Intruder Porter Fires Up Hotel Mischief
A northern railway chairman Mr. J B Johnson encounters a hotel intrusion by a porter who misreads a written order. The porter, Thomas, throws Johnson out after a chaotic chase along the stairs and lobby. The note read Fire No 40 at 10:30, a misread directive that sparked the uproar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans
J. B. Johnson
Northern Railway
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Thomas
Mercy
No. 40
Thoms
Mr. Weekly
New York Mercury
An Awkward Mistake
A man called a young lady in a suburb to announce a visit but mistook the caller, prompting a irritated reply about bread and a pie in the oven. The line was answered by a cook who lived in the house, revealing the misdial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Saving Money in Gentlefolk Banter
Mrs Swiftly boasts she saves by making hats with trims herself and low costs. Mr Swiftly credits her thrift while noting a trim source from Dreighood for 18 dollars. The comic exchange appears in a Washington Star column about Mrs Guggins and public attention to patent medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swiftly
Mr. Swiftly
Dreighood’s
Chicago
Notable Christmas Gift Exchange in The Inter Ocean
The Inter Ocean humor section cites a wife selecting brushes and a dressing table tray for her husband as a Christmas gift. A separate panel from the Detroit Tribune features Polly’s loneliness and a parrot’s craving for whites, reflecting light dramatic humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Harry
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Polly
Detroit Tribune
Skunk Nuisance Brings City Court Verdict
In Louisville, Benjamin Jenks was found guilty of maintaining a nuisance by keeping three skunks in a saloon window on State street. He was fined one dollar plus costs and ordered to remove the animals. Stonecipher, a restaurant owner next door, claimed the odor harmed his business and affected his wife and daughter. Jenks appealed but the skunks remained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edors
Cloacae
Benjamin Jenks
State Street
Thenks
Jenks
Jacob Stonecipher
Stonecipher
Stoneci
Pyroxylin risks in pharmacy and arts usage
An article notes pyroxylin can be highly dangerous under certain conditions. It describes prep methods, washing with ammonia to remove acids, and a copper oven at 79 degrees C failing after hours of drying. The explosion is attributed to ammonia in the washing process creating nitrate of ammonia that interacts with nitrocellulose as a fuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Cornell marks twenty fifth anniversary on women’s education
Dr Taylor argues education is a unit and men and women’s education are not separate. A senior professor praises a woman student’s article as superior accurate and comprehensive and disproving claims women cannot do fine scientific work. A female contributor earns a place on the college paper staff by producing more and better articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell University
Taylor
Smothered In Honey At Feather River Farm
A Red Bluff Democrat report states at G. W. T Hutchins farm seven miles from Marysville a hollow tree holding about 80 pounds of honey, 11 duck eggs and a dead wood duck. The duck had laid the eggs and died while attempting to hatch as bees filled the nest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. T Hutchins
Marysville
Feather River
Red Bluff
Cal
Democrat
Papyri Fragments Unearthed in Geneva Library Purchase
The Geneva public library, funded by subscription, examines new Egyptian papyri. M Jules Nicole reports fragments from the Iliad and Odyssey with large textual variations. A Euripides passage older than known manuscripts appears, plus a didactic on stars and an idyl on Jupiter and Leda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Public Library
M. Jules Nicole
M. Sicole
Jupiter
London Times
A Load Business Dialogue in Early Education Journal
A brief dialogue shows a guest probing a coed role in a dining setting. The boy explains he wakes guests as part of the service, and the guest acknowledges the rousing aspect of the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dé Merning
Journal of Education
The Abolitionist Schoolmaster Who Shaped Two Notable Sons
An elderly Pennsylvania schoolmaster, formerly a carpenter with a love of books, ran a disciplined, punishment-free village school. He sheltered runaway enslaved people, admired courage in public life, and influenced two prominent sons a Civil War general and a reforming political figure. His lessons blended duty and justice with firm, humane guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Thackeray
