Paracelaus Excerpt Reflects Browning Imagery and Faith
An excerpt echoes Browning with urgent religious overtones as it questions divine purpose and human strength. The speaker stresses that God’s geler eagle drives bold ascent while warning against delay and quieted faith, implying each postponed act is a new death.
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Nobert Browning
Bequeath Becomes Big Bet After Stranger’s Tip Trail
A poolroom tale in New York shows a bettor ignoring warnings and chasing a dubious tip. Bequeath wins the New Orleans race while Bequeath’s rival Jackman and Little Reggie ride waves of double down bets. A stranger collapses into a private crisis as the crowd reels from the tips.
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New York
Tall Man
Billy Brand
Church Street
Brand
Bill Jackman
Bil Jackman
New Orleans
Jackman
Douglas
Bequeath
Reggie
Tyran
Old Boy
Bequicath
Sidtella
Bequeath Wins Head Narrowly as Sidtilla Becomes Runner-Up
In the stretch Bequeath holds on by a head with Sidtilla six lengths back and Reggie a nose behind First Past. A gray-bearded enthusiast proclaims the upset while Bill Jackman narrowly secures victory amid mixed chatter about tips and bets.
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Douglas
Sidtilla
Reggie Thira
Brand
Reggie
Bill Jackman
The Great American Sailor A Builder of the Country
Rev Winifred C Rhoades lauds the American sailor as a chief factor in U S development at the Woman's Seaman's Friend Society meeting. He notes early New England fishing and cod voyages aided settlement and mentions Robert Treat Paine and the Mystic launch as examples of naval prominence.
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Winifred’ C. Rhoades
Eliot Congregational Church
Woman's Seaman's Friend Society
Central Congregational Church
United States
New England
Robert Treat Paine
Mystic
Gov. Winthrop
Boston Transcript
Parisian artist sued over sculptor copies and ghost labor
Mme Brach, once a stage performer, now faces a lawsuit to stop a publisher from selling her self made statues. The defense claims she bought only the right to sign the works and that Ricardo supplied the copying, acting as a ghost behind the curtain while she modeled.
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Paris
Mmg. Brach
Mme. Brach
Ricardo
Louvre
M. Ricardo
Incomparable white galaxy of suns and stars
A poetic meditation on celestial grandeur and human insignificance, invoking Aeschylus and Homer to frame the night sky as a vast, distant empire. The speaker questions humanity’s vanity as a single observer hails constellations watching the Earth from afar.
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Aeschylus
Architectural Swallows and the Bell-Wire Nest
A Paris Temps correspondent tells of two swallows that entered through a broken door pane and began to build a niche inside. The bell-wire crossed their corner and each ringing knocked the nest down, but the birds pressed on and fashioned a tunnel around the wire so the nest remained undisturbed.
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Paris Temps
Dream of Purgatory Reveals Racial Tension
The Rev Dr Charles Wood cites Booker T Washington to recount a dream in which a Black man in purgatory describes both Black and White figures. The dreamer says many whites stood between him and the fire, illustrating harsh racial dynamics through a vivid allegory.
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Charles Wood
Philadelphia
Booker T. Washington
Purgatory
Increase in Bank Deposits
Bank deposits have risen by 83 percent over a decade, reflecting sustained growth in savings and financial activity across the sector. The data indicates gradual expansion with year on year gains contributing to the overall increase.
Gobbler Hunter of Ozarks Shares Sure Cure for the Ager
The tale centers on Jonathan King a famed gobbler hunter in rural Ozarks who claims a river plunge cured his ager or ague. He recounts shaking season hardships and a dramatic river dip that reportedly drove the chills away, leaving him free of the ailment ever since.
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Jonathan
King
Ozarks
Mr. King
Hair Restorer Prank Ends In Fire Alarm Laughs
Thompkins buys hair restorer by mistake and uses his wife's cough medicine on his head in the dark. A coughing fit prompts his wife to cry fire as mistaken shouting and a night alarm ensue. Firemen fix the mix up. the mix cures the cough and oddly grows his hair again.
