A Teacher's Secret Love in a City Gymnasium
An ex teacher recalls his first appointment at a female gymnasium in N, where he faced nerves and laughter from seventeen to eighteen year old students. He falls for student Maria Vasilyevna, mentors Krassoff in private lessons, and later learns Krassoff becomes a successful lawyer still haunted by the unspoken crush. The narrator reflects on love, growth, and lingering emptiness years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuball
Strage
City of N
Tell
Asium
Thore
Mile
Gyeran
Thera
Ryshikiaa Ani
Krassoff
Maria Vasilyevna
Sacred Cats In Egypt A Tale of Mourning and Beliefs
The report notes Egyptian customs where a cat's death caused mourning and shaved eyebrows, and fires sparked concern for saving cats over extinguishing flames. Meanwhile attitudes varied by city with some viewing cats as sacred and others as impure, leading to diverse treatments from banishment to pampered status with gold ornaments and priestly care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Entian
Boone
Surgeon's Blunder Tends Wrong Leg After Cab Ride
A surgeon in Paris treated a leg wound on a young man during a youthful outing with friends. Lina summoned a cab, and after tending the wound the patient went to bed. The next morning the doctor discovered he had cared for the wrong leg, a curious mistake from the prior night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Sue
Geal ” de Paris
Ronie Oll
Lina
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Praised by Readers
A reader endorses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a top cough and croup preventive for families with children. The piece stresses present use, household necessity, and strong trust in the product based on personal experience and repeated success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthin
Chamberlain
The Wandering Jew Legends From Sacred History
A collection of legends about the Wandering Jew recounted from medieval and religious traditions. The tale includes Pontius Pilate’s servant urging Jesus to hurry, Jesus blessing a cobbler named Ahasuerus, and another account of Ahasuerus delaying Jesus and denying rest.
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Thore
Caz
Pontius Pilate
Jeans
Jesus
Ahasuerus
Paul von Eitzen
Steawick
Fiiate
Wit and Dress at a Garden Party in Benares
A discussion of Isaac Barrow’s witty definitions follows with a vivid account of Countess Palovoyetach’s gown at a viceroy’s garden party in Benares. The dress appears as blue flame tongues and bright streaks, yet is revealed to be a brocade gown adorned with 535 fireflies in nets, keeping the wearer constantly on the move.
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Benares
Palovoloyetach
Sean
Eye in a Mirror Reveals Self Perception Twist
Readings on gaze and reflection note the eye cannot move in its own mirror image, revealing how self view differs from others. The piece argues the paradox shows the face’s moribund feature and how attention to the nose or other parts requires head movement, highlighting perception vs. appearance.
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Eracreiece
Reminiscence of Wagner by Dr Mason
Dr Mason recalls visiting Richard Wagner who gave him a personally inscribed theme on a staff. The theme later proved to be the familiar in motive from the Ring dramas, shown here in the form used only in Siegfried's second act. At that time the drama was still unknown to the world.
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Wagner
Mason
Richard Wagner
Siegfried
Spaccay Report From Bluff Explains Low Recruitment
A brief note describes the bluff area where many men fail to thrive due to harsh conditions and limited opportunities, resulting in few recruits. The piece emphasizes the peril and the high cost of attempting to settle there.
A Chinese Banquet Described with Many Dishes and Rituals
A vivid account details a three hour Chinese banquet with sugared cakes caviar fried grasshoppers and oysters for the first course. Dishes follow including ducks pigeons and peewits eggs poached with various sauces and exotic ingredients. Guests end with fruit and dessert while chopsticks and rosewater rounds out the ceremony.
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Giza
Canton
Maida
Old Marriage Manners and Roman wedding beliefs
The article traces how the French dot may come from a small coin a Roman bride brought home. It notes the bouquet scramble from ancient rites and explains why June and May weddings were restricted. It lists other forbidden dates linked to demonic or chthonic associations and days when Hades was thought open.
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Vesta
Hades
The Earthquake in Central America Described
The piece explains tropical earthquakes, noting residents’ calm adaptation and the brief warning signs. A hot afternoon scene on a piazza leads to a sudden rocking of the ground as natives announce a shake, followed by tumblers falling and a short, disorienting experience before calm returns.
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Temperate
Tropics
Central America
Seelieg
Dogs Graveyard at Edinburgh Castle Grounds
In the rock north of St. S chapel and the Edinburgh castle lies a secluded dog cemetery dating back to the castle era. It houses about twenty graves of regimental canines, each marked by stones or tiny monuments within a low walled enclosure, a unique site shown to visitors.
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Reiner
St. 'S Chapel
Old Castle
Edinburgh
Governor Oglesby Visits Joliet Prison Cell
Governor Dick Oglesby toured Joliet State Prison and confronted a detainee in a cell. The inmate claimed abduction as the motive for his imprisonment, prompting Oglesby to remark on the perils of seeking a wife through such actions.
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Dick Oglesby
Joliet
State Prison
Ogiesby
Fragmentary Proverb Reflects on Speech and Consequences
A terse, distorted aphorism hints that speaking about wrongdoing harms the speaker. The fragment suggests silence protects one from being misjudged as a fool, while implying that careful words may reveal truth or intent. The odd spelling points to OCR error in an old newspaper item.
Not His Fault at All a New Bride Misreads Arm Gesture
A newly married woman sobs that her husband no longer looks at her or shows affection. He apologizes that his seeming indifference is not his fault, while she realizes she has mistaken the man she took by the arm in a shop window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamderlain
Ore-Gray Drug Co
Bagamone
Voices and Nationalities in Neapolitan Song
From Musical Record and Review a critique questions if Neapolitan singing is truly a distinct musical form. It notes that repetition of two tunes without variation may reveal a scientific issue, and ponders climate, diet, or habit as factors shaping voice types across regions like Naples, Spain, and the broader historic slave market enterprises.
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Tousia
Spain
Rome
Cadiz
Trance
Naples
Mirth and Mockery Mixed in Quips and Domestic Anecdotes
A jumble of humor lines and anecdotes from a past era. Jokes about telegrams on birth outcomes, witty exchanges with a photographer, and quips on love and marriage surface amid ads for tonics and stomach remedies. Notable lines reference a tandem telegram and the barbering of social roles.
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Timow
Tam
Mic
God
Isaac Barrow
Castoria
Omres
Denver News
Oynicus
Auro
Pstisot
Anand Ashe
Brstead
Wight
Tate
Bradfield
Luviger
Meath
THE
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Roberts
ORR, Gray & CO
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Dendy Drug CO
Addrena
Hollenbeck
Louisville& Nashville
By No Brown
Atlanta, GA
Plymouth Rock
Bilger
Mattison
Qibtelorson
Paul E, Stephens
Santas
Kali Womkas
Bes
New York
Foley
Bank OF Anderson
J. A. Brock
N. Brown
J. F. Mauldin
Cnabler
Fiellithes
Peoples Bank of Anderson
WHR
Ary Co
Bcency Manual Fire Insurance Co
J. R. Vandiver
Mervstors
S. H
J. J. Fretwell
J. Major
J. Pyenn
B.C. Martin
K. Boa. Robinson
John GO
Dopworth
B. J. Genn
Starr
O. Foley
Walter
Eaaly
Anderson Steam Laundry CO
East Boundary St. R. A
Mayfield
Supt
Treas
D.C. Brown & Bro's
Bore
Primoney
Price Co
Byrns
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