Curious World Bits Span Methods And Men
A roundup of miscellaneous facts and anecdotes from across the world. Topics include crisis reports in Europe, a Virginia senate bill, timber output in Missouri, compelled spousal support in California, ants in South America, religious and demographic notes in Philadelphia, Neptune’s long year, elephant ear size, Spanish labor, Portuguese harvests, a Coudersport clothing pin order, cattle cavalry horse diplomacy, Boston banks consolidating, violent storms in French Guiana, autoyense Capper’s invalidity, the Duchess of Marlborough’s New York purchases, plaster‑log bricks for powder mills, iron ship corrosion, fish that cannot swim, Chicago’s large church, Bermuda complexions, Lovilla rat extermination, the squeal of pigs in cold weather, a butter fruit in India Africa, a wild deer sighting in Wisconsin, a Winnebago chief’s tale, Queen Victoria’s Indian servants, and King/Prime Minister routines and nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Virginia Senate
Missouri
California
South America
Philadelphia
Neptune
Tne Coudersport
Department of Agriculture
Boston
French Guiana
Autoyense Dacper
Dr. Charcot
Paris
Duchess of Marlborough
New York
Manor of
Woodstock
America
St. Stanislaus Kostka
Chicago
Bermudas
Lovilla
Ottumwa
India
Africa
Jackson County
Wisconsin
Munoki Abdul Kareen
Austria
Mr. Gladstone
France
Proposes Currency Reform to Preserve Gold Standard
A January abstract of a Indianapolis business men’s commission report argues for retaining a gold standard while unifying the currency through silver certificates and bank notes. It calls for separating treasury functions, ending demand obligations as money, and expanding bank note issuance with safeguards to ensure a safe elastic currency. The plan envisions retiring United States notes in five years and replacing them with gold or bank notes, expanding banking capacity, and strengthening monetary stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Monetary Commission
Indianapolis
United States
Commission
God
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Hank
Afl
Nine year old Alice Buries Letter to Satan Over Aunt
A Brixton clergyman recounts a youthful act of mischief by a girl of about nine who pinned her aunt’s nagging with a plan. She wrote a letter to Satan, hid it in a garden hole, and asked the potentate of the nether regions to remove Aunt. The tale is offered as a touching example of youth and orthodoxy.
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Brixton
Alice
Nether Regions
Satan
Ivery
Keeping Out the Dark Sunnylocks and the Locomotive
Sunnylocks enjoyed trains but feared smoke after a coal-filled blast caused a black cloud to sting his eyes. He clung to his father’s cheek and explained he kept his eyes shut to keep the dark from getting in, showing a child’s lingering fear of smoke and shadows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnylocks
Cleveland
The Fat Dieter and the Royal Demonstration
A cartoonish tale recalls Princess Mary of Teck seeking Banting for slimming but discovering his own bulky metal cage. In Gloucestershire a clergyman skips preaching to fish with another parson, prompting a parish clerk to announce the day’s service absence. A landlady and boarder joke ends with a cranky reply.
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Princess Mary of
San Francisco
Gloucestershire
London
Six Die as Jersey City Fire Consumes Reich Home
Six members of the Reich family perish in a Jersey City blaze sparked by a basement heater. Adolph Reich, 42, Emma Reich, 42, Tillie 22, Ida 15, Albert 14, Gustav years die. Fire Chief John Conway badly burned. Henry Reich escapes with injuries. The home at 317 Germania avenue, Hudson City district, heavily damaged. early reports indicate the fire rose from the basement to the upper floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jersey City
Adolph Reich
Emma Reich
Tillie Reich
Ida Reich
Albert Reich
Gustav Reich
John Conway
Henry Reich
Germania Avenue
Hudson County Boulevard
Hudson City
Reid
Sigismund
Tillie
Gustav
Ida
Albert
Patti
London Jubilee Honors and Foreign Titles Rank Controversy
London reports show Debbett’s peerage remarks reveal British contempt for foreign titles may be affectation as 14 household members hold foreign honors. Jubilee honors set a record with 577 new appointments and charitable bequests topped 2 million pounds, aided by the Wallace collection bequest totaling 1,000,000 pounds in charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Debbett
Wallace
Unusual bicycle accident on Conduit road
An eyewitness oculist recounts a fall on Conduit road when a bicycle rider collided with a wagon pole. The rider escaped injury, boasting of an accident policy as his bike was wrecked beyond recognition and the wagon remained undamaged.
