Old-Time Paria Prisons Reorganized in Paris Plan
Paris officials announce a complete reform of the city’s jails. La Petite Roquette will close with youth transferred to Ecole de Montesson, while Mazas Ste. Pelagie and Grande Roquette are to move inmates to Fresnes which is being built with 2,000 cells. The central infirmary will also be relocated as part of a broader modernization.
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Paria
Department of the Seine
Paris
la Petite Roquette
Ecole de Montesson
Seine
Mazas
Ste. Pelagie
Grande Roquette
No village so small nor city so large
Letters from across the nation praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from uterine displacement ulcers backache dizziness and fear. Women recount physical salvation and renewed happiness thanks to the famed remedy.
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Atlantica
Pacific
Lydia EF. Pinkham
Pinkham
Birds Talk and Kingbirds Attack Chickens
A Boston Transcript clipping notes how birds communicate through calls among sparrows and other species near a lake, with observations of a kingbird swooping on a chick beside a basswood tree. The piece questions kingbirds attacking other birds without provocation and wonders if such behavior is common.
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Boston Transcript
Not So Surprising Knowledge Across Seas
New York Advertiser notes Americans often misplace foreign geography and Pacific regions while underestimating their own ignorance. It contrasts mislocated cities in England and the U S with confusion about Australia New Zealand and Southeast Asian seas, and cites the 2000 mile rail link between Adelaide and Brisbane as an example.
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England
Leeds
Birmingham
York
Lincolnshire
Herts
Kent
Boston
Missouri
St. Louis
Texas
New Zealand
Australia
Australasian Empire
Victoria
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Banda Sea
Sulu Sea
Celebea Sea
Adelaide
Brisbane
New York Advertiser
Benedick Origin of the Married Man Jest in Shakespeare
The line Benedick the married man from Much Ado About Nothing led to the custom of calling a newly married man Benedick or Benedict. Benedick, a bachelor who mocks marriage, ends the play engaged to Beatrice and becomes a married man.
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Benedict
Benedick
Beatrice
To Light a Tunnel Novel Illumination Idea
In Paria a new method uses reflectors and tin to scatter light from lamps sixteen feet above the rails. The light is soft and agreeable, bouncing to tunnel sides while a tram switcher automatically turns the current on and off as trains enter and leave the tunnel.
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Paria
Soap Factory Unearthed in Pompeii Preserve Ancient Customs
In Pompeii the recovered city reveals a soap manufactory with kettles and paraphernalia of the due ness and a quantity of soap believed to be the product of this ancient soapery.
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Pompeii
A Land Without Animate Japan
A traveler notes Japan lacks domestic animals such as cows pigs goats and sheep with silk and cotton favored, horses used by foreigners and labor by coolies. Bears exist in size, one stuffed ox‑sized, another kept in alcohol with a child’s remains once eaten. War introduces animal use. the Empress is skilled on horseback.
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Japan
Finch
The Great Eastern Ship History and Auction Sale
The Great Eastern, begun in 1854 at Millwall and launched in 1858 after delays, faced frequent financial losses. It helped lay the Atlantic cable, then other cables through the Mediterranean and Red Sea. In 1888 it sold at auction for 280,720 dollars, with speculation that modern machinery could have kept it profitable.
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Laraent
Millwall
United States
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Harder than diamonds in early furnace research
The experiments of M Moijssan with an electric furnace claim to have produced a new substance: a carbon toracic acid compound that is black and can cut a diamond. Reported as potentially useful for rock boring, it may be manufactured in various sizes if verification confirms the claims.
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M. Moijssan
Stomach Strength Restores Vitality With Blood Support
The passage claims the stomach's weakness causes drafts on the body and promotes fatigue. It asserts Hostetter's Stomach bitters fuels new vigor, leading to steady digestion and regular bowels, and that malaria does not affect a reinforced system.
A Queer Oregon Snake Stupifies as Bidirectional Creature
A snake in Oregon known as the stupefied snake features two heads, one much smaller than the other, and can move in either direction. It rests coiled, often sunning in a seemingly amopefied state on rocks or logs.
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Oregon
Hall's Catarrh Cure In a constitutional cure
Multiple advertisement style snippets mention Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents and the creative aside about Grimshaw and smoking products. The passage references an Exposition in Toronto, reduced excursion tickets, and a testimonial about Piso's Cure for Consumption from Amon Kelner in Cherry Valley. It closes with a maxim on poverty.
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Hall
Piso
Amon Kelner
Cherry Valley, II
Northwestern excursion tickets offered to West and Northwest regions
An article notes discounted Home-Seekers' excursion tickets on several dates including August 4 August 18 September 1 15 20 October 6 and the Taba route of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. Offer applies to a wide list of western destinations. inquiries directed to ticket agents or W A B Kniexeny G P T A Chicago.
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Northwestern
Chicago & Northwestern R’y
W.ab. Kniexeny
Chicago
Toledo
Defiance
Fort Wayne
Tington
Wabash
Peru
Logansport
Lafayette
Southwest
West
Northwest
Tal Atlas
Jon ‘Kets
Wabash R. Ei
Crane, G.P
St. Louis
Should Be Made a National Law
Congress man Hardy argues for national action to outlaw firing workers for union membership or activity. He notes many states already deem such discharge a misdemeanor and urges a measure extending protections to the District of Columbia.
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Hardy
District of Columbia
Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement and misfit copy
An early 20th century advert promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for painful swollen feet corns and bunions claiming instant relief and comfort in tight or new shoes. It notes 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores with trial packs and mail order options. The fragment also includes an unrelated line about Dobbins Electric Soap from 1865.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
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Howlett
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Petrick O'Farrell
Washington, D.C
John Monnis
Otte
Lepnessse
Teekere’ Land Co
Sumervills
Aite Co
Tenn
Parmelee’s Union
Parmelee's
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Bobs
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester
Mags
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