Social norms condemn married men in old Atchison belief
An Atchison Globe excerpt discusses harsh views on married men and their wives, portraying married men as dangerous unless controlled by wives, with hostile attitudes toward single men and vice versa. It links suspected past wickedness to earned mistrust and notes party plans and leisure boundaries within households. The Youth's Companion timeline mentions canal work and imminent ocean linkage awaiting trench progress.
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Ainy Woo
Atchison Globe
Progress of Tite Canal Amid Excitement Over Earthwork
Visitors and officials report rapid progress at the canal trench with optimism for a five year completion. Excavation shows a quarter of earth removed, about a million cubic yards remain, and May production far above the previous year. A great earth dike for the Gatun dam will form a twelve mile lake allowing vessels to pass at full speed.
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Canal Zone
Iethius
Muarelisto
Marcel Tus
Gatun
Chagres
Daylight saving clock tricks and human habit
The piece argues that saving daylight may rely on sensory deception and adjusted perception rather than changing clocks. It notes that people follow familiar routines and that clock faces can influence willingness to rise early. It mentions varying clock readings and suggests US acceptances of change may lag behind Britain.
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Greenwich
Tre
United States
John Bull
Mead
New York Globe
What becomes of the coins
The Philadelphia mint produced 7,188,777 coins valued at 126, etc. in the year ending June 30 and has turned bullion into coins for years. If the population grew by 1,000,000, each person received 137 coins. Over 11,000,000 new pennies were minted, so every citizen got a new cent since last June.
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Philadelphia Mint
United States
Philadelphia Press
Cost of Living Soars Forty Four Percent in Ten Years
Chicago Inter Ocean reports broad price increases across goods and services, with meat rising about sixty percent in three years and overall living costs up 44.4 percent since 1897, driven by forest depletion, material costs, labor, and manufacturer combinations.
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United States
Chicago
Natronal
U.S
Timiuny
Inter Ocean
England Urges Jailing Debtors Despite Abolition
A Chicago lawyer notes England still imprisons debtors for contempt of court though the rule was long ago abolished in intent. He cites rising annual imprisonments from about 6,000 to over 12,000, with variations by district. In America, credit relies on personal reputation and verifiable recommendations before a shopkeeper extends it.
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England
W. I. Mabon
Chicago
Washington Post
Nottingham
Lam
United States
America
Court rules expert witness not entitled to extra fees
A Kansas City Court of Appeals decision in Burnett v Freeman and related cases debates whether a physician expert can claim additional compensation. It cites Vanderbilt v Mitchell and notes court power to correct records in a birth certificate suit. The piece also discusses interurban railroads and street rights, noting Indiana Supreme Court views on whether streetcar use creates additional servitude and compensation for abutting property owners.
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Tn Burnett
Freeman
Southwestern Reporter
Kansagy
Court of Equity
Din
Kirney
Union Traction Company
Northeastern Reporter
Indiana Supreme Court
Hadley
Gillet
Monks
Jordan
Montgomery
Fragmentary quote from Houston Post article on suffrage visit
A fragment from the Houston Post quotes a reporter describing a suffragette visit. The dialogue notes the reporting choice of the phrase showed her down the steps and discusses how such wording can prompt reader interpretation.
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Houston Post
Strawberry Shortcake Across Nations Offers Real American Version
The article extols a distinctly American strawberry shortcake made from Michigan berries. It contrasts with French and English variations and provides a step by step method: two thin biscuit layers, butter between, sun- sweetened berries, whipped cream or berry juice sauce, and careful serving.
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America
England
United States
Allen's Foot-Bane and Foot-Ease Advertisement
Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot Bane a powder to shake into your shoes. It relieves the feet cures corns unions swollen sore mot callous aching sweating feet and burrowing natia. Allen's Foot Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25cc. Sample mailed free address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Drugeists
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
The Wisdom of the Serpent and a Bermuda Speech
A fragmentary clipping recounts Mark Twain telling a Bermuda audience of little girls a joke about warming a serpent in the bosom. It ends with a quip about warming it under an intimate friend’s pillow. Also listed is an ad for a Brougham for sale in Chicago.
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Bermuda
Mark Twain
Quip on horsepower and plow follower exchange
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer quip a motorist and a plow follower debate a car’s power with the autosmith replying sixty horsepower. The exchange ends with a wry joke about thirty pulling each way. Also ads Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething complaints touts gum and wind colic relief at 25 cents a bottle.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Winslow
Summer Resort Boarders Complain of Service Styles
A Chicago Tribune quote describes a regular summer boarder at a resort hotel lamenting high costs and odd service two lemons with lemonade but macaroni as a straw. A new boarder notes baked macaroni tastes of lemon juice in a humorous exchange about essences and manners. Hed Cross Ball Blue is advertised as a laundry product in the same clipped item.
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Chicago Tribune
That girl in this blue kimono thinks she’s the whole custard
A theater box party includes one young woman who watches the play with weariness and scorn, refusing the chatter around her. She remarks that the girl in the blue kimono believes she is the entire spectacle, reflecting aloof mood and sharp wit in a Chicago Tribune scene.
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Chicago Tribune
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