Tobacco in a Paper Roll: The Birth of the Cigarette
A narrative traces tobacco's spread from ancient legends to Mehemet Ali's era, where Turkish troops adopted a makeshift cigarette after a narghile was destroyed. A clever corporal used tobacco-filled spills to imitate a smoking device, birthing the cigarette as it spread to Egypt, Russia, and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Asia
Italy
Turkey
Mehemet Ali
Kavalla
Mehemet
Ibrahim
Acre
India
Ibrahim Pasha
Narghile
Egypt
Cairo
Russia
United States
Rupert Hughes Pays Damages For Fainting Tale
A magazine editor complained that Rupert Hughes story The Butcher's Daughter caused a young woman to faint. Hughes apologized and sent $7.25 covering $5 doctors fee and $2 magazine text fare plus the magazine price. The woman welcomed an autographed copy of his book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Hughes
Magazine
Hughes
Bulletin
Harper & Brothers
Canadian briquet plan eyed from lignite experiments
The Canadian Se nite utilization board reports satisfactory results from tests on lignite. A briquet may soon match the best US anthracite for home use, at about seven and a half dollars per ton on board cars. The work, a joint effort by the Canadian government and two provinces, cost about $400 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senite Utilization Board
United States
The Day of Short Clothes Fashion Advice
A vintage note suggests fall fashion favors economical, stylish outfits for women. It recalls a six month baby outfit altered for continued wear, highlighting thrift and practical sewing.
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Pnet
Punch First Counts In All Fields Says Carpentier
Georges Carpentier argues the key to victory is landing the first punch, drawing parallels from boxing to sports like baseball with Tris Speaker and to horse racing with Man o War, asserting the value of decisive early impact across endeavors.
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Georges Carpentier
Dempsey
Tris Speaker
Biddle
Chicago Evening Post
Customs of West Imprint on Peking Women and Men
James A. Muller describes in National Geographic how Peking women wear skirts and white faces with bold red cheek circles, resembling western fashion. Manchu men, once rulers, wander the city with little purpose as the empire fades and Chinese residents gain control.
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Peking
James A. Muller
National Geographic Magazine
America
Broadway
A Little Love Story Told in Verse and Stock Deals
A dreamer writes verses to win a woman, enlisting a ten cent magazine to print them. A man of action corners the stock market and becomes a billionaire. The woman marries a man who inherits wealth, living happily, while both men regret nothing as the wife’s husband bears the cost. Exchange notes the tale with a wry twist.
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Man of Action
Goodbye wishes spark stumble in Indianapolis News tale
An Indianapolis News item recalls a morning scene where Mrs B and her daughter bid farewell to Mr B as he left for work. He trips while turning, stifling a laugh at his wife’s playful goodbye, provoking an amused, indignant response from Mrs B.
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Mr. B
Mrs. B
Indianapolis News
New American Industry Opens Eastern Pearl Factory
Popular Mechanics notes a new American factory with 50 000 square feet for making artificial pearls from fish scale essence. The industry, once reliant on imports from France Germany and Italy, now grows locally using the common herring scales, though removal is arduous as each scale yields only a tiny speck of luster.
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France
Germany
Italy
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Suction Tube Unloads the Boat at Oak lawn Cal
A large suction tube in Oakland California unloads copra from ships. The loose material is drawn through the tube into holds and then carried by air to bins on the wharf. Copra, lighter than cork, is shipped from tropical regions.
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Oakland
Cal
Cairo by Night: Summer Heat Yields to Lively Evening Streets
A London Daily Express correspondent describes Cairo's pleasant summer evenings marked by lively cafes and street life. As dusk falls the city awakens with aroma of jasmine, varied food from multiple vendors, and a relaxed social scene along the Nile.
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Cairo
London Daily Express
Egypt
England
Mokattam
Paris
Gezira Sporting Club
Pyramids
Helotan
Felucca
Nile
The Charms of a Truck Driver and a Caring Ride
Leslie meets a friendly truck driver who helps start her stalled Ford on Tremont street. She later encounters him with a glamorous escort at the theater drive for charity. A country ride leads to a flirtatious invitation, and a lingering kiss ends the evening.
