Impertinents Simian Tales From Denaren Temple
A vignette from Banares monkeys at the Denaren temple where apes snatch snacks, mimic visitors, and pilfer scarfs. A notable incident involves a handkerchief seized and theatrically pulled, while monkeys photograph and pilfer. The guide notes their fondness for scarves and the temple’s ghats, ending with amused resignation. Also a Browning anecdote recalls his courteous reception of a cook at a Barrett salon.
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Banares
Cuttlefish Fishing Off Cornwall Described And Its Black Ink Stains
A reporter details the harvesting method for cuttlefish off Cornwall used as bait for conger eels. They deploy 200 to 300 pilchard baited hooks, wait half an hour, then retrieve cuttlefish that cling to the bait. When startled they eject a thick black slime that stains clothes and rots nets unless washed off quickly.
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Cornwall
New Conundrum About Mouse and Haystack
The dialogue features a playful exchange on riddles about a mouse and a haystack. The Professor and Doctor spar over a correct answer while referencing a needle in a haystack and the weariness of conceited people.
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Chicago Tribune
Hats First Made in England by Spaniards in 1510
A brief note recalls that hats were first manufactured in England by Spaniards in 1510. The fragment includes a quoted line about snowstorms and a reflection on envy and enjoyment of great things.
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England
Lamb and the Poem Thief at Diner, A Droll Encounter
Revelry at a London dinner features Charles Lamb and a boastful poet who submits verses to Lamb through a friend. Lamb teases with recalled lines from the poet and from Milton, provoking the author’s daggers and outrage as Lamb enjoys the mischief.
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Charles Lamb
Lamb
Bim
Lawd
Milton
Rey
David Macrae
Trouble Over Hours and Pay Splits Southern Railway
Atlanta officials consider a growing dispute between telegraph operators and station agents on the Southern railway. Workers demand higher pay, shorter hours, overtime pay, and recognition as a collective body similar to other crews. Local committees formed last spring, but opposition from superintendents and some trainmasters delays hearings and has led to dismissals of several committee members.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Frank 8. Cannon
Washington
Gannon
J. H. Barrett
T Rainmasters
Vaccination Order for City School Children Enforced
Judge W. F P. Johnston leads the city board of education in a suit demanding all public school pupils be vaccinated or present a physician certificate of vaccination. With smallpox proximity, the board will rigidly enforce the resolution requiring vaccination or proof to continue attendance, urging parents to act promptly.
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W. F P. Johnston
City Board of Education
Board of Education
Man Sets Arm About Woman In Panic After Pin Incident
A man placed an arm around a woman around her waist and she cried out in alarm when she shrieked. She said he stumbled on a pin causing the sudden injury and distress.
Persevering takeover at Empire steam laundry
Will N. Perkins announces he has taken charge of the Empire steam laundry on West Tenth Street and will give it close personal attention. He requests continued patronage and hopes to add new customers while aiming to provide perfect service.
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Empire Steam Laundry
West Tenth Street
Will N. Perkins
Sheriff Sale Notice of Tredegar Mineral Railway Property
A sheriff sale announces the public auction of the Tredegar Mineral Railway right of way track and appurtenances in Anniston Calhoun County Alabama. The sale occurs Monday February 26 1900 in front of the courthouse during legal hours, per three executions to collect local judgments.
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Anniston City
Calhoun County
Alabama
Redegar Mineral Railway
F. N. Burk
P. Bowen
J. W. Burk
Tredegar Mineral Railway
Tredegar Mineral Railway Co
Court House
Anniston
N. D, Menane
Lyddite Explosive Origin and Mechanism Described
The article explains lyddite named after a Kentish town, identifies pieric acid as its core, and details its high explosive power. It describes ignition by percussion fuse and a pieric powder exploder, causing instant detonation and lethal air shocks rather than fragment wounds.
Humorous Civil War anecdotes from Cincinnati and Chestnut Street
A listener recalls General Butler's lecture at Pike's Opera House in Cincinnati where a descending wooden spoon nearly toppled him before he finished, the general quipping there’s one I didn’t get. Also recounted is a man with ear hair jamming a shop watch, thwarting a sale in a Chestnut Street jewelry store.
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Ben Butler
Esau
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia Record
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Mens
Douglas
Sotam
Vienna
Gotham Hats
Douglas Shoes
Ullman Brothers
John F. Cook
Noble Street
MF Doerings
Doering
The
Southern
L. & N. Railways
A. G. Duke
West Fifteenth Street
Denaren
London Leader
Preeta
Pauline
Chicago
Southern Operators
Elam Drug CO
China
Anniston Trading CO
L.H. Carre
J. T. Chrisman
Irs al Taig
Security Bank
Montevallo
Anniston Ice Co
J. L. Yearman
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