Naples Memoir of a Comedic Voyage Through Italy and Egypt
Marshall P Wilder recalls five days in Naples with vivid tours from Herculaneum to Solfatara. he describes dogged guides at the Grotto and a tense pink coral grotto ride. In Egypt and Europe he notes beggars, trinkgeld, and a sharp American rebuke that ends with hotel extortion exposed and peace restored.
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Naples
Herculaneum
Naplea
Solfatarh
Hawaii
Craters
Kipling
Limpopo
Solfatara
Pozzuoli
Rome
Batac
Newport
Spaniah
Alte
Nero
Possuoll
Jong
Cratera
Baiac
Posilipo
Egypt
Europe
Agrippina
America
Riches won't end the mending habit for Mrs Bilhops
Mrs Bilhops would like wealth to avoid mending and waste, yet her husband says wealth may not stop her. He notes she hates throwing away and keeps things in order, a habit she believes wealth might not change. The paragraph contrasts frugality with longing for simplicity. Separately, Oriental Toy Fish breeder William H Helmbach of Allentown Pa sold $10 fringe tails from Japanese fringetails and Chinese fantails, raising about 500 in a hatchery adjoining his home.
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Mr. Bilhops
Oriental Toy Fish
William H. Helmbach
Allentown
Orient
China
A Natural Conclusion in Royal Magazine
A dialogue scene shows a mother and daughter discussing making a dolly for an anticipated baby sister. The daughter notes Sally Stuckup has just had a baby, and they expect to receive what the Stackups do, reflecting a playful social comparison in the magazine's tone.
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Sally Stuckup
Royal Magazine
The Nibblers Debate on the Panama Canal
The checker club member Hiram Ryetop asks how long the argument lasted as Jem recalls the scene on the Panama Canal. The dialogue hints at a lively club discussion with a playful tone and a question about duration.
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Nibblers
Hiram Ryetop
Checker Club
Panama Canal
Jem
Prince Iturbide Renounces Mexican Throne for Literature
Prince Augustine de Iturbide, heir linked to Maximilian, renounces all political ambitions in Mexico. Now devoted to theological writing, he joined the Third Order of St Francia. Born in 1863, he led a troubled life in Washington and endured illness in recent years.
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Washington
Prince Augustine de Tourbide
Mexico
Jeunesse Doree
Third Order of St. Francia
Prince Iturbide
Maximilian
Iturbide
New Spain
Tturbide
Europe
Philadelphia
Angelo
Miss Greene
Georgetown
Prince Augustine de Iturbide
Archduke
Austria
Napoleon II
Trig
Augustine de Tourbide
Augustine
Onions as Pneumonia Cure Widely Promoted by Health Boards
Northern New Jersey health boards endorse a Washington published remedy for pneumonia. Six to ten onions minced and heated with rye meal and vinegar form a thick poultice applied to the chest, reheated as needed. proponents claim rapid recovery, though the preparation hails from old New England practice. The notice also clarifies that internal revenue refers to duties and taxes collected by the treasury, excluding land sales, patent fees, and postal revenues.
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Boards of Health
New Jersey
Health Board of
Washington, N. J
Washington
New England
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
The Missing Link Fossil Found by Dr. Dubois
The New York American recalls that in 1805 Dr. Dubois found remains on the Bengawan River in central Java. A skull, thigh bone, and two molars were used to construct an early animal not human, yet nearer to man than the ape, named Pithecanthropia Erectus, the missing link between man and ape.
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Dubois
Bengawan River
Java
New York American
Two Topers
A Minnesotan teacher explains how Postum replaced coffee, claiming steadier nerves, clearer thinking, and better health after a nervous breakdown linked to coffee. She recounts personal trials, family coffee habits, and a successful switch to Postum with husband, concluding their conversion remains ongoing.
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Marshall P. Wilder
Sepincher
Buster
Tam
Bay of Pozzuoll
Pliny
New York
Jiblater
Gibraltar
Toney
Mra. Billtops
Prince
Forsakes World
Postum
Mich
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