Diamonds and Jockeys Tale of Diamond Joe Costen
Diamond Joe Costen is a widely known figure on the southern circuit who sells jewelry to jockeys trainers and other followers of racing. He says he has worked in the business about forty years and only sells to people he knows. Purchasers sign an agreement to buy back the stone within five years at 95 percent of the purchase price. He notes jockeys love jewelry and recently sold a jockey diamonds valued at 4200 dollars.
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Joe Costen
Tie
The
Dart
Louisville Herald
Artificial Cultivation of Sponges in Florida
The National Geographic Magazine reports a Bureau of Fisheries study in Florida testing sponge cultivation by cutting large sheep wool sponges into small pieces and attaching them to insulated wires in the water. Sponges heal and attach, then begin growth. early indications are encouraging and may vastly boost Florida sponge fisheries in productivity and value.
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Florida
Bureau of Fisheries
National Geographic Magazine
Cost per person shows U S government expenses lower than many nations
A department of commerce report table claims the United States runs government more cheaply per capita than most nations. It lists per person costs alongside many countries, noting U S expenditure near 80.97 annually while others like Canada 9.30, Germany 9.15, Sweden 59.91, Spain 310.09, and Australia 37.69. Russia is cited as similar to the United States.
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Department of Commerce
Libor
China
India
Russia
United States
Canada
German Empire
Sweden
Spain
Portugal
Netherlands
Cuba
Argentina
Austria-Tfanway
Paraguay
Belgium
France
United Kingdom
Australia
Zealand
Preparing For Emergency In A Dinner With Hall Caine
An anecdote depicts a 19th century dinner where Thomas Nelson Page asks English novelist Hall Caine to sign a guest’s menu card. Page jokes that he should sign too to prove he has read Caine’s work.
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Hall Caine
Thomas Nelson Page
Mr. Page
Mr. Caine
Page
Caine
Predictions on Panama Canal voyage reshaping West Indies tourism
In a letter to London News Varis Let ter notes that within ten years after the inaugural naval procession through the Panama Canal the United States will transform West Indies islands into a new Riviera, drawing European visitors. The forecast cites both official and non official American residents in Paris discussing travel trends.
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Paris
Panama Canal
United Stats
West Indies
Riviera
Europe
Varis
London News
Crime and poverty plague Sachalin island under Russian rule
The Sachalin island north of Japan, handed to Russia in 1875, is home to about 80,000 Russian criminals of war types. Vast poverty prevails and a grim saying claims a man may be murdered for 10 cents. Before the current war, over 13,000 Japanese visited yearly, with about 30 vessels tied up, loaded with fish used to manure rice fields.
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Sachalin
Japan
Russia
Oldest and youngest U S vice presidents noted
The article lists vice presidents by age, noting Gerry at sixty nine as the oldest to hold the office, and Breckenridge as the youngest at thirty six at inauguration. It mentions Clinton, King, Wilson, Sendricks and Morton as others who passed sixty.
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Nibridge Gerry
Ame
Istill
Clinton
King
Wilson
Sendricks
Morton
Bhiehw
John (. Brechinridee
How Lord Houghton Was Called Cool of the Evening
Sydney Santth’s naming of Monck eon Milne as Cool of the Evening is traced to a London dinner where Milne’s casual address to Sydney Smith sparked wit. Milne’s affront prompted Smith to offer a carriage ride if Milne refrains from mispronouncing the archbishop’s name, ending with Milne retreating from the table.
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Lord Houghton
Sydney Santth
Monckeon Milne
London
Sydney Smith
Milne
Ana
Lambeth Palace
Canadian major jokes on annexation in Washington visit
The United States consul general at Montreal, on a trip to Washington, shared anecdotes from his time in the metropolis and recounted a Canadian party's indignation over the Alaska decision. One speaker asked if annexation would come, prompting the major to reply that it would cost him his job. A Canadian colleague urged hostility to annexation to hinder his salary.
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United States
Montreal
Washington
Capital
New York
Our Lady of the Snows
Canada
Major Edwards
Ole
Ceas
Language of their own down there teased in Texas speech
A Philadelphia Press excerpt recalls a rural Texas exchange where a little girl asks for eggs and the storekeeper replies in dialect. The girl confuses contractions as she questions the seller, illustrating regional speech patterns and misunderstandings in everyday talk.
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Texas
Philadelphia Press
Cotton king Sully jokes about selling horses on Fifth Avenue
When Daniel Sully, once called a cotton king, was walking on Fifth Avenue he was greeted by a business acquaintance asking how things were. Sully answered with a cheerful remark about being “on my feet again” and that he had sold his horses, sparking disbelief from his friend.
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Daniel Sully
Fifth Avenue
Sally
Sully
New York Times
Desirable Pantry Brush For Butter Brushing Utensil
A soft varnish brush with a string through the handle is handy to hang. It is a useful utensil for brushing melted butter on bread rolls and pastries.
