An Adventure of Mystery by Hayden Carruth
A Major recounts a nocturnal adventure after dinner with college friends. He describes leaving the Empress of India, encountering a shifting corridor and door, and pushing into a phantom hotel space while a porter laughs, with the tale to be presented to the Society for Psychological Research.
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Sufly
Lan
Society For Psychological Research
Asi
Judge Doty
Nur
Empress of India
Society For Pyschological Research
Gate of Paradise
Tsoun
Lavy Po
Door Windstorm Adds to Dinner Trouble
In a fragment from Harper's Magazine a character laments worn shoes and jokes about the Psychology Society while a revolving door traps a party. The scene shifts to a witty exchange as another character comments on mistakes and a window entry.
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Society For Psicho- Tosien
Mie Carter
Psychological Society
Extess
Harper's Magazine
Peace through commerce urged by Italian ambassador
The Italian ambassador in Chicago argues that international peace is best preserved by growing commercial ties rather than military power. He cites U S examples, praises the Italian Chamber of Commerce, and says trade networks and consular efforts reduce war incentives, with American manufacturers serving as quiet but powerful peace agents.
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Chicago
United States
Italian Chamber of Commerce
Italy
Dong Appleadié
America
Trittiae
Note on the Linck Snake Long green body and docile bite
A Forest and Stream note describes Linck or black snakes, noting lengths rarely over seven feet, quick open-field escapes, and easy capture. The author recalls a six-foot specimen from an apple tree, two and a half feet measured length after capture, and a later six-foot skin. Snakes are said to be non vicious, easy to handle, with a potentially tight grip around wrists but not bone breaking.
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Brandywine Hills
Novel steamer chair life preserver patent offered
A New York inventor proposes a combined steamer chair and life preserver for passengers on crowded excursion boats. The chair folds like a camp stool yet serves as buoyant support in water, keeping it within reach during emergencies. Also noted is a folding pocket coat and hat hook for easy, private use in dining venues.
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New York
Meeting Hard Times
Meridian Star urges a shift to a content mindset during hard times. It argues for frugality and sacrifice, prioritizing a decent home and family welfare over luxury or club life, and encourages modest expenditures to achieve quiet, lasting contentment.
Class discussion prompts animal getting up joke
A teacher asks students about animals that rise like a cow. After a pause a girl whispers that a call is what gets up. The scene ends with quiet reflection and a child’s simple response.
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Nature Faker
Arkansas inventor markets novel coffee-making device
An Arkansas inventor introduces a sheet metal coffee maker designed as a pocket form bag for easier cleaning and sanitation. The device features a central wire handle, a resilient hinged plate with a fly, and a cloth tower to hold ground coffee while allowing free water flow without mixing grounds into the brew.
Fragmented items from a late 19th century paper
A jumble of brief notes cites diverse curiosities and anecdotes from around the world. Topics include Belgian marriage rules, New York streetcar injuries, a 12-pound potato crown near Santa Maria, a haddock superstition, a penny in its mouth, a large boardwalk claim in Seattle, a Nigeria railway project, chrysanthemum longevity, gold leaf Sonic sandals, a Quaker meeting in Ohio, new Cape May County flora, a Latvia nurse grafting, Francis Bacon dining habits, a Siskiyou jade mine, Tendring guardians and waste pie profits.
World drying up and thirst as a universal plague
St Paul Pioneer Press cites geologists warning that fresh water supplies are dwindling worldwide. The piece cites vanishing lakes such as Chiroua Neam and Tebad, drying rivers like Tarim, and reduced waters across Africa, Central Asia, and Russia, urging forest preservation to curb drought.
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Africa
Asa
Chiroua
Neam
Livingstone
Tebad
Central Asia
Turkestan
Tarim
Lob-Nor
Lake Geneva
Russia
Novgorod
Caar
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Gull in Captivity Through 1586 Tale From Cornwall
A fragment recounts a herring gull brought from Cornwall to London long ago, noting its captivity duration and fondness for small prey. The text is muddled with archaic spellings and place names, mentioning England and London and odd phrases about feeding and behavior.
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Cornwall
Wimcoth
Tyeese
Lendon
Wats and Bills Progress at SeTyes0 Lead Stent
Fragmentary remarks reference a mysterious wiking friend and the unknown progress of a person named Johnny. The text mentions traction, decision making, and a dead work with perforated suuayas in a cryptic, nonstandard format.
