Royal Family of Workers in Sweden Highlighting King Oscar II
The Swedish royal family is profiled with King Oscar II, his sons, and grandchildren. Details cover his approachable manner, talents as organist and poet, daily routine, travel stories, and the family’s simple Stockholm life.
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Oscar
Sweden
Wilhelm
New York
Europe
Oscar II
Stockholm
Tasso
Goethe
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Bjornson
St. Olaf
Monaco
Duke of York
Paris
Oscar Bernadotte
Crown Prince
Royal Palace
Sophie of Nassau
Monrepos
Sophie
Gustavus Adephus
Wear
Bernadette
Salvation Army
Charles
Eugene
Council of State
Prince Charles
Ingeborse
German Methods for Healthy Stomachs and Child Rearing
The article extols letting nature guide diet and daily stomach care to prevent dyspepsia. It contrasts German practices with American habits, urging outdoor activity, minimal clothing, and avoidance of fried foods, pies, and candies for strong stomachs and overall health.
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Dr. Ingalls
Mother’s
Germany
Michigan
Knowledge Notes From a Past Era
A compilation of curious facts including global blindness rate of 64 per million, flounder eggs 7 million yearly, Germany shipping 29 million feathers to England for millinery, growth spurts in teens, English prisoner cost about 125 dollars yearly, glass draughting implements, St Peters floor area 227000 square feet, Sutlej river descent 12000 feet over 180 miles, 228 Scottish savings banks with 35712 depositors totaling 48990, herring fishery peak yields 5500 to 6000
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Germany
England
St. Peters
Rome
Sutlej
British India
Scotland
Nightly nets span North coast as cleansing plan unfolds
Experimental use of one-half grain of silver fluoride per quart of water achieves sterilisation in sewage samples. European researchers report complete success against typhoid and other harmful microbes, suggesting a radical method for water purification.
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North
LiR Goslington's Toothache as Pain Tests Wealth and Joy
A first person account of seventy hours of excruciating toothache from Sunday to the dentist visit. The narrator endures sleepless nights, long hours of suffering, and the relief of dental treatment, concluding pain is worse than riches.
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Goslugwen
Scotia
Sealy T& Detter
Wysel
Gramdly
Jail for Doctor
Judge Cleland of the Maxwell Street Police Court reportedly paroled a drunkard on abstinence, then a physician, under careful inquiry, prescribed liquor again. The case led to a prolonged spree and a warning that any future liquor prescription on parole would send the doctor to the county jail.
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Cleland
Maxwell Street
Chicago
Flower Show at Drumlie Ends in Laughter and Fun
Rab Soutar recalls a bustling Drumlie flower show with crowds from town and countryside. He and Marget tour tents and tables, laugh over floral displays, and witness the sack race as Jirsie leads the boys to victory amid playful chaos.
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Alang
Marget
Jimsie
People’s Journal
Laconic Aphorisms From Noted Men Across History
A collection of concise retorts and sharp witticisms attributed to figures like Sparta’s Laconians Talleyrand John Wesley Dean Hole Douglas Jerrold and a Catholic cleric. The examples illustrate briefer speech and quick comebacks used in various historical moments.
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Talleyrand
John Wesley
Wesley
Dean Hole
Douglas Jerrold
Jerrold
Chicago News
Uncle Sam s Huge Appetite for Oysters
Leslie s Weekly notes rising demand and limited supply push oyster prices up about one quarter in New York, the largest market, with annual production exceeding sixteen million bushels valued over twenty nine million dollars. Refrigerated rail cars enable oysters on the half shell to reach inland towns nationwide.
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New York
Baltimore
United States
Leslie
Preserve the American Sabbath in New Jersey and New York
A Leslie’s Weekly excerpt argues that calls for a Continental Sunday by immigrant citizens threaten the sanctity of the American Sabbath. It contends newcomers who embrace American liberty must accept its institutions and weekend traditions, warning guests should not undermine the host’s ideals.
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New Jersey
New York
Leslie’s Weekly
The Oldest Indian Newell Bear Dies at 108 in Westfield Maine
Newell Bear, perhaps the eldest man in New England, died at his home in Westfield Maine at age 108. A private man with an unknown origin, he is believed to have come from Lewey's Island Indian colony. His earliest record notes him supplying moose meat to Houlton's first garrison.
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Newell Bear
New England
Westfield
Houston
Lewey’s Island
Houlton
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Royal Family of Workers
Prince
Valdensar Uddemar Stockholm
Knowledge Notes
Goslington
Philadelphia Record
Rab Soutar
Kintryside
Willie
Grus
Uncle Sam
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