At Home and Abroad Batched News From 1890s
A wide collage notes social schemes in France to supply dowries, electric carriages in England, and gold rumors in Missouri. It reports U.S. school enrollment in 1891 92 and 1890 91, with attendance figures, and shows financial dealings in savings banks and life annuities. It highlights physical culture comparisons by De Bargent, Turkish interest in the World’s Fair, an American welcome in Constantinople, and a Californian prodigy Edith Dadami. It closes with a tale of a French millionaire’s coffin wager, dental health concerns in London, and tooth brushing drills in schools.
Modernizing Jerusalem's rail and water projects emerge
A survey of global notes covers France and Spain on gambling debts, Jerusalem's new railway to Jaffa and waterworks, ancient remains in Tennessee, English dietary temperance, and war archives progress. It also notes Routt County buffalo relics, ocean vessel size limits, and a swindler's final years in Holloway with a large Clark-related fraud, plus currency imitation concerns and new scrip legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Routt County
Col
Kentt County
Charles H. Cramp
Philadelphia
New York Harbor
Cramp
Rene Bache
Washington
Secret Service
United States
Guatemala
Treasury
Congress
Isbor
Curious Religious Titles From the Reformation Era
A note lists curious old religious book titles from Britain's Reformation period. Examples include Some Fine Bieauits Baked in the Oven of Charity and The Gun of Penitence, reflecting period dramatic naming practices and controversial spiritual themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morohes
Bank of Faith
Transformation Through Forgiveness and Family Ties
Hulda, a once-proud businesswoman, endures gossip and heartbreak after Dan Bellair’s marriage to Fan Taggart. A chance visit from Dan’s sister’s daughter reveals a deeper truth and sparks Hulda to open her heart. She transforms her life by embracing family, charity, and a new home for Dan and his children, while Lisha Webster returns to claim his own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lislie Webster
Harvey
Bellair
Dan
Satan's Ledge
Antone
Hulda
Mies Hardy
Roger Harvey
Sally
Bellairaz
Fan Taggart
Sombra
Aleo
Roger
Dickson's Carnera
Sho
Lisha Webster
Jacob
Hulds
Lishe
Dickson Corners
Weill
Shoe
Allie
Papa
Papa Hodoca
Sahoi
Paps
Dan Boush
Huldo
Ioea
Hhastened
Holdo
Hukini
Worthington's
Wild Wind Voices Inspire Heart Amid Stormy Seas
A lyrical verse describes a sweeping, boundless emotion as storm winds rise from the ocean. The speaker compares the current tumult to past scenes of spring and lofty landscapes, then finds personal joy within the rising wind and crashing breakers, voiced by Martha T. Tylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha T. Tylor
Lipplacott
Bravery of tiny birds in night roost battles failed human eye
A correspondent recounts hummingbirds attacking much larger birds in defense of territory. He notes robbing a hawk, driving away sparrows, and a Jamaican doctor bird fiercely attacking a man near its nesting site. The piece highlights how small birds can constrain larger foes and cause personal danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scionce
Jamaica
Becaue
Sean
Tate
A Melancholy Reflection and Quick Wit Sketches
A collage of humorous vignettes from various sources. Jokes about marriage letters signatures and eccentric shop talk capture light satire. Notable bits include a wife preferring a signature over letters a honey moon quip about foolery and a jeweler’s gag about engagement rings.
Quirky Vintage Jests From Old Newspapers
A collage of brief quotes and gags from 19th and early 20th century papers. Humorous exchanges touch on work ethics, domestic life, legal bravado, stage drama, and hotel misadventure, featuring nameless speakers and dated slang. The snippets capture period humor and social rhythms.
Fragmented snippets from a Chicago Tribune page
A collage of vignettes includes a humorous exchange at a doorway with Miss Knjona, an old man in a railway station posing as a life insurance agent, a geology professor fielding questions, and a street discussion on the Sherman and silver laws interrupted by a street scuffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankinson
Porior
Ferguson
Chicago Tribune
Iceterar
Clark Street
Benhora
Congress
Chicago- Tribune
Perfume Extraction From Grasse Flowers Described
A foreign correspondent details Grasse France where jasmine harvest occurs in fall. Flowers are processed by boiling distillation and the cold method using ten stacked glass panels. Workers layer faded blooms with oil then repeat ten times, producing perfumed grease and a spirit extract for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grasse
France
Boston lecturer recalls Japan journey and tea house sign
A Boston lecturer described a journey through Japan noting how houses are decorated with mattices. He showed a stereopticon view and joked the image might read God bless our home. A young Japanese attendee translated the sign, revealing it as the tea house name Poston Poot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God Ators
Boston
Japan
Fie Nail
Watta Trio
Poston Poot
A Dainty Dish of Tea Cakes and Corn Dishes
Recipes and culinary notes from the Ladies Home Journal and American Farmer cover tea cakes corn samp and chicken salad. Includes oyster soup and kitchen tips on appliances cleaning and table arrangements alongside verse and general domestic guidance.
Witty Fragments From The Late-Night Pages
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers features quips about thieves, laundry mishaps, misheard lines, and social foibles. Included are musings on luck, love, manners, and everyday absurdities, with brief exchanges among readers and fictional characters.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hea Beet
England
Missouri
Kansas City Star
Postoriios Savings Bank Ak Department
de. Bargent
Harvard
Turkey
America
Chicago
Constantinople
Edith Dadami
Sha
Ilen
New York
Europtolemus
Cyprus
Pliny
New York Tribune
London
Medical Department
Army
Five
Achoola
Spain
Venezuela
Germany
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Bova Oity
East, Tennessee
Ernest Hart
War Records ‘Office
War Department
Baltimore Herald
Charles Howard
Holloway
James Hall Cooper Clark
San Jose
South America
Clark
Clarks
Clarkes
Mary
Denigon
Hardy
Bho
Tommy
Mr. Sophead
Duckie Darling
Noew Yor! Weekly
Spooney
New York News
Miss Freckles
Miss Mugg
Street & Smith
Yesterdaay
Joseph Banister
Raymond’s Monthly
New York Press
Silvalady
Salealady
Washington Bitar
Rudolph
John
Nadgar
Washington Star
Ilousehold Mattees
Lincoln, Neb
Tatea
Sarah
Picayune
Waiat
Lowell Courier
Martriedtig
Indy
Dulles
Hawaii
Patie
Gouregte
Unose
Bam
Aman
Central America
New York World
Paw
Mr. Fign
Indianapolis
Johnny
Nash
Rochester Democrat
Geld
Gilly
Brooklyn Life
Skiggles
Buffalo Courier
Boston Transcript
Atten
Littl
Philadelphia Ledger
Brooklyn
Brown
Jones
Smith
Mable Benderby
Mag Scaraway
Mr. Waxwell
Marriat
Aimer E. Can
Inglish
Brooklyn Tuife
Yenruso
New York Weekly
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