Williston Graphic Highlights World News And Scholarly Notes
A collage of 1905 era items reports the Bible reaching 290 languages, Italy’s railway takeover, Boer War burials near Pretoria, Carnegie family queries, Skibo household routines, Uintah land allocations for corporations, tire experiments, Rockefeller philanthropy and tea trade lines, Lippincott house wood rarity, Philadelphia typhoid and yellow fever stats, New York housing density, rising urban tenements, wild elk domestication, and Plymouth Rock elk findings.
Finger print system spread worldwide in crime detection
The article traces the adoption of fingerprinting from Asia to Europe, noting its role in solving crimes and revealing aliases. It cites Galton, Herschel, and Bertillon, with inspector Collins confirming high identification accuracy and expanding use at Scotland Yard.
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Liam Herschel
William
Charles Darwin
Francis Galton
British Association
Prof. Galton
Galton
Home Office
Scotland Yard
Collins
M. Alphonse Bertillon
Bertillon
France
Denver Woman Owns Gravity Street Car Line
Mrs. George H. Bogue of Denver remains the sole owner of the Chevvelyn One, a one and a half mile gravity street car line extending from Englewood to South Broadway heights. The uphill pull is by horse, with driver Jimmy O'Brien serving as faithful operator for three years, while three horses alternate the uphill ascent and downhill ride offering panoramic mountain views.
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Denver
George H. Bogue
South Broadway
Englewood
South Broadway Heights
Jimmy O’brien
Bogue
Choate of the West Confidant Calhoun Heads to Caracas
Washington report profiles William J. Calhoun as the president’s confidential envoy to Venezuela to study the situation in the republic. The piece recounts Calhoun’s life from Pennsylvania roots to Illinois politics, law career, and role in U.S. history including Cuba and Spain.
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Venezuela
Little Republic
Washington
William J. Calhoun
United States
Caracas
Roosevelt
Castro
Bia
Middle West
Calhoun
Aveorica
West
McKinley
Cuba
Proctor
Spain
Pennsylvania
Poland, O
Union Seminary
Nashville Exposition Pair Plans Wed Soon
In 1887 at the Nashville exposition Mr Anthony Fiala the Arctic explorer and Miss Claire Puryear met and became engaged though the wedding was postponed until his polar expedition. They expect marriage soon after his return from the voyage to discover the pole. Early Egyptilve in France. A French Academy of Sciences report notes prehistoric Egyptian remains found with Gaulish artifacts. A Neolithic flint card from Egypt matched a similar card on Riou island near Marseilles. Spotting Roman and Greek pottery beneath indicates long cultural connections. The females found date back at least 5000 years.
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Nashville, Tenn
Anthony Fiala
Claire Puryear
New York
Tion
Nashville
Pole
Fiala
Norway
France
French Academy of Sciences
Gaul
Egypt
Rioy Island
Marseilles
Castor Oil Proves The Embalming Fluid
After extensive tests, the ancient Egyptian embalming fluid is shown to be ordinary castor oil. The process involved a simple 70 day emulation with castor oil injections, affirmed by Berthelot, secretary of the Louvre Museum, as the proven fact. This challenges prior beliefs in complex formulas.
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Berthelot
Louvre Museum
A Servian Custom in Servia Zadruga Lays All Wives Under One Chief
A Servian O14 institution named the Zadruga unites about 100 people under one chief who controls money, makes all purchases, and directs every aspect of family life.
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Servia
Lincoln Birthplace Farm Sells for 3600 to Collier
Hodgenville Kentucky Rock Spring farm where Abraham Lincoln was born sold for 3600 to R J Collier of New York with three other bidders. The 110 acre tract near the town includes the log cabin site and a spring. Collier plans restoration and preservation, possession due in December.
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Hodgenville
Lincoln
Rock Spring Farm
Thomas Lincoln
Richard Creel
Indiana
A. W. Dennette
New York
Kentucky
Cecilia
Hardin County
Desk and chair once used by Moody on display at home
Washington. United States Attorney General Moody admired Reed. He bought the desk and chair from the old House fittings, moved to his Heverhill home, and they now sit in the hallway. A stranger asks how such shabby furniture gained prominence, until told the story.
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Lippincott Mansion
Philadelphia
Yellow Mansion
McKinley
Calhoun
Tuscola
Ill
Illinois
Cullou
Cullom
Chicago
Itmols & West Indiana Railroad
United States
Cubs
United States Railroad Commission
Pam
Buffalo
Northwest
Washington
Moody
Tom Reed
House of Representatives
Maine
Chase
Heverhill
Peruna Endorsed By Ex Lieutenant For Catarrh
Ex-Lieut. F. S. Davidson of Washington, D C, now in pension service, praises Peruna for catarrh saying it strikes at the root and strengthens the system. He urges others to try it and invites letters to Dr Hartman for free advice from The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
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Davidson
Army
Washington, D. C
Care U, & Pension Office
Old World Oddities and Curious Local Tales
A Northampton man with a mustache reaching to his vest pockets is noted. Johann Kurz, a Tyrolean farmer, wins 8000 pounds in Austria’s charity lottery. A wedding near London features a bridal ride on single machines and a tandem return. A London bookstall purchase reveals two five pound notes dated May 1878. Edwin Webber, a London moneylender, has folded into bankruptcy. Lancashire woman asks about sending two girls by parcel post to a Yorkshire town and the cost.
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Northampton
Johann Kurz
Epping
London
Edwin Webber
Couldn't Be Both. A Bridget Tale of Truth and Deceit
The Philadelphia Press quotes Mrs. Hiram Offen accusing Bridget, a new servant, of untruthfulness based on a distant reference. Bridget retorts she could not be with the lady who claimed she was never at home, implying a conflict over honesty and reliability in a domestic setting.
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Plymouth Rock
New England
Tidewater
Bridget
Honest Physician Advocates Postum Over Coffee
A California physician recounts personal health improvements after quitting coffee and milk, then tea, and finally adopting Postum Cereal Coffee. He reports relief from nervous distress, heart pains, and constipation, crediting Postum with restoring vitality and happiness. The testimony promotes Postum Co of Battle Creek, Mich.
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Calif
Europe
Postum
Etven
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Williston
RG. Gorazanoy
Williston, N. Dar
English Bible Society
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Lydenburg
Carnegie
Mrs. Carnegie
Laird
Skibo
Uintah Reservation
P.G. Clark
Indian Police
Mr. Clark
Mr. Rockefeller
Suez
Standard Oil
Orient
Calcutta
Melbourne
Auckland
City
New Orleans
Philarphia
New York City
Earth
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Wilson
Mark Twain
Frank Mayo
England
Japan
America
Sir Wil
M. Bertillon
Explorer
Mr. Finda
Miss Puryear
Farmer
Explorer Fiala
Lincoen's
van Horn
Kate
One Statesman
F. S. Davidson
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