Eugene Weekly Guard Oddities and Odd Bets
A man reportedly won a bet by eating yeast and boasts of his puffed appearance. A Texas farm with no oil is found and a stock company is formed to promote it. An ostrich dies after trying to eat a collar button. The goat remains the only match for the collar button. J Pierpont Morgan met King Edward to show how a man who runs things appears without tassels. A Chicago woman says she cannot live with her husband due to a wooden leg, and wives claim some men have wooden heads.
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Chicago
Monadnock
Jackson
Dearborn
van Buren Streets
Board of Trade Station
Irean
Central Station
Washington Street
Lake Front
Garrity
Gordon
Postal Department
Chicago Tribune
Jenny
Mr. Selden
Ida
Mary
Betty
Vicious tendencies and penalties in old world wake
A lengthy discussion on juvenile behavior and discipline cites that unchecked vicious tendencies lead to crime, while corporal punishment remains outside state institutions. It argues that a nation’s character matters more than material wealth and critiques the death penalty versus solitary confinement. It covers West Point discipline, auto travel records, and roads improving, ending with Sarah Bernhardt’s critique of American female education.
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London Statist
United States
Europe
Secretary of War
Military Academy
West Point
New York
Chicago
Othr
American women and marriage in the 19th century
A critical examination of Sarah’s Europe America marriage claims. The author argues American women marry in haste, value early womanhood, and attract suitors in droves, contrasting with European norms and dismissing gossip about American family life. The piece emphasizes agency in choosing mates and the unlikely fate of remaining unmarried.
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America
Sarah
Europe
Jax Sarah
Theft by Mabel Lawrence Hurt at Smith College
A Massachusetts woman from Edgerton, Mabel Lawrence Hurt, was arrested in Northampton for stealing about $3,000 in jewelry from Smith College classmates. In a confession she cited the thrill of detection as the motive, with experts noting possible mental derangement.
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Mabel Lawrence Hurt
Edgerton, Mass
Northampton
Mass
Smith College
Aod
Ancient hollow oak sparks naturalist fascination near Homburg
In Germany naturalists flock to a vast hollow oak near Homburg noted for its immense trunk and thick circumference. Four people recently found space inside its hollow base, while peasants say the tree regrows fresh twigs each spring and remains crowned with green leaves, a source of Hamburg pride.
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Germany
Homburg
Hamburg
The Subtle American Joke In Rome Guides
An American asks a German friend about a joke told in Rome about guiding travelers who see two skulls of St Paul, one a boy and one a man. The German eagerly requests the punch line.
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Rome
St. Paul
New England
Corn Popular in Europe at Paris Exposition
A historic shift shows European tastes embracing American corn. Decades after officials began teaching Europeans to cook corn, eager Parisians devoured corn delicacies at the Paris Exposition last summer, contrasting with earlier resistance to corn as human food and signaling growing demand for corn products abroad.
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Germany
Russia
France
China
India
Europe
South America
Central America
Australia
Africa
Canada
Mexico
West Indies
Harper's Weekly
Department of Agriculture
Murphy
King Victor Emmanuel Discovers Bureaucratic Apathy
The king, in a rare field trip to the foreign office, surprised staff by inspecting hours and catalogs. He found a lone clerk dozing at his desk and ordered the minister to report that the visit was a reminder to enforce duties rather than expand staff.
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Victor Emmaneul
Italy
Sig. Prinetti
Quirinal
Foreign Office
Rome
Pall Malliozette
Sto 12
Photographer's mischief at Balmoral with Queen Victoria
An Aberdeen photographer on early Balmoral visits amused the royal pair by awkwardly arranging them and peeking from behind a curtain to check focus. A hand then signaled with a witty request for Mrs Albert to wear a slightly less white petticoat, eliciting their amusement.
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Queen Victoria
Prince Albert
Deeside
Aberdeen
Balmoral
Powise
Fractions Lesson Sparks Quick Wit Between Siblings
A girl studying fractions learns from her mother that eyes cost nine cents a dozen and tests her brother Rob. He replies with a playful miscalculation, saying you get a apiece for nine and three for noth n, showing curiosity and humor in a family moment.
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Rob
Robert
The Pope's Golden Rose Gift Details
The golden rose bestowed by the Pope each year to a loyal royal lady is pure gold valued at $10,000. A central rose contains the Pope pouring balsam, surrounded by smaller rosebuds and leaves, all intricately chiselled in gold.
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Church of Rome
Mean conditional will quoted by two columnists
A dialogue from the Indianapolis Journal features the Sweet Young Thing and the Savage Bachelor arguing over a man’s plan to leave his property to his wife only if she does not remarry. The debate pivots on whether such a stipulation is cruel or protective, reflecting differing social attitudes.
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Indianapolis Journal
Longest Words in English Language Claim
A historical note asserts that the longest English word is t reantitransubstantiation ist a twenty eight letter coinage. It mentions transubetantiationablenees as the next longest form in the discussion.
Right and Left Hand Affinities in Perception and Thought
The text contrasts the right hand as more touch sensitive yet less affected by heat or cold, notes that some men understand arithmetic only through self and subtraction from others, and asserts the ocean has uses while feelings err in calling it a watery waste.
Mary Holmes Returns to Mount Holyoke and a Winter in Boston
Mary declines a second offer and visits her mother's grave with Ella where a monument to their family stands. Mr. Stuart notices her at the grave and later supports her education at Mount Holyoke while a new romance hints at William Bender and George Moreland. Aunt Martha arrives with plans for a Boston winter as Jenny Lincoln reappears and Ella faces Henry Lincoln and Mary’s growing circle.
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Ella
Bridget
Mother
Allie
William Bender
Rice Corper
Mr. Stuart
Mount Holyoke
Boston
Mr. Bender
George Moreland
England
Ida
Jenny
Mra Mason
Jenny Lincoln
George
Henry
Henry Lincoln
Rose
Miss King
Philadelphia
Mr. Selden
Making Girls Happy on Farms at Minnesota School
Mrs. Virginia C Meredith of Minnesota University spoke at Hay ington Hall Boston detailing the states farm wives training program. She said the farm home is the ideal life and education for girls in agriculture, with courses in cookery dairy chemistry sewing and household arts.
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Sweetharts
Minnesota
Ingenious trick using toothpicks or ether onlookers
A curious game explains a trick with a handful of toothpicks. Players break the sticks in two hands, scatter them, and claim the last pick goes to the loser. The method hinges on leaving an odd number in the pile, forcing the other player to take the final piece, a principle the victim gradually learns as the game proceeds.
Jewelry theft and protective photographic practices in England and America
The piece discusses how English women display wealth by wearing entire jewelry sets including tiaras and laces, making theft identification easier, while American women rarely photograph or display full sets. It notes thieves rarely steal intact pieces and that precautionary photography is more common in the U S.
Funeral Farewell Amid Chen’s Right of Way Row
A fragmented notice reports a funeral procession in China facing a dispute over the right of way. The text shows unclear names and details but indicates tension over street access during the procession. Authorities are not named, and the event appears to involve a local roadway issue rather than a formal court action.
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Ion China Funeral Pro Oopare
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