Cigarette Boom Replaces Cigar Smoking Nation Wide
A long analysis notes US cigarette production rising dramatically driven by Virginia and North Carolina. examines tobacco sources, paper imports, and the rise of makings. It cites Saint Louis district output, Greece and Bulgaria as shifts in tobacco trade, and reports opinions from Edison and physicians on health risks and public policy effects.
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Revenue Department
United States
Woolworth
St. Laura
Internal Revenue Department
St. Louis
Missouri
Union
Virginia
North Carolina
Kentucky
North
South Carolina
Turkey
France
Hat
Greece
Cairo
Alexandria
Helzer
Constantinople
Cavalla
Xanthi
London
Bulgaria
Seth
Thomas A. Edison
West Orange
N. J
Indiana
Tennessee
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Washington
Oklahoma
Alabama
Chicago
John J. McGovern
Hoboken
World Maritime Commerce and US Vessel Trends
The piece surveys global and U S shipping capacity, noting about 31 000 vessels totaling some 7 000 000 gross tons with a turnout that has grown in 20 years though vessel numbers slightly shrink as units enlarge For the 1018 14 period Lloyds data show Britain and the United States trading shares with Britain leading in tonnage and the United States rising in coastwise and lake trade while ocean trade declines The article discusses foreign and domestic commerce roles and regional export patterns including South America Asia Africa and Europe in global shipping dynamics.
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Springfield Republican
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Great Britain
Germany
France
Italy
Norway
Tloyd
United States
Holland
Japan
Russia
Sweden
Austria-Hungary
Denmark
Spain
United Kingdom
South America
Brazil
Asia
Africa
Just A Fable Celler's Week Ball Game Dream
A whimsical ball game tale describes an Indian batter greeted by silence and a spectator catching a foul ball. The pitcher yields four hits as a spectator watches. no paper notes midseason form or masterly pitching. The moral sits in a dreamlike moment followed by dawn.
Tricks of a Horse Trader and the Loot of Empires
The narrator recalls horse-trading tricks using doctored horses and blind-eye ruses, noting how buyers were misled with nail bruises, turpentine, and belladonna. The piece shifts to a meditation on treasure looted and hidden across Europe from Solomon to Napoleonic wars, arguing modern warfare generates vast loot but cannot match ongoing military costs and the scale of gold and gems at stake.
Novel Device Lets Users Hear Phone Messages Hands Free
A new device designed for telephone users allows listening to messages without holding the receiver to the ear. The invention attaches to the phone handset and amplifies audio for convenient listening, promising easier access for busy or multitasking callers.
Trumpet device to magnify sound replaces holding phone
A London inventor, H. W. Prance, has patented a trumpet shaped loudspeaker for telephones. The device sits on a platform supporting the receiver while the mouthpiece aligns with the receiver opening, projecting sound across a medium sized room during long calls or while awaiting a call.
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H. W. Prance
London
England
Vast Treasure in Hidden Hoards Across Continents
A sweeping account estimates hidden gold and silver hoards across Europe Asia and Africa tied to ancient and recent wars. It catalogues chalked sums in Austria Hungary Germany France England Russia Spain India Egypt and more, noting immense wealth buried or confiscated and the difficulty of estimating total treasure.
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New
Russia
Great
Imperial War Chest
England
Europe
Turkey
Spain
Sun
India
Todia
Jewela
Tartar
Ameer
Bokhara
Central Asia
Egypt
Africa
Carthage
Men’s Size and War in Indianavolia News
Alarm in Britain over indoor workers average height of five feet five inches for military recruitment. Article argues strength lies in the bulldog breed of men, cites Russo Japanese War, Holland mobilization, and a Kaiser review anecdote about dike water depth, highlighting concerns about height versus capability.
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Britain
London
Davy Jones
Russia
Europe
Little
Holland
Prince Consort of
What War Costs Daily
A foreign ambassador cites that the war costs the government about 3,000,000 dollars daily to field its army, while the United States loses 10,000,000 dollars per day in international trade as European sales halt and factories face scarce inputs like yarn and tin.
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United States
Europe
Philadelphia
Russia
Mr. Bromide
Portable wireless outfit for army use demonstrated
Popular Mechanics describes a complete wireless set packable on two mules. Transmitter and receiver in a suitcase sized case, antennae poles fit like fishing rod sections. A field generator powers a 500 watt source allowing 40 miles transmission in good weather and longer reception.
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United States Army
Why We Are Right Handed Theory Review
An article summarizes current views on handedness, citing Dr Felix Regnault and Br at Broca. It explains right handedness as brain hemisphere dominance and nerve interconnections, noting left artery circulation advantages and that ambidexterity remains rare in humans. It discusses influences of training and education, plus varying opinions on whether children should be encouraged toward ambidexterity.
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Felix Reyneult
Kipling
Regnault
Exceptionel
Tims
Herder
Broca
Ancient Egyptian Tale of Ennana and Merenptah
A fragmentary tale titled Yalea Two Brothers is linked to the Theban scribe Ennana and King Merenptah. It purports to amuse a Crown Prince later known as Seti I, with a single sentimental signature from a king. The papyrus, bought in Italy, is now in the British Museum as the Urlumy papyrus.
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Ncdis
Ennana
Ian
Merenptah
Sete
Thia
Pupyrus
Italy
Mme. d’Orbiney
Brite
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