Oratory and Orator The Noble Moving Utterances Compared
An essay by Oswald Lyle Trafford contrasts English views of oratory with American notions, arguing true eloquence arises from sincerity and zeal. It analyzes Bishop Phillips Brooks and Canon Knox Little, noting Brooks’ rapid, infectious delivery and Little’s measured, artful style, both yielding lasting impact.
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Oswald Lyle Trafford
Library of Inspiration and Achievement
Beaconsfield
Joseph B. Bowles
A. Sq
St. Paul's
Knox Little
Phillips Brooks
History of Yellow Fever Epidemics and Spread
The article traces yellow fever from early outbreaks in Santo Domingo and Barbados, noting 1647 and 1800 Cadiz epidemics, a 1853 Atlantic coast US flare, and transmission via contaminated clothing and trunks. It describes susceptibility differences among races, lifelong immunity after infection, and the disease’s June to August prevalence with frost as a potential stop.
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America
Santo Domingo
Barbados
North
South America
Central America
Europe
Cadiz
United States
Atlantic
Rhode Island
Medina
Sidonia
Philadelphia
Mr. Bingham
His Only Dread Giraffe Joke From Cassell's
A humorous exchange features a giraffe and a lion. The giraffe asks about the lion being king of beasts and the lion replies that he is king but asks the giraffe to not tell his wife.
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Cassell
Canadian Chinaman Tax Cuts Off Arrivals in 1904
Canada’s law imposing a $500 poll tax on each Chinaman entering the dominion halted arrivals from January 1, 1904, except two who escaped from steamships. Steamship companies paid the tax for those cases. The exclusion deprived British Columbia of substantial revenue after $225,000 in 1903 and over $250,000 the prior year.
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Canada
Dominion
British Columbia
Real Estate Dealer Hypes Down Payment in Suburban Lots
In a Chicago Tribune style blurb a dealer touts suburban lots with a down payment of five hundred dollars while asking how much the parcels are worth. The piece captures a sales pitch tone common to real estate ads of the era.
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Chicago Tribune
Notable Young Authors At Chicago Forum
The chairman announces the evening speakers as William Shakespeare and M Holiere, hailed as notable authors of their eras, drawing great applause from the audience at the Chicago event.
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Styx
William Shakespeare
Booth Tarkington
M. Holiere
George Ade
France
Chicago Sun
Epidemics of History Across English Cities
The piece surveys historic disease outbreaks and famines in England from the twelfth to seventeenth centuries. It notes 15 epidemics and 19 famines in the twelfth century, 20 plagues and 19 famines in the thirteenth, the 1348 Black Death killing about 100000 in London and 25 million in Europe, the sweating sickness from 1485, and the 1664 66 plague toll in London followed by the 1666 fire and subsequent sanitary reforms.
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New York Herald
England
London
Europe
How Islands Get Forests
A concise look at how forest cover develops on remote islands across the Pacific and Atlantic. The piece explains natural processes of colonization by plants, the role of windblown seeds, bird-dispersed trees, and human influence shaping island forests over centuries.
Unconquered Boer rallies new army under Louw
Commandant Jan Louw, who refused to surrender after the 1902 Boer capitulation, has rebuilt a force from 300 to about 8,000 fighters in the Longberg mountains. Belief persists among Boers that a renewed rebellion will start in 1906, with 15,000 men ready to respond to Louw's call.
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Jan Louw
Longberg
German West Africa
South Africa
Louw
Ecall
The Brave Woodchuck Drives Following Dog
A Bangor Maine notice reports an unusual scene where a woodchuck appears to drive a dog during a drive near Phillips. The dog follows its mistress through the back towns, a curious rural moment captured by the newspaper.
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Bangor
Phillips
Darwinian Seed from Earth Under Bell Glass
The House Beautiful cites Darwin finding 82 plants germinating from a clod of earth attached to a wounded partridge leg. The earth, weighing six and a half ounces, was kept for three years before planting under a bell glass, and a surprisingly fertile seed bed emerged.
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Darwin
Newton
First to Ask Me After Escalation
A witty exchange captures a couple's engagement brief and a kiss question. He asks if he is the first man she kissed. She counters that he took a month to ask after they escalated their relationship.
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Chicago Daily News
Cornered quip sparks a left hand joke in Cassell's Journal
A Camden-era quip from Cassell's Journal features a performer challenging the audience to name a right-hand action he cannot match with the left. A voice from the gallery retorts with a sly line about tucking the left hand into his right-hand trousers pocket.
