The Presidents Three Flags in Washington Star’s view
The article recounts the origin and design of the three personal flags for the U.S. president: the navy flag adopted in 1882, the army flag created near the Spanish American War, and the 1902 peace flag. It notes their exact features, colors, symbolism, and usage, including the silk and bunting variants and when each flag is displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Theodore Bingham
McKinley
United States Army
Frederick D. Owen
Owen
United Tates
Washington Star
Old Mail Box and Versatile Tales From Portsmouth
A green tin mail box carried by Captain John Noble on Revolutionary era routes between Portsmouth and Boston is described along with its size and weekly three day journeys. The excerpt also recounts Metternich’s Vienna carriage accident and a boastful quip about fear, followed by an advertisement for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praising its skin healing properties.
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Antiquarian Society
Portsmouth
N. H
United States
Boston
John Noble
Deacon Noble
Ayscue Finds Cure After 15 Years with New Life Pills
B F Ayscue of Inleside North Carolina after trying many doctors and 200 dollars worth of medicine finally found relief with Dr King s New Life Pills claiming a full cure. The pills are said to ease constipation biliousness sick headache and stomach liver troubles.
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B. F. Ayscue
Inleside
N. C
Dr. King
Promising health tonic praised by druggists
An advertisement touts a medicinal tonic claiming to cure kidney and bowel troubles and to restore vigor, mood, and alertness. It claims quick relief from nervousness sleeplessness melancholic headaches backaches fainting spells and general weakness for 50 cents at all druggists.
Hollis Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Cure All
It expels all po suns stimulates the internal organs cleanses the system and purifies the blood. Hollis ters Rocky Mountain Tea is promoted as the most effective preventative and cure of bad blood constipation and sluggish liver by J. BE Cagwin.
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J. BE
Cagwin
Plant Barometers And Weather Signs From Flora
The dandelion and clover act as weather barometers showing impending rain. Dandelions open in clear weather and close like umbrellas when rain nears. Clover leaves close as rain approaches and stems swell before showers. Horse chestnut leaf segments stay flat in fair weather and droop with rain. Scarlet pimpernel opens in fine weather and closes during rain.
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Chicago Tribune
A Colonial Justice Punishes A Profane Word In Stocks
In Beverly Massachusetts a colonial era justice punishes a traveler for profanity by placing him in the stocks for an hour. The magistrate acts as accuser jury and judge, aided only by his son, then returns the traveler to hospitality. The anecdote contrasts old punitive customs with modern firearm era changes.
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Beverly
Mass
Justic
Japan Pagodas as Ancient Seismographs and Taming Earthquakes
A description of Japanese pagodas and bell towers using inverted pendulums to damp earthquake motion, noting the structure’s stability and non overturning behavior. The piece contrasts this with crude snake skin harvesting methods detailed by Popular Mechanics, including methods of skinning and processing snakes.
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Japan
Wide World Magazine
Insect Stings and Bites Health Advice
The article warns that stings and bites are dangerous especially when the body is weak. It notes poisons vary and may be acidic or depressant, and mentions carrion flies as carriers. It advises an alkaline antidote such as bicarbonate of soda and suction to draw out poison while awaiting antitoxin or supportive care.
Rich Gifts Praise Electric Bitters by Mrs Rhinevault
Mrs O Rhinevault of Vestal Center New York declares Electric Bitters one of the greatest gifts God has made to woman. She says she can never forget what it has done.
Chamberlains Liniment Promises Quick Sprain Relief
A sprained ankle may disable for three or four weeks without proper treatment. Chamberlains Liniment claims to cure in three or four days. The product is described as one of the best and most remarkable preparations in use and is sold by all dealers.
Minute Whales Preserve Ancestral Legged History In Miniature
The smallest whale contains within a single cell the future organism's plan and memories of its ancestors. As it grows the skeleton reveals former legs in the right positions, tucked away as vestiges of a walking past. This compact code links development to evolutionary history.
A Powerful Prayer and Anecdotes on Judge Underhill
A San Francisco Call piece recalls Judge Underhill as a gifted right of way agent whose prayerful plea persuaded a farmer to sell land to the Southern Pacific. The column also includes a band of Arabs horse color tale and a testimonial for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea by J. A. Cagwin.
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Judge Underhill
F. D. Browne
Southern Pacific
Underhill
San Francisco
Italy's 1908 law requires weekly 24 hour rest
A 1908 Italian law effective February 8 mandates a weekly rest of at least 24 consecutive hours for all industrial and commercial concerns. Exemptions include public utilities transport lines and places of amusement. Sundays are favored, but rest may be scheduled on another day for restaurants, photo galleries, pharmacists, and similar businesses.
