Holland’s endless street cleaning haunts a New York writer
A New York Sun correspondent describes Holland as a land of perpetual scrubbing where streets flood each night with water and wooden shoes drum a rhythm as twenty four men scrub sidewalks. The piece notes the city’s obsession with dustless streets, nightly brigade regimens, and the exhausting daily ritual of cleanliness that defines Dutch life.
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Holland
Utrecht
New York Sun
Germany
Suecessant
iWolland
Vryburg
Tolland
Laugh lines and wrinkles trace life’s hidden stories
Nine of ten blame worry for wrinkles, but many forms arise from laughter. The article notes art in laughing and explains how different expressions etch distinct wrinkles: smirk, gambler’s half-moon, cadaverous jaw and eye lines, student brow, and schemer’s wheel eyes.
Two Curious Autographs From French History
A famed Paris purchase in 1831 paid £1,500 for autographs by eminent figures. Among them two slips stand out for brevity: Clairon’s remark “Mule. Clairon has no bread. Lu cien Bonaparte” and a two line note “Good for 2000 francs payable on sight to Mile. Clairon by the treasurer of the ministry. Chaptal.” The receipts show government recognition of want during turbulence.
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Lord Clancarty
Paris
Clairon
Lucien Bonaparte
Lairon
Chaptal
Investment advice for safe savings at the State Bank
Do not speculate and risk losing all. Put your funds in a reliable bank at a good rate of interest where it will earn a safe return. Deposit surplus in the Savings Dept. of the State Bank, conducted on conservative principles with large capital and resources to meet any contingency, and it stands high in public favor.
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New England
Vryburg
Brussels
Holland
Eno
Patel
State Bank
Plot for Three Lives Men Who Plotted Are Caught
Russian Premier Stolypin tells parliament the plot aimed at Emperor Nicholas and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolavietch, with plans to enter the palace and carry out assassinations. Session reacts with joy as rioting follows in Odessa set by Black Hundred groups.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Wis
Toll
Stolypin
Lfe
Nicholas Nicholavietch
Council of National Defense
Alexander Micholatevitel
Nicholas Micholavietch
Ioo
Nicholas Nich-lurevitch
Council of Ministers
Imperial Palace
Blood and mind linked by Dr Pierce cure claims
The article extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleansing remedy curing pimples and eruptions, ulcers, and scrofulous swellings while linking blood quality to brain clarity. It cites salve use for open wounds and notes Pleasant Pellets for digestion, urging stamps for mail order.
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Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Main St
Buffalo
Terrorism Riots Shake Odessa After Police Killings
Rioting by Black Hundreds erupts in Odessa following the assassination of three police officials. Dozens of Jews hurt as police stay passive. two terrorists captured after a central bomb killed police chiefs and detectives. A girl involved escaped. Teherthoff named as leader.
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Odessa
Central Police Bureau
Teherthoff
City to run the Railway in San Francisco
San Francisco plans municipal ownership of utilities and will take over the street railway after a strike. The note contrasts a seven year old’s simple match incident with an adult needing many matches to light a stove, reflecting local editorial voice.
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San Francisco
Teary Street Railway
Qnenemo Kan. News
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup sells for health relief
For a cold or cough take Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. It contains no opiates and gently moves the bowels driving the cold from the system. Conforms to the National Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz, druggist, 85 Stephenson street.
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Kennedy
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Sing a Song of Sixpence explained in verse allegory
An old nursery rhyme is interpreted as a layered allegory of day and night. The earth and sky become the earth base and upper crust, while clouds are the maid’s clothes. The sun is counted as sunbeams, the king as the counting house, and the blackbird signals sunset.
Man Struck by Brick in Tremont Street Accident
Patrick Murphy was struck on the head by a brick from a building under construction on Tremont street. After being sent home to bed he hired a lawyer, who later settled the case for two thousand dollars, delivering five new hundred dollar bills while noting the lawyer’s fee of five hundred.
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Patrick Murphy
Tremont Street
Boston Emerald
Infant Punished Sparks Prolonged Dinner Crying Match
An infant named Allessandro provokes a two hour tantrum at dinner after being deprived of trust by his mother. He yells loudly, then pauses, claiming he is only resting. The exchange ends with the mother urging good behavior.
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Allessandro
Mrs Swellman Robbed of Jewels. Loveker Named Guilty
A fragmentary line from a local report accuses Mrs Loveker of stealing jewels from Mrs Swellman after allegedly offering the cook six dollars and the maid three dollars weekly. The text is a partial excerpt with attribution unclear.