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Cassell
Lost Chord Mystery Turns Up in Detroit Press Parody
A playful Detroit Press quip asks if an amateur performed The Lost Chord and notes the performer could not locate it, humorously describing a scrambled keyboard search for the elusive piece.
Dog Chases Woodchuck After Hen-Free Roadside Encounter
A dog drives off hens along a road and meets a woodchuck. The dog barks with joy and leaps in front of the animal but senses trouble in its eye. The woodchuck follows, ending the chase as the dog retreats tail between legs toward Phillips.
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Phillips
Olive oil color ranges from pale green to colorless
Good Housekeeping notes olive oil hues vary from pale green due to chlorophyll particles to deep golden yellow or nearly colorless oil. It warns that intense brown yellow or deep green colors should raise suspicion about purity.
Towne and Browne Discuss Jiu Jitsu Defense Method
A Detroit Free Press snippet captures Towne and Browne debating the need for jiu jitsu training in modern times. They describe learning a method that teaches a man how to be knocked down without being hurt, framing it as essential for safety today.
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Towne
Browne
Detroit Free Press
Old Jests in Life Comic Exchange Between Girls
A brief living-room quip shows one girl scolding another for not speaking to her father. The second girl replies that he is between ages for usefulness, being too old for one task and not old enough for another, reflecting humor of age and family.
A Girl Thinks on Beauty and Expression in Society
A cautionary essay by Kate Upson Clark argues that facial expression shapes beauty more than complexion and attire. It warns that self-centered thoughts dull a face, while noble thinking refines expression, urging girls to read and think beyond vanity to improve appearance and character.
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Kate Upson Clark
Wheaton Club
New York
Joseph B. Bowles
Sydney Smith
Skin care routine of cleansing and creams recommended
The article advises the average person to use massage cream or skin food, a whitening cream, mild soap, and a good powder to maintain skin. It recommends cleansing with warm water and soap at night, applying cream afterward, then washing with cold water in the morning and reapplying cream before powder.
Easy Name Jay Cooke Story
The late Jay Cooke was named to spell itself, a decision by his father Eleutheros who faced constant mispronunciation and misspelling of his own name. He chose a simple given name that would be easy to spell.
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Jay Cooke
Eleutheros Cooke
Jay
Better for the Boy: Farm Work Pays Ten Dollars a Month
A Round-Up column from Texas notes praising farm labor for youths offering ten dollars monthly, contrasting with street life and urging parents to send their boys to work on the farm for steady pay and discipline.
Patterns for two stylish corset covers emerge
The article describes two easy to sew corset cover patterns that suit most figures. One features a back plait cluster with a blouse-like front and peplum-like circular waist pieces for a flat look. The other uses a plaited back and front with a waist drawstring secured by a casing, plus tips to keep strings flat and away from the waist.
Olive Oil Cure Promoted for Health Benefits
A health book extols food as medicine and advocates olive oil for nerve and blood disorders. Readers are urged to eat two apples daily and use olive oil in salads, with a gradual taste training to enjoy it raw. Benefits claimed include clearer skin, glossy hair, and liver health.
Fashionable Plaids and the Story Behind Shepherds Plaids
The piece explains two colored shepherds plaids as common in Highlands textiles. It notes that traditional clan plaids marked a fighter's house and were read by arms, while simple folk wore two color plaids due to affordability, which modern taste finds prettier than the chiefs’ older patterns.
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Highlands
Eggnog Preparation Pasteurization Note
A recipe notes beat egg yolk and white separately and whip the white to stiff froth. Then mix yolk with sugar and slowly add brandy or whisky to create a nutritious beverage.
Candle shades with beads and shells for festive tables
Small candle shades this year trend toward embellishment with fringe beads flower petals and shells. Iridescent glass bangles adorn shades for luxury table settings, especially on red or yellow tones.
Comic singer quits writes no more songs at London revival
A well known comic singer at Torrey and Alexander's London revival meeting announced he would write no more comic songs. The audience greeted the statement with lively demonstrations of satisfaction.
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Torrey and Alexander
London
Czar Takes His Cook When Dining Out
The czar of Russia, if dining away from a close friend, always brings his chef to prepare his meals, illustrating the strict personal catering practice observed by rulers.
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Czar
Russia
Choate to Erect Harvard Window in Southwark Church
Ambassador Choate plans to fund a memorial window for John Harvard at St. Saviors Church in Southwark London where Harvard founder born and christened. The Harvard Memorial Chapel will overlook London Bridge and mark Choates diplomatic tenure with praise from England.
