Odd Ball Clips From A Historic Page
A collection of quirky lines notes various oddities including a doctor making a heart stimulant from toads, a horse needing water, and a farmer in Chicago buying a car. The passages mix weather tips and social quips about fashion, public life, and a singing rooster in Evanston.
Spooner School Advocated by Chicago Professor
A Chicago professor promotes a school for scientific spooning while noting spooners may be born, not made. An eastern clergyman urges marrying ideals, but ideals change with years. A 16 foot sea serpent sighting in Atlantic City spooks regulars. Aeroplane races unite nationalities more than Babel dispersion. Two million trees planted in Kansas but the state remains far from cool and shady. Humidity blamed for last week’s suffering with heat a contributing factor.
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Chicago
Evelyn Nesbit
Pittsburg
Paris
New York
Dan O'Reilly
Harry Thaw
Mary Copley Thaw
Lightning's Speed Wrecks Ohio Telephone Girl
Lightning continues its reputation for speed as it knocked an Ohio telephone girl insensible before she could answer the busy signal.
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Ohio
No flies on us anthem suggestion for national song
A light proposal suggests a national anthem line about diligence and cleanliness. It imagines a future where fly swatters attend to business, implying a boastful refrain that there are no flies on the nation.
Obituary of Lawn Mower Inventor Sparks Neighboring Commentary
A newspaper note mourns the death of the inventor of the lawn mower and ponders why similar fate cannot befall the neighbor who pushes one next door. The item blends obituary with a light editorial quip about neighbors and inventions.
Boston Plans Hospital for the Rich and New Aristocratic Ailments
A historical notice asserts Boston will host a hospital limited to wealthy patients and proposes developing a class of aristocratic diseases to cater to their medical needs.
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Boston
Winter Garment Inspection Reveals Wool Content Question
The notice describes Tf surveying winter clothing on suspicion of all wool content and considering proper actions upon detection.
Buffalo residents question health official after night of poultry hatch
Buffalo residents express concern over a health commissioner's handling as eggs hatched into chicks in custody overnight, prompting questions about oversight and city safety.
European artist arrives in New York to paint the city
A European artist has arrived in New York to capture the city on canvas. The writer notes the abundance of locals who pursue painting as a profession, implying the newcomer faces a crowded field.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Bohemia
Broadway
Stanford White
United States
Harry Thaw
Europe
Thaw
White
Evelyn
Pittsburg
Madison Square Roof Garden
Evelyn Thaw
Son of Begum of Bhopal Returned From Paris Escapade
A report notes the Begum of Bhopal sends her son back from Paris after an escapade. The cable declares the Begum as a woman, prompting inquiry for the male counterpart of begum.
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Bhopal
Paris
Lions captured alive by fly paper in India report
A report from India describes four ferocious lions captured alive and unharmed using fly paper. The piece notes that nature fakers remain active and in good form for the season.
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India
Society ad offers summer companionship for funds
A London society journal prints an advertisement where a peer and peeress with quiet tastes offer to associate during the summer with a married couple visiting in England for consideration. The notice hints at aiding impoverished nobility to avoid work and presents an opportunity for wealthy Americans to spend money frivolously.
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London Society
England
Wall Street Speculator Ends Life After Huge Loss
A New York bachelor who lost 2 million dollars while speculating in Wall Street killed himself. The report notes that a man with substantial wealth does not escape ruin when he takes his own life after failed speculation.
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New York
Wall Street
Sculptor defies view on trousers and majesty of form
A sculptor argues it is impossible to show the majesty of the human form in trousers and skirts. The counterclaim suggests he would reject showing his form without high trousers.
Nemesis casts shadow over Thaw saga and its players
The piece surveys the Thaw trials aftermath, listing lawyers like Dan O Reilly and Clifford Hartridge, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, Harry Thaw, and others. It tallies misfortune, defection, disbarments, deaths, and ruined careers, framing Nemesis as a lingering consequence across the case and its entourage.
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Dan O'Reilly
New York
O'Reilly
Thaw
White
O’reilly
Clifford W . Hartridge
Hattridge
Startridge
New York Bar
Supreme Court of
State of New York
Nemesis
Clifford Hartridge
Russell Peabody
John Lee
George Lee
Fairview
Tenn
West
Delphin Michael Delmas
Napoleon
California
Silo Seen as Essential on Stock Farms Across Regions
The Wallace Farmer urges farmers to adopt silos as a necessity not a trial. It notes silage cuts beef costs, suits cattle ewes and sows, with summer silos bridging droughts and water enabling use of field corn. Cooperation with neighbors boosts efficiency and planting choices.
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Wallace
French milk powder process described in 19th century report
A French method substitutes cold for heat to dry milk into powder. Milk is cooled to just below freezing, frozen water is avoided, and a centrifugal separator separates snow like crystals from the greasy paste. The paste is dried to yield milk powder preserving original constituents except water. The process works for whole milk and skimmed variants.
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France
Lecomte and
Lainville
Grass Danger to Work Horses
Early grass poses a risk to work horses as it can harm their health and lead to loss of flesh and strength, potentially reducing their work capacity.
Farrowing Sows in Quiet Warm Corner
Farmers provide oats wheat bran and middlings to sows near a warm quiet corner for farrowing. The setup emphasizes comfort moisture and feed mix to support newborn piglets and sow recovery. Local practice highlights practical animal welfare during farrowing season.
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