Notable historical deaths and events listed in brief
The entry compiles a series of historical notes and obituaries including Archangelo Corelli's death in 1713, Englands general thanksgiving in 1816, Daniel Webster Senate seat in 1830, Virginia defense funding in 1861, the death of Chang and Eng in 1874, a 1855 asylum fire tragedy, George W. Childs death in 1804, and a 1907 Dominion Government relief vote.
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England
Maassachusetts
Daniel Webster
United States Senate
Virginia
Eng
Chang
Kankakee
George W. Childs
Philadelphia
Mystery of the mind in a colored applicant tale
A Philadelphia Records piece recounts John, a colored man seeking a butler role in a wealthy suburb. He cites passing a civil service exam to prove fitness. The employer questions relevance, but John insists virtue lies in civil service, revealing a humorous clash of expectations.
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Philadelphia Record
John
Butler
Philadelphia
Gennien
Williams
Mogul Hero Bahar the First of Ferghana
The London Spectator recounts Bahar as the first great Mogul ruler of Ferghana who seized the throne at eleven after his father’s death. He lost it to a traitor and again to Mongol loot policy, wandered for two years, then recovered Ferghana only to lose it again. He died at seventeen and thirty two years later his son Humayun faced a similar peril as the doctor urged sacrifice.
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Bahar
Ferghana
Samarkand
Humayun
London Spectator
The Dogskin Diploma Trick In Hungary Barristers Swarm
A Hungarian peasant’s son failed law exams but forged a diploma on parchment dogskin. The joke notes there are more barristers than dogs, so kutya-ber parchment is scarce for all. The quip stems from London Answers.
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Hungary
Budapest
London
Sober reflections on New Yorks charity and culture
Special correspondence from New York reports 1900s readers celebrating a gas rebate after a Supreme Court decision, noting $9 million in overcharges. The piece also surveys New York society charity, the Metropolitan Museum’s Fellows moment, opera finances, a proposed City Island monorail, and beach access court rulings impacting fences and bulwarks.
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Coney Island
City Island
New York, New Haven
Pelham Bay Park
The Children's Friend on the Denver Train
A Boston lawyer Mr C notices a tired mother with four children on a Pullman. He befriends the children and mocks the prank with a nursery rhyme until a quiet woman ends the exchange. The train reaches Denver where the man withdraws to the smoker car.
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Boston
Denver
Pullman
Mr. C
Anthracite and Bituminous Coal in a Child’s Lesson
A teacher explains anthracite meaning hard coal and bituminous as soft coal. Willie replies with a sentence using both terms. An Atlanta Constitution fragment shows a mother asking for groceries and receiving a stern look, her tears described as bituminous.
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Little Willie
Wille
Willie
Aulanta Constitution
A Useful Kitchen Apron of White Marble Ellcloth
An apron made of white marble ellcloth worn while washing clothes or dishes saves wear on dresses. Water does not pass through, and it requires no scrubbing. A quick wipe with a cloth cleans it and prepares it for the next use.
Norvell Lapsley Returns from South Alabama
Mr Norvell Lapsley came back Saturday after several weeks in South Alabama.
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Norvell Lapsley
South Alabama
J H Privett Proud of Work and Grange Wins
Joseph Th Privett of Jacksonville traveled to Aniston to frame two 1877 Grange Fair diplomas won in Jacksonville. One diploma honored the finest no top buggy and the other the finest painted buggy. He recalls the latter as where he won his wife’s promise, driving from Coldwater to Jacksonville.
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Joseph TH. Privett
Jacksonville
Aniston
Privett
Breakfast Delay Causes Scrape Over Clock
Bridget explains to Mrs Subbubs that an alarm clock failed to wake her due to a sleepy lag. The mistress insists punctual breakfasts are needed for Mr Subbubs to catch the early train. Bridget laments being too tired to move even after the alarm rang.
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Mim
Bridget
Uarper's Weekly
The Paralytic Cures Wrinkles Says Beauty Doctor
A beauty doctor from New Orleans Times-Democrat argues facial muscles cause wrinkles. He claims paralysis or repose can erase wrinkles, noting exposed skin wrinkles more and offering creams massages cures to keep faces in repose and youth.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Patti’s dramatic telegraphic appeal to Bucharest
Patti initially declined a Bucharest engagement due to cold and travel risks. Impresario M Schurmann sent a telegram to the advance agent in Bucharest promising a grand Italian Romanian noble reception with ministries, processions, torches and bands. Patti consented after receiving the message and asked for the start time.
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Patti
Bucharest
Vienna
M. Schurmann
Mme. Patti
Sailors Paint Banter Aboard Ocean Line
While painting a ship at sea a sailor knocked into a man in a black suit, ruining his pants with fresh white paint. The sailor fled to fetch benzine, promising repairs, and returned to receive a coin as compensation. The conversation notes sailors earning tips similar to stewards.
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Atlantic
Bill
Cause of Fatty Heart and Obesity Effects
The text explains that obesity leads to fatty degeneration of the heart muscles, weakening them and risking heart failure with any circulation strain. It notes anaemia and hysteria as common companions and cites reduced ability and desire for exercise due to weight and lassitude. It also begins to discuss dietary guidance with the heading What to Eat.
From Medicine to Drama in Sardou’s Early Struggles
The early career of Victorien Sardou shows parents pushing him toward medicine while drama called louder. He pursued playwriting amid money shortages, first play fails, he vows to quit theater, falls ill, and is nursed back by Mlle. de Brecourt, an actress living below.
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Victorien Sardou
Sardou
Mlle. de Brecourt
I Will Be My Darndest Professuer
An amusing incident at a southern college where a French teacher learns that casual English can mislead. During supper the college president asks Mme Petit to assist in a chapel program. She responds proudly in fractured English, saying she will be "my darndest" professeur.
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Parisienne
Mme. Petit
Indy
Lippincott’s
Remark on Engagement Reactions From Friends
A dialogue shows a fiancée and her friend discussing friends reactions to the engagement. Some say at last or wonder why, while others remark on the surprise and novelty of the news. The back and forth reveals curiosity and social expectations surrounding the announcement.
Was He Delirious Lip Incotts quip noted
A Walti mor e specialist recalls a doctor praised as a friend yet mocked by society. A physician questions a patient's brother about the case and learns the patient has been delirious for hours. At 3 o clock the patient quips about the doctor as an old woman and has not made a rational remark since.
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Metropolitan Art Museum
J. P. Morgan
Virginia
New York City
Waltimore
Lippincott’s
A Rising Fall and Peerage Debate
A government member described as a great failure is debated by two colleagues. One says, “they want to make him a peer,” while the other retorts, “they want to make him disappear.”
Taking Chances Exchange Dialogue Fragment
Dialogue snippet shows a mother urging Johnny to wash before Uncle Henry’s anticipated dinner. Johnny expresses doubt he will come, saying something might prevent his uncle’s arrival. The exchange captures family domestic tension and anticipation.
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Johnny
Henry
Wife confesses to killing husband over whisky quarrel
Milwaukee news reports Vera Lee admitted she shot and killed her husband Otto Lundstrum after a quarrel over whisky. She had previously claimed he killed himself, saying she was in the sweat box for much of the night.
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Milwaukee
Vera Lee
Otto Lundstrum
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Iste
New York
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Consolidated Gas Co
United States Supreme Court
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Southern District of New York
Furest
East Side
Italy
John D
Standard Oil Company
Metropolitan Opera House
Charles B. Dillingham
Mono-Rail Transportation
J. H. Privett
Mrs. Subbubs
Streetman & Watson
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