Two Living Ex Presidents and Other Notable Sights
The item lists Rutherford B. Hayes and Grover Cleveland as two living ex presidents. It notes various curiosities including imperial promotions, a locomotive name, life insurance for a person named Joan WanaMakeEn, and costs related to a Japanese emperor’s palace. It also mentions a sergeant in Gettysburg, a Swedish insomnia remedy, and a missionary editor who died in Valparaiso, Chile.
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Tere
Rutherford B. Hayes
Grover Cleveland
Crire Dwellings compared to American Southwest houses
The article notes Crire dwellings in Morocco are abundant and resemble those built in Arizona and New Mexico in form and long habitation. It highlights their continual use from initial construction to present.
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Crire
Morocco
Arizona
New Mexico
Congressmen clash over critics term in Indiana
Indiana Representative O Neall called a colleague a man who always puts in his car like a mousing owl. The remark echoes a Missouri editor who wrote that adversity brought death like a pale hand stalking him.
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O’neall
Indiana
Missouri
Providence Evening Dispatch Faces Jail and Strike
The Providence Evening Dispatch failed to appear as the editor was jailed for libel and could not secure bail. printers struck over plate matter, hindering advertisement placement while the paper justified its holiday edition.
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Providence Evening Dispatch
Thins
Greek Woman Journal Editor Voices Greek Rights Limitations
Mme Callirhoe Parren edits Athens paper the Woman's Journal in Greek and says Greek women's rights are limited as secondary education is not yet decreed, leaving women to seek moral and intellectual enfranchisement.
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Athens
Woman’s Journal
Mme. Callirhoe Parren
Greece
Crane Family Welcomes Daughter in Henderson County
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Crane of Henderson County Illinois announce the birth of a daughter. The extended family includes one great great grandpa one great grandpa two grandpas three great grandmas two grandmas six great great uncles two great great aunts nine great uncles eleven great aunts four uncles five aunts.
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Charles E. Crane
Henderson County, Ill
New Mexico Sheriff Uses Four Horses for 21 080 Miles
In the New Mexico Legislature a Grant County sheriff was allowed four horses to cover 21 080 miles over ten days, about 500 miles per horse per day, with sworn and court-approved accounts. The note contrasts New Mexico favorably with Kentucky in horse speed and endurance.
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New Mexico
Grant County
Kentucky
Inauguration Ball of 1789 Washington Presidency
At the grand inauguration ball on May 7 1789 Washington assumed the presidency amid ceremonial celebration marking a new national leadership under the first U S president and the entering of a new era for the republic.
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Washington
Paris Fans and Moonshiner Capture Headline Notes
Exquisitely dressed ladies received Paris made fans with a lion portrait design. Arkansas moonshiner Ep McMenirtor was captured after a brutal confrontation. he fought until his pistol and clothing were shot apart. Saratoga wedding of Warren B. Wescott and Miss Jane F. Truman, with a breach of promise prosecution earlier. The American Duchess of Marlborough did not meet the Queen, but several American ladies did attend.
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Ep McMenrtor
Arkansas
Saratoga
Warren B. Wescott
Jane F. Truman
Mr. Wescott
Miss Truman
Duchess” of Marlborough
England
Joseph Chamberlain
Her
Frances Spencer Churchill
South Dakota to enter Union with new constitution
The state’s admission includes a required woman suffrage amendment and a prohibitory amendment to a popular vote. Minority representation in the lower house failed by a large margin, and possible second ratification could undo the prohibition measure despite its 1885 narrow win.
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South Dakota
Bible Gift Tied to Lamont Amid Presidential Saga
A Washington reporter recalls Col. Lamont lifting a black enamel Bible on the way to Swearing In, with S. G. Cleveland name inside, gifts from a late mother. The Bible’s last flyleaf bears the Supreme Court clerk’s attestation of the swearing ceremony. The piece weaves Lamont’s tales with a dramatic fire rescue story of Joe Garrett saving children from a blaze.
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Washington
New York
Suw
Dan Lamon
Col. Lamont
S. G. Cleveland
Col
Lamont
Mr. Cleveland
Buffalo
Albany
Waite
Capitol
Supreme Court of the United States
Stephen
Joe Garrett
Nelson
Robin
Rosie
Miss Nelson
Allie
Little Autocrats and a Sea Slug Tale
A children’s piece explains protective mimicry with a sea slug mimicking sea weed. A dramatic fire rescue follows, featuring Janet Nelson and Joe saving Gracie and a child, Joe breaking an ankle, Gracie with a broken arm, and a payoff when Gracie’s father, rich and abroad, awards Joe two thousand dollars.
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Miss Nelson
Janet Nelson
Joe
Gracie
Floy Nelson
Floy
Papa
Grace
Nelson
Party Calls and Proper Etiquette for Ladies
A column explains the etiquette of making party calls after invitations. It notes that lacking this courtesy leads to perceptions of bad breeding and recounts examples of young women who did not call or even leave a party properly, highlighting social expectations in polite society.
Across the Atlantic and European populace notes
A survey of demographic and cultural details compares London Jews with the UK, lists European population figures and marital status, and mentions Berlin immigration rules. It describes the Heye glass works near Dusseldorf, Manchester drink map coverage, royal china values, an Indian sword sold in London, a Berlin heart anomaly case, and remarkable longevity in Whipsnade with a long-term parish age average.
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London
United Kingdom
France
Berlin
Local Government Board of London
Boards of Guardians
Heye
Garresheim
Dusseldorf
Model Town
Manchester
Manchester Greardian
Buckingham Palace
Windsor
the Castle
Buhl
Worcester
Covent Garden
Ranjeet Singh
Lahore
van Cortlandt
C. B
England
Whipsnade
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
The German Housewife and Her Domestic Empire
A rich German mistress oversees the kitchen with hands on tasks she loves. She braids tradition with modern toil, cooks for Fritz, and wears fine clothes on Sundays while guiding her family’s education, music, and reading to stay equal to her Belgian and French peers.
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Fritz
What an Editorial Room Is Like
A playful dialogue in the Sunday National contrasts an editor’s office with a garretlike space. An inquiring visitor asks about a mysterious term and is told this is the editorial room, inviting him to come in but he declines, noting the austere atmosphere.
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Stogeths
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W. M. Kennedy
Dixon
Illinois
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China
Sir Robert Hart
Lackawannaton and Coal Company
Scranton
Joan WanaMakeEn
Joan Smrrx
Gettysburg
Kina Mian
Austria
Mercer County
David Trumbull
Valparaiso
Chili
Trumbull
Record
Abbie
M’keever
TRE
Daniel
Margaret Lake
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Atlantic
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