Liberty cap as symbol from Rome to Venice and America
The liberty cap is traced from Roman slaves to Venice’s doges and to American symbolism. It highlights the flag bearing republic’s influence while Columbus era and early Massachusetts struggles frame its prominence in national identity. Ivory settings for diamonds emerge as fashion note in London and Paris, aiming to avoid gold or silver drawbacks.
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Philadelphia
Venice
AuRaozy
Republic
Frederick VI Awbarossa
Andrea Dandolo
Constantinople
Corfu
America
Zante
Cyprus
Massachusets
Christendom
Adriatic
London
Paris
Continental
Square Tenant of the White House Horse Holds Hidden Post
The White House hosts a plain horse with a white star in the forehead that shares the mansion with the President. Mail carrier Edgar R. Beckley travels daily between the White House and the city post office for twenty five years. Beckley is renowned for unwavering routine and dedication. The horse’s stall sits in a conservatory corner, sharing shelter with the President.
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White House
Washington
Edgar R. Beckley
Beckley
City
United States
Globe- Democrat
Swordfish Attack on English Vessel at Sea
Capt Amery of the schooner Orig in reports sailing from England to Labrador when a swordfish struck the hull. The fish’s eighteen inch sword penetrated the side and broke off as it withdrew. The vessel took on over a foot of water before Newfoundland and the crew fear a foundering if the sword had stayed embedded.
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Amery
Origin
Plymouth
Labrador
England
Newfoundland
London Daily News
Child speech delays quoted by Chicago Tribune
A mother laments Bertie’s slow speech as she tries daily to teach him with a stream of affectionate baby talk phrases and playful sounds. The fragment captures parental frustration and tender, humorous effort to coax language.
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Widdlecome
Bidlecome
Chicago Tribune
Those Clever Chinese and the Fur Language Joke
A Washington Star gag features Mr Dolan noting a laundry sign and musing on the Chinese fur and language learning. The quip plays on a comic mispronunciation as companions react with surprise and mock confusion.
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Mr. Dolan
Washington Star
Phoenician Origins of Marseilles disputed by early traces
The article traces claims that Marseilles began as Phoenician trading posts around 1200 to 1000 BC, with later tradition linking Massila to Asia Minor Phoenician settlers escaping Cyrus. It notes limited supporting evidence but emphasizes Marseilles rapid rise and early maritime strength against Carthage as a major Metiterranean power.
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Marseillles
France
Massila
Asia Minor
Cyrus
Herodotus
Horace
Carthage
the Mariner
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Promoted as Smallest Remedy
An advertisement extols Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as the smallest and most agreeable remedy for liver stomach and bowel derangements. It claims boosting natural bowel action and aiding issues from jaundice biliousness indigestion and colds or exposure. The copy guarantees satisfaction or money back and touts Dr Pierce’s guarantee.
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Pierce
How Marriage and Courtship Are Brought About In the Far North
Danish missionaries in Greenland arrange marriages by guiding courtship. A man asks for a wife, the missionary suggests a candidate, and the woman often resists until a strong proof like whale-hunting success persuades her. The pastor finalizes the union after consent.
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Far North
Greenland
Salt in the seas surpasses lard in mass say Berg und Huettenmaennische Zeitung
A compilation claims sea water holds vast salt, exceeding lard in mass if extracted. Seawater covers 73 percent of earth, about 3.4 million cubic miles deep, with 25 kilograms of salt per cubic mile, totaling 5 000 cubic miles of distilled salt.
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Berg Und Huettenmaennische Zeitung
Globe
Best spoons for cooking use and testing flavor
The New York Evening Post notes wooden spoons are cheap and effective for stirring while metal spoons stay for basting and tasting. It critiques maids who taste directly from pots and suggests using two spoons, one for sauce and one for the mouth, as a cleaner arrangement.
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New York Evening Post
Missing Jack Smedley resurfaces in London theater ring
Rose Smedley learns her estranged husband Jack Smedley may be alive near London after Tom Yarborough spots an actor named Mr Wilson who resembles him. The couple traces the actor to theater lodgings while Rose vows to uncover the truth, fearing betrayal and danger.
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Tom Yarborough
Tom
Rose
Jack
Rose Smedley
London
Jack Smedley
J. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Yarborough
England
Wilson
Rose Smedley Tracks Her Husband Through The Theatre
Rose Smedley pursues John Wilson the actor who vanished years ago. She gains a lead when the landlady notes Wilson’s companion in London and a photograph of Mrs Wilson. Scotland Yard and a provincial theater plot converge as Rose hopes to locate the couple and expose the betrayal.
