Pension scheme abuse by veterans at Gray's Ferry home
Veterans at the Gray's Ferry naval home allegedly exploit a pension rule by leaving for Hampton Virginia to receive their pension money then return to spend it before resuming leave. The tactic allows some men to collect multiple pensions while remaining within government facilities.
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Gray's Ferry Road
Salta
Naval Home
Hampton
Gray's Ferry
Philadelphia Record
Simple roof protection pipe floods shingles to stop fire
A cheap simple roof protection device is being tried in some cities. A water pipe runs along the ridge, connected to the building service and perforated at intervals to flood the roof instantly, making it impervious to sparks from nearby fires. This clever idea, praised as long overdue alongside water mains and hydrants.
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Boston Real Estate Record
Atlanta's First Name Was Marthasville
The city of Atlanta Georgia was once Marthasville named for Martha Atlanta Lumkin daughter of Governor Lumpkin. The name changed to Atlanta by the Legislature on citizen petition and the fiftieth anniversary of incorporation as Marthasville is noted this year.
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Atlanta
Marthasville
Martha Atlanta Lumkin
Lumpkin
Athens
Martha Campton
Citiens
New York Tribune
Bitters Promote Digestion and Liver Health
The advertisement extols Hoesetter s Stomach Bitters as a safe thorough tonic to aid digestion liver function and bowel regularity. It claims to stimulate gastric secretions improve digestion convert food into nourishing blood and act as a mild natural laxative while relieving heartburn nausea headaches nervousness rheumatism malaria and kidney troubles.
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Howtetter
Picture Advertising Grabs Attention in Russian Shops
The New York Times notes many Russian common people cannot read the alphabet and shop walls display rudely painted pictures of goods. Butcher markets show meats, tailors display coats and trousers, apothecary pills and vegetables are advertised by pictures on doors and windows to aid literacy.
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Russia
New York Times
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promotion
F. J. Cheney and Co of Toledo Ohio advertise Hall's Catarrh Cure with a reward offer for any case not cured by the remedy. Testimonials available on request. Sold by druggists in Toledo.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druzgista, Toe
Swift Coined Dissyllable For Horse Whinnying Origin
A Notes and Queries writer cites Dean Swift'sUnpronounceable term to mimic a horse’s whinnying. Pronunciations include hoo-himz hoo-iimz whin-imz and hoo-in-imz with initial aspirate sounded. The piece mentions Beechumii’s Pills as a remedy for malaria and related symptoms.
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Swift
Fairground Candy Fear Sparks Unlikely Exchange
Conversational snippet from New York Weekly features George and Ethel debating candy and complexion with a humorous tone. An advertisement copy claims Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup cures a bare throat, priced at 25e.
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Ethel
New York Weekly
Hatch
Universal
Women as Hotel Cashiers Opened in Big Cities
Article notes a new trend of women serving as cashiers in major hotels. Palmer House Chicago reports efficiency and honesty, with a caveat that marriage may affect tenure. Holland Hotel and West Hotel Minneapolis also employ women cashiers, who handle multiple books and verify large checks in a demanding role.
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Chicago
Palmer House
Mr. Palmer
Palmer
West Hotel
Minneapolis
Remedies for facial care and sty treatment from old home guide
A series of beauty and health tips outlines methods to cure a sty with egg white and alum, whiten skin with glycerine and lemon juice, purify and moisturize hands, and create a soap substitute with a bran bag. It also advises oiling the face, using myrrh water to freshen breath, hot facial bathing to reduce wrinkles, and a cosmetic lotion for oily skin using eau de cologne rosemary oil almond oil carbolic acid with dilute rinse use.
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Iisit
The Tongue Than Pen A Woman Must Tame
Edward L. Bok argues in Ladies' Home Journal that women should fear thoughtless speech more than the pen. He says fast tongue criticism hurts women more than any other fault, undermines trust, blocks progress, and misreads affection.
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Edward L. Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
Wages and Work for Women Reduced to Hard Labor Across Jobs
A Chicago Tribune excerpt contrasts a long serving household worker praised for many skills with a college professor’s request for a maid. It notes similarly low pay for domestic help and the difficulty in hiring, reflecting gendered labor prejudice and day labor conditions.
