Big Four Route Offers Fast Comfortable Service Nationwide
The Big Four Route advertises the Traveler as the quickest and most comfortable service from Cincinnati to New York and Boston with 3 to 4% daily trains. It lists Cincinnati to Cleveland Toledo Detroit and Chicago routes with several daily trains and through sleepers parlor and dining cars on night services. Tickets available from McMitchell G S A Cincinnati and WJ Rhein C A Cincinnati.
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Cinnati
New York S
Boston
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Pcincinnati
Toledo
Detroit
Chicago
ST. Louis
Wask
Pmcmitchell
Cnat
Tenn
Real Estate Firm Praises Bargain Strategy and Customers
A real estate company extols its motto to keep the best bargains for customers. It thanks its many clients for their confidence and notes a focus on hunting the best investments and managing growth for buyers and property owners.
Ancient Leap Year Privileges and Odd Traditions Across Europe
The article traces old leap year customs from Scotland France and Genoa to England, noting laws granting women speech or proposals during leap years. It mentions fines for refusals, references a 1288 Scottish statute, a 1606 London treatise, and the practice of gifting silk dresses. A New England superstition about beans and pods is noted.
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Scothind
France
Columbus
Genoa
Florence
London
New England
Incarnations Critic Reflects on Landseer Dog Painting
An unfinished portrait by Sir Exdawin Landseer depicting Nell Gwynn on a white palfrey near completion by Sir John Millais is praised by a famed art critic. The critic remarks on the deerhound in the foreground as Landseer’s work, while Millais confirms he completed the dog himself. The critic’s remark ends with a hint of irony.
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Exdawin Landseer
Nell Gwynn
Tathschild
John Millais
Landseer
Sir John
Aunt Emeline Proves Charity Near and Heart
In Saymouth Aunt Emeline, beloved for generosity, attends the village church though not a member. After a sermon the minister asks nonjoiners to retire, but she rises to leave saying she is going because her dinner is burning, a light moment from Youth's Companion.
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Emeline
Saymouth
Submarine Reefs and Coastal Charting Through History
The article explains early navigation dangers from uncharted rocks and reefs. It notes triangulation from land bases, French charting under Beaupre, and how other powers adopted French methods. Balloons, sounding lines, buoys, and fishermen aided discovery, with nations like England, the US, Spain, and Japan making use of these techniques.
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Beautemps Beaupre
Corps of Engineers
France
England
United States
Spain
Italy
Japan
New York Tribune
Definition of toilet in early dictionaries and literature
The 1720 New World of Worda defines toilet as a table cloth or bed chamber dressing cloth made of linen satin velvet or tissue. Bailey's dictionary and Cotgrave note similar uses. In Pope’s Rape of the Lock the term refers to the table and its contents as the toilet stands unveiled.
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Worda
Giant Tomato Plants Reach Thirty Feet In California
A California grower reports three immense tomato plants reaching thirty feet in length after three months. The vine trunks measure about one and a half inches in diameter with thick lush foliage. Large yields of unusually sized tomatoes are harvested with exceptional flavor per What to Eat.
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California
Lava Glass and Pumice From Volcanic Eruptions
Lava can be blown into light opaque bottles and form a beautiful green glass twice as strong as ordinary glass. Each volcano yields its own molten mix, sometimes producing pumice stone. Lava, like all things, degrades with time as Sicily’s fertile plains show.
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Horder
Sicily
Closing of Peking Gates Described With Ceremony and Lore
The article explains the daily closing of Peking gates with a gong signal of fifty taps followed by three cycles of one hundred blows, a rush of people, and final locking with a massive iron bar. It notes nineteen gates with heavier traffic at main thoroughfares and compares burial customs in Europe and Asia, detailing the belief that burying shoes prevents ghosts from haunting the living.
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Peking
Soliary
Peking Times
Pointed Paragraphs on Society and Work
A reflective excerpt argues about dull competition among rivals and the weariness of constant kindness that sells goods. It notes patience with others yet not owed to oneself, compares society to rich kin who mock behind its back, and posits employment as the sole worthy life.
Eyewear and Mayhem in Criminal Law Opinions
A columnist argues there is no statute making assault with glasses a harsher offense. The piece notes mayhem penalties hinge on intent to wound or maim, not the victim wearing glasses, and advises removing eyewear to avoid misread signals during confrontations.
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Rother
Gineses
Dewelera
Chefilar
Eekty
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