Washingtons China A St Louis Man Claims Authentic Pitcher
J L Bernard of St Louis Missouri Pacific railroad possession of a rare Washington relic a porcelain pitcher said to have been part of George Washington china set. It features purple blue bands white handle two acanthus leaves white relief figures on each side and a central front scene. Side art shows a chariot with children and a infant while the opposite side depicts a chariot with a woman and panthers and a standing male with a balance. An oak tree and fence appear on the front. The piece is cracked at the rim and a fragment is missing from the spout.
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St. Louis
J. L. Bernard
Missouri Pacific Railroad
George Washington
I Fell in Love During the Battle of the Wilderness
Mayor Dan Thompson recalls during Civil War fighting how he fell for a young woman, later marrying her, after helping a wounded Confederate youth. He explains rescuing a 17 year old who asked him to deliver a sister’s portrait to Richmond. The boy recovered, was exchanged, and the two later ran a Baltimore business.
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Dan Thompson
Richmond
Brother
Baltimore
A Hibernian Halts Work On Public Road
An Irish immigrant with limited familiarity for horse and cart confronts an overseer over dumping stones. He tilts the load at the wrong place, vows to learn next time, and after loading again, tips the cart into a gully, joking the method is expeditious though reckless.
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Green Isle
Paddy
Bedad
The Rose Through Ancient World Luxury and Symbolism
A compact sketch traces roses as a symbol of wealth and refinement from ancient Rome and Greece to Egypt and beyond. It notes rose perfumed wine cups, rose water in Nero's banquets, rose petals in beds and garlands worn by rulers, illustrating enduring cultural prestige and ritual use.
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Cirrha
Elie
Eucrine
Nero
Dionysius
Verus
Rose imagery in ancient banquets and poetry
The passage describes ancient rulers Antiochus Cleopatra and Heliogabalus surrounded by roses at banquets. It notes overuse led to suffocation risks and suggests roses faded to a garden role after the War of the Roses. It claims poets widely honor the flower in verse across eras.
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Antiochus
Cleopatra
Antony
Heliogabalus
Siy
Voyage to Frisco in 1853 recalls a Pacific voyage
Charles Prosch of Seattle recounts his voyage from New York to San Francisco begun in September 1853 aboard the Illinois with Captain Hartstein. He describes Jamaica’s degradation of women, Aspinwall at the Atlantic terminus, isthmus travel by boat and donkey, and a champagne toast by Captain Pierson before a storm.
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Charles Prosch
Seattle
New York
San Francisco
Ilinois
Hartstein
Liberty Street
Prosch
Jamaica
Pacific Mail
Aspinwall
Colon
Gorgona
Panama
John L. Stephens
Robert L. Pierson
Mr. Proseh
New York City
Blind Billiards Wonder in New York Man Plays Sleek Game
Julius Stern, a New York man with two glass eyes, demonstrates exceptional billiards skill despite total blindness. He describes visualizing the table, recalling colors from before losing sight, and performing intricate four cushion and English shots that astonish observers.
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New York
Julius Stern
Mr. Stern
After Forty the Comfort of One's Own Bed
A reflective piece on aging and home longing, linking the weariness of adulthood to the familiar comfort of one's own bed. The narrator recalls childhood homesickness and a mother's tender presence at bedtime, portraying enduring affection for mothers and the solace found in private space.
Made Tennyson Laureate After Wordsworth Death
An autograph note from Prince Albert offered the laureateship to Samuel Rogers after Wordsworth's death. Rogers, then 87, declined with pleasure and suggested Alfred Tennyson as his successor, noting it would gratify the queen to have his name connected with her reign.
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Wordsworth
Samuel Rogers
Prince Albert
Rogers
Alfred Tennyson
Never Be Discouraged, Follow the Next Train to Success
A successful businessman credits a boyhood lesson from an old acquaintance. The mentor urged independence and unwavering effort, comparing setbacks to a tramp chasing trains to Chicago. He advised patience, resilience, and belief that rejection may precede eventual achievement.
Ancient Babylon in Herodotus Description
A historical sketch notes Babylon on a level plain with a forty mile per side square and total circuit of fifty six miles. It mentions a deep moat and a vast brass wall with bronze lintels, along with twenty five gates on cross walls by the Euphrates. Inside, the Temple of Bel featured a gold image and a 40 by 15 foot gold table atop an eight square stadia pyramid. The city rose to prominence in 747 A C and later fell into ruin after Alexander the Great.
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Herodotus
Babylon
Euphrates
Bel
Alexander the Creat
Mary Alloway the dog faced woman dies in woods hut
Mary Alloway known as Mary the dog faced woman dies in her hovel in Eshleman's woods Mount Joy township Pennsylvania. The aged eccentric lived in poverty using a tattered blanket as a bed cover and subsisted on wild fruit berries nuts and roots in summer. She begged from neighbors the rest of the year and wandered with a lean pack of dogs. Neighbors once burned her tent and she moved to the county almshouse but escaped back to the woods where she died.
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Mary Alloway
Mount Joy Township
Pennsylvania
Mary
Eshleman’s Woods
The Workload of a Daily Typewriter Effort
An analysis of daily typing work calculates extreme speeds of 200 words per minute and typical speeds of 75 to 50 words per minute. It estimates finger travel at four inches per letter, totaling about 676000 inches daily, roughly 9 miles, rising to 54 miles weekly and over 2800 miles yearly for steady work.
A Dwinding River Describes Schuylkill Drought Threat
The piece warns that the Schuylkill waters are shrinking with successive droughts. It recalls prior declines over a lifetime and predicts that the river could become a dry watercourse in parts of the year, similar to western rivers.
