Notable Figures and Places From Far Flung Notes
Dret Harte to spend winter in Italy renting a villa near Naples. F W Davison of Hanover NH donated a new dormitory to Dartmouth College. Captain Dreyfus, at Coligny near Geneva, remains in vigorous health and stout. E A R Green, son of Mrs Tetty Green, may move to New York after leaving Texas politics. Joseph Chamberlain's face analyzed as intelligent but tradesmanlike. Europe’s oldest princess, Duchess of Anhalt-Bernbourg, marks her 89th birthday. High price paid for NYC residence, Larley T Proctor paying 600000 for a Fifth Avenue corner lot. Prince of Wales collects pens from Victorian writers and keeps a Stevenson inkstand. Patti Baroness Cedarstrom sang for a Stockholm charity. king pins her with a jeweled badge. Canon Christopher at 80 funds scholarships at Worcester Oxford and Cambridge. Exiled Ashanti king Prompel to be welcomed in Make and the Malay shores. Make to be long, six miles wide by. tidbits note sand tortoise habitats. Up to Date Special. Doctor jokes: waiting rooms filled with mirrors, not magazines.
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Dret Harte
Italy
Naples
F. W. Davison
Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College
Dreyfus
Coligny
Geneva
E. A. R. Green
Tetty Green
Texas
New York
Oulda
Joseph Chamberlain
Europe
Anhalt-Bernbourg
Denmark
Larley T. Proctor
Cincinnati
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-second Street
Prince of Wales
Tenanyson
Browning
Swinburne
Hardy
Robert Louis Stevenson
Patti
Cedarstrom
Opera House
Stockholm
Sweden
Christopher
Wrelife Pall
Oxford
Ridley Tal
Cambridge
Lord Kinnaird
John Kennaway
Liverpool
Prompel
Ashanti
Seychelles
Make
Malay Peninsula
Niles
Aldabra
Trotting Records and Pacing Notes From Racing Scene
The column lists pacing and trotting records and notable horses. Tommy Wilton at 2.12% pace, Lord William Beresford engaging the Reiffs for next season, Crescens under 2:09, Baron Wilkes and Swope yearlings, Zolock at 2:10, a 2 year old filly Nutburst line at 2:12 and 2:08, Etinixa half in 1:08 and quarter in 33, Black Beauty 2:17 owned by W A Baggs, Frank Bogash 2:03% connected to George Van Dyke, and other races and stock horse notes from Terre Haute Lexington and New England.
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Tommy Wilton
William Beresford
King
Baron Wilkes
Fanny
Swope
Zolock
McKinney
Gazelle
Nutburst
Bessie Leach
Lexington
Joseph Reichel
Etinixa
Terre Haute
Black Beauty
Quartermaster
New England
W. A. Baggs
Springfield
Mass
James I’. Ramey
John R. Gentry
Theodore Shelton
Myron Melleury
Mr. Lawson
Poindexter
Gatcomb
R. W. Shaffer
Allenwood
Sultan
George van Dyke
Boston
Frank Bogash
Stage Glints and Theater News From London to New York
Late Fuller 3 dancing in London. Harry Lacy plans revival of The Still Alarm this season. Verdi operas sung in Italian cities on Verdi’s birthday. Augustus Thomas recovering in New York. Anna Field to stage Papa’s Wife in London Easter week with American tour abroad. M Coquelin to address Harvard Cercle Francais during US tour. George Bernard Shaw quote about working in early morning. Paul Kester making stage version of The Rise of Silas Lapman by William Dean Howells. Elsie Lesler, Little Lord Fauntleroy, popular with Joseph Jefferson’s company. ages printed for Frank Burnand, W. S. Gilbert, Henry Irving, etc.
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Fuller
London
Harry Lacy
Verdi
Augustus Thomas
New York
Anna Iield
Papa
M. Coquelin
Cercle Francais
Harvard University
George Bernard Shaw
Paul Kester
Silas’ Lapman
William Dean Towells
Mr Wester
Elsie Lesle
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Lip shapes reveal character, claims Chicago Record observant man
An observer cites phrenology and physiognomy to link lip features to personality. A short curved upper lip signals a happy disposition, while a long straight lip suggests willful, quarrelsome traits. Cupid bow lips imply refined, aesthetic nature.
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Liss
Chicago Record
Old Fashioned Cancer Cure From Sorrel Remedy Cited
A 19th century charm recommends using sheep sorrel mashed into juice and dried, then applied daily to cancer with a caustic for skin to trigger discharge. The method claims the sorrel “cooks the cancer” and removes it without harming flesh, with healing ointment afterward.
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J. A. Wayland
Appeal
Leprosy in China and lethal funeral customs described
A historical report details Chinese practices for lepers including a ritual burial by family consent and a farewell banquet. Dr Wittenberg notes leprosy forms, with the mixed type being more common and outbreaks spreading through segregation or begging, plus a claimed case of contagion from mother-in-law to daughter-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Wittenberg
China
King Humbert’s Pine Trees Tale From London Telegraph
King Humbert admired a pine grove when a forester planned to cut a tree for growing tall. The king asked why and was told the tree was taller than its fellows. The forester escaped punishment and the tree remained.
