Notable Lives and Legacies Straddling Two Centuries
A compilation of brief portraits and anecdotes on figures ranging from English born Tom Parr and laborist Keir Harilie to surviving Navarino veteran John Stainer. The notes cover scholars, explorers, journalists, a jail inmate turned author, and notable women including Lady Margaret Stuart and Baroness von Eckhardstein, highlighting achievements in aviation, botany, maritime navigation, and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Parr
England
Keir Harilie
Navuarino
Rhode ‘Nauvely
John Stainer
Stainer
Talbot
Constance Goddard DuBois
University of California
California
Portland
Ore
S. A. D. Puter
Oregon
Pacific Coast
James J. Hill
St. Paul
Jose Carlos Rodriguez
Jornal de Commercio
Rio de Janeiro
Hiram W. Thomas
Peace Society
Chicago
International Peace Tribunal
The
Hague
Lord Bute
Margaret Stuart
Royal Botanic Society of Magland
Baroness von Eckhardstein
Blundell Maple
German Gleanings on Berlin Parlors and German Taxes
A column notes Berlin shops offer umbrella rental with a 2 cent fee and 50 cent deposit. It mentions a Berlin butcher's wedding cake a four foot long sausage and a new Dessau school for women chemists with wages from 20 to 48 dollars monthly. It covers automobile entry fees into Germany 8.57 dollars for five days or 6.52 for a month and monthly road taxes from five dollars to 270.70 for large engines. It cites Komische Zeitung reporting 80 million life policies for a population under 60 million and monthly German insurer indemnities around 24 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Dessau
Germany
Sojednors
Komische Zeittus
Germin Insurance Companies
Editorial Snippets From Dailies On City, Prunes And Gold
A selection of witty remarks and quirky notes from various papers. The Baltimore American mocks balloon races versus autos while Philadelphia laughs at H G Wells Boston quip. California forecasts prune harvests of 110 million pounds. Colorado surgeons allegedly find a gold nugget in a patient’s appendix. A Peoria Herald-Transcript quip condemns misspelled slogans.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
H. G. Wells
Boston
New York
Trevald
Clifornia
Alliance (O
Colorado
Baltmore Sun
Model Of The Moment In Paris Styles For Women
Strapping and tailoring mark most suits with braided and stitched details. Velvet checked fabrics in dark tones appear in street and dressy ensembles. Ostrich plume hats and jet turbans draw notice while shirred skirts move away from Paris round shirring. The jumper waistline gains favor for its low material use and easy fit for moderate budgets.
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Paris
Walist
New York Post
Light bread enriched with soap and milk and flour
A brief note on bakers adding soap milk and flour to bread to lighten texture. A soldier in the Philippines reportedly cured after a throat wound. Government spending comparisons show 1906 07 appropriations across nations. Tourism in Egypt adds millions from American visitors with lengths of stay and origins. Emigration efforts prompt North German Lloyd to run an emigrant ship to Charleston. Canada faces a bond and railway funding market upcoming. Belgian servant rules grant an eight day probation with dismissal or notice terms.
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Philippines
Germany
France
Great Britain
United States
Egypt
America
South Carolina
Europe
North German Lloyd Company
Charleston
Belgium
English News Briefs From Near and Far
Four English girls are arrested near Manchester for poking fun at an elderly spinster. A memorial to the late Lord Salisbury in Westminster Abbey will be a recumbent figure in the Belfr y. A Wycombe tobacconist pays weekly fines for Sunday openings for nearly five years. Victoria Falls grows as a winter resort prompting rail and hotel upgrades. Nottingham firemen rescue a cat stuck on a roof but retreat via a skylight.
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Manchester
Lord Salisbury
Westminster Abbey
High Wycombe
England
Victoria Falls
Rhodesia
Fire Department
Nottingham
Plays and Players in London and Abroad
Owen Wister works on a stage version of Lady Baltimore from The Virginian. Beerbohm Tree eyes revivals of Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth at His Majesty's Theatre London. Mme Schumann-Heink awarded Bavarian gold medal of arts and sciences for Paireuth performance. The Moon Man is a new comic opera by A Baldwin Sloane with book by Campbell Casard about modern finance on a South Sea island.
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Beerbohm Tree
His Majesty’s Theater
London
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Prince Leopold of
Bavaria
Paireuth
A. Baldwin Sloane
South Sea Island
Campbell Casard
PITH AND POINT: Brief maxims from the Chicago News
Short aphorisms on bravery wealth ambition and self control advise practical ethics and personal behavior. The Chicago News collection emphasizes deeds over threats and warns against repeating troubles after escaping them.
