New York State Library for the Blind Faces Rising Costs
The New York Evening Post notes the Albany division reports 3000 raised-letter volumes and 800 active borrowers, with 60000 loans in twelve years. High printing costs limit new titles to works of real worth, while 1904 law provides free carriage by mail to blind readers across the state.
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New York State Lbrary For the
State Library At
Albany
New York Evening Post
Parkman
Oregon Trail
Rebecca of
Sunnybrook ‘Farm
Tom Sawyer
Lee
Uncle William
Hale
Daily Bread
Gaskell
Crawford
Andrews
Wiggins
Rebecca
Wister
the Virginian
Harker
Miss Esperance
Mr. Wrycherly
Filipino Seaman Seeks Return Home After World Wanderings
Simeon Tone lero, a 72 year old native of Tangalan Capsiz Province, asked the American consul general at Vancouver for transport back to his Philippine home. He arrived in Manila on the Dix and is at the secret service bureau awaiting the Boreagan ship to Tangalan. Tone lero left the islands as a youth, worked in Shanghai and Vancouver, and now hopes to spend his final years in the Philippines after being granted free transport.
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Simeon Tonelero
Tangalan
Capsiz
Vancouver
Manila Times
Manila
Dix
Secret Service Bureau
Simeon
Islands
Shanghai
Philippines
Ideal Towns of Langenaulbach Aims for Cheap Electric Power
The Langenaulbach village in the Westervalld region owns forest land earning over 10000 dollars and a profitable limestone quarry, funding all communal expenses from its 50000 dollar annual property income. Free high pressure water serves homes, and plans call for an electric power station with free mains, charging about four cents per unit for fighting purposes, hoping to avoid a district rate for years.
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Langenaulbach
Westlerwald
Rhine
Lahn
Saved by Hair's Breadth in Elevator Accident
In a San Francisco hotel a quick action by Mack Duffie, a night engineer, stopped an elevator from crushing Lilian Krolin. She stepped toward an open shaft door mistaking the car's location, the automatic elevator began to descend, and Duffie cut power just as the car neared her, halting above her.
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Mack Duffie
San Francisco
Lilian Krolin
Miss Krolin
Duffie
Mystery of the Deep Waratah Disaster Remains Unsolved
The Waratah steamer, nearly new, vanished after leaving Africa two years ago with passengers, crew, and freight. Rumors of topsides issues circulated until an Admiralty Court inquiry in London refrained from naming the exact catastrophe but suggested the ship may have cap sized.
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Africa
Army and Navy Journal
London
Edward’s Mystic Number and Nine’s Reign Across Eras
A New York Sun correspondent notes nine as a mystic motif in Edward VII’s life. It appears in birth, marriages, reign length, coronation day, and count of letters in names, plus assorted references from history and folklore to Dantean and Greek lore.
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Edward
New York Sun
Edward VII
Queen Victoria
Alexandria
Denmark
England
Pythagoras
Milton
Macauley
Porsena
Thanagas
Hell
Vulcan
Heaven
China
Eresmus
But She Got the Candy Mrs Talbot Missed Army Train
Mrs. Ralph Talbot wife of Lieutenant Talbot U S A missed an army train in San Francisco after purchasing a box of real American candy. The couple were returning from two years in the Philippines. The train left before they could reunite and the couple faced a frantic delay. Mrs Talbot later reached Denver two days after the shock of the miss.
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Ralph Talbot
Talbot
San Francisco
Washington Star
Philippines
Denver
Strange Colony on the Paraguay River
The Colonia Cosme near Ascension in Paraguay runs a self sufficient society where workers are paid in hours and half hours instead of money. They work seven hours daily, save time as wages, and buy goods with time credits. Three men recently took a three week river trip, returning with some hours left after a rapid overland journey.
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Colonia
Cosme
Paraguay
Ascension
Found Her Lover Dead on Her Wedding Day in Polish Town
In Holoskvitsa Russian Poland a young girl awaits a bridegroom who never arrives. Ivan Marchon, heir at Smolina, was to marry Katrina Ritkar. Guests wait, the bride departs with her party toward Smolina, discovers the groom dead in the snow beside his horse, and the shock drives the bridegroom's fate into an unconscious state.
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Holoskvitsa
Russian
Poland
Ivan Marchon
Smolina
Katrina Ritkar
Clock of 1790 long case clock described by Westminster Gazette
A 1750 long clock owned near Lutterworth features an oval face and seven day dial. It has dead beat and chimes indicators, and a small orchestra on top with flute cello two violins and a boy and girl singers. Hours and quarters strike with music every three hours the figures beat time and the dancers move to the tune.
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Lutterworth
Westminster Gazette
Double of the Czar: Copenhagen Banker Becomes Imposter Then Dies
A Danish banker named Carlsben, who so resembled Alexander III that he impersonated the czar, grew to fear the nihilists. He grew a thick beard, sought an audience with the czar, and drove around Copenhagen in a four horse carriage. His role consumed him, leading to mental decline and confinement in a kinetic asylum where he died weeks later.
