Alcibiades: Athens’ brilliant yet infamous youth of fortune
The Saint Louis Republic recounts Alcibiades as a witty generous yet unruly figure. His wealth, ancient lineage, and powerful friends shaped Athens while his lavish life led to public scandal and a forced divorce from Hipparete. He died fleeing a Babylon court as enemies set fire to his home.
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Alcibiades
Athens
Hipparete
Hipponicus
Babylon
St. Louis Republic
Man Reads Newspaper Four Hours in Post Office
A post office official passes a government office and sees a man reading a newspaper. Four hours later he returns to find the same man still absorbed in the paper, prompting a confrontation about service and attention to the public. The man claims identity as a mere public item waiting for an answer.
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Post Office
Sam
Strand Magazing
Loose Echo Prescribed For Toe Corm Mystery
A Chicago chiropodist gives a patient a handwritten note promising to prevent a toe growth. The inscription Leoshoo Apply once a day is actually misread as loose echo. The remedy proves effective per the Pittsburgh Dispatch report.
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Matlim
Youngh
Leoshoo
Fittsburg Dispatch
Biddle Confusion and Odd Bits From Old Columns
A fragmentary column recalls the English misreadings of the term biddle in Philadelphia satire. It contrasts this with notes on eye movement in portraits, a Scottish tale about crossing thin ice, and garbled quotes about Thiers and Prudhon, attributed to Elizabeth Barrett Browning letters.
The Cleanly Islands described with old world names and climate
The article discusses the Canary Islands known as Fortunate Islands or Hesperides. It notes the subtropical flora, dry grand canary, Las Palmas breezes, Orotava gardens, and a curious dust that cleanses surfaces. It quotes Pall Mall Gazette praising the islanders’ cleanliness.
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Tenerife
Caily
Canaries
Canary
Lanzerote
Grand Canary Las Palmas
Grand Canary
Orotava
Las Palmas
Pall Mall Gazette
Evening Footwear Fetish and Practical Tips from a Fashion Writer
A New York fashion writer advises women to choose footgear carefully as feet are most visible in evening attire. Styles favored include single straw, double strap crossed, and laced low slippers in black satin for slimming effect. Bronze slippers remain popular for house wear, and advice blends with light humor about childhood memories and fate. Dr Jameson of Transvaal reports on the transcontinental telegraph line across Africa.
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New York
Dr. Jameson
Transvaal
Africa
Lake Tanganyika
Electrical Review
Smallest Electric Motor Worn As Pin By Jeweler
A tiny electric motor claimed as the smallest ever made is worn as an 8.8 scarfpin by D. Gordin a jeweler and watchmaker from McKinney Texas. It weighs 1 pennyweight 8 grains and features gold front and commentators segments. The field magnets use two thicknesses of No 22 sheet iron with gold screws and No 8 silk covered wire. The four pole armature uses No 86 wire while copper brushes are very thin. A small gold switch on a black rubber base operates the device via a silver chloride battery carried in the vest. The motor runs at high speed and hums audibly near the wearer.
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D. Gordin
McKinney
Tex
New York Times
Proprieter Replies On Professions In Irish Tenant Tale
A Manchester Guardian reader recounts a Galway county tale about a female proprietress who collects rents. A tenant farmer quips that he would not choose farming again, and the talk shifts to how lawyers doctors and priests are paid in any outcome. The proprietress responds that even learned professions carry risks and rewards.
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Manchester Guardian
County
Galway
Son
St. Patrick
Heaven
Hell
Fogg and the Deflated Wheel Joke at a Shoe Store
The Boston Transcript recounts Fogg and Fenderson trading jokes about a wheel going flat near a shoe store. Fogg asserts shoe stores always have pumps and delivers a pun that provokes laughter, while Fenderson contemplates using the joke on Brown.