Home Hints and Household Tips from an Old Column
Old sheets cut into strips can be rolled and secured with a safety pin to make bandages. Pewter cleaning involves hot water, fine silver sand, and leather polish after drying. Do not freeze pickles and ketchup or they spoil. When threading ribbon through beads leave the bodkin in until the last hole to avoid misalignment.
Averages Claim Surprising Global Trends
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes odd benchmarks such as the average man bald at forty and the typical minister marrying 1,000 couples. It cites worldwide newspaper sales around 750,000 tons yearly and gold mine yields averaging $500,000 or about 28,000 ounces annually.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Ironic Court Demands and a Ranch Boss
A humorous collage shows Roy Farrell Greene pondering a possible counter suit for forcible detainer after a suitor seeks his hand. In another vignette Robert seeks his father’s permission for a circus visit, but learns his mother’s veto stands, prompting a child’s quip about a ranch boss.
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Roy Farrell Greene
New York Press
Robert
Land Grabbers Just Like Job in Printing Notice
In a wry exchange quoted from the Catholic Standard and Times a country editor explains the comma in a sign reading Job, Printing. The visitor asks about the punctuation, and the editor replies that the comma signals the shop is running the business as Job might have done, with patience and forbearance.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Miss Wise and Padden Shine In New Play
The Philadelphia Press notes strong success for a new play with Miss Wise leading. Miss Padden earned sizable money from the production while Miss Ascum supplied gowns for the star.
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Miss Wise
Miss Padden
Miss Ascum
Philadelphia Press
When a Man's Married War Novel Hint
A customer seeks a new war themed novel while a bookstore clerk mentions a possible title When a Man's Married. The brief exchange appears in the Catholic Standard and Times.
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Amio'tam
Catholic Standard and Times
World owes us a living says Meandering Mike
The Washington Star quotes Meandering Mike and Plodding Pete debating in a humorous exchange. Mike asserts the world owes us a living while Pete notes that such debts vanish unless one hustles to collect them.
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Mike
Pete
Washington Star
Working For a Present
A playful exchange unfolds as a wife compliments George on his growing handsomeness and he admits it is his way of celebrating her upcoming birthday. The quip-laden dialogue captures light domestic humor from Pick-Me-Up.
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George
Earth Rumbles Through Town Prompting Nighttime Wakeups
A playful early 20th century item describes an earthquake narrative heard in a town. Snoozer grumbles as the tremor shakes homes while Gunbusta notes no need to rise to attend the infant. The piece captures local reaction and humor in a New York Press voice.
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de Style
Snoozer
Gunbusta
New York Press
Question of Policy Quips on Numbers and Safety
A brief exchange features Mr Jim Col littower and Mr Erastus Pinkley debating safety in numbers. Washington Star and Detroit Free Press quotes lampoon ambition and fault finding in a community context.
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Jim Colliflower
Erastus Pinkley
Washington Star
Snarlsby
Detroit Free Press
Interim actions questioned in courtroom exchange
The transcript quotes a lawyer challenging what occurred during the interim while a witness claims lack of knowledge. The witness notes staying in the anteroom and not entering the interim area as the exchange unfolds.
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Puck
Courage Versus Reason in Somerville Journal Snippet
A brief exchange taunts courage over confrontation with a goose. The dialogue contrasts bold taunting with questions about the usefulness of saying boo to a goose in a local Somerville journal fragment.
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Somerville Journal
Under the Chestnut Tree in a Family Tale
A Chicago Tribune item notes Miss Eldridge from Young Sapleigh reveals an old family tree under a chestnut tree. Miss Knox-Yes confirms the scene as a large chestnut and shared family lore.
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Sapleigh
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Hall OF Fame
Miller
Peoria Herald-Transcript
Owen Wister
Copecuilly
Chicago News
Job
Wilson Bros. Navigation Co’s
Harbor Belle
Peter Wilson
Mgr
Montesano Cosmopolis
Aberdeen
Hoquiam Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Montesano
Westport
Tacom
All Points East
Tacoma
Ocosta
Seattle
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
N. P. Ry. Co
Portland, Oregon
Canadian Pacific
Minneapolis
Duluth
Fort William
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Kanere City
Omaha
P. S. Locke
John Halstead
Pacific Ave
Tacuma
Herald Printery
East Wishkah ST
TEL
Patterson & Lockeo., Incorporated
General Insurance Agents
G. W. Ninemire
Pres
Ninemire
Butchers
A. E. Hoefer
Sec. & Treas
Packers
Ninemire Packing Co
Transcontinental Machine Company
Park and Oak Streets
W. W. Wrenn
East Market Street
Broadway Hill
Heron Street
Alberta
S.K. Bowes
Patterson & Locke Co
South G Street
R. W. Bryan
Albert Hanson
South C St
Lumber Exchange
Falm
Shelly Brothers
Shelly Brothers, Grocers
Market Street
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
C. F. Schuyler
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