Highest Salaried Woman and Miscellany Snippets
A jumble of notices and anecdotes includes Anna Amendt described as the highest paid woman in the U S and linked to Tarbell in a clerical lore. Other items note Nansen London travel, a curious turtle without a head tale, poker chat at a New Rich table, and light vignettes from daily life with brief quips on love and manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Anna L. Amendt
Gage BE. Tarbell
Equitable Toity Assurance Sucrot
Tarbell
Miss Amendt
Snapper
Fernie
Qatas
Avery Serting
Teast
London
Henry Cunningham
Unsel
Switserland
Rocks and Roots in Falkland Tales Park Scene
A fragment recalls a Falkland Islands display where weathered bowlders resemble trees, a strange forest of stone and moss. The piece mixes quotes from a party talk, quick jokes, and brief notes on photography, beer lore, and quirky curiosities from early 20th century newspapers.
Identifying Dead by Iconic Identities Across Battlefields
A collage notes methods of identifying fallen soldiers by markings on metal icons found on bodies, compares Ottoman, Tommies, and other nations. It cites varied practices and quotes from multiple papers on public figures, events, and cultural observations.
Wooden Fabrics and Curious Global Snippets
A miscellany notes fabrics spun from wood pulp fibers in Europe and evolving from shredded paper to ribboned threads. It recalls a Transvaal census using color beads for social status and ends with assorted curiosities about clocks, cats, Greek locomotives, eternal fires, and social observations from multiple papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Has No Paupers and Colored Cotton
In this brief reflection the piece asserts that there are no paupers and that even the poor can build homes of their own though many struggle. It notes that colored cotton grows in Percha in twelve different colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nansen
England
Magda
Chita
Mert
Chicago Record- Herald
Greece
Piraeus
Balkan States
Caspian Sea
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Meg
Uppe
Ste
Mrs New-Rich
Hi Lippe
Indiana Village
Borg
Calcaxe Tribune
Owig
Dean Stanley
Eltigen
Baltimore American
Georgia
Grigg
Nashville
Bill-E
Bobby
Mr. Smith
Golby
Lew
Martner
Detroit Peep Press
Jesus
Brown
Brooklyn Lite
Lrls
Olin
Kansas City
Tomes
Boston Transcript
Nicholas
Tno Ala Palace
Edward
Alfonso
Spain
N. Y. Presa
Jupiter
Cleveland Plain Dealer
German Empire
Servia
Belgrade
Saints
Baltimore Sun
Newark News
Californy
Birmingham
I T
Port Huron Herald
N. Y
Swift MacNet
Dome’ &al
House of Commons
Vollee
Crogs
Treland
Philadelphia Press
Cobada
Sir William MacDonald
Montreal
Quebcs
Tribune
Gotham
New York
Unitedtates
N. Y. World
Pac
Johnny Bumpernickle
Chicago Post
Mexico
Teither
Tommy
Joan of, Arc
Buessing
Noah
F. B. Sanborn
Damascus
Syria
Y. Sun
N, Y
Transvaal
Laly
Madison Square Garden
Gen. Kuropatkin
Tokio
National Museum of Art
Long Branch
Berlin
Flo
Chicago Sun
New South Wales
Queensland
Belgium
George Washington
George
Houston Post
Iddy
Franklin
Kaiser Court
John Kaiser & Bro
Ely Power Block
Rawson
Majestic
Hubert Day
Gandy Kitchen
Jackson Lump
Jackson Nut Massillon Lump
Massillon
Gas House Coke Egg
Gas House Coke Chestnut
The
Parsch Lumber Co
Mill Street
Poe
Lorain County
TIMG
Geo. H. Bly
E. E. Williams
D. C. Baldwin
H. Squires
Mackey & Rice
West Avenue
Louis Suhnterer
A R. Champney
Etaary
A. Changey Co
Aliso
White Rock
Wakeman Township
W. W. Whiton
Wakeman, Ohio
Andwur
Elyria
Parka Foster
Sumer B. Day
Tartoy
H. A. Banteé
Sanapay
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