A Wheel in Siberia and the Siberian Boys
An account from St Nicholas detailing a bicycle's novelty in Siberian towns along a 3000 mile route from Irkutsk to European Russia. It shares a village lesson on balance, haphazard mischief involving hogs and soldiers, and Thomas G. Allen Jr's view of Siberian youth as quicker and more self reliant than their European Russia peers.
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Siberia
Siberian
Irkutsk
Russia
Old
Wiseacre
St. Nicholas
Thomas G. Allen, Jr
Mr. Allen
Jouy
Fay
Major Rumsey Proposes to Widow at Esmeralda Hotel
At Seabreeze Esmeralda Hotel the widow Mrs Maltworth, famed matchmaker, hosts Major Rumsey and his children. The trio’s playful courtship spurs two young lovers to confess their feelings as the widow contemplates a union with the soldier, sealing new management of the hotel.
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Maltworth
Robert Maltworth
Theth Cavalry
Esmeralda Hotel
Seabreeze
Sle
Essmeralda
Shoreham
Major Rumsey
Bob Maltworth
Mrs. Maltworth
Bob
Captain Maltworth
Rumsey
Esmeralda
Robert
Esmeralde
Buffalo News
Frayed Feeny and Sauntering Sweeny in Winter Gossip
A humorous Jacksonville column mocks slouchy, careless business conduct and ponders what men are doing in winter. It notes the writer and likely the reader share similar habits and attitudes.
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New York
Dangerous Garden Plants and Their Poisonous Effects
A historical list notes poisonous garden flora and common misuses. Narcissus, yew berries, peach pits, cherry kernels, and lilies of the valley pose serious risks. bulbs and oleander leaves, crocus, opium poppies, catalpa bark, water dropwort, and other plants can cause vomiting, death, or emetic reactions.
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Catalpa
Hiding Places in Way Thanes Revealed by Gore
H. Gore writes for 81 Nicholas on peculiar hiding places all in one Virginia house near a town that changed hands eighty two times during the war. Gore notes hogs fattening with the fall season.
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H. Gore
Nicholas
Tried as a Venture Owls Fight Rats in Chicago Stores
Owls used by commission merchants in Chicago to control rats and mice spread from warehouses to grocers and market stalls. Many keep an owl in daylight and bring it out at dusk to deter vermin, with owners and janitors in large apartment houses adopting the practice for cockroaches and vermin extermination.
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Chicago
Paper House Built by Russian on Country Estate
A Russian landlord on his Suvinovks Dodolia estate erected a sixteen room paper house. It was constructed in New York by an American engineer and designed to outlast stone. The proprietor plans to furnish the entire interior in paper.
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Suvinovks
Dodolia
New York
Hats Off to Cincinnati Women in Church Dress Code
In Cincinnati churches women now remove their hats during services and the change is generally favored. The saying wise men learn much from fools is noted, and a canal boat mule would not progress without a pull indicating the era's folksy wisdom.
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Cincinnati
Mixed Industrial Advances and Natural Observations
A survey of progress notes on gas supply and new wells, phosphorus production by electric furnaces, aluminum wire potential, blindness in Russia and Egypt, lime for mould removal, extreme rainfall records in Ceylon and Europe, hornet colonies near New York, and crab claw coloration in markets.
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Russia
Egypt
Ceylon
Nature
Khasia
India
Gibraltar
Genoa
L. O. Howard
New York City
Europe
America
Truant scholars in Switzerland face escalating fines
A wary Zurich notice warns parents of daily fines when children miss school, escalating each day to heavy sums. If illness is suspected, a doctor visits, with parents liable for the cost if the charge proves justified. The piece ends with a jokey Thanksgiving remark about a scorched pie.
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Switzerland
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SERIA
Mabel
Rimsey
Nand
Harold Rumsey
Mr. Rumsey
Harold
Major Rumaey
Eleanor Rumsey
Stobert
Willion
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