The Black Venus of Brittany in the Morbihan Forest
A Breton relic called the Black Venus, a colossal moss covered stone image in Morbihan, Brittany, is linked to ancient serpent worship and weather magic. Legend says neglect brings famine and anger triggers floods. it was moved centuries ago by Count Merre de Lannion who inscribed it as Venus carved by Caesar’s soldiers, yet the statue remains worshipped by locals.
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Peasyarnis
Brittany
Tlan
Morbihan
Belttany
Merre de Lannion
Cresar
Virtues of Hoe Cake in German Food Shifts
Consul Harris in Mannheim reports German openness to corn based foods as oats and rice gain favor. He notes prejudice against corn for human consumption but sees potential if corn is properly prepared and marketed through public kitchens and demonstrations. Manufacturers may fund support to promote affordable corn meals and oats.
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Washington
Harris
Mannheim
Germany
Binte Department
United States
THAT MYSTERIOUS SWITCH How It Came to Take a Trip to Washing ton
The mysterious appearance of a blonde hair switch mailed from Columbus Indiana was explained by Postmaster Willam Stevens. An employee misplaced it in a money order envelope and the monthly report to Washington was forwarded with the switch inside. The owner will recover the missing property and Stevens must explain the mishap to the postal service department. Old officers were re elected in Joliet Michigan canal commission. A man named Morrey was brought to the Pennoyer Sanitarium after becoming violent at a Northwestern station.
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Washington
Indiana
Tindianapolis
Postallice Res
Willam Stevens
Columbus
Ind
Stevens
Noah Chew
Noblesville
Post Office Department
Chew
Joliet
Mwe
Illinois and Michigan
Wentangane Wruue Praveling
Benosha
Wis
Frank Morrey
Bea
Chicago Board of Trade
la Riange
Northwestern
Morrey
Pennoyer Sanitarium
Tie
Chicago
There Are Tricks Even in Our Trade in Life Insurance
An old life insurance man recalls a tale of two wealthy elderly buyers who sought a luxurious annuity. An actuary from a prominent company enticed them with glittering terms after securing the doctors local to their hometown. Both seniors died within two years, yielding heavy profits for the insurer and losses for rival firms in a cunning scheme.
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Uier
Kith
Ife
Blank Dash Company
New York Sun
The Spellbinders Platform in Campaign Orchestration
The article discusses how campaign speaking roles are allocated by the national chairman and national committee. It notes ex-presidents and ex-speakers as key draw cards, with scheduling influenced by usefulness, crowds drawn by candidate oratorical presence, and volunteers filling stump duties. It mentions expenses, travel, and varying speaking fees.
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National Committee
Alve
Po- Wilen
Soe
National
Senate repartee echoes historic quips in chamber
The scene recalls John J. Ingalls replying to Charles Lum ber and Daniel Webster’s successors, a famous exchange with Senator Dawes reacting from behind. The moment echoes Conkling Thurman banter about turning to a senator like a Mussulman to Mecca and to England’s common law.
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Repubec
Senate
John J. Ingalls
Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Mr. Dawes
Galls
Ingalls
Charles Lumber
Daniel Webster
Conkling
Senator Thurman
Thurman
Mussulman
Meccy
England
Dry season chat between viceroy and American minister
In a dry season exchange in China the viceroy Harl Li Bung Chang questions American minister Mr. Conger about rain. Conger notes a dry spell in his country and mentions Western prayers for rain. The earls chides with a quip comparing prayers to Chinese joss, eliciting a wry grin.
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Ei Huce Chang
China
Harl Li Bung Chang
Mr. Conger
the Minster
May Know Too Much
A bachelor muses on whether educated women make good wives and a benedict hints that clever women can know too much. A humorous exchange follows contrasting a novelist’s phrase raven hair with a quip that ravens wear feathers, provoking a light journalistic jab from the Philadelphia Times.
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Chicago Post
Weltiotens
Raven Haiy
Philadelphia Times
Teaching a Young Lark Story in Scribner's Magazine
A Scottish storyteller notes a young lark learns by example as a mother teaches hopping and the desire to fly. The fledgling struggles, questions sun and rain, then upon a sunlit moment learns to sing and finally flies, calling gratitude to the mother and sun.
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J. M. Garvie
Scribner's Magnaine
Iark
Themother
Memory and the physics of forgetting in mnemonic science
A London Chronicle view argues memory is a product of constant brain activity and use. It posits that forgetting is a failure to locate the mental photographic negative rather than erasure.
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London Chronicle
Impecunious Author Delivers Frugal Diary Entry
In a brief notebook fragment from the gap Author's Notebook the diarist notes a simple breakfast of rose and a sonnet with cold water, then early retirement without supper to avoid disturbing neighbors with the sound of knives and forks, as recorded by the Atlanta Constitution.
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Gap
Atlanta Constitution
Trimming Her Sails and Freckles in Old Dialogue
A Boston transcription from Wille and the Washington Star narrates a child’s freckled face and a motherly reply. The aunt consoles Nan nile about looks while a dog is set on a tramp, then apologizes with an afterword.
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Nannile
Hannah
Boston
Wille
Sam
Washington Star
Immunity and poison effects across animal species
The article surveys how different animals react to drugs and poisons such as belladonna, hemlock, strychnine, morphine, and foxglove. It notes rabbits’ surprising immunity to belladonna, varying sensitivities in pigeons, goats, chickens, cats, and a curious case of a sloth in Ceylon resisting strychnine. It ends with a humorous remark about dental work advances.
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Potsaan
Ceylon
Wall's Catarrh Cure Promoted As Blood Remedy
An advertisement asserts catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease and cannot be cured by local applications. Wall's Catarrh Cure is claimed to act on the blood and mucous surfaces and is described as a legitimate prescription by a leading physician. It urges sending for testimonials and notes cost details for Halls Family Pills and New York police expenses in 1899.
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Wall
C. Chusunuy & Co
Toledo
Prine Tic
Halls Family
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Lido
Burlington
Orda Rapids
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North
Soorn
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Peru
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Aily
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Kingis
Watertou
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Miainehpolla
du Hbomndally
Ducue
H. AL
Thads
Wagon Maker
Presbyterian Church
H. Scales
Olice Nyer Vost
Ackley T. J. Symington
Gueon's University
Onoda Offici
Thet Louss
Presbyteuau Church
Ackley
Jawa
L. Phelan
Pacall: & Junkeloup
Towa
J. A. Sones
D. D.scentist
Northwestern University
Inols
Offceover Koock & Thielke Hurnese Shop
Ackley, Lown
Warentoo SreAm
Yimcha
van Polspl
Bridaya
Norusakt
Peop V
Ly Poisal Ackley Agent
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ang
Pacific Coast
WM. Romise
D. P.A
Ma Ae &O
Madison
Consular
Frudden Lumber CO
Frudden, M
Humphreys
Wiliam
Drupgield
Cor. Wiillane de
Joba Kise
New York
New York Pollen Department
Regin
Seidl
Dubuque Martin Cys Beer
Muenchener Dubuque Motting Co
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Luwa
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Dex
Posits
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Europe
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