What Are Your Physical Disabilities In Nursing?
A woman applicant to nurse training was asked about her disabilities. She replied that she has a cowlick and a corn. The remark reflects social views on physical conditions affecting nursing candidacy.
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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1899
Page
3
Abolition debate in Albany on death penalty law
Law-makers in Albany wrangle over abolishing the death penalty while urging readers to consider Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for indigestion and constipation as a suggested remedy. The note ties legal reform to a patent remedy, presenting a persuasive, period advertisement-like line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Hoatetter
Hostetter
In for It. Mrs Chinner and the marriage plan
A fragment from Brooklyn Life depicts Mrs Chinner urging her daughter to consider marriage and instructing her to tell Constant to come and speak. The text notes churchgoing sermons that seem aimed at other men, reflecting social expectations and courtship norms of the time.
Apprenticeship of Christina Erd in a Kansas City home
A study visit reveals a Swedish couple seeking work and marriage in Kansas City. Christina Erd, a strong, intelligent bride, becomes central as she and Magnus Liefssen strive for a life through labor, learning English, and building a home while facing social scrutiny and concern from the narrator.
Beloved pastor and Christina wed after rescue
Randall, Christina, and the beloved pastor witness a railroad pay car robbery attempt. Liefssen, badly wounded, lies near death as Christina shows fierce devotion. By afternoon, Christina proclaims their marriage, declaring they have served money too long and it is time to wed.
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Noth
Christina
M’ria
Smith Magnus
Magnus
Magnus Liefssen
Randall
Liefssen
Pastor
Prudence
The Obliging Riley
The Philadelphia Record notes the strong autograph fad as clerks and customers mobbed James Whitcomb Riley in a department store. Within a half hour he signed 100 cards and granted requests from shoppers and book stalls. Riley said he receives about 200 autograph letters daily and signs thousands of cards during tours.
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Riley
Philadelphia
James Whitcomb Riley
Tan Maclaren and Doctor Watson Across America
Tan Maclaren ends Scotch stories and plans a life of Christ next year. Doctor Watson tours America, earning about 45000 dollars after expenses two years ago, with a revenue‑friendly circuit from Bridgeport to Vancouver and ending in St Paul. His lectures boost Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush’s popularity and prompt requests to read passages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tan Maclaren
Doctor Watson
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Vancouver
British Columbia
St. Paul
Minn
Itedes
Germans Plan Five Year Babylon Excavation Project
German savants announce a thorough five year excavation of Babylon. Layard’s Nineveh work inspires the effort. The team will start at El Kas'r fortress and Nebuchadnezzar’s palace site, where Alexander died, then survey nearby ruins along the mound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylon
Layard
Nineveh
el Kas’r
Nebuchadnezzar
Alexander
The Color That Counts Dark Horse Joke in Senate Vote
A Detroit Journal note recalls a citizen who claimed he would win a U.S. Senate seat by being a dark horse. The legislator interrupts, asking to see the color of the candidate’s money before proceeding.
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United States Senate
Detroit Journal
A Matter of Taste In Upholstery Banter
Moth I overhears callers saying the room is furnished in execrable taste while another person insists the upholstery is palatable, joking about dining on furniture rather than eating. The exchange mocks pretentious critique with playful banter about taste.
Billets Intellectual Poet Rank Questioned
A Philadelphia North American query asks how Billets ranks as a poet, noting the lines seem too heavy for a lightweight and too light for a heavyweight. The remark frames Billets as a provocative figure in literary circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uitte
Philadelphia
Longest cable spans 2700 miles underwater
Report notes the current record for the longest submarine cable at 2700 miles in length. The detail highlights the feat of undersea engineering and achievement by the involved telecommunication firms. The announcement underscores the scale of the global fiber linking continents.
HEALTHFUL OLD AGE
A testimonial piece praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the change of life. It features Mrs Mollie Barser of St James Missouri and Mrs N E Lacey of Pearl Louisiana detailing long-standing leucorrhoea and falling of the womb, with cures after using the product and lessons on seeking help from Mrs Pinkham, who offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Barser
St. James
Lydia E. Pinkham
Birds That Dance in Nature’s Ballroom
The bower bird, prairie fowls, and the American grouse are described as dedicating themselves to a courtly display. They beat down grass with their wings to prepare a ballroom then perform paired and group movements resembling the Lancers. They bow, drop wings, advance, retreat, and turn on their toes while swelling feathers and clucking softly.
