Chautauqua Assembly for 1900 Promises Grand Plans
The 1900 Chautauqua session will be a major event with daily programs and varied themes. Woodmen and commercial groups will host days, new temple and hotel facilities rise, a new railway line to Devils Lake opens, and an Inter-Ocean paper crew covers the grounds. Visitors praise Devils Lake waters as a fountain of youth and a growing summer resort prospect.
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Woodmen
Chautauqua
Devils Lake
Inter-Ocean
Heerman
Horrible Remedies and Grotesque Surgery of Past Centuries
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports on a fragment from Ambrose Parey’s 1579 volume describing gruesome medieval medical practices. It details humors theory, spirits in the brain and heart, fear and music as cure, mummie as a common remedy, and grisly methods like setting dislocations with a ladder while noting venoms and embalmment ruses.
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Ambrose Parey
London
Philegan
Egypt
Nicholas Picart
Duke of Guise
Pocrates
Galen
Princes of Physicians
Cincinnati Enquirer
Live High on Credit at Fashionable NYC Restaurants
A New York Tribune report details how wealthy looking patrons run up large unpaid bills at upscale eateries. It explains a common pattern where a guest sighs a check, returns later, and gradually accumulates charges, often becoming a poor debtor despite social status. A tale of a dinner party ends with a host loudly ordering to charge it, aiming to impress guests.
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Lane
New York Tribune
One Sided Discipline Sparks Family Laughs
A father disciplines a young son for insubordination, then the boy reveals to his older brother that he and father fought. The scene illustrates a humorous household moment from a newspaper montage including quips about dust, fashion, and social banter.
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Papa
Pittsburg
A Mystery of the Sea Dust on the Decks
A sailor familiar mystery unfolds at sea as dust forms on cleansed decks. The observation notes the persistence of dust despite meticulous washing, a common puzzle among seafaring crews and ship operations.
Unwonted Portrait Quiz Sparks Chit Chat
A caller questions Mrs Gushleigh's portrait noting the chin differs. Her husband quips that her chin may look different at rest. The Chicago Tribune also notes straw manufacture as a key German industry case and the New York Press states a baby becomes human between three and four teeth old.
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New York Press
A Better Name and Miss Summit Debate Generosity
A dialogue in Brooklyn Life mocks the phrase Stood like a stag at bay and critiques the imagery of a fog horn, comparing it to a cow’s stance when a woman approaches. The Atchison Globe notes the fog horn remark is incongruous with Kansas scenery while criticizing repeated expressions.
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Miss Summit
Brooklyn
Kansas
Atchison Globe
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Ghiautauqua
Fort Totten
H. L. Wineman
Mammoth Clothing Emporium
Opera House
First National Bank
New York City
Bingley
Chicago Times-Herald
Germany
Alter
Luther
B.trey
Wis
Bares
Erownie Seibart
Carta
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