Notable Tales and Legends From The Hour At Home and Abroad
A collage of portraits and exploits ranging from Dom Paul Kruger’s famed big game hunts and daring survival to Sir Thomas Lipton’s accidental market corner, a farmer candidate Jonah Leonard, Portugal’s Queen Marie Amélie as lifesaver and nurse, and the long game of Li Hung Chang’s procrastination in diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kruger
Jtme
Cape Colony
Transvaal
Africa
Paul Kruger
Earl Li Hung Chang
Peking
Japan
Mr. Foster
France
Tongkin
Coohin Chinas
China
Earl Li
Earl 14
Wright A, Patterson
The Months Story January to December
The passage outlines monthly lore from January to December with origins of names, festivities, and symbolic flowers and gems. It notes gods like Janus, Mars, and Gabriel, and guardian deities for each month, paired with symbols such as garnet amethyst moonstone and topaz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Howard
Janus
Gabriel
Cupid
St. Valentine's
Cigarettes Described As Deadly Poison In Public Notice
A physician states nicotine from one cigarette is lethal to both frogs and humans, urging skull and crossbones labeling. Chicago anti cigarette efforts grow with schools, employers, and the Anti Cigarette league pushing bans and education for youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Chicago
Board of Education
Montgomery Ward & Co
Marshall Field & Co
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
United States Supreme Court
Arkansas
Civil Service Commission
New York City
Anti-Cigarette League
Woman’s Temple
League
Boya
Alcohol as Food or Poison in Medical View
Kassowitz argues alcohol is not a true food but a poison that damages tissue. He notes alcohol is oxidizable in the body, yet destruction of protoplasm invalidates its claim to nourishment. He urges dropping alcohol from internal drugs lists for physicians and patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kassowitz
Whisky Gift Sparks Office Mischief and Advice
A South Australian paper recounts a gift of fine Scotch to the office at two p.m. on a Thursday. Ten minutes later the bottle was sold at the rag and bone shop. The editor urged sober work and quipped for more whisky less excuses, citing Sir Andrew Clark on alcohol hindering effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noliceman
Wines and liquors price list with various brands
List of wines and liquors with prices including California Sherry Gallon at 1.2568 and 0.85, California Port 1.25 at 35 cents, Rhine Wine pints 2 dozen at 3.75, Vermouth quart 0.80, Penn a Pearl Rye 3.00 with 1.00 price, Mount Vernon Rye 2.50 at 0.75, Monongahela Rye 2.00 at 0.50, Belle of Nelson 1.00, Monogram 0.85, Old Private Stock unspecified.
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Mount Vernon
Belle of Nelson
Orders Delivered Free of Charge
S Michelson presents P O Box 128 Belmar New Jersey announcing orders delivered free of charge.
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P. O
Belmar, N. J
Women of note appear in late 19th century society
The piece highlights Christine Bonnevie first Norwegian woman curator, Queen Victoria’s travel plans, Amherst College president on servant girl issue, Archduchess Marie Immaculata’s noble title, the Dutch queen shopping trip, Secretary Long on women voters, and a fashion trend for folding notes with crests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Ferdinanda
Theresa Leopoldina Antoinetta
Henrietta Frances Caroline Aloise
Januaria
Christina Philomena
Rosalie
Duke of
Long
Denver
Fortunes and remarriage seal unusual wedding plan
Mrs. Lillian Edgerton of Plantaville, C seeks marriage to Frank Rareden after her first husband died in a Baltimore and Ohio wreck near Chilli cothe. His will bans remarriage but if she wed again the estate mostly to his children. Rareden, 21, now tied to a man who may become a $75,000 husband.
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Lillian T. Edgerton
Plantaville, C
Frank Baredon
Edger ‘Ton
Chillicothe
Baltimore & Ohio
Frank Rareden
Edgerton
Edgerto
Plantsville
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Sir Thomas
P. D. Armour
Joe Lester
Thomas Lipton
Thomas
Jonah F. R. Leonard
United States
President McKinley
Bryan
Leonard
United Christian Party
The
Law
Hallowe’en
Portugal
Marie
Amelie
Come de Paris
Royal Palace
Lisbon
Little Kingdom
Oporto
Pestana
Thia Zoe
Clifford
Howard
Barchiel
Jlidee
Sam
Nora Hopper
Mars
William Watson
Pnts
Ofer
May
Mais
Atlas
Pleione
Hawthorne
Ambel
L. C. Whitson
June
Jupiter
Heaven
Muriel
James Newton Matthews
Julius Caesar
Verchiel
Hattie Whitney
Auguste
Augustus Caesar
August
Hamatiel
E. .C. Thompson
Trure
T. Hale
November
Lisbeth
Comins
Admachiel
Hutniel
St. Louis
Republic
London
Sir Andrew Clark
Colgate
Kirk
Fairbank
Outer Bay
Gilman Farm
Oak Brand
Pmuciertaiarteis
Prairie Flower
Defiance
Pine Tree
Atmore
Jemima
Columbia
Boston
My Mother's
Bartlett Pears
Epps
Assignee’s
Claude VY. Guerin
Assignee
Main St. Nett Ocean Palace
S. Michelson
H.C. Johnston
Main St
Crosbie
Main Street
S‘oves
ACORN
Ohio
Hex
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