Kissing Bug Sightings Reported From New York to Connecticut
A mysterious biting insect called the kissing bug is blamed for swollen lips on Detective Wilkes in Stamford while investigating the Stanwich postmaster murder case. Entomologists debate the bug’s identity, with mentions of Melanolestes pictipes and Opsicoetus personatus, as sightings span from New York to Georgia and rumors spread of bites on faces and lips.
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Washington
New York
Wilkes
Pinkerton
Close
Stanwich
Stamford
Sherif Fitzroy
Connecticut
Entomolgical Division of Agricultural Department
Entemolofasta
Vasassin Bay
Georgia
Danbury News
What Wives Should Remember From Advice Snippets
A Boston Globe sourced column lists terse domestic maxims about marriage. It bundles prescriptive lines on honesty, finances, home life, and gender roles, noting that humor and affectionate partnership matter alongside practical traits like neatness and restraint in spending.
Advertising as motive power in newspapers
A witty exchange compares newspaper advertising to sports promotion. Delhi Brown notes ads energize business and asks why top colleges like Yale and Harvard rarely advertise. Towne counters that colleges do advertise but as “playing football,” not through explicit ads, illustrating different branding approaches.
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Delhi
Espress
Brown
Yale
Harvard
Towne
Brooklyn Life
Out of the Ordinary and Global Oddities
A compilation of curious facts cites Iloilo lacking hotels, Korea with one locomotive, Alaska housing 373 saloons, London employing 15 452 policemen, and Persia’s Shah smoking a $4 000 pipe. U S has 208 338 saloons, Belgium hosts 3 100 breweries, Alabama has a woman cotton plant, Berlin sells sheet music by weight, and British shipyards could produce a large steamship daily. Chewing gum annual output is about $6 000 000 and rising. Chinese babies are fed only rice after a few months, breast milk is avoided, houses are not heated, and sun baths are used when cold.
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Iloilo
Korea
Alaska
London
Persia
Shah
United States
Belgium
Alabama
Berlin
Great Britain
St Pauls Cathedral area railway stations noted
A survey counts 256 railway stations within six miles of St Pauls Cathedral London and nearly 400 within twelve miles. The text contrasts the ancient magnificence of Jerusalem with its current state, describing it as a shadow of former times and noting its three mile circumference.
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
London
Jerusalem
Chief End of Man Question in Curious Exchange
A psychology student asks what is the chief end of man and Mr Blykins replies that the answer depends on purpose. If brain work is desired the head matters, if errands are required the feet matter. The playful exchange reflects humorous social commentary.
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Boston Globe
Mr. Blykins
Miscellaneous curiosities from history and science
A collection of brief notes on topics from the cost of caring for the U.S. Capitol to ancient soaps and wines. Facts include sake’s 2000 year history, Siamese hair customs, a nasal graft in New Jersey, Morgan’s yacht Corsair wealth, and soap text in Pompeii. Contains period jokes about weddings and voices.
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Washington
Traulsboro
N. J
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Joseph Hopkins
American Philosophical Society
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Iceland
Pompeii
Wit and Wisdom Telegrams of a Humorous Era
A string of aphorisms and quips on coffee minds critics romance pride and social roles. Humorous observations compare self love aging youth and marriage with light irony, noting blunt truths about manners culture and ambition.
Various World Facts From 19th Century Briefs
A miscellany notes Europe employs multiple legal systems in Germany, 47 Chinese temples in the United States, the marquis of Bute’s mansion costing 10 million, polar distance 460 miles, Austria swears a Christian witness before a crucifix, Zanzibar and Pemba supply four fifths of world cloves, a Tottenham vendor killed while selling bootlaces, artificial limbs used in Egypt since 700 BC, and a duchess owns a shawl once worn by Charles X of France. eight by eight feet in size yet foldable into a cup.
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Germany
United States
Marquis of Bute
Stathesay
Austria
Zanzibar
Pemba
Tottenham
Egypt
B. C
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Vorine
Masical Instruments
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Pehhsylvania
Wew Jersey
Curtis Publishing Co
Ntern
Sarah
Homes
Patrice
Will
Tommy
Mr Tucker
George
William
Dicky
Helen
L. F. Goruams
R. I
Henry S.tafft
Weybosset St
Providence, R.I
R ‘S
Soones
Mississippi Valley Lumberman
New England
Providence
U. S. Dental Association
Westminster Street
Fred Fish
Hope Street
Ristol Landry
James Tobin’s Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher
Hope St
Bristol
B.h.gladding
Westminster ST
R. J
THE
Perry CO. Commissary and Supply Co
BaisTou, R. L
Buffington
Beef, Iron & Wine Soc
W. H. Buffington
William B. Read
Co. A. R. Hall
Bradford Street
Gladding’s Market
Thames Street
Eglephone Connection
London Transit
Cruemsts Grocers
T M. Morris
Bristol, R I
Prexey Court
July Lech
Shearjashub
Bourne
Shearjashub Bourne
Ten O’cluock
Bennett
Town OF
Bristol, R. I
Ernest J Dube & Co
Herbert F. Bennett
Robate
Emma T. Adcock
Emma T Adcock
Herbert F Bennett
Pfgene
Frederike Doringe
Charles H. R. Doringh
Pauline N. Doringh
Derike Doringh
Richard Leopole
Agna L. B. Doringh
Progter & Gamble CO
Cincinnati
Edith
Davie
Angels
Coffe
Duchess of Northumberland
Charlies X
France
Cate
Congress
Vici
Jas. Anderson
William H. Bullock
James L. Bullock
Westminister Street
George B. Brown
Joseph L. Brown
Bristol Phanix
Louisa E. Starkey
Eunice Josehiine Allen
Martha J. King
Probate
Bristol Phaznix
Church
Shorey
State ST
H. H. Pierce
Stam Rosa Chemical CO
Broadway
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