Ghosts In Jerusalem. Bedouin Vision In Harper's Magazine
Excerpt from A. Wheeler's Ghosts In Jerusalem in Harper's Magazine. It portrays a Bedouin in the desert life from infancy to manhood, noting his forms of labor and unique prophetic gaze while contrasting his enduring fatalism with the author’s wider view under indigo skies.
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Heaven
Mecca
Suez Canal
Constantinople
Moses
Menephtah
Jerusalem
A. ©. Wheeler
Harper's Magazine
Fooled by a Gas Machine in New York
A Brooklyn woman installed a quarter gas slot in her flat to monitor costs but the device failed to burn gas and shut off. The next day a company inspector opened the unit and found three nickels and a dime inside, exposing the ruse.
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Brooklyn
New York Mail and Express
The Wrong House in Lanarkshire
A weathered veteran with a wooden leg, part of the tired fraternity, seeks aid in a Lanarkshire village but is rebuffed by a brisk housewife after his opening line. The door is slammed, highlighting a harsh reception in a short anecdote from Liverpool Mercury.
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Lanarkshire
Liverpool Mercury
Mend Your Bird's Leg Fractures with Elder Splints
Minards Liniment suggests treatment for broken legs in young chickens and other birds. Clean the fracture with warm water, apply antiseptic, and use elder wood splints secured with glue and linen. Leave dressing for 3 to 4 weeks until healing. wing fractures heal in about two weeks with modified splints.
New York Demands More Bridges and Transit
Town Topics cites New York City pushing for more bridges and underground rapid transit with no soft coal smoke. The New York World notes big city costs in art galleries and consolidation efforts, while Annapolis and Baltimore show uneven federal funding.
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New York City
Angeles Express
New York
New York World
Annapolis
Baltimore
Congress
Baltimore American
Fitzsimmons Sharkey Imbroglio Stirring Boxing World
Reports show progress in the Fitzsimmons Sharkey dispute with Fitzsimmons hiring a Chicago Democrat typewriter. Promoters hope the peace talks wait until a key question is resolved. O'Rourke predicts Sharkey as the next world champion, while others think fighting may be avoided.
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Fitzsimmons-Sharkey
Sunny Hearted Girls Find Cheer Brightens Family Life
A Housewife columnist extols the sunny cheerful disposition of a good natured girl. A rosy, upbeat temperament, even when frail or sorrowful, renews admiration and love within the family and can be cultivated by young women who wish to please.
Notable Gilded-Aee Figures and Their Varied Pursuits
Minard's Liniment is used by Physician, PERSONALITIES. Secretary Long avoids Washington society. Russell Sage endowed over 300 children with sums between 25 and 100 dollars each. Joseph Choate’s smile masks a courtroom edge. Adrian Iselin Jr rejects overcoats as fashion, not protection. Senator N B Scott rose from apprentice to manager and company president in glassmaking. The new Duke of Northumberland, 52, tall and quiet, with reddish hair. duchess is Argyll’s daughter. Senator Mark Hanna wears a gold nugget watch charm gifted by Cleveland Methodists. Count and Countess Boni de Castellane lease Château du Marins for three years with purchase option. $3 million restoration planned. Jacob Gould Schurman, Cornell president, started as a grocery clerk earning 800 yearly. Ex-Gov Flower of New York is a steady Wall Street worker. A B Dowse, head of Massachusetts Press Assoc, chairs Malden anniversary committee for May events. Sir James Reid to Queen Victoria succeeds Jenner as physician in chief. cortege duties noted.
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Secretary Long
Washington
Russell Sage
Joseph Choate
Adrian Iselin, Jr
N. B. Scott
West Virginia
Duke of Northumberland
Duke of Argyll
Mark Hanna
Cleveland
Boni de Castellane
Chateau du Marins
Duc de Nonailles
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell
Philippine Commission
P. Flower
New York
Wall Street
O. Dowse
Massachusetts Press Association
Malden
Harness racing notes and owner changes from The Horse Record
The Horse Record reports April New Orleans horse show and stable placements in Readville and Denver. Ownership transfers include Planet changing to Borough Park, Rubber sold to Ed de Cernea, Hillie purchased by John Martin, Gipsey M bought by A. H. Merrill, and Carl Brown reported fit after injury. Also mentions a rising harness season with many dates claimed and a political quip from the Washington Star.
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New Orleans
Dare Devil
Geers
John Payne
Readville
Mass
Wallace
Lottie Smart
Denver
Peter the Great
J. Malcolm Forbes
W. A. Boggs
Redinda
Knapcack McCarthy
Dan Cupid
Cleveland
Des Moines
Planet’s
Borough Park
Charles M. Reed
Erie
Ed de Cernea
John Martin
Buffalo
Hillie
Hill Boy
Bloomington
Inls
A. H. Merrill
New England
Macbeth
Philadelphia
Artful Paris swindle nets 10000 francs with fake elixir
A Paris scam used fashionably dressed emissaries to cash in on Dr Beaumont's elixir. The bottle contained only colored water, yet the group sold wholesale stock to chemists and fleeced buyers, netting about 10 000 francs before disappearing. The lamps and oil trusts are cited as broader abuse.
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Egypt
Rameses the Great
Chemical Agents
Dr Beaumont
Dr. Beaumont
London Telegraph
Royal Crown Soap Co. to Award Three Sewing Machines Weekly
Winners for the week ending April 20 include Winnipeg residents Mra HK and A Stutter along with 006 Ross Street Manitoba and others. The Royal Crown Soap Co will continue the contest giving away three machines each Monday until further notice.
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Royal Crown Soap Co
Winnipeg
Mra HK
A. Stutter
Ross Street
Manitoba
L'Homaa
Slack
Baldur
N. W
Minard's Liniment Praised by Mrs Hart in Port Mulgrave
Mrs Josiah Hart of Port Mulgrave writes that Minard's Liniment is her remedy for colds and the best liniment she has ever used, addressing Richard's & Co. with a cordial recommendation dated June 5, 1897.
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Port Mulgrave
Richard’s & CO
Opulent Father in Law Exchange Echoes Ambition
Dialogue humor from Harlem Life and Indianapolis Journal fragments. A father in law questions George about ambition after his marriage, and George cites becoming his son in law as his life peak. Sly quips about wings and meat add comic tone.
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George
Harlem
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