous voyage.
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Lieut. Shackleton
South Pole
Richard III
Mene the Esquiman Boy Challenges Peary Legacy
Mene the Esquiman, also William Wallace, was brought to the United States by Lieut Peary and left behind on his final voyage. He rejects Caucasian civilization and aims to lead his countrymen to discover the pole, mocking Peary and his race. His white friends see him as a trial but harbor no grudge and would not belittle any success he might achieve.
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Mene
William Wallace
United States
Lieut
Peary
Pole
Idle lake steamers blamed on strike and coal scarcity
The idle fleet of 200 lake steamers, valued at about 30 million dollars, rests due to the strike and coal shortages. Shippers of ore are not bidding higher rates, suggesting ample tonnage in operation. Idle time would have persisted without harmony between owners and crews from the season’s start.
Cattle Breeders Convention to Meet in Denver
The United States cattle breeders association will convene in Denver next January with beef price rises as the main topic. Delegates fear meat may become prohibitive and aim to revive the sagging ranching industry, a move welcomed by those who value the biblical diet of meat.
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Convention of Cattle Breeders of
United States
Denver
Geologist predicts resource exhaustion dates in scarce supply
The anxious geologist warns that coal will run out by 2040 petroleum by 1939 and iron in thirty years based on resources in sight. Yet he notes unseen reserves could avert future shortages despite ongoing lamentations.
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America
Landor Considers Anglo American South Pole Expedition
Henry Savage Landor contemplates organizing an Anglo-American polar voyage. He favors traveling light with minimal luggage and food as the primary load. He could be right but should heed advice from those with polar experience about travel difficulties.
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Henry Savage Landor
Mr. Landor
Brigand Raid on Russo German Frontier Net $25000 Loot
German reports say brigands on the Russo German frontier between August 1 and Lipsk captured 50 to 60 travelers last week. Most victims were horse dealers carrying large sums, with total haul estimated at $25000.
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American Southwest
Germany
Lipsk
Russia
Duck powered potato farming idea from Alton tale
A farmer near Alton Illinois reportedly feeds ducks potato bugs in an enclosure to grow a market for duck services in potato patches. The concept suggests Waupaca county farmers could raise tubers underground to attract bugs and rent ducks to control pests, potentially replacing chemical Paris green. The story may be a duck yarn rather than fact.
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Alton
Illinois
Waupaca County
Paris Green
Birth of Prince de Sagan’s son in Paris shapes gossip
The world extends good wishes on the birth of a son to the Prince de Sagan and his American wife in Paris. Anna Gould’s turbulent life with Count Boni de Castellane and his illicit spending colors commentary. Boni faced court orders over a $25,000 necklace bought for a gift and never worn by her. Boni’s likely reaction to the new prince underscores tensions over money and control.
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Prince de Sagan
Paris
Anna Gould
Boni de Castellane
Boni
Anna
Queen Margaret's College Publishes Jus Suffragi Alumnae
Students at Queen Margaret's College Glasgow establish the first college paper devoted to equal suffrage. The Jus Suffragi Alumnae is praised by admirers for wit and engaging content.
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Queen Margaret's College
Glasgow
Scotland
Painting as a dilettante art and its limits
Marcel Prevost argues that painting attracts many amateurs who paint for pleasure rather than glory or fortune. He notes the ubiquity of painters, the ease of recognition for a copied work, and questions whether art gains from this trend while urging self-questioning about personal growth and professional effort.
The Old Man in Business And The Retirement Question
John A. Howland discusses how young and middle aged workers must face aging in business. He argues that modern methods won t make the old man more in demand and that retirement wealth is often unattainable. The ideal for many remains dying in the harness rather than retiring early.
Mind as the essence of reality and universal unity
The author argues mind shapes matter and universes are interconnected. He asserts actions leave permanent consequences across visible and invisible realms and urges mastery of natural laws to extend life and rule disease. The individual merges with a universal consciousness as a future aim.
The Fever and its Medical View in Domestic Care
A discussion of thermometer use and fever interpretation in households. It contrasts old child temperature judging by touch with modern methods and explains normal ranges and high fever. It cautions against suppressing fever and notes fever can aid fighting bacterial toxins.
