Edna Goetschius to Stay as Linder Housekeeper This Year
Special Correspondence from Pacrvituz notes Edna Goetschius, granddaughter of Mr. Linder, will remain as housekeeper with Mr. Linder for the coming year. Edna, motherless since early childhood, has long been cared for by Mrs. Linder who now is again motherless. The small town sympathy is with Edna as she begins this period. In a separate incident Whiskey Cline, recently released from a Deer Lodge sentence, attacked Mr. Smith after a rough tavern quarrel. Cline later confessed to authorities in Twin Bridges and is being sent to Virginian for trial, with Smith badly mutilated but alive.
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Pacrvituz
Edna Goetschius
Mr. Linder
Edna
Mrs. Linder
Twin Bridges
Law
Smith
Whiskey Cline
Deer Lodge
Beatrice Watters
Pagéville
Frank Watters
Canada
Grace Baker
Pageville
J. M. Page
Library Association
Rd. Page
Whitehall
Miss Mills
R. W. Page
Chas. Redfield
Butte
Harry Redfield
Local mining and town growth report from Rochestra
Special Correspondence notes Wright Stacy hauling ore from the old Company mine to Butte RE. C. Maddux starts work on his Moonlight property west of town. F. R. Maddux visits from Melrose while A. Cornforth builds a store west of the city hall as new structures rise. Copper Blow Out mine to restart. Coasting remains good and youths enjoy the week.
Curtain Raisers From The Stage In New York
Vaudeville closures and new productions dominate the scene. Rosy notes praise for Nance ONeill and Leila Trimble while Marie Loftus prepares a spring U.S. tour. Beirbohm Tree and Milton Lackaye spark rivalry in impersonations as critics roast two new melodramas. A.S. Curtis moves to comic opera replacing Alexander Clark in An American Beauty. Agnes Booth plans retirement from The Sporting Duchess company.
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Charles Rohifs
Nance O'Neill
MckXee Rankin
New York
Leila Trimble
Marie Loftus
America
M. B. Curtis
Alexander Clark
Ikey Eigenstein
Agnes Booth
The
Sporting Duchess
John Drew
Sutton Vane
Academy of Music
Bir
Henry Miller
Mmiss
Grace Kimball
Louise Thorndyke Boucicault
Nanette Comstock
Frank Burbeck
Nelgon Wheatcroft
Leslie Allen
Max Figman
Bulldog Gem Gets His Gold Tooth Fillings
A Scranton dentist filled a bulldog named Gom’s tooth with ether and a rubber dam after the dog showed a large cavity. The animal winced and refused a second attempt, yet with Dr Ward guiding Gem stood calm, opened wide, and endured the procedure to achieve the costly canine filling.
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Gem
New York Sun
Salaries of Department Store Buyers Revealed
A study notes that successful buyers in major department stores earn from 5000 to 10000 dollars annually with possible profit percentages, while top departments report up to 30000 per year. It contrasts high earnings with low pay of about 25 dollars weekly in smaller stores and highlights the scarce supply of capable buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Scribner's
Horses Like Humans Says A Coachman
The New York Christian Advocate recounts a coachman comparing two horses. One horse resists overwork despite being capable. the other would push on until he drops. He explains the first cannot hurt itself, while the second would overexert regardless of effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Christian Advocate
Bicycle Battery Demonstrates War on Wheels in New York
At a New York military tournament Captain Louis Wendel and his First Battery section displayed bicycle maneuvers for combat use. Lieutenant Schmidt led skilled riders who fired volleys while riding with one hand, achieving rapid movements on tar bark with few drills. One accident left five spectators hurt and Private Jacobsen with five stitches after a handlebars collision.
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New York
N. GN. Y
Louis Wendel
Schmidt
Jacobsen
Lie
Embossed Tires Gain Favor Over Smooth Variety
A New York Tribune report notes embossed or corrugated tires will rise in popularity this year, despite a $2 higher price per pair. Tests claim improved non slip performance and longer wear, with estimates of 2,000 to 2,500 miles before smoothing. The maker shifts away from double tube tires and dismisses detachable tires as less common.
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New York Tribune
Mr Lambert Faces Kansas Bloomers Bicycles Debate
The American Cyclist critiques Mr Lambert as a crank for proposing a law on whether women may wear bloomers or ride astride bikes in Kansas. It questions the health claims and suggests he consult a physician about his sanity and the impact of cycling on women’s health.
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Kansas
Lambert
Century Road Club Adopts 30 60 Day Mileage Rules
The Century Road Club of America adopts rules recognizing 30 and 60 day mileage records under the same terms as yearly records. Claimants must file an affidavit sworn before a notary attesting the distance was made on a wheel unaided beyond pacing and that all essential claim points are correct.
