Stray Panama Bay Visit Notes Native Wealth Choice Over Money
A traveler recounts stopping in Panama Bay and visiting a northern shore settlement where natives shun money. They lived in simple pole homes with one room, wore no clothes, and relied on fruits and fish. The visitor offered coins, but the head of the family declined, saying he had no use for money. The account reflects a curious, peaceful community and the traveler’s uneasy guilt at taking fruit.
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Panama Bay
Isthmus
New York Tribune
Englishmen and America Duty of Englishmen to America
English public men who understood America formed a small minority in early U S history yet saw America as more than froth of press and provincial politics. Figures like Cobden Bright Hughes Bryce and Lowell are praised for perceiving American ideals, devotion to liberty, and representative character beyond mere bigness.
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America
Leigh Hien
Lowell
Aierica
Hunt
Carlyle
Ruskin
Cobden
Doug Service
John Bright
Thomas Hughes
Bryce
Prince of Wales Not Leading Fashion Says Tit-Bits
The Prince of Wales is described as not a fashion leader as he wears a silk hat with a sack coat while others sport light clothes and white hats during Ascot week. The magazine notes he was unaware of the change and wore a snuff colored suit in the paddock.
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Prince of Wales
London
Poisonous tree frog of New Granada cautions travelers
Readers are warned that a small tree frog in New Granada secretes a milky poison as deadly as a rattlesnake toxin. The venom is used by locals on arrows, prompting travel caution. The text also notes Swiss patent laws require device work to start there within three years of filing, and a comment on bird bones being hollow for strength and lightness.
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New Granada
United States of Colombia
St. Louis Republic
Switzerland
Patents Fall Short of Great Inventions Says London Truth
The London Truth argues that history shows major breakthroughs such as fire, wheel, soup, candles, gunpowder, umbrellas, the mariner's compass, steam engine, and electric telegraph were not patent protected. It claims patents reward minor improvements and profits to second rate inventors while grand ideas enter the world freely, not for profit.
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Prometheus
Greatest Show on Earth and Season Theater Moves
Notes from the English stage scene reveal the Grand Double Free Street Parade at Spa and calls for top actors to tour. Charles Danby signs with The Lady Slavey next season while Naomi Hope tops provinces with Forgive Us Our Trespasses.
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Spa, m
Charles Danby
Ealing
Naomi Hope
Angustus Balfour
Alexander Salvini
Robert Taber
Conroy
Fox
O'Flaherty
Wilson Barrett
H. 8
Fleming
St. James
Croydon
London
Augustin Daly
Dion Boucicault
James H. Wallick
England
Harry L. Spier
Satan
Herbert North
Joseph Weaver
Richard Mansfield
Mansfield
Imperial Opera
Wrong nuptials halted by curious wedding intruder
A clergyman begins the marriage rite when a man in the back of the church asks to hear the names of the couple George Washington Spoonamore and Jophenia Shaw. The man, arriving late, declares the ceremony okay and heads for the door, stopping a potential wedding by misunderstanding the location.
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George Washington Spoonamore
Jophenia Shaw
Chicago Tribune
Chaperon Removed Prompting Cycling Joke
A Chicago Post quip recalls a scene about a chaperone being discarded as a bicycle outing unfolds. The exchange jokes about riding with a gentleman and puncturing a tire to remove the chaperone from the group.
Entitled to the Title
Mrs Wester calls her daughter a queen after marrying a cattle king. This compact item notes language and social label without further detail.
Model of the moment dress trends and accessories
The article surveys summer fashion with round waists and pointed bodices, green and pink fabrics, washable gowns, housemaids skirts, black silk grenadines, lace trimmed skirts in pastel tones, batiste and grass linen fabrics, and new travel and vanity accessories including leather bags with silver fittings and silver mounted toilet accessories.
Dainty Trifles and Kitchenette Finds In Vogue
Dainty items trend as tortoise shell furnishings for writing desks gain favor. Enamel enbonnieres with jewels appear in heart, square, and oblong shapes. The article notes a leather case for a bicycle clock as a fashionable accessory.
Nitrojute and Odd Facts Among British Knighthoods
Nitrojute is described as a German explosive akin to dynamite made by treating jute with sulfuric acid. The text notes roughly 2,000 people hold British orders of knighthood, about 1 in 28,000 of the population, and remarks on fish temperatures compared to humans, citing 77 degrees versus 98.1 degrees.
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Vann
Rens Garten
Asrin
Ceawn
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Aaa
Vuyal
Wee Ee
News Company
Postoffice
Berlin
Fra Francesco
Henry Waller
Frederic de Lara
Sweet Seventeen
Alice Dukes
Sophie Larkin
Robert Soutar
Charles Frohman
Augustus Thomas
Comedy Theater
Charles Hawkey
Chicago Post
New York Post
German Delft
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