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Thompkins
John W. Gates
A Liberal Receipt for Hog Packing and Sales Drive
Excerpt from George Horace Lorimer’s Letters from a Self Made Merchant to His Son extols the hog business with a vivid metaphor of knowing hogs from snout to tail. It urges confidence, aggressive sales, and personal solicitude toward customers to win in the pork-packing trade.
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George Horace Lorimer
Small, Maynard & Co., Publishers
Boston
Mass
Forgot Wedding Day Dash From Wall Street to Chicago
A Wall Street man forgets his wedding date and races to Chicago by the next morning. He packs hurriedly after a theater chat and telegraphs his fiancée with the news, only to learn the marriage is postponed due to her illness.
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Wall Street
Chicago
New York
Too Much For Senator Clark
A New York Times account quotes Senator Clark of Montana saying he rejected an $80,000,000 offer for his mining property to stay alive. He asserts the burden of investing such a sum would be overwhelming and he wishes to live longer despite wealth.
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Clark
Montana
Adam
New York Times
Time’s Movements Down Fine Chronometers Record Small Fractions
The article notes improvements in chronometer accuracy as devices now measure time to parts of a second. It discusses the mil lepeth advancement and the impact on precise movement tracking in scientific and navigation contexts.
Why Women's Teeth Decay Says a Philosopher
A philosopher attributes earlier tooth decay in women to tongue friction and the sweetness of the lips, explaining why women’s teeth decay sooner than men’s.
Kidneys Benefit Back Pain Sufferer in Glasgow Ad
Mrs C B Pare of Columbia Avenue Glasgow Kentucky wife of a brick manufacturer recounts kidney troubles with Back pain and variable secretions. Dean's Kidney Pills regulated secretions cleared inflammation and cured her back. Free trials mailed nationwide. 60 cents per box at druggists Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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C. B. Pare
Columbia Avenue
Glasgow
Kentucky
C.B. Pare
Dean
Pare
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Sugar Consumption Surges Worldwide Through the 19th Century
Leslie's Weekly notes a dramatic rise in per capita sugar intake in the United States from about eight pounds before 1825 to 32 pounds by 1870 and 68.4 pounds in 1901. The trend mirrors global production increases, indicating a worldwide growth in sugar consumption.
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United States
Leslie’s Weekly
Laundering the Baby Clothes Home Care Warning
Mothers are warned that washing infant garments with strong powders or impure soap can cause serious injury. The note urges washing at home under a mother's supervision and to use Ivory soap, cautions against throwing garments into common wash tubs. E. R. Parker.
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E. R. Parker
Wanted Bacon and Greens
A short quip from the Atlanta Constitution recounts Brother Dickey offering heaven as milk and honey to a backsliding member who notes that milk and honey do not agree with his stomach, highlighting a humorous religious exhortation.
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Dickey
Atlanta Constitution
Refreshment Hostess Betsies Tidbits
A light anecdote from Tid-Bits describes a hostess who rises multiple times to allow a gentleman to pass during a theater between acts. He apologizes as he exits for the fourth time, and she replies graciously that she is glad to oblige, noting her husband runs the refreshments.
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Lexative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Ad reads for cough and cold remedy Lexative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Mentions price 25a and a humorous aside about honesty and reform.
A Bad Start in the Mile Highs Transfer Line
A weary young man reflects on a failed path toward wealth saying he was meant to be a millionaire but began in a field where transfers are scarce. The remark hints at obstacles in early career moves and contrasts aspiration with practical limits.
How He Placated Her and Other Fragments
A fragmented column notes a small diamond in a pagement ring and a joke about hand size in Indianapolis. It mentions a stove ad promising cleanliness and coolness. A cure for consumption is dismissed, and a remark on debt cycles closes the clipping.
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Maisie
Putnam Faceless Dyes Priced At Ten Cents A Pack
A note states Putnam faceless dyes cost ten cents per package. The phrase single blessedness is attributed to an anonymous married man.
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Putnam
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