Princess Charlie Norways Queen Varied Tastes and Hobbies
A Strand Magazine profile recalls Princess Maud of Norway then known as Princess Charlie in Britain. Raised strictly, she learned music German French and religion with governesses, and pursued hobbies such as riding cycling photography bookbinding spinning and chess while traveling widely and enjoying yachting.
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Norway
Ae Obable
Strand
Princess Charlie
Princess Maud
Marquis of
Lorne
Chapel Royal
Marlborough House
Dean Stanley
Rights of Servants in Germany Require Mistress to Pay Hospitalities
A servant who falls ill in Germany cannot be discharged by the mistress. Instead the mistress must cover hospital expenses until the servant is fully recovered. The rule preserves the servant’s welfare during illness and ensures access to medical care.
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Germany
Kilmer's Swamp Root Promises Free Sample Bottle Offer
Readers are urged to try Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root for kidney bladder and liver trouble claiming quick relief from lame back and Brights disease. A free sample bottle and an informational book are offered by mail to those who mention this paper and send their address to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
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Kilmer
Bright
Chance in human progress and accidental discoveries
An exploration of how chance and accidents propelled scientific and technological breakthroughs. It recounts tales from alchemists, lenses, glass etching, lithography, printing, sugar refining, and other serendipitous moments where a misstep or unexpected observation led to lasting innovations.(Entity density preserved with historical figures and places)
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Nuremberg
Galileo
Dublin
Lundyfoot
Paste Jewels and Imitations in the United States
Over five million dollars in paste jewels are produced yearly in the United States. Imitation gems, called strass, use metallic oxides as a base to color the gem. Diamonds remain colorless. rubies, sapphires, emeralds, amethyst, and garnet are made with specific oxide blends. The passage also includes witty one liners about men and women.
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United States
Coussius
Strass
Cassius
Special Excursion Rates to Colorado Utah and the Black Hills
Special excursion rates via the North Western Line start June 1 with daily tickets to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Hot Springs Deadwood Lead and Custer S D good for return by October 31. Low round trip fares with favorable return limits on the first and third Tuesdays of each month through September 18. Readers are invited to take advantage for an enjoyable vacation trip with several fine trains daily and tickets through Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
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North-Western Line
Jone
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Hot Springs
Deadwood
Lead and
Custer S. D
Chicago & North- Western
Unfamiliar Facts Prompt Curiosities and Notes
A compilation of quirky observations from science and culture. London beggars reportedly raise about 1.56 million dollars yearly while two kinds of flying fish are noted. The great auk museum keeps seventy specimens and a London sale fetched 2000 dollars. A Zulu language standardization conference meets at Pietermaritzburg. The moon’s speed is contrasted with Earth’s, and Los Angeles seeks billboard reforms. The rafflesia’s giant bloom, Mindanao specimens, gelatin solidification, and nonflammable imitation materials are described.
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London
Pietermaritzburg
Java
Sumatra
Mindanao
Philippines
Breakfast Helps Body Mind And Work
The article extols a cheerful breakfast as the key to a healthy mind and body, insisting that good digestion improves disposition and work. It urges avoiding blues, correcting minor overeating, and promotes Kodol For Dyspepsia after meals sold by D. MacFarlane.
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D. MacFarlane
E. C. Dewitt & Co
Chicago
Things to Think About in a Curious Cosmos
A miscellany of notes: heat comparisons among fuels, a scientist links child growth to housing size, the Welsh National Eisteddfod as the world’s largest open-air concert with 20 000 attendees, a copper and quicksilver lode found in Carinthia, and a tobacco monopoly inquiry urging Commonwealth control. Vienna plans a grand illuminated fountain with 6 000 000 candles. A humorous vignette recounts James Wilson’s weather talk and a frog weather prophet anecdote about sunshine gaps.
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Wihelerschinz
Carinthia
Australia
Commonwealth
Vienna
James Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Connecticut
The Egyptians Sealing Wax Tradition
A historical note explains sealing wax emerged in London in the mid sixteenth century while ancient Egyptians used earth on cattle horns as a base for seals. Priestly seals identified sacrificial cattle by stamping on the earth.
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London
Mayor Receives Quirky Bear Attack Inquiry Letter
A Boston woman writes to a western city mayor asking if a man named John Sipes was killed or only partly eaten by a bear in the mountains near the town. She hints he may be her former husband, asks if he had six toes, a base tattoo, and an anchor on his arm, and requests whether he was alive, remarried, or left any property. She asks to learn the truth quietly.
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Boston
John Sipes
Martin
Joe White
Joe Mebbe
Proverbs And Phrases From Various Nations
The text presents a collection of adage style lines attributed to different languages. It includes origins such as Portuguese German Arabian Dutch Chinese and hints at a story about a man and woman marrying and moving away from their town, with a note about a girl finding it too far and they move to Tow.
Odd Clemencies From a Century Ago
A garbled mix of claims and trivia from old texts notes strawberries aid rheumatism, China soils, an 11 year old Jean Charet climbing Mont Blanc, abstainers from pork and cancer risk, Oxford printing in ten languages, royal plate value, Rockefeller donations, pen longevity, Armenian wedding customs, and a joke about a coin lecturing on prohibition.
Bessemer Ordinance Bans Tombstones Over 100 Pounds
The city of Bessemer enacts a law prohibiting erecting tombstones or monuments in the City Cemetery that exceed 100 pounds without a proper stone or concrete foundation. Violators face fines up to 25 dollars and jail for 10 to 30 days, or both, at the court’s discretion. The ordinance takes effect September 6, 1906, after approval by Mayor John Holland.
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City of
Bessemer
To Be
John Holland
A. D
A.D
W. L. Gayer
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