The Royal Box: Sixty Crowns And Cigar Tales
The piece profiles European royals. King Arios of Portugal reputedly smokes forty cigars daily while King Alfonso of Spain smokes sparingly. It mentions Savoy’s line, Blumbert’s Crusade era, and King George of Cireece who prefers governance without a crown. Prince Edward excels as a church choir singer. Belgian heir Albert and wife Elizabeth fund a Brussels hospital for consumptives and produced a play Romunda for charity.
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Arios
Portugal
Alfonso
Spain
Savoy
Italy
Blumbert
White Hands
George of
Cireece
Prince Edward
Prince of Wales
Royal Naval College
Prince Albert
Elizabeth
Brussels
Romunda
College And School Developments And Appointments
New York City plans to spend 20 million dollars on school buildings and sites during the current administration. Dr George Lincoln Hendrickson professor of Latin at the University of Chicago has been hired by Yale for the Latin chair. He is Johns Hopkins trained. Dickinson College will establish a department of peace and public service in memory of William Penn following a peace congress in New York. President Hadley of Yale will go to Berlin after Yale Corp meeting in October to fill the Theodore Roosevelt professorship of American history and Institutions at the University of Berlin.
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New York City
George Lincoln Hendrickson
University of Chicago
Yale
Johns Hopkins University
Dickinson College
Pennsylvania
Public Service
William Penn
Hadley
Yale University
Berlin
Yale University Corporation
Theodore Roosevelt
University of Berlin
Not Always Remembering Pennies and Shillings
A humorous exchange from London Tit-Bits features Uncle James giving Bobby a coin and advising thrift. Bobby vows to save pennies while noting his father quickly spends shillings.
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Uncle James
Bobby
London
Social Notes Card Party at Knights of the Globe
The regular Monday night card party at the Knights of the Globe hall will be held tonight.
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Knights of the Globe Hall
Power of Love lecture thrills Chicago audience
Father L J Vaughan delivered a two hour talk titled The Power of Love at the chautauqua drawing a large crowd. Chicago Ladies Quartette entertained with music pictures of the Passion Play as the audience applauded the eloquence and appeal across classes.
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L. J. Vaughan
Chautauqua
Father Vaughan
Freeport
Chicago
Effie C. Palmer
H. W. Adams
Des Moines
Christ
Ertz-Bowdens
Mr. Crowl
Jacob Weins
Knights of the Globe Camp
A. J. McNeill
Emilie
J. W. L. Donaldson
J. W. McCawley
M. J. Howe
Bertha Tucker
Martha Eberly
F. M. Chapin
Geo. C. Derr
McNeil
A. N. Bates
Bessie
Pecatonica
Ole Bull and His Fiddle Remark on Women and Music
The tale recalls Ole Bull praising a young pianist yet claiming only a man's biceps can play great music. The girl retorts her urn is strong enough to break her plate and need a new one weekly. He notes how people treat pianos, breaking and beating them, while they adore their own fathers.
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Ole Bull
DeVore
United States
Freeport
The Skilled Carriage Painter Trade in New York
The New York Press notes a steady demand for skilled carriage painters and varnishers driven by the expansion of the automobile industry. The article outlines the precision, training, and risks involved, from dust or insects ruining varnish to weather changes requiring costly rework, and even describes the value of a lifetime set of varnishing brushes sold for $500.
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New York
Ministers decry shorthand in church services
A suburban minister laments seven shorthand students photographing his sermon during Sunday worship. He says churches are becoming classrooms, demeaning the Sabbath and sanctuary. He recalls flattery at first, then realization students use ministers to practice stenography for profit.
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New York Press
Do We Want Immortality A Plea From The Press
The piece questions public interest in immortality as a topic among the educated and masses. It notes social discomfort in discussing eternal life, cites Dr William Osler on Scienecs and Immortality, and laments the press’s silence amid sensational fleshly writings.
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Der
William Osler
Jewish Women as Early Suffragists in History
The London Jewish World notes that the first recorded suffragists were Zelophehad’s daughters. It cites American pioneer Ernestine L. Rose, who spoke at meetings in the 1830s, and highlights modern Jewish advocates Maud Nathan of New York and Pauline Steinem of Ohio as notable supporters.
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London
Zelophehad
America
Ernestine L. Rose
Maud Nathan
New York
National Consumers’ League
Pauline Steinem
Ohio
Toledo Board of Education
Ohly Woman Suffrage Association
Silent Stage Mischance and a Baby’s Voice
A Glasgow pantomime piece recalls a boy forced into a mustard pot by a stage manager, and a dismayed father. A New York scientist with a large family tries singing to calm a noisy baby, only to be interrupted by a young neighbor asking for quiet due to a sick person next door.
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New York
Yale
A Considerate Musician Among Rival Composers
A story from the St. Louis Republic describes Rossini meeting Meyerbeer on a boulevard with Braga. When Meyerbeer asks after Rossini, the composer replies he is terrible but Teases Braga by explaining his good health to please Meyerbeer, who would enjoy his downfall.
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Rossini
Braga
Meyerbeer
Smash
St. Louis Republic
Why They're Trams Abroad
A tourist agent explains the term tram and its history abroad. He notes that "tram" derives from Outram, Thomas Outram of Derbyshire, who devised early tracks reducing wheel friction. Outram's designs were called outramways then tramways, later giving names to street lines and cars.
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Outram
Thomas Outram
Derbyshire
Crocodile Treed by Elephant Near Lake Ngami
An African hunter recounts finding a large crocodile hanging in a tree about ten feet high far from any water. Natives say elephants lift and drop the crocodile into branches after wading in the lake to bathe, a torment misfired into a treetop perch.
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Ngami
London
Tree Cleansing Air Through Leaves From Human Breath
A computation states a single tree can purify air of carbonic acid from many people. It estimates a human exhales about 100 gallons of carbonic acid in 24 hours, while one square yard of leaf surface can decompose about one gallon per day, making a single tree effective against sizable groups.
A Legacy of Fare and Kindness in London
An old man in London, Filntskin, asks a cabby about fare. The cabby replies to leave it to him. Filntskin thanks him, pockets closed, and walks away, remarking no one has ever given him anything before. The exchange carries a gentle social note about generosity.
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Old Filntskin
London Mall
Mrs Dash Expresses Cremation Preference in Quip
The message notes Mrs Dash-Mother requests cremation and comments on luck and companionship. It presents a personal remark reflecting a sense of misfortune and a light tone about being unmated, labeled as a casual aside.
Trigonometry Charges Three-Wife Prisoner
A prisoner faced a police magistrate after a graver offense. The officer asked the charge, and the magistrate corrected him noting that three wives is not bigotry but trigonometry.
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