Notable Absence and Wit Spotlight in Social Notes
A collection of brief personal anecdotes and trivia features renowned figures and rulers. Conan Doyle and John Morley are cited for habits with dogs and study rituals, while Bjornson and Henrik Ibsen are noted for leisure and language. Queen Victoria’s lineage and the Dorchester barony receive attention through lineage and extinction details.
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Conan Doyle
England
John Morley
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Christiania
Torregianni
Armidale
Australia
Czar Nicholas
Kaiser
John Steele Sweeney
Kentucky
Henrik Ibsen
Romania
Carmen Sylva
Queen Victoria
Dorchester
Sir Guy Carlton
Random facts from the era on rail ice watermelons and milk
A collection of brief figures notes and curiosities: Paris draws ice by rail from a glacier near Briancon. 124 London law students 19 with Oriental names. a Hawaii church raises 10000 for Philippine missions. California roses more perfumed. Baltimore’s large black population about 125000. Pennsylvania silk industry 32000000 annually up 33 percent since 1895. charcoal main Italian fuel costing 16 to 20 dollars per ton. 700000 tons used yearly. 106 car loads of watermelons in Pittsburg carrying 100000 melons. rainfall differences on Lake Superior shores. Swiss milkmaids with good voices boost milk yield by melody.
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Paris
Briancon
London
Hawaii
Philippines
California
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Italy
Pittsburg
Lake Superior
Erie
Ontario
Wise Sayings and Life Observations
A collection of aphorisms on wealth, opportunity, appearance, advice, and contentment. It offers practical musings about finding opportunities off the beaten path, valuing what one has, and avoiding reliance on friends for medical advice. The tone is folksy and cautionary.
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St. Paul Dispatch
Kansas City Star
de Kalb Chronicle
Nebraska Journal
Atchison Globe
Watts
Potts
Indianapolis Journal
Washington Star
Cotton value chain fuels northern wealth
The piece notes raw cotton at five cents per pound and fabric at twenty five cents to one dollar per pound. It cites Massachusetts with 8,000,000 spindles, spinning 1,259,000 bales of southern cotton to resell south. It emphasizes northern profits from processing southern raw material.
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Massachusetts
Peanut crop boom boosts Virginia profits in 1899
A surge in peanut demand has driven prices up by 100 percent. Analysts estimate the 1899 Virginia peanut crop could be worth from 3 to 4 million dollars, with a small district standing to gain notably from the higher quotations.
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Virginia
Assuan Dam Will Not Submerge Philae Temple
Officials say water behind the Nile dam at Assouan will rise only to just above the current high-water mark, keeping the Philae temple floor dry.
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Nile
Assouan
Egypt
Philae
Foreign Capital in Spain Rail Lines and Mines
Foreign capital funds invest heavily in Spain's main rail lines with French and Belgian investors. England controls numerous shorter routes and dominates mining interests, shaping the country's transportation and resource sectors.
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Spain
England
Warm Whalebone Becomes Flexible With Heat
The text explains that whalebone can be easily cut when warmed over a lamp or fire, becoming soft and pliable for cutting.
California Almonds Production Share Highlighted
California produces about a third of the almonds consumed in the United States, underscoring its dominant role in the national supply and agriculture.
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California
United States
Queen of the Kitchen and Servant Jokes Across Papers
A collage of jokes and quips about servants from multiple papers. Lines poke fun at domestic staff in playful exchanges, highlighting social attitudes toward housework, cookery, and workplace mishaps with witty one liners and ironic exchanges. Notable speakers include Mrs Blubblood and Mrs Parvenoo in a string of humorous dialogues.
Homemade Philosophy on Society and Morality
A satirical piece railing at ignorance and selfishness, arguing marriage as a remedy for life’s failures, critiquing war, politics, greed, religion, and hypocrisy. It uses rustic dialect to mock modern vices and ends with a grim take on survival of the fittest.
With Bulls and Bears A Dime Novel of Stock Jests
A humorous montage of stock market quips and anecdotes from various papers. The jokes poke at bears and bulls, investors, trusts, and funny exchanges between doctors, stockholders, and financiers. It captures light editorial whimsy on finance.
The Feminine Observer Reflects on Character and Manners
A Philadelphia Times excerpt from The Feminine Observer offers aphorisms on virtue, self control, generosity, and restraint. It contrasts appearance with substance, praises steady leadership, and warns against reckless conduct and deceitful words.
Monetary maxims and proverbs on wealth
A collection of old quotations on money from various papers. Witty lines reference avarice wings wealth and the trouble rich men have parting with funds. The dialogue touches on the paradoxes of money and motivation in humorous exchanges.
Chimpanzee Taught Golf Likes It But Misses Holes
A Boston Herald note reports a chimpanzee trained to play golf shows interest and skill but struggles to land the ball in the hole. The joke tag calls it the missing link.