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Ambassador Choate
Southwark
England
London
St. Savior's Church
John Harvard
Harvard University
St. Bartholomew's
Cardinal Beaufort
Shakespeare
Edmund Shakespeare
Lawrence Fletcher
The
Globe
Philip Henslowe
John Fletcher
Beaumont and Fletcher
Philip Massenger
John Gower
ST. Savior’s Church
James I of
Scotland
Johanna Beaufort
Gardiner
Hooker
America
Institution of Learning
Choate
London Bridge
Harvard Memorial Chapel
Lancashire mill worker prize spurs tobacco abstinence
A Lancashire woolen manufacturer once offered a sovereign to every worker who quit smoking for a year. After the year, 3200 dollars was claimed and paid, and 50 recipients chose to remain smoke free beyond the incentive.
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Lancashire
England
Lifesaving Parsons Family Honored for Drowning Rescues
On his 23rd birthday J Parsons of the Hollows Brentford England was awarded the Royal Humane Society certificate after rescuing two boys from drowning. His father has saved 48 people, giving the son a total of 23 lives saved.
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J. Parsons
The
Hollows
Brentford
England
Royal Humane Society
Food of Japanese Soldiers Shifts From Rice to Wheat Fish and Veg
The article notes a major change in Japanese soldiers meals. Rice was initially the staple, but wheat fish and vegetables now form a large part of daily rations. Both midday and evening meals now regularly include meat or fish.
London Death Rate Hits Record Low at 15.2 Per Thousand
London posted a new record low annual death rate of 15.2 per 1000 people last year, the first time since 1880 that rates did not exceed 20 per 1000. The trend follows a long period of decline since 1894, marking the metropolis health progress.
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London
Metropolis
Pepperish talk on reforming a wild fiancé
A Chicago exchange features a woman proposing to marry a wild suitor, claiming the union will reform him, while the other person questions whether punishment is deserved. The dialogue captures social attitudes on reform and marriage.
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Ernie
Eva
Chicago Daily News
Inventor Claims Device Reproduces Military Band Effect
Prof. Heinrich Schebela of Bucharest introduces an apparatus that enables a single person to reproduce the effect of an entire military band. The invention aims to simulate full band sounds through mechanical means.
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Heinrich Schebela
Bucharest
Paul Doumer Emerges as France’s Leading Self Made Man
Paul Doumer, newly named president of the French chamber of deputies, is hailed as the era’s most brilliant self made man. Born to a railway worker, he rose from apprentice engraver to minister and Indo China governor, then entered the chamber in 1883 and won reelection, shaping municipal unions treasury reform and workers cooperatives.
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Paul Doumer
French Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
Loubet
Doumer
Paul
Engrayver's
University of Paris
Chamber
Floquet
Weaver's clock with one hand from 1650 owned by Albree
An eighteenth century style clock, known as the weaver's clock, belongs to John Albree of Swampscott. Made about 1650 with hammered brass dial and arches of brass dolphins, it has only an hour hand and quarters marked.
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New York
John Albree
Swampscott
New Providence
Life saved by his watch at a pawnshop loan
The New York Sun recounts a dinner table tale where a colonel explains his life was saved by a watch after a pawnshop loan covered ten meals. The anecdote centers on a mysterious lull in conversation and a prized timepiece.
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New York Sun
Tye
Fair Inquisitor
New York
Albino Bear Killed by Two Hunters in Mountain Cave
Two Cincinnati hunters sheltering from rain in Nicholas county mountains alarm a white bear with pink eyes. After the bear attacks one hunter, William Graves fires the fatal shot. Graves keeps the skin and head, described as snow white with pink eyes, though the hide resembles a black bear.
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Cincinnati
Nicholas County
William Graves
Inventor Aims to Automate 226 Instruments
An inventor describes an organ keyboard system that electronically controls 226 instruments and plans to exhibit the apparatus in world capitals, predicting the era of bands is ending.
Tangled Titles in Royal Engagement Report
The Indianapolis Star notes Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Hücksburg is engaged to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The piece highlights debate over the eligibility and prestige of such matches amid noble titles and shifting public sentiment.
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Victoria Adelaide
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Hucksburg
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Indianapolis Star
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Niagara
Trinity Church
Wall Street
Canon Knox Little
Trinity
Time of Columbus
New South Wales
Queensland
Belgium
Houston Post
Theodore P. Shonts
Clover Leaf Route
Isthmian Canal Commission
Pacific
Brave Woodchuck
M. Theophile Delcasse
Japan
Detroit
Eggnog
University
Lancelot Andrews
Winchester
Lionel Lockyer
Charles II
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