Interesting Events Of The Week In Minnesota
A weekly digest notes grand jury indictments at St Cloud for indecent assault and larceny, personnel changes at the Duluth chamber of commerce, and a Mille Lacs relief measure. It lists library circulation, forgery cases in Red Wing, settled Nordseth v Mille Lacs Lumber, a farmer found dead near St Peter, and Friday fires and arrests in Little Falls and Cassel. It reports bank consolidations in Princeton, a guilty verdict in St Paul bank robbery case, a Stillwater inmate's suicide attempt, and Stearns county tax value totals up to 10.6 million with county-wide assessments down.
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St. Cloud
Bernard Smiths
George Woodruff
S. A. Thompson
Duluth Chamber of Commerce
Evening Commonwealth
Mille Lacs
Minnesota
Duluth Public Library
Perry Farwell
Belle Creek
Wing & Olson
Red Wing
Nordseth
Mille Lacs Lumber Company
John Johnson
Lake Prairie
St. Peter
McMaster Railroad
Elias Hines
Cassel
John Cassaday
Hines
Cassaday
Princeton
First National
Citizens
Citizens’ Bank
Thomas Fleary
First National Bank
St. Paul
Charles Baker
Hennepin County
Stillwater
Stearns County
St. Cloud City
Local incidents and losses from Minnesota towns
A string of incidents includes the Manterville Creamery fire insured for two thirds its value, a $5,000 verdict in Winona for a husband’s death, a Cheney woman shot near Albert Lea, a dynamite accident near Red Wing injuring a boy, a Byron man’s fatal windmill jump, a Faribault confidence scheme, a Minor case in Beaver Creek over store accounts, and a venue change in Luverne court.
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Manterville
Cheney
Albert Lea
W. Gilmore
Red Wing
Were
Mason Hicks
Byron
Faribault
Iie
White & Conant
Beaver Creek
E. A. Sken
Red Wing Incidents and Trial Dominate Local News
Robert Muir was arrested in Red Wing for cruelly beating a horse. A team fell through ice on the Red Wing river and was rescued after difficulties. In Redwood O B Terrell reported over ten bushels of wheat stolen, with Will Burch and O S Smith losing similar amounts. A machine shed burglary yielded stolen machinery and no suspects. In Little Falls the coroner's inquest concluded Kosanke died at Welter's hands with hair and blood evidence linking Welter. At Center City Mrs Carolina Hall was found not guilty of poisoning her mother in law Johanna Hall after four days in court.
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Red Wing
O. B. Terrell
Redwood
Will Burch
O. S. Smith
Little Falls
Kosanke
John Welter
Welter
Carolina Hall
Center City
Johanna Hall
Deaths and local incidents in Minnesota report
Mrs. Sylvia Dunham of Faribault dies aged ninety one after forty years in Minnesota. A Crookston man is shot dead by an officer during arrest resistance. Roth & Smith of Faribault face liabilities of 8751.33 with assets of 8624.12. Bertha Johnson of Northfield seeks 2000 from the city for sidewalk injuries. Timber thieves along the Milwaukee track near Brown's Valley hide over a hundred large timbers after being tracked by a half breed railroad employee. They admit theft and say they took timbers because they had no money to buy wood to avoid freezing. operation since November 5.
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Sylvia Dunham
Faribault
Minnesota
Crookston, Minn
Milwaukee Track
Brown's Valley
Lawrence
Park Rapids Sells Water Bonds for New Works
Park Rapids village sells 6000 dollar seven per cent water works bonds to N W Harris Co Chicago and will start installing water works immediately. A youth near Montevideo accidentally shoots himself while handling a rifle, the ball entering above the abdomen. F M Trace dies suddenly in Sauk Center and is buried at Little Falls. his brother Dr O C Trace serves as local surgeon for the Northern Pacific Railroad. State Geologist Winchell has a plan.
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Park Rapids
N. W. Harris & Co
Chicago
George Atchinson
Montevideo
F. M. Trace
Sauk Center
Little Falls
O. C. Trace
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Winchell
Minneap olis Exposition Building Proposes Museum Plan
The managers suggest handing the old exposition building to university authorities to transform it into a grand Northwest museum. The idea envisions showcasing science art education and even politics to benefit the state.
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Northwest
Notable Minnesota Losses and Deaths of 1900s Figures
Asa Weaver of Granite Falls dies leaving sons in Minneapolis and Mankato and a local station agent. George Atchison dies after a gun discharged in Montevideo. Gund Brewery warehouse in Marshall burns, car of beer destroyed. Dennis Flaherty of Shakopee dies suddenly. Red Wing fire losses total 44952 with 353... insurer. Schlitz wins 1850 against Pabst in Duluth amid a wagon defect suit after a runaway incident.
