Ancient jewelry sources于 Modern design from ancient art
The New York World notes jewelers increasingly draw on ancient models from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It highlights gold pieces dating to 900 BC and Phoenician Greek artifacts, with oxidized silver degraded but gold remains bright. It mentions gold bottles attached to jewelry likely held poisons for emergencies in antiquity.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Metropolis
Aetropolitan Museum
Cyprus
N.Y. World
Shirt waist jewelry trends in Dame Fashion this year
Women embracing bold jewelry with discretion, pairing stick pins collar buttons and gold chain purses with shirt waists and saris. Hearts and crown pins in turquoise pearls rhinestones emeralds and garnets lead the fashionable display with delicate gold or silver purse networks.
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Ion
Arabian Horses in Battle Courage and Devotion
The piece notes that Arabian horses show notable bravery in combat. If a horse is wounded and foresees leaving the rider, it retires with its rider to safety while still able. If the rider falls, the horse stays by the fallen rider, neighing for help despite danger.
Ills of Women Promoted Cure by Vegetable Compound
Two women report long standing womb illness ailments and nervous weakness improved by Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. Mrs Many Booinyern of Chicago and Mrs Hesgy Dorr of Cincinnati describe relief from leucorrhea pain headaches and bearing down after using the remedy and sanitary wash.
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Many Booinyern
Marianna St
Chicago
Jil
Hesgy Dorr
Findley St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pinkham
Lyda E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tiny cherry stone holds 12 dozen spoons in Nantucket hoard
In Nantucket a burglar missed a cache of twelve dozen solid silver spoons concealed inside a cherry stone sized to hold them. The minuscule spoons, carved by Hiridus and mounted on a silver stand, were discovered only with a magnifier. Miss Pheete Ann West descends from a sea captain family and notes a related six dozen spoon cache once lost.
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Pheete Ann West
Nantucket
Massachusetts
Miss West
India
Tost
Snake story shock distracts from western science tale
A London Globe account recounts a healer Moula Dux performing a cobra induced resurrection of a woman bitten to death. The incident, framed as occulic science, contrasts ancient tricks with western modernity and questions its legacy amid changing times.
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Calculia
Ganges
Mien
Cveult Sciepce
Sietho
London Globe
Moula Dux
Brotherhood of science amid war doctors on Olivette
On the hospital ship Olivette last July wounded Spanish soldiers received swift care. American and captured Spanish surgeons operated side by side, overcoming language and national barriers as mutual respect and success followed each procedure.
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United States
Olivette
San Francisco
Trergybelly
One Eye Shut In Mine Drifts Sparks Curious Tale
A traveler in Mexico reports miners exit the shaft with one eye closed to shield against glare. Foremen explain lamps in drifts are dim and daylight blinds, so workers close one eye near the mouth as they discharge ore and descend again.
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Mexico
Lelonc
Spanish Strategy and the 127th Regiment Deception
The lieutenant recalls a daring ruse by Spanish forces during the war. The 127th New York volunteers mistimed their advance as a bicycle bell signaled false movement, prompting a panicked jump while the Spaniards fired harmlessly, exposing the bluff without serious casualties.
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Sanebads
New York City
San Juan
First Warm Day Signals Spring as Weather Breeder
A February warm spell in southeastern Pennsylvania brings a hint of spring, triggering groundhog chatter and early signs of crocus and daffodils. The warm southerly wind, though welcoming, is seen as a predictor of looming rough weather, a meteorological “weather breeder” that foreshadows the season to come.
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Pennsylvania
Delaware
Itis
Appleton
Popular Science Monthly
No More Men Nurses and the Conference View
A Philadelphia Times summary notes a Medical Society conference condemning male nurses as unreliable and untrustworthy. It claims male nurses are rare, best suited only to paralysis with insanity cases, while praising women nurses as competent and preferable in most roles.
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Philadelphia Times
Medical Society
Acts of the Apostles as a Given Name in Boughton records
The Canterbury Diocesan Gazette notes baptism and burial entries in Boughton under Blean showing Actsapostle and Actsy as given names. Actsapostle, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Pepcen from Dunkirk, baptized Aug 2 1795. burial of Actsapostle Pegden, 76, on Nov 14 1865. Also Acts of the Apostles, son of Richard and Phoebe Kennett, baptized Apr 1833.
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Cattons
Canterbury
Boughton-under- Blean
Actsapostle
Thomas
Elizabeth Pepcen
Dunkirk
Actsapostle Pegden
Actsy
Boughton
Aprak
Actsy Pegden
Acts of the Apostles
Richard and
Phoebe Kennett
Boughton Church
Sunflower Crop Notes Across Regions
Sunflower is cultivated in many European countries. In Russia the seas are parched and eaten like peas in the United States. The oil is used for illumination and often for summary purposes.
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Russia
United States
Tuberculosis Congress Planned in Berlin May Twenty Three to Twenty Seven
The British Medical Journal reports an international congress on tuberculosis and its control methods will convene in Berlin from May 23 through May 27. The event gathers medical professionals to discuss regional and global TB strategies and developments.
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British Medical Journal
Berlin
Truth and a Trunk in a Philadelphia Plot
A Philadelphia Press item mocks a two woman traveling with a huge trunk as a case for the Anti Cruelty Society. An expressman jokes about weight and misleads, while a Contemporary Review notes Russian and American nervousness and compares public figures like Lowell and Starr King in a broader cultural reflection.
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Philadelphia
Haggereman
Cannibal Fish Trick Boosts Sales in North Side Shop
A Chicago shopkeeper with a goldfish business used cannibal fish as a sales gimmick. He placed one cannibal per customer’s lot, causing most fish to die and prompting returns. The tactic boosted his trade and allowed higher prices for the cannibal fish, spreading to downtown buyers. The piece notes large numbers of military musicians in Germany and Europe.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Gealera
North Side
Read-heed 45 Cent Mohairs and 74 Cent Suitings
The ad touts Mohairs at 45 cents a yard and light gray summer fabrics at 74 cents. It notes the mill costs and claims the goods represent good value for a desirable season. The copy emphasizes exact worth and value for shoppers.
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Phoenicia
Greece
Simon
Work For Science
Sule
The
Lancet
Theeir
Rchant
Mme
Dr. Pierce
Jennie Dingmed
Vanbared
Kalkask2 Co
Mich
Nebane
Nichols-Shepard
Nichols & Shepard Co
Battle Crack
Mansfield
Mechioes Wade
Neriew
Edward Everett Hale
Lowell
Thomas Starr King
Madras
Boggs & Buhl
Department X
Allegheny, PA
Bclaughlen
M. B
Gilman Avenue
Marietta, Oho
A. EE. Price
Athens
Robert Wilson
William Wilson
New England
Robert
B.A. E
Mott's Pennyroyal Pills
McVay’s Pharmiecy
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