The Kiss of Fire and the Rise of a Literary Hoax
A publisher hires John Melcher to push The Kiss of Fire by manipulating readers and booksellers. The scheme floods the city with inquiries, aided by a literary club leader Olcott and a rapturous chorus from critics. The ruse inflates sales and attention until public curiosity peaks, then fades, leaving questions about authorial intent and critical legitimacy. Norman D. White.
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Great Dry Dock In Use Seven Years At League Island Navy Yard
The new concrete drydock at League Island navy yard, one of the world's largest, was put in service yesterday when the battleship Kearago was docked. Built to both house the big ship and officially tear down the old mooring, the $1,500,000 structure took seven years to complete, measuring 764 feet long inside the coping and 240 feet wide, with a depth of thirty feet at high tide.
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Training ship on Lake Ontario eyed by United States
Ottawa reports the United States seeks a training ship on Lake Ontario after a prior grant for Lake Erie. The request, pushed by New York naval officials based in Rochester, involves non gun cruisers used for officer training with guns kept ashore. Officials say the move will not affect existing peacetime arrangements on the Great Lakes.
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The Train Bell Rope Origin and Early Conductor Role
A fragmentary recounting how the train bell rope came to be used on early Philadelphia railroads. It credits conductor and engineer as pivotal figures, with Joseph Wolf proposing the signaling cord to the locomotive and Robert Fogg resisting it before resolve and a public dispute.
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Favorite Prescription Promoted for Women’s Ailments
Advert says Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription aids nursing mothers and overburdened women suffering from fatigue headaches and various bodily complaints. It advocates a glyceric extract of herbal ingredients with plain English warnings on the wrapper and a free booklet offered to readers in New York.
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Fogg Beats Conductor to End Bell Signal Era
A fighting perfor artist injuries aside, Fogg concedes defeat, ending one era of train supremacy. The crude log signal failed, Walt invented a locomotive bell signaling method later adopted nationwide, later replaced by air whistle in cab.
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Manitoba's Sail and Fertile Ground Verse
A fragment describing Manitoba’s landscape with long furrows and a stone-free terrain. It notes a deep rich black loam formed by centuries of decaying vegetation and a vast, stone-free stretch over miles. The language evokes agricultural vigor and geographic abundance.
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Adapting a Summer Leghorn to Modish Mushroom Hat
A milliner shows how to turn a last season leghorn into a mushroom shaped hat. Bend the crown around to create the form and add contrasting elk ruching. One side features three to four ostrich feathers for decorative lift.
A New Summer Hat Styles and Fashion Notes
A DAINTS SUMMER FASHION NOTES describe dainty hats for summer wear, including a top hat style with feathered edging and ostrich details. The piece mentions promotion for the season and lists various accessories such as elbow sleeves and jewelry sets, highlighting stylish yet practical choices for women.
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Schmitz Claims Solo Right as San Francisco Mayor
San Francisco reports Tilgene F. Schmitz, the convicted mayor, declaring he alone has the power to fill vacancies in the city government, criticizing Ed win B. Taylor's appointments while accusing Mayor Taylor of opening private mail and vowing to take the matter to Washington officials for action. He asserts the mayoral office grants sole appointive authority and questions the legality of Taylor’s actions amid a supervisor vacancy situation.
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Bigger Than Ever Says Plan for San Francisco
In an interview General Passenger Agent Fee of the Southern Pacific, now in Alamedica, touted San Francisco's rebound after the strike. He claimed the city will be bigger and better, housing and business expanding, with 1.425 million people moving there in the past 15 months and travel rebounding.
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Aunt Emeline’s Charity and a Dinner Burning
In Saymouth Aunt Emeline, famed for kindness though not a church member, attends services. After a sermon, when the call asked those never united with the church to stay, she rose and moved forward, saying she smelled her dinner burning, amusingly noting she was still going home for sustenance.
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Oily Menhaden and Their Oil Factories
The oily nature of menhaden is described as familiar with oil extracted in factories. Menhaden oil is produced for preservation uses and the fish are treated as a soap like material. Workers rub fresh menhaden on hands to prevent sticking and apply pressure to remove scales for processing.
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Pleasing confession sparks Lovett dispute in Philadelphia news
A fragment from the Puladepgla Press records a syrevet girl exclaiming joy to George and noting a father’s excitement and distress. Mr. Lovett asks what is the matter, and the girl reveals Lovett’s plan to marry.
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British Plan Opposed In Debate On Contraband Abolition
The Hague August 1 A committee backed abolition of contraband by 25 to 5 as the U S delegation abstained along with Japan and others. Joseph H Choate argued the plan would threaten established belligerent rights and harm commerce more than it would advance peace.
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Old Leap Year Laws On Women Proposing Marriage
A historical survey notes leap year marriage proposals across Scotland France and England. It cites a 1288 Scottish act and later references to the era around Columbus and Genoa, outlining limits and privileges granted to women during leap years and the persistence of the tradition into early modern Europe.
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Closing Peking Gates Daily Ceremony Draws Foreign Spectators
The Peking gate closing ritual is a daily spectacle with a gong signal, 100 strikes, and a chorus of shouts as gates are half closed and reopened. Nineteen gates follow the same procedure, with heavier traffic at main thoroughfares like the Hatamen, taking hours to complete.
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Strange Advice on Society and Patience From a Globby Gleaner
A fragmentary column mocks dull rivals and social vanity, urging patience with others and warning that kindness can be scarce. It likens some people to horses needing help to climb a hill and hints at a path to wealth that relies on temper and restraint. The piece references distant figures and a cranky man named Acca Von in a glimmering, misquoted Globe.
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Fragmented Deed Narrative With Unclear Details
A damaged OCR passage hints at a deed, a door knocker, and a patient caller awaiting a door. The text is garbled, mentioning a senseless scene, universal praise, and a practice of easing the knocker to reduce pallid inaction. No clear people, places, or dates emerge.
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