Glass eyes produced in Europe and Paris showcase skill
Germany and Switzerland make over two million glass eyes yearly with Paris firms contributing about 300,000. Crafted as hollow hemispheres, most are used by workers in foundries where sparks often injure eyes. Women rarely wear glass eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Switzerland
Paris
OWA PEOPLE GO TO CANADA Two-Thirds of One Crop
Buena Vista county Iowa farmers report Western Canada prairie conditions favorable for wheat and farming. They traveled Hartney Deloraine and Souris River areas in Manitoba, plan to move logistics by March, buy improved farms, and promote Manitoba as a land of opportunity with two thirds sharecropping yields and strong markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Milburn
John Holmes
M. R. Dagger
E. L. Stetson
Buena Vista County
Iowa
United States
Hartney
Deloraine
Souris River
Manitoba
Canada
Posse
Chump Says Education Wasteful in Cleveland Critique
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer passage a speaker recalls a teacher’s remark about his father’s extravagance and his own folly. The exchange centers on a claim that spending on education is criminal folly for someone like him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Where policemen fear to tread amendment offered
The debate on an amendment features Mr. Van Braam quoting proverbs as Dinwiddie proposes a reformulation: Where police fear to tread. The Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph notes the exchange as a moment of legislative humor and contention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Braam
Dinwiddie
Pittsburg
Longevity and Centenarians Debate In Dinner Talk
Mrs. Gilgal claims ministers live longest among professionals while Mrs. Nutwood counters that centenarians may top the list. The remark appears in a Detroit Free article fragment, illustrating differing views on lifespan among professions and age groups.
Empress Eugenie Keeps Paris Treaty Pen as Souvenir
An historical account notes that the Empress of the French, lamenting her husband, uses the diamond pen that signed the treaty of Paris. Fourteen plenipotentiaries sought to keep the pen, but she prevailed, and a single quill from a golden eagle, lavishly adorned with diamonds and gold, was chosen as the souvenir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Eugenie
Minister Becomes Chaplain After Domestic Attachment Unite Family
A minister's wife travels 300 miles to enlist as a nurse near her son in a Southern regimental hospital. The minister then secures chaplaincy for the regiment, uniting the family under unusual circumstances reported in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
The Whistling Tree of South Nubia
The whistling tree earns its name from wind in its branches sounding like a flute. It lies in South Nubia and yields sennar gum. Dr Schweinfurth notes the sound comes from holes bored by an insect in branch spines to suck gum, turning spines into tiny tubes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Nubia
Sennar
Schweinfurth
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised cure for sore feet
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as the sole remedy for swollen smarting burning sweating feet coins and bunions. It suggests asking for Allen's Foot-Hase powder to shake into shoes and notes 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores with a free sample available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
The Coming End of Leap Year
The article projects leap year becoming obsolete within eight centuries. It explains the eleven extra days added to align calendars from the Julian system to the modern one will be fully absorbed, resulting in a future where a year has 305 days.
Poor Boston Awakening Echoes A Quiet Crash
A fragmented exchange from the New York World recalls a sudden awakening in Boston as a minor domestic mishap is humorously described. The wife suggests a kitchen towel caused a distant crash, turning a potential incident into a light domestic anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Dialog Between He and She About Reconciliation
A terse exchange reveals he will not speak to the father until the father initiates contact. She refuses further advance, arguing it would be unjust to all, noting that he rejected her because she adored the other. An urging line suggests alignment with Alin for any reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Alin
Quotation Exchange From Iowa State Register
A brief feature quotes two remarks on race and gender from the Iowa State Register. The dialogue contrasts plans of appearance and color with social civility, ending with a George Eliot reflection on private quarrels and dullness winning by reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eliot
Piso's Cure Endorsed by Mrs Plumstead in Kent
A fragmentary clipping quotes Mrs Mulls Plumstead of Kent England dated Nov 8 praising Piso's Cure for Consumption. The text includes stray comments on orators, anti trust views, and a remark about a tailor and a loan request, followed by truncated lines on poets and obituary verses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piso
Mrs. Mulls
Plumstead
Kent
England
Elephants Run Skittles in London Variety Show
A London theater features three elephants playing skittles in a nightly act. One sets up the pins, another bowls, and the third chalks the score on a blackboard. The bowler moves with golf like address and a comical动作 as the audience laughs at the improbable performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
In Pursuit of Fine Tortoise Shell from Far Seas
The finest tortoise shell comes from the Indian Archipelago and is shipped from Singapore, with much obtained on the Florida coast. Turtles yield three rows of blades on the back and twenty five edge plates. The biggest turtle rarely exceeds sixteen pounds. Under shell once discarded now valued for color. cows' horn imitations become popular.
