Muck to Honey Tale of Lottery Prize in Washington
A Star reporter recalls J. W. Yates of 612 G Street winning a $15,000 prize from the Louisiana Lottery. He bought a ticket from a man with tickets and misread the value until a bank deposit confirmed the win. The item weaves in assorted notes on remedies and other local oddities.
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Washington,d. C
Star
J. W. Yates
G Street
Pimlico
Tsniv
New Orleans National Bank
Adams Express
The Japanese Sleep and Bedding Customs
In Japan a futon spreads on matting with another futon as a pillow atop wood. Nights are bathed in heat baths, and no nightdress is worn. Mosquito nets cover rooms and children, creating secure sleep spaces. The writer notes few child cries during travels, attributing comfort to these practices.
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Japan
Pierce
Remedy for Croup from Good Housekeeping Tale
A remorseful mother recalls six children lost to croup and tells of a remedies scene. Physicians distant, she uses a hot water foot poultice with onions and lard to soothe a seven year old, who sleeps peacefully after treatment. The piece also notes a wearable remedy using chamois skin, tallow, and pine tar.
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Good Housekeeping
Ep. M. Campbell
Oakland
California
Ever Jilted and the Moro of Love in the Opera Night
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt explores the vivid, humorous ache of being jilted, the theater row, and the prideful walk home after a bitter split. It contrasts common misery with the rare claim of being thrown over a partner’s head in a dramatic, self aware reflection.
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Hays
San Francisco Chronicle
World’s Highest Waterfalls Ranked by Height and Width
The article lists top falls by total height including the Krimbs Falls at 1 148 feet in Upper Prinzgau and the Verme Foss group in Scantina at 984 feet. It notes other high cascades in Romsdal Leams and Thelemarken, with Gastein and Hardanger Fjord falls nearby, and concludes with the Victorian Falls of the Zambezi at 39 feet high but 8 200 feet wide, followed by Niagara at 177 feet and 908 feet wide.
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Prinzgau
Scantinavia
Verme Foss
Romsdal
Bhre- Vults Foss
Sogue “Wjord
Rjuken Foss
Thelemarken
Sul Teet
Vellno
Zerni
Tacitus
Tessa
Val Formazza
Gastein
Salle
Skjaegedal
A Remarkable Romance The Double for Edmund Davies
The article recounts Edmund Davies and his twin brother Frank who posed as Edmund to win Fannie Forbes. Frank forged an identity by tattooing a hand and using the Latin iden signal, marrying Forbes, and later learning of the ruse. Edmund sails to Australia aboard the Franklin. Frank inherits his brother's fortune. The wife learns the truth only after the husband’s death, yet forgives him.
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Westminster
Chicago
Edmund Davies
Oxeroll
Frank
Edmund
Fannie Forbes
Forbes Farm
Davies Boys
Fannie
Misa Forbes
Baltimore
Fedmund
Captain Aker
Franklin
Australia
Mail
Davies
Carroll County
Frank Davies
Where Silence Was Safety. Boston Courier
A dialogue excerpt from the Boston Courier features Jepson and Jobson discussing honesty and criticism among friends. Jepson asks for candid private opinion, while Jobson notes the imbalance in height and rejects giving a direct appraisal. The exchange hints at social dynamics and wit.
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Boston Courier
Jepson
Jobson
Dr Anna Kingsford and the Nine Day Queen Beliefs
The New York World notes Dr Anna Kingsford, recently deceased in London, was believed by friends to be the embodied spirit of Lady Jane Grey, Queen for nine days. It recounts a Tower of London visit in Kingsford’s body and praises Kingsford as a brilliant, multilingual historian.
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New York World
Anna Kingsford
London
Trady Jane
Grey
England
Tower of London
Dr.Kingsford
Dr. Kingsford
New York
Dean
Old Citizen Falls Into Legal Trouble After Assault Case
An elderly man recounts pursuing a painter who duped him and later assaulting the worker, leading to a police court warrant for assault and battery. The tale sits among notices of society life, church figures, and assorted adverts echoing early 20th century urban chatter.
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Lila
Itil
Detroit Tree Press
Ohio and Mississippi Railway Holiday Excursions Offer
The Ohio and Mississippi railway announces round trip excursion tickets from St. Louis to White Sulphur Red Sulphur Old Sweet Salt Sulphur Chalybeate Rockbridge Alum and other Virginia Springs and western resorts. Sleeping cars run directly from St Louis to White Sulphur Springs with no car changes. Through sleepers on night runs avoid delays at Cincinnati and Louisville. Tickets available at St Louis offices and via connecting lines. For details contact A J Lyttle Western Passenger Agent Saint Louis. Hats Are to some men long felt want.
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Ohio & Mississippi Railway
St. Lovuis
Rockbridge
Virginias
Deer Park
Oakland
Alleghenies
Lake
St. Louis
Déer Park
Lake Chautauqua
Cur
White Sulphur Springs
Union
Cincinnati
Louisville
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N. 4Th
Endorsed Scientific Speci f ic By Prominent Experts
A tested product named as a scientific specification receives approval from Prof H A Lattimore official analyst of foods and medicines and the New Jersey State Board of Health, with endorsements from many chemists physicians and professionals.
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8.A. Lattimore
State ‘Board of’ Health
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