Matrimonial Craft Hits Shoals As Husband Winds Up Broke
Richard Jackson Howard, a young St Louis heir who married Dorothy Dale in New York last December, seeks a divorce in J Taylor's court after leaving his wife and family home. He reportedly told friends he would work for $2 a day in the brick yard, a condition welcomed by his wife’s family. The couple met in London and earlier traveled aboard the Mauretania, where Howard faced a gambling loss and stopped giving checks.
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Loula
Richard Jackson Howard
St. Louis
Dorothy Dale
New York
J Taylor
Howard
Sf Howard
Dorothy Dale Howard
Dale
Della Fox
Diamond Jack" Levy
Margo
London
Mauretania
United States
Miks Dale
Austro Hungarian Military Budget Sparks Public Alarm
Vienna debates a proposed military budget with army requests at 115 billion, navy at 26 billion, and 35 billion for militia and reserve forces. Critics say spending outpaces wealth gains, citing defense procurement and shipbuilding costs driven by a powerful manufacturers' ring and domestic sourcing.
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Vienna
Navy
Ministry of War
Preas
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
Excired Peopm Vy
A Medley of Contrasts in Mexico City Roads and People
Fragmented OCR reveals a dubious discussion of Mexico with mentions of Geos deal magazine and figures like Jehu Yale and William Maury von. The text references contrasts in Mexican life, culture, and social conditions amid a muddled stream of names and phrases.
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Mexico
Jehu
Elhu Yale
William
Maury von
Sam
IBM
Mexico's Remarkable Fruits and Plants Describe
The article highlights Mexico's diverse vegetation. It notes the parkeet resembling the parrot fruit and the dynamite tree whose fruit explodes loudly. It also mentions the melon xapote or papaya rich in pepsin and claims papaya aids digestion and tenderizes meat with its pulp.
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Assam
Mexico
Clean City Ideals Boost Health and Prosperity
The Philadelphia American notes a clean city supports health and efficiency, leading to more business, lower hospital visits, less crime, and funding for parks, schools, and galleries. It argues sustained effort, not one week of cleaning, builds lasting homes and prosperity. It cites maple syrup yields in North Farmington, New Hampshire, and mentions German rifle cartridge improvements reducing weight via sawdust rotary drome exposure.
The Glory of the Garden Implied Through Terraces and Plants
A fragmentary poem like reflection on garden beauty and terrace statuary, noting red flowers, begonias, and lawns. It evokes Baywood gardens and the idea of each garden with its own heart and art, though text is garbled and hard to read.
The Marquis’s Gift Inspires Francois Bonding
The tale follows Francois forming a quiet bond with the Marquis Zappi, delivering acts of service and a gold gift as a test of gratitude. Francois wins trust through loyalty to Pietro while the Marquis weighs his future plans for the boys and the seigneur’s fate.
The General Chooses a New Life for Francois and Family
Francois is moved from Vieques toward a new life on a 400 acre Valley Delesmonteau farm, a chance the General offers to Le Francois and Claire to secure the boy’s future. Tense talk follows as the family weighs leaving ancestral roots to give Francois a better start under the General’s plan.
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Francois
Delesmonteau
Viequer
le Francois
Iia Claire
Vieques
la Clare
la Claire
Claire
Gelenour
the Vostie
Euiny
Ian Ae
Joe Ae
Men to Set Example and Keep Women in Church Next Generation
An article cites Owen Johnson in the Chicago Evening Post arguing men should set an example to keep women in the church. He contends science has loosened religious belief, women are growing agnostic, and a rapid shift risks alienating both genders from church life.
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Owen Johnson
Chicago Evening Post
Jo Ning
Hella
Snes
Sean
Recalling Some By Genes From the Washington Poot
A satirical reminiscence laments loss of old rural home scenes and junkyard relics. The writer recalls ash hoppers, soap making, open fireplaces, and horse saddles, contrasting them with modern prospectuses and sterile houses.
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Washington
Asheepers
Pap
Kipling
Hardiere
Hassett
Runaway Cow Animates National Monihty Tale
A countryman Street owns a runaway cow that forces him to travel long pilgrimages into the countryside for the animal. The cow hunter pursues, calling out as street vendors and a conductor react to the chase. The owner resists the cow’s capture while the crowd watches the odd pursuit.
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Ely
Unclear fragmentary note about wages and factory employee
The text presents a fragmented plea about wages and an implied factory worker issue. It mentions a clerk and a conversation with a person identified as Brown and references to employees, without clear names or outcomes.
