Bears in Atlas Morocco Supplied Food Not Sacred
A historical view of the Shelluh people of Morocco, noting bears are protected yet killed for food. Bears inhabit the Atlas region, revered and addressed with respect but not worshiped. Killing requires an apology, and the bear’s death is justified by hunger and survival rituals.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Ursus
Africa
Atlas Mountains
Morocco
China
Mauretania
Belisarius
Okba
North
Charles II
England
Abd Er Rahman
Spain
Atlas
Ingratitude Brings Sheep Slaughter Plea and Forgiveness
A New York Sun quote notes that sheer ingratitude has led to killing a sheep and that the act, forced by necessity, prompts a prayer for the victim’s forgiveness.
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New York Sun
Notable chemist Charles Chandler a Columbia figure
Charles Frederick Chandler, a Columbia University chemistry professor for over four decades, was born in 1866 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. He helped found the School of Mines and influenced donations for its building. He served as chief chemist and president of New York City Health Department and led the British Society of Chemical Industry.
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Charles Frederick Chandler
Columbia University
Lancaster
Mass
Lawrence Scientific School
Harvard University
School of Mines
Havemeyers
British Society of Chemical Industry
Chandler
Health Department
New York City
Sir Frederick Bridge Concert Organist of Westminster Abbey
Sir Frederick Bridge born December 5 1844 in Worcestershire. He joined Rochester Cathedral choir at six, studied at Oxford, served Manchester and Westminster cathedrals, and became Westminster’s deputy then full organist. He arranged music for Queen Victoria's jubilee 1887 and Edward VII coronation 1902, was knighted 1897 and honored by the Royal Victorian Order.
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Sir Frederick Bridge
Westminster Abbey
Worcestershire
Rochester Cathedral
Royal College of Organists
Oxford
Manchester Cathedral
Bridge
Westminster Cathedral
Victoria
Edward
Royal Victorian Order
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes Career and Birth Details
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of the Methodist Episcopal Church was born in Moundsville West Virginia on December 7 1866. He studied at the University of West Virginia and Ohio Wesleyan University graduating from Ohio Wesleyan in 1889 and then attended Boston University Theological School graduating in 1892 and was ordained the same year. He led Newton Center and Malden Massachusetts parishes before becoming president of DePauw University in Greencastle Indiana in 1908 and later was elected bishop in Baltimore last May. He serves as a trustee of the Carnegie Foundation.
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Edwin Holt Hughes
Methodist Episcopal Church
Moundsville
W. Va
Virginia
Tie
University of West Virginia
Ohio Wesleyan University
Boston
Boston University Theological School
Methodist Episcopal
Newton Center
Mass
Malden
de Pauww University
Greencastle
Ind
Baltimore
de Pauw University
Hughes
Th Carnegie Foundation
Birth and career of Dr. Robert Collyer Unitarian preacher
Dr. Robert Collyer born December 8, 1828 in Keighly Yorkshire. He learned blacksmithing in youth, moved to America in 1850, entered ministry as a Methodist local preacher, joined Unitarianism in 1885, founded Unity church Chicago, led Church of the Messiah New York from 1879, lectured widely, and authored many books.
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Robert Collyer
Keighly
Yorkshire
America
Chicago
Unity Church
Church of the Messiah
New York City
Collyer
Noted William Rolfe and Dr Robert Koch Biographies
The piece profiles William J. Rolfe born December 10 1827 in Newburyport Massachusetts a Shakespeare scholar and educator who wrote textbooks criticism and articles and acted as a linguist and editor. It also details Robert Koch born December 11 1843 in Klausthal Hanover a pioneer in bacteriology who identified disease germs and led tuberculosis and cholera research in Europe and abroad.
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William J. Rolfe
Newburyport
Mass
Cambridge
Rolfe
Robert Koch
Klausthal
Hanover
Gottingen
Isso
Cholera Commission
Egypt
India
University of Berlin
Institute For Infectious Diseases
Koch
America
Washington
Inoculation Against Typhoid Gains Steam In Medical Circles
East coast doctors discuss typhoid inoculation for enlisted men and residents in disease prone areas. Dead typhoid vaccines are used with reports of initial ill effects but subsequent immunity. Philadelphia researchers advocate hospital staff inoculation and schoolchildren protection to prevent outbreaks and save lives.
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Washington
Harlan Supermarker
Methodist Hospital
Philadelphia
Ex-Perien
Two Maids Uprose in the Clanging Battle Morning
Austin Dobson presents a dramatic couplet scene as two maids rise in a shimmering dawn of war. One maid with raven locks vows to favor the knight who defeats the foe, while the other with yellow hair resolves that love remains true regardless of triumph or defeat.
