Notable Scotsmen Run Liverpool Papers and Notable Global Figures
A roundup notes Scotsmen manage three Liverpool daily papers. Lt Dan Godfrey plans retirement but stays on. It mentions the Duke of Argyll’s aging look, John Jacob Astor’s engineering tastes, and Kan father of 25 children at 72. Also covers Archbishop salary, cycling for consumption, and the pope’s valet Pio Centro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
John Casad
Labotte County
Kan
Casad
Kotfee
Gold
Africa
England
Ackuh Buyuimah
Bolin
King Blay
Attuaboe
B. Meade Bolton
Bacteriological Department
Philadelphia Board of Health
University of Missouri At
Columbia, Mo
Canterbury
Coghill
National Hospital For Consumption
Ventnor
Lee
William David Walker
North Dakota
New York
House of Bishops
Phillips Brooks
Massachusetts
Pio Centro
Pio
Literary Habits of Famous Writers Across Eras
The article surveys how Addison Thompson Dante Bryant Homer Cooper De Quincey Balzac Wolfe Gray Froude and others approached writing. It notes varied timeframes from a day to years for drafts revisions and completions, highlighting deliberate pacing and methodical study in literary production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison
Thompson
Dante
Bryant
Cooper
de Quincey
Balzac
Froude
England
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Dainty Trifles Shine in Modern Jewelry and Tableware
Photographs show frames of golden tortoise shell with silver inlays and new cracker jars of cut glass with thin chased silver covers. Miniature furniture appears in gold, silver, and fine china for cabinet display. Wrist chains hold prayer book holders and memo books, while silver plated pudding dishes and Dresden baking cups appear in homes. A heart shaped silver wedding cake box with gold monograms leads shop windows alongside Marie Antoinette fans and jeweled bonbonnieres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
William Morris and the musical sense praised by reviewers
A Saturday Review writer argues William Morris possessed a perfect musical ear and fine singing voice. He admired Dolmetsch and medieval music revival, and once contemplated instrument making. Morris avoided artistic fashions, pursuing direct beauty and simple production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ‘Morris
Masic
Saturday Review
William Morris
Amsterdam
M. de Lange
Suarfor
Dolmetsch
M. Dolmetsch
Tonce
The Child of a Village and its Narrow World
A meditation on provincial roots shaping a writer's soul. The author argues that childhood place and simple surroundings forge true happiness and literary sensibility, contrasting cosmopolitan life with the comforts found in a Cambridge boyhood. Quotes from Ben Jonson reinforce the alley metaphor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sone
Cambridge
Ben Jonson
J.W. ’ Higginson
Atlantic
French Restaurant Scene Shows Tense Patronage
In a crowded Parisian style eatery a regular challenges madame over a grimy napkin left on a plate. She nonchalantly quips that Monsieur should wash his hands before dining as customers await service and change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame
le Mari
Tfanonsieur
Philadelphia Ledger
Loie Fuller and the Name Behind Everyday Goods
Lole Fuller denies wearing corsets, describes her empire fashion and gracious manners. She recalls being mistaken for a different stage figure in Paris and discovering goods named after her, including handkerchiefs and silks, named after Loie Fuller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lole Fuller
Loie Fuller
Paris
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Lord Ampthill Remembered for Loyalty to Palmerston
The tale recalls Lord Ampthill as a junior clerk who accepted Lord Palmerston's bell summons for orders. Some resisted the change but Odu Russell declined to join rebellion, preferring the bell as a quick signal. He later rose to ambassador, seen by peers as a traitor to his order in youth, yet a successful diplomat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Ampthill
Foreign Office
Lord Palmerston
Odu Russell
Child answers on street in shorthand farewell note
A brief St Paul Dispatch item quotes a 6 year old girl speaking to a caller about her mother who has just gone across the street The child responds in demure terms and gives a cryptic time reference before the paper ends the snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Dispatch
