Diplomatic Coup Turns into British Victory
Edgar Manross, a junior foreign office clerk and son of a baronet, engineers a daring info based sale of Egyptian khedive shares. He negotiates £4,000,000 for England to control the Suez canal outlet, earns £100,000 and becomes secretary of legation in Washington, then ambassador to a European court while marrying Gladys Hillhouse.
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Edgar Manross
Foreign Office
Edgar Mantoss
Westminster Abbey
British Museum
Gladys
Edgar
Legation
Europe
Asia
Kaigar Manross
England
Lord D.’s
Lord D
Egypt
Suez Canal
France
Baron Rothschild
Khedive’s
Shires
Dover
Washington
Gladys Hillhouse
Constance Wild
Slaves to Good Habits and Fear of Change
A short essay argues that healthy life relies on regular habits though rigidity traps freedom. It cautions against sticking to routine and avoiding occasional deviations, suggesting that trying the “wrong way” can bring fresher perspective and growth.
Proper Toothbrush Care From a Bygone Era
Household advice argues toothbrush hygiene is lax among many. It recommends rinsing after use, weekly carbolic acid baths, hanging, avoiding shared use, and using or discarding brushes as bristles shed. It favors silk storage bags, medium stiffness brushes, and soaking in cold water before first use.
Nursery Notes Urges Quick Home Remedies For Childs Health
A column advises rapid at home steps for convulsions with a bath up to the neck and elbow heat test if no thermometer is available. It suggests glycerin and cloves for toothache, cloves oil in cavities, coal oil soaked cotton for slow healing cuts, hot water rub for sprains, and Uniment. It notes infant bath temperature 98 degrees and room temp 70, and lists common causes of fussiness such as hunger thirst bad sleep overfeeding uncomfortable clothing and sweets.
The Sort of Thing He Liked
In Stone county Missouri a farmer’s boy urged Dr. T J McCord of Galena to hurry to his dying father after noting he had eaten fourteen roastin ears for supper The doctor advised bundling oats and telling him he would recover in about thirty minutes
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Stone County
T. J. McCord
Galena
Bly's Dream Balm Restores Taste and Smell After Catarrh
A bold claim that Bly's Dream Balm cures nasal catarrh by restoring taste and smell. It is applied to the air passages and begins healing immediately. Sold by druggists or mailed from Big Bros. 66 Warren Brrest, New York, for 60 cents.
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Bly
Big Bros
Warren Brrest
New York
Goldsmith Debt Relief Prompted by Johnson Aid
In 1704 Dr. Johnson rushed to aid Goldsmith then destitute and struggling with rent. He found the writer agitated after arrears and a bottle of madeira on hand. Johnson bought the Wakefield manuscript from Newbery for 60 pounds and helped settle the rent.
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Goldsmith
Wakefield
Boswell
Johnson
Jahmson
Newberry
London
The Gulf of Mexico Description and Surrounding Nations
The Gulf of Mexico spans about 1000 miles by 800 miles, bordered by the United States, Mexico, and the West Indies. The region is described as richly fertile, with vast forests and minerals, and peopled by republics like the United States and Mexico. Cuba and other West Indies islands lie to the east, with the article praising the area as potentially more influential than the ancient Mediterranean.
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Gulf of Mexico
Strait of Florida
Tampico
Mississippi River
Contzacoalcos
United States of North America
Mexico
West Indies
Cuba
Egypt
Greece
Rome
New Orleans
Picayune
Treatment of prisoners of war in the early nineteenth century
An English writer argues that nineteenth century POW treatment would not be tolerated today. He claims French prisoners were kept on hulks at Portsmouth and Bishops Waltham, and recounts horrific acts by British officers including decoyed killings and cannibalism of captured enemies. He notes rats eaten in hunger and a Portchester man starving after eight days without rations.
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Portsmouth
Bishops Waltham
Portcbester
Rope system pulls London trains from Cusgow at Cowlaire
A steel wire rope three miles long, costing £600 and lasting ten to twelve months, is used to haul trains from Queen Street high level station up the steep first mile and a half of the Cowlaire gradient. The endless rope runs on surface pulleys, dips underground at ends, and trains are attached by a chale arrangement at Dilastrow. locomotives at Cowlaire start the pull to the summit where trains continue unassisted.
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London
Cusgow
Queen Street
Cowlire
Tront
Dilastrow
Cowlaire
Canses of Insanity in England Highlight Social Factors
In England, where excess marks a great civilization, mental alienation is frequent due to assorted marriages producing hereditary insanity, risky speculation, commercial crises, political life fluctuations, lazy rich, alcohol abuse, and numerous religious sects, noted by Loudon Hospital.
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England
Loudon Hospital
Heavenly Industries Question Sparks Town Talk
In Louisville Courier-Journal style, residents ponder whether any industries operate in heaven. The town ionoramus asks, and a guarded local sage replies that matches are made there, echoing playful curiosity about celestial labor.
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Tre Allers
Louisville Couner-Journal
Perseverance and Longevity From a Centenarian
The Philadelphia Ledger reports a centenarian answering how he lived to old age. He says perseverance kept him going, while the interviewer notes public interest in his long life and lessons learned.
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Philadelphia Ledger
How to Avoid Appendicitis Tips
The advice asserts most appendicitis victims have chronic constipation and promotes Orina Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure. It claims the product stimulates the liver and bowels, is mild and pleasant, and does not nauseate or gripe, with substitutions refused. Endorsed by H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
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Orina
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Baldheaded Women of Brittany Said to Lose Hair
A St Louis Globe-Democrat excerpt describes Brittany as a hilly sea-bordered region in northwestern France. It portrays Breton women as bald above the ears due to the coif, while men are said to stay bearded and thick-headed, with harsh language toward visitors.