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Italy
Free sample offer for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
Advertisement urges readers suffering biliousness constipation indigestion and headaches to mail a one cent postal card with name and address to Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa for a free sample. Sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain Medicine Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
Australian dingos and their wild ancestry
The article discusses dingos as potential reversions to a wild state and contrasts them with domestic dogs. It cites views from an Australian naturalist and Beddard, noting slyness, feigning death, and treachery. It recalls episodes of dingo aggression toward livestock and pets.
Dingo Reputation Echoed by London Times
Thomas Ward notes a dingo can destroy many sheep in hours and, in strength, matches most domestic dogs. Wild packs range from six to a hundred, with common packs six to twelve. the creature is said to rarely pull down the old kangaroo, despite Kipling.
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Thomas Ward
Mr. Kipling
London Times
The Compromise Said by a Father to His Son
A father counsels his son on marriage, urging firmness combined with compromise. He recalls a thirty year old quarrel over vacation plans between Maine and Saratoga and notes they split the summer between Bar Harbor and Saratoga to avoid disputes.
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Margaret
Maine
Saratoga
Bar Harbor
New York Tribune
Tigers in India folklore shocks readers with tiger rites
An Indian village tale recounts beliefs about tigers guiding hunters with the ghost of their victims, gods paying a tiger’s daily ration, and a man feeding on tiger flesh granting courage. Police labeled Pandu’s death as tiger eating him with only bones and fingers remaining.
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India
Pandu
Washington Star
World Goes Round Love Confession at Bloggins Party
At an annual party hosted by Bloggins senior the line "Tis Love That Makes the World Go Round" plays. Master William Bloggins slips away behind a screen and returns looking pale with a half smoked cigar. A guest notes his odd demeanor and he declares he is in love not because of smoking.
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Bloggins
William Bloggins
Willie
Mrs. Bloggins
London Express
Ancient Chinese Records of Rare Celestial Events
The passage cites early Chinese annals noting a cloudless starless night in 687 B C possibly a solar eclipse, a five day red sun and moon in 141 B C causing terror, a bright moon sized star with trailing stars in 74 B C likely a bolide, and a meteoric stone fall in 38 B C.
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B. C
Jedson Ha Ha Joke Faces County Prohibition
A humorous exchange highlights Jedson joking about prohibition sweeping the county. Silas asks for the joke and Jedson quips that prohibition arrived just as the county went dry, capturing local wit amid changes.
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Jedson
Silas
Prohibition
Hard Apple Gets Pranked With Iron Keg Promise
A Chicago News tale recalls Hiram Hardapple who receives a circular offering a keg of hard stuff for $2. He pays, then gets scrap iron and a warning of spikes at the same rates, exposing a crude town scam.
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Hiram
Silas
Jedson
Chicago News
Sorry He Spoke Rearranged Marriage Sentiment
A short comic local line from the Cleveland Leader features a wife remarking that a husband has improved after marriage. The exchange hints at irony over wisdom gained through time together.
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Cleveland Leader
Dusty Stryper Questioned Over Trustworthiness
A reader asks if Dusty Stryper is a trustworthy character, citing an old job where they were called trusty, referencing the St Louis Republic.
Influenza Remedy Promoted For Pneumonia Prevention
The advertisement claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures influenza and counteracts its tendency to cause pneumonia. It states the medicine is sold by all dealers.
The Wolf In Disguise Foiled By Its Own Clothing
A fox counsels a wolf to wear sheep’s clothing to steal chickens but dogs mistake the wolf for a lamb and kill him before he can shed the disguise. The tale warns that changing a mind is harder than changing clothes. Morat. New York Herald.
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New York Herald
The Regimental Barber
A major in an English regiment orders a sergeant to find a barber for the company. A gardener is sent, but he objects. The major proclaims that if he can cut grass he can cut hair and insists the gardener take the barber duties.
Burglar Injured After Ladder Slip In Prussian Town
A burglar fell and broke his leg while fleeing with stolen goods. An inquiry found the house owner failed to provide iron spikes at the ladder base contrary to bylaws and ordered the owner to cover hospital costs plus a substantial sum to the burglar.
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London Standard
Broad Minded Church Charity Bishop Joke
A humorous Punch remark contrasts a husband in a pageant with being an ancient bishop in charity. The line plays on broad mindedness and church affiliations as a light social quip.
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Church of England
Charity
Wire Making Through Rolling and Drawing Process
The Chicago Tribune describes heating four by four inch bars, rolling into coils, and drawing through progressively smaller holes to create fine wire. Through repeated annealing and drawing, the bar reduces to diameter of a thousandth inch and can extend to 13,000 miles, with diamond dies replacing steel plates as sizes shrink.
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Chicago Tribune
Humidity Catches the Meekton’s Wife in a Humorous Quip
The Washington Star quotes Mr. Meekton joking that his wife cries when angry because the humidity distresses him more than her temper. The light exchange highlights weather as comic foil in domestic life.
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Mr. Meekton
Washington Star
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