Varied 1900s Telegrams Highlight Global Turbulence and Policy
A compilation of brief items notes food shortages in Beville and Seville Spain, labor strikes against American Bridge in Pittsburgh, credit issues for Paterson's mayor, trade politics in London and Washington, and civil notices. It mentions Wall Street caution amid high prices, a wireless station near San Francisco directing to Honolulu, plus immigration, mint operations, and timber program cases.
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Beville
Spain
Elihu Root
Labrador
American Bridge Company
Pittsburg
Paterson
Bir Mortimer
London
Armour Carine
Walter Wellman
Sergius White
Japan
Wall Street
Health Department
New York
Chicago
Harvie Jordan
Atlanta
Southern Cotton Association
Petera
London Daily Telegraph
Lord Carson
Mount Tanalpass
San Francisco
Honolulu
St. Louis
Western Jockey Club
Louleville
Seville
Monroe County
Iowa
Albia
National Civic Federation
National Conference On Immigration
Washington
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Douglas Robinson
Roosevelt
United States
W. A. Clark
Montana
Supreme Court of the United States
Commissioner of Pensions
Register of Wills
District of Columbia
Grand Army of the Republic
Blackmar
MacCaddon
Grenoble
France
Detroit
Detroit Typothetae
Randkett
Anadarko
Okla
Hitchcock
Grover Cleveland
Egan
Illinois State Board of Health
Kentucky
Tennessee
Forestry Service
Americas Brightest Woman Endorses Doan S Kidney Pills
Mary E Lease former Kansas political leader and orator writes that many friends used Doan s Kidney Pills for bladder and kidney troubles and were cured. She endorses the remedy from personal experience and signs her name Elizabeth Lease. Buffalo New York distributor Fouter Milburn Co sells at 60 cents per box.
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Mary E. Lease
Doan
Mary E. Leases
Kansas
United States
Sira
Doana
Elizabeth Lease
Fouter-Milburn
Buffalo
Epigram Memoir of Marshal MacMahon in Crimea
The text notes MacMahon’s celebrated dispatch after storming Malakoff with the line J y suls j y reste in which he became globally famous. Friends claim the phrase was merely a plain, unstudied remark and not a crafted epigram. The astonishment at the epigram’s success rests with MacMahon himself.
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Marshal MacMahon
Malakoff
MacMahon
Gullibility Theme Echoed by Foreign Traveler Remarks
A London Truth quote notes that despite American reputation for shrewdness, they are called foolish by those who know how to exploit them. The traveler’s remark mirrors criticisms of American gullibility and vulnerability to manipulation.
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London
Great Man's Tender Heart to Birds and Freedom
Leonardo da Vinci, a man famed as architect, military engineer, philosopher and artist, was noted for buying caged birds to restore their liberty. The anecdote highlights his kindness toward animals and his humane impulses across his wide range of talents.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Ereat
Enzes
Cakes for Students at Belgrade University Exam
A professor noticed students buying cakes during exams at Belgrade University. He bought one and discovered it contained the solution to a problem, like the others circulating on campus.
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Belgrade University
Origin of the word beverage traces to Italian bevere
The term beverage shows varied spellings such as biberedge and beverege and hbeveridge. It derives from Italian bevere meaning to drink, with roots more distant in Latin.
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Beverege
Hbeveridge
Bevere
Expensive Birds Nest Built From Rings and Brooches
A martin’s nest beneath a Frogmore eave in High Wycombe, England was fashioned from four finger rings and seventeen brooches. The nest was later dislodged from the house.
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Frogmore
High Wycombe
England
Over the Hills A Poem of Summer Longing and Love
A lyrical verse follows a speaker’s journey over hills and seas in search of a beloved queen. The poem paints a pastoral scene with roses clover bees and silken tethered heart pursuing a distant ideal of passion and memory. The repeated refrain locates the beloved beyond pines and gardens in a sunlit realm where love endures through the five long days.
