Carharts Party Mixup Ends in Temperance Meeting Farce
In New York a mixup at 1155 Lexington Avenue leads journalist and amateur musician to attend a temperance gathering by mistake. Professor Tod from Madham, Conn., arrives amid a sleigh of misdirected invitations, while Miss Henrietta Carhart’s joke plunges guests into a comical clash of class, music and misunderstanding.
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Lexington Avenue
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Fifth Avenue
Henrietta
Carharts
Bogey
Mr. Bogey
Mr. Crackles
Tod
Crackles
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Professor Tod Clashes Over Triangle Lunacy
In New York Star, Mr. Tod of Mudham confronts Mr. Carhart and Mr. Bogey over a triangle performance and a temperance lecture invitation. The exchange grows chaotic as Tod asserts his identity and status, while Carhart questions the man’s claim and lodges him at Bogey’s residence for the night amid accusations of madness.
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Professor Tod
Mr. Carhart
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Tuangle
Cred Tod
Mudham
St. Louis
Kansas City
St Lous Globe- Demecrat
Telegraphic progress for messengers in San Francisco
A District Telegraph company suggestion envisions sending progress updates to customers every fifteen minutes. Messengers report locations such as Kearney and Market, Du Pont and Geary, Union Square, Mason and Geary, and milestones like nearing completion of a story, plus returns planned tomorrow.
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Kearney
Dupont‘ and
Geary
Union Square
Mason
San Francisco Chronicle
Nyastaranga Horn Lures Breath From Vocal Cords In Museums
A National museum instrument called nyastaranga, though never blown, is pressed against the singer’s throat and its small end rests on the vocal cords. On drawing breath the performer creates a reed like tone. Hindoo musicians are said to be proficient with this ancient upanga, unique to India.
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National Museum
India
Washington Cor
Globe-Democrat
Nettle used in German textile production
The nettle is among recent useful substances, cultivated in Germany for fibre. Dresden produces thread so fine that sixty miles weighs two and a half pounds, proving useful for many fabrics. The note reflects on nature concealment and antiquity.
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Germany
Dresden
Arkansaw
Calming Waves With Oil On Troubled Seas
A New York Times report details early experiments by hydrographic teachers and skippers using oil to calm rough seas. Vessels like the Kate Fawcett and Barnwell fitted with oil tanks saw waves slacken, while improvised bags of heavy oil and oil baths were used on steers. Captains reported reduced deck flooding and safer passages, with several ships adopting oil fixtures after successful tests.
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South Street
Thomas
United States Hydrographic Bureau
Lieu
Cottman
Kate Fawcett
Young
Gillon
Barnwell
Neptune
Lord
American Steamship Advance
St. Thomas
Barbadoes
Peters
Lyon
Schulz
W. H. Jones
Hatteras
New York Times
Quality of Meat: Feeding Changes Pork and Beef Quality
The Boston Budget notes that Professors Henry and Sanborn proved pork quality can be greatly changed and improved by judicious feeding. It asserts beef and mutton may similarly improve with proper feeding.
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Henry
Sanborn
Boston
Indians and Cavalry Life Through a Veteran’s Eyes
A veteran cavalry major discusses Indian campaigns, remounts, and tactics, detailing how plains tribes outran and overwhelmed riders, the harsh winter campaigns, and the toll on troops while lamenting the end of great endurance wars. He cites Sioux, Blackfeet, Kiowas, Comanches, Cheyennes, and Crow allies amid midwestern campaigns.
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Southen Hotel
United States Service
Edo
Tigne
Shase
Plains News
Cavalasman
Rio Grande
Moe
Sowa
Anmona
Central Plains
Arkansas
United States
Nelson A. Miles
Werther
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Art and language musings from early 20th century prose
The excerpt discusses American appreciation of sculpture and architecture through a commentator named Richardson, contrasting ideas of art value and technique. It also critiques English grammar as taught to children, urging natural language learning over formal labels, per The School.
Daughters of Working People and Industrial Education
A discussion cites the Anti Poverty society’s aims and the value of industrial education. It highlights teaching daughters of working people to manage housework and food selection as part of daily Christian charity, quoting Professor W Atwater on the movement.
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Atwater
Inside a vault with guards and keys at a bank
A New York Sun excerpt describes a bank vault with heavy steel doors, counting rooms, and 2500 safes where bonds notes and papers are stored. It explains how trustees use multiple keys to access safes and how vault security is designed to prevent any single trustee from opening a safe alone.
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Urs
New York Sun
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