Monkey Billy Thrives on Music and Acrobatics in Harlem Home
Albert Anderson keeps Billy the monkey in a 10 by 12 room filled with acrobatic gear and a bed. The small creature dances to music, blows a harmonicon, and toys with a music box before exercising on bars. A confrontation with Sam the house cat ends with the cat fleeing Billy’s leaps.
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Albert Anderson
Harlem
Billy
Albert Anderson, Jr
Albert
Sam
New York Sun
Chow Dog Delicacy Comment Sparks China Dinner Customs
The San Francisco Call notes Canton markets display dogs for cooking as delicacies. It contrasts the puppy chow’s age and weight with culinary value, while labeling the practice as part of Chinese cuisine and humorously reflecting on childlike charm of the pups. It mentions alternatives like rats for the poor.
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China
Canton
Chow
San Francisco
Loyal Royal Trick in Silesia Harpers Round Table Tale
A private soldier recounts Frederick the Great’s night disguise in camp. Frederick tries to tempt the sentry with a cigar, asking for permission to break rules. The sentry responds with scorn, calling him Tam the king and declaring the king be hanged.
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Frederick the Great
Prussia
Harper’s Round Table
Silesia
Frederick
Tam
High Priced Proofreader at London Times
The chief proofreader, a Cambridge graduate, earns £1000 a year or about $5000. He is a renowned scholar in English and many tongues including Asiatic languages. He may query and suggest excisions or additions to writers and editors.
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The
London Times
Cambridge
Ejected Captain Kidd Crashes Opera House Half Price
Bonaparte asks about the fracas at the opera house. Shakespeare replies that Captain Kidd caused the disturbance by insisting on half price admission claiming he was a Kidd. The anecdote captures a lighthearted scene from Harper's Bazaar style humor.
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Opera House
Bonaparte
Shakespeare
Captain Kidd
Kidd
Harper’s Bazar
Strong Russian fortress Cronstadt guards Baltic fleet port
Cronstadt stands as Europe’s strongest fortress in European Russia and serves as the Russian naval depot on the Baltic Sea, anchoring defense and fleet operations.
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European
Russia
Cronstadt
Baltic Sea
Inmdon Distance From Washington Revealed
An article notes Inmdon lies 8 315 miles northeast of Washington city marking geographic reference.
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Inmdon
Washington City
Ostrich Hunting Attracts Arab Hunters For High Stakes
The ostrich chase draws Arab hunters who pursue the bird on small horses for hours to exhaustion. The bird’s size and endurance make flight impossible and its plumes skin and flesh provide rewards. Autopsy notes odd items in its stomach and hints at export and domestic use for Africa’s resources.
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Africa
Paris
The Innuit Race People of Alaska Described
A summary from the Alaska News describes the Innuit or Eskimo people inhabiting Alaska’s coast and islands from the Arctic boundary to the Aleutians. It details their geography, fearlessness at sea, naming origins of Innuit and Eskimo, physical traits, language unity with local dialects, and cultural traits including height, beards, labrets, good nature, and fondness for dancing and athletic sports.
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Alaska
Boundary Line
Arctic
Bering Strait
Alaskan Peninsula
Aleutian Islands
Mount St. Elias
Cook’s Inlet
Copper River
Greenland
Labrador
Atlantic
Pacific
Alaska News
Robber Gulls of the Pacific Observed by Grays Harbor Expert
L C Gardner of Grays Harbor Washington explains how the robber gull shadows the pelican along the Pacific coast. The pelican dives for fish and drops it into its pouch, allowing the swift robber gull to seize the prey before the pelican can recover.
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Pacific Coast
L. C. Gardner
Grays Harbor
Wash
Denver Republican
Autograph Hunters In A Humorous Exchange
Johnson asks Noah about autograph hunters and Noah admits unfamiliarity. Johnson explains autographs are sought by people, while Noah jokes about not seeing one, noting they did not exist in the ark. The dialogue playfully contrasts modern fame memorabilia with ancient storytelling.
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Noah
Johnson
The
Ark
Harper’s Bazar
Effects of tea smoking alarms physicians on women
The New York Press reports a rising habit among young women who smoke green tea cigarettes. Doctors describe tea as a brain stimulant and sedative at once, with risks of insomnia nervousness fits and even convulsions after heavy use. Some women hide the habit, others host tea smoking gatherings.
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West Side
New York Press
Necessity Sparks Streetcar Stop Light Trick
A Peters Avenue line regular notes that dark nights see a light waved over the track to signal motormen. A smiling colored man boards after the car stops, a scheme born from low lighting to help the black community view the tracks. The New Orleans Picayune reports the practice as pairs of ingenuity and cooperation between riders and operators.
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Peters Avenue
New Orleans Picayune
Reading Diamonds by X Rays Discovery
The X ray method can determine real versus fake diamonds as real stones appear transparent while fake ones turn black. Glass, including eyeglasses, does not transmit X rays. A Vienna glassworker case showed glass in the finger was located and removed using this technique.
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Vienna
St. Janes
Watch for my boy just needs a working back open
A practical father asks for the cheapest watch that can be opened at the back. The dealer warns cheap models aren’t reliable for keeping time. The father replies that only the back opening matters, implying a simple mechanism access.
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Strand Magazine
Proposal Followed by Settlement Invite
A brief exchange notes one person believes a suitor has proposed many times, while the other refuses, then invites to visit once settled, per Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit Free Press
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Gotham
Alaska Territory
J. L. Heaton
Necessity
W. A. Haynes & CO
Maynard, Mass
J. W. Henderson
Boston
N. B
W. Henderson
South Acton, Mass
T.F. Sheehan
Barrett’ S Mill Road
Concord Junction
Mass
Teremiah Sheehan
Josef Kulcsar
J. Kulcsar
Summer Street
Ryan& Walsh
Basin Cocks
Boynton
Keith
Lancaster
Crockery
Ladies’ and Cent
Tuttles
Jones & Wetherbee
Marlboro Steam Laundry
West Main Streets
J. B. Deane
Maynard
C. J Waite
Concord Jet
N. J. Cole
South Acton
Augustus Fletcher
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