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Indian Archipelago
Singapore
Florida
America
Railroad passes allow stopoffs at any station
General Manager Asherwood of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad issues an order permitting holders of trip passes to stop at any station. Conductors will note the station name on passes for passage on subsequent trains. The Central Ohio Railroad reorganized stockholders’ meeting is set for Wednesday, April 26 in Columbus, Ohio, with directors voting the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asherwood
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Central Ohio Railroad
Columbus
Ohio
Sawdust worth money sparks new industrial idea
Sawdust from American and Canadian mills is valued at about $40 a ton. A Baltimore chemist has developed a method to extract gas from sawdust, enough to light and heat Ottawa at 10 cents per 1000 cubic feet. This could spur new industries near large sawmills replacing dust disposal into the Ottawa River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Ottawa
Informal Swedish Postal Box Allows Self Service
In parts of Sweden a loose postal practice lets travelers pick their letters from an unlocked box at the landing. A man delivers mail to the box on the quay, and passers by who expect no letter take their own, unseen by others, amid widespread trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Fragmented Plain Dealer Quote Sparks Murky Caption
A partial Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation appears in fragmented form about judging a person by their edges. The readable segment hints at misread speech and Easter joking context, with no clear event, names, or place usable for a full news item.
Promise vs. Fear Shapes Rochenfau Cauld
A brief note reflects on human conduct with a proverb-like line about how people pledge based on hope but act driven by selfishness and fear, evoking Rochenfau cauld as a thematic phrase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochenfau Cauld
Real Estate Move Prompts Public Bath Site Donation
A traveler in Florida balks at a $3 half mile carriage ride while a native defends the fare. In Baltimore a donor launches a real estate push with a site for a public bath, signaling a local housing movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Yonkers Statesman
Baltimore Journal
Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
Northwestern inventors from North Dakota Minnesota and South Dakota received patents last week including Acety lengus generator by John Carlson Mandan and carburetor by Harry De Wallace St Paul along with labels and drive chain devices by Arthur M. Lara and John A Tulloch moving from Duluth. Other patents include a breast shield by August C Schaefer St Paul a stone cutter maul by Lyman H Zeigler Milbank and a kne pen by Merwin Lothop Johnson Patent Attorneys 910 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
John Carlson
Mandan
N. D
Harry de Wallace
St. Paul
Minnn
Mean man breaks luncheon date in Chicago inter ocean note
A mean man on the South Side agreed to meet a girl for luncheon downtown Saturday and attend a matinee. She kept her part, dressing in a silk waist and velvet bonnet, but a note arriving five minutes late explained he could not keep the engagement, citing an enclosed card revealing his marriage to a chum that morning.
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Randall
Sweden
Kansas City
Magnus
Christina Erd
Magnus Liefssen
Christina
Chicago Inter’Océan
Allen's Foot-Ease Shoe Comfort Powder Ad
Advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease tight new shoes. Claims to cure corns and prevent swelling, sweating, and hot feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 28 cents. Sample available from Allen Olmsted, LeRoy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
LeRoy
N. Y
Short Distance Pace Limits of Lions and Tigers
A quoted excerpt notes that lions or tigers can match a fast horse briefly but exhaust quickly within half a mile. It states their wind, endurance, and lung power are limited, with strength suited for a brief, powerful burst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sreve Sikes
Advertisers Offer Reliable Bargains In Readable Ads
The publication urges readers to study the advertisements for amusement and real value. It promises reliable advertisers who deliver what they advertise, inviting readers to get into the habit of reading ads for bargains and enjoyment.
A Household Necessity Boxed Candy Cathartic Ad
A brief advertisement urges households to keep a small Cascarets Candy Cathartic box for family health. It notes druggists stock options at 10c 25c and 5c, and cites E. H. Chapin on the relic of refined speech and brutal will in a pointed moral aside.
Post-mortem pride questioned by Colton
An old quotation warns against trusting life to physicians who specialize in post-mortems, noting a paradox of pride that can make some men ridiculous yet prevent others from becoming so.
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Colton
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