When Women Vote
A satirical verse from the New York World mocks women voters predicting turmoil in politics and domestic life as men fear losing influence. It imagines voters clashing with male perspectives and a societal shift once women participate in elections.
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New York
The Muffled Note and the Parisian Ice Capade
A dashing tale unfolds in Paris as a romancer hides a muff and note in a daring game of audacity. The lover hatches plans to recover the muff through police and a midnight scramble, only to discover the prop becomes a comic prize in the end.
Joking Cure for Nervous Trouble
A physician cites riding in street cars as beneficial for spinal nerve issues and mentions Dr Charcot's helmet device causing rhythmic body vibrations. He notes a patient with incurable spinal nerve disease finds relief by daily trolley rides along a full route, prompting renewed faith in motion therapy.
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Charcot
Jeltieg
The Case for Intellectual Hobbies for Women
The article argues that women gain lasting beauty and wellbeing from engaging in intellectual hobbies. It contrasts study with collecting, noting study relieves self focus, reduces worry, and yields practical gains. Knowledge enhances conversation, listening, hosting, and overall charm, making education a superior hobby.
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China
Bette
Hobby
What a Brahman Thinks about Education and Missionaries
A long exhortation argues free schools for India funded by Americans, not missions, claiming education rather than religion improves the poor. It contrasts charity with missionary expense, cites India’s hunger and housing, and praises universal schooling and local choice of faith.
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India
America
Africa
South Sea Islands
United States
Puruahotam Rao Telang
Soup for a Queen Zagtish feast sparks royal appetite
The fragment hints at a dish titled Soup for a Queen linked to a Zagtish Queen. Details are sparse but suggest a ceremonial or culinary context tied to a royal figure. Further readable facts are limited.
Cumberland's Great Trick Aboard to St Petersburg
A traveler on the Vienna to St Petersburg journey recalls Cumberland the anti-spiritualist reader who entertained passengers by mind reading. A Polish Jew challenged him with a bet, claiming it was a hoax, and Cumberland predicted plans to visit a Nishab fair to buy 20,000 rubles worth of goods, then declare bankruptcy and settle creditors at 3 percent.
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Paris
Prince
Mme. de Millefiore
Jeha
Raf
Princess
Ice
San Francisco
Sun
United States
New York
Cumberland
Vienna
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