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Schuylkill
West
Reforestation urged to restore streams and prevent floods
The article argues that sustained low water will worsen unless vast watershed areas are reforested after being stripped by lumbering. It cites Europe’s example showing reforestation can revive dried streams and reclaim flood prone lands, protecting health and habitable areas.
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Europe
Siam Debt Slavery Practices Described in Passage
A historical description explains that in Siam a creditor may seize a debtor, chains him for life, and use the debtor’s labor to pay only interest. Freedom hinges on payment of the principal by a friend or relative, and families may be seized if the debtor runs away, with servants offering to surrender wives children and home if found unfaithful.
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Siam
New York Crooks Use Train Valise Trick on Public
A two man scheme targets riders on elevated trains. Crook one sits by a window and, if closed, opens it to read a paper while partner sits opposite. They seize a passenger’s valise when a carrier sits nearby, passing it out the window to claim a mistaken leave behind. The ruse ends with the burglar exiting at the next stop.
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New York
Crook No. 1
Whence Came the Frogs in Port Morris
In a New Jersey thunderstorm crowds reported frogs raining into Port Morris, baffling witnesses. Some blame marsh suction while many favor rare electrical conditions triggering spontaneous life, a mystery students and professors now discuss from a science education angle.
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New Jersey
Port Morris
God Bless Richard and His Morning Payback
A young American boy, after an after-dark street scuffle with a neighbor, must say a forgiving blessing to Richard his victorious foe. The child reluctantly complied and added that Richard would get a lick in the morning.
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James
Richard
Free Soda Fountain Draws Crowds Then Fails After Price Rise
An uptown New York dry goods store once offered free soda water, drawing large crowds on hot days with a fountain and staff. After charging three cents a glass this year, patronage dropped sharply, with two hot days showing low fountain usage. A note about an Indian fighter and a historic grave desecration is also mentioned, including Capt. Charles Frost and his son's memorial ring inscription.
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New York
Elliott
John Frost
Charles Frost
Berwick
Kittery
Frost
Remarkable Rug Worth A Rich Man's Prize In Chicago
A rug ten by fifteen feet crafted from thirteen wild animal furs is owned by W. H. Wallenbar of Chicago. Valued at $1,500, it was made in Moscow over two years by a single craftsman and kept locked in a vault. The piece features a mosaic-like design with tiger yellow, South Sea seal, monkey skin, otter, silver fox, mink, and sable, with many furs including Persian lamb and Angora goat forming the intricate pattern.
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W. H. Wallenbar
Chicago
Doomed Glaciers Show Climate Driven Decline
The piece argues glaciers perish as temperatures rise, with ice loss tied to fluctuating cold spells. It notes Icelandic glaciers shifting between growth and diminution this century and suggests extreme cold and heavy snowfall would be needed for historic ice advances to recur, a global pattern not confined to one region.
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M. Forel
Rhone
Geneva
Culoz
Lyons
Quick Witted Smith Fined Then Fined Again
Judge Smith from Quitman Mississippi faced contempt of court charges when he kept leaving the room during a trial before Judge Buck Hancock. He wore his hat in the courtroom and was fined fifty dollars, promising to pay tomorrow. The next day the fine was remitted and never collected.
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Smith
Heifer Runs Wild Through Baltimore Homes
A restless heifer landed at a Baltimore wharf and pranced through Conway street causing chaos in multiple homes. After knocking a lamp from a shelf and stomping through a dining room, it sought refuge on a bed and hopped into a bath before being driven out by a blue-coated soldier and the driver.
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Baltimore
Conway Street
Emma
A. Poole
Fr. Carroll
Iere
Hanover Street
New Cures for Deafness Through Vibrometer Therapy
A vibrometer, a newly invented device for curing deafness, uses vibrating forces to massage the ear's sound-conducting apparatus. It claims to relieve conditions inaccessible by regular treatments, offering a novel approach to hearing loss.
Vibrometer offers hope for deafness relief at distance
The vibrometer is presented as a major improvement over the phonograph for hearing loss. It is reported to help many with five to fifteen years of deafness hear ordinary conversation from ten to twenty feet away with the speaker behind them, and to relieve incessant tinnitus in some users.
The Italian cure and the wind blown lists tale
An Italian traveler receives memoranda from friends detailing purchases before a journey. Only one friend provides funds. The cure fulfills that request, but says a gust blew away the rest of the lists. The cash with one memorandum kept purchases intact, proving the wind spared only the paid commission.
Return of Trentons Man Sparks Odd Dog Reunion
Little John Gray returns to Tren ton Tennessee after two years in Texas. A dog linked to him vanished two years ago and was presumed dead until the dog reappears at the Jetton household on his arrival day. The dog’s reunion with John marks a curious twist in a routine homecoming.
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John Gray
Trenton
Tenn
Texas
Jetton
John
Coin's Financial School and ContinuEd Price List
An advertisement for Coin's Financial School by W. H. Harvey with Illustrated editions detailing page counts fifty and two colors. Also promotes Ultro Date and Cor’s Financial School historical follow up with prices for popular better paper cloth and combined volumes priced at one dollar. Sent on receipt of price by Times-Post Fort Wayne.
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W. H Harvey
Cor’s Financial School
W. H. Harvey
Coin
Chicago
Financial School
United States
Corn’s Financial ScHool
Corv
Dare
Times-Post
Fort Wayne
Harvey-lLaughlin
Cimes-Post
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