Notable Women and social headlines from The Tattler
The Tattler notes commitment of John Rockefeller to hospitals and his wife to universities. It mentions Misa Jessie Ackermann starting as assistant pastor at Fourth Baptist Chicago and Jennie June Croly as a pioneering woman in journalism. It recounts Ella Wheeler Wilcox birthday, Mrs. Hetty Green politics remark, and a violent mugging incident involving Miss Mary French Field. It covers Bedric Hasem’s death in a wedding dress fire and Mrs Temple misrouted to Palace Theater after a Canterbury Archbishop visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rockefeller
Misa Jessie Ackermann
Fourth Baptist Church of
Chicago
Croly
Jennie June
Treudniil
Syste
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Madison
Wis
Mra
Theodore Tilton
Europe
Paris
New York
Lady Harcourt
John Lothrop Motley
Dutch Republic
Mr. Ives
Sir William Harcourt
Mildred Beresford Hope
Mary French Field
Eugenie Field
Bedric Hasem
Abdul Assiz
Mrs.Temple
of Canterbury
Palace
Palace Theater of Varieties
Gleanings on world oddities and local quirks
A collection of curious facts including Britain’s dew fall in tons, mint coins, a French word expansion to snob, the Suas canal’s sea distance saved, glass water pipes in German towns, Catholic world population, steel shipbuilding share, diverse British trades in parliament, Genoa’s emerald vase, Dutch tax collection method, London’s postermonger and itinerant dealer terms, and a London police court ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Suas
Britain
India
Germany
Civilta Cattolica
House of Commons
Cathedral of
Genoa
London
The Cook's Kitchen Tips From Old Recipes
Practical cooking hints on browning cakes with flour dusting and ink brushing for pies, adding tart apple to roast stuffing, avoiding overcooking custards, steaming vegetables, salting before steaming, and skimming fat from gravies using cold water and brown paper.
Political Quips From Dueling Editorials
A roundup of editorial quips critiques from the New York Press Washington Capital Baltimore Herald and Kansas City Star noting calls to court cabinets salaries and accountability as March 4 approaches and debate on statecraft and reforms continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Washington Capital
Baltimore Herald
Washington
Capitol
Kansas City Star
The White Trout Legend of County Tipperary
In County Tipperary Ireland a holy well houses a white trout with a red side mark. Lady Wilde narrates Cromwell era folklore where a soldier tries to kill the fish but a captured, then transformed girl emerges when the fork is used. She is doomed to remain in the well as the trout. The soldier’s fate is left unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County
Tipperary
Ireland
Wilde
Cannot Rent Heaven for Sixty Dollars a Month
A Washington Star item quotes a janitor guiding a prospective renter through a building. The visitor comments on dogs, children, pianos, and decorations, while the janitor remarks that houses with such sounds and decor are common, concluding that heaven-like rent is unrealistic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannin
Mia
Heaven
Washington Star
Blackberries and Michaelmas Superstitions in Southern England
Southern counties hold superstitions about blackberry picking after Michaelmas. On Michaelmas Eve, it is believed the devil plants his cloven foot on unpicked blackberries, making it unlucky to harvest after September 29. Variants place the prohibition as late as October 10, with tales linking disobedience to misfortune or death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Useful Member of a Family
The article discusses the idea from Portuguese saying a good husband needs a good breakfast, arguing against blaming wives for a husband’s happiness. It cites a working man who has cooked breakfast most of the time, showing men can contribute to family meals despite long, exhausting hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Ansonia (Coun
Sentinel
Ferment Definition Lesson Meets Childs Clever Reply
A schoolteacher challenges a child to spell and define ferment. The pupil correctly explains its meaning and uses ferment in a sentence with playful wit about preferring summer play over studying. The moment amuses the teacher and highlights youthful humor.
