Sappho Fragment Found in Berlin Museum Manuscript
A sixth or seventh century Sappho fragment, found by Dr. Schubsit of the Berlin Royal Museum, is dated to the late antique era. The parchment note preserves meter and depicts moonlit Lydia and floral imagery, while accompanying text recalls a New Orleans statue tale and tobacco cure advertisements from U.S. sources.
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Manueeript
Schubsit
Royal Museum
Berlin
Manuceripta
Sappho
Warapa
Ashe
Lydia
Doomed red bugs and a curious read of ads hail
An OCR fragment mixes home remedies and patriotic propaganda. It mentions Mrs Hertha Fremont of Des Moines sending a bed bug remedy, teething syrup ads, a Great Nerve Mesterar trial, a Kansas Civil War anecdote about General Shafter, and Russian cautions toward China with Amur province military prep.
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Hertha Fremont
Des Moines, Inc
Nervous Signora Duse Keeps to Quiet Private Life
Date Very Nervous, Signora Eleonora Duse, famed Italian actress, avoids rehearsals and public view. She sees few friends, travels with a companion who arranges rooms at hotels. Rooms face gardens, back of house, minimal furnishings, no pictures, ultra clean and quiet, payment disputes noted in passing.
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Signora Eleonora Duse
Ble
Signora Duyse
Not Much of an Epicure Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
An old profile describes Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria as plain in taste and routine. He eats breakfast at six with cold meat coffee and bread, lunch around noon with two meat dishes, and dines at six in his library. Meals are transported by valet on a tray to his chest. he marks a daily dinner menu with a blue pencil. He drinks beer over wine and favors a Virginia cigar. cigars are inexpensive.
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Auperor Prancis
Joseph Txoco
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Oliver
Havana
Virginia
Krenzer
Provost Marshal Passes and Caliber Confusion in Early Reports
A noted anecdote recalls General Hughes as provost marshal in Manila exchanging a pass with an Irish guard who insisted on a pass from the provost. The piece shifts to firearm terminology explaining bore, caliber, gauge, and common US sizes from .22 to .50 and beyond, illustrating measurement quirks.
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Prevoat
Bumvell
General Hughes
Philippines
Manila
Hughes
Gen. Hughes
Quotations and Wit in Grattan Parliament Figures
A compact sketch recalls Ble Hayle Lootie and Sir Boyle, noting Lootie’s blunt bravery and clever retorts from Curran’s debates. The piece highlights Lootie’s reputed folly masked by native shrewdness and a vivid image of revolutionary mobs threatening British heads in France.
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Grattan
Curran
Boyle
Marshall Lin
Marseillois
Engelmann Botanical Society to Beautify City Gardens
The Engelmann Botanical Society of St. Louis will begin systematic operations to beautify backyards and city spaces, offering prizes for private garden displays including window ledges. The society aims to encourage each resident to make his home as beautiful as possible.
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Engelmann Botanical Society of
St. Louis
Ssisun
St Leuly Globe-Democryt
Truffles roots and rocks cited in curious notices
A collage of quirky extracts notes truffles growing beneath soil and hunted by swine in France and dogs in England, a Russian scientist photographing sea bottoms, a Frome teacher diagnosing myopia, a boy’s misspelled reply, a Montana cave discovery, and a rancher praising Dodd's Kidney Pills after years of kidney trouble.
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France
England
M. Tessipoff
Ufe
Frome
Montana
Butte
Defiance Starch Upsets Local Store Stocking
Storekeepers report that the extra quantity and the superior quantity of Defiance Starch make it nearly impossible to sell any other brand. Dealers note that customers choosing Defiance are steered away from alternatives, with the almighty dollar driving many queer transactions. The product is described as usable for cold water starch and even bone calcification, reflecting quirky old-time language.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Fortny
California
Fg Syrup Ca
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Andray Gackeon
Johnny Reb
Wim, Kenard
Noonan
W. H. Baker
Brooklyn
Iuwa
Peter Gable
Texahuta
Chicago
Tobnaccocurs Co
Warthage, Mo
Winston's
Kansas
Shafter
China
Graghdanin
Far East
Amur
Russia
Paci
Lea
Dak
Neslea
Dodd
Faith
Patte
Johnson
RUSS
Russ Company
Ssube Beni, Ind
St. Jacobs Oil
Jacobs
Never Falta
Mished
John A. Balter Sood Co
Lia Crosse
Wis
Duat
Salzer
Ant
Regulup
Markes
Furner
John A. Sulzer
Willie
Filen of Affairs
Eureka Chemical CO
la Grosse, Wis
Red River Valley
Lanos
Finx
H. E. Crandall Land CO
Colfax
N. Dak
Entury
Yea
Consil
Rlea
Hon
Wright
New York
Auipeuz Wits Fmall Capital
Capitel
the Union Investment CO
Hinite Building
Meo
J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Jan
Garman
Hull
Cheney & Col, Props
Toledo
Hall
Parton
Gregor
Bh I
Gregury & Bos
Marbleleud
Has
Canada
Alberia
Suskauwhen
Trea
Fedley
Damigration
Ortaw Canada
Ni Bartholomeus
St. Des Moines
Ol Draggisis
Chesbbrough Mfu. CO
Syrece
Yours
W. C. Payne
Marehaltown
Iowa
Anc
Lowix
Yenwire &Lawrence
Babington
Howe
Bey Ost
Border & Selleck CO
Gueass
Bereight
AMEG
Faultry Co
Tmomlig Altig CO
East Bt
Lovie
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Enat St. Louie
Aqiermor
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Chicaro
Cottaga Grove
Arane
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W. K. Lacey
Grange
Urtayo
Salze Bey She
Des Moines
Alabustinge
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Alabustine Co
Grand Rapids
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