Emperor and Chancellor Seek Miss Mowbray at Lodge
In Kronborg an imperial expedition with the chancellor reaches a hunting lodge in the woods. Leopold presses Von Breitstein for news while suspicion grows that Miss Mowbray is not where expected, and a silent search for the actress continues amid secrecy and doubt.
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Sove
Miss Mowbray
Miss Brett
Kronburg
Europe
Buchenwald
Leopold
Count von Breitstein
Settin and the five boys joke
A farmer frets he needs help while sawing wood but none of his five sons answer at first. At dinner they arrive claiming each was busy in a different place setting tasks. The youngest admits he was on the doorstep settting still, prompting the farmer to call them a remarkable set.
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Leopold
Count von Breitstein
Vo Breitstein
Iphoma
Pat
Inquirer
Joe
Tapping the Comet For Gas
A man with a square satchel shouts a comet warning in the street. He claims Helley's comet will bring gas shortages and hawks a book about comets and their origin as the remedy, while a crowd disperses.
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A Tother
Helley
Sud
Chicago News
Jailer Sergeant George Bush Retires After 26 Years Service
Bow Street jailer Sergeant George Bush retires from the Metropolitan Police after twenty six years of duty. Since joining on March 17, 1584, he has handled an estimated 170000 ordinary prisoners and extradited around 1000 across the world. He evicted Dr Neill Dream, Prince, for the murder of actor William Terrian and other noted fraudsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bush
Bow Street
London
Metropolitan Police
Metropolitan Police Force
William Terrian
Windlers
Joe Miller Jest Book jokes praised by Twain in old humor
A Kansas City Times notice reviews a fragment of the Joe Miller Jest Book, famed as the alpha and omega of dejected humor. It cites examples from 18th century jests, quips about taxes and quirks of Jerrold Leitch and Leech, and ends noting Twain’s high praise yet mixed verdict on English humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Alpha and Omega
Joe Miller
Joe Milles
Fertilizer Value Shown in Millet Trial on New York Soil
A 1908 field trial contrasts fertilized millet with an unfertilized control on sandy New York soil. With 300 pounds per acre of 28 10 fertilizer, fertilized millet yielded about 16.5 tons per acre of green forage versus 6.8 tons on the unfertilized side, despite a dry cool season. The piece notes profitability, feeding guidance, and potential use after other spring crops, urging farmers to boost millet adoption while cautioning about horse health.
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New York
Emperors and Cobblers Echo in Montaigne Quote
A reflective line from Montaigne contrasts rulers and shoemakers, noting how common motives behind lavish attire and power ignite conflict. The phrasing links luxury, weight, and war as enduring human tensions.
Preserving Ferns in Winter for Better Indoor Growth
Fern care guidance emphasizes diffused window light over shade, avoiding direct sun. Use balanced soil and avoid fresh manure, with liquid manure or nitrate solutions every ten to twelve days for mature or exhausted plants. Soot water may aid growth, alternated with artificial fertilizer. use sparingly or not at all for animal origin liquids.
Prominent Figures and Fashion Notes in 1900s Gossip
A portrait of society customs features Mme L na Caraiiert praising beauty routines, a VT wedding where Miss Mary N Ports wore a family dress, mentions of Dr Mary Walker in suffrage chat, Helen Taft’s student life at Bryn Mawr, and Mrs Isance L Hive of the Noise Suppression Society with daughters Muriel and Dorothy Rice active in poetry and painting.
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Mme L'na Caraiiert
Mary N. Ports
St. Juhusbury
Mary Walker
Bill Nye
Mary
Manu
America
Helen Taft
Rryp Mawr
Isance L Hive
Society For the Suppression of Noise
Muriel Rice
Dorothy Rice
New York City
Church and Clergy Notes From Various Regions
A church in England faced an unverified claim of card play during service. Bishop Charles E Cheney of the Reformed Episcopal church preached at Christ church in Chicago on his fifty year rectorship anniversary. In Pittsburgh, Rabbi Leonard J. Levy was elected pastor for life at Rodolph Sholem congregation with a $15,000 annual salary and a $5,000 yearly pension to either retire or to Mrs. Levy upon his death.