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Austin Dobson
The
Century
Lessons in Domestic Finance and Household Co operation
Miss Grace Pitman urges education in budgeting for youths and notes a student’s shock at a lieutenant’s pay shifting to a tight living cost. She advocates allowances from age 15, keeping accounts, and teaching real costs of running a home. Co operation in marriage highlighted as essential to support a husband’s career and well being.
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Grace Pitman
Passaic
United States Army
Miss Pitman
le Turer
Weeding Out Objectionable Things in the Home
The passage urges reducing household clutter by burning useless old clothing letters kitchen items and medicine bottles while disposing of broken glass and junk. It warns against hoarding rancid products and dirty rags and stresses creating space for essential items through thorough cleaning and elimination.
Women Voices in Public Speak Poorly at Bryan Club Event
At a Bryan reception by a women’s Democratic club, speaker Grenville Kleiser trains 200 New York clubwomen in articulation and public speaking. He cites nasality and timid speech as common faults caused by city noise, nervousness, and faulty breathing, and notes teachers contribute to shrill tones.
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Waldorf-Astoria
Grenville Mkleiser
New York
Kleiser
West Side
Roycroft
East Aurora
Simon
The Stepchild
A reflective verse exploring a child's memory of parental affection and looming growing up. The speaker recalls papa and mamma sharing bedtime rituals, shift in roles after the mother’s absence, and mixed feelings about losing that closeness as maturity arrives. Edmund Vance Cooke is cited from Appleton's.
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Papa
Mamma
Edmund Vance Cooke
Appleton’s
Noise and damage from mine pillar robbing in Port Griffith disturbance
Notes of interest report that pillar robbing in No. 7 mine near Erie county Pennsylvania has caused surface disturbance in Port Griffith and threatens Pittston hospital. Homes are rattled by drilling sounds while miners work close beneath the surface. Capt Will Webster and his fishing crew set a record perch catch at the mouth of Toms river opposite Island Heights New Jersey. The seine netted thirty seven barrels or more than three and a half tons of perch plus about 150 striped bass. If sold to the New York market the haul could net around 750 dollars at ten cents per pound.
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Tare
Hedda Gabler
Thea
Ibsen
Hedda
Hilda
Alis
Annie Nathan Meyer
New Idea Magazine
Erie County
Port Griffith
Thomas Moughan
Pittston Hospital
Will Webster
Toms River
Island Heights
N. J
New York
Webster
Milk theft mystery solved by geese in New Brunswick
Michael Kohlhepp of New Brunswick asked police to investigate cows that gave no milk at night. William Kish watched the herd and found geese feeding on the milk. Kohlhepp now seeks the goose owner responsible.
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Michael Kohlhepp
New Brunswick
N. J
William Kish
Kish
Kolihepp
W Kohlhepp
Hiccoughing Death Looms For Chester Man George Sampsell
George Sampsell, 45, of 1017 West Third street, Chester, Pa., is wasting away as hiccoughs rattle every few seconds. Ill with erysipelas in the right arm, his condition worsens despite Dr. Fred H. Evans’s efforts. Once near 200 pounds, he is now a gaunt shadow, unable to eat, with weakening heart and excruciating pain, facing starvation.
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George Sampsell
West Third Street
Chester
Sampsell
Fred H. Evans
Farmers near Mullica Hill revived after opiate attempt
Patrick Connelly, a prominent New Jersey farmer, was found apparently dead at his home after taking an opiate. Two physicians revived him with an electric shock and continuous resuscitation through the night, and he began to recover. The piece also includes a New York Sun quotation urging women in business to cultivate voice and mind for effective public speaking.
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Patrick Connelly
Mullica Hill
N. J
Connelly
New York Sun
College Experiment in Housekeeping Tested at Illinois
The University of Illinois rents a large house near campus, splitting it into two equal apartments. One uses modern household economics with electricity, washing by machine, and synthetic furnishings. the other follows the traditional method with coal or wood for heat, oil lamps, pump water, and simple carpets. Professors supervise, and a yearlong study tracks expenses, convenience, and time for food prep and domestic work, marking a rare side by side test for college women.
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University of Illinois
Department of Social Science
Woman’s Journal
Advertiser in Connecticut Probed for 70 Cent Quick Rich Scheme
Post office inspectors investigated a Connecticut advertiser pushing a 70 cent method of getting rich. The man answered simply work hard. He advertised mailing twenty five useful articles and sent pins to recipients. Barry Ris hired help to open mail, producing a large volume that drew postal notice. no laws were cited as violated.
