Prizes for postal efficiency and world debt notes
The San Francisco Chronicle endorses prize offers for railway mail efficiency and extends to other postal branches. Global debts, timber wealth in Oregon, and diverse notes on population, museums, and rail projects are summarized with references to Britain, Ireland, Romania, and the United States, highlighting economic and political implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Coneus
United States
Great
Britten
France
The Rag Carpet and Aunt Judiths Will
Pamela and Maud Ellison clash over a rag carpet gifted by Aunt Judith. Maud rejects the present, while Pamela treasures it as her wedding gift. Aunt Judith dies and wills her entire estate to Pamela for the carpet, provoking a legal fight and a race to control the old house before a railroad land offer shifts fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Parr
Aunt Judith
Maud Ellison
Pamela
Midgeville
John Story
John
Maud
Honsekeeping
Judith
Maud Ellicon
Montague Maynard
Ridgeville
Maynard
Mrs. Entcom
Jeannette Jervers
Mrs. Ellison
Brussels
Pamela Parrael
Squire Vandenburgh
Wardback Trailroad Company
Mr. Maynard
Pamela Story
Fashion Bazar
Temples of Benares and Monkeys in Sacred City
The piece describes Benares temples as mostly modern on ancient sites, led by Bisheshmar Mahadev in a walled complex with bells, worship, and image markets. Nearby Anapurna, Durga, Ganesh, and Hanuman shrines display elaborate carvings, while sacred monkeys roam freely, sacred to many and fed by visitors. It notes rival monkey colonies in Mathura and a wary culture around desecration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benares
India
Bisheshmar
Anapurna
Ganesh
Hanuman
Ram
Raman
Ceylon
Sita
Gauri
Mahaden
Durga
Mattra
Maitra
New York Times
Quaint and Curious: Oddities from Past News Clippings
A collage of quirky facts and curios from a vintage page: weddings favored by Jane of Inno, pleomargarine rising against batter, German water drama casting, London hat fashion, eggs in eels, a Philadelphia surgeon’s nervous system mounting, Hugo’s glass room, nail growth differences, European cave marvels, a Pennsylvanian hen laying nested eggs, royal dish provenance at Victoria’s palace, Woden and Saxon ritual blessings, and Viking Saxon references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Victor Hugo
Mushroom Lovers in Lewiston and Auburn Grower’s Summer Plan
A Lewiston and Auburn mushroom enthusiast promotes a summer specialty in hunting fungus. He cites dozens of local amateurs skilled in cooking them and notes a recurring Sunday mushroom dinner at a Lewiston country house. He gives identifying tips and a salt test to distinguish safe mushrooms from toadstools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Lewiston
Auburn
Nore
Lewiston (Me
Origin of the violin traced to ancient times
The violin’s origin is linked by writers to remote antiquity, noting Hebrews Egyptians and Assyrians knew no bowed instruments. Isaiah mentions a Hebrew rebel lute type. Greeks Romans had no bowed strings. eastern lutes dominated. The ravanag tron, tied to Hindu myth, is said to predate Christ by 5000 years, played by Buddhist monks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah
Israel
Ravanagtron
Ravanen
Ceylon
Globe-Democrat
Playing on the Ruins and a Witty Exchange
Excerpts show a mix of comic quips and dramatic lines. Mr Spillkine derides firemen as frivolous after a blaze as they roam ruins. Other clipped items mention a tailor, a life tribute, and a courtroom jab from a prisoner to his counsel, all in brisk 20th century newspaper style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Spillkine
Texas
France
Seaweed uses and markets across the ocean shores
The article surveys seaweed banks in the Atlantic and along the Gulf Stream, noting kelp and iodine production, methods of harvesting, and products from seaweeds. It cites French shore yields, Irish moss uses, agar, and applications from paste to cosmetics and paper making, with global trade notes and future dietary potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
British Channel
Scituate
Mass
Cape Cod
China
Japan
New
Washington Star
Oddities and Naturals From a Curio Packed Page
A collage of aphorisms, animal curiosities, and vignette sketches from a late 19th or early 20th page. It includes commentary on vice and virtue, notes on deer horns and fur fairs in Siberia, brief humorous exchanges, and short anecdotes about animals and a convent dog. The variety centers on curiosities, nature, and human foibles with a local newspaper tone.
Marble Spider Weed Excursion Noted by Traveler
A traveler writes of a pleasant journey to the Bewsm quarries, describing each sense enjoyed and noting the scenery with vivid delight. The piece evokes curiosity about the quarry trek and its reflective, scenic appeal.
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Mexican Congress
Qeverel Groey
Mr. Stanley
Australia
Ireland
Oregon
British Museum
Central Asia
A. O. Hume
Sebo Restiens
Ppace
Boumsaia
Bomate
Russia
Ss Ows
Canadian Park
New York
Central America
Mexico
Cincinesti
Brooklyn
Italy
Earth
Chance
Truth
George Birdseye
Detroit Free Press
Shirley Browsne
Fannie
James M. Glenn
Nevada
Cincinnati
New Orleans
San
Jane
Inno
Northwest
Germany
London
Europe
German East Africa
Emin
Boklmra
Central
Woden
Waden
Mushroom
Fairweather
Hullo
Downs
Upson Downes
Life
Barnum
Fairfield County
Conn
Thouurt
Gio
Joe
Tore
Eternity
St. Louis Republic
Siberia
Ostrownery
Old World
Ochotek
Yakoutsk
Lena River
Irkutsk
Lake Baikal
Kiachta
Celestial Empire
Ivbit
Tobolak
Nishne-Novgorod
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Pekin
Bevoml
Tangusi
Arctic Ocean
Nouth
Baikalaml Angora
Tungusi
New England Magazine
Texse Siftings
Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore
Wilson
Detroit
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