Waking devices and alarms in daily life and death
Washington Cor. Philadelphia Times surveys a flood of inventions to keep people alert from wrist alarms that prick the skin to bed frames that tilt, panic-inducing rattles, corks at the sleeper’s nose, gas ignition guards, pickpocket alarms, graveyard torpedoes, and clockwork street lamps, bathes in a period of novelty and caution.
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Patent Office
Hayseed
Ashland
Wis
Chicago
Providence
Sleepy Head
Austin
Washington Cor
Philadelphia Times
Saloonette scoundrel returns kiss scam at Union Station
Walter Redmond and his wife duped traveling men at Union station in Louisville by staging a kiss with a Salvation Army worker. Redmond won a $20 bet after caressing the woman and kissing her, then collected the stake and left with his wife toward Ninth and Broadway.
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Salvation
Walter Redmond
Union Station
Salvation Army
Redmond
Ninth and Broadway
Louisville Courier-Journal
Hint to Artists on Street Car Conversation
On Fourteenth Street cars a sculptor argues with a companion about gifting art to a society woman who hoards bric-a-brac and vertu. He mocks her taste, but agrees to offer a plaster model rejected by a committee, hoping she will praise it and bring an order. The anecdote mimics art market pretensions in New York.
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Plaster of Paris
New York Commercial
Chicago Lad Builds Bread Route at Hyde Park
Robert Stuart, a 13 year old Hyde Park boy, started a bread route for Mr O Marrow's bakery on Fifty fifth street. He canvassed 30 families, delivered early each morning, and expanded to a wagon to handle growing demand. The venture earns him money and the bakery keeps his services.
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Robert Stuart
Hyde Park
O’marrow
Fifty-fifth Street
Robert
O’ Marrow
Dramatic Assassination of Emperor Paul of Russia
The dramatic killing occurred on March 24 1801 as nine nobles attacked Emperor Paul in his private chamber. The emperor fought, hid, and finally was strangled with his sash after a fierce struggle.
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Paul
Russia
Retiring Father Closes House Early Says Detroit Free Press
A young caller questions a father about his retirement habits. The woman replies he retires at ten and requires the house to be shut within thirty minutes, a strict routine noted by the Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit Free Press
Snowdrift Tease Sparks Speechless Banter
A Cincinnati Enquirer humor snippet shows a girl and a young Maui figure misreading each other during a playful exchange about a snowdrift. The quip highlights light romance amid witty wordplay.
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Maui
Cincinnati Enquirer
Roquefort Cheese Industry Supports Thousands in France
It is estimated that as many as 60,000 farmers and others in France make their living by the manufacture of Roquefort cheese.
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France
Vast Egyptian Field Holds Over Two Thousand Obelisks
Report notes more than 2,000 obelisks exist in Egypt in various states of preservation with many still standing and others toppled from ancient sites. The figure reflects extensive quarrying and reuse across the ancient landscape.
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Egypt
Opal Clouds Lifted Lovers Above Moonlit Hair
Poetic fragment describes lovers gazing at stars and moonlit hair as they rise beyond their world. The speaker recalls a bright moment, feeling a strange heartbeat while lingering in the moonlit scene. The mood is wistful and intimate, full of imagery.
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Love
Why the Dog's Nose Is Cold
A poetic retelling of Noah's Ark explains why a dog's nose stays cold. The dog fails to find space aboard the crowded ark as rain pours for nine hundred hours, leaving his nose perpetually damp and cold, a trait attributed to the rescue tale.
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Mamma
Noah
B. M. Lincoln
New York Tribune
How a Newsboy Helped Across the Street
A blind man on Madison Street is guided safely across La Salle by a quick thinking newsboy. Amid noisy cable cars, the boy seizes the moment and takes the elder’s arm before returning to his post with a casual call of Noos.
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Madison Street
la Salle Street
Noos
Chicago
Puss Spoiled an Election In Ballot Box Incident
A cat was locked in a ballot box on Tuesday night and freed on Wednesday afternoon. The cat slept as ballots were dropped in and was later found meowing in the sealed box. The judge ruled it illegal to open the box but counsel advised, and the cat was released after causing ballot shreds.
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Lussy
The Sports of Long Ago and Today
A Philadelphia Times essay notes no new sport exists and youths worldwide share a love of play. It traces ancient games from Egypt to Rome, Greece to Tezcuco and cites modern worries about prize focus and overstructured play, urging fun over life and death stakes.
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Paris
London
Boston
Philadelphia
Montezuma
Mexico
Nezahualpilli
Tzin
Tezcuco
Greece
Rome
Sparta
Nero
Commodus
Themistocles
Athens
Philadelphia Times
Father Ryan the Poet Priest of the Lost Cause
A glowing tribute compares Father Ryan to all other American poets, lauding him as uniquely gifted and widely beloved in the South. The piece notes his reputation as the poet of the lost cause and praises his humane sympathy, literary merit, and distinctive place among contemporaries.
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Father Ryan
South
Gong
A Handsome Berlin Gown Described in Detail
The description outlines a mouse gray reception gown from Berlin with a figured moire skirt, openwork embroidery, and plastic rosettes. It features a satin lined waist with small satin bands, a jabot of yellow guipure lace, a wired points garland at the neck, white silk gauze ruches, a gold and silver belt, silver rosettes, and spiral leg o moth sleeves.
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Berlin
Personal musings from a Boston Courier dialogue
A brief exchange notes odd happenings in the world and comments on timing, centered on a casual conversation between two speakers. The line emphasizes skepticism and a casual tone about events.
Sermon on the Mount Teachings Across Mountain Scenes
A Rev. Stearns commentary gathers mountain scenes from scripture and contrasts them with plains. It argues discipleship requires surrender to Christ, embraces meekness, righteousness, mercy, purity, peacemaking, and acceptance of persecution. It cites Isaiah, Jeremiah, John, and Paul to link beatitudes with living faith.
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God
Father
Heaven
Grie
Isaiik
Earth
Moses
God of
Lord Jesus
Prince of
Christ Jesus
Christ
Kingdom of Heaven
John the Baptist
Battle Honors misstate White Plains battle facts
A New York Press critique argues The Navy and Army Illustrated misclaims about Washingtons forces at White Plains on Oct 28, 1776. It accuses the British account of exaggerating the Slashers role and distorting casualties and movements toward Dobbs Ferry.
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Bragg
Battle of
White Plains
Washington
Bronx
Connecticut
McDougal
Chatterton Hill
Navy
Army
Howe
Dobbs Ferry
Hudson
New Jersey
New York Press
Shadowing a Footballer Examines Amateur Status
A young college football star named D- is suspected of accepting pay for play. An emissary visits his rural home and, posing as a book agent, learns from the farmer father that the player is indeed “kicking for cash” and has long received more money than an amateur should.
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Waal
Harper’s Bazar
Europeans Abroad Shape Young Americans Abroad
A reader notes that children raised overseas grow up with a different view of Europe and that rapid steamship travel dulls its allure for new generations. The letter laments diminishing glamour of foreign travel and suggests bringing children up abroad yields better Americans. It concludes with a trivia claim about human leg and foot proportions versus other animals.
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Europe
New England Leads in Manufacturing Relative to Population
The article notes that no European country compares with New England in the share of population engaged in manufacturing, highlighting the region's industrial concentration and productivity.
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New England
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