Love and the Locksmith in a Domestic Row
Jimmie Barron promises to mend the broken trust after Nettie Barron leaves him to seek her mother following a quarrel over a faulty lock. He chases forgiveness, arrives at Nettie’s mother’s door, and they reconcile in a tender reunion with vows to fix the door and their relationship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilvers
Nettie
Burt
Barron
Nettle Barron
Jimmie
Nettle
Mother
Hutmorist
Deserts
Bitterfly
Yale
Nellie
Mother’s
Love and
the Lock
Smith
Starfish Ladder Meantioned in Aquarium Behavior
The New York Sun reports starfishes display gregarious behavior in captivity forming a stacked cluster in a tank corner. Green crabs climb from bottom to top using the starfishes as a ladder, while the starfish appear indifferent to the crude ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aquariun
New York Sun
The Brainy Snob and Her Narrow Standards
A critique of a city reader who judges others by a self centered taste in art. The piece argues such a person rates others like a merchant checking a bill of goods and undervalues knowledge outside her own chosen fields. It notes the flaw is ignorance of the broader value of others' expertise.
Dancing girl figures in biscuit de Sevres grace table decor
French sculptor Gregoire Calvet and painter M. Vierre Carrier-Belleuse spend three years creating a dozen biscuit de Sevres dancing girl statues. Each figure captures a ballet moment with tender motion and gauzy skirts, designed for the art market at Sevres to complement dining room table ensembles.
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M. Vierre Carrier-Belleuse
M. Gregoire Calvet
Biscuit de Sevres
Sevres
Preserving Lingerie Waists With Net Reinforcement
The Housekeeper notes lacey lingerie waists are beautiful but easily ruined by laundering and hard to mend. She advises sewing strips of common waist net underneath inserted lace early in wear to extend life, with torn areas darned invisibly onto the net. Even badly torn patterns may look better with net added, and open designs often improve.
Look Well and Dress Neatly to Avoid Shame
Advice urges meticulous grooming and modest attire with hints on hair, nets, veils, face cream, and clean garments. It warns against visible flaws and urges checking one’s back in the glass before leaving home to avoid social punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lot
Appearances Deceitful in Rural Exchange
A stranger doubts the soil quality while a local defends it. He claims a neighbor on the adjoining farm plowed up a tin can with $50 in cash last week, revealing hidden wealth beneath rural poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Violin Gift Sparks Romantic Tiff in New York Telegram
In a brief item from the New York Telegram a caller presents a violin as a gift to his sweetheart, but a witty remark hints the present carries no strings. Wyn remarks on the gesture as a foolish, callous act in the social note.
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Wyn
New York Telegram
Baby’s Own Tablets touted as safe child remedy
A long advertisement extols Baby’s Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co as a safe non opiate cure for stomach and bowel troubles teething worms colds and pre venting croup. It claims a government analyst endorsement and 25 cents a box with testimonials from Mrs J Laroque Log Valley Sask and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pats
Guy Teblete
Ant
J. Laroque
Log Valley
Sask
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Shilohs Cure Rumored To Cure Coughs And Colds
Sociologists studied the baby noting the advent is a visitation for the rich and a calamity for the poor. They admit the need for people whose condition keeps infant industry from dying out. The session closes with continued puzzlement. No surgical operation is needed to remove corns using Holloway's Corn Cure.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Holloway
Rooster as Hen’s Press Agent Sparks Comment
A Cleveland Leader quip notes a rooster struts and crows after each egg laid, humorously calling him the hen’s press agent in a lighthearted exchange. The exchange plays on animal antics to describe publicity dynamics with playful tone.
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Cleveland Leader
Minard’s Liniment Cures Colds and Flighty Aeronaut Talk
In a humorous exchange from the Boston Transcript, Mrs Cuppottee questions how a woman could marry an aeronaut who is flighty. Mrs Warpher notes his lack of ballast, while Mrs Marmalayde and Mrs Chillican joke that he moves in higher circles and looks down on ordinary people.
Piles Cure Claim With Pazo Ointment Guarantee
An advertisement claims Pazo ointment cures itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or offers a money refund. Price listed as 50 cents.
Revenge Plot in Tyre City Invest Plan
Alexander faced Tyre as generals advised siege to win. Aleck proposed forcing citizens to invest, becoming promoters, while a court jester withdrew to draft the prospectus for Puck.
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Alexander
Tyre
Aleck
Puck
A Gruesome Auction at the Albert Docks
Sailors’ sea chests from ships line the auction at the Albert Docks in London. A Chinese cook’s sea chest, reported as cannibal victims, draws mournful bidders. Families of lost sailors attend, seeking any trace of missing relatives through familiar items.
