Quotations on marriage and fame in a social vignette
A collage of wry social snippets compares widowers and widows remarriage rates, notes a conspiracy about a wealth of philanthropist Russell Sage, and recalls a ruby crown jewel tied to Victoria. It also highlights Helen Keller’s color-detection by touch and a humorous exchange about a pianist conductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
Smiley
Russell Sage
Jones
Imperia
Denry
Agincourt
Helen Kellar
AFFAIRS ABROAD Highlighting Global Facts and Figures
A roundup covers France farm laborer share, Italy knife fatalities per 10 000, the Jura Simplon tunnel cost at 11 090 000 dollars, and a Danube Melta drainage plan to restore medieval forests. It notes a Raf fiesia Arnoldi bloom in Sumatra and a Newport estate £50 090 endowment for agricultural education and women’s household learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Italy
Jura- Simplon
Simplon
Switzerland
Danube
Sumatra
T. B. Adams
Newport
England
Jones Returns to Teaching After Newspaper Venture
The fragment indicates Jones is now teaching at a school of journalism after a failed newspaper venture. No further details are provided about location or duration.
Wrong Diagnosis Joke Delights Couple In Banter
A couple exchanges humor over a medical bill and a doctor’s enlargement of the heart diagnosis. The wife recalls the doctor’s remark while the husband quips about the high charge, turning the moment into a lighthearted domestic bit.
Dressmaker’s bill sparks a chill conversation
A humorously tense exchange reveals a dressmaker’s bill as the source of a curious or eerie moment, hinting at domestic frictions and a dash of gothic mood in a titled conversation.
California Fig Syrup promotes health and comfort
The text touts a pure liquid laxative known as Syrup of Figs marketed by the California Fig Syrup Grow Co. It claims reliable cleansing of the system, relief from headaches and fevers caused by constipation, and stresses the product is safe and free from harmful substances. It notes the bottle price and warns buyers to expect the company name on packaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Life of Amalie Ceruti the famed dancer faded to poverty
A New York Memoir of Amalie Ceruti born in Breslau who rose to fame across Europe before coming to the United States. Now with ailing husband and a vanished fortune she lives frugally at 5 Macdougal Street, hoping legal help may recover lost jewels and dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macdougal Street
New York
Amalie Ceruti
Breslau
Silesia
Amalie Vosler
Germany
Austria
Kiralfys
Hungary
United States
Black Crook
Academy of Music
Bonfanti, the Beautiful
John T. Hoffman
Emily
Betty Rigg
Regal
Louis
Mme
Ceruti
Mme. Ceruti
Millionaire Bridegroom Weds Youthful New York Bride
Franklyn Reglid, a young man described as pale and dramatic, has married a New York woman aged 73 worth a million. The pairing, labeled a real-life scene of wealth and romance, places Reglid in the urban social spotlight amid theatre chatter about his future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Franklyn Reglid
Daly
Mr. Reglid
Reglid
New York
Oldest book claim centers on Ptah hotep papyrus
In London Literary World a claim cites the Prisse Papyrus at Paris Bibliotheque Nationale as the oldest book. The Precepts of Ptah hotep, dated around 3350 B.C., covers 44 chapters of wisdom on governance, naming God sixteen times. An English translation by Professor Osgood exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bibliotheque Nationale
Paris
Ptahhotep
Asia
South
North
Osgood
Kakimni
Senefru
Congress and Seeds
Secretary Morton plans to distribute government seeds directly to congressmen through their clerks, replacing mailings by clerks at congress members’ addresses. The conference report of the agricultural appropriation bill would require sending 160000 dollars worth of seeds from the department to recipients, with eight clerks needed. The clause limiting seeds to rare varieties has been removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress and
Morton
Congress
Senate
Pollination of the Pear and its Varietal Changes
A Washington department pamphlet notes that dusting Bartlett pears with pollen from varieties like Anjou and Clapp can cause considerable changes in flowers and fruit. Results reflect season and cultivation, with stock influence sometimes important, but no variety crossing the line to become a new type. The heart beats about seventy times a minute, pumping two ounces per beat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bartlett
Anjou
Angouleme
Buried treasure search and shipwreck tale from a distant coast
A Spaniard in Amaca Mexico obtained permission to search for bandits buried treasure and found an iron box of coins near a cathedral foundation rumored worth 500000 dollars. A Maine coast schooner grounded then sailed off with crew abandoning ship and later rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amaca
Mexico
Maine
Lower Rhine
Paris
Leslie
Quotable Snips and Oddities From A Past Evening
A collage of witticisms on travel vanity and manners followed by notes on famous figures. Anecdotes include a child’s plea about calling papa, a quip about baldness in sunlit glare, and satirical remarks about actors and public life. Notables such as Rothschild, Gould, Booth and Nye are mentioned with brief commentary.
