Little Bobby Forbid to Ask for Dessert in London Tit Bits
In London Tit Bits a brief anecdote recalls young Bobby being barred from dessert. His obedience shows as he stays silent when not served, while the father asks Josephine to pass a plate and Bobby offers to take it himself, noting it is clean.
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Wizard Oil Promises Relief for Aches and Frost Effects
Advertising blurb asserts Wizard Oil treats frost bite chilblains and sore joints. Claims quick relief and lack of disappointment for readers seeking cold season remedies.
Price of Bathrobes and Beer Debate Cited
A Chicago Post quote shows Weary Wraggles noting bathrobe price increases while arguing the public grows excitable when beer prices rise. The remark frames a preference for luxuries to cost more and links luxury pricing to public agitation.
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Chicago Post
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Tablets Ad
An old ad promotes a six tablet remedy titled cure a cold in one day. It claims all druggists refund money if it fails to cure and bears E. W. Groves signature on the box with a 25 cent price.
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Not Fatal and a Singers Joke Sparks Droll Exchange
In a brief exchange from the Ohio State Journal, Willie jokes about death listening to Miss Triller sing. Cy Nick-Oh counters that Uke will pull through, noting his frequent survival through such moments.
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Ohio State Journal
Piso's Cure Promises Elixir for Coughs and Colds
An 1900 Ocean Grove notice claims Piso's Cure for Consumption as an infallible medicine for coughs and colds. The ad adds a tongue in cheek line that married men have many cures, but old bachelors have few pleasures.
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Ocean Grove
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Encounter with Nomads and the Evil Eye in Harper's Weekly Piece
John Kimberly Mumford recalls a journey with the seyyid among nomads near a mountain stream. A Kurdish chief confronts the photographer wielding a knife before recognizing the seyyid and the camera as harmless. The entourage, including children and women, continues under the camera’s gaze.
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Princeton
John Kimberly Mumford
Harper's Weekly
Those Loving Girls and Maude in Chicago News Remark
A fragment recounts a line about Maude and Clarva with a veiled reference to following eyes and a veiled figure, attributed to Chicago News. The brief dialogue implies a social scene and gossip tone without additional context or details.
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Clarva
Chicago News
The Usual Remarks on an Icy Misstep
A Wry quip notes he slipped on ice yet offered no original remark, as Puck jokes about the lack of fresh thoughts in the moment. The line hints at humorous restraint and the familiar voice of a playful observer in witty banter.
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Senate and House Close Week With Naval Bill Fight
Washington March 4 The first Sunday session of the Fifty-sixth Congress saw the Senate approve the naval appropriation conference report reining in three Wel land torpedo boats and pass many bills including railway safety. The House pressed conference reports into the night and faced a heated debate over the sundry civil bill and expo appropriations while awaiting final action on river and harbor measures.
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NEMS IN BRIEF. Wires Condense Imperial Decree to Extradition Pact
The Russian Official Messenger prints an imperial decree ratifying The Hague conference. A boiler explosion in Creuzer Ohio kills four. a deadly freight train collision near Lenoir City Tennessee claims multiple lives. Public notices include a U S Swiss extradition treaty proclamation and Samoa purchased for $200000 to convert into a transport vessel.
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Porto Ricans Hostile as Oldborough Is Halted in Ponce
The British steamer Oldborough carrying 400 immigrants bound for Cuba was stopped by Ponce customs for lacking passenger license. The emigrants rioted briefly, marching to Ponce and encamping in the plaza demanding four days’ wages. The California with 590 immigrants for Hawaii was also held. release expected today.
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Kept Her Secret Well an Englishwoman Impersonates Man
Katharine Coombe aged sixty six described as a house decorator appeared in police court in male attire. For forty years she impersonated a man and worked on Peninsula and Oriental steamers and for London firms. She says she was married at fifteen taught school and later married a lady's maid with whom she lived fourteen years.
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Katherine Coombe
France Keeps Out of Nicaragua Canal Readiness
London reports Britain asked France about a fortified Nicaragua canal if the United States built it. France said it has larger interests in the canal issue and prefers to keep freedom of action, urging Britain to choose its own course without French policy guidance.
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France
United States
Nicaragua
England
Great Britain
Balloon accident claims two in El Reno
Prof. Coleman and Clarence Boyne from near Brunswick Missouri were fatally injured when a balloon hoop tore during a double ascent. They fell about seventy five feet to the ground. Coleman broke his back and Boyne broke shoulders and legs. A traveling man and a small boy were also hurt by flying debris.
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el Reno
Okla
Coleman
Clarence Boyne
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Toyne
Italians Riot In Palermo Trams Obstructed and Firefighting Called
In Palermo protesters blocked tram tracks and cut overhead wires to hinder transit. They attempted to rush the Olympia theater but failed. Billboards on Candelia street were overturned and set ablaze while firemen extinguished the flames. Agitators led the crowd's actions.
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Rome
Olympia Theater
Candelia
Mason City witnesses new well throw off 100 feet in Texas
A telegram from W. E. Brice reports a Beaumont Texas well strike throwing off 100 feet into the air. The new well is owned entirely by Mason City capitalists.
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Fishermen Rescued Off Chequamegon Point
Bayfield Wis March 5 L J Bach and Eli St Andrews two fishermen carried out from Chequamegon Point on an ice floe were rescued by other fishermen who went after them in a small boat.
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Wis
L. J. Bachand
Eli St. Andrews
Chequamegon Point
Work of Congress March 5 Numbers Shown
Washington reports the past session lasted 197 days the shortest in years. A Wakefield prepared supplement lists totals for the 14 886 bills 6 000 reports 345 public acts 1 250 private acts 1 595 total acts 393 joint resolutions.
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Warehouse Fire Destroys Knox Express in Washington
A four story Knox Express warehouse at Four and a Half Street and C Street NW was destroyed by a fire on March 5. Loss estimated at $100,000. No injuries reported. Fire officials investigated the blaze to determine its cause.
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Washington
Knox Express Company
Death Claims Prisoner After Capture at Waverley
J J Bennash, sought on charges of stealing mortgaged property with a reward offered, was captured at Waverley North Dakota and died an hour later.
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British Ship City of Benares Reported Ashore
The British ship City of Benares under Capt. Hellston is reported ashore at Eastham in the River Mersey after sailing from San Francisco September 28 and via Falmouth February 25 bound for Manchester.
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City of Benares
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Manchester
Eastham
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