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Eros
God
Rover
Dainty Habits of Wasps Revealed by The Pilgrim
An article in The Pilgrim describes wasps as dainty in habits and equipped with delicate combs and brushes on their legs. It details the apical spurs on the legs and a sequence of tidying motions including face cleaning, hair smoothing, wing brushing, and abdominal grooming to restore their glossy appearance.
Senator Daniel Interviewed by Reporter in Philadelphia Hotel
A Philadelphia reporter questions Senator Daniel of Virginia in a hotel about his duties as a valet. The exchange features a Holmes like deduction and a tale of a wealthy Lynchburg friend who complains the servant Hoskin is careless. The humor centers on misplaced reminders and a dollar left in the vest.
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Senator Daniel
Virginia
Philadelphia
Sherlock Holmes
Lynchburg
Shemning
Hoskin
England School Revives Egg Yolk Painting Method
A school of artists in England pursues an antique painting technique using egg yolk instead of oil. The practice last flourished about five centuries ago before the modern oil method predominated.
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England
Paris Newspaper Exposes Telegram Duplicates in Windows
A Paris daily will display in its windows copies of every telegram received for the entire day after publication to prove telegram authenticity and transparency for readers.
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Paris
Coltsfoot Smoke Once Popular Before Tobacco Arrival
Long before tobacco use in England, people favored smoking dried coltsfoot leaves as the preferred inhalation. The practice preceded the widespread adoption of tobacco.
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England
Coffee quitting cures heart trouble claims
A Colorado man says stopping coffee cured heart trouble and indigestion after being rejected for life insurance. He used Postum and was later accepted, noting improved digestion and steadier heart function. The ad cites The Road to Wellville and Postum details.
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Colorado
Dol
Life Insurance Co
Mich
Wellville
Marriage of the spendthrift poet cited by Shonts
Isthmian Canal commissioner Shonts cites a foreign requisition system as a two way benefit. He tells a parable of a lavish poet who marries a wealthy woman and boasts that if he dies she would be provided for. The tale underscores mutual financial risk in marriage.
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Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Dessa
Laundry proprietor criticizes new laundress skills
The proprietor scolds a newly hired laundress for poor neckband work, noting the collar button must be forced with a Barlow knife. Old employees, amused, agree the advice is sharp though the new worker, being a girl, cries. Source cites the Atlanta Constitution.
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Atlanta Constitution
Makeup of Norway's Army in Peace and War
The article explains Norway's peacetime army of about 25 000 with a seven year Landvarn course. Every Norwegian serves from age 22 for sixteen years six in line six in Landvarn and four in Landstorm with partial colors stay. Mobilization would raise totals to 72 000 across line Landvarn and Landstorm.
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Norway
Landvarn
Landstorm
Learning by proxy in society reading scheme
A Brooklyn woman visits a registry office seeking a well bred young woman to read to her at set hours. She does not want reading companionship but for the reader to digest books and current events and then impart the knowledge. She promises good pay for the service.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Murres’ Niche Nesting On Oregon Rocks
Naturalist photographer W L Finley describes Three Arch Rocks off the Oregon coast where California murres nest in cliff niches rather than built nests. The birds lay eggs shaped to resist rolling, and experiments show eggs corkscrew and stop after slight movement, with tough shells and a short, unpredictable roll.
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W. L. Finley
New Naturalist
Three Arch Rocks
Oregon Coast
The Poor Boy Poem Reflects a Clean-Living Child
A Baltimore American quip about a boy’s strict, clean upbringing contrasts his poverty with the narrator’s wealth. The speaker condemns the boy’s restricted life, lacking chores, play, and rough experiences, noting a strong father figure and a sense of pity for the constrained child.
Large and Respectable Deacon Heads Small Church Meeting
A Chicago Chronicle item notes a south side church deacon famed for his size and devout attendance. He left for a church directors meeting on a rainy evening, but returned after an hour. His wife quips on the small turnout, while the deacon jokes that the gathering was large and that the janitor was infinitely respectable.
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South Side
Chicago
Delayer Wins Heart By Timely Move In Courtship
A cautious suitor in a Cleveland Plain Dealer vignette learns the value of decisive affection. After a witty exchange about marriage and repentance, the pair reconcile and become engaged, resolving the lingering doubts with humor.
