Prize Doll Contest Showcases Exquisite Doll Fashion
A jury of ladies awards a $50 prize for the most original doll costume, praising the entrants from Josephine Mulford of Madison New Jersey who sent in a doll embroidered with The New York Herald March notes and 21 415 stitches. The pageant features diverse dolls—from Golis to baby and service dolls—each dressed as for a fete with fine lace and handwork.
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Golis
Josephine Mulford
Madison
N. J
A Sanitary Building in Yokohama by Dr. W. Van der Heyden
In Yokohama a novel house uses boxy translucent walls made of gla boxes filled with alum solution to admit light while filtering heat. The bricklike boxes rest on cast iron supports, with felt gaps and thin boards. A flat roof uses cast iron pillars and a roof of translucent boxes. The ceiling is glass panes with rubber seals, an ash layer, a light wood frame, and cement to block radiant heat while keeping interior light high. Ventilation and drainage are specially arranged. Medical Record.
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Yokohama
W. van der Heyden
Dusty traveler crosses continent on $100 bet
A 21 year old Springfield Illinois man named John J Shields rode a through freight 6000 miles to reach Jersey City in a month. He started with no money and survived by stealing rides begging and occasional work. He traveled to Tacoma Los Angeles Prescott Dallas and back east reaching New Jersey footsore and worn. The tale is told by the New York Dispatch with ads for Hood s Sarsaparilla and various medicines.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
John J. Shields
Springfield
Tills
Coala
Tacoma
Los Angeles
Prescott
A. T
Dallas
New York Dispatch
Specklety stew tale from the haymow dining plea
A fragment recalls a rural hardship scene with a speaker begging for corn or wheat while others claim abundance. The brief excerpt hints at hunger, resource sharing, and local barter within a farm setting.
Toddlekins and the Wheat That Grows Hope
In a village scene Toddins speaks in awe about sowing grain while Paps and Toddlekins laugh and imagine the wheat sprouting. The whimsy centers on belief that the seed will grow into something meaningful, a shared moment in a Christian at Work setting.
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Paya
Paps
That Tempting Wedding Cake in Oxford Street
A country visitor admires a large bride cake in a confectionery window in Oxford Street. He asks for the price and is told ten pounds. He responds with a witty retort, “Then I’ll hey a ha’porth,” surprising the shopman in London Tit-Bits.
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Oxford
London
Railway debts haunt German officials after crashes
The Paris American Register notes that in Germany railway accident damages are recovered from officials deemed responsible and deducted from their salaries. One Berlin official has paid for 14 years and must work 16 more. The policy means administrations rarely receive full compensation for costly wrecks like the Silesian station collision.
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Germany
Berlin
Silesian
Paris American Register
Government Pawnbroking in France and Monte-de-Piete
The French government runs the pawnbroking system through Monte-de-Piete with a national credit backed capital. It borrows 12 million dollars for 1894 to fund operations and advances at least 60 percent of asset value. Interest charged is far lower than that of American small lenders.
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France
Last Hope Played By Brook lyn Life Duo
A brief dialogue features He asking about Gottschalks Last Hope, and She agreeing to play it, with Brook lyn Life quoted as the performer. The exchange conveys a moment of music and shared appreciation between two voices.
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Gottschalk
Brooklyn
New Gun for the British Navy Unveiled at Trials
The British naval service adopts a new rapid firing 40 caliber seven ton gun. It fires a 100 pound elongated shot up to 7000 yards, capable of striking ships or fortifications four miles away. The weapon uses miles of wire in its construction, allowing multiple shots in the air and improved strength and cordite shock resistance.
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Fred
Chicago Tribune
No Charge. Nervous Employer Joke Exchange
A brief humorous exchange where an employer refuses pay for whistling and an office boy replies that he cannot whistle well enough to deserve extra pay yet. The light quip centers on entitlement and modest skill, framed as a small, sharp office joke.
Fortune almost grasped, man ends in beggary
Detroit Tribune reports a man who twenty years ago nearly seized a fortune now begs for bread. A detective arrested the turn of his fortune at the last moment.
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Detroit Tribune
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Mamma
Maud
Mamama
Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson
Hood
Rebecca Wilkinson
Browsvalley
Ind
Herrick Bros
Indiana
T. F. Anthony
Promise City
Iowa
Herrick Bro’s
Hetrick Browdmurzists
Hetrick Bros
Drapgists
Dauberty Bros
Hetrick “Bros
Passmachlly
Daugherty Bros
Buckien
Tom E. Hillebrend
Wm. J. Moore
Homer City
Milt G. Milter
Blairsville
Pitcher
Specklety
Ayers Sarsaparilla
M. Fummerly
Hillsboro
Ayer
A. Parilla
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Maca
Wheeler & Wilson
Areer Ere
Will
Jas
Keystone ' Ce
J.H. Boleans
J. H. McLean
Louis
Clerk Nu
Columabua
J. T. Little
DR. Churchill
Pittsburg
Smithfield
Wheeler & Wilson M’s ’G Co
Philadelphea
Work & Young
Scientific
Ieee
Solers
Sari
Castoria
Ancurs
Oxford St
Boocklya, MY
Canios Manrix
D. D
New York City
Geli
Ganteria
Enwin J. Panase
Tah Street
7Th Ave
Pretty Maid
Johnson’s
Johnson
Noah Adler
T. B. Clark
C. S. Apple
Bulli
Indiana, PA
Thompson
Gallana
Jay
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