Surprising Semple in a Turbulent City Evening
Semple endures a anxious stint at work and home as his wife Alicia plans a Europe trip and a phantoms of worry haunt him. A phonograph surprise finally reveals it all as a light relief easing his creeping doubt and fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Semple
Nel
Ned Semple
Europe
Billa
Asus
Alicia
Foel
End
Alice
Beno Bradley
Bradey
Bradley
The Dry Falls of Lodore Described as Dry
A writer recounts Southey’s Lodore to explain why the celebrated dry falls misled visitors. An American pilgrim seeking Lodore in Keswick finds the supposed falls are actually nonexistent, the native quipping that he has been sitting on them. The piece ends with humor from St James Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodore
Southey
Niagara
Lahore
England
Keswick
Falls of
St. James
Our Flight Through Space and Vega the Distant Sun
The article describes our sun racing toward Vega at eleven miles per second, closing about one million miles per day but needing a million years to overtake the star. It notes how constellations would seem to change as perspective shifts and Vega would appear as a vast, bright sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space
Vega
Earth
Witness Describes Hog’s Demise On Train Track
In a Tennessee court an elderly colored woman testified about a railway train killing a hog. On swearing in she answered simply and vividly that the hog was footed and tucked under the train, stating she could tell the court in few words how it happened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Cleveland
Virtue Unrewarded in Quiet Home Scene
A terse caption quotes Meggendorf and Blatter about arriving home sober while at least one spouse sleeps through the scene. The remark captures a witty, domestic moment reflecting social humor of the era.
Queen Victoria’s Frigid Court Strains Royal Ties in Spain
Reports allege Queen Victoria’s cold manner irritates Spanish nobles and enrages King Alfonso. The Queen Mother’s conciliations fail, while Alfonso’s loyalty meets her disdain for etiquette and bullfights. Rumors warn of potential crisis as tensions threaten the throne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Victoria
Christina
Alfonso
Edward
England
Princess — Battenberg
Victoria
Heat Ray Accident Melts Armor on Fleet Vessel
A Portsmouth dockyard incident reports a heat ray resembling Wells fiction. A torpedo lieutenant used a dynamo with eye protection to burn through Krupp armor, injuring crew and sickening many observers. The armor melted and several men face skin burns and possible blindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oine
Portsmouth
H. G Wells
Premier Jamesons Policy
Dr Jameson issues manifesto at Cape Town asking for a mandate to amend the constitution to prevent blockages by the Legislative Council. He says the Progressives have dissolved racial differences and a moderate South African Unionist party will replace them. He appeals to moderate independents on four planks and federation plans with unions of European races and colonies while delaying native policy and seat redistribution until unity is achieved.
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Dr. Jameson
Cape Town
Legislative Council
South African Unionist Party
Progressives
Letters Delayed by Sun Reach Destinations Months Later
Two letters posted at Walton on the Naze on May 27, 1904 arrived on September 17, 1907. The delay was caused by letters lodging between wood and zinc when the letterbox lid separated due to heat from the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton-on-the Naze
Death Dream Hint in Lewisham Baby Death
A Lewisham mother told the coroner she dreamed two hours before that her baby would die and found the child dead beside her. Her husband corroborated the dream and said the child appeared dead when he checked the bed.
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Lewisham
Subscription Dilemma at Produce Exchange over Change
A farmer visits the Weekly Argus Intelligencer office seeking a subscription renewal but lacks small currency. The editor offers to break a twenty pound tub of butter and asks how to make change using items like taters onions cabbages beets carrots pie plant or jam.
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Farmer Jones
Weekly Argus Intelligencer
Puck
Holloway's Corn Cure Prompts Job Offer
A Philadelphia Press brief recalls an anecdote where a merchant questions an office boy candidate about prior experience. The hopeful replies no prior experience and that he does not whistle, while the merchant invites him to hang up his hat. The dime-novel tone contrasts corn cure marketing with a job interview.
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Philadelphia Press
Dr Williams Pink Pills Promise Health Through New Blood
Suffering women report renewed strength and relief from headaches heart palpitations and weakness after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The Toronto Ontario anecdote cites recovery within two months and claims the medicine builds red blood. available 50 cents a box or six for 2.50 from Brockville Ontario makers.