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Brittany
France
New Hampshire
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
The Butte Hill From Daly to underground city
C P Connolly in McClure's Magazine recalls Marcus Daly’s expansion of Butte and the Anaconda holdings. Fortunes rose and fell in a day as miners flooded the hills, forests were stripped, furnaces and pumps roared, explosions rattled the earth, and mules were lowered into copper veins turning hide green as the city grew beneath the surface.
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Daly
Anaconda
Butte
Marcus Daly
Butterit
C. P. Connolly
McClure
Values of Fats and Oils in Diets
A Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette article argues that fats and oils are misjudged as food. It says red meat protein is valuable but excess protein links to disease, while fats boost cold resistance and disease defense. It urges fattier diets for scrofulous children and tuberculosis patients to improve health and robustness.
Why women button left side garments in history
A London tailor correspondents debate cites a theory that ladies button on the left because, in earlier times, they wore cloaks while escorted by a gentleman on the left arm with his right arm free for defense, enabling the lady to fasten and unfasten her cloak herself.
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Tallor
Cutter
Uberty
The Joy of Life Inspires Grateful Hearts
A quotation from Success Magazine extols daily gratitude for life and the debt owed to past generations who struggled and sacrificed. It emphasizes feeling the heartbeat of gratitude in the golden age of work and the duty to honor those who came before.
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Success Magazine
Dinner Dress Sparks Quiet Night Out
A Detroit Free Press snippet recalls a dinner where one guest questions another about a costly gown. The conversation hints at social nerves and the desire to stand out without drawing attention.
Where She Parted From Paul in Voice of a Lady Preacher
A witty Household Words fragment describes an elderly woman arguing for women’s rights in preaching. When challenged with a text from St Paul, she quips that “Ab” is where Paul and I differ, signaling a humorous clash of viewpoints.
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Paul
Womin
St. Paul
Have Always Thought What Is Good Is Beautiful Action
Rousseau asserts that true goodness resides in beauty when it becomes action, linking virtue to concrete deeds rather than abstract ideals. This maxim frames moral life as active alignment with beauty through purposeful conduct.
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Rousseau
Burdets Piano Shop Orders Dollmeyer Delivery
J Burdets piano shop orders delivery to The Delly Jouris area of the city weekly at a rate of 1éc a week.
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J. Burdets
Brown
Dollmeyer
Sry
Moth Cure Trick Ends With Beat Clothes For Moths
A suburban lady sought help from a tramp offering an “Infallivle moth cure.” He ate a square meal then advised her to bang moth filled clothes and carpets on a line and beat them with a stick. The plan claimed to kill the moths.
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Peturn
Fear of the Bathtub Lies in a Widow’s Death Tale
A New York Press excerpt recalls a widow whose husband drowned in a bathtub and a friend who was badly injured there. The speaker, revealing bathtub fears, links fear to deaths and injuries tied to baths, urging caution about water at night and in tubs.
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Ils
New York Press
Beggar of Khiva Chorus in a Bustling Square
Langdon Warner recalls a ragged beggar under a willow by a water ditch in Khiva. The old man beat a wooden drum as traders moved past, his worn khalats in tatters, a stark clockwork rhythm that unsettles the witness and stains charity with futility.
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Socrates
Langdon Warner
Century
Acoustics and Coughing in Public Venues
A physician argues coughs in churches and theaters stem from acoustics. He says ear strain triggers throat reactions, causing coughing. If auditoriums achieve perfect acoustics, the frequent chorus of coughs would vanish as listeners hear torches and sermons clearly without straining.
Hounds Train Themselves In Kennels With Tunnel Chase
A Devonshire clergyman recalls a twenty first century style kennel tale from Outing Magazine about hounds training by self pursuit. Fifty years ago Mr Ciarth’s kennels used a six foot tunnel in the airing ground. A hound chased by others would bolt through the tunnel to ground and another hound would take his turn. This self designed exercise kept the pack active and sharp.
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Devonshire
Dale
Outing Magazine
No Comparison in Old Utopia Recalled by Mrs Upmore
Mrs Upmore recalls early married life in a fond, if wistful, tone describing their happiness in a “little Utopia.” Mrs Gaswell agrees, noting Newport’s appeal and the move away as a better choice, reflecting nostalgia and contrast.
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Mrs. Upmore
Mrs. Gaswell
Newport
Chicago Tribune
Tata the Next Day Exchange Fragment
A fragmented exchange shows Mr Staylate and Miss Patience Gonne in a dawned moment with wary dialogue about leaving and returning. The text captures a fragmentary near-night scene with evasive phrasing and an implied social encounter.
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Tata
Mr. Staylate
Miss Patience Gonne
Too Fast Outran His Bright Future
An old friend recalls a brother-in-law who had a bright future but fell short, remarking that he outran it as time revealed the costs of his rapid rise and its unintended consequences.
Proverb, Divorce Grounds, and Kidney Health Advice
A Danish proverb about hidden sun and moon opens this item. A woman files for divorce over incompatibility of income, prompting a brief exchange on grounds. The piece warns kidney trouble as insidious, advising Foley's Kidney Cure to curb irregularities and prevent Bright's disease and diabetes. Names H J Moogh and Wm F Jungkunz appear near end.
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Foley
Bright
H. J. Moogh
Wm. F. Jungkunz
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