For Sale Local Land and Homes in Town Listings
Auction style notices list 105 acres near courthouse with 6 wire fencing at 1500 dollars. 25 acres cultivated and 80 in pasture with schoolhouse area, cottage and tenant house at 750. Six room brick house with cistern at 1250. Half block near Allen Academy at 500. 13 acres south town with new 4 room house price 1000. 4 room house with features rents 650. De Joe B Repadme place quarter block and 9 room dwelling 4250. De DeMaret nearby block price not fully shown.
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Court House
Sain Street
Allen Academy
Joe
Oriental View of Womanhood and Oriental Family Roles
A column contrasts the freedoms of American women with oriental norms. A Hindoo mother is praised as the source of male virtue, arguing Americans should value maternal guidance. The piece notes lack of asylums for helpless parents in the orient and questions American men's conduct.
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Orient
Smoking in Spain is omnipresent in daily life
In Spain smoking is described as ubiquitous across society with people lighting cigarettes in trains, trams, theaters, restaurants, hotels, offices, shops, and even cabmen and beggars. The account from J A Hart in Argonaut emphasizes constant cigarette use in public spaces and by all classes.
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Spain
J. A. Hart
Argonaut
Origin of the Tomato Across Languages and Cultures
The tomato originates from tropical American cultivation by Incas and Montezumas, known as tumati or tomati before European contact. It reached Europe early, with love apple in English, pomme d amour in French, and pomi d amore in Italian, reflecting a long held belief that food influenced love.
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America
Europe
Striking China School Routine For Girls
The article describes harsh schooling in China where only wealthy girls attend. Students begin before daylight and recite lessons aloud for two hours, then attend breakfast, return to study until dinner, and again in the afternoon. Lessons continue daily with no Sunday holiday.
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China
Two Systems of Numeration English and French
The article compares two numeral systems in use today. It explains that in English the billion equals a million of millions and the trillion a million billions, each step a million times the previous. In the French system, as used in the United States, a billion is a thousand millions and each step is a thousand times the previous.
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United States
Why He Was Single and Schoolroom Quips
A compact set of 20th century jokes on marriage, spelling and publishing. A Frenchman jokes that true marriage rests on beauty wealth and foolishness. A four year old defends spelling and wit. The Publishers' Error recalls Arthur needing rewrites while publishers critique the work.
Musical Diagnosis
A manager and friend mock a throaty tenor calling it a voice while joking that it is a disease in a Punch magazine quip about singing talent.
Will man become obsolete in era of machines
Columbus Inquirer-Sun poses a question on human relevance as automation advances, asking whether people will still marry and fill traditional roles in a changing society. The piece reflects a New York paper’s provocative line about future humanity.
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New York
Columbus Inquirer-Sun
Irish Soldier's Witty Exchange Captures Civil War Lore
A New York Tribune anecdote recalls an Irish sutler in the Civil War who, asleep on the field after Run Run, is awakened by Confederate scouts. When pressed for identity he crafts a quick retort, humorously claiming roots in Ireland and challenging the error of assuming allegiance to a single state. The tale highlights cross border cunning and wartime bravado.
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Pat
McClellan
Washington
Beaurigard
South Carolina
Ireland
New York Tribune
Ivory as Medicine Through Eighteenth Century Use
The article recounts ivory’s medicinal role from Schroder's Zoology 1650 noting ivory teeth used in medicine to cool, dry, bind, and aid various conditions including jaundice and melancholy. It mentions preparations Spodium from burnt ivory and ivory jelly as a strengthening food in later medical guidance.
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Schroder
T. Bateson
Worms as Soil Renovators
Worms act as renovators not formers, bringing fresh earth to the surface when they descend in dry weather and emptying their bodies. Their digging opens subsoil passages that roots can penetrate, with casts nourishing the roots. Darwin recorded eighteen tons per acre on meadows and about ten tons on good arable land each year.
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Darwin
Man Prefers Kidney Breakfast in Rural England
A London resident visiting a west of England village repeatedly asked a butcher for deviled kidneys noting mutton was common but kidneys rare. After five days the butcher angrily retorted that sheep would not provide kidneys for his breakfast.
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London
West of England
Old World Divorces and Musical Fish Tale
A historic note on ancient Babylonian divorce law from King Hammurabi’s code and a claim about a Sri Lankan lake housing musical fish with melodious sounds. The piece includes a comic line about a wife and a sick spouse restraining visitors, attributed to Meggendorfer Blatter.
Plenty of Time In Married Life Secret
A brief exchange from the Pittsburg Gazette features a couple discussing secrecy in starting their marriage. The lines imply hesitation and reassurance that there is ample time before any revelations. The dialogue reflects social expectations of privacy and commitment.
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Pittsburg
Goose Request Spurs Quiet Poultry Shop Wait
A customer asks to see a nice fat goose as he enters a poultry shop while a small boy mentions that his mother will be in directly. The scene captures a simple domestic moment in a city storefront.
Infant Mozart Charms Europe With Early Mastery
A three year old Wolfgang Mozart astonished Salzburg with harpischord playing and, by age four, his father debuted his compositions. By five he gave a university recital and at six toured Germany to royal praise. He later wowed England and received court affection while premiering sonatas symphonies and an anthem.
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Wolfgang Mozart
Salzburg
Germany
Wolfgang
Francis I
Mozart
England
George 111
Remarkable Japanese Clock in Frame Measuring Three by Five
Japan houses a remarkable timepiece stored in a three by five foot frame. It depicts a noon landscape with blooming plum and cherry trees and rice plants in front, a hill and cascading water in the rear, a threadlike stream winding among rocks toward woodland, a golden sun on a silver wire marking hours, a tortoise acting as hands, a chirping bird at each hour, and a mouse skirting from a grotto to the garden.
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Japan
The Mystery of the Rain Drop
A Sunset Magazine reflection notes that a raindrop hides complex structure beyond its simple appearance. It contrasts the dramatic lightning with the quiet fall of water, calling the tiny drop a vast microcosm awaiting full understanding. The article suggests future discoveries may reveal deeper cosmic connections.
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Sunset Magazine
Roosevelt on Lynching Letter Endorses Lawful Action
President Roosevelt publishes a letter to Governor Durbin praising his stand against lynching and mob violence. He argues lynching is a form of anarchy and tyranny, urges swift penalties through due process, and stresses that justice must be upheld irrespective of color or crime. He warns the republic depends on orderly liberty and the majesty of the law.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Durbin
Indiana
Republic
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