Colonel Nems His Tale Ends With Card Mystery
A Chicago businessman interrupts a manager’s private meetings with endless rambling tales. When the colonel pesters with a long story about Clarkson and Bridge’s mysterious card, the divider collapse ends with the lawyer’s card forgotten and the colonel left baffled, vowing no more interruptions.
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Larson
John Higgins
Calumet River
Silas Tongs
Wheaton
Clarkson
Europe
Vienna
Chicago
Bridge
Eafe
Paris
Viena
Devon
Thad
Plate
Steam Ship Office
New York
Senator Bridge
Smithson
Caid
Chicago Tribune
Witty Snippets From Oddball Panels And Parodies
A collage of quips and cartoons from various papers, including pithy exchanges on reading, marriage, hypocrisy, and child rearing. The snippets showcase humor and social observation, featuring lines about historical novels, strong-minded wives, and a boy chasing every plan via newspaper articles, with a rural comic twist.
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Yonkers Statesman
Phamliman
Philadelphia
N. Weekly
Cadleigh
Henpeck
Baltimore American
Silk worms and markets in early 20th century trade notes
The Greek government breeds silkworms with imported eggs and experiments at agricultural stations to improve silk culture while offering mulberry leaves only. India’s vast cigarette trade is seen captured by America with cheap imports. A California orange shipment plan targets Japan to build a large fruit trade, using ice-free transport. Baku oil wells average 1302 feet depth and 292 barrels per day, higher depth but lower production per well than 1901. oil price at wells is two thirds of a cent per gallon.
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Greece
India
America
Japan
Baku
Russia
The Mission of Socialism by William Johnson
William Johnson argues socialism will replace capitalist production with planned industrial distribution. He calls for organizing workers to gain political power, end slavery by ensuring universal access to food clothing housing and education, and allow each person to live freely according to aptitude.
Cannibal tree of Australia hailed as world wonder
A historical account extols an Australian plant called the cannibal tree as the most wonderful of God's vegetable life. Described as a tall, pineapple shaped form with long fringe leaves, it bears colossal leaf pistils said to trap and "devour" victims during aboriginal ceremonies.
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Naturellet
Australia
Cleveland inventor aids cross street warnings with horn and tube
A Cleveland inventor proposes a trolley car warning device to reduce track accidents. A trumpet under the platform, a gong inside, and a speaking tube for the motorman project signals directly forward through street noise. If the gong is ignored, the tube offers an auxiliary warning to prevent mishearing.
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Cleveland
Louisville Courier-Journal
What Mineral Wool Is Used For In Heating Systems
Mineral wool is produced from furnace slag by blowing air through molten material. It is used to pack around boilers, furnaces and pipes to retain heat, deaden walls, and keep out cold.
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Walla
Automatic Mast Tilt System Aids Sail Stability
A German inventor proposes an automatic device to relieve sail strain by tilting the mast. The mast pivots from a central socket with braced stay ropes wound on a drum. A weighted arm on the drum releases the ratchet to let the mast tilt, then rewinds after the wind calms.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Magnet Saves Sight In Eye With Haab Magnet
Dr Charles Stedman Bull details a machinery explosion injury to a man's eye with a steel fragment penetrating the cornea iris and lens. Using the Haab magnet at close range a three and a half millimeter fragment was drawn out. Ten days later the patient was discharged with partial corneal healing and about two thirds normal vision.
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Charles Stedman Bull
Jewels in Watches Weight Range Specified
A note states the weight range of jewels used in watches spans from one one hundred fifty thousandth to one two hundred fifty six thousandth of a pound, outlining precision in horology components.
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Ray
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