Chicago's Fifty Female Barbers Earning Modest Wages
Twenty women in Chicago work as barbers earning twelve to eighteen dollars weekly. One operates a shop here and employs six assistants. A barber cites needing fair wages and equality with men, expressing pride in earning as much as a man and preferring the trade over lower paying jobs.
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Chicago
How to Announce an Engagement and Social Calls
The article advises a man to announce engagement to family and friends by note or word of mouth. It says friends should visit the young lady, or call upon her promptly. She will respond in kind, possibly with her mother, and calls should be returned, especially within ten days.
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Chicago Tribune
Women eligible as delegates under New York convention act
The article notes that women may serve as delegates under the New York act for a Constitutional Convention. Lillie Devereux Blake and colleagues planned to go to Syracuse to press for inclusion on the delegates at large list. Governor Hill supported a change in 1887 and Governor Flower renewed the recommendation last year. The law states electors may elect any male or female citizen over 21 as a delegate.
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New York
Lillie Devereux Blake
Syracuse
Hill
Flower
Scrapbook Craft With Uniform Paper Squares
The easiest scrapbooks are made from equal sized white or brown paper squares tied with a ribbon. The booklet opens wide and can be browsed by turning pages inside out or over.
A Ginger-Bearded Man Relates a Strange Train Tale
In a humorous Indianapolis Journal piece a man with a ginger beard tells of a railroad accident where a rich passenger paid to have limbs replaced with those of others. The tale features a doctor, a centipede incident, and animated banter with a grocer over the improbable surgery and its comical outcomes.
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Virginny
Nickeranger
Mexico
Ky Gosh
Potato Creek
Indianapolis Journal
Melting Iron in Water Through Electric Heating
Recent electrical experiments across the Atlantic show iron heated by passing current through a sulfuric acid solution in water. The process yields extreme local temperatures, reportedly up to 7 000 F and claims of 14 000 F with large currents, with potential uses in welding tempering tool edges and hardening surfaces on large metal pieces. Krupp is said to be exploring surface tempering of large guns.
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Atlantic
Krupp
The Change of the Voice in Boys
The article explains the breaking of the voice during male puberty, noting the larynx enlarges and vocal chords lengthen as ages 14 to 16. It states the voice becomes harsh and unfitted for singing during growth, with temporary congestion of the vocal chords and related structures.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Parrot Story Ends with Witty Parrot Quip
A bird fancier returns a parrot after discovering it addicted to strong language. He advises punishment but the owner swings the bird by the tail and smashes the cage. The parrot, after being placed on the table, quips with a blunt flourish: By thunder, what a gale.
Sosa the Scout and the Mendoza Earthquake Tale
A 19th century youth’s companion, Sosa, a famed scout and horse thief, foreshadows disaster through windless tremors before a March earthquake that devastates Mendoza and ripples to Rosari and Buenos Aires docks. The piece also surveys Roman roads in England, detailing Watling Street and others built for military movement across Britain.
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Sosa
Mendoza
Te Hlata
Patagonia
England
Britain
Island
Watling Street
London
Chester
York
Scotland
Wroxeter
Caerleon
Fosseway
Cornwall
Lincoln
Franco German War Battles Near Metz Decide 1870-71 Clash
The Metz campaign in the Franco German war saw three key battles on August 14 16 and 18 1870. German and French losses were heavy with 5 000 French and 3 608 French officers in the first clash and tens of thousands in Mars la Tour. The Germans finally drove the French to Metz despite costly fighting and high casualties.
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Paris
Mars-la-Tour
Bazaine
Gravelotte
Murat Halstead
Henry J. Raymond
Battle of
Solferina
Germany
St. Privat
Doncourt
Amanvilliers
Mosku
Waterloo
Steinmetz
Gum in Fishs Mouth Baffles Angler near Biloxi
A Mississippi fishing tale recalls a woman dropping gum overboard while fishing opposite Biloxi. Within thirty minutes a fish hooked near the boat mouth had the exact gum in its jaws, amid several baited lines. The event, though a story, is presented as factual and plausible.
