Guessing Temperature on Arctic Ice Competition
An account of a winter guessing contest among explorers on the Arctic ice to estimate daily temperatures without a thermometer. Roald Amundsen’s party held a month long trial where participants guessed temperatures, each speaking in turn. the winner’s mean guess nearly matched the actual average. The event provided practice in cold estimation and lively diversion.
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Roald Amundsen
Booth Pole
AstoIns
Great Lee Barrier
Ian
Stubberud
Pepys and the Letters of a Visit to Auckney Church
In a 17th century Atlantic magazine excerpt, Hodges notes Pepys visiting Auckney church chiefly to see young ladies, later walking by water to Westminster parish church to admire women through a perspective glass and pass time during sermons, and another Sunday mistaking Betty Mitchell for her mother in the crowd.
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Pepys
Auckney Church
Schoor
Westminster
Betty Mitchell
George Hodges
Atlantic
Language mixups and odd misnamings in old reports
A jumble of antiquated notes shows how early geographers misname places in Africa and mishear local terms. It includes misrendered Damatiyland for Danneynahind and Nanaquia land, plus light anecdotes about a Viennese tailor and a mistook two figures in the distance.
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Damaraland
Uganda
Ian
Damatiyland
Muribey
Londen Chronicle
Topsy Terry Musical Comedy at Globe Theatre
Morning train arrival brings Topsy Terry Musical Comedy to the Globe Theatre for Friday and Saturday shows. Mr and Mrs Lewis D Munshower return from Cleveland Ohio after two weeks with son Marion Munshower in business there. Douglass Palmer remains in serious condition at Indiana Hospital after appendicitis surgery, with liver trouble.
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Topsy Terry
Globe Theatre
Lewis D. Munshower
South Seventh Street
Cleveland O
Marion Munshower
Douglass Palmer
Indiana Hospital
Wanted Girl for General Housework With References
Mrs. Fred Kier of West Philadelphia Street reports a serious operation at Indiana Hospital yesterday afternoon. A job ad seeks a reliable woman for general housework, no washing, in a modest modern family with good wages. applicants should write with references to this office.
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Fred Kier
West Philadelphia Street
Indiana Hospital
Carnegie gifts from own purse cut 10 million tax total
Report on Andrew Carnegie's recent donation disclosed at a Carnegie Kingdom trust meeting in Dunfermline Scotland. The gift, registered under the Dunfermline trust, is described as coming directly from Carnegie's private funds rather than via the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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New York
Jan
Andrew
Negie
Dunfermline
Scotland
Carnegie L.fermline Trust
Carnegie Kingdom Trust
Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
City of
United Kingdom Trust
Divorcee shoots lover kills daughter then self
Mrs Mary Graves Cox shot and killed W K Melton a local attorney, then killed her daughter Florence twelve, and fatally wounded herself in a rooming house. Cox registered as Graves after moving from San Francisco two weeks prior. Police note Melton had been attentive and there was no quarrel obvious. investigators link the tragedy to Melton's failure to marry Cox.
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Los 3
Dan
Mary Graves Cox
W. K. Melton
Florence
Cox
Graves
San Francisco
Melton
Grand Re Opening of Hotel Montgomery Serves Public
The notice promotes a grand re opening of Hotel Montgomery for public service with rooms priced at $6.00 monthly and meals available at any hour. It invites the public to visit and judge the accommodations, signed M-W-T-151 Colangelos. The rest is an unrelated excerpt about a chemical glue company and a faulty product claim from the Sanday Evening Post.
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Hotel
Montgomery
Public Service
Colangelos
IL Wis
Sanday Evening Post
Interstellar Space and Comet Orbit Observations
A fragment discusses interstellar space concepts and a scientist’s observations on a comet's orbit. It notes the comet's path changing as it moves away from the sun and mentions an hypothesis supported by observed data cited from Popular Mechanics.
Chamberlain Retires from Parliament After Long Service
English statesman Joseph Chamberlain announces retirement from Parliament at the next general election. Representing Birmingham since 1876, he is 77 years old. His last Commons appearance was at the opening of the 1914 session, where he took the oath and departed.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Unitist Association of
Birmingham
Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
House of Commons
Marconi wireless talk across ocean claimed
Temps in Paris reports Signor Marconi and his team achieved a wireless telephone link lasting about thirty minutes between Childer on Ireland's west coast and Glace Bay near Cape Breton Ishind, Nova Scotia. No follow up details available. Coal tipple fire at Jones & Taughtin steel plant in Woodlawn, Pennsylvania destroys coal trove, about $8,000 loss.
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Marconi
The
Temps
Signor Marconi
Childer
Ireland
Glace Bay
Cape Breton Ishind
Nova Scotia
Woodlawn
Aliquippa
Jones & Taughtin Steel Company
Boston Transcript on Manuscript Return
The Boston Transcript notes that the manuscript was returned as too tatty andented, with the editor indicating dissatisfaction and suggesting revisions before publication.
