Mosquito legends stir a New Jersey coast tale
An old sea captain and a curious stranger entertain in a Sportsmen’s Club setting with tall tales of muskeeters on the New Jersey shore. The captain mocks a NY reporter while a visitor shows a vast microscope and describes giant mosquitoes, hatched on the sandy beach and described with comic, exaggerated science.
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Josy Newman
Billy Chadwick
Billy
New York
Josy
Glory
Wes
Capt
New Jersey
Sandy Hook
Cape May
Muskeeters
Bloca
Cap
Yeller
Capt. Josy
Atranger
N. Y
Birds Beasts and Quirks From Diverse Lands
A roundup notes ventriloquistic cranes at London Zoo and a trumpeter bird. Florida’s Ochtahatchea lake spill yields rich fish harvests for locals. A Philadelphia elephant dies from an enlarged heart weighing 102 pounds at age 114. Santa Cruz reports a 63 year old horse arriving in 1845. Jerry the brewery worker eats toast scraps and beer. France debates swallows killed by coastal electric wires for Paris displays.
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London Zoo
Santa Cruz
California
William Handley
Jerry
France
Zoological Society
Paris
Take from Life Fashion and city finance ideas editorials
The piece surveys New Orleans mayoral views on licensing gambling for city finances and charity. It notes a silk handkerchief is poor for dusting spectacles, explains flower renting in Washington, and reports a New York dry goods shop enforcing the title Madam for all female customers. It mentions Harris cloth from Scotland and a jeweler urging solitary diamonds to display true value.
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New Orleans
Washington
New York
Scotland
The Best is Always the Cheapest Panhandle Route Ad
A sourced essay juxtaposes jokes about spoons and a Texas judge with praise for the Panhandle route from Indianapolis to Chicago. It notes solid road bed, unmatched accommodations, a day service train arriving Chicago at 4 50 p m and a night service with Pullman chair and sleeping car, touting reclining chair at 76 cents.
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Chu Fong
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BIG Four
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America
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Chicago & Cincinnati
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Cleantimess essay urged for boys by budget publisher
A juvenile booklet by J. James Budget presents a boy's essay on cleanliness titled Cleantimess. It extols soap, washing, and personal care as near to godliness, urging respect for mothers who provide soap and insist on hygiene, while contrasting clean behavior with tainted peers and authority figures.
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J. James
Godlynera
Godlyness
Paris hats draw sharp rebuke for lacking taste
A reader criticizes Paris fashion, saying hats resemble last year’s nests and show no taste beauty or economy. The piece notes gloves convey class while dresses outrun gowns, and warns about facial powder harming skin if left on overnight. It praises low hair styles with velvet ribbons, referenced as Perdita liks.
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Paris
Jabata
Short and Sweet Styles in Joan of Arc Season
Fashion notes unveil frilled sheets and hem stitched edges with lace. Accordion skirts divide opinion though many deem tall flowing skirts with delicate draperies more graceful. Toques feature natural flowers on the front, a pretty look while the roses last but pricey at a quarter each and many are needed.
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Joan of Arc
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