Spoons from Semenovsk Power Economy Trade
In Semenovsk about 7000 men live off wooden spoons mainly birchwood. Four skilled workers turn out hundreds daily, with 12 million spoons made yearly and sold at 6 to 8 rubles per thousand. Markets reach Persia Khivs Bokhara Khokand. The first submarine telegraph line ran from Governors Island to the Battery in New York in 1842. Charles VII of France is noted as victor with 41 battles.
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Semenovsk
Persia
Khivs
Bokhara
Khokand
Governors Island
Battery
New York
Said
Cushman
J. Lennox Browne
Central London Throat and Ear Hospital
Coshman
Browne
J. H. Salisbury
Chicago
Plant Names and Their Meanings Across Varied Flowers
The marianthus traces to Maria and the Virgin Mary while leadwort’s plumbago origin links to a supposed antidote for lead poisoning. Oxulls comes from a Greek word for acid. hydrangea honors watering vessels. canna from reed resemblance and seed shape. peony recalls Greek physician Pwon. bleeding heart names from its flower shape and seed drop. sunflower named for form and color. iris derives from rainbow deity. Madeira vine from Madeira island. botanical name boussingaultia honors J B Boussingault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria
Pwon
Pluto
Hercules
Madeira
Ita
Boussingaultia
J. 3B
Boussingault
Town Topics Biting City Quips Across the Nation
A snappy compilation of witty quips from various U.S. papers. It mocks New York aldermen salaries, Chicago pride in aquariums, and Cleveland’s education stance while noting Detroit’s concern for kindergarten work. The column lampoons societal quirks and local foibles with period newspaper tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Slrce Presa
New York
Chicago
Chicago Times-Herald
Portland
Boston Herald
Columbus
Cleveland League
Royals and rulers as stereotyped by old travel notes
A string of anecdotes about monarchs and royals, noting hobbies, voices, and occupations. Mentions include China’s emperor studying the New Testament, King Oscar as a woodsman, the Duke of York as a ropemaker, and Queen Victoria’s travel waybills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Sir
Luke
Notice to Co-Owner in Wake Up Jim Quartz Lode Claim
Benjamin Bradford of Melrose Montana, co owner in the Wake Up Jim quartz lode mining claim in Burnt Pi Mining district Beaverhead county, demands payment of 251.00 within ninety days from service or his interest will vest in Bradford. The claim is under section 2824 of the revised United States statutes and dates 1886 to 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Code
Benjamin Bradford
Melrose
Silver Bow County
Montana
Jim
Burnt Pi
Beaverhead County
United States of America
United States
Bradford
Notice of Forfeiture for Sapa Bar Placer Claim
Moren D. Jones of Gibbonsville Idaho claims labor and improvements on the Sapa Bar placer mining claim in Pioneer Diggings Big Hole basin Beaverhead County for the years ending 1884 1886 totaling 954 860 1 385 dollars. If W P Helen heirs executors or assigns fail to contest within the required period the Paw Sapa Bar mining claim will vest in Jones under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.P. Helen
Hershey
Moren D. Jones
Gibbonsville
Idaho
Taw Sapa Bar
Pioneer Diggings
Big Hole Basin
Beaverhead County
Vostane
Paw Sapa Ee
Pines
United
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Mr. Canning
the Tattler
Earth
Charles VII of
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St. Louis
New York World
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New York Home Journal
King Oscar
Sweden
Czarina
Queen Victoria
Windsor
Balmoral
Royal
the Duke of York
Duke
Her Majesty
Cappoller
Cedar St
J. P. Winter
Mierelhamt
Vanllow
Dillon
Montana Street
Dillon, Mont
Post
Burlington Raad
Billings
Burlington
Wyoming
Nebraska
Iowa
Andllinois
Livingston Post
Ont
W. W. Johnston
Mont
California
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Cal
Centran Pharmacy
Alf Drogetets
AGEN
Addrass Cohen
Carthage
Salem
Ala
Mall
Druggieta
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