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Boston Transcript
Five Buttons Honor Confucian Virtues in Coat Design
Five buttons stitched on Chinese coats symbolize the Confucian virtues of humanity, justice, order, prudence, and rectitude. The decorative motif blends traditional philosophy with modern garment craft, signaling cultural values in clothing.
Weather Brief: Winds and Rain Likely Tonight and Friday
A fragmented weather update notes winds for tonight and Friday with probable rain across multiple areas. The readable text hints at a regional forecast but lacks specific locations or figures.
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Clay
Hidden attic workshop shapes a writer’s late life
An airy Hauteville house attic served as the writer's workspace where he built the totem of his later years. A glass alcove overlooking the Norman coast and Alderney framed days of coffee, ink, and prolific writing of Les Miserables and poetic works.
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Hautevilla
Brent
Jethow
Antt
Alderney
Cherbourg
Dejenner
Labov
Paid with a Flag: English Ducal Estates At Feudal Anniversary
Ancient duty binds Rich Ducal Estates in England to present a new flag each anniversary of Waterloo and Blenheim. The Duke of Wellington and Duke of Marlborough must send banners to Windsor guardroom, or forfeit estates. Flags rest above Wellington bust, then are returned. Modern ceremony reduced from horseborne presents to deputy delivery.
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England
Waterla
Weilftiella
Strathfeldsnye
Tron Lake
Napoleon
Duke of Wellington
Blenheim
Terrora of Anticipation in Old Rural Drugstore
An elderly Tiernan farmer enters a wholesale drugstore and insists he has smallpox of butter wine, prompting Becker and Jacobs to retreat in alarm. The scene unfolds with muddled fears and a tense, chaotic exchange.
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Moraiug
Mr. Becker
Jacobs
Becker
Story of Beau Nash in a Breezy Prose Fragment
The fragment portrays Beau Nash as a restless, boastful figure. His father is described as a Swansea partner in business, with Nash defending his father's dignity against implied shame while courts of propriety glow around his birth. The dialogue hints at social pretensions and family status.
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Beau Nash
Bluss
Swansea
Perseverance proverb questioned in private note
A Pittsburg Post reader doubts the proverb success comes to those who persevere after ten years of marriage and repeated claims that the husband has not shared dinner. The letter voices skepticism about common maxims and marital dynamics.
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Pittsburg
A Glaring One Teacher In the Sentence
A fragmentary note in Tit Bits asks about parts of speech in the sentence The sick boy loves his medicine The query identifies a love relation with the verb love and seeks the correct grammatical term for the role played by medicine as the object of the verb
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Johnny
Loudon
Bong Was Short and the Aid Man Tang Inquiry
In terse courtroom style the transcript shows a collector questioning about a bill from Aid Man Tang. The collector reports Tang did not appear, and the exchange hints at a missing payment and the officer’s attempt to locate Tang.
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Tang
Thire are eighteen cousuilites in New York story
A New York Tribune snippet recounts eighteen consulites in New York and a beggar who confesses he cannot identify his homeland geography. He mentions a capital, claims sailing from there, and is given a quarter by the consul general who jokes about ocean vessels from mountain tops.
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New York
New York Tribune
Water Bottles Made From Boalskins In Palestine
In Elebron Palestine a curious sight draws visitors to the ancient city the water makers market. Boalskins laid in rows are indented with water or air to show they are watertight. Skins arrive mainly from Arabia Lebanon and are carried to Hebron by camel caravans. Tanners process each skin for a week to render it water tight before sending the bottles across the East toward Egypt and the Sudan.
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Palestine
Elebron
Watket
Arabia
Lebanons
Hebron
Egypt
Sudan
Poetic Heredity Among Coleridge and Tennyson Families
The Coleridges and the Tennysons stand out in poetic lineage. Sara Coleridge, Hartley, and Derwent Coleridge are cited as prominent poets, with Ernest Lartley Coleridge and Stephen Coleridge also publishing volumes. Mary E Coleridge remains noted for her 1907 poetry volume and OB. P. Coleridge is praised for classical translations.
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Christabel
Sara
Garnett
Hartley
Derwent
Knight's Quarterly Magazine
Ernest Lartley Coleridge
Stephen Coleridge
Mary E. Coleridge
HEALTHY HAIR PROMISED BY PARISIAN SAGE AD
An old advertisement claims Parisian Sage cleanses the scalp, stops itching, and promotes hair growth. It urges readers to buy a 60 cent bottle from Tom E. Hildebrand, describing easy application and dramatic results.
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Tom E. Hildebrand
Prevent Diphtheria with Tonsiline in the Home
An old advertisement warns Diphtheria risks from sore throat and promotes Tonsiline as a preventive. It claims swabbing the throat with Tonsiline creates a healthy membrane condition to help defend against diphtheria and urges keeping it available at 25¢, 50¢, and 1.00.
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