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Leslie
Tremont Street
Betty
Square Theater
Emerson and the poetry art in his Shakespeare essay
John Jay Chapman notes Emerson’s direct grasp of poetry as an art form and his deep historic sense in Shakespeare. He argues Emerson respected arts he did not fully understand and valued Eastern poets, stressing that Sandī, Firdusi, and the Koran show poets as men whose writings still convey meaning. The East provided verbal prompts but added nothing to Emerson’s core self.
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Emerson
Shakespeare
Sandi
Firdusi
John Jay Chapman
Stanford White House Becomes Daughters Clubhouse
The former Stanford White home in New York, famed for its art treasures, has been opened as a social and educational center for foreign-born women and girls by the International Institute of the NY WCA. Immigrant girls from many nations attend English classes drama gym work and domestic arts, earning it the nickname Our Own Little League of Nations.
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Stanford White
New York
International Institute of the
New York City
Little League of Nations
United States
No More Lifts
A brief item from Chicago Tribers notes a married man in the same building frequently offering a neighbor a ride downtown. One morning he missed her, and his daughter cautioned that their mother had told him not to take that girl downtown again.
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Betty
Tommy
Leslie
Beacon Street
Hammond Street
Uncle Joe
Joe
Indawn
Minnie
Omeline
Chicago Tribers
STATE NAMED BY EXPLORER IN THE NATURAL WEALTH OF CALIFORNIA
Titus Fey Cronise notes California’s name origin remains ambiguous and cites Cortez letter to King Carlos V from 1524 about an island of Amazona. Indian student Geronimo claims Cortez named California after Saint Calixto and Saint Fortunata, forming California from their names and the suffix nia.
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California
Titus Fey Cronise
Europe
United States
Carlos V
Cortez
Amazona
Geronimo
Calixto
Saint Fortunata
Island
Propaganda S Mark Notes Folded for War Credibility
A Berlin correspondent reports two s mark notes torn and rejoined with adhesive strips bearing red legends. One reads Why is the mark worth only 10 pfennig Ask Ludendorff and Ebert. The other Why is the mark so tattered Because the state finances are tattered. Likely a government issuance to reuse notes and strike at enemies.
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Berlin
Ludendorff
Ebert
Chaplin's Debt to Ingersoll in New Yorker Picnic Tale
A Chicago News account recalls a Fourth of July Dresden New York picnic where young Robert Ingersoll caused a ruckus by tossing a custard pie at a dog. The piece suggests Ingersoll influenced higher comedy and criticism in America.
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Chaplin
Ingersoll
Robert Ingersoll
Dresden
N. Y
Little Bob
Robert
America
Chicago
Father wrestles with son’s football future
A father confesses a conflicted stance on JT playing football. He does not want his son to play, yet fears JT would be disappointed if he avoids the sport, revealing a pickle of parental expectation and concern.
Quotations About Engagements Sparked by World Wanderer
A fragment quotes Alexander and Jack discussing engagements and world travel. The dialogue centers on a man claiming deep affection, contrasted with a joke about moving from one fiancée to the next as he seeks new worlds. The source text is incomplete and stylistic.
Fragmented Note Sparks Local Suspicions in Louisville
Disjointed lines imply a man involved in a concealment linked to funds for the poor. The garbled report hints at inquiry into a possible cover up and a fatal incident tied to a visitor. Authorities urge clarity amid messy text.
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New American Industry
McClure Newspape
Aew
Territory
Alexander
Jack
Boston
Louisvile Courierdouy, al I
Iam
Oo. J. Rector
Creencastle
Ind
H. Askew
Palmer Chiropractor
Washington and
Vine Streets
Fordson
Ford Motor Company
King, Morrison & Foster Ford and
Greencastle
L_ Cloverdale
Roachdale
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