Whiskers at Chicago meet and meat in Germany
The Pittsburg Dispatch mocks a whiskerless Chicago convention while the Boston Globe and Hartford Times offer political and economic observations. Observations include Jewish memory of John Hay, B'nai B'rith plans for a Washington monument, and global hunger for speculative wealth. German meat consumption data note dog meat usage among other livestock.
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Perry Heath
Chicago
John Hay
Order
B'nai B’rith
Washington
Hay
Kishener
B’nai B’rith
The Surly Boarder Reflects on Pride and Hunger
The Houston Post recounts a exchange where a landlady notes a man’s ascent from nothing and a starving boarder mutters that no man enjoys sitting down to mere thirty. The brief vignette captures class tension and grumbling humor in a single exchange.
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Houston Post
Clockwork of Time Poem Quatrain by Nixon Waterman
The poem reflects on time and fleeting joys. It contrasts the swift passage of happy days with the inevitability of sorrow, praising lasting praise over blame. The speaker notes every night gives way to a morning and urges acceptance of time's pace.
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Nixon Waterman
Roses and the hermit in flat 3B at Newton Flats
In a Newton Flats tale a housemaid Mary bonds with Miss Johnson over a shy hermit in flat 3B who communicates only by a slate and roses. Miss Johnson aims to break his isolation with music and roses, while rumors swirl about the man and a absent woman, Kathleen Besley, who longs to reconnect.
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Miss Johnson
Mary
No-o
Smith
Hemis
Moses
Pharaoh
Mr. Jones
Kathie
Arthur
John
Kathleen Besley
Pinched Princes in a World of Crowned Hard Times
Nebraska State Journal notes European royalty facing fiscal strain as monarchs like William of Germany and Portugal’s king endure tight budgets. It cites czar, Leopold, and Ottoman sultan finances, questioning public willingness to fund lavish royal stations amid rising ownership sentiment and costly royal lifestyle.
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Lisbon
Royal House
Portugal
Russia
Leopold
Belgium
Congo
Turkey
Europe
Nebraska State Journal
Ostrich Feather Pulse Diagnosis
A healthy patient pretends to have fever and visits a doctor. The physician quietly checks by watching the ostrich feather on her hat and concludes there is no fever, counting its vibrations instead of feeling the pulse. The tale ends with the lady leaving humbly.
Germ disinfecting method for books in oven under pressure
A French professor proposes disinfecting long kept books by placing them in a pressure oven. Evaporation of a certain liquid breaks down aldehydes, purportedly sterilizing all books without harming cover, paper, or binding. Philadelphia Record reports the claim.
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Philadelphia Record
A Clock for Eiffel Tower Experiments Reported
A London Post message describes experiments to use the Eiffel Tower as a clock by electrical apparatus. Enormous illuminated figures would flash from the second platform, visible over most of Paris and the suburbs.
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London Post
Paris
The Evils of Divorce Comment Cited by Chicago Record-Herald
A Chicago Record-Herald quotation asserts many marriages fail because some women wed to avoid public judgment of never receiving proposals.
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Chicago Record-Herald
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