Soap Bubbles in School in Haarlem
A Haarlem school adopts soap bubble blowing under Dr Dotmar to widen chests. Children use bowls of soapy water and pipes three days a week with wide window openings, then compete to blow the biggest bubbles. Periodic chest measurements show increases in each child.
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Haarlem
Holland
Dotmar
The Fever of Sunstroke Described as a Conflagration
The fever of sunstroke is the disease itself not a fever. It is a conflagration that must be extinguished quickly by cold baths ice packs ice water and all available means. Diagnosis benefits from the fever's character and a physician should assess it.
Desiccated Water and the Phila delphia Bath Tale
A Washington Star writer notes Philadelphia water used to turn muddy after storms. Peter Burness jokes the mud is medicinal, praising Schuylkill water as bath worthy. The tale ends with an odd tip to air dry and brush off residue without towels.
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Philadelphia
Washington Star
Peter Burness
Peter
Schuylkill
Homburg
Marienbad
The Ruling Passion and the Tramp’s Fashion Statement
A Puck quip depicts a tramp asking a woman for her husband's cast off trousers. The exchange centers on the tramp's ironic assessment of the husband’s clothing and social status as he accepts the second-hand garments with a dramatic sigh. The cartoonish scene mocks pretensions and class.
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Puck
The Cause of the Feud and Bible Questions
The Brook lyn Citizen features a terse exchange about biblical ages and timing. A reader asks who is the oldest person in the Bible while another quips about misjudgment and being late.
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Brooklyn
Brewers Propose Joint Texas Probe Commission
Brewers of Texas offer to fund a twelve member commission split evenly between brewers and Prohibitionists to visit the so called dry states and investigate the liquor traffic. If the panel finds more liquor than anticipated it could influence policy discussions.
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Texas
Bull charges an auto on turnpike near Mill City
A plucky Guernsey bull escaped its pasture along the Mill City turnpike and charged a passing car. District Attorney O Smith Kinner of Wyoming County and three others witnessed the collision as the bull struck the radiator, injuring the vehicle but not stopping it.
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Mill City
O. Smith Kinner
Wyoming County
James Dersheimer
Tunkhannock
William Skinner
Washington, N. J
Leon D. Decker
Binghamton
N. Y
Mischievous Monkey Draws Thorns for Goat Relief
London Standard reports a playful monkey in Guadeloupe plucking thorns from a goat’s fleece each night so the animal could rest. Afterward the monkey teases the goat by pulling hairs and poking eyes, while the goat endures it as payment for relief. A quip on suffragists follows.
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M. Mouton
Guadeloupe
London Standard
Prohibitionists Offer Charity Donation in Dry States
The Prohibition state committee would receive $100,000 for any charity named by them if the offer is accepted. Observers expect the idea to be unlikely to be entertained, with the Schenectady Union noting the watchful interest in subsequent developments.
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Prohibition State Committee
Schenectady Union
Rat Menace Hits Leeds Public Library in Tremor
Rat exterminators were engaged by Leeds public library after a great rat defied the chief librarian and frightened the women assistants who remained in a constant state of terror.
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Leeds
England
Summer wonder book praised by Washington Star
A Washington Star excerpt extols a free summer wonder book filled with escapist scenes of luxury hotels, mountain nooks, seaside waves, and woodland dell. It promises easy chairs, electric breeze, sylvan streams, and the joy of reading about nature and leisure in a book.
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Washington Star
The Parson's Thief
Gerald Allton the rector spots a white figure in his vegetable garden and discovers a woman thief who pays for the produce with money and a rose. A romance blossoms as Constance challenges a rooted inheritance and elopes with the parson, while Aunt Anne arranges a match with Herbert Wilcox who unexpectedly approves.
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Gerald Allton
Allton
Susanne
Gerald Alston
Constance
Herbert Wilcox
Herbert
Anne
Aunt Anne
Tonetkabe
Gerald
Rose Garden Quietly Emptied as Winters Close In
A house closes its doors and roses lie wrapped in straw as winter settles in. The parson notes the future tenants will be lively a young clergyman and a loving wife Gerald Jr. may play in the rose garden in summers to come. Edith Robina Scott hints at estate riches and a changed household.