Romantic exchange tests true self in love dialogue
A romantically inclined woman asks what vows mean to a partner and a practical man replies that love should be for the person herself. The exchange highlights tension between romance and pragmatism in intimate relations.
Trainmen denounce Cannon in Atlanta resolution
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen adopted a resolution condemning Speaker Joseph Cannon for alleged abuses of power. They claim he used influence to block railroad labor bills and pressured lawmakers through threats and intimidation to vote against labor legislation.
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Atlanta
Mary
Concen Ton
Brotherhood of Railway Treinen
Sperker Cannon
National Licanse
Joseph J. Cannon
National
House of Representatives
Great Office
House Committee
Sweeping injunction ends union picketing at Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee May 2L A L Sanborn judge of the United States district court issued a permanent injunction in the Allis-Chalmers case against the striking molders union. The ruling follows a year of conflict after a former injunction and contempt findings. the new order effectively bans picketing and restrains union activity near the plant.
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Milwaukee
A. L. Sanborn
United States District Court
Allis-Chalmers Company
Quarles
Sanborn
Eddy Case In Postponed In New Hampshire
Concord May 21 The case of her next friends against Mrs Mary Baker Clover Eddy was postponed due to the judge’s illness. The judge’s rest and quietfor at least a week prevented counsel from fixing a trial date.
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Eddy
Concord
N. H
Mary-Baker-Clover-Eddy
Judie Chamberlain
Schmitz
San Francisco
Dunne
Schmite
Langdon
Rome to Revise the Bible decree entrusted to Benedictine order
London May 21 The Times correspondent reports no Rome dispatch but learns the pope has issued a decree placing the entire revision of the Vulgate under the Benedictine order. This follows the Biblical commission established near the end of Leo XII’s pontificate.
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London
Rome
Times
Biblical Commission
Leo XII
Markets Report From Chicago May 20 Brief Commodities and Livestock Prices
Chicago Board of Trade quotations show wheat corn and oats with mixed gains and declines. Livestock totals indicate heavy hogs averaging 6.35 to 6.60, cattle around 6 4 to 7 0, and sheep chiefly 6 25 to 7 80, with East Buffalo and other markets noting steady to strong exports and varied receipts.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Mayo
Ark
Tully
Nok Siz NG Park
East Buffalo
Noy
Dunning & Stevens
Meretigts
N.Y
Harriet M. Burbank piano teacher at Grove Street studio
Harriet M. Burbank offers piano lessons at her Grove Street studio from 9 to 4 daily. The advertisement notes a teaching schedule and location for local music students seeking instruction.
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Harriet M. Burbank
Grove St
Music at Cost for One Year Piano Directory Offer
A vintage offer proclaims one year of access to all known sheet music at manual cost. Readers must mail name and address or call to register in the music directory at Devore Piano Co. 173 Stephenson St Freeport IL. Smit & Barnes Piano Song Book free to all callers is included.
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Munual
Smit & Barnes
Devore Piano Co
Stephenson St. Freeport
Death of Deacon Tibby Libby at Bridgton Maine
In Bridgton Maine Deacon Elden Libby died after cutting his foot and taking no medical care. Farrar at the Cumberland House noted the tragedy and the register entry laments the death was unnecessary. A second passage describes the sea lore of a fourth lull wave following three strong breakers observed by fishermen.
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Eblen Libby
Bridgton
Aoman
Farrar
Cumberland House
Tibby
Elden Libby
Scotland
Happiness In Marriage Reflections On Compromise
A concise meditation from Harper's Bazaar on marital happiness hinges on compromise. The author notes happiness emerges when partners choose to give up or overlook differences in habits tastes opinions and lifestyles, asserting many concerns fade if one accepts they are not important.
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State Bank of Freeport
Czar
Grand Duke
Nicholaievitch
Department of Public Order and Security
United States
Brittany
U Provence
France
Piedmont
Italy
Bavaria
Gustave Michaud
Putnam's Monthly
Superman
James Jt. Keene
Brooklyn
Beacon Light
Eixchinge
Humphreys
No. No
Huropheers Mod. Co
Cor. William
Joan Strvets
Organized Tabor
Chicago Grain
Music At
Cost
Jourest’s Want
Ayer
Lowell
PAINL
Ely
JAN den J.J. Flanigan
U.U.S. Wilcoxon
Warren
F. A. Schulz
California
Ferndale
Barrington Hall
White House
Bell Line
Gona
Schoeffel & Brokhausen
Galena St
Royal Buckingham
Yarmouth
Royal Ann
Stephenson St
Lee
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