Odd Wedding Ring With Keys Adorned In Met Museum Display
A Roman bronze wedding ring with a tiny tied bunch of keys is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The piece reflects ancient customs where keys accompanied betrothal bands and symbolized property transfer. References trace wedding rings to antiquity and vary by culture, with Egyptian and Jewish traditions noted, and English customs of rings on the thumb during Queen Elizabeth’s era.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Iran
Elizabeth
George III
Engand
Chicago Journal
German East Africa climate hinders German colonial aims
Boston Transcript reports Maj. von Wissmann’s Berlin address criticizing emigration to German East Africa. He argues the region has no healthy land or reliable malaria-free zones, that natives have few wants and little incentive to work, and that only settlers with jobs like planting, mining, or ranching could prosper. He warns Indians or Malay coolies might be imported while noting taxation would be hard given the supposed lack of desires.
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East Africa
Maj. von Wissmann
Berlin
India
German East Africa
Germany
Malay Peninsula
England
Boston Transcript
Queen Amelie Studies Medicine Using X Rays
The Portuguese queen has begun medical study and uses X rays to illustrate deformities of court ladies bodies. She takes pictures of their bodies to lecture on bone deformities, sharing images of crushed bones in a manner found unpleasant by the court.
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Brodies
Amelie
Portugal
Cincinnati Enuquirer
Jokes of the Jesters and a Maine reminiscence
A Lewiston Journal excerpt recalls the Nineteenth Maine’s wartime exploits joking that they foraged the South and defeated rebellion. Major Patton and Al Wells recount pig stealing, hen roosts and cellar foraging, with General Hancock warned of the regiment’s advance. The tale shifts to an English traveler in Austria, picking up a story en route to a hotel.
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Maine
Pattons
al Wells
Hancock
Nineteenth Maine
Lewinston Journal
Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment on Brown Clarence and ties
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer mentions Brown and Clarence with notes about counting ties. The context and details are unclear due to incomplete OCR text.
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Brown
Clarence
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Her Invariable Rule In Short Engagemen ts Motto
Miss Smatter and Misa Kittish discuss engagements in quotes from the New York Sunday World. The exchange favors short engagements and says plenty of them suit the speaker. A light social quip reflecting attitudes toward marriage and timing.
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Miss Smatter
Misa Kittish
New York Sunday Orld
Wallace and Hargreaves Diamond Dispute Sparks Curiosity
In Cincinnati Enquirer notes, Wallace remarks on Hargreaves not wearing his diamond while Ferry counters he pawned it that week. The exchange ends with a quip about the possible pawn value as speculation swirls.
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Wallace
Hargreaves
Ferry
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Two Its Corbett and Fitz in Sharkey Affair
A fragmented New York Press piece mocks Corbett and Fitz in the Sharkey affair. It parodies boxing and crowd reactions while urging practicalities like steamers and bed pillows as a humorous aside.
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Corbett
Fitz
Sharkey
Nita, Corbett
New York Press
Witty Servant Registers Master as Gripsack Book Note
In Austria all hotel guests must register name and occupation in a police book. Mr Smith asks his servant Fritz to fetch the book. Fritz records the master as M, Warranted Solid Leather Gripsack, claiming to copy from the portmanteau. The master discovers the joke with amusement.
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Austria
Fritz
Mr. Smith
Uncle Wayback's Philosophy Nuggets From Truth
A collection of humorous maxims on marriage behavior sermons and wisdom. The quips note parsons pants wear out first and wise men learning from fools while many sayings poke fun at human quirks. It reflects a folksy vernacular of contrarian folk wisdom.
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Wayback
Clergymen on a Stagecoach Journey
A Worcester clergyman recalls a lighthearted tale from younger days in the White Mountains. He and a companion clergyman rode in the stagecoach driver’s seat, forming a swift friendship as stories flowed. The driver, praising ministers, notes he has seen no man like them all summer.
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Worcester
White Mountains
Boston Record
Superstitions delay work among city workers
Weary Watkins recalls workers delaying start due to Friday superstition. Dismal Dawson jokes that he would not begin on any day from Friday through Thursday, reflecting local superstitions noted by the Indianapolis Journal.
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Weary Watkins
Dawson
Indianapolis Journal
Quote about a young actor and neckwear
The dialogue notes a young actor with a large neckwear collection. Charlie asks why the actor is thought to own many ties, and the answer hints at Clarence.