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Humbert
London Telegraph
Lord Russell’s Dinner with Sir Henry Irving Return
A brief anecdote recalls Lord Russell presiding at a dinner for Sir Henry Irving upon his return from America. Russell proposed a toast to Irving, but claimed he could not make speeches. Irving quipped about Russell's earlier parliamentary speech, prompting Comyns Carr to remark on Russell's prior remarks. The witty exchange showcases sharp humor of the era.
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Russell
Lord Russell
Sir Henry Irving
America
Comyns Carr
Sir Henry
Parnell Commission
Beheadings in China Prompted by Criminal and Political Prisons
The text contrasts a domestic scene with a blunt statement about China where criminals and political prisoners are beheaded. It notes executioners sometimes perform beheadings in as little as 18 seconds.
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China
Election Day Enforcement Phrase From New York Law
No military parade or drill except in war riot or invasion. Invasion or insurrection is lawful on election day in New York.
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New York
Stockholders Meeting at Big Timber National Bank
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the stockholders of the Big Timber National Bank will be held at the office of the bank on January 8, 1901 between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. to elect seven directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business as may come before the meeting. J.A. Hatt, Pres.
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Big Timber National Bank
J.A. Hatt, Pres
Desert Land
United States Land Office
Bozemia
Montana
Franklinesville
Ridbom
C.N . Skill Iman
Big Timber
John Ritchie
John Rye
Andrew Forsythe
Robert Brownlee
Laf Melville
Ove
Hepister
L. Boal
J. Ayres
Wae
Bind & Ayers
Ayers
Bix ‘Limber
Regularity feature prompts trial subscription 25 certs
The St Paul Dispatch announces a monthly trial offering 25 certificates to encourage new subscribers. The program emphasizes regular readership and a low barrier to try the paper for a full month.
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St. Paul
Short Cut to Denver Opens New Burlington Line
The Burlington opens a new rail line from Denver via Alliance Sidney Sterling and Brush, creating a faster Northern Pacific-Burlington Route to Denver and points in New Mexico and Texas. Travelers may change cars only once in daylight and should consult Northern Pacific agents for details.
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Burlington
Alliance
Neb
Sidney
Sterling
Brush
Denver
Northern Pacific
Billings
Col
New Mexico
Texas
Colorado
Government approved rural mail box with paper subscription
Advertisement claims the St. Paul Dispatch offers the only government approved rural mailbox. It is presented as a premium include one year of the paper for $3.00 prepaid.
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St. Paul Dispatch
Northern Pacific to Colorado Texas via Billings and Denver
The new Northern Pacific Buriington route from Montana to Eastern Colorado New Mexico and Texas via Billings Alliance and Denver offers Montanans a preferred travel path. Subscribe to the St Paul Dispatch for twenty five cents per month starting with your home paper.
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St. Paul
Rates to Hunter's Hot Springs via Northern Pacific
Montana travelers are offered round trip and three day rail passes to Springdale near Livingston for Hunter's Hot Springs. The eight day ticket includes meals lodging and bath privileges with varying fares from Philipsburg Hamilton Missoula and other Montana towns. Also a three day pass to Springdale and return offers meals lodging and bathing plus special rates from major points.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Montana
Hunter's Hot Springs
Springdale
Livingston
Philipsburg
Pony
Hamilton
Norris
Missoula
Winston
Marysville
Townsend
Deer Lodge
Lombard
Custer
Forsythe
Miles City
Glendive
Butte
Helena
Township Plats Filed for Land Filings in Bozeman Montana
The Department of the Interior Land Office in Bozeman Montana records receipt of a township plat from Township 3 South Range 19 East filed November 30 1900. Filings on the plat will be accepted starting January 8 1901 per A L. Love Register.
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Department of the Interior
Phoreman
Montana
Settlor
C. N. Skillman
U. S
Big Timber
Charles A. Baily
Oscar B. Curtis
Alexander Duffey
Robert Vestal
Peter J. Igeland
Ontana
Bozeman
Hans
Rudd
Frank Clouse
John Ellison
James Andrews
Harvey Clouse
Mont
United States Land Office
A. L. Love
Register
Charlies N. Skillman
U.S
Lydia G. Gates
Lydia G. Marshall
Nathaniel Marshall
Hans Rudd
Charles McKenzie
James Apetaten
William M. Dodge
U. S. Land Office
Charles Angus
Livingston
Park County
Emma
Boulder
U.S. LM
the Recorder
Sweet Grass County
Sweet Grigg County
Ayrns i
Mendenhall
United States Land Dnvice
Pioneer
A. L. Levity ReaiaTen
Train Route Notice Between Montana and Denver Improved
Rail line reports enhanced service on the Montana to Denver and Eastern Colorado corridor. The route runs via Billings and Alliance on the Northern Pacific Burlington Route and promises good train service throughout.
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Montana
Denver
Colorado
Northern Pacific-Burlington
Billings
Alliance
Nob
Forest land sale script posted for homestead proof
A notice describes that a sale script for survey or unsurveyed government land permits placement of an amount on final proof. It invites correspondence and cites C N ShitpuMAN of Big Timber, Stunt as contact. The fragment references forest reserve and soldiers additional homestead.
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C. N. Shitpuman
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