Random Notes on Fashion, Science, and Local Anecdotes
A miscible column from Hulett Wyoming cites diverse items from fashion to maritime experiments, cheese traditions, and curious local anecdotes. It mentions new footwear affordability, varnish for ships, volcanic cement, Swiss cheese heirlooms, Maud Gooch leading a ladies fire brigade, and animal behavior observations, with brief society and regional notes.
Country Town Sayings By RO Howe From 1911
A fragmented collection of wry aphorisms and social observations on marriage money pride and manners from RO Howe. Includes jokes about wedding gifts, cash versus credit and the foibles of couples and social pretensions. Ends with verse about Bloody Thunder a Choctaw youth and Oklahoma heritage.
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Medical Victory Claim Echoes Blood Immunity Theory
New York Times discusses homeopathic critics and modern medicine's shift from drugs toward blood transfusion and saline injections as preventive and therapeutic tools. Noting Senator Luke Laa’s blood donation anecdote, it cites Crile Beebe Ewing and Wright on immunity, cancer recovery, and potential systemic cures through immune-boosting transfusions.
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Luke Laa
Tennessee
A. E. Wright
Crile
Cleveland
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James Ewing
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Prince of Wales Motto and Service to Democracy
An editorial reflecting on the British prince of Wales adopting the motto Ich Dien and arguing that true strength lies in service to citizens. It envisions a future where a real prince embodies duty, protecting mothers and children, promoting chastity and temperance as core civic virtues.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
England
Prince of Wales
Great Britain
Culloden Moor
Inverness
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Pretender
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Naming the Pullman Cars
D Ferguson of the Pullman company explained to the Indiana state tax board that Pullman cars are named by the in charge clerk with a system, not by a salaried expert. He dismissed the rumor of a $6000 annual namer and noted lines named for flowers and Egypt kings, with other names chosen at random.
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Pullman
Indianapolis News
Tate Board of Tax Commissioners
D. Ferguson
Pullman Company
Thinklets and Odd Notions From a Curious Era
The column riffs on humorous yet absurd ideas about tolerance and fashion, attributing wild theories to a college professor and imagining ostrich eggs as a breakfast solution. It mentions Egypt’s god M-Thah, drum players, and playful digs at politics and sustenance, ending with a quirky closing remark.
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Dr. Wrey
Keep On Keepin On Amid Gloomy Times
A compact note of stubborn optimism urging people to persevere when days look bleak. It emphasizes bristling up, gritting teeth, and continuing to keep on despite grim prospects and persistent worries.
Faith and Resolve in Life's Unseen Paths
Poetic reflection attributed to Anne C. Lynch Botta. An earnest speaker trusts faith to steady a life journey through storms and cliffs. The speaker vows to walk with God’s guiding presence, braving rough terrain with a steady heart and a warm, comforting touch from the Father.
Three Presidents Who Played Hockey
BITS OF HISTORY discusses presidents who skipped inaugurations and the long tradition of political estrangement. It recounts Adams, Jefferson, and Johnson episodes, including Adams midnight office work, Jackson’s reluctance, and Grant’s carriage snub.
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Andrew Johnson
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Wesmaeren
Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
Washington
Adams
General Grant
Johnson
Grant
Lincoln and Seward Cabinet Bond Legacy
Lincoln rewarded Seward with a key cabinet role after his failed 1860 nomination bid. Seward urged bold leadership, but Lincoln replied I must do it. The exchange stayed private as history notes Lincoln’s sagacity and magnanimity. Wilberforce's lifelong fight culminated in abolition in colonies after his death.
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Lincoln
Seward
William H. Seward
Wilberforce
William Whilberforce
England
Lancashire Weavers March on London 1817
In 1817 thousands of Lancashire weavers set out for London to present grievances to the prince regent. Each carried a blanket for warmth, creating a curious parade as they faced military opposition and disbanded along the route, with only six reaching the outskirts of London.
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Lancashire
England
London
Taylor Replies to Sinclair on Scientific Management
Mr Sinclair asks Frederick W Taylor tough questions about workers losing jobs under the new system and over production. Taylor replies that overall benefits must be weighed, noting management leads much increased output and workers joined with higher pay under scientific management.
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Mr. Sinclair
Upton Sinclair
Frederick W. Taylor
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Taylor
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Morgan to Spend Million for Old Royal Heirlooms
Budapest report claims J Pierpont Morgan offers about 1 million dollars for King Corvinus era relics including the throne curtain and the castle of Galgeece. Negotiations involve Count Erdoedy and Hungarian officials as consent of the emperor may be required before any transfer. The tale ties to Erdoedy estates and a New York connection through Julia Scott.
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Budapest
Germany
Francis Joseph
J. Pierpont Morgan
Matthias Coraren
Hungary
Coun Ardoedy
Galgeece
Oecz
Gan
Corvinus
Erdoedy
Countess Erdoedy
New Yorker
Count Erdoedy
Imre Erdoedy
George Erdoedy
Mise
Julia Scott
New York
South Dakota
Edwin Johnson
Line Between Eccentricity and Madness in 19th Century Thought
The New York World explores how eccentricity, madness, and genius intertwine. Eminent alienists discuss lines between anti social conduct and mental derangement, citing figures like Schumann, Kant, Luther, Napoleon, and Wagner. Moore’s verse closes the piece with a nature themed toast.
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New York World
F. W. Mott
Royal Institution
London
Schumann
Lamb
Nietsche
Turner
Bacon
Menike Napoleon
Julius Caesar
Mahomet
Martin Luther
Wagner
Munich
He Agreed From Sketch on Sheep as Nupldest Creatures
A fragmented reminiscence imagines a speaker agreeing with a sketch that sheep are the Nupldest creatures. The exchange hints at a playful, absent minded reply about a lamb.
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John
Panhandle Club to Practical Help for Poverty
A Cincinnati Associated Charities housekeeper Miss Greif helps 44 families in a charity drive, detailing the Panhandle Club’s romance era and the Trawig family's path from squalid rooms to a clean home. She trains mothers in budgeting, shopping, and cooking to maximize nutrition at low cost, turning ignorance into lasting improvement.
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Anthony Wayne
Panhandle Club
Old Panhandle Club
Poe
Associated Charities of
Cincinnati
Miss Greif
Wentzel Trawig
Frau
Associated Charities
Trawigs
West Fifth Street
Dena
Miss Grief
J. Trawig
Trawig
Wentsel Trawig
Alexander Johnson
Jas Greif
A Hot Night in New York City
Kellogg Durland, writing from the Bowery, roams Chinatown and Little Italy amid a heat wave. He paints the East Side as a crowded, filthy, hopeless den of tramps, beggars, and disease, contrasting it with a cleaner uptown and questioning whether humanity can endure such squalor.
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Kellogg Durland
Boston Transcript
Bowery
Chinatown
Oriental Quarter
Little Italy
Célestate
Howaory
Balvation Army
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Baden
Rivington Street
Eldredge Street
Ludlow
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Europe
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Constantinople
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New York
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Board of Health
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Local Government Ponders New City Management Plan
From the Loulaville Courier Journal in Whotte a public exchange questions past mayoral efforts and contemplates new leadership. Citizens joke about turning to a magazine to manage the town, signaling frustration and search for fresh guidance.
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Loulaville Courier-Journal
What Matter From the Boston Transcript
A humorous note from a Boston Transcript item about a professor returning home and a missed umbrella. The absent minded husband forgets his umbrella and his wife points out the oversight in a playful exchange.
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Boston Transcript
Vlert
Bee
Henry
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