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Road Club of America
New York Sun
Union League Wheelmen Formed to Promote GOP and Roads
The Wheel In Politics announces the McKinley and Hobart Wheel men's League of New York has become a permanent body named the Union League Wheelmen. It aims to maintain an active Republican wheelmen organization in the state to advocate party principles and secure good roads in the city and state.
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McKinley and
Hobart Wheelmen’s League
New York
Union League Wheelmen
Republican Party
New York Tribune
Tire speed attachment tested for market use
A two year test leads to a tire speed attachment featuring a round wood band fitted inside the tire between the inner tube and outer casing. The band, fastened with a tapered joint, is laced with the usual method and connected to the rim, adding speed and life as the tire inflates due to the wood’s springiness.
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New York Telegram
Sage Advice on Betting and Cycle Racing
An old American Cyclist maxim cautions against betting on anything that can talk about cycle racing. The quip frames wagering as risky when the subject can speak or promise insight.
Beotchman Found Before Explorer In Africa Tale
A traveling gentleman explorer in Africa finds an empty whisky bottle with a label of a Scotch blend. He tastes the moment, exclaims that a Beotchman had been there before them, remarking in a humorous Scottish Nights style remark about prior presence.
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Africa
Harry
Beotchman
Widow-Whiat Confronts New Marriage in Dialogue
A fragmentary dialogue shows a widow confronting her widowed husband’s shade and questioning a new marriage. The exchange cites fate and heaven as sources of marital unions.
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John
Trath
City editors mock country papers over home news jab
In a humorous exchange a Hexu wottanie Bugle editor ribbed metropolitan papers for printing trivial news while the exchange editor countered that such items engage readers. A Manitoba man left a farewell note listing far from neighbors and distances before returning to Manitoba.
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Hexuwottanie Bugle
Exchange
Palmer Green
Bol Jones
Father warns teen on curfew in Detroit Free Press
A stern father tells his son to return home earlier or face consequences. The exchange ends with the son replying that the governor’s oversight will spare explanations.
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Detroit Free Press
New Woman Mood From Mrs Brown Joke
A light joke from the New York Sunday Journal features Mrs Brown declaring she feels like a new woman after a doctor asks about her head trouble. The cartoon style banter reflects humorous medical quips of the era.
Miss Towney SeeksIdyllic pastoral encounter
Miss Towney in a fanciful search asks where to find a real shepherd as she longs for an ideal rural scene and the imagined pipe of a shepherd.
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Miss Towney
The Gentle Shepherd Restless Joke Fragment
A brief fragment shows Chips quoting a rustic exchange with a hint of rural speech about tobacco. The line captures a colloquial moment reflecting dialect and social setting.
Maid Madam Sends Word Of New Hair In Potage
Repartes notes the Maid-Madame reports another hair found in the potage. The Cook counters that claim as false, echoing the Hartford Times’ dated backbiting tone.
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Hartford Times
Sleighing Dreams Shared In Cozy Parlor
The New York Journal describes a wintry scene with sleighbells in the air and a dainty maiden by the speaker's side. Frosty winds intensify the desire for shelter as they snuggle in the back parlor and share tender moments, hands joined in playful affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth
New York Journal
Time Spent Writing Noted Authors Compare to Short Works
The St Louis Globo Democrat outlines how long famous writers worked on pieces from two days for a hymn to fifteen years for England history. It cites Mrs Hemans, Tasso, Holland, Jeffrey, Hume, Sterne, Sheridan, Watts, and Emerson, detailing their varied writing spans and methods.
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Holland
Kathrina
Francis Jeffrey
Edinburgh Review
Hume
England
Sterne
Tristram Shandy
Sheridan
Watts
Emerson
St. Louis Globo- Democrat
Dainty Cardcases and Enamel Work Highlight Fashion
Cardcases display Russian enamel studded with gems and semiprecious stones lead the trend. New china and glaga ware feature rococo Louis XVI and empire styles with jeweled fittings. Gandle shades in china with gilt decorate lighting. Bourbon boxes in silver gold leather and fine china and glass dominate the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Glagaware
Music at Home by E C Stedman Epoch Poem
The speaker contemplates music and nature from a home setting comparing English and global poetic traditions. The narrator recalls Keats and Endymion, laments modernity, and celebrates enduring artistic fire as a blithe, vigorous rhythm foretells a poet’s future.
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E. C. Stedman
Proof of Affection and Domestic Quips Spark Laughs
A New York Tribune item notes a light exchange about a watch needing cleaning and a baby and Thad washing in a basin. The Punch line suggests Scribbler and his wife have reconciled with her reading his work and he eating her meals.
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Thad
New York Tribune
Indian Stranger Seen At Theater Entrance Sparks Suspicion
The Philadelphia American reports a theater manager noting an Indian visitor lingering at the entrance for days and a ticket agent guessing the man may be a carpetbagger or intruder, prompting concern and inquiry.
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Tye
Entranc
Philadelphia American
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