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Washington
Missionary Training School Opens in Chicago
The Chicago Medical Missionary Training School at 1926 Wabash avenue offers non sectarian education for Christian youths to labor in city missionary and rescue work. Physicians, nurses, and philanthropic workers teach free while students receive room and tuition free, meals about 1 to 1.25 dollars weekly on the European plan. superintendent provides information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Training School
Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Wabash Ave
Sayings and Satires From Chicago News
A collection of comical aphorisms and social quips from the Chicago News. The lines mock vanity, prudence, and political causes with witty observations on dust, mud, neighing, the Maltese cross, and the Dingley bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Chicago News
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warning
Public health notice cautions against catarrh ointments containing mercury claiming they harm smell and the whole system. Recommends Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo as safe and effective with testimonials, sold by druggists at a stated price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Letters To Mistress Bridget In Morning Mail
Two postal cards arrive with no important content, Bridget. Fliegende Blaetter notes the morning mail contains only routine correspondence for Mistress Bridget.
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Bridget
Destructive Storms Prompt Coast Disaster Reports
Maritime disasters flood in along the coast as crews and passengers endure peril at sea. The item promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for seasickness and related ailments, listing nausea dyspepsia biliousness constipation malaria nervousness and kidney trouble as conditions it helps.
It Is to Be Hoped So Hogan Oi The Last Man
The Indianapolis Journal reports wryly on hopes for the final survivor in a grim quip about burial and dignity. The line suggests a satirical jab at fate and the role of an undertaker in preserving decorum even in mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogan
Grogan
Indianapolis Journal
Canadian colonists prosper in western farms report
Mr. T G Pearse of Agricola Alberta praises Western Canada for welcoming tenant farmers from the old country and those arriving from the United States. He cites 3200 bushels of wheat at 72 cents for Hugh Irvine, 3000 by James Fitzgerald, and 3500 by James Atkinson as examples of colonists thriving. The EdIonton Klondike route spurs a home cash market, vast unused Saskatchewan Valley land awaits at low prices, and some settlers even loan to newcomers.
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T.G. Pearse
Agricola
Alberta
Canada
Chicago
England
United States
Hugh Irvine
James Fitzgerald
James Atkinson
Edionton-Klondike
Saskatchewan Valley
Generous Merchant Letter Quips About Prompt Payment
A brief humorous note from the era references a carpet dealer promising 20 percent discount if payment is prompt, with the narrator lamenting the missing money and a quip attributed to the New York World. The item mirrors a witty exchange about debt and generosity.
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Broke
Tiend
N. Y. World
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Thage
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Sun
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The
Banting
Reich
Peter Maher
Thos, Sharkey
Pittssureh
John J. Quinn
Thomas Sharkey
Carson City
Maher
Marquis of Queensbery
Sharkey
Evans
Thomas W. Evans
John Evans
Fort River
Mass
General Committee
Curiaco
Frederich Wilhelm von der Goltz
von der Goltz
Germany
Oak Street
Shanghai
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Kiao-Chau
Great Britain
Peking
Waller
Bilker
Tandlord
Puck
Washington Democrat
California Fig Syrup Co
van Noodle
Miss ‘Tungbit
Chapwith
Mise Tungbit
Harlem
Piso
Frank Mobbs
Klondike
Atchison Obee
St. Jacobs Oil
Atchison Globe
St. Jacobs
Cal
Louisville
Walterbaker&Co.s
Dorchester
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Manitoba
Assiniboin
Saskatchewan
Canada Sattierin
Ain x
M.V. McInnes
Oeigen
FE Merrill Block
Detroit
American Correspondence College
Biddeford, Ae
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