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Charlie
Clarence
The Household Drapery Fabrics in Green and Blue
A survey of new cotton and corduroy draperies for the dainty boudoir and hall, featuring cross stripe patterns in green and blue. Highlights include a 60 cent yard plain green and blue fabrics, yellow green arras cloth, gondola stripe at $1 yard, and arno cord suited for portieres, windows, and furniture coverings.
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Arras
Aluminium Kitchenware Gains Popularity Among Housekeepers
Aluminium utensils rise in public favor as price declines. Metal Workers report their advantages compare well with tin iron or enameled ware. Aluminium covered dishes retain heat better and boil water faster, with light weight and easy cleaning. A boom in aluminium utensil trade is anticipated.
Silver Men of Michigan Conference Seeks Free Coinage
An open joint conference of Democratic Populist and Union silver state central committees met in Yanning Michigan to boost free silver coinage. They plan a Grand Rapids convention by February 20 to nominate a justice of the supreme court and two university regents with Democrats handling the justice post and Populists silverites the others. They call for a 2 percent income tax on incomes over 1500, demand all government money be legal tender, oppose greenback retirement, and reaffirm 16 to 1 free coinage. An attempt to endorse Governor Pingree’s message failed though the group found it satisfactory overall.
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Yanning
Mich
Democratic
Union
Silver State
Lower Peninsula
Supreme Court
Long
Grand Rapids
Pingree
OFFICERS FIRE ON STRIKERS IN Rutland Ill
Two miners were seriously wounded as Rutland officers and local guards reinforced mine property after a riot. President Bland swore in extra policemen, sentinels placed near the mine and Illinois Central lines, and troops slept at a hotel while awaiting arbitration promised by manager Hakes by the 16th.
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Ottawa
Rutland
Bland
Illinois Central
Hakes
International Miners’ Union
Aldrich Mentioned for the Cabinet
Senator Aldrich refused to discuss a report that he had been offered the job of secretary of the treasury. In Chicago, twelve members of two families were poisoned by fresh pork sausages, with several in critical condition and others recovering, amid reports of additional affected families.
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Cornelius N. Bliss
Bliss
New York
Navy
McKinley
Massachusetts
Republican National Committee
Aldrich
Washington
Chicago
Bromstedt
Weather Indications For Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin
Washington January nine reports twenty four hour weather outlooks by region. Indiana expected fair and warmer with southerly winds. Illinois fair with southerly winds shifting northwesterly and cooler tonight. Lower Michigan partly cloudy and warmer with southerly winds turning northwesterly Cooler tonight. Upper Michigan snow flurries with cooler tonight and shifting winds to northwesterly. Wisconsin fair and cooler with southerly winds becoming northwesterly. Iowa fair and colder with northwesterly winds.
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Washington
Indiana— Fair
Ilinois
Lower Michigan
Upper
Michigan
Wisconsin—Fair
Towa— Fair
Steamboat Travel Safe Despite Fatality Odds
A report by the supervising inspector general finds steamboat journeys far safer than other activities. Out of 600 million trips last year, 221 resulted in fatal accidents, a rate of 0.00000036. Interpreted, an average man could make 2,715,403 trips before a drowning or explosion would occur.
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Eddy
Inspector General
N. ¥. Times
Surprising Sunday Barber Rule Noted in Village
A Westerner in an eastern village laments no barbers open on Sunday. Resident explains Sunday closures, noting barbers may shave corpses only in cases of necessity. The man jokes that needing a shave on Sunday feels life threatening. Source quotes New York Weekly.
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Hisself
N. Y
Bucklen Arnica Salve Ad For Various Ailments
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, Bear Salve for oats, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and skin eruptions cures piles or no pay. Guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Rice 25 cents per ounce. Emmert and Burrell sell it. Also a baking tip to brown crusts with sweet milk applied before baking.
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Bucklen
Emmert & Burrell
Perry and Cameron Endorse Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
Flushing Michigan druggists Perry and Cameron praise Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as the best cough medicine they have ever sold and always satisfactory. Emmert and Burrell sell bottles at 25 and 50 cents.
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Perry & Cameron
Flushing
Michigan
Emmert & Burrell
30 Days Blanket Sale and Mexico Tour Teaser
Overstocked white blankets sold at cut prices. Plus a personally conducted tour through Mexico arranged by J. J. Grafton. Departure from Chicago on February 2, 1897, in a palace car train for thirty days visiting major sites. Extensions available. pamphlets from Chicago and North Western Ry agents.
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Mexico
J. J. Grafton
Chicago
Chicago & North- Western Ry
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