The Retail Butcher and the Big Lie of Freshness
In a discussion from the St. Louis Republic the Union market butcher Thomas Tracy explains how a shop must stock small and vary cuts to please customers. He notes steaks can come from beef aged up to 48 hours and even older portions are sold as newer cuts. He argues most buyers cannot distinguish raw steak from roast and remain fooled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Tracy
Union Market
Mr. Tracy
St. Louis Republic
National dish of the United States debate teased
A Philadelphia Press anecdote recalls Marion Harland and a traveler debating America's national dish. The narrator jokes about turkey, mince pie, baked beans, and buckwheat cakes, noting the traveler’s amused surprise at the answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Harland
Scotland
England
Italy
France
United States
America
Philadelphia Press
Valley of Roses: Kazanlik Leads Attar Production
The largest rose cultivation and finest attar come from Kazanlik in eastern Rumelia. The valley sits on the Balkans southern slope, protecting crops from cold winds and yielding about 4.0 pounds of attar per season, valued around $180,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Algeria
Shiraz
Persia
Ghazipur
India
Medinetel-Fayoum
Egypt
Kazanlik
Rumelia
Balkans
Tribute to American Newspaper Women Mentioned by Pall Mall Gazette
A Philadelphia Times excerpt praises hot water remedies for chest pain digestion and fatigue. It then notes Mme Hvyacinth Layson describing America’s journalism and the notable role of women reporters, praising their sensitivity and influence. The Nekhichevén tomb of Nash is described as near an abandoned fortress on a vast plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Mme. Hvyacinth Layson
Pall Mall Gazette
America
Republic of
United States
Hein
Prosperity Shines as Sugar Industry Surges in Napoleonville
A New Orleans Times Dem ghost correspondent reports Elm Hall refinery produced 1,000,900 pounds of sugar in a week with 900 tons of cane daily, 40,000 pounds of granulated sugar every six hours, and 500 workers under Eddie Goddidax. Eight miles of rail move cane, 600 cars pull 1,000 tons nightly, and 300 more acres are opened amid dynamite blasts, while the region avoids a financial panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleonville
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Eddie Goddidax
Baldwin
Are you a Working Girl fearing womb displacement
An 1890s style advertisement urges women to treat uterine displacement and related female ailments with Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. Credited testimonial from Sallie Palmer of Nicetown Pa endorses the remedy. Address and liver pills offered by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkhamt
Sallie Palmer
Juniata St
Nicetown
Lupia E. Pinkiuam
Probate Partition Petition in Middlesex County
James Hurley of Acton petitions for partition of an undivided sixteenth part of real estate in Middlesex County. Citations require notice to interested parties in Massachusetts and publication in Acton Enterprise for three weeks before the December hearing. Judge Charles J. McIntire signs the citation dated November 14, 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Coughlin
Maynard
Marty Stanaford
Acton
Catherine Tiurley
Boston
Suffolk
Mary Roche
Tallyglass
County Cork
Ireland
James Hurley
San Francisco
California
Middlesex
Sid
Cambridge
Acton Enterprise
Charles J, Mclntire
Esquire
H. Folsom
Register
Lewis Rouillard
Littleton
Jilereas
William H. Hill
Middesex
Charles J.mcintire
Middlesen
Porsche
Edward Zawton
Samuel Linwton
Lowell
An Raver
Maynard Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire
Andrew Lawrence
West Acton
Stow
Frank H. Whitcomb
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Pines
Washington Star
Puck
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
Commonwealth of M
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
G. A. Conant
Liberty Street
R. W.,. Geddes
W. D. Cross & CO
Concord
LN. Fowler
A. D. Russel
Waynard
Augustus Fletcher
Marlboro Laundry
Ain Street
Marnard, Mass
Daniel
J. Y. Tucker
Administrator's Sale
Adeline M. Lawrence
Charles F. Andriew
Groneke H. Lawrence
Hanson A. LrrvLertenp
Whitney
Loring Bros
Peis
Tattles
Jones and Wetherbee
South Acton, Mass
James Devane
Mass
M. E. Sheehan
Lewis L. Hawes
Tuttle
Hubbard Street
Quincy
Barre
Scotch
Bedford St
Bisbee Brothers
W. H. Lawrence
Frank E. Tasker, M. D
West Acton, Mass
C. J H. Taylor
Tolla
Maynard’s Block
Rbs
Neil Currie & CO
Maynard, Mass
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