From the Argentine Baltimore Americans note on tattoo trends
Fragmentary item notes Spink commentaries on tattoo bas and new styles. mentions Okinboe bog sotwrul women and bratorm in unclear context. Details are sparse due to damaged text.
On Egypts River Evening Flight of Memory in Cairo
Aricie Bell recalls the Nile night from a deck near a mosque as moonlit boats glide past white sails. The scene shows palm trees, water songs, and distant jug-carrying figures, while muezzin calls mark dawn and a contrast between faiths.
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Aricie Bell
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Larbi
Ben Mora
The Pies on Fleas and Their Ageing Habits
The article notes fleas age quickly, with adults dying around twenty days after birth though some reach ninety days when well fed. It describes their early activity, sluggishness after day twenty, and their promiscuous, agile, overcrowded nature plus their irritation to human focus and dislike of meat poisons.
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United States
New Jersey
Fea
Teaching the Children Through a Toy Freight Cart
A Texas mother shares a simple method from The Ex change department of Woman's Home Companion. She uses a denim covered soap box on four casters as a mobile cart to collect scattered toys, teaching her three children to put items away.
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Texas
Origin of Visiting Cards Through History
The article surveys the origin of visiting cards noting Pericles and Aspasia as a possible early example with a bouquet and inscribed strip. It cites Bertarelli and others debating whether the practice began in Greece or China and suggests the European spread only after Louis XIV’s era.
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Pericles Iret
Alege
Aspasia
Bertarelti
Oller
Europe
Louis
Fragmentary verse note on healing and community
A brief fragment contemplates healing sparked by conflicts among people and urges unity. The text suggests Christian unity as a path, hinting at collective healing through mutual care.
Navigability of the Keoge River and fieve
Fragmentary OCR notes describe the Keoge river and fieve supplying extensive waterways. A remark from a fruit dealer mentions the senses and a snake Sean, with unclear linkage to navigation. The text is garbled and lacks coherent facts.
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Keoge
Fieve
French Legion of Honor origins and early recipients
The article traces the Legion of Honor from its founding by Napoleon on May 19 1802 to its early conferrals in 1902. It notes the order’s structure grand crosses grand officers etc and its continued evolution through successive regimes including Louis XVIII Charles X Louis Philippe Napoleon III and the republics. It mentions many Americans and British subjects receiving the decorations.
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Napoleon
Louis XVIII
Charles X
Louis Philippe
Napoleon III
Clerk Avoids Fashionable Footwear Choice
A wealthy young woman visits a stylish shoe shop and rejects several “classy” slippers offered by the clerk. She ultimately comments that XV heels are too high and muses about choosing something lower or perhaps the Lows will suffice.
Local Reform Exchange Sparks Guarded Counsel
A sketched dialogue shows a reform-minded figure defending active involvement while remarking on the need to expose wrongdoing to prevent self-accusation. The exchange suggests tension between public advocacy and personal caution during reform efforts.
Not Outspoken in a Club Conversation
A brief humorous exchange centers on Mrs Garrulous telling her husband her outspoken sentiment at the club. He replies with disbelief asking who outspoke her, highlighting a light social moment in a Notional Monthly style.
Just Like a Woman in a Family Dispute
A tense domestic moment unfolds as Willie Botts asks his father if his mother is his soul mate. Mr Botts cautiously agrees while Mrs Botts resists, warning she is not his soul mate and vows trouble if he pursues the question.
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Little Willie Botts
Mr. Botts
Mrs. Botts
Henry
Modern Dancing Leading Instructor’s Cryptic Column
A fragmented column by a dance instructor in Sew Toth Oly discusses evolving styles and technique while cryptic phrases hint at practice routines. The text appears jumbled with irregular phrases about feet, corn, and furs, followed by a stray note about baking something.
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Oly
Shier
Allan’ Foor-Macu
Shalom
Dane Sah
Tanie Dally
Adarens
le Hoy
Ruling Spirit Strong in Death Bequest
Mrs Mastuchelli of Carmarthen England leaves six dollars annually to fund cleaning the grave marble with soap and water for as long as the will lasts.
Weak Water and Morale Reflections in Early 20th Century Notes
Fragmented text discusses Weak Water and Walter with a somber tone, mentioning drinkers and a sad figure. It hints at social critique and a line about showing superiority rather than claiming it, amid references to thousands of Irish men leaving the old seat.
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