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Boston Herald
A New Gas From Italian Compound Cheaper Than Acetylene
A new Italian gas is described as 50 percent cheaper than acetylene. It is made from ninety parts quicklime and five parts colophony and calcium carbide, requiring no heating of water or special burner.
How to Clean Paint Brushes with Oil and Turpentine
When brushes are stiff from dried paint soak in linseed oil for a few hours. Then rinse the brushes in turpentine to remove the oil and remaining paint.
Ears Of Noted Men As A Personality Read
The essay surveys ears of public figures from Choate to Morgan. It notes sizes shapes and angles to infer character its tone blends science and satire. It mentions President Stickney Richard Croker Roswell Flower Thomas Platt Admiral Dewey John Blair J Pierpont Morgan and age effects on ears.
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Russell Sage
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York Press
Alpheus Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Richard Croker
Roswell P. Flower
Mr. Morgan
S. Thomas C. Platt
Admiral Dewey
John I. Blair
Mr. Blair
J. Pierpont Morgan
Perils of Commercial Life and a Gutta Percha Joke
Selection of light anecdotes and jokes. A father explains waterproof soles to a child in a playful exchange about gutter perching. A kind lady asks a 3 year old about age and the girl quips she is almost new. Henry returns home furious over forgotten eggs in luncheon.
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Lad
Paris Leads In Periodical Publications Surging Ahead
Paris now publishes 2,585 periodicals up from 2,485 at the same date last year, reflecting a notable publishing expansion. The figure marks a near hundred increase year over year in the city’s periodical output.
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Paris
Education in India Under British Rule Shows Low Literacy
In British India there are 140 colleges serving about 17 000 students. Literacy remains extremely uneven with only one in ten males and one in 160 females able to read.
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India
Hair Bale Theft Shocks Antwerp Lunatics Inmate Hair
A 172 pound bale of human hair is stolen from a Antwerp railroad station. Authorities say the hair was clipped from the heads of lunatics and convicts in public asylums and prisons, a strange discovery prompting an unusual theft case.
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Antwerp
Golf mishap on a Saturday proves hitting the ball matters
A Saturday golf incident in which a man misses a drive and strikes a bystander, injuring her severely, with a runaway horse causing further harm, is described by the New York Commercial Advertiser as dramatic proof of the need to learn to hit the ball properly.
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Boston
New York Commercial Advertiser
Around the World in a Month Route Proposed
A Russian official outlines a trans-Siberian plan to complete a world tour in thirty-three days once the railroad network is finished. The route would run Bremen to St Petersburg by rail in 1.5 days, to Vladivostok by rail in ten days, to San Francisco by steamer in ten days, to New York by rail in 4.5 days, and back to Bremen by sea in seven days. The current shortest journey from Southampton through Paris Brindisi Yokohama San Francisco and New York takes 66 days.
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Bremen
St. Petersburg
Vladivestock
San Francisco
New York
Phineas Fogg
Southampton
Paris
Brindisi
Yokohama
Photographing Convicts in Maine Prison System
After release, convicts must sit for a state photo kept for future reference. Previously only commitment-day pictures were kept, which proved less useful in later years.
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Maine
Earnings Gap Between Men And Women In New York
A New York state comparison shows 69.2 percent of earners in the quarter made between 50 and 115 dollars, 37.8 percent between 75 and 100 dollars, and only a negligible share earned over 150 dollars. By contrast, more than half the men earned over 150 dollars in the same period.
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State
New York
Verne Sets Prolific Writing Pace Among Authors
Jules Verne, famed for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, has written six more books than his age. Miss Braddon, an English author, has 55 novels in 37 years, and closely rivals this remarkable productivity.
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Jules Verne
Miss Braddon
Passing of Lawn Tennis Interest Waning
The Tri City Progress notes tennis interest is fading while croquet and golf gain attention. It calls lawn tennis a pretty recreation even as enthusiasts remain uncertain about the cause of the decline.
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Tri-City
Parakeet Lives Fifty Two Years Without Water at London Zoo
A parakeet reportedly survived fifty two years without tasting water. The note highlights that some reptiles and other animals can thrive in arid or waterless environments.
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London Zoo
Sailor Loss Rate Drops From One in 106 to One in 250
A maritime report notes that twelve years ago about one sailor in every 106 lost life by accident at sea. The latest figures show the risk cut to one in 250, indicating improved safety and survivability at sea.
Excursion Tickets to the Great American Exposition
Advertises reduced rate excursion tickets to the Great American Exposition in Omaha Nebraska via the North Western Railway. Tickets on specified stations and dates with details available from agents Chisago and North Western. Also mentions Miller and Kooser's chocolate candies.
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Omaha
Neb
Chicago & . North-Western Railway
Omaha, Neb
North-Western Line
Chisago & North-Western
Miller & Kooser’s
Dunvugue
Chicago
Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago Great Western
F. H. Lord
Adams St
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