Mosquito Destroyer Found in New Jersey Worm
Dr Charles Wardell Stiles and Prof John B Smith report a threadworm parasite agamomermis culicis that infects New Jersey mosquitoes. The worm kills larvae, reducing marsh populations, with potential to propagate in breeding sites. Cape May samples show high infection rates, suggesting a natural check on pests.
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Charles Wardell Stiles
New Jersey
John B. Smith
Stiles
Public Health Department
Washington
Smith
Rutgers College
New Brunswick
Cape May
Flies Spread Disease Warns of Typhoid Risk
A 1900 paper by Dr L C Howard shows 980 of 1000 flies caught in kitchens carried disease risk, with house flies breeding in manure and human excrement. It urges strict fly control, screened manure pits, lime treatment, and favoring water disposal over cesspools to curb typhoid spread.
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L. C. Howard
Division of
Entomology
Washington
America
Burning Paper Trick Revealed for Safe Street Magic
A Chicago Tribune account explains a burning paper illusion where a 12 inch strip is bent and curled to spring apart when lit. The performer offers the strip to a friend who holds it between fingers and drops it as the ends burn through, seeming to burn the hand.
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Chicago Tribune
Heavier Than Water Claim From Ice Melting Data
Prof Babcock of Wisconsin University reports precise experiments showing that half a ton of ice weighs more than the water obtained when that ice melts. The result implies a body’s weight increases as its temperature falls.
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Prof. Babcock
Wisconsin University
American finders keepers doctrine cited in Spain dispute
The Washington Post reports Secretary Root has asserted the American doctrine finders keepers in response to Spain's claim that about 250000 dollars found in the captured Spanish weasels at Santiago belonged to her. The note frames U S policy on recovered valuables and emphasizes ownership disputes between nations.
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Spain
Santiago
Washington Post
Root
Rail dream would span Atlantic via Behring Strait
Locqui Lobet champions an all rail route from New York to Paris linking the United States to Europe. His plan travels from New York to Chicago and San Francisco, along the Pacific coast to Alaska, through a Behring tunnel into Siberia, then via Russia to Berlin and Paris, aiming to shift trade away from the Suez canal.
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Locqui Lobet
New York
Paris
Suez Canal
Behring Straits
Lobet
Alaska
Europe
United States
Chicago
San Francisco
California
Oregon
Washington
Juneau
Fort Cudahy
Behring Sea
Siberia
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Alfred's Trouble Revealed By Birthday Mistake
In Cassell's Little Folks a six year old boy mourns because he believed he was eight after his mother told him the truth. His brother explains the child cries from sorrow and confusion over the mistaken age.
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Tie
Cassell
Bock Beer Nuptials Sparks New Milwaukee Fad
A Milwaukee society trend proposes serving Bock beer at weddings as a fresh novelty. The couple inspiring the idea are bride Sophia Bock and groom Joseph Beer, who recently obtained a marriage license.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Joseph Beer
Sophia Bock
The Length of Rays and Color in Light
A note explains that ray length does not alter chemical activity of light but governs its color. It discusses how longer wavelengths yield red hues while shorter wavelengths produce violet tones, framing color as a property tied to wavelength rather than reactivity.
Trick With Matches and a Magician's Wand
A plate or basin holds eight matches arranged as a star with only the lower ends wet. A wand with two ivory tips is created using a tin tube painted black and soap and sugar as tips. Dipping the sugar end in water makes matches crowd together. dipping the soap end makes them spread apart. A neat, surprising magic trick from the New York Herald.
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N. Y. Herald
Family Ghost Frightens Man In Moonlit Entrance
Brown, living with his wife who staged a nocturnal fright, met a white shrouded figure gliding along the passage in moonlight. The sepulchral voice declared itself the family ghost. Brown sighed with relief, joking he mistook the ghost for his wife.
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Brown
Battle leaves eagle dead as boy’s raccoon survives
Isaac Brandiff of Salem New Jersey kept two pets a bald eagle and a raccoon. After a ferocious battle the raccoon survived while the eagle died. The town recalls the odd menagerie and its dramatic end.
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Isaac Brandiff
Salem, N. J
A Matter of Atmosphere on Sun Weighs 2.74 Times Earth
A one pound mass on Earth would weigh about 2.74 pounds on the Sun due to the Sun’s stronger gravity. This illustrates how gravitational pull alters weight across celestial bodies.
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Earth
Betsy Ross Five Pointed Star Craft Lesson
A Washington Star feature recounts Betsy Ross resisting a six point star for Gen Washington and demonstrates folding steps to craft a precise five point star with one snip. It traces flag history from English bunting to American production under Gen Butler and urges practice for accuracy.
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Betsy Ross
Gen. Washington
Washington
Committee of Congress
Betsy
United States
Ben Butler
Washington Star
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