Holiday on Victoria Day Aboard the Lugger
Erchie Duffy and wives set off on a Clyde voyage flagged by pie laden logistics and old country banter. The trip progresses from Glasgow to Lochgoilhead with humor about pies and a mountain climb bet on Ardgoil, ending with a cheerful return to the Broomielaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Erchie
Duffy
Jinnet
Mrs. Duffy
Liza
Barr Street
Erehie
Ebenezer
Calcutta
Eliza
Ardveil
Lochgoilhead Head
Duncon
Arrochar
Lochgoilhead Quay
Ardgoil
Lochgoilheid
Broomelaw
Glasgow News
End of the Blackball Rule at a St James Club
Reynolds News recounts how a London club in St James Street abolished its rigid blackballing practice. A newcomer's supporters staged a late election surge when ballot boxes were nearly closed, allowing the candidate to be elected and ending the rule. The club remains active and prosperous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’ Street
Reynold
Birds Help Farmers Fight Crops Destroying Rodents
The piece argues rodents cause huge agricultural losses nationwide and abroad. It cites Washington state ground squirrels wrecking half a million dollars of wheat annually and notes sparrows save farmers about 35 million dollars by eating weed seeds. Hawks and owls are praised as natural pest controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Europe
Washington
Hawks
The Shoddy Trade Behind Fashionable Suits
A Harpers Weekly summary explains the split between wool shortages and the rise of shoddy production. Old rags, discarded garments, and tailor scraps are drawn into the devil process at Dewsbury England, yielding new wool yarn, oil, potash, and flock while feeding a global rag trade and cheap suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkshire
Dewsbury
England
Harpers’ Weekly
Hysteria in Cats Causes Fear and Destruction
A veterinary note describes cats with highly nervous temperaments reacting to various stimuli with fits of hysteria. Attacks include agitation, biting, rolling, foaming at the mouth, and convulsions, followed by depression. Fears of rabies lead to many cats being destroyed despite lacking rabies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Gordon
Revue Veterinaire
Whales Spotted in Portland Harbor by Islanders
Two whales 100 feet and 75 feet long were seen Monday near Evergreen Landing Peaks Island as cottagers watched from the harbor. The steamer Pilgrim passed, the giants swam away but stayed in sight, flapping tails and spouting water in a rare Portland harbor sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen Landing
Peaks Island
Pilgrim
Portland Harbor
Corner Strategy Push to Board the Streetcar
A Kansas City Journal quotation notes tactics for boarding a streetcar. The dialogue emphasizes slow steps and signaling to the motorman to ensure the vehicle stops for passengers at the corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
Not Eligible Fergus Blackball Mystery in The Searchers Club
Quote captures Automobile Magazine’s jab at Fergus for lacking proof of ever having run over anyone. Item notes a club decision deeming him ineligible for unknown reasons. Context unclear but suggests humor or critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus
Searchers’ Club
Automobile Magazine
Jews and Zionist Ties Highlight Eastern Europe News
The article surveys Russian and Bulgarian Jewish life, noting alcoholism among peasants and rising Jewish colonies in Bulgaria. reports on scholars, artists, and rabbis, and mentions Jacob H. Schiff visiting Palestine while urging American support for Jerusalem Jewry and a planned Jewish colony drive in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austrian Post Office Administration
Palestine
Orient
Elsie Welanski
Augusta
United States State Department
L. 8. Rowe
University of Pennsylvania
United States
Pan-American Scientific Congress
Santiago
Chile
Abraham Brodsky
Russia
Odessa
Brodsky
Abraham Joffe
Lozda
Suwalk
Stephen S. Wise
Free Synagogue
New York
Free Religious Association of America
Moncure D. Conway
Washington University of
Monopol
Pale
Cleveland
Bulgaria
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Dr. Weiss
Esztergom
Hungary
Coliseum
St. Louis
Jewish Charitable and Educational Union
Verlag Progress
Warsaw
Zalmen Raisin
Haifa-Jerusalem
Hedjaz
Afula
Djenem
Nablus
Rabib J. B. Horowitz
Buda Pesth
Amsterdam
Chalukah
Holy Land
Turkey
Federation of
Jaffa
Jacob H. Schiff
Jerusalem
Holy City
Endurance Rider Aubrey’s record rides across the plains
The article recounts F. X. Aubrey’s feats riding from Santa Fe to Independence in eight days then five days thirteen hours, with multiple horse deaths and a heroic reception in Independence. It notes his fame across the West and his relentless pace, including sleeping only about three hours in five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. X. Aubrey
Santa Fe
N. M
Independence
Aubrey
Jones House
Council Grove
West
California
Great Plains
Bee
Nelly
Denver
The Plains of Abraham Reopened as a Memorial Ground
The text recalls the Plains of Abraham as a meeting place for Briton and Celt and notes the site’s return to peaceful use. It mentions past visions of a grand enterprise and the enduring fame of heroes who fell there, now honored as a sacred field under peace. A fragment from Pick-Me-Up shows a workplace exchange about an American trip.
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the Voice of Glasgow
Bowling
Dumbarton
Firth
Glasgow
Mery
Jieanie
Sarah
Rothesay
Dunoon
Nisselowitz
Vienna
Lazar Kostin
Adolf Seligman
Leopold Hurwitz
Isidor Kaufman
Michelson
Riga
Rabbi Michelson
Society of Jewish Art
Jewish Educational Alliance of St. Louis
British Association For Protection of Jewesses
Jewish Association For Protection of Jewish Girls
Roumania
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