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The item surveys diverse topics from civil service reforms at California's state library and overcrowding in Galway to asphalt discoveries in San Bernardino and an oil rush on Waterman mountain. It mentions China market potential for dairy and fruit, Italy's coal cost, steel rail production trends, and auto trade data in New York and Albany.
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Waterman Mountain
San Bernardino County
Cal
Civilization
London omnibus driver finds Trafalgar memorandum value
An unknown seller of Nelsons Trafalgar memorandum is a London omnibus driver whose father served an unnamed admiral. He inherited an old desk containing the document and learned its value by chance. He invested 18,000 from the auction and still drives the omnibus.
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Lord Nelson
Trafalgar
London
Bell chosen as army chief of staff signals new era
The appointment of Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell as chief of staff marks a shift away from Civil War veterans in top military posts. The text notes that no later veteran will reach the role, expecting MacArthur to retire by 1909 and suggesting 1920 before another general has a real chance. It also hints at a potential wave of method changes accompanying personnel shifts.
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J. Franklin Bell
Army
Arthur MacArthur
Bell
Verse Fragments From the Book of the Brave and Echoing Night
A Century poem fragment recalls soldiers in a quiet village street and a march of heroes. Vivid lines describe drums, trumpets, and a bivouac under a beacon night as the speaker contemplates fallen soldiers and distant brave deeds.
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Lu Whedon Mitchell
The Heroism of Tatters The Newsboy Hero
Walter Hawley recounts Tatters a poor newsboy who risks life to save two children from a burning tenement. Amid crowds and reporters he delivers the youngest child to safety then vanishes, while residents insist he did more than a common act.
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Ortchard Street
Tattera
East Side
Talters
Rube
Frank
Admiral Erben Narrowly Lets Mahan Attend Duke Dinner
On a Royal Navy visit to English waters Admiral Erben retired from active command with Captain Alfred T. Mahan as his flag captain. Mahan initially declines a duke’s invitation for the captain due to illness. The admiral then corrects the record, announcing that both he and Mahan will attend, noting Mahan is off the sick list.
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Erben
Alfred T. Mahan
Wipe
United States Navy
Capt. Mahan
Duke of Blank
Amessener
Chasing Home the Visitors and a Practical Tom
The Washington Star quotes a practical tom who explains teaching children to recite and sing as a means to startle visitors who arrive, helping them forget when it is time to go home. The passage reflects a humorous, domestic exchange about social etiquette.
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Washington Star
Back to the Earth. A Rusted Engine Finds New Life
An abandoned engine on a trestle wreck becomes a thriving microhabitat. Field mice nest in the brass bell while thrushes shelter on the smokestack. Vines and seeds reclaim the ruin as natural life heals the site, the engine murmuring a return to earth and renewed usefulness.
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Field Mouse
Mrs. Mouse
Mouse
Boston
Dogs of Thibet Describe Mastiff And Local Hounds
Thibet, a Chinese dependency in Central Asia, restricts travelers. Lamas teach children in monasteries and three grand lamas draw special interest from visitors who obtained photos including a lama with a kodak. The piece notes Thibetan mastiffs, a tawny maned giant yet cowardly, a short-haired sporting dog descended from India, and the Lhassa terrier, all native to Thibet and difficult to obtain.
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Thibet
Central Asia
China
Tures
Kodak
India
Light Compl Ents From Cincinnati Enquirer Dialogue
Sir Matchbox told Miss Candle she looked too sweet in her new hat. Miss Candle replied that his light in the head was fatal yet she could see his way, a striking compliment.
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Matchbox
Entertaining Button Puzzle Described in Leather
A leather piece with two parallel slits and holes below each end holds buttons on a string that passes through the holes and slits. The puzzle asks how to remove the string without cutting the leather, suggesting bending the leather forward, threading the slit through the hole, and pulling the string free. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Education and hygiene notes from early 20th century reports
The piece notes Paris providing paper handkerchiefs to communal schools to curb tuberculosis, cites diverse Pakistan state university statistics including 39 nations and 8,769 academies, and recounts Cincinnati's rule requiring teachers over 50 to undergo health exams every five years. It also quotes William H. Maxwell praising manual training and a Brooklyn high school dedication.
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Paris
Pennsylvania University
United States
Cincinnati School Board
Committee On Hygiene and Sanitation
William H. Maxwell
New York
Manual Training High
Brooklyn
Prize offered for dirigible balloon in France
A new prize of 910000 francs is announced in France for the invention of a dirigible balloon. Sir Patrick Keith Murray has presented to the British nation an old cushion related to the crown of Scotland now kept in Edinburgh Castle. The Florence Umzi gallery has acquired 11000 portraits etchings engravings and plates. A commission finds evidence of a tobacco monopoly in Austria and urges government control. The University of Liverpool Institute of Archaeology funds an expedition near Esna in upper Egypt. The British naval committee proposes no more small protected cruisers. The future war fleet would center on battleships armored cruisers with separate torpedo flotillas and submarines.
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France
Patrick Keith Murray
Scotland
Edinburgh Castle
Umzi
Florence
Austria
A Combines
Commonwealth
Institute of Archaeology
The
University of Liverpool
Esna
Upper
Egypt
Liverpool
British committee on naval de+ 'Bigns
Missionary activity grows in China and donations rise
The Jesuit Shanghai mission reports a 1905 surge with 6 375 converts while 1 500 walled cities lack missionaries. Canton Presbyterians note 1 098 additions across 20 churches and 8 000 in local contributions. The SC conference surpasses most in Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education giving, as Methodists plan a 250 000 Indian jubilee fund chaired by Bishop Thoburn who will attend the India celebration.
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China
Shanghai
Canton
South Carolina
Freedmen's Aid and
Southern Education Society
Rock River
Thoburn
India
Decayed Starch A Food Problem From Asheville Man
An Asheville man describes long stomach trouble and pancreatic ulcer misdiagnosed as appendicitis. After avoiding starch and using Grape-Nuts with cream and Postum, he reports weight gain, clearer brain, stronger nerves, better health, and restful sleep. The testimonial credits Postum Co. and urges reading The Road to Wellville.
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Asheville
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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