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Albert Docks
London
Quaint Mayoral Induction Customs Across English Towns
English towns display odd rites for new mayors. Lincoln uses an ancient signet ring sending school holidays. Chichester wields a turquoise ring and a cane. York hands out oak staves and a Lady Mayoress chain for life. Other rites include Bournemouth’s kiss and Dunstable’s field boundary “bump.”
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Lincoln
England
Chichester
York
Ana
Grantham
Dunstable
High Wycombs
Borough Office
Birmingham
Sarcastic Judge Mathew Dies After Noted Judicial Career
A notice recalls Sir James Charles Mathew ex Lord Justice of Appeal famed for swift case handling and opposition to cruelty and harsh sentences. His quip about Truth will out in an affidavit is highlighted along with a courtroom anecdote where a money-lender evasively claimed he was a sportsman when asked about a sold shooting property.
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James Charles Mathew
James
When Big Ben Glitched by Snow and Pranks in History
The article recalls times Big Ben stopped during heavy snow freezing the hands and a 1561 incident when an experimental part caused 100 plus strikes. It notes how some saw omens of peril to the nation. It also mentions a 1896 stoppage during Gladstone's Home Rule speech seen as a sign, traced to lack of lubrication.
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London
Prince Consort
Gladstone
Ireland
For Men Must Work Government sets mandatory annual labor for males
The Government of Papua orders that all male natives within specified ages must work one month each year without pay. Refusal or noncompliance carries imprisonment with hard labor up to six months. The rule targets curbing indolence and instilling industry among the male population.
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Papua
Mysterious Crime In Egypt Near Alexandria
A Russian officer named Zimernow a woman and a young girl were found murdered in a lonely cottage near Alexandria where they had lived for months. Be douins inhabit the district and a man has been arrested in connection with the killings.
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Egypt
Zimernow
Alexandria
Old stage line ad from Atchison to California
The narrator recalls an aged handbill offering Atchison Kansas to California stagecoach travel for 200 dollars in gold. It boasts new wagonettes, stop over privileges, faster ride, 1900 mile route in 35 days, telegraph stations, meal stops, and baggage rules while warning of risks on return with gold dust.
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Atchison
California
Atchison, Kan
San Francisco
Atchison and California Stagecoach Line
Stagecoach Line
Llited
Gold
Denver
Pamjlet
Cour
Red Tape and Fire Fighting in Constantinople
The article criticizes Turkish fire response as hindered by red tape and slow negotiations. It recalls a decade of delays in mobilizing brigades and securing permissions at Yildiz kiosk, then describes villagers delaying actions to bargain with savers, leading to widespread winter destruction and loss of life.
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Constantinople
Yildiz
Sre
Cure Promises for Nervous Prostration with Dr Chase Nerve Food
A letter from Mrs. E. J. Vanderburgh Recounts twenty one years of heart trouble nervousness and cramps ending after using Dr Chase's Nerve Food. She claims relief after half a dozen boxes and praises renewed health. Mr. Wm. Branton also reports recovery after twenty four boxes restoring sleep appetite and digestion. Portrait of A W Chase accompanies product.
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A.W. Chase
E. J. Vanderburgh
Welland Avenue
St. Catharines
Dr. Chases
Wm. Branton
Strathroy
Ont
Dr. Chase
A. W. Chase
Formansen, Bates & Co
Toronto
Tell This to the Marines Weathered captain recalls sea days
A humorous exchange between a veteran sea captain and his son recalls storms and briny days as they discuss a day off due to rough weather. The scene ends with a cat blushing at the domestic tableau. Also promotes Parmlee’s Vegetable Pills as a simple tonic for irregular life and health issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Mr. Tar
Cape
Witty exchange on aging and deafness from New Zealand paper
A specialist tells a husband his wife’s worsening deafness reflects advancing years. The husband retorts askingly, Would you mind telling her that yourself? Cited by the New Zealand Free Lance.
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New Zealand Free Lance
Minard's Liniment Cures Reported Across Regions
A reader cites personal cures from Minard's Liniment for rheumatic gout in Halifax and acute bronchitis in Suasex and rheumatism in Markham Ontario. The letters name Andrew King Col C Crewe Read and Billing as affiliates or endorsers in the notices.
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Minard
Halifax
Andrew King
Col
C. Crewe Read
Markham, Ont
Billing
Russia veto blocks Tolstoi portraits in Moscow schools
The Russian government vetoes Moscow's plan to hang portraits of Leo Tolstoy in municipal school buildings. The move halts the initiative and avoids altering classroom decor across the city.
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Russia
Moscow
Portraits i Tolstoi
Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria in Humorous Tale
In a humorous exchange from December Lippincott's a speaker calls out a rumor about a man who never spoke ill of his wife. Willoughby names the man as a deaf and dumb bachelor, Harkaway, prompting Dorrington to ask for his identity.
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Willoughby
Dorrington
Harkaway
Lippincott’s
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Dodds
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