Morgans Expected to Consolidate Leyland and Transatlantic Lines
New York reports say J Pierpont Morgan & Co backed by strong interests aims to fuse the Leyland steamship fleet of 63 ships with Atlantic Transport and related lines in a vast trust controlling transatlantic traffic valued near 100 million dollars. Leyland previously linked with Illinois Central in weekly New Orleans trade runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leyland Line
Rncan
Carr Steamship Lines
Morgans
J. Morgan
Robert Bacon
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Leyland
Boston
Liverpool
London
Portland
Antwerp
New Orleans
Quebec
Portugal
Italy
Sicily
Malta
Constantinople
Black Sea
Indian and Pacific Steamship Company
Wilson and Furness-Leyland Lines
Atlantic Transport Company
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
Ilinois Central
Criticism of Chicago by Henry B Fuller Hits World
Henry B Fuller answers Chicago critics in a New York World piece. He argues two million country people dominate the city, making Chicago a country town grown large. He says many residents lack urban experience and that the Jojo caricature of Dog Faced Jojo once drew crowds, but Chicago can no longer be the Jojo among world cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Fuller
Chicago
New York
Mississippi Valley
Alleghenies
Dog
Jojo
Reverend Resigns After Pulpit Denunciation of Humboldt Cooking School
The Rev. Thomas H. Agnew of the Humboldt Methodist Church near Mattoon Illinois resigns after condemning the local cooking school as a "school for high kicking" in a New York World inspired flare. Half of the members stopped attending, most withheld support, and trustees requested his resignation as five or six members remained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Agnew
Methodist Church of
Humboldt
Mattoon
Ills
Humboldt Cooking School
New York World
Agnew
Tobacco as a Factor In Glycosuria
Dr Heinrich Stern reports in The Medical Record that carbonic oxide from tobacco may cause tobacco intoxication with symptoms such as nausea gastric catarrh vertigo and related conditions. He notes nicotine is degraded by heat and has been less studied than carbonic oxide poisoning as a harmful factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinrich Stern
Automobile Fire Engine For London
The London county council fire brigade committee plans a Locomobile built automobile fire engine. Commander Wells recommends adopting the motorized apparatus to modernize the city fire service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York Herald
London County Council
Empire
Commander Wells
Locomobile Company of America
Appendicitis Cause Tied to Worms and Raw Produce
Professor Metchnikoff of the Pasteur Institute in Paris attributes appendicitis to parasitic worms in the intestines and their entry into the appendix. He cites a decade of observations and urges vermifuge treatment and elimination of uncooked fruits and vegetables from the diet, plus boiled or filtered water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metchnikoff
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Dr. Championniere
Odors Said to Reveal Disease Across Medical Belief
A doctor asserts that all physicians can diagnose diseases by scent, noting distinct odors for illnesses such as measles, diphtheria, typhoid fever, consumption, epilepsy, and others. He cites mouse-like breath in favus and ammoniacal scents in fever, with varied odors described for rheumatism scurvy peritonitis and hysterical conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor’s Magazine
A Sure Test For Death By Roentgen Rays
Professor Ottolenghi of the University of Siena reports that Roentgen rays fail to penetrate the lungs of a dead person. He states that while rays may reach living lungs, they are unable to affect those of the deceased, and repeated tests confirm this as a reliable death determination method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottolenghi
University of Siena
Submarine Boat With Dual Top Propellers Arrives
A Baltimore inventor unveils a submarine boat featuring two top propellers at opposite ends and two side stern propellers. The top propellers are angled and rotate in opposite directions to aid the craft’s forward backward motion and sinking capability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Omaha Man Claims Earth Fuel Burns Cleanly
BE. J. Hoffman of Omaha asserts he has created a superior fuel by mixing crude petroleum with earth and two secret ingredients. He says the decoction, 75 percent earth, burns hotter and cleaner than pine knots, at a cost of $2.50 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. J. Hoffman
Omaha
Triumph for Electrical Furnace in Phosphate Reduction
A new method for electrolytically reducing phosphorus from phosphate rock uses an electric arc and cooling to collect vapors as phosphorus. The process promises simple and economical operation and follows standard treatment steps after collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triumph
Rubber tubing resists heat with asbestos coating near Berlin
A Berlin area firm introduces heat resistant rubber tubing. Ordinary tubing is wrapped in asbestos and coated with an incombustible paint to prevent flame damage. The tubing stays pliable and remains easy to cut as before.