To Keep Cream Sweet Tip From Old Texts
A tablespoonful of powdered sear stirred into a bottle of cream will delay souring for at least twenty four hours if the cream is kept near the ice.
Wonderful labor saver promises higher buttonhole output
Tim Mullen of Chicago touts a new buttonhole making machine that can produce more high quality buttonholes at a given price than any rival. He cites a Lynn Massachusetts worker who made 13 175 buttonholes in one day using two machines, while an average operator yields about 10 000. The machine automates cutting stitching and tying, eliminating the need to move around the unit. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Tim Mullen
Chicago
Mullen
Lynn
Mas
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Patent tins heat tinned rations without flames
London Truth reports a process for war rations where ordinary tins are jacketed in patent tins containing water and a chemical mix. When punctured, the mix enters the water and heats to boil in ten to fifteen minutes, allowing hot meals for Russian troops without a fire.
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War News
London
Why Korea Possesses No Bicycles
The Rev. C I Collyer spoke at the Anthropological Institute recounting a Ko rean elder’s tale. He said Korea once had a bicycle invented by a great man about 700 years ago with two mechanisms going out and coming home. The mother allegedly stole the coming home part, leaving Korea without bicycles since.
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Korea
C.I. Collyer
The
Anthropological Institute
London Express
General Kuropatkin Demonstrates Marksmanship in Sevastopol Visit
During a Sevastopol tour as minister of war, General Kuropatkin joined a shooting contest with the commandant. He fired ten shots with a revolver at fifteen paces hitting a small cardboard target. He then repeated the feat at a longer distance with a rifle, again hitting the target with all ten shots.
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Kuropatkin
Sevastopol
Ilis
Waitresses Displacing Colored Waiters in Hotels
In the Hotel World article a shift is noted where colored waiters lose positions to waitresses in many hotels. Managers say guests prefer female service and wages influence hiring, marking a change from previously exclusive use of colored and imported waiters in fashionable houses.
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Ihotel
Port Arthur Lease to Russia in 1898 Historical Note
Port Arthur near Lushun on the Manchurian peninsula was leased by China to Russia for twenty five years in March 1898 to establish a naval station for Russian warships. The agreement stated it would not prejudice China's sovereignty and would bar other ships except Chinese and Russian men-of-war. The place was formerly a small fishing village.
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Port Arthur
Lushun K’ow
Manchurian
Sinking
Fung- Vienfu
China
Russia
Education and Industrial Success quote on idling
A quotation from W. P. Graser of the Mosely Commission argues Americans waste four years by not attending university. It states idling is despised and dull due to lack of meaningful company to do nothing with.
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America
W. P. Graser
The
Mosely Commission
Storeplay Dolls Offer Paris Gowns At High Price
Big sister and four year old Margaret played store as paper dolls modeled in Paris gowns. Margaret asked about a gown priced at three hundred seventy five dollars and the saleslady replied. The girl offered to buy if the price had been reduced.
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Big Sister
Margaret
Arkansas Springs Tail Tale At Dinner
Speaker Cannon and Senator Depew share a joke about hot springs in Arkansas. A fanciful tale claims a dog’s tail grew after a bear chase, supposedly revealing the springs. The exchange ends with the speaker acknowledging the punch line.
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Depew
Cannon
New York Times
Arkansas
Ethel Barrymore Relates Real Thunder Dilemma at Lyceum
Miss Ethel Barrymore tells how during a Peter the Great rehearsal at the Lyceum in London a dramatic thunder effect failed. Sir Henry Irving demanded a louder thunder as pistol-like thunder roared from offstage. The carpenter apologized stating the storm was real and drowned his cue.
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Ethel Barrymore
Sir Henry Irving
Peter the Great
Lyceum Theater
London
Sir Henry
Lippincott
Impudence tale at Penrose dinner in Philadelphia
Senator Penrose recalled a Spanish American War episode about Old Stott Redway a Colorado horse dealer who sold horses to the government that proved useless. When told the horses were no use for the army Redway challenged use with the navy remark ending the anecdote.
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Penrose
Philadelphia
Stott
Navy
How Barnum Got a Front Seat
Rev. Dr. Robert Collyer recounts a tale from New York about a Sunday when he invited a generous donor to move from the back to the front. The crowd turned to see who would rise and they recognized P. T. Barnum making his way down the aisle.
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Barnum
Robert Collyer
New York
P. ‘Tl’. Barnum
Sharpe-Wedwood Says Baby Is Fight Of His Life
Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes Sharpe-Wedwood describing the baby as the fight of his life and recounts a moment when he held the infant for ten minutes and felt like lead.
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Sharpe—Wedwood
Whealton—Light
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Towne notes Browne’s black eye after accident
The exchange reveals Browne denies meeting the accident and says it met with him, captured from a Philadelphia Press archival fragment. The dialogue hints at a sensational incident surrounding Towne and Browne.
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Towne
Browne
Philadelphia Press
Naswspaper
Ghchives
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