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Wiliams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Local Exchange Sparks Tense Civil Exchange
A terse note records a brief exchange about seeking a good reference to visit Mrs. Jones across the way. The speaker expresses disdain for the target, Maggie, in a sharp social moment captured in the life page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Jones
Maggie
Reincarnation in Burma A British Officer Returns as Child
A Burmese child claims to be Major D J Welsh of the Border Regiment killed in a boating accident in 1904. Witnesses, tests, and village crowds weigh against deception as the case draws Meiktila and Rangoon attention.
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Burmah
A. W. Tucker
Pegu
Fimes
Meiktilia
D. J. Welsh
Border Regiment
Reade
A. W. Quinlan
Major Welsh
Hes
Countess of Warwick Denies Carat Scandal Link
In a New York interview at Hotel Webster the Countess of Warwick denounces a 12 year old English bac carat scandal connection. She calls the allegations miserable and untruthful, claims she was in mourning and not present at the depicted house, and accuses enemies of aiming to harm her reputation in American papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Countess of Warwick
Webster
New York
England
Brooke
Germans oppose English Sunday observance in Frankfort meeting
A Frankfort mass protest denounces the introduction of the English Sabbath into Germany. Speakers claim the English Sunday would dull German life drive people to drunkenness in pubs and threaten public order, with a resolution unanimously adopted resisting the plan.
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Frankfort
England
Germany
Herr Steinbach
Herr Hessenberg
London
Herr Steinfurth
Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills For Aged Ailments
An advertisement claims Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills relieve pains of age by balancing liver kidneys and bowels. It cites backache rheumatic symptoms and constipation improved by stimulating elimination of uric acid with a daily dose of one pill two cents a box available at dealers or Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
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Dr. Chase
James J. Jenson
Olds
Alta
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Interesting Figures In This Country Collar Buttons
The Washington Post notes that 4,176,000,000 collar buttons were produced last year. The figure may intrigue the man who often cannot find a button when needed.
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Washington Post
Rickle’s Anti Consumption Syrup Advised as Reliever
An advertisement claims Rickle’s Anti Consumption Syrup is agreeable to the taste and relieves throat irritation causing coughing. Used as directed it allegedly breaks persistent colds and restores air passages to health, urging doubtful readers to try the remedy.
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Rickle
New Street Car Bet Teases Girls Backward Exit
Cartoonish quip notes a bet on new street cars to prevent girls from alighting backward. Mentions Minard's Liniment claiming to cure cattle ailments. A Pennsylvania joke ponders if inheritance tax punishes the dead or the heir.
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Becker
New York Sun
Tommy
Harper’s Weekly
Blemish Cure Claims And A Goat Tale In A Comic Clip
An English spavin liniment advertises cure all lumps and lameness with a bold claim. A light comedy shows a boy shielded by his mother, arguing pain is real while the goat remains unaware. A courtroom quip has an automobilist defending a fatal accident by blaming the car make.
Railway schemes seek Canadian Parliament approval for new lines
A Canada Gazette notice says The Western of Canada Railway Co will seek incorporation to build a line from the US border in Alberta to Calgary and on to the Elk River valley toward Gould's Dome, with a branch for the Canadian Pacific Railway from Ki to Strathcona and a Saskatoon Peace River and Dawson Railway plan to operate railway telecom lines from Saskatoon through Peace River district toward Dawson City.
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Canada Gazette
Western of Canada Railway Co
United States
Alberta
Calgary
Livingstone River
Rocky Mountains
Gould's Dome
Elk River
Canadian Pacific Railway
Michael
Strathcona
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Peace River
Dawson
Peace River District
British Columbia
Yukon
Dawson City
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WumiTeo
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the Produce Exchange
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India
Countess
King Edward
DR. Ghase
Minard
Robert
Christian Sciece
Chicago Daily News
Philadelphia Ledger
Ayrim Bros
Yonge St
Olmira
Elmira
Desiere
Eddy’s
Winnipeg
Tees & Peasse Limited
Edmonton
Canada
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