Asia Minor rail line would span Europe and Asia
A proposed rail route from Scutari to Ismidt in Asia Minor would extend to India, serving as a grand transdivision line between Europe and Asia and passing near Isannibul’s tomb with Nicomedia as a stop. It would cross repaired bridges built by Justinian and claims a historic right of way across ancient routes.
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Asia Minor
Scutari
Ismidt
India
Europe
Asia
Itposkoa
Isannibul
Nicomedia
Justinian
Forgotten Friends Past and Present Echoes
A reflective verse from a Chicago past piece on memory and faded ties. The speaker laments forgotten names and faces, yet clings to lingering perfume and a golden thread of memory.
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Shane
Chicago
Wild Ride Ends in Hunter's Point Wedding Rescue
Mattie Dallas flees a drunken brutalist Gil Jones after vowing never to marry him. She flees on Eagle to Hunter's Point where Jack Valrey and his mother aid her. A cliffside chase ends with vows at a clergy man and Gil injured in a canyon, marriage follows while her father recedes.
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Mattie Dallas
Gil Jones
Jason Dallas
Dent's Peak
Mattie
Jack
Matlie
Luke Keennens
Jake Galeton
Engle
Jake
Valrey
Hunter’s Point
Eagle
Priva
Lonn
Earle
Eugie
Hunter's Point
Jack Valvey
Nia
Henest
Gil
Matsie
London
Lair
Poland
Wom
Bucher Mai
St Peters
Botkod
Warsaw
Bolkot
Fly repellent by dried clover scent discovered
An admirer in Madison Avenue found that four dry destroyers remove fly papers and poisons, while dried clover blossoms hung in a room repelled flies. He observed no flies since the clover dried, noting flies cannot stand the scent.
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Madison Avenue
New York Star
Gooseberry Wine Fraud Alleged Champagne Oxidation
A Philadelphia wine expert warns that Gooseberry wine is sold as genuine champagne in the United States. The article notes bottles imitate well known brands and resemble champagne in appearance, taste, and sparkle, misleading consumers who may fail to detect the fraud.
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New York News
France
New York
United States Bureau of Statistics
South America
Hawaii
Mexico
Great Britain
Germany
Notciittla
Phildelphia
Sidion
Life on the Congo and the widening empire
Report reviews Congo State efforts to civilize and protect natives. It notes edicts against liquor, slave trade suppression, new rail routes, and education at Bangala station for 170 children. The Congo Railroad advances with 98 white workers and 1,000 native laborers. Also includes anecdotes on long speeches and foreign travel customs.
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Congo
New York Sun
Event
Europe
Conzo
Great
Inkis-ki River
Leopoldvilie
Atlantis Ocean
Bangala
Atria
Boondong
Fashionable jewelry and society styles in decline and rise
A Chicago Post excerpt discusses jeweled hair bracelets and diamond displays, social trends in bold accessories, and women’s dress choices. It notes experts’ views on piercings, hair arrangements, and the value of precious stones in society. The piece also covers fashion shifts like top boots, cloaks, and fall color trends, plus women entering chemistry and pharmacy fields and jewelry counterfeiting via imitation gems.
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Chicago Post
Rubens and Correggio
Anys
Jenness-Miller
Household tips and preserves for stains and meat
Household guidance covers stain removal with acids and ammonia, egg preservation by sealing shells, carpet moth prevention with an alum salt solution, and washday science. Also includes brine recipes for ham curing, drying and smoking notes, along with croquette and coffee tips. Answers emphasize practical, era-appropriate domestic procedures and formulas.
Strange Reptiles and the Isles Dragon Wreck of Fossil Tales
A Victorian-era tale recounts the ish lizard a thirty foot fossil monster from Lyme Regis with dragon bat like features and a serpent neck creature alongside a flying bat winged water animal. The narrator from St Nichols notes a country girl uncovered bones and fossils abundant in her locale sparking wonder at ancient sea monsters.
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England
Lyme Regis
He—X
St. Nicholss
Peculiar Mortuary Card Deal Sparks City Versus Philadelphia Debate
A dead Harlem woman’s funeral card summons a letter delivered next morning bearing her full name age and death date with Watts verse and doggerel. A price list on the card invites return if unused, suggesting Philadelphia as the cardmakers’ base. Other items recall Baldy the aged Civil War horse and a French device to blind runaway horses to prevent accidents.
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Slinvo
Harlem
Dogeerel
One Daily
Philadelphia
New York Star
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Arsens Pension
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Belius
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Madwine
America
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Danbridge
College of Fheeplomn
College of Pharmacy
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EASON
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Baldy
Missouri
Lafayett County
John Yakley
Company F. Gordon
Shelby
Bael
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St Louis Republic
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