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Jones
Smith
Robinson
Copenhagen
Carlsben
Alexander III
Fredensborg
Russias
Denmark
Alexander II
Kinatic
Awful Neatness Disturbs Boarder Sleep Over Silk Swish
Two boarders discuss a night disturbance caused by a neighbor who shakes her silk petticoat out the window after they fall asleep. One man admits the neighbor’s neatness attracts him but dislikes the loud swish noise that splits his slumbers. He is reluctant to speak to her about it.
Vegetarianism and rheumatism in old doctor’s view
An elderly physician argues against the claim that meat causes rheumatism. He notes many patients with rheumatic conditions were not heavy meat eaters, cites his 40 years of experience, and says meat can be part of his diet alongside exercise. He lists his meals and endorses vegetarianism for those who believe in it.
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New York Press
Another Painful Ailment O'logy Leads to Sleepless Nods
A caller jokes about medical terms as her husband cannot sleep due to neuralogy repeatedly. Mrs Lapsing contrasts his hobby of collecting 'ologies with his own ailments. The banter highlights a lighthearted take on health jargon.
Fragmentary Crime Riddle Foiled by Dark Clues
A detective style note speaks of tracing a villain who attacked in darkness. The text mentions setting a police trap to track the scout and hints at a hidden name Nero and a mysterious taco Hhaotley as part of the clue chain. The source is incomplete and ambiguous.
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Tim
Before Louis XIV comfortable palaces were rare in France
Before the reign of Louis XIV palaces were ornate but uncomfortable places. Small windows and draughty rooms filled with grand furniture left many spaces cold. Versailles in 1696 saw freezing wine and tables, while the bedchamber remained the only well-heated retreat. Mme Rambouillet urged new fashion in house design adopted by the royalty.
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Louis XIV
France
Versailles
Mme. de Malate Hon
Early Candle Use on the Altar Through History
The text traces early altar lighting from near the altar to fixed candles. Acolytes lit lights to honor Christ the Light, not just dispel darkness. It notes medieval customs at Chichester with seven, eight, and multiple candles, and Henry VIII’s chapel with ten candlesticks on the altar.
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Christ
Chichester
Henry VIII
Nightly troika drives in St Petersburg remembered
In St Petersburg I loved the nightly troika rides through the snow and the luxury at the end, where a splendid restaurant served costly wines to entrancing Gypsy music. The long white nights affected my nerves as Russians expect endless activity from the troikas to the Neva with many steamers.
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St. Petersburg
North
Trokas
Neva
Princess von Racowitza
Irish Remedies From Old Lore Tell Curious Cures
The piece describes dubious cures once popular in Ireland for ailments like whooping cough and toothache. It cites D John Allan Hornsby of Michael Reese hospital presenting folklore as Irish medicine and notes several curious methods such as a donkey marked on the rump and a crow shaped road, plus a claim that a drop of blood from a Kehoe could cure toothache.
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Emerald Isle
John Allan Hornsby
Michael Reese Hospital
Florist Raises Toses Price From Two Sixty to Three
A customer asks if raising toses is hard this season. The florist replies it is easy and notes he raised the price this morning from $2.60 to $3 a dozen.
Impulsive Mat Maker Faces Doilies and Dots Duty
Two women work through a cascade of unkept promises as a stenographer and bookkeeper confront the urge to crochet and embroider. One admits a habit of impulsive offers, vowing to quit after completing eighteen doilies and an intricate border on a dress, while juggling luncheon plans and help with an essay. The dialogue reveals guilt, humor, and social pressure in domestic tasks.
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Alice
Caroline
Gertrude Lane
Gertrude
Young Women's League
Alicea
Kiddo
Not Too Much Watermelon in a Funeral Parade
Two colored boys chat on a street corner as a funeral procession passes. They ask who died and learn Mose Smith died two o clock. They quip about a watchmenillon phrase, noting there isn’t such a thing as so much water million.
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Daid
Mose Smif
Money Harassment Alimony Threat Amid Divorce Claim
A fragment shows a heated exchange in a divorce context as one party taunts the other about alimony. The coerced claim hints at jealousy and financial dispute, with threats to confront the husband if demands are not met.
His bill awful large charged in court case remarks
A judge or lawyer exchange reveals perceptions of a lawyer's fees and conduct in a recent suit. One party notes the charges were severe while the other defends the issue as not reflective of the method used in the case.
Sure Sign of a Visit Confession in Local Dialect
A fragmentary quote suggests a claim about Jim Johnson and a prolonged house visit over months, with a joking reference to chicken meals. The text appears as dialect dialogue and lacks clear context or attribution.
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Jim Johnson
Do you go to the theater very much
A brief dialogue note presents a witty exchange about theater attendance and a fondness for acting, highlighting a light humorous moment. The line contrasts the speaker’s novelty with performance interest, implying a meta awareness of stage life.
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