impostor who feigned epilepsy to steal valuables
A detailed recounting of Craig, an impostor famed for feigning epileptic fits to distract crowds, steal pockets, and evade detection. Observed by doctors, he staged dramatic falls from a hospital balcony, was exposed by a keen young physician, and later hired to educate students on how such feigns are constructed.
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Newton
Europe
America
England
Craig
Whitechapel Road House Hospital
London
New York Tribune
Seventh Century Writings On Luxurious Chairs
Bede remarks that women of his era display luxury in furniture as chairs have wooden circling legs that sway back and forth causing sickness to behold them. The antiquarian note reflects early critiques of fashion and comfort in medieval life.
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Bede
Young Nebraska Woman Elected Brown County Attorney
Miss Estelle Mae Davisson, a 23 year old, was elected Brown County attorney in Nebraska as a fusion candidate defeating a Republican rival. A Michigan graduate and Long Pine resident, she is praised as one of the North Platte region’s brightest lawyers and perhaps the state’s only woman county attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Mae Davisson
Brown County
Nebraska
Miss Davisson
Towa
Davisson
Michigan University
Sibley
Long Pine
Neb
State University At
Lincoln
Miss. Davisson
Chadron
Inexpensive Paper Handkerchiefs Pitched for Germ Control
An 19th century New York Ledger suggestion advocates paper handkerchiefs made from shredded fiber to combat contagion from infected clothing. They would be cheap absorbent disposables that could be burned after use to prevent disease spread. The idea includes impregnation with antiseptic to boost effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Ledger
Consulting the Clock In New York City Streets
A historical note describes New Yorkers frequently consulting clocks in stores and churches. Store clocks act as silent guardians guiding pedestrians and deter crime, while church clocks attract patrons and signal active timekeeping during daily life. In particular, St Pauls steeple renovation revived gilded hands and the bell.
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New York City
St. Paul’s
New York Mail and Express
Yellow Fever of Fashion Sweeps Europe and America
The New York Post notes a global yellow fever of color as yellow dominates winter palettes. Red leads England’s coats, Czarina blue spreads in France, gray and green rise in popularity, with fashion journals naming country and personages.
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England
France
Paris
New York Post
The Magic Ring and Coralie in a Dreamlike Ride
Kenneth Grahame in Scribner's recounts Coralie the radiant horsewoman. The scene blends band music, whip signals, and thrilling maneuvers as spectators imagine a world of fairy charm and dramatic spectacle.
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Coralie
She
Kenneth Grahime
Scribner's
Remarkable Linden Man Drinks Half Gallon Brandy Daily
A Linden Virginia man, Edwin Hudnall, reportedly consumes half a gallon of brandy daily for 20 years. He claims no ill effects, maintains vigor, and remains a respected local business figure, baffling prevailing beliefs about liquor's harm.
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John. L. sSynth
Linden
Dwin Hudnall
Linde
Washington Star
Oberlin Women Support Mary Lyon Legacy
Fraternal ties show support for women’s education as Oberlin teachers and pupils send $450 to Mount Holyoke College in a Thanksgiving gesture. Mary Lyon, earlier a teacher in Ipswich, helped Oberlin’s early push for equal access to college.
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Oberlin
Mary Lyon
Miss Grant
Ipswich
Mass
Mount Holyoke Seminary
Mount Holyoke College
Miss Helen Gould Builds Rich Library And Quiet Charity
Miss Helen Gould at Lyndhurst directs a superb library of over five thousand modern English and American works plus medieval manuscripts. At 26 she has already funded numerous charities, giving quietly with substantial schemes unknown to the public.
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Helen Gould
Lyndhurst
Miss Gould
New York
Druse Contracts And Masonry Ties Claims
A Druse farmer used a traditional oath binding with hand grips and witnesses, leading a Freemason author to claim esoteric similarities between Druse rites and Freemasonry. The piece notes Druse secrecy and long access needed for insight. Blackwood’s Magazine discusses oboes and wind instruments potentially harming heart patients and raises a warning about lip contact and cancer.
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Boeing
Druse
Mason
Blackwood's Magazine
Villa de Medici's French artists in Rome prize system
The Villa de Medici in Rome hosts four young French artists each year through a Paris spring competition. Winners receive housing, meals, studios, and funding for four years from the French government. The piece also recounts a language translation anecdote about a student translating a French insult.
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Villa de Medici
Old City
Medici
School of Wine Arts
Paris
Buffalo Women’s Club opens with unusual rule for guests
The Twentieth Century club of Buffalo is described as the first genuinely new women’s club. Members may invite male guests who must depart with their chaperone after lunch. The club employs no female service, asserting male service is more trustworthy. The note is attributed to the New York Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Twentieth Century Club of
Buffalo
New York Herald
Miss Julia Richman Promotes Child Hygiene Education
Miss Julia Richman, principal of a New York City grammar school, undertakes a campaign to teach mothers child hygiene. She visits homes of delinquent mothers, lectures in the school assembly room, and launches a course titled Hygiene and Education to keep children clean and well cared for.
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Julia Richman
New York City
Sun Plaiting Skirts Fashion in Paris
Paris designers unveil sun plaiting creating waist plaits that widen toward the hem. The new technique forms tiny laps, making hems 1 to 1 ½ inches wide and holds the top skirt out stylishly.
Federated Clubs of Illinois Advance Public School Work
In Illinois the Federated Clubs push school improvement by visiting classrooms as learners, studying hygienic conditions, and tracking school legislation. Members learn value of new teaching methods, and some use medicine droppers noting 60 drops per teaspoonful. Salt as a weather barometer hints rain when damp.
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Federated Clubs
Illinois
Porcupine Spines Described In Humorous Compare Of Rulers
A Portland Oregonian piece uses a caricature to compare the pope and the sultan with porcupine spines. It notes neither ruler has left his capital in nearly two decades. The column explains spine barbs cause pensile injury and linger under skin with movement.
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Pope
Rome
Turkey
Constantinople
Vatican
Portland Oregonian
Princess Pauline de Metternich Wins At Budapest Cattle Show
Princess Pauline de Metternich has shifted from fashion to farming and earned the grand medal and diploma of honor at the Budapest exhibition for her display of fine cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline de Metternich
Young Chief Granted 60 Day Visit Under Tribal Notice
A Umatilla tribal leader receives a permit allowing a 60 day absence to visit Wallowa and nearby areas with other Indians. Described as law abiding and friendly to whites, the notice asks whites to respect him and pledges action if his group causes trouble.
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Young Chief
Oregon
Wallowa
Weathered News Snippet on Corn Weights and Distances
A Yonkers Statesman quip mentions a brass band and a solitaire joke. The text notes corn weights per bushel varies by state from 56 pounds to 52 pounds in California and Vermont. It also states letters take thirty eight days to travel from New York to the Falkland Islands.
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Yonkers Statesman
States
California
Vermont
New York
Falkland Islands
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