Life expectancy trends among professions and groups
Ainslee's Magazine notes that women and married people live longer than men and bachelors. Quakers reportedly show the longest lifespans, while Methodist clergy have higher death rates. Annuitants outlive others by three to five years, likely from steady income reducing financial worry. Civil service death rates are unmeasured, but Grant’s quip about dying and not resigning hints at financial security effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Ainslee
Strangely Rich Stranger Buys Shirt With Small Change
A large, rough looking man enters a department store and aims to buy a shirt priced at 1.50. He pays with a $500 bill after producing a roll of big bills, then takes his change in small notes, stuffing the pile into his hip pocket and declaring the shirt can be given to a porter. He adds it was after banking hours and he is a man of resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Father’s Gift Sparks Fateful Return across the Ocean
An old man offers his son £100 to leave the family business. Three weeks later the youth reaches New York with only £3, deciding to return home. He plans to warn his father first, but wonders how to deliver the message quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
New York
Telegraphic Forgiveness Cable From Chicago Journal
John sends a brief telegraph to his father in London telling of repentance and financial ruin. The London clerk demands brevity at a shilling a word. The final cable to London reads Fatted call for one, Chicago Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Telegraph
London
Extraordinary Praise and the Slippery Art of Honest Opinion
An anecdote from Youth's Companion recounts painter Fuseli visiting a nobleman to view a prized painting. After the nobleman praises it, Fuseli repeats Extraordinary, prompting the pupil to reveal his low opinion. Fuseli replies extraordinarily bad to avoid offending a potential patron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuseli
Royal Academy
Unloaded pistol misfires at West Side prank
A young man aimed an unloaded pistol at his sweetheart during a playful moment on the west side. The weapon failed to discharge, and instead the incident led to an unexpected twist about a funeral reportedly planned for tomorrow.
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Halsted
West Side
Chicago
Ne ’S
Remarkable letter from a young lady in playful slang
A quirky note from a young woman to her cousin uses humorous misspellings and family snippets. The lines mention a Terrix, Hupin Raugh, and a baby, ending with affectionate, playful signoff. The snippet reflects humorous social quirk in period humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrix
Tom
Hupin Raugh
Ann
Babee
London
Don’t Drink It Spring Warning and Remedy Advice
A spring health note urges a blood cleansing remedy to purify the body and restore energy during the enervating season. It cautions readers to choose a safe product and warns against medicines with dangerous ingredients, stressing the importance of avoiding risky tonics.
Narrow Escape Between Etruria and Marblehead
The Cunard liner Etruria narrowly avoided collision with the U S cruiser Marblehead about 70 miles from Sandy Hook on Monday morning. Capt Ferguson credited quick action by Chief Officer Barr to reverse engines and steer away as the ships passed within a few lengths amid sleet and fog.
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New York
Cunard
Etruria
Marblehead
Sandy Hook
Bar
Wach
Ferguson
Barr
Cunarder
Boston
Havana
Provincetown
Mass
Long Island
NOT YET AT HAVANA
Havana reports ongoing general talks as General Gomez’s arrival remains uncertain after acceptance of the governor general invitation. Officials and the executive commission await Gomez while preparing a decree defining the supreme court’s powers and announcing new provincial appointments in Santiago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Brooke
General Gomez
Robert P. Porter
Gomez
Lanuza
Capote
Executive Commission
Santa Clara
Senor
Supreme Court
Santiago
Demetrio Castillo
Justice and Instruction
Ramon Ebra
Multiple blast victims die in Moss Grove railroad work
Pittsburg feb 15 one man killed and five seriously injured in a powder explosion at Moss Grove on the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg railroad. Victims were construction gang blasting rocks near Moss Grove. A keg of powder likely ignited by a pipe spark.
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Pittsburg
Moss Grove
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
Senate Passes Broad Texas Bills In Regular Session
Austin Feb 15 The senate approved several measures including a committee to visit penal institutions a tobacco sales ban to miners and authorizing the Southern Kansas railway to buy the Panhandle railway Other bills dealt with mortgaged property tax law landlord liens sheriff mileage and county assessors oath A direct election of senators by popular vote was approved by the house Concurrent resolution pending in congress The treasury shows over 3 million in vaults with a forecast of 3.5 million by month end Governor Sayers pardoned Jack Sanders and a respite was granted to Elisha Shaw for March 10.
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Austin
Senate
Southern Kansas Railway of Texas
Panhandle
A. J. Gray
Comanche County
Sebastian
Harding Price
San Jacinto
City of
Morris
Barnes
Terrel
House
Texas
Congress
Soldiers Shot At In Meridian Texas and Arlington Fire
Brigadier General Pennington reports Lieutenant Dixon recounts an attack by Mississippi and Texas citizens on cavalry near Meridian and a pistol volley as a train passed Harlan Texas. The Arlington apartment building on Forty first street in Chicago burned, with most tenants escaping except Fred Marle his wife and child.
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Atlanta
Pennington
Department of the Gulf
Dixon
Tenth United States Cavalry
Mississippi
Texas
Meridian
Miss
Harlan
Tex
Washington
Chicago
Arlington
Forty-first Street
Fred Marle
Divorce Petition By Publication in Brazos County Court
Notice to Killey Foley by publication in Brazos County to appear at the March 1899 district court session in Bryan. Bedford Foley sues for divorce, child custody, costs, and relief, alleging marriage on January 7 1885 and separation around July 1 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
Brazos County
Killey Foley
20Th Judicial District
Bryan
Bedford Foley
Billey Foley
J.C. Williams
Brezos County
A. D
J.C. Williame
Vrazoe County
Tex
B. F. Leman
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Squills
Chicago Journal
Crittie
Apni
Swift
Jomex
Fort Smith
Ark
Oklahoma
Gulf
Indian Territory
Arkansas
Helen Gould
Military Affairs Committee
Helen Miller Gould
Ennis
Charles Reeves
Memphis
Edward Rigley
Calvin Miller
Sardis, Miss
Rigley
Lake Charles
Frank Edleman
Edgewood
Here
Huntsville
Sayers
Penitentiaries
Rice
Smither
Jack Sanders
Elisha Shaw
Bastrop
Tenth Cavalry
Pride of the Kitchen
Chase and Sanborns
Landreths
Ferrys
Bowens
Tennessee
R. M. Wilson
of Brazos, Madison, Grimes, Robertson and Burleson Counties
Frank W. McConnico
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
Pacific Mutual Life
Am. Union Life
Fidelity and Casualty of
Sallcit
Williamson
Haffner Engraving Co
Denver, Colo
17Th St
Jerry and
Dan
Barbers
Eis
Dunn & Daly
Jerry
Ndr
Beach
Ci Bakery
Leave
Joan M. Lawrence & Co
Borrine
Griesser
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