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United States
England
Charles E Cheney
Reformed Episcopal Church
Christ Church
Chicago
Rodolph Sholem
Pittsburg
Leonard J. Levy
Science Siftings and Energy Claims from Radium to Light
The column notes ultra violet light may sterilize liquids more effectively than ozone. Edison claims a carload of radium holds energy equal to all U S coal mined in a year. A French scientist says incandescent rays aid health by killing bacteria and stimulating circulation. It warns coal dust ground fine to pass a 200 mesh sieve can explode on contact with fumes or electric arcs.
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Edison
United States
Tales of Cities
Fifteen Londoners are born every hour and nine die, leaving an annual birth excess of about 55 000. New York City manufactures more for goods than all other U S cities combined, employing about 9 000 and tallying last year’s output at 41 400 000 dollars. In St Petersburg, unfiltered water areas suffer better cholera and typhoid outcomes than filtered zones due to contaminated filters.
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New York City
St. Petersburg
New Inventions Include Mine Rescue Stretcher
A Indiana inventor builds a rescue stretcher with oxygen tanks at one end and a bag for the head and shoulders, using a slide gas burner to illuminate walls. A New Jersey farmer patents a milking pail cover with a cloth-strainer that allows milk flow while keeping air purer and removable for cleaning.
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Indiana
New Jersey
Music Epigrams Across Voices From Emerson to Beethoven
A compact collection of quotations on music. Emerson, Seume, Goethe, Beethoven, and Thomas Carlyle describe music as a bridge between spirit and feeling, a key to the heart, and a profound, almost infinite speech.
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Seume
Thomas Carlyle
English Etchings and Oddities in 1866 Parliament Election
The item notes Arthur M. Kavanagh, an armless and legless candidate, being elected to Parliament in 1866. It also mentions the Yorkshire penny bank reporting 275000 dollars saved by child depositors in the last two years and an excavated Roman soldier’s checkerboard at Maumbury Rings, Dorchester, a slab etched with a grid.
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Arthur M. Kavanagh
Yorkshire Penny Bank
Maumbury Rings
Dorchester
Top spinning among ancient and world cultures
The article traces top spinning as an ancient game across Asia Africa and the Americas. It notes Indians in America and various nations including Siong Ceylon Siam and China crafting tops from wood with whistling or singing when spun. It compares American English German and French tops and their designs.
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Asia
Africa
America
Ceylon
Siam
China
England
The Screech Owl as Farmer’s Helpful Predator
The barn owl or screech owl is praised as a useful ally to farmers, destroying rats and mice. It sits alert in dark corners, pouncing on prey with swift talons, then swallows the catch by snapping the head first then the body in a sequence of quick jerks.
Early mention of india rubber cited from Priestley’s 1770 work
The passage recalls an 18th century note on india rubber used to wipe pencil marks from paper. It cites Mr Nairne the instrument maker selling a cubical chunk about half an inch for 8 shillings, claimed to last several years.
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India
Riddles and Wordplay from a Tongue Twister Page
A playful sequence of pun riddles and quirky questions. The verses compare a lazy dog to a bill as a slow pup, a bee to a deceiver as a bumbug, a jailer to a musician who fingers keys, a carriage wheel that grows less tired with work, and a doorball that never asks but needs many answerers.
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Bill
Singing School Opens at 23 Songster Street
Master Robin offers a summer singing school at 23 Songster Street with limited pupils. He will teach young birds to sing new songs like The Merry Wow Waltz and I m Afraid to Go Home to the Dark, inviting interested nestmates to leave word.
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Birdland
Robin
Songster Street
Birchings
Willie Winkie Drives His Horses For The Mail
A short verse about Willie Winkie the mail carrier who races over hills to deliver bags. He ignores floods and fires to ensure the mail reaches childhood, then returns to mother before resuming his rounds. The driver and horses swiftly depart beyond the nursery door at journey's end.
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Willie Winkie
Hill
Dale
Willie
Mother
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