Exercise in Simple Everyday Things from The New York Bun
A column notes daily motions from typing and street activity amount to involuntary exercises for hands and muscles. It discusses typing movement distances, forearm strain, and the unseen workout from ordinary tasks, plus a humorous aside on theatrical gagging and a brief NY city school expansion with 26 000 children. The U.S. ranks third in barley production.
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New York
Tal
Cara
New York City
OOSS
United States
Memory Lessons on Attention and Memory Power
This lesson contrasts Emersons intellect with uneducated immigrants and workers, arguing education is the great equalizer. It emphasizes concentration as the key to memory, attention as the mind’s control, and the need to connect new ideas with familiar ones to recall them. Daily practice improves attention and memory quickly.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Darwin
Carde
Ieek
George J. Tip and the Tip of Tradition in 18th Century Writings
A compact review notes the humorous debate on tipping in early British culture. It cites George I and Lord Russell, contrasting royal theatrics with grim irony as Russell contemplates a death sentence and the price of a severed head, illustrating social attitudes toward gratuities.
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George J
