Divorces Granted Over Unusual Cruelty Claims
A survey of unusual grounds for divorce recounts cases across the United States where cruelty arose from diet choices sauerkraut pudding codfish cakes champagne and even pet dogs and cats. The stories highlight court decisions about petty spats and domestic disputes affecting family life.
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Ray
Kohl
Aher
Hodge
J. B. Stetson
San Francisco
Far West
Birs Warry Maremount
Chicago
Joseph T. Colvin
Pittsburg
Union
Bergen County
New Jersey
Theron C. Knapp
Knapp
Andrew Sahu
Alton
Prince of American card-sharpers turned reformer performs
John Philip Quinn recounts his past as a professional gambler, his prison time after a gold-brick swindle, and his conversion. He speaks at St George's Hall about exposing gambling methods and warns readers against playing cards with strangers in a Pearson's Weekly flavored anecdotal profile.
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John Philip Quinn
Quinn
St. George’s Hall
Missouri
Chicago
Dr. Talmage
Lyman Abbott
American Outlook
Roosevelt
St. Louis
John
Pearson’s Weekly
Ancient Reckoning of Time Through The Ages
The article traces early timekeeping from sundials with gnomons to water clocks, hour glasses and clepsydras. It notes sundials evolved from simple sticks to marked dials, hour glasses used in churches, and two clepsydra designs relying on steady water flow to indicate intervals.
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Harper’s Weekly
Amnesia At Madison Square Linked To Skyscraper Gaze
A man found dazed in Madison Square claims he knows his name and home but cannot recall how to get there after a week in a trance. He recalls staring upward at the Marathon Building and Metropolitan Tower before his condition began, suggesting self suggestion or hypnotic influence. The piece ponders whether others might suffer similar effects when fixating on tall buildings.
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Henry Rodgers
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
United States Steel Trust
Garrison
Jersey ‘ City
Court of Chancery
Frederick W. Maschmeyer
St. Louis
Horgh
George W. Burns
Cincinnati
Charles Neuman
Los Angeles
Madison Square
New York
Metropolitan Tower
Million Dollar Housekeeping Costs in Large Hotels
A 700 room hotel spends about $17,000 weekly on wages. A 1000 to 1500 room hotel like the Ansonia in New York would spend about $2,000 daily on food for its 1,000 to 1,500 staff. The write up notes vast waste with figures such as 40,000 dollars for new dishes and 60,000 for linen, plus 70,000 a year for music and orchestras and a total annual renewal and redecorating bill near 500,000 to 600,000 dollars.
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Ansonia
New York
Everybody’s Magazine
Architecture of Madeira a Spanish Moorish blend
The author notes Madeira's architecture as a Spanish Moorish mix, better than Mexico's, with a flawless stucco and tile roofed city seen from the ship. A single motor car in Funchal stands out as a rare modern touch amid a jeweled water edge at night.
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Madeira
Funchal
Mexico
Albert Bigelow Paine
Outing Magazine
Exercise wisdom mirrors advice in Minas Cayenne chat
A friend asks if he exercises enough. Minas Cayenne replies he does not and quips that exercise is like good advice always for others to follow.
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Minas Cayenne
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Help
In Columbus Ohio a woman reports relief through Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during the change of life. A Graniteville Vermont resident also credits the remedy for nervousness and weakness. The letters advocate the product as a standard female health remedy for decades nationwide.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Columbus
Ohio
E. Hanson
East Long &T
Graniteville
Charles Barclay
R.F.D
Sy . Pinkham
Feitenour Cats and a Coincidental Name Gag
A Flatbush man recalls a humorous scene sparked by his youngest son and a Feitenour neighbor. While the family read in the library, a back porch racket led to a curious misunderstanding about cats belonging to both households.
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Flatbush
Feitenour
Norge
Jim
Distinction Between Vision and Sight Joke
Tommy asks about vision and sight. Pop answers with a pun: flattering a girl as a vision but not as a sight, delivering a playful dad joke about language use.
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Tommy
Son
Envious are the most unhappy men of all
The proverb notes that envy torments the envious by their own misfortunes and by observing others’ success. It attributes this to the Ophrahstus attribution, warning of self-inflicted misery and social distress caused by covetousness.
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Theophrastus
Don’t Neglect That Cough Drug Ad Claims Quick Relief
An old advert promotes Allen's Lung Balsam claiming quick and permanent relief for coughing. It targets readers seeking fast respiratory relief and mentions sale at a drug store or druggin as a local supplier.
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Allen
Douglas man warns about boasting in love matters
A cautionary proverb about a man recounting past loves, noting that a boastful storyteller adds another name to his list, followed by general remarks on constipation and cure claims for Pierce's Pellets and a dog in the manger saying about growling.
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Aining
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