Royal Daughters and a Czar Seek Love Beyond Thrones
A long thinly veiled chronicle of the Russian czars four daughters and their looming marriages. Olga Titiana Marie Anastasia are pressured by diplomacy and family, with rumors of elopements and palace intrigues, amid a collapsing alliance system and imperial weariness. The piece contrasts romantic longing with political matchmaking in the final hours of a crumbling era.
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Europa
Olga
Dimitri Paulovitch
Paul
Czafty
Dimitri
Titiana
Crimea
Hst
Prince of Wales
St. Petersburg
Adalbert
Kaiser Wilhelm II of
Germany
Balkan
Alexander
Servia
Peter
Draga
George
Belgrade
Charles
Romania
Roumania
Tay
Bulgaria
First Firm of Women Architects Fat Men Unpopular Now
The piece argues fashion shifts toward slim figures, noting Kaiser and Taft trimmed down. It recalls past eras when corpulence was common, citing Dickens and Pickwick as approving. Today fat men face medical and social disdain, with writers and artists portraying them less favorably.
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London Saturday Review
Kaiser
Mr. Taft
Gibbon
Burke
Johnson
Dickens
Tony Weller
Glass Eye Nibs Game Highlights Joliet Schoolboy
Mike Jones of Crossville school Joliet uses a glass eye in a playful nibs game with a schoolmate. He is described as a sport and eager to win while balancing his studies and games at the three R's.
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Joliet
Til
Mike
Jones
Crossville School
Uit
Schoolboy gambler bets with eye in ring
The pupil Mike tears out his eye in a dare and places it in a ring to win a bet. The other boy flips his knick and the eye flies out. Miss Rogan investigates, rules a gambling debt illegal, and orders the eye returned to Mike.
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Mike
Miss Rogan
Man Born in 1799 Aims Century-Span Trip to Missouri
Dorman Henry of Rome aged ninety nine plans a trip to Liberty Missouri to visit cousin Henry Dorman aged one hundred fifteen claimed oldest man in the United States. Henry born January 10 1799 in Steuben County New York has lived through three centuries and served in the Seventh Michigan Cavalry.
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Rome
O. S. Dorman
Liberty
Henry Dorman
United States
Mra
Hattie Dorman
Steuben County
New York
New York State
Michigan Cavalry
George Washington
John Adams
Napoleon
Waterloo
Pauper Dudley Jardine Leaves $200000 Estate
In New York a man known for 30 years of extreme poverty on the Bowery barely escaped becoming a pauper. He died leaving an estate valued at over two hundred thousand dollars.
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New York
Bowery
Dudley Jardine
First Woman Diplomat Named Secretary at Mexico City
Christiania born Henrietta Hoegh twenty seven becomes the first woman diplomat by being appointed secretary of the Norwegian legation in Mexico City.
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Christiania
Henrietta Hoegh
Mexico City
Keeps 27 Cats Sparks Lunacy Guardian Call in Ithaca
In Ithaca New York a lunacy commission urged appointing a guardian for Miss Jennie Butts who reportedly keeps twenty seven cats prompting concern over her mental state. The case highlights assessors concerns about living conditions and welfare.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Jennie Butts
Nexty
Wake Up Call Sparks Sudden System Hurdle
A vivid warning echoes about energizing a dormant system while cautioning that improper startup could trigger a failure. Authorities urge controlled procedures to prevent overdrawn power and potential shutdowns. The prompt emphasizes readiness and safe handling, underscoring risk of abrupt operation.
Miss Noodles Ends In Lavish Car Purchase
A snappy quip notes Miss Noodles bought an automobile and cleverly answers the jab by saying she married a chauffeur. The blurb also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, touting their 40 year history and claims to regulate and invigorate stomach liver and bowels. Sugar coated pellets are advertised.
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Dr. Pierce
Tactless Menu Dinner Gaffe Becomes Household Joke
A bashful guest at a family dinner becomes the butt of a joke after an awkward mixup with a dish of sheep's head fish. The husband recalls the moment and the wife jokes about the dining mishap.
Do you know you play a goat deal like Hofmann
A Dartmouth Jack O Lantern line notes a wearied damsel asking if a man knows he plays a goat deal like Josef Hofmann. The sad specimen replies that it is no joke, insisting both players use their hands in a humorous aside from the campus humor page.
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Bright
Dean
Josef Hofmann
Dartmouth
France Honors American Artist for Rackham Painting
France purchases for the Luxembourg gallery the original Arthur Rackham painting of Jack Spratt and His Wife from a Rackham series in St. Nicholas Magazine. The gesture is described as the highest honor the French government can confer on a living artist. The Louvre accepts only posthumous works.
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France
Luxembourg
Arthur Rackham
Jack Spratt
Rackham
St. Nicholas Magazine
Lving
Louvre
Hygienic Bath Salts Endorsement by Physician
A physician who favors baths as a tonic recommends Epsom or Carlsbad salts for invigoration. Use more than twice weekly with one ounce per pint of warm water for a sponge bath, or a pint per tub for a full bath. Buy wholesale at the drug house. price four cents per pound. The bath water acts as a tonic and helps eliminate impurities through the skin.
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Epsom
Carlsbad
Arug House
Upward Start After Changing from Coffee to Postum
A Tennessee woman shares a lifetime improvement after replacing coffee with Postum. She describes stomach pain, nervous exhaustion, and starvation from coffee, then notes Postum eased digestion, steadied nerves, and restored energy. The ad promotes Postum products from Postum Co. Battle Creek.
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Postum’ Co
Battle Creek
Michadda
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