A Painter's Model in Xavier's Shop Tale
In a narrow end street of Xavier, a tiny shop hosts a bustling scene. Across, a sausage seller and his daughter Annette watch as a wealthy madame unveils her grandmother’s ball gown from a carved chest. The gown inspires a plan to make Annette the artist's model and secure fortune, while romance unfolds in a colorful, early 20th century Parisian mood.
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Xavier
Madame
Annette
Chanticleer
Monsieur
France
Louis XV
Monssieur
Sausage Vender's Love Brings Luck to Artist in Paris
In a Paris shop a sausage vendor helps Annette marry the young artist after a portrait sale brings cash and alert Madame to secure consent from M. Laubeau. Amid talk of love and fortune, the tale threads through social norms and a bold plan to unite lovers. Athletics essayists discuss the Christian view of body and health as societal progress, urging vigor as divine and essential for future toil.
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Monsieur
Madame
M. Laubeau
Annette
A Substitute for Gold in a French Journal
A French journal describes a new substitute for gold made by alloying ninety four parts copper with six parts antimony, then adding magnesium carbonate to raise density. The alloy can be drawn, wrought, and soldered like gold and may take a fine polish. It costs a shilling per pound.
Women Enter Buda-Pesth University as Doctors and Pharmacists
Women of Hungary will be allowed to enroll in the Buda-Pesth university to become doctors and apothecaries or study in the philosophical faculty. They must pass the same high school examinations as men, and the government will provide opportunities to study Latin and Greek to meet those requirements.
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Hungary
Buda-Pesth University
Goldfish origins and early European spread
The text notes goldfish originate from China and were found in a large lake near Mount Tsientsing. They were first brought to Europe in the seventeenth century with France receiving the species as a gift to Mme De Pompadour.
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Mount Tsientsing
Europe
France
Mme, de Pompadour
Diverse World Notes From 1895 Briefs
In Japan the wealthy shun racing horses. France’s mild winter brings early daisies to Paris parks. New York hosts 39,951 Italians, the largest such population in the U S. Brooklyn next with 9,563. London mint produced 72,245,295 coins in 1895, with values of gold and silver coins and bronze totaling specific sums. Tartary cuisine treats onions as perfumes. a Tartar lady rubs onion on hands and face. South Africa faces ongoing immigrant influx and unemployment risk per the Cape Times. Christ Bennecke arrives in Princeton Kentucky after a 1,400 mile prairie trip from Chadron Nebraska.
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Japan
France
New York
United States
Brooklyn
London
South Africa
Cape Times
Christ Bennecke
Princeton
Chadron
Neb
Sacred Battlefield and War Cruelties in Civil War Era Notes
A collection of pieces reflecting on Civil War memories and the Shenandoah Valley campaigns. It contrasts prayers for peace with vivid recollections of war’s destruction, including Sheridan’s scorched earth orders, the fate of families, and the need to honor fallen soldiers and historic battle sites.
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Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Grant
Shenandoan Valley
A Lads Death in a War Scene at Mosbys Valley
A vivid Civil War vignette describes civilians fleeing and a lone boy, not yet 15, killed defending a rifle pit as Union troops capture the position. Mothers and grandfathers react in grief, while the narrator laments war's cruelties and honors the young casualty. Also includes notes on Le Grand Prix in Paris and General Grant's refusal to attend Sunday racing at the invitation of France's president.
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Mosby
Paris
England
France
Grant
Republic
Windsor
General Grant
The
Monument to Iowa Soldiers on Capitol Hill
Iowa plans a tall monument on the hill near the state capitol to honor soldiers and sailors of Iowa who served in the Civil War. The design, by an Iowa woman and finished by a renowned artist, features a square base, an elevated platform, a round column with a Victory figure, bronze figures, bas reliefs of war scenes, and 32 medallions of Iowa soldiers. Also noted is a push by officers for revisions to the Army Regulations, arguing the Articles of War are outdated and affect desertions.
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State of
Iowa
Iowa State Capitol
Japan awards 18000 watches replacing medals for war heroes
The Japanese government orders 18,000 timepieces at no more than $2.50 each to reward officers and men who distinguished themselves in the late war. The watches will replace medals traditionally awarded at the end of national hostilities.
Widow Remarries Two Days After Husband's Death
Peter Forks was killed in a coal mine near Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania the other day. Two days after his burial the sorrowing widow married John Strong in a swift ceremony.
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Peter Forks
Wilkesbarre
Penn
John’ Strong
A Tale of Heroism and Gentle Words to Godliness
A magazine-style piece extols heroism and gentleness as paths to rescue and reform. It recounts Titusville floods of Oil Creek in 1892 and John Kelly’s brave act saving two lives from fire and water. It also features a child’s prompt prayer at bedtime and Jane Addams Hull House choosing kindness over arrest to reach a troublesome boy.
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Child
Titusville
Oil Creek
John Kelly
Willie
Papa
Mama
Pap
From Hull House to a Friendly Boy
A report blends Hull House notes on Miss Addams calmly guiding a persistent boy away from nuisance at the front door with a broader meditation on taking pride in small tasks. The piece ends with a natural history aside about Somaliland honeybirds and their nest-ward honey quest.
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Hull House
Miss Addams
Somaliland
Old mastiff bulletin and a farcical kitchen list
A vintage set of brief items includes a tale of a servant misreading a funeral bulletin as a mastiff’s death bulletin and a joke about memory in shopping lists. It also recalls Rear Admiral Markham’s arctic trip anecdotes and a 79 inch rattlesnake killed near Jefferson Georgia.
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A. H. Markham
Strand Magazine
Arctic
Allsopp’s
Jefferson
Salzer Extra Grass Mixtures boost hay yields
Grass is king says Salzer advising Salzer Extra Grass Mixtures to sow in April for hay by June. Farmers report six tons per acre with over one hundred grasses and clovers in the blend. Send 10c postage to John A. Salzer Seed Co. for free samples and seed catalogue. catalogue by mail costs 5c.
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Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Mammoth Seed
Jerusalem and Jaffa oranges enter world market
Oranges grown near Jerusalem and Jaffa, including California and Mexico supplies, now compete globally. The fruit is light in color and oval, packed with care, with first consignments drawing attention. Values range from 4 to 34.50 dollars per case.
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Jerusalem
California
Mexico
Jaffa
Oklahoma Statehood Debate Amid Mining and Farm Riches
Oklahoma and Indian Territory linger over statehood as Congress weighs uniting the two lands. Analysts note that a single state would host vast mining wealth and fertile agriculture, potentially placing it among the nation’s financial leaders. The rest is light or satirical commentary on unrelated figures and curiosities.
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Oklahoma
Union
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