Polygamy Dying Out Among Turks Says Mrs Fensham
Miss Florence A. Fensham dean of the American College for Girls at Constantinople told the New York audience that polygamy is fading as women demand homes of their own. She said Turkish women appear veiled in public but enjoy freer movement than European women and that women hold sway over many government appointments. The shift in dress and customs signs a settled move toward independence among haremlife.
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Florence A. Fensham
American College For Girls
Constantinople
League For Political Education
New York
Bosphorus
Turkey
Miss Fensham
Bosporus
Demand Now for Young Blood Ful Competitors
The piece notes two notable social shifts in business and education over a decade. It recalls a 1940s anecdote from the Saturday Evening Post about a corporate president who refused to hire an older man past forty five, but would hire his son aged fifteen to twenty five, signaling a push toward youth in employment and pressure to retire older workers.
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Times
Saturday Evening Post
Juryman Outwits Judge With Clever Ruse
A juryman bursts into court in a panic and asks the judge to excuse him, saying he cannot tell which will die first his wife or his daughter. The judge agrees to excuse him, while the tale notes the women are reportedly in excellent health and the mystery remains unresolved.
Origin of Pearls Explained by Dr. H Lyster Jameson
Dr H Lyster Jameson reports to the Zoological Society of England on pearl origin. The true nucleus is the dead larva of a distoma or fluke, around which pearl substance accumulates, with young flukes inhabiting freshwater shellfish in early life.
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H. Lyster Jameson
Zoological Society of England
Pasted Patches for Shirts Shine in Winter Use
A New York Sun note describes mending a torn shirt with a pasted cloth patch held by starch and heat. The middle aged bachelor praises the quick repair and notes the patch suits winter wear, as heat and sweat might melt it in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Victims of a Candy Craze Apostrophe Dietary Slavery
A New York Post report notes candy addiction now seen as a habit forming vice. It highlights a young man who devoured 400 pounds of fine chocolates in one summer, spending about 250 dollars, and repeatedly attempts to quit after meals and at times before lunch. The piece underscores candy’s grip on habitual eaters beyond gender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Post
Gang Ends In Laughter During Macbeth Class
In a Philadelphia Times report Ernest Lacy taught an English literature class with dramatic flair. While explaining Macbeth the witches scene, a student quipped The gang's all here causing a class roar and even Lacy to laugh.
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Gang
Ernest Lacy
Macbeth
Professor Lacy
Lacy
Philadelphia Times
How He Might Be Known
A Philadelphia morgue superintendent inspected a missing husband case when a frantic wife claimed his body was in storage. She offered vague details, but the official found no matching corpse. She insisted, and he finally asked to be notified if the body arrived, noting she added he is deaf as a post.
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Robinson
Philadelphia Times
One on the Author Reveals About His Short Stories
A renowned publisher discusses the author of When Knighthood Was in Flower who has been contributing a string of magazine short stories. The author concedes he could write better work if he chose, sparking a candid exchange about his current vein and potential.
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Knighthood
Mr. Major
French Refrigerator Keeps Fruits Fresh In Transit
A new design uses closed metallic cylinders surrounded by a freezing mixture to maintain fruit at a fixed temperature with limited air and no light. Thawing is gradual. After two months peaches remained in perfect condition, and the method suits transporting soft fruits like bananas.
Mighty Mississippi Current Altered by Simple Sticks
In Ainslee's Magazine excerpt the Mississippi’s power is shown in contrast to massive dikes. Government efforts failed against floods, while a few sticks and brush hurdles redirected the flow, creating deep channels and sand bars. The piece notes cities along the river and the river’s shifting behavior from low to high water.
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Dubuque
Keokuk
Quincy
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Tennessee
Ainslee
Early American writers poorly paid in their lifetimes
A historical overview notes Washington Irving earned 600 for his Sketch Book and an estimated 205383 from sales and copyrights over forty years. It contrasts this with Poe and Hawthorne who earned little for major works and cites Uncle Tom's Cabin royalties totaling 10000 plus serial rights.
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Washington Irving
Bryant
Edgar Allan Poe
Reeceiy
Lonegfellow
Keramos
Hawthorne
Dreams and Crimes Linked to Sleep Hallucinations Recited
The New York Press recounts historical medical jurisprudence cases where crimes were tied to dreams and hallucinations. It includes an English gamekeeper killed by his son during a sleep wake, a peddler stabbing a traveler with a sword cane, a man killing his wife after a phantom attack, a Cleveland hunter wounding a party member, and Simon Frazer who killed his child in a dream vision.
