A Century and a Half of Medical Legends in Dr Radcliffe’s Line
The account traces the cane’s journey from Dr. Radcliffe through Mead Askew Pitcairn and Baillie detailing quirks and famous moments. Baillie recalls a patient who paused opera plans to ask about oysters and receives the doctor’s blunt reply shells and all.
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William
Macmichael
Radcliffe
Sir Godfrey
Kneller
Dr. Radcliffe
Sid Godfrey
Mead
Askew
Pitcairn
Stage records eclipse 600 performances on English stage
The Scarlet Pimpernel leads Fred Terry and Miss Julia Neilson with 600 appearances but historic benchmarks show Charley’s Aunt Charley Hawtrey and Our Boys star James racking up 1000 to 1362 runs. Earlier legends Barry Howson van Biene and others far surpass six hundred in famed roles.
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Fred Terry
Julia Neilson
Penley
Charley
London
Hawtrey
James
Auguste van Biene
Dorothy
Shiel’ Barry
John Howson
Carneville
Patty Oliver
Getting Rid of Prejudices Through Intercultural Contact
The piece argues that close contact via steamship and cable reduces distance based biases. It claims travel by intelligent unbiased people erodes prejudices about others' beliefs and fosters a sense of common humanity, enabling fairer encounters across regions.
Fragmentary Seagull Shot Near Rossiten On Courland Coast
A damaged OCR read details a seagull shot at Oushy on a Lake Leman area near Rossiten on the Courland coast. The bird wore a silver ring engraved Vogel Sta tion Rossiten and a note indicates a director of the ornithological station.
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Oushy
Leman
Vogel
Rossiten
Courland la
Leading Woman in Stock Company Drowns on Stage
The scene on a Hudson River steamboat ends with Monte Verde attempting suicide after her lover deserts her. In a crucial moment Tony Benton's offstage remark and indifference lead to a staged rescue that fails, and the actress is drowned on stage before the curtain falls. The incident reveals tensions between Monte Verde and Tony during a production of A Woman of the World.
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Tony
Hudson River
Benton
Monte Verde
New York
Revival of old inns in the railway era
Travel Magazine notes that railways and dining cars changed travel. sentimentally minded travelers shifted from diligence and coaching to rapid rail routes. Old inns in France and England survived and even prospered as tourism revived amid faster travel and new motorist culture.
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Sterne
Stevenson
London
Brighton
New Haven
Dover
Calais
Dieppe
Paris
France
England
Rnroads
Travel Magazine
Man crosses in tiny rowboat from Washington to Colonial Beach
John Carmody of Washington sailed a small eight by four and a half foot boat with a seven inch depth and a pair of oars and a large umbrella as sail. He left June 26 and arrived safely at Colonial Beach on June 28 after 48 hours at sea. He paused along the shore for meals, but kept moving with little sleep to complete the remarkable voyage.
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John Carmody
Washington
Colonial
Myre Carmody
Asa
Mgr. Carmody
Carmody
Poison Ivy: Historic Uses From Ink to Medicine and Dye
The excerpt traces poison ivy juice as a formic acid like compound isolated from leaves and notes its historic uses. It mentions its role as a marking ink resistant to soap acids and bleach and its use in medicine via potassium permanganate solution for skin blisters. It also cites 1640 England introduction and 1798 Europe medical use and boot blacking fluid manufacture.
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England
Europe
New Ammonia Cooling Device Installed in New York Firm
A prominent New York interurban banking house unveiled a new artificial cooling apparatus in its financial district. The system, combining ammonia pipes and a ventilating network, dries and circulates air to reduce humidity and temperature by 8 to 15 degrees. Installed at a cost of about 30000 dollars, it aims to boost employee comfort and productivity despite high operating costs and questions about popularity.
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New York
Financial District
Appetite at odds with a guest menu in a city eatery
An article fragment depicts two well dressed women hungry from bargain counters debating a dinner order including roast turkey cranberry sauce sirloin steak fricassee chicken fried kidneys lamb stew and mutton broth. The scene shifts to a Washington salesman describing fashion and January window displays of white waistlines.
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Washington
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