Fae of the Trust Mirrors Used by Anglo-Saxon Women
The article notes Calumet Baking Mirrors Long In Favor Mirrora were worn by Anglo-Saxon women slung to girdles and popular in Elizabethan and Jacobean times. It mentions earlier horn and metal forms before glass.
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Elizabeth
James I
Woman's role and work align with maternal instincts says writer
A writer argues that a woman's best economic value comes from either motherhood or a chosen profession that involves caring for others. She should work within natural lines rather than against them to fulfill her maternal impulses.
Vain Remoree and the Power to Resist
A quotation from Anthony Hope discusses preferring gratitude and discipline over fretting about evil impulses. It emphasizes the value of self control granted by power to resist rather than yielding to torture of conscience.
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Anthony Hope
American Phrases Reach Suffolk Markets
A Suffolk observer notes that American accent and phrases have spread among farmers and townsfolk in Woodbridge market, creating an impression of being in Massachusetts. The colorful speech adds local color as lingering grains of cultural exchange cross the Atlantic.
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Suffolk
England
Woodbridge
Massachusetts
Painter C L Smith Credits Dodd's Kidney Pills
Gratitude well expressed in Sault Ste. Marie with a testimonial from C L Smith a painter living at 309 Anne Street. He suffered pain blamed on lumbago sciatica rheumatism and even lead poison and required two canes to walk. After one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills his pain lessened and he could discard a cane. A second box cured him and he remains pain free and happy with the product.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
C. L. Smith
Anne Street
Dodd
Deserted Husband Fined in New Zealand Native Court
A northern New Zealand native court fined a deserted husband for lack of marital authority after his wife left him for another man. The ruling penalized him with horses, cattle and money as compensation for not retaining his wife.
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New Zealand
Defiance Cold Water Starch Outshines Competitors
Advertises Defiance Cold Water Starch with 16 ounce bottles priced at 10 cents, claiming higher quantity and quality than rival brands offering 12 ounce sizes. Highlights value and superiority in household starch.
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Defiance
Beginning of British Museum from Slocum bequest
The British Museum arose from a bequest by Sir Hans Slocum who gathered art works natural history specimens curiosities books and manuscripts costing about £60 000. The collection was given to the British government in 1753.
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British Museum
Hans Slocum
Bismarck Shows Affection for Major von Wissman in Africa
Prince Bismarck expressed great affection for Major von Wissman after he left for East Africa to lead the German Schutztruppe against an insurrection. The chancellor tenderly held the major’s face and kissed him before departure.
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Bismarck
Explorer
Prince Bismarck
Major von Wissman
East Africa
Schutzruppe
Perry Shrum Wound Injury In Oregon Sentinel Report
Perry Shrum accidentally shot himself in the arm last week. He is recovering quickly from the painful wound and remains in good spirits despite the accident. The Sentinel notes the incident with a light, rustic tone.
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Perry
Perry Shrum
Mitchell
Ore
Sentinel
Remains of Sea Reptile Unearthed in Nevada Mine
Remains of a large sea reptile, claimed to be the first of its kind to scientists, were dug from the Minestone in Humboldt county Nevada and shipped to the University of California for study.
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Humboldt County
Nevada
University of California
Always Something Lacking in Love Waltz of Life
A reflective quote from Life magazine on the imperfect nature of love as a waltz. It notes that partners vary in pace and grip, causing missteps and dissatisfaction even when overall harmony seems near. The line suggests matching the right partner remains elusive.
Conductors’ Batons Show Silver Gold and Gems
The text notes conductor baton materials: Meyerbeer used a silver baton, Fetis’s was decorated with gold and gems, and Mozart conducted choral concerts in Salzburg with a small stick made of livery.
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Meyerbeer
the Prophet
Fetis
Mozart
Salsburg
Sea-Water Serum Shows Benefit in Early Lung Disease
Sea-water serum has been found distinctly beneficial in the early stages of pulmonary disease. The discovery suggests potential for using marine-derived treatments to slow progression and support respiratory health. Further studies are planned to confirm efficacy and determine optimal dosing.
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