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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1916
Page
2
A Philadelphia Record note describes a compact wing shaped device, triangular sails strapped to the arms and torso, designed to aid skaters by harnessing wind to glide with minimal effort. With proper tacking, wearers can cover large ice areas using little exertion.
The article extols reviving old English herb culture. It highlights monasteries and estates growing simples, notes George Herbert’s parish healing duties, and cites the first public herb garden near Oxford in 1640. It urges women farmers, school classes, and cottage plots to resuscitate camomile, dill, pennyroyal, peppermint, rosemary, rue, and agrimony for medicine and commerce.
The text surveys herbs such as Hyssop Horehound Comfrey Valerian Wormwood Fennel and Dandelion noting their historical medical uses and market value. It discusses Hyssop’s Bible associations and veterinary use, Comfrey as an ornamental and useful herb, Valerian in borders, Wormwood as a vermifuge, Dandelion as a diuretic, and Fennel for flavoring and medicinal seeds.
A Paterson debtor scenario questions valuing a cork leg at 150 dollars to secure a 54 dollar board debt. The critic ridicules using an artificial limb as security, arguing a cork leg bears little relation to real remedy or repayment. The piece lauds Captain Ned.
In Los Angeles an electric car and a jitney collided with no fatalities though the jitney was nearly demolished. A passenger named Jackie from the monitor Cheyenne described the crash in a letter to the trolley company claim agent, noting poor visibility, radarless conditions, and the binnacle light being out as a probable cause.
A 1916 themed reflection notes that full-length trousers entered public fashion a century ago, replacing knee breeches. The piece credits the Duke of Wellington with popularizing the shift and contrasts broader social change with Highlanders clinging to kilts amid opposition.
A fragmented note asks if you attended a wedding yesterday and questions why certain spiritual and financial aspects are unclear, mentioning Epirituously and Phys with unclear references and names.
A historical survey recounts the Whitesburg Kentucky National Guard militia formed to exterminate Ku Klux Klan violence, its 1892 founding, 1916 battles, and mass feuds across Eastern Kentucky. It traces murders, robberies, and reprisals in Breathitt, Pike, Perry, Harlan, and Knott counties, noting notable figures like Dr Taylor and detective John W Wright, and the eventual disbanding and life imprisonment of Klan members.
The column warns that high currency in circulation drives prices up and inflation harms every person. It cites McAdoo noting average dollars per person and explains that more money means higher costs for goods, hinting at economic trouble from inflation.
A fire fighting outfit placed on the market by a motorcycle concern includes a motorcycle and side car with seven chemical extinguishers two axes and a regulation pike pole. The gear is mounted to allow two firemen to reach a blaze quickly ahead of other units to gain control before serious damage.
The article surveys how criminals adapt to scientific advances from poison tests and spectroscopes to dynamite, thermit, oxy acetylene tools, chloroform thefts, and the rise of motor car, camera, and phonograph aided robberies. It cites Harold Savery’s near noiseless weapon, the 1881 dynamite wave, and notable cases like the 1907 West London burglaries and 1912 Kensington forgery ring.
Fragmented text shows a parent questioning a domestic science professor about teaching money use and swimming fish. The passage references a statesman and a bearded man, with unclear context and names.
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