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Mississippi
Biloxi
Severe Laws in San Marino Reported by Dispatch
The Pittsburgh Dispatch notes San Marino as a tiny republic with extreme penalties. Thieves lose a hand and murderers are cast from a cliff into Fern Gorge, deterring crime for years until a woman is convicted of killing her daughter despite pleas for mercy.
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San Marino
Themas
Pittsburgh Dispatch
German inventor markets electric cane lamp
A German inventor has produced an electric cane lamp with an incandescent lamp in the handle. The two poles connect to a battery and a chamber holds the battery fluid. When used the liquid wets the electrodes to generate a current that will keep the light burning for about an hour.
How a Little Bird Told Me
A New York Tribune anecdote recalls a 4 year old overheard using strong language. When his mother confronted him he asked how she knew and she replyed evasively that a little bird informed her. He quips it was a sparrow.
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Willie
New York Tribune
Spiders Sold as Household Helpers in West India Markets
In the West India Islands spiders are common household helpers. Housekeepers value their cleanliness and labor, as markets frequently feature these useful creatures for sale. The spiders are noted for diligently freeing homes from disagreeable insects.
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West India Islands
Harper’s
This Is a Wise Horse on the Mississippi Coast
A New York Journal tale describes a horse with a drinking master who cannot ride. The horse, patient and sure, allows the man to sleep off his excess, then guides him home by pulling his sleeve and carrying him safely.
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Mississippi
New York Journal
Japanese Tattooers Now Tattoo in Color Portraits
The New York Times notes that Japanese tattoo artists go beyond traditional dragons and flowers. They must now render exact color portraits of a cherished friend to meet European artistic demands, allowing the image to accompany patrons continually.
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New York Times
Dialogue Fragments and Wordplay From a Lettered Exchange
A collection of clipped lines and puns including shoe fitting requests, a book case pun after a sentence, a grammar inquiry on book case, and a remark about the eagle’s circular soar. Also brief quips on cholera in the spirit world and farsighted lighthouse keepers.
Royal Baking Powder Praised For Practical Use In Food
The passage extols Royal Baking Powder as the most infallible test of practical use. It claims it goes further makes lighter sweeter and purer foods and is always uniform in its work. The copy highlights its great qualities and popularity as safer and more wholesome than tartar baking powders.
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Isaac Thompsonr
John
Thompson, Sons & Co
Troy, N
Nilsson Builds Madrid Home With Musical Walls
Mme Christine Nilsson known as the Countess of Miranda resides much of the year in a Madrid palace. Her decorating shows eccentric taste with a bedroom lined in music sheets from operas she has sung and hotel bills covering dining room walls from extensive travels in both hemispheres.
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Mme
Christine Nilsson
Countess of
Miranda
Madrid
Philadelphia Bulletin
Beetlelike bees and strange honey making noted
The tazma of Ethiopia deposits stores of honey without wax underground and is sought as a throat remedy. In India giant bees hang combs as large as house doors. Guadaloupe bees store honey in wax bladders, while tiny stinging less te es produce oily honey.
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Ethiopia
India
Boston Globe
Oatmeal as Breakfast and Dinner in Quip Tale
A fragment from the Boston Courier recalls Donald and Sandy discussing meals, each opting for oatmeal from morning to supper. The humor centers on the Scots American persona and shared breakfast staple.
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Donald
Sandy
Boston Courier
That Joyful Feeling From Syrup of Figs Health Elixir
The article extols the renewed health and inner cleansing from Syrup of Figs, noting that those clinging to old time medicines and cheap substitutes miss this feeling. It implies informed consumers seek the fig remedy for genuine wellbeing.
Harlem Girl Declines Bear Story In Modest Real Life
In a Reader's Reflection from Harpers Bazaar a Harlem girl is described as so modest that she would not listen to a bear story. The piece contrasts a heroine fantasy with everyday behavior highlighting restraint and personal dignity.
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