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Constance
Gerald
Herbert
Gerald, Jr
Rose Garden
Edith Robina Scott
London
Marine Controversy Reignites Over Ship Duty Roles
The dispute over marine duty aboard ships reemerges after Rear-Admiral Seaton Schroeder orders guard duties to be alternated between seamen and marines aboard battleships. The issue traces to Roosevelt era changes that shifted marines ashore and prompts renewed congressional attention amid debate on naval efficiency.
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Seaton Schroeder
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Congress
Schroeder
Rooseveltian
Prof Reich’s View of American Women Draws Fire
The article rebukes Prof Emil Reich for defending his critique of American women in a new book. It argues his claims are a hasty generalization based on limited data and denies that American men or women fit his harsh European stereotype. It notes widespread disagreement among scholars and readers.
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Reich
Emil Reich
Prof. Reich
Europe
America
Orchestra of Life
United States
Unitedates
Junk money and the iron markets in the city
A Technical World Magazine essay extols the junk business, praising junk dealers for financing banks, supplying raw materials to foundries and factories, and arguing that junk piles persist and profits stay steady as collateral. It portrays the junkman’s work as vital and lucrative, defending the trade from public derision.
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Technical World Magazine
Water electrolysis and gas mains surge in Boston area
The report notes that electrolysis of water and gas mains in Boston and nearby districts is advancing at a rate unmatched previously.
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Boston
Iron trade buyout surges with 260000 tons since July
The New York Journal of Commerce reports a vigorous iron market with eastern contracts totaling 260000 tons since July and 100000 tons in Pittsburgh. Foundry and steel making iron dominate, while railroads and car makers drive demand for billets, rails, and heavy castings across the region.
Steel Mills Struggle to Ship as Delays Grow Across Regions
New York dispatch reports most steel mills cannot ship for six to eight weeks and some for up to three months. Prompt shipments fetch premiums of 1 to 2 per ton, with higher prices for small stock lots. Demand remains active for billets and blooms, while rails contracts total 50 000 tons of heavy and light sections and 15 000 tons of re rolling rails. The American Railway Association notes a 2 667 car reduction in surplus in two weeks to July 7, leaving 260 277 idle cars, with rail traffic gains strongest in New England, the middle Atlantic, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and western Pennsylvania. Small idle car decreases seen in the South Atlantic and Gulf states.
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New York Journal of Commerce
Eastern Territory
Pittsburg
Allegheny Mountains
New England
Pennsylvania Steel Company
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Panama Canal
Boston’& Maine’ Railroad Company
Bessemer
Baltimore Dispatch
Baltimore’ & Ohio Railroad Company
New York
American’ Railway Association
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Avere
South
Atlantic
Gulf States
Westinghouse batteries promise major storage breakthrough
The Westinghouse Storage Battery company, a 1.75 million dollar venture, is seen as a patent holding group for new storage battery developments. Reports claim lighter, higher capacity cells suitable for heavy use, with tests in mill locomotives. Youngstown Sheet and Tube buys 25,000 tons of Bessemer iron at 15.50 valley, deliveries start now through September amid market price expectations.
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Westinghouse Storage Battery Company
East Pittsburg
Westinghouse
Youngstown’ Sheet ‘and Tube Company
Bessemer
Bessemer Pig Iron Association
Valley
Pittsburg
Rose Leaf Hopper Damage On Roses
Rose leaf hoppers or white bugs ruin rose blooms by feeding under leaves. Prof H A Surface notes they inject poison and suck juices, with eggs on leaf undersides. Adults jump and fly. spray undersides with whale oil soap solution or tobacco decoction. arsenicals are ineffective.
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H. A. Surface
Harrisburg
Presidents Roosevelt Taft Elected From Born Town
Roosevelt and Taft are the only U.S. presidents elected who were born in the same town. The fact highlights their shared birthplace and unique electoral link in American political history.
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Roosevelt
Taft
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the Washburn Times
Washburn, Wis
Washburn Printing Co., Publishers
Marcel Prevost
John A. Howland
E. EB. Fournier d’Albe
Poe Earmmy DocTor
New York Sun
BULL
Industrial World
Professor Surface
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