Ward Nurse Margaret Farel and the Quiet Patient
In a hospital ward Margaret Farrel, a trained nurse posing as patient, maintains calm amid antics and a mistaken medical order. Dr Cheseldine’s confidences and a comic plot with a water hose drive reveal deep feelings and a lingering, playful love between patient and doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argaret Farel
Stooke
Mies Parel
Inferne
Cheseldine
Nbesekdine
Miss Patel
Miss Farel
Sician
Brooks
Dr. Cheseldine
Crescent
Dr. Brooks
Miss Fare
Margaret
Dr. the Hya
Names of towns spark quirky lawmaker questions in travel piece
The New York Tribune cites odd U S town names from Alone Kentucky to Beersheba Tennessee. From Peace and Affinity to Crook Colorado, the article ponders how residents would answer baffling questions about marriage, police work, and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York Tribune
New York
Lonely
N. C
Lone- Bome
Jersey
Affinity
Joy
Happy
Tex
Paradise
Col
Purity
Minn
Cream
Wis
N. J
Colorado
Oregon
West Virginia
Crook
Sodom
Lax
Ala
Blind Bay
Phito
Miss
Greene River
Kentucky
Lewiston
Lamb
Chickles
Big Foot
Antiquity
Beauty
W. Va
Jig
White House
Dry Town
Cal
Magic
Wall Street
Fairplay
Alamade
Fashion
Jaysville
Looneyville
N.Y
Fosset
Ore
Quick
Neb
Leapyear
Tenn
Bachelor
Mich
Langor
Jump
Dan
Beersheba
Tennessee
London
Hat in the Subway Sparks Humorous Reflections
A man recounts losing his hat when a subway window opened and a rapid breeze blew it away. Passengers react with sympathy and jokes, a conductor offers to fetch the cap, and bystanders remark on the incident, turning the mishap into a reflection on human kindness and pessimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Colley Leland
Amething
Lim
A. T
Coney
Gran Central
Sees Bottom of the Sea and Ancient Earth Mounds
A fragmentary notice reviews tales of sudden land appearances in seas near Sicily Sabrina and the Azores plus a sea voyage from Manila to the Sandwich Islands. It recounts a night voyage where a hot muddy sea and a possible new continent emerged and subsided, ending with the crew abandoning ship at Honolulu. It also notes Germany's peat resources and a garbled anecdote about German and American merchants.
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Pall Mall Magazine
Sicily
Sabrina
Azores
Gulf of Mexico
Manila
Sandwich Islands
Honolulu
Ocean to Ocean Railroading News and World Updates
Abroad notes report Indian railway routine advances near Greenwich and a 228 to 10,000 population contrast. A Jubilee for Dr Livingstone’s Victoria Falls discovery draws 700 visitors. Berlin plans public baths with class pricing. A Cape to Cape engine fatally struck a leopard on the Victoria Falls bridge, eight feet long. Belgian farmer M Aumont commits suicide after securities loss. Rats destroy a deed box with documents. British army shifts from khaki to scarlet, affecting recruiting. Park police flag drowning hoodlum activity near overturned boats. Princess Victoria Louise dislikes frills and dreams of dirt. German Automobile clubs plan an international race near Hamburg with official German support.
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India
Greenwich
England
Zambest
Livingstone
Victoria Falls
Berlin
Nebt
Victoria Falla
M. Aumont
Park
Victoria Louise
Kaiser
United
Curios and Oddities From Around the World
Oddities include a Quito lightning custom, an exhumed Hungarian fortune, a giant child in Recife, a hen laying an anomalous egg, English old laws on hats, Chester funerals, Belgian organ grinders, and a giraffe incident reported by a Ugandan railway station master with no damage to the train or track.
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Quito
Ecuador
Kuss
Egregy
Hungary
Recife
Pernambuso
Swindon
Eng
England
Chester
Vervieres
Belgium
Bis Superior
Nimba
Uganda
Nairobi
Venan
Commerce and Industry Highlights From Historic Ledger
United States output reaches 15 tin can per person while inquiries into southern investments surge tenfold. Chicago banks pay 1.85 million on 126.6 million deposits. Imperial Tobacco reports half year profits up notably, with 6 percent dividend on preferred shares. Spittal spade works notes 371 years of service among seven seniors. A 90 year old blacksmith continues daily work after 62 years. Since 1890 Japan’s coal exports surge 677 percent to 13 million tons mined last year, 3 million shipped abroad. Germany trade shows 21 categories valued at 1.9 million each imported, and 20 categories valued at 1.0 million exported last fiscal year.