Pudding and pastry methods and a tea time treat
The article details several old fashioned puddings and a pastry recipe from the New York Tribune. Roly Poly Pudding uses suet, flour, baking powder, salt, water and raisins rolled in a cloth and boiled for two and a half hours. Baked Rhubarb Pudding uses a suet crust with flour and suet, rhubarb pieces, sugar and a top crust baked an hour. A Housekeeper Butter Cream frosting outlines a milk and powdered sugar glaze with vanilla or pistachio, spread thinly on a dripping pan and cut into squares to serve with cocoa or ice cream.
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New York Tribune
How to Bake Potatoes in a Hot Oven
Haked Totato Select oval potatoes naging smooth unmarked skin and of uniform size Scrub until perfectly clean then rinse and drain Put in a baling tin or clean oven grate bake in a hot oven Forty minutes about the baking time Serve as soon as done Sweet potatoes baked until almost tender then finish in oven Test for doneness by pressing with a cloth Cold baked potatoes can be warmed in hot water then reheated without hardening Contrary to opinion cold baked potatoes may be creamed or fried New York Telegram.
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New York Telegram
Danube Creole Beef Dish From New Orleans Cookery
A New Orleans Creole recipe prized by local cooks, for a dish called danube using four pounds of beef round, canned tomatoes, onion, red pepper, garlic, and spices. Brown meat in lard, simmer four hours with tomatoes and onions, strain liquor, thicken with browned flour, and serve over rice with gravy. A bargain cut prepared in a flavorful manner.
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New Orleans
New York World
Household Help Hints From A Practical User Text
Practical tips on housekeeping include flattening a twisted rug with heat, using linen collar scraps as wax taper substitutes, removing fly specks with raw onion, easing hot irons on varnished surfaces, and preventing glass breakage by loosening globes slightly. Also guidance on rug corner reinforcement, refrigerator rod guides, drain cleaning, brass cleaning, and preserving tarragon in winter via salt water planks.
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Rui
Freight Rates Rise Across Eastern Trunk Lines
New York Central Railroad filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a new rate increase on sugar and coffee between New York and Chicago. Coffee climbs from 27 to 90 cents per 100 pounds and sugar from 26 to 28 cents per 100 pounds, marking about a 11 percent rise for coffee and 72-3 percent for sugar. Other lines northward publish similar hikes, with August 1 implementation replacing October 1. Officials say bulk freight may rise further later, though average gains likely under 10 percent.
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New York City
New York Central Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Chicago
New York Central
Insincerity of claims about general rate reductions
New York City reports reveal railway officials exaggerating rate cuts while hundreds of freight rates have risen since the Hepburn law. The Manufacturers' Association cites correspondence with Vice-President Brown of the New York Central Railroad showing belief that railroad claims of constant reductions are insincere. Many goods including groceries and machinery face upcoming increases.
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New York City
Manufacturers’ Association
Brown
New York Central Railroad
Washington Favors Increase in Rates for Railroads
Washington authorities indicate government will not oppose a fair rise in railroad freight charges. Recognition grows that higher operating costs justify improved capital for extending rail mileage, seen as crucial to expanding commerce amid renewed acceptance of essential rail rates.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Paraguay Rebels Win and Set New Government in Asuncion
Rebels in Paraguay have seized control of Asuncion and formed a new government with Dr Emiliano Gonzales Naveiro as President. Street fighting damaged public buildings as the previous regime collapsed and ministers fled abroad after a note from the Argentine legation confirmed the overthrow. fatalities were initially overestimated but later thought lower. Dr Zeballos, Paraguay’s foreign minister, reported the legation’s dispatch confirming the coup and ministers seeking refuge.
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Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Paraguay
Emiliano Gonzales Naveiro
Asuncion
Zeballos
Legation
Revolutionary Party
Poles Plot to Kill the Czar Reportedly Unfolds
Berlin reports Sosnowiec Poland is core of a broad conspiracy to assassinate the czar. Over 100 men and women arrested for complicity as police troops fill the town. Other arrests ongoing as authorities clamp down.
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Czar
Berlin
Sosnowite
Poland
Drouth of Chinpewyan Mission Destroys Catholic Outpost
In Chinpewyan at Lake Athabasca the Roman Catholic mission buildings were destroyed by fire with all supplies and twenty dog teams lost. Two priests, Father Poltras and his assistant, fled the burning structure and were drowned at Smith's Landing on the Athabasca River.
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Winnipes
Manitova
Chinpewyan
Lake Athabesca
Ere
Poltras
Wort
Smith's Landing
Athabasca River
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Kingfield
Santa Maria
Cal
St. Peter
Caesar
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bellingham
Wash
Nigeria
Lynn
Maas
Ohio Yearly Meeting
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Cape May County
N. J
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Latvia
Kan
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Siskiyou County
Sosnowier
Cathome
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