A Corsican Odyssey of Gentlewoman and Gentleman
A narrator traveling to Bastia observes a lonely wife of an Ajaccio officer. He courts her with Paris talk and poetry, then attempts intimate advances on a night diligence to Ajaccio. She resists with consternation and slaps, while dawn reveals a white city and a tender farewell with her husband.
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Turin
Corsica
Nice
Bastia
Monsieur
Ajaccio
Lyons
Paris
Baslia
Tams
Hercules
Imperial
On the Plantation Hog Killing and Southern Butchering Traditions
A Lees source recounts the plantation hog killing as a social event with process and ceremony. Women prepare for sausage making and cracklings while Uncle January leads the operation, with hogs killed, meat cut, and lard rendered for winter provisions, reflecting historical plantation practices.
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Uncle January
Philadelphia Times
Orenburg
Oman
Great honor for women who chose aging independence over heartbreak
A quotation extols women who remain single and self-sufficient rather than marrying to avoid heartbreak, praising courage and autonomy of old maids.
Crispi’s Insight Into Human Nature
W J Stillman in Century praises Crispi for unmatched understanding of human nature and strict public ethics. He cites Cardinal X’s remark on Crispi’s Vatican acumen as near intuitive, noting his knowledge spans both black and red aspects of affairs.
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Crisp
Cardinal X
Sacred College
Crispi
Vatican
W. J. Stillman
Century
Park Hotel at Hot Springs Promises Health and Luxury
The Park hotel in Hot Springs Arkansas offers 400 sunny rooms and extensive amenities including bath houses Turkish and electric baths and private baths. Managed by R E Jackson the hotel emphasizes comfort and patron welfare with a direct water supply preserving therapeutic properties. Sixty thousand visitors come annually for health and pleasure in this Ozark resort renowned for its baths and modern accommodations.
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Hot Springs
Arkansas
Ozarks
America
Park Hotel
R. E. Jackson
Jackson
Simple sleep remedy from Chicago Record cited
A physician describes a quick sleep aid for sleeplessness. Place the right hand over the pit of the stomach at bedtime, which the doctor claims calms the head and induces sleep within minutes. He notes many patients report surprising success.
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Rious
Chicago
The Briton and His Silk Hat
A reflection on church etiquette for Britons wearing silk hats at services. The piece notes that orthodox worshippers avoid straw or derby hats, preferring tall silk hats since the century’s start, and discusses the challenge of removing dust or risking being sat upon during divine service.
Love Me Love My Dog An Idyl of a Pretty Girl and a Terrier
A vivid incident in a transit arcade features a pretty teenaged girl with a fluffy Scotch terrier and a young man from a college town. The dog bites him, the trousers tear, and a comic chase ends with the girl leaving west with the dog while the man limps east, nursing his hurt finger.
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Mme
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Spain
Toto
Union
Insect Secretions and Blister Beetle Vesicant Power
Historical note describes how blister beetle secretions, especially cantharidin, may blister skin at various life stages. Experiments by Beauregard on freshly laid eggs caused extreme blisters, while larvae showed weaker vesication at first but produced a blister with larger quantities, illustrating varying potency across development.
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Beauregard
Scribbleton’s Revenge Near Burial Foolhardy Plot
An obscured dialogue fragment hints at Scribbleton planning extreme retaliation against a man. The exchange suggests intent to harm, framed as a near-burial act that skirts legal danger, reflecting a tense, dangerous motive in a cryptic scene.
Fashion Notes on Hairstyles of the Season
Tiaras of jewels are less worn this season even by grande dames and rich young matrons. Coiffures are simple, close to the head, with sides brushed, and the back dressed neither high nor low but midway. Forehead remains uncovered and hair is parted and held down with small jeweled side combs.
Stirred Him Up at Theater Jealousy Sparks Proposal
A demure girl recounts that jealousy caused a sudden proposal after she hat tipped at the theater. She recalls overhearing a young man call her an angel, which stirred the other man to act.
Books With Colored Margins Offer Colored Page Edges
A Boston publisher prints books with azure yellow or green margins to ease eye strain. No reports yet on reader reception or sales success.
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Boston
Infant’s Gender Sparks Family Debate in Detroit
The Detroit Free Press notes a nine month old child who can speak, with family members debating the child’s gender. The exchange includes contrasting guesses about whether the baby is a girl or a boy.
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Hanks
Panks
Detroit Free Press
Fashionable Spectacles of the Sixteenth Century
Fashionable spectacles of the sixteenth century were costly with typical prices around five dollars. Larger lenses and heavier rims were believed to add more dignity to the wearer’s appearance.
A Vital Difference in Marriage Banter
A witty exchange unfolds as Mrs Secondwed notes a difference from her first husband. Mr S replies with a playful question and Mrs S remarks the difference is that he is alive. The Newport Mercury records the humorous pair in a brief social quip.
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Mr. S
Mrs. S
Deafness Cure Promoted by Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It attributes deafness to inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, promising a $100 reward for irrecoverable cases and offering a circular from F. J. Cheney of Toledo, marketed with Dr. Caldwell’s Family Pills at 25 cents.
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F. J. Cheney
Toledo
Dra
Teffall
A Philadelphia Match Miss Peart Is Miss Straight Lace
In Philadelphia a social note mentions Miss Peart as Miss Straight Lace and Miss Caustic as circumspect. The piece jokes that she will not sit with a young man at the piano without a chaperon.
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Peart
Grass is King and Salzer Seeds Offer Free Sample
Grass leads as Americas top valued crop and hay yields reach 4 to 6 tons per acre with Salzer seeds. Salzer's Seed Co offers over a hundred grass, clover and fodder varieties. Send 7c postage to John A. Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin for a free Grass and Clover Mixture sample and seed catalogue.
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America
Salter
Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Wnu
Ethel's Many Arts Sparks Conversation Among Friends
A reflective exchange questions why Ethel has many talents including singing painting and speaking French. The remark hints at curiosity about her diverse pursuits and how they relate to her identity or social perception.
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Ethel
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