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United States
Chicago
Imperial ‘Tobacco Company
Great Britain
Spittal Spade Works
Berwick
John Park
Germany
Solubility and conductivity in early science notes
A fragmented science snippet discusses gold solubility in yellow ammonium sulphide and how external friction on vacuum tubes can stimulate conductivity. It mentions John Butler Burke gaining attention in the United Kingdom, radium’s elusive nature, and a Belgian chemist’s experiments with chimney aspirators and coke filters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herr Hess
John Butler Burke
United Kingdom
Sod Wis
Trinity College
Denown
Guarnsia Cave
Nutmeg Mix Up Delights Bishop in Odd Dinner Tale
A humorous anecdote unfolds at a southern supper where Nutmeg runs short and Mrs. Harding fears a nutmeg shortage. The bishop, Mrs. Darlington, and others scramble to replace the spice, with a maid and supply store trip mentioned. The tale ends noting the bishop’s amused nod to the power of suggestion.
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Bowie
Dartington
Butmeg
Darlington
Merv
Stirring tale of Uriu and brave sailors in war talk
Fragmented excerpts describe Admiral Uriu among Japanese navy officers in early combat with Hassites, a Detroit boy in the U.S. Navy, and various humorous clippings about education, slang, and charity. The text blends quotes from papers like Free Press and Chicago Journal with general anecdotes and sensational notes.
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Uriu
Detroit
Free Press
Liriu
Annapolis
Baby Nearly Died From Horrific Skin Sores Cured by Cuticura
A three month old boy suffered a widespread watery rash and intense itching that left him scratched to the bone, feared to become a skeleton before Cuticura remedies brought relief. The child slept only in parents arms as doctors advised. The advertisement touts Cuticura products for relief and sale.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Adverts Womens Health
An old advertisement extols Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments including ovarian trouble, displacements, irregular periods, backache, and nervous symptoms. It touts whisky as strengthening the female organism and shares testimonial blurbs from women in Boston and Nashville praising relief and regained health. The copy invites readers to write for advice.
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F. Orser
Warrenton Street
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Boston
Lydia’ B. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Ward Seminary Forty Years Of Service In Nashville
Boston Transcript notes Ward Seminary in Nashville Tenn has served patrons for forty years in education and expresses a desire to continue pleasing readers with future opportunities. A dated quotation from J W O'Brien of Bancapali Minn is included, reflecting on moral topics and abstinence. The text blends opinion and testimonial from early 1900.
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Bvyen
W. Fairfax Gordon
Misa Farel
Janay
Kamel
Tata
London Outlook
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Hiewe
Ana Agw
Philadelphia Press
Sponger
Spicer
Tagne
Sobel
Gormany
Ireland
Denmark
Holla
Friesland
Pest
Cowl
Ocean
Commerce and Industry
Rudy
Cleveland
Emerson Waldonette
Lucre
Houston Chronicle
Touris
Chicago Journal
Tommy
Philadelphia Record
Detroit Free Press
Go Daily News
Boston Globe
Chicago Tribune
Osege
Toledo Bee
Jersey Shore Pa
Dodd
C. B. Bairnest
X Pee Hood
Cutiura
Font-Eesn
Allen's
Nashville, Tenn
Mrs Pearl Ackers
Yliss Prankie Onsen
Itigian
Alitivan
Iman
Transcript
Boston ‘Transcript
J. W. O'Brien
Puck
Carters Tle
Castoria
Infanta
Ny Geures
Ford Water
Tulane University OF Louisiana
New Orleans
Law
Bethney
Westionn
Anas Petia
Am Roe
Seenon
Shirougatycsaor
Poate Gourang Bostos
and Kellogg Newspaper CO
TIW Adare Street
Chtcaoo
Hinman
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