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Fogg
Fenderson
Brown
Boston Transcript
The rector’s simple life and thoughtful acts recalled
A midlands rector earned affection by warm hospitality during cold weather and by extending his sermon when the weather remained inclement. This portrait recalls a minister beloved for kindness and consideration toward his parishioners.
Locust Swarms Devastate Two Voyages On March Dates
Two American captains related encounters with locust swarms at sea. One reported a cloud the size of a man’s hand on March 9 that settled on the sails leaving bare yards. The other recalled a March 2 sighting at about 2:30 p.m. with locusts wearing canvas trousers as they passed.
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Brazil
Big Four Schedule Snippet Displayed
The text lists numerous times such as 2.30 7.20 9.35 7.55 4.00 7.46 and more, indicating a compact timetable for a Big Four railway schedule during daytime hours.
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Louisville
Insylvania Lines
Waaw
Chicago
Wees
Indianapolis
Southport
Oawey
Greenwood
Whiteland
Franklin Auere
Edinburg
Columbusar
Columbus iv
Elizab’town
Scipio
Queensville
Sut
Vernon
Vernon Ae
Madiso
Madison Ar
Agoss
Columbus Ly
Eal
Jonesville
Seymour
Crothersy
Henryville
Scottsburg
Memphis En Ar
Sellersbur
Jefferson Ie
New Albany Ar
Louisvillear
New Albany
Jeffersonville
Sellersburg Ec
Memphis
Sccottsbur
Crothersville Oh
Jonesvill
Sadana Columbu
Dalet
Madison
North Manion
North Vernon
Pucenaville
Gerete
Elizabethtown
Columbus
Franklin
Whitelawd Greenwood
Sadisnapolis
Cicago
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W. W. Lambert
Attorney AT Law
Irwin’s Bank Llock
J. F. Cox
Attorney-At-Law
Crump's Block
G. W. Cooper
Co. B. Cooper
Cooper & Sol2er
First National Bank Building
W. F. Norton
Attorney—At-Law
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W. C. Rgland, M. D
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Griffith Tock
Firth
Western Union Telegraph Office
Citizens
Eighth and
Chestnut Streets
Bai
Pittsburg
Columbus Fuel & Ee Co
Wis
Foiest
Noblitt’s Drug Store
Washington Street
Aaris Chral Bers
Tecine
Washiz
Pumpeter
Ans
C.A. EY Y
Orrics
Washvstse
EAI Bae
Funkhouser
6Th and
Winansrocery
Doll’s Cigar Store
Mechanic St
Ron
Anal Jackson Straat
Ulrich’s
C. Ulrich
Crystal
Bell Hartson
Joe Young
Marlin
Educk
Joan
Manila Firearms Co
New Haveng Ct
Domanza Agengy
Admistra
Trix
Fats
Willard
Bartholomew County
Indiana
Bertiena Bonnele
W. W. Laser
Biddle
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
Baltimore
Bid
New York Press
Mainners
Leddies
Gow Browning
Robert
Rovert
Prudhon
Mladman
Tve
Lett
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Cleanly Islands
Cleausing Nature
Norwich
Kan
Courant
Pat
Kinney
O.co
S. M
Wabash Ave
Chicas
Midlands
Cornhill Magazine
Boston Clubwomen
Woman's Clubhouse Corporation of
Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company
Boston Letter
Germany
Crump’s Theatre
France
France & CO
Garfield Place
Cincinnati
Ohio
Europe
America
Vital Ayei
Otter
DR. France &Co. P
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Garfield. Place
Cambridge City
Bel
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Flat Rock
Shelbyville
Bae
Manilla
Homer
Rushville
Falmouth
L. F. Loree
E.A. Ford
Pittsburgh
PENNA
Pennsylvania Lines
BIG Four
R. R
C., H. & G. Branch
Burney
Tsville
Miller’s
Lambert Columb Laily
New Orleans
Mobile
Warren J. Lynch
E. O. McCormick
Charles Mathews
Bartholomew Circuit Court
Horace G. Solomon
Circuit Court
Los
George Werner
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