Vast ocean of data and oddities in wartime era rquires caution
A wide array of figures and opinions from a late period newspaper page covers cities like Birmingham and London costs, imperial promises, and Russian gun capacity alongside social notes on London poverty, vocal training, patent activity, harbor pilots, and public figures. It mixes speculative forecasts from Sir George Gray with anecdotes about Alexander of Servia and stage fright among speakers, reflecting a miscellany of international topics and cultural commentary.
Love and Rescue at Beech Villa Farce
In a moonlit grove near Beech Villa, Parisian heiress Maude and suitor Augustus clash with her stern father over a marriage of convenience. After Augustus falls into the river, Maude is saved by Miss Pilkins, and a comic chain of misunderstandings ends with Hogan pardoning the couple and approving the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus
Maude
Papa
Eliza
Elize Pilking
Miss Pilkins
Bouschard
Mr. Hogan
Mr. Tomlinson
Value of Jade and Jadeite in Historic Treasures
A historical summary notes jade blocks and carvings linked to Tam erlane, Cortes, and Ming and Qing artifacts. It cites a Samarcand tombstone of Tam erlane, a 1130 pound jade at the British Museum, and jade pieces sold to Rudolph II and from the Amazon. references to Meinrich Fischer and European collections, plus colonial London exhibition displays and Maori terminology panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamerlane
Samarcand
Heinrich Fischer
Baden
Tome
British Museum
de Laet
Amazon
Rudolph II
Imperial Jeweler
Dresden
Cortez
Montezuma
China
Frieburg
Meinrich Fischer
Freiburg
Constance
London
Panama
Origin of Chestnuts as a Stage Word Inference
New York Dispatch recounts Mr. Jefferson tracing the origin of the word chestnut to a Dil on play The Broken Sword where Pablo repeats chestnut as a cork tree misidentification. William Warren’s joke at a stage dinner popularized the line and origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jefferson
William Dillon
Captain Xavier
Pablo
Baron Munchausen
Calloway
William Warren
Mr. Warren
Where Cow Bells Are Made in Collinsville Illinois
Collinsville Illinois showcases cow bells produced in four U.S. plants with two located in Collinsville. About 150 dozen bells are made daily, with thousands used across North and South America. The process rolls metal into polygons, folds and rivets them, then fires in clay and cools to temper and braze the bells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collinsville
Ill
United States
North
South America
St.outs
Floating Theatre to Travel Volga with Two Troupes
A Russian paper announces completion of a floating theatre on a large steamboat built to American plans. It will feature an amusement hall for a thousand, a small restaurant for artists and staff, and move along the Volga stopping at cities lacking theatre. Two troupes will perform operetta and drama in a stock enterprise.
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Volga
The Iron Crown of Lombardy Description Details
The iron crown of Lombardy is a broad circle of six beaten gold plates joined by hinges. Inside lies the band that gives it its name, about three-eighths of an inch wide and a tenth of an inch thick, said to be fashioned from nails used at the crucifixion.
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Lombardy
Household Tips from Old Newspapers on Cleaning and Cooking
A collage of practical binaries covers carpet wax removal with blotting paper and heat, silk whitening with cooled potato water, dried fruit rehydration and cooking, wall paper paste with flour and alum, and rustic recipes for duck asparagus artichoke salad and cabbage with a sweet sour dressing.
Enormous Eggs From Distant Dinornis and Epyornis
The dinornis of New Zealand and the epyornis of Madagascar were among birds until recently. Joly estimated the epyornis stood about 16 feet tall with eye capacity to hold vast egg contents. An egg from Toulouse measured 20 inches long and 3 inches wide with a thick shell, capable of nearly two gallons of water. Saint-BErtire described an even larger mornis egg. Prenton recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinornis
New Zealand
Epyornis
Madagascar
Joly
Toulouse
Saint-Beh- Tire
Mornis
Prenton
Mother Love and a devoted cat narrative from Lewiston
A Lewiston Maine cat dies after saving her three orphaned kittens from a mower injury. The tale then shifts to a California mother mouse teaching her young to survive by reclaiming five captured mice, followed by a playful domestic vignette about a doll named Alice and a farm offer, ending with moral reflections and a humorous railroad anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Love
Lewiston
Picayune
Alice
Rob
Maggie
Dolly
Sagacity of Shepherd Doga and Sheepmarking Dogs
A writer cites an Oregonian report about a dag separating ewes and wethers by ear marks. He notes dogs can distinguish marks learned from birth, guide to their masters’ sheep, and even pick out marked flocks at Islington markets. Shepherd dogs are praised for high intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Scotland
Oregonian
Islington
Snake Poison and the Cobra Bite Tale in Buckland's Note
An account from Murrey's Magazine recounts Frank Buckland dissecting a rat bitten by a cobra to study the venom wound. After removing skin he pockets it and soon experiences a violent chest pain and head blow sensation, attributing onset of poisoning to cobra venom entering his system. The piece notes venom can transfer via wound from the prey.
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Frank Buckland
Murrey
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Birmingham
Als
New York
Australia
Russia
Pew
Arkansas
George Gray
America
City
Jersey City
Alexander of
Servia
Gerpany
New York Mail
Expres
United
Profesor Hadley
Emil Ey
Chauncey B. Depew
de. Talmage
John B. Gough
Canon Farrar
Canon Kings-ley
James Whitcomb Miley
Pond
Aien
E. Nesbit
Independent
Beech Villa
Miss Pilking
Betty
Master
Tomlinson
Sam
Misa Pilkins
Teddy
Hiram
Hogan
Cook
Iron
Detroit Free Press
Washington Star
Brooklyn
Tablu
Emma C. Dowd
Aunt Maddie
Girard House
Philadelphia
Boston
Fim
Massachusetts
Betsy
Sagacity of
Shepherd Doga
Cheus Barre
Campbell
Jimmie
Iesny
BANKS
Jamison & G2
Bawkers, Third and
Chestnut Streets
Bowse
Idiana Coty. Dept Dak
M. Stewart
Walker & Sap Corner
Fann Af
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