Home Rule for Cities Ends State Interference
Grand Rapids hosts the sixth annual convention of the League of American Municipalities with 200 delegates, urging home rule for cities and independence in local matters. Mayor Palmer welcomed attendees as President Charles S. Ashley argued for municipal ownership of public utilities and regulation rather than state control.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
League of American Municipalities
Furniture Exposition
League
Palmer
Charles S. Ashley
New Bedford
Mass
Ashley
What Postmasters May Do
Washington, Aug. 28. Acting Postmaster General Wynne issues the guidance to postal workers regarding political activity. Employees may join political clubs and contribute privately outside government offices and may serve as delegates to conventions. They should not chair or hold prominent roles in state or county committees or actively promote political conventions.
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Washington
Wynne
Ant Hypnosis Report From An Ant Seance
An observer describes ants acting as hypnotists to treat weakened colony members. Invalid ants approach a mound where a large ant performs head and body tendrils that resemble nerve and muscle hypnosis. After treatment, patients return as the doctor departs.
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Ant
Naval engineers celebrate Mariposa liquid fuel tests
Naval engineers are elated by liquid fuel experiments aboard the Pacific liner Mariposa. Lieut Winchite led a long voyage to gather data on oil as a coal substitute for warships. Washington tests with oil show promise despite supply and price issues from Texas and other sources.
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Lieut
W. P. Winchue
Lieut. Winchite
Minerals Produce Vast Value in 1901
The United States Geological Survey reports total mineral production valued at 1,092,224,380 for 1901, up from 1,064,408,321 in 1900. Non metallics total 566,351,006. metallics 524,873,284. about 1,000,000 in unspecified minerals including sands, iron ore for flux, nitrates and soda compounds.
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United States Geological Survey
United States
Crab's Strange Home in the Laccadives
The article describes the great land hermit crabs of Coenobita in Minikoi atoll, noting their land-dwelling life and shell habitation. British naturalists Gardner Borradaile and Cooper conducted extensive dredgings to study Maldive and Laccadive fauna, supporting the idea these islands may be remnants of a former land bridge between India and Madagascar.
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Minikoi
Laccadive
Maldive
Messrs. Gardner
Borradaile
Cooper
India
Madgascar
May Adopt Metric System In Empire Plans
Washington officials praise the London colonial conference for proposing compulsory metric weights and measures across the empire. A House bill would have the system used by government departments from 1904 and, four years later, become the standard nationwide. Britains Decimal Association reports broad support in Parliament.
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Washington
London
Treasury Department
Congress
House
United States
Great Britain
House Committee On Coinage, Weights and Measures
England
Decimal Association of Great Britain
Odds and Ends from a Misty Era
A collection of curious facts and trivia from early American life. Banking in Pittsburg traces to 1804. Leves and names described. Louisiana spent over 30 million on Mississippi levees since the Civil War. Oklahoma population 600,000 with 1 rep per 22,000 and 1 senator per 45,000. A Haying tale recalls William Sale of Arcade New York who recovered $750 found in a hayload by Ira Parker.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
William Sale
Arcade
N. Y
Ira Parker
Almanac Saved Her Life Aboard Kidney Cure
Matthews Arkansas story of Mrs Lee S Sanders crediting Dodd's Kidney Pills after reading an Almanac 1902. She suffered kidney trouble, used the pills, improved quickly, and now says she is as well as anybody and believes the pills cure others. Her account ties life salvation to the almanac and the product.
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Dodd
Tests on disappearing gun carriages show strong results
The board led by Col Randolph tested weapons on Fischer's island, reporting favorable results for the disappearing carriages. Twelve inch, ten inch, and six inch guns were fired with good intervals. Thirty shots from the ten inch gun averaged 53 seconds between shots. Ten shots from the twelve inch gun averaged 59 seconds, breaking the record for guns of that size.
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Col. Randolph
Fischer's Island
Superstitions Challenge Medical Cures Near Oxford
A sanitation lecturer in Oxfordshire villages notes that locals treat whooping cough with a spider charm. The spider sewn in muslin is hung on a curtain rod and its death was thought to end cough. A doctor’s poultice order was misapplied as the poultices rested on an oak chest.
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University of Oxford
From Convent to Factory Former Monk Receives Wagon Tailboard Patent
Joseph B. Graham of Dubuque Iowa spent 23 years in New Melleray monastery and after withdrawal has been granted a patent for a tailboard fastening for wagons. Brother Eugene was the name by which he was known.
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Joseph B. Graham
Dubuque
New Melleray
Eugene
Immenasity and Minuteness Compared in Anecdote
Mr J K Gore cites immensity and minuteness by noting the nearest fixed star is 271000 times as far as the sun, and a specimen of infusoria can fit between inch lines split into 25000 parts, illustrating vast scales in a concise comparison.
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J. K. Gore
Unverified Claim Linking Barefooted and Sandal Wearers to Health
A brief statement alleges that people who go barefoot or wear sandals rather than shoes rarely suffer cords in the head or any form of influenza, presenting an unusual causal claim without supporting evidence.
Delicate Aluminium Tubes In Scientific Use
Aluminium tubing for scientific instruments is described as exceptionally fine. A length of 1,000 feet weighs merely one pound, highlighting the remarkable lightness and conductor properties of the metal.
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