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Post Office
Barton
Sons
Barry
Rishire
Confidence game swindles cattle dealer in Minnesota
R F Cuargell a Clyde North Dakota cattle dealer traveling toward Heidelberg Germany fell prey to an old fashioned confidence man in Minneapolis. The con man posed as an express agent and convinced Cuargell to hand over a grip containing $7000 in gold before the victim discovered the ruse. the grip later contained only four beer jellies.
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R. F. Cuargell
Clyde
Cavalier County
N. D
Heidelberg
Germany
Wis
Kaal
Minneapolis
Chica
Gil
Gan
Rai
Cargell
Gell
Caryell
Boar Attack Wounds Brother in Indiana Field
Perv Gresinger of Wabash Indiana was savagely attacked by an enraged boar. His brother Will attempted to help dragging him across a field toward a barn as the animal persisted in charging. Perv survived with severe lacerations.
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Perv Gresinger
Wabash
Ind
Will
Dog Attack Leaves Woman Injured in Sayville
A dog mistaken for a bird sprang at Grace Felmeir in Sayville New York biting her face and forehead before bystanders drove it off. A physician treated the severe wounds, outlining the danger of such animal attacks.
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Grace Felmeir
Sayville
N. Y
Danbury Man Injured by Record 60 Pound Stingaree
Louis Heim of Danbury Conn was injured when a 60 pound stingaree stranded in Long Island Sound was landed by several men while fishing for blackfish. Heim suffered a tail wound and received careful treatment. John Stone was knocked into the water during the event. The catch occurred aboard William B Anholtzs launch. it was the largest stingaree recorded in the sound.
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Louis Heim
Danbury
Conn
John Stone
Long Island
Hein
Heim
William B. Anholtz
Tli Sound
Trout Strike Captured In Snake River Photograph
A historic fish photograph by W. H. Durham of Los Angeles shows a trout striking at bread crumbs on the surface of Snake River, disproving the belief it attacked from below. The image was taken with a rapid rectilinear lens at 1-100 second, hailed as a remarkable wildlife record.
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Izaak Walton
W. H. Durham
Los Angeles
Snake River
Geese Milking Cows Stuns New Brunswick Residents
In New Brunswick New Jersey a man reported cows gave no milk after being brought in from pasture. Police assigned William Kish to watch. Initially believed tramps milking cows, but no signs appeared. A later inspection revealed the geese were the milking culprits. the owner is sought to repay the milk.
Quarantine Strands Barn Across State Line
At Oxford Pennsylvania J J Algards barn sits across the state line with cattle in Maryland and feed stored in Pennsylvania. The Interstate quarantine forbids using his own feed though the nearest fever case is twenty miles away.
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Oxford
Penn
J. J. Algard
Pennsylvania-Maryland
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Silver Dollar Found Off Moriches Shores Stirs Treasure Hopes
An 1800 American silver dollar, found byClarenc Jayne a Moriches lifeguard during shore patrol, excites locals amid belief a long-ago vessel sank offshore. Treasure hunters search beaches hoping for more coins as reports note engravings of a head on one side and an eagle with thirteen stars on the other.
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To Moriches
Atlantic
Svr
Clarenc Jayne
County Physician Plans Electrocution Experiment in New Jersey
Dr. Frank G Seu of Trenton announced a forthcoming resuscitation attempt on an electrocuted inmate at a New Jersey state prison to challenge Dr. Gibbons of New York who claimed electricity causes death. Dr. Scannell and Dr. Thomas H. Maker of Trenton assisted. The next prisoner slated for execution under the rule is John Mantasanna, to die the week of December 21.
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Frank G. Seu
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Gibbons
New York
Scannell
Thomas H. Maker
John Mantasanna
Deserted Hill Marker for Sitting Bull Near Fort Yates
Earthly remains of Sitting Bull lie on a hill by the Missouri River near Fort Yates. A wooden headboard bears his name while the Fort Yates Standing Agency area, once home to the famed Sioux leader, has been turned into a solitary site.
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Missouri River
Fort Yates
Buffalo Bull
Sitting Bull
United States
Fort. Yates
Viena Laws Restrict Balloon Ascents by Married Men
Conditions in Viena require a husband to obtain his wife and children's consent before any balloon ascent. Advertise your intent in this paper to inform local residents and gain family approval.
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Viena
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