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Henry C. Krause
Marc
Bernard Schedmaizer
Cleveland
Simon Frazer
New York Press
Remarkable Typewriter Exchange Between Bachelor and Spinster
A New York bachelor writer offered to secure a machine for a spinster author at 5 dollars monthly, promising to produce poetry and fiction. She replied with pride about her own typewriter named the Blank, praising its soundness, repair, and travel, and declined sale, noting high original cost and improvements.
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New York
Author Strives to Become Millionaire for Unique Typewriter
The Detroit Free Press notes an aspiring writer works hard to reach millionaire status so he can hire this one of a kind typewriter, seen as a key asset for his craft.
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Detroit Free Press
Mades Queer Family At North Franklin Street
The son of ex Alderman Gunner keeps a small menagerie at his North Franklin street home. A cat with two kittens cares for two groundhogs caught nearby. The mother cat treats all five offspring with equal affection, making a notably happy household in the city.
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Mades
Gunner
Franklin Street
Danville
Debtless States Highlight Three Winners and Near Winners
A list notes three states with no debt Iowa Nebraska Illinois and three with almost no debt California Montana Nevada. The compact survey contrasts fiscal positions among states and flags notable debt levels.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
California
Montana
Nevada
Tombstone Marks Dividing Line Between Here and There
A tombstone serves as a physical marker separating two areas, symbolizing a boundary between present location and distant place.
Modern life brings superior health and vigor to day’s people
The article argues that despite flaws in civilized living the current generation shows higher health and physical endurance than ancestors. It cites indoor life, open air benefits, wealth pursuit harms, and the belief that wealth does not equal happiness, urging restraint from business excesses to improve life quality.
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Stevenson
England
The Original Habitat of Man Theory by Dyche
Prof Dyche of the University of Kansas argued the first humans lived in the Arctic Greenland area. He cited Greenland fossils, mammoth adaptation, and bird migration instincts as evidence for an ancient northern birthplace theory.
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Arctic
Dyche
University of Kansas
University Club
Kansas City
Greenland
Poles
California
Walls Balle Downward in New York Skyscraper Rise
The vast new office tower above the Flatiron block near Madison Square displays a curious method with exterior walls built downward from the twelfth or thirteenth story to the fourth. Below the fourth floor no outer wall exists yet, presenting an odd sight to downtown pedestrians and onlookers observing early construction.
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Madison Square
Canal Street
Manhattan
New York Sun
Knee Deep In Kanes Wit On Kansas Road Plight
Mr Eugene I Ware the new commissioner of pensions known as Ironquill is noted for wit and verse He has long studied Kansas road conditions In a conversation with R W Richardson secretary of the National Good Roads Association Ware joked that Kansans are “up to their knees” on the road question highlighting ongoing rural infrastructure concerns.
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Kanes
Eugene I. Ware
Pensions
Ironquill
Kansas
R. W. Richardson
National Good Roads Association
Mr. Ware
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Mexican Humor About Beggars and Police in the City of Mexico
An American recounts a joke about living in Mexico City where police record how many beggars may call daily and receive a date. The tale follows mistaken identities and a comic exchange about which Jones is meant to be fed or sent away.
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Mexico
Jones
Osage teacher acquitted after horsewhipping pupil plot
Miss Lulu Nelson of Hoopers Valley Osage N Y faced a plot led by Ira Hillegas to oust her. She used a horse whip to defend herself and thrash Hillegas who drew blood. A jury found her not guilty and court spectators reacted with a dramatic demonstration.
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Lulu Nelson
Osage
N. Y
Hooper's Valley School
Ira Hillegas
Nelson
Young Hillegas
Hillegas
Sanitariums Fight Consumption Across States
States and cities push sanitarium projects to combat consumption. Massachusetts runs Rutland sanitarium. New York and New Jersey allocate funds. Pennsylvania previously funded White Haven. Dr. Rothrock favors forest reservations for sanitariums. Rutland reports rising cure rates from 37 to 50 percent over three years.
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Massachusetts
Rutland
Vermont
New York
Adirondack
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
White Haven
Rothrock
Pittsburg
Private Libraries In Mexico Highlight Rich Collections
The Mexican Herald notes abundant private libraries in Mexico with four to ten thousand volumes in city libraries. It spotlights Don Jose Maria de Agreda, librarian of the national museum, who houses a prized Americiana collection and has gathered books since youth. He is praised as a learned antiquarian fit to write the city’s history.
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Mexico
Latin America
Jose Maria de Agreda
National Museum
Senor Agreda
Mexican Herald
Sol Smith Fassells last day in Washington tale
Sol Smith Russell spent much time in Washington after leaving the stage and was a familiar theater figure, often wheeled in an invalid chair. Passersby would remark he would never act again, but he replied he was getting better and planned a return next year in a new play, enjoying Joseph Jeffersons work.
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Sol Smith Fassell
Sol Smith Russell
Washington
Sol Smith Russel
Joseph Jefferson
New York Post
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