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Berlin
Dream Theory Claims Colors From Retina Pressure
Professor M Vergson of the College de France asserts dreams arise from blood flow in the retina and eyelid pressure on the optic nerve. He says these forces create color sensations that form phantom shapes which stir the memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Vergson
College de France
Invention Imitation Rubber from Copenhagen Chemist
A Copenhagen chemist introduces Ann Imitation Rubber Solicum an asphalt-based rubber substitute claimed useful for linoleum overshoes insulators and as a waterproof paint. The invention emphasizes waterproofing and versatility across applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Riverside Leaders Note Shifting Careers Ahead
The Riverside column predicts future high pay for farm hands and house girls as education shifts toward book keeping law medicine and other professions for youth. Rev and Mrs Jones celebrate tenth wedding anniversary with a town gathering at the parsonage as Plaines church members present a dining chair set and china.
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement and testimonial letters
An 1880s advertisement offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Letters from West and Truax and Walding Kinnan Marvin attest to F J Cheney & Co reliability. Claims the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces and sells for seven and a half cents per bottle with testimonials available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
FJ. Cheney
West & Truax
Young player sustains severe finger injury in local ball game
Ferrell son of Joseph Huston of Crawford township suffered a badly broken finger when a fast ball struck his left hand. The second finger joint was dislocated and bone protruded. Dr. Hamilton treated the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferrell
Joseph Huston
Crawford Township
Hamilton
Poison in Potatoes and Green Skin Risk
The text notes solanin in potatoes, with new potatoes usually low in poison unless the skins turn green above ground. It states older potatoes may contain more of this poisonous principle, a fact not widely recognized.
Poisoning from Old Potatoes Prevalent Among Troops
Historical notes describe widespread poisoning in late-summer from old sprouted potatoes. In 1892 and 1893 German troops suffered severe symptoms including headache stomach cramps diarrhea vomiting weakness and mild stupor. Meyer found sprouted potatoes stored damp contained twenty four times more solanin than fresh potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumer
Meyer
Iowa Fish Law Restricts Seasonal and gear Use
The Muscatine Journal outlines Section 2540 of Iowa law prohibiting winter and spring fishing for salmon trout bass pike and other game fish in state waters except minnows for bait with hook and line. It permits limited trot lines May to December but bans trot lines nets dams and devices that hinder fish passage and bans explosives and spearing on ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowa
Mississippi
Missouri
Muscatine Journal
Kalona News Bird Protection Plea to Boys
A Kalona News plea urges boys not to shoot harmless birds or steal nests or eggs. It frames such acts as illegal and cruel, reminding youths birds exist to increase happiness and urging kindness toward wildlife.
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Kalona News
Wedding Invitation Echoes A Child’s Grudge
Four year old Marjie tells her mother she will not invite her to her wedding because the mother did not invite Marjie to hers. The playful retort captures a family moment with a child’s candid remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Margie
Cannibals Eat Missionaries for Flavor in Fly River Saga
The Port land Oregonian reports that cannibals of the Fly River in Guinea kill and eat two missionaries not from religious hostility but because missionaries resist rum and tobacco. The paper notes meat of a missionary is particularly palatable and sometimes spares sailors due to alcohol and tobacco flavor, likening it to carrion birds in unpalatable flesh.
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Fly River
Guinea
The
Portland Oregonian
Memorial Day Observance in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville held Memorial Day with large attendance and patriotic fervor. Hundreds joined the procession and after graves were decorated the crowd overflowed the United Presbyterian church. J H Huston led as marshal, W A McCall carried the flag, H Manners chaired, with recitations by George Brown Lois Harper and Mrs Doud. George Maxwell directed a strong choir as Rev I B Schreckengast delivered a pointed address.
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Crawfordsville
United Presbyterian Church
J. H. Huston
W. A. McCall
H. Manners
George Brown
Lois Harper
Doud
George Maxwell
I. B. Schreckengast
Thompson
Taylor
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Morgan
Criticism OF
Poller
Windy City
New Dream Theory
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
United States
Ohio
Ains Worth
the Clipper
Jake Kephart
Teamsters
Cemetery Hill
M. D. Wells & CO
Iowa
Fish Law
Dougherty
Bor
West Side
Mxcnetc Siarchmf G.co
Defiance
D. J. Eichelberger
Baird & Johnson
DRS
Fellows & Fellows
Des Moines
Express
Cencery
4Th and
Walnut Sts
Iowa National Bank
Awds
Washington, Iowa
Ella Barnes
J. A. Barnes
Davenport
T. H
Ainsworth
Washington
Miss Barnes
Wallace
Hebron
Ind
Ralph Livingston
Centerville
DR. Fenner
Lewis
Mair
Ptora
Tim Fongmorer
Arvel CO
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