The Shearing of the Baby Hair and a Rainbow Tale
A playful verse on the fuss over trimming a baby's hair, then a warm hospital vignette about a visiting rainbow in a children's ward. Nurse Gilbert inspires hope with a glass rainbow maker that casts sunlit colors across beds, linking Italy to shared wonder.
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Children’s Hospital
Gilbert
Marie Alberti
Marie
Italy
Nurse Gilbert
Isesole
Betsy Frazer
Invisible Coin Becomes Visible Trick Demonstrated
A magician describes a basin illusion to reveal an unseen coin. He directs a subject to stare into the bowl, then adds water to half fill the basin. Once settled, the coin becomes visible to onlookers, proving the effect in a New York Evening Mall item.
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Wizards’ Circle
New York Evening Mall
Freddie and the Candy Lesson on Multiplication
A mother helps Freddie learn the multiplication table by using candies as five through seven times seven. Freddie eats the tables as he works, sharing with neighbors, and boasts he has learned up to seven times seven, revealing a playful tale of math and memory.
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Freddie
Preddle
Rattler Attack Highlights Local Wildlife Incident
A four foot rattlesnake brought home by Joshua Butler to skin and study thawed from cold and attacked his child. Miner John McMahon killed the snake with a club to save the child in a swift, decisive action. Correspondent reports from Pittsburg Post.
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Joshua Butler
John McMahon
Pittsburg
Juggling with Fire and Ancient Heat Feats
A Washington Star summary notes fire breathing and endurance feats from ancient times to modern demonstrations. It recounts Eunus breathing fire from a pierced nutshell, the ball of burning flax used by modern jugglers, and old methods using naphtha. It also covers protective pastes, alum treated clothing, and extreme tests by doctors and Sir Francis Chantrey in furnaces.
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Washington Star
Eunus
Sicily
Sir Francis Chantrey
Words of Wisdom Reflections on Serenity and Happiness
A compact collection of maxims and quotes about life. It contrasts sincerity with bias and links happiness to heart health and thoughtful duty. Notable voices include a nineteenth century sage and Thackeray on happiness from engaged deeds.
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D. Phillipson
Thackeray
News From Venice by George Ade in Indy visit
An Indiana born old neighbor visiting Venice’s town asks for theatre tickets. Ade grants her wish to see The Merchant of Venice. She notes Venice has improved, but Shylock remains the same mean grasping critic.
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Venice
George Ade
Indiana
Shylock
Harpers Weekly
Subterranean Dwellings Found in County Antrim Ireland
Antrim finds subterranean dwellings attributed to primitive man suggesting a race once spanning much of Europe before Celts. Some authorities link Lapps to this early group and propose fairy lore stems from real “little people” living in earth holes in remote areas.
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Ireland
County
Antrim
London County
Vanderbilt’s New Steam Generator for Locomotives
Wealthy inventor Cornelius Vanderbilt patents a steam generating device for locomotives dated April 18. The multi tube boiler uses vertical pipes and water surrounded by fire to separate heated water from cold inflow, with two large tanks supplying cylinders. Mechanics at Rogers works build locomotives using the Vanderbilt generator promising fuel savings and improved boiler efficiency.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Washington
Mr. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Sie
Patent Office
Joseph Levy
Broadway
Stephenson
Testa
Reformers Threaten Sunday Liberty In Model City Debate
New ark Evening News reports a satirical session where founders propose banning Sunday baseball, bicycle riding, trolley rides, pushing baby carriages, smiling, reading, writing letters, playing piano, cooking, and saloon drinking amid uproar. Cadence shifts to fashion notes from New York Press about miniature animal charms on chains. Milner’s farewell defends policy in South Africa as he urges postwar reconstruction and imperial purpose.
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Model City
Newark Evening News
Lincoln Memorial University Seeks 200000 Endowment Help
The New York Globe highlights Lincoln Memorial University near where Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia meet. Treasurer Darwin R. James reports a current $10000 deficit and seeks an endowment to prevent future shortfalls. The school, serving mountaineer students with annual running costs of about $8000, could fund operations with a $200000 endowment yielding 4 percent.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Lincoln
New York
The Uncomfortable Collar
A man complains the collars bought yesterday do not fit, needing a button hook to connect. A salesman explains there are two ways to wear a collar and that buttoning the right side first greatly affects comfort and fit, urging the man to undo and redo properly.
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Smartboy
Good and Bad for Business at the Barge Office
Representative Ruppert observes newly arrived immigrants at the Inclosure of the Barge Office. A fat cop notes Italians may earn sixty cents a day yet spend a similar amount on beer, provoking Ruppert to remark that beer sales are good for business.
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Ruppert
Mr. Ruppert
Earshot
New York Press
Spoiling feminine figures quoted lines from 19th century papers
A quotation excerpt discusses fashion’s impact on female figures. It cites Lady Violet Greville in the Graphic criticizing heavy petticoats and high heels and notes critics in the Washington Times about replacing ermines with flowers, reflecting early 20th century sentiment on attire and beauty norms.
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Violet Greville
Graphic
Fashion Notes on Marriage and Elaborate Robes in 1900s Style
An article discusses declining views on marriage, critiques of women's morals, and then shifts to fashion. It details house gowns in elderdown fabric, sleeved gowns with vests, and pink elderdown designs with silk braids and lace. It also covers hat trends from morning to theatre wear, emphasizing fit, color, trimming with ribbons, lace, and ostrich feathers.
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Itlina
Gossip and Humorous Snippets From Various Papers
A collage of light anecdotes and social vignettes drawn from Atchison Globe Kansas City Times Portland Oregonian and Lakeview Herald. Topics range from marriage norms and jealousies to fashion gags and a candid university editorship dispute with brief local notices and a school entertainment anecdote.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
West Side
Wrench
Kansas City Times
University of Oregon Executive Committee
The
Oregon Monthly
Ralph Bacan
Liss Mabel Smith
Portland Oregonian
Anna Mapes
Kansas City
Kay
Armourdale
Mapes
Bristol
Lakeview
Ore
Ald
Fashion Notes on Fabrics and Hats in Philadelphia Style
A survey of season fabrics and accessories highlights white wash taffeta for shirtwaists, eyelet embroidery on pale silk slips, pleated net hats with flower bows, and a vogue for short sacque coats. It notes belts, greens like willow and olive, wide sash ribbons, French handkerchiefs, burnt straw hats, and soft silks for evening gowns. It predicts checked skirts and plain coats becoming fashionable. fabrics include crepe wool, hopsack, velvet, and velveteen, per the Philadelphia Liquor ar.
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Philadelphia
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