Little Pauline Paquin Reins Young Horsewoman in St Louis
Aged seven Pauline Paquin of Westminster Place is hailed as the city’s youngest horsewoman. Trained by her father Dr. Paul Paquin since infancy, she now guides burros and ponies through Saint Louis streets and parks, wearing a bright red riding outfit with a Tam O Shanter. She has faced close calls but never been thrown.
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St. Louis
Pauline Paquin
Westminster Place
Paul Paquin
Robert E. Collins
Pauline
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Ruth Learns Generosity After Selfish Shopping
A young girl walks to the shop with three pennies and buys a bright red top. She first feels selfish about taking the last item but learns the shopkeeper values money over toys. Reconciled, she spins her top with a happy smile and newfound generosity.
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Ruth
Mamma
Health First for Boys Guard Against Cold
The New York Times urges boys and girls to value health and avoid chills. Do not sit on cold steps or lean on icy posts and pillars. After intense activity, quickly don coats and avoid cooling off abruptly to prevent illness. Maintain vigilance over personal health.
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New York Times
New York
Dorothy D. Fights a World of Mustn ts
Ella Wheeler Wilcox presents Dorothy D. lamenting endless prohibitions that stamp out freedom. She longs for a day when someone can say to her, dear, you may, breaking the endless string of mustn'ts.
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Dorothy D
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Little Archie Confuses Lamps with Gas Jets
Archie, who had never seen gas jets, had been away on a little visit. And were you careful about going near the lamps? asked his mamma. Dey don't hab lamps, replied the little fellow, dey just light de end of de towel rack.
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Archie
Aunt Pleads For A Nickel In Town Trade
Marshall recalls his aunt visiting town daily to earn money and whispers a plea for a nickel today, highlighting a small, personal exchange that hints at poverty and family dynamics in a historic locale.
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Marshall
Seventh Daughter of Seventh Daughter Tries to Find Lost Papers
A lawyer seeking missing estate papers hires a clairvoyant, the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter. Skeptical at first, he agrees to help, but the fortune teller leaves after a confrontation over a missing black bag and his doubt.
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Chicago
General Butler and the origins of the political press agent
A Washington Star account describes General Butler as originator of the political press agent role. It credits Bailey the circus man with funding the idea, sending Major Hugh Coyle to organize Butler clubs, and running the campaign on circus-like methods. Coyle is praised for experience and managerial skill.
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Bailey
Hugh Coyle
General Butler
Coyle
Washington Star
Consuls Praised And Reproved Across Nations
A New York Merchants' Review note highlights how African, Asian, and South American consuls are rebuked at home for neglecting national commercial interests while foreign papers praise British, German, and American consuls. The piece underscores global comparisons in trade advocacy.
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Africa
Asia
South America
United States
Germany
New York Merchants’ Review
Sing Sing Prison Books Top Reading List Then and Now
Sing Sing prisoners favor Charles Reade novels with Never Too Late to Mend at the top and Put Yourself In His Place second. The commissioner of patents notes American ingenuity, reporting 981,961 foreign patents issued by Dec 31 and 562,468 U.S. patents issued to date.
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Sing Sing
Charles Reade
Commissioner of Patents
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
France
Charles A. Sere Seran
Acton
Charles H. Nelson
Charles B. Stone
Lowell
Middlesex
Cauge
Percy
Acton Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
H. Folsom
Register
Heart and Blood Theory Opposed by Noted Scientists
The article reviews scientists who challenge Harvey's view that the heart's impulse drives circulation. It presents an alternative respiration based theory where carbon dioxide, oxygen and heat drive blood movement, with the heart merely regulating flow via its valves and stroke. The St. Louis Republic is cited.
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Harvey
St. Louis Republic
Celts of Gulf of California Island Profiling Fierce Blue Eyes
Oakland Echoes describes an isolated Gulf island home to a race called the Celts. They are said to be fair skinned with blue eyes, fierce and warlike, using venomed arrows. The rugged mountainous island remains vegetationally barren and its subsistence unclear. Skippers avoid the area amid mystery and speculation about origin and language.
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Gulf of California
Gulf
Oakland
Cal
Knife for a Steamboat Captain Sparks Local Legend
The Worcester Gazette relays a tale from John E. Russell about a Mississippi river steamer captain asking for a custom knife. He desires a stout handle with a spring to guard the blade, a double-edged grind, and no crossguard, a weapon he can stab and twist without snagging on a man’s galluses.
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The
Worcester Gazette
John E. Russell
Mississippi River
Russell
Tiny Spoons and a Grand Cherry Stone Mystery
A Salem Massachusetts museum shows a cherry stone containing one dozen silver spoons. The tiny spoons reveal fine detail only under a microscope. Dr Oliver describes a cherry stone with 124 heads carved so clearly that popes kings and crowns are visible. It was bought in Prussia for 15000 dollars and moved to England where possession led to a chancery suit.
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Salem
Mass
Oliver
Prussia
England
Many Snakes Harmless, Ship Weight and Suffrage Bill
A newspaper passage notes that 657 snake species exist with 490 harmless. The Great Eastern weighed 12 000 tons powered by four engines of 1000 horses each. It mentions Indian Mohammedans using solar gear behind Turkey and Arabia, salt’s medical uses, and Melbourne October events where a woman suffrage bill advanced to second reading after an all night sitting.
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Great Eastern
Melbourne
Victoria
Over Thousand Different Bicycle Wheels on Market
An analysis of a list of bicycle varieties shows about 850 distinct names with 1 143 kinds registered in February. Most so called manufacturers do not produce wheels. they assemble parts from over 200 factories. Only a minority of firms truly make complete wheels, about 15 across the country.
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United States
New York
New York Sun
New Theory on How Hailstones Form
A St Louis Republic report summarizes M Sahina Solaro’s challenge to the standard concentric-layer hail theory. He argues congelation starts at the surface with pressure shaping a central nucleus, producing air bubbles and a crust that splits during rapid freezing, yielding instantaneous hail formation and pyramidal shapes under violent congelation.
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M. Sahina-Solaro
Sanna-Solaro
St. Louis Republic
Hospital Infection Risks Highlighted by Nurses
The New York Tribune notes ongoing dangers for hospital staff and patients from blood poisoning despite strict sterilization. It describes rapid detection and treatment, a nurse with a bandaged hand, and mentions Miss Saw bones with an inflamed arm and lost thumbnail but recovering.
Dutch Rule Ends Moluccas Clove Trade and Forest Loss
Dutch seizure of the Moluccas led to a ban on planting clove trees and harsh penalties for any cultivation or trade. Expeditions from other eastern possessions were sent yearly to destroy any sprouts. The policy stripped forests, eroded soil, caused famine and deportations.
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Moluccas
Molucca Islands
Gold Teas and Dinners Fashion the Hour
Gold teas and gold dinners set the style with white and gold china yellow chrysanthemums and other yellow blooms. Ices and icings for cakes follow the trend. Dinner name cards appear as large pasteboard gold pieces resembling coins in gold.
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India
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Arabia
Tuttles
Jones & Wetherbee
South Acton, Mass
H. P. N. Dahl
Maynard, Mass
Riverside Block
A. H. Haynes
Mayna
H.S. Richardson
Concord Mass
Hapgood
Stow
Enterprise Office
Horncettle
W.a.cunningham
Annie B. Writer
Maynard
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Probate Court
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