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Asa Weaver
Granite Falls
Minneapolis
Mankato
George Atchison
Montevideo
Gund Brewery Company
Marshall
Dennis Flaherty
Flaherty & Lies
General Merchants
Shakopee
Flaherty
Scott County
Red Wing
Fired for Short Measures in Ribbons
A department store manager uses a hiring discharge method to handle two incidents of false claims and short measure selling. Jackson is dismissed after being shown to be responsible for repeated errors. The manager notes the system works well.
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Jackson
Coe
Chel
Dissecting Society on the Stage and Public Morality
The writer argues the theater should be a public space for all to enjoy with their families not a private club for moral debate. He opposes Ibsen and Pinero labeling the stage as a forum for controversial topics and insists stage topics mirror refined society rules and dinner table conversation.
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Desperately overflowed remark amuses Mississippi resident
A Washington county Mississippi resident Jesse D- told a Harper’s Magazine anecdote about how flood year left “desperately overflowed” as a memorable reply. He explained it as meaning there was too much water for wagonin but not enough for boating, ending the courtroom exchange.
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Washington County
Mississippi
Harper's Magazine
Mississippi Valley
Waters
Jesse D
Knitting Aid Prompts Quiet Exchange at Berryville Store
Obed Jenkins asks for a seam-needle free set to please his wife who knits constantly. The storekeeper laughs at the impossibility and Obed exits crestfallen, muttering that there’s no getting ahead of women.
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Obet Jenkins
Berryville
Obed
Tunkett
Curious Errors in Famous Bible Editions
A Brooklyn Eagle compiled list highlights famous misprints in Bible editions. Breeches Bible shows leaves sewn, Vinegar Bible misheading parable, Wicked Bible omits seventh commandment, and Thumb Bible is a tiny Aberdeen edition. Other noted slips include Treacle, Resin, Peacemaker, Ear-to-Ear, Standing Fishes, Discharge, Wife-Hater, Rebekah’s Camels, To Remain, and Wierix plates.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Rebekah
Cambridge
London
David
Aberdeen
Wierix
John Wierix
Dives
Lazarus
Young Boarder Trials Poison Deterrent Of Crime
A New York boarder uses a trap after a maid steals his whisky and cologne. He suspects tartar emetic and nitrate of silver contamination from his supplies, leading to a dramatic allergic reaction and temporary absence from public view. The tale ends with the boarder moving out but satisfied with his experiment's result.
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New York
Men of millions near death in close escapes tale
A Wall Street source notes a string of near fatal incidents involving wealthy magnates. George Gould, Russell Sage, William Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt, John W Mackay, C T Yerkes, Eddie Gould, George Vanderbilt, John Jacob Astor, and Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr are cited with escapes from gunfire, wrecks, drownings, and accidents, highlighting luck beyond wealth.
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Wall Street
New York World
George Gould
Adirondacks
Russell Sage
Norcross
Mr. Sage
William K. Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John W. Mackay
California
Rippey
San Francisco
C. T. Yerkes
Chicago
Mackay
Yerkes
Eddie Gould
Buffalo Railroad
Seventh Regiment
George Vanderbilt
Newport
John Jacob Astor
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
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Moon
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Will
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Warren &T
Ol Jie
Qapeeler
Mr. Wison
Mrs. Wilson
John Wilson
Scotland Yard
Smedley
Yarborough
Hounds of
Justice
North Star
Kleiner’s
First Street
Commercial Union
Robert Muir
Roth & Smith
Bertha Johnson
Northfield
Joseph Schlitz
Pabst Brewing Company
Duluth
Schlitz
Dissecting Society
He Meant
Gilead
Japan
Boston
New Jersey Shore
Hood
T. M
The
Massachusetts Humane Society
Cohassett
Mars
C. Clark Co
New Haven
St. Petersburg
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
U. S
China
Mea Winson
Sooraine Starr
Chinas
Brown
Cairo
Egypt
California Fig Syrup Co
Aberdeen, South Dakota
Northwestern Newspaper Union
ST. Paul, Minn
James T. Durette
Earlysville
Boschee
Ismitted
Thompson
Cara. X.scec
Frpouith
St. Lents
Thomson
Judson le Thomson Mfg. CO
Aitham
Masa
Scott
Scott & Bowne
N.Y
C. B. McLemore
Henderson, Tex
Tse Swit Specirio Co
Atlanta, Ga
Shiloh
Walter Baker
Walter Baker & CO
Dorchester, Mass
Nasby
Dr. Locke
Roe
Weekly
Blade
Psrer
Addreed Tye Bel
Sentinel
Thentinel
Fairmont Sentinel
Minn
S. Dakota
Newspaper Union
Aberdeen S. Dak
N. Dakota Newspaper Union
Fargo
N- Dakota
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