Century cautions and curious notes on women and myths
A collection of odd historical snippets notes that tenth century church policy barred women without veils, bees clean honey trees, Hygeia the Greek deity guards infant health, and a New York woman over eighty faces arson charges. It mentions a New Jersey fire at a fire proof firm, a Ugandan god flogging villagers, and a Girardville man fitted with India rubber shin bones while remarking on the ease of buying opinions and the search for a beating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Hygeia
New York
New Jersey
Africa
Willie Jones
Girardville
India
Early Records of Language, Astronomy and Tools
A compact historical survey notes the first English language newspaper, Egyptian alphabet around 1022 BC, Egyptian oil and water color use by 1900 BC, the first recorded lunar eclipse at Babylon in 721 BC, Newtons telescope plan in 1692, bricks and mortar in Babylon around 2247 BC, and the Christian era dating in 525 AD first used in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
B. C
Babylon
Isaac Newton
Belus
Italy
England
France
Royal Baking Powder Proclaimed Pureest and Strongest
The ad extols the Royal Baking Powder as the purest and strongest, promising the finest, lightest, and most digestible foods. Dr. Haines of Rush Medical College endorses Royal as both pure and strong.
Hilands Welcome a New Father In Conversation
Dukane and Gasswell discuss Hiland becoming a father. Hiland jokes about frequent talk of the child while Dukane laments the constant self focus. The exchange hints at family news and social dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gasswell
Hiland
Dukane
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Complete Victory over Disease
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages by a constitutional approach. The ad asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, promises $100 if it fails, and invites testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Also advertises Hall's Family Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
A Necessary Revision in Keep Off the Grass Signs
Due to dry weather the signs in parks will be removed and repainted. The phrase will be altered to read Keep off the Hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiland
Halket
Patent Patent Medicine and Remedies Ad Fragment
An assortment of old time advertisements touts teething salves chest protectors and salves for skin and feet plus tonics and teas. Mentions Mrs Winstow Hansons Magic Corn Salve Hegeman camphor ice C G Clark Co Karl Clover Root Tea and Parks Tea with claims of curing constipation complexion cleansing and bowels moving.
The Enigma of Kindness and Conflict in White and Black
A fragmentary note contrasts hatred and kindness as a force that may ignite passion. It presents a paradox about good news and the contrast of light and darkness, using a proverb style to hint at tension and consequence.
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Marie
Charlie
Louise
Adam
Eve
Free America
Affairs Abroad
Europe
Mrs. Ceruti
Baptistin Ceruti
Baptistin
Strakosch
Col. Mapleson
Adelaide Neilson
Amelie Ceruti
Metropolitan Opera House
Mr. Weglid
Papa
Shade
van Pelt
Ethel
Tom
Clara
Mrs. Wedderford
Dr. Fourthly
Tommy Shackford
Tommy
Rothschild
Gould
Nat C. Goodwin
America
Edwin Booth
Edwina
Edgar W. Nye
Bill Nye
Mr. Emerson
Edward Emerson
John Sterling
Thoreau
Helen Gould
Roxbury
N. Y
Sala
Thackeray
Dolph
Oregon
Historical Data
Montaigne
Hanson
Hegeman
C. C. G. Clark Co
New Haven
Karl
Heaven
ST. Jacobs
Pierce
W.R. Bates
Dilworth, Trumbull Co
Ohio
Mrs. Racers
Baird
Emperium
St. Louis Mo
Singer
Oxford
MFG. CO
Wabach Ave
Chicawoill
Ewife Sanhot Ste
W. L. Duglas
D.M
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