Refinements of Habit Through History and Hygiene
The Cornhill Magazine essay contrasts modern cleanliness with past habits, noting small shopkeepers and peasants today fare better than princes a century or more ago. It recalls Marie Antoinette’s modest Versailles bathroom and the myth of Louis XIV never washing, contrasted with sparse royal grooming details.
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Cornhill Magazine
Teeth Tell Age, Bookkeeper Claims in Philadelphia Record
A Frankford bookkeeper asserts age can be read from teeth, based on watching salesmen in his office. He describes how, from age 28 onward, lower teeth wear and lower lip droops, while upper teeth fade from view, noting distinct changes with age.
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Frankford
Philadelphia
House of Sorrow at Dakota Dugout
A colonel halts by a Dakota dugout where a towheaded 16 year old girl answers his questions with blunt humor. She reports no food or water, a dry spring, a missing brother, and that she was to be married yesterday before her fiancé was shot by an Indian. She bids him ride on from a place of sorrow. The New York Sun.
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Scribner's
Magnanimous Japanese pay it forward after cyclist’s accident
The account recalls an incident in Japan where a US soldier ran over a blind man while riding downhill. He was fined five dollars but offered twenty to the magistrate. The court remitted the fine, and the soldier insisted the gift go to the blind man, who received a diploma for his act.
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Seaman
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United States
New York Tribune
Gloves For Her Hand
A witty dialogue between an old father and a suitor. The suitor jokes he can keep his beloved daughter in gloves, prompting the father to react to the insinuation about his daughter’s attire and status.
Angel Without Wings Ends In Quiet Flight
Dialogue from Catholic Standard and Times contrasts a fading nickname with a belief the other person has wings. A separate scientific note states bacilli in sputa confirm tuberculosis spreads mainly through dried sputum.
No Wind and Woolly West A Misleading View of the Plains
The author argues eastern readers misjudge the vast plains east of the Rockies, noting crimes are rarer than in eastern cities. He recounts long travels across the northwest from the Dakotas to British Columbia and says he has never seen the feared desperadoes or real danger imagined by dime novel lore.
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Infant Baptisms In Russia
Trumbull White recalls visiting the Church of St. Dav d in Tiflis to witness a Greek church baptism. A four to five week old boy endured three immersions in a cold font, with blessings and oil, as the priest discreetly tempered the water with hot from a samovar, prompting no protest from the child.
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Tiflis
Chicago
Honeymoon Carriage Sparks Laughter in London Fun
A tourist recalls traveling with a newlywed couple whose playful affection amused the other passengers. The groom boasted of farm and sweets while the bride displayed affection openly, provoking a lighthearted exchange with an old man who jokes he has married thrice and plans a fourth, calling it paradise boiled down.
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London
Sunday life in Victorian London card parties and concerts
The passage notes Sunday was lively in Queen Victoria's era with regular card parties hosted by prominent women such as the Duchess of Wellington and others, plus concerts and receptions announced in The Morning Post, contrasting later sensibilities.
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How to Get a Genial Dog
A humorous Atchison Globe piece argues a mixed breed vagrant dog is the best to own because of constant friendliness and appetite. It contrasts with a fancy blue ribbon dog that snaps at children and ends with an unseemly note about purchasing a pup from a Black boy.
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Atchison Globe
French Coffee Roast Flavor Secret Revealed
A French housekeeper states that butter and powdered sugar are added to coffee beans during roasting. She specifies a hazelnut sized butter piece per pound and at most a teaspoonful of sugar to achieve the pleasant burned sugar flavor associated with French coffee.
Like Unto Like and Love Restored
A brief quotation from the Chicago Post presents a tale of affection and renewal. An elderly bachelor remarks that insanity can be cured by love, while a young woman concludes her story with hopeful romance.
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Lts
Chicago Post
Plausible tale of a bread theft and a twine misadventure told
A Pawtucket correspondent recounts a man buying a loaf at a bakery and inadvertently taking home more string than paid for. The runaway string unspooled across a mile with the loaf, prompting the conductor to caution passengers. The man eventually tracked the string back to the bakery and returned the twine, then a second item discusses Cromwell’s conduct in Ireland.
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Pawtucket
Providence Telegram
Politeness Costs Frightful Color Blind Test
A rustic fails a color vision test after a polite relative is pressed to identify colors. The old man doubts the test while the examiner offers a green red display. The rustic admits seeing red but cannot tell the color, and recounts leaving in embarrassment.
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London
Old Aunt Looks to Marriage for Rent Money
A decrepit woman with a curved back visits a former employer and confides she plans to marry Billy Jones for money to cover rent, arguing age is no obstacle and that love is not involved. The tale, told in a Charleston or Atlanta Constitution flavor, highlights social satire on marriage and money.
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Atlanta Constitution
Judge Tests Witness Truthful Testimony
A crotchety judge demands direct evidence from a witness, asking for name and age. The witness Mary Jones offers her name but declines to state her age, noting she only has hearsay information on that point.
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Philadelphia Press
Curatorium for Eye Troubles Sends Free Treatment Across Districts
In St. Petersburg a curatorium operates to dispatch commissions countrywide offering free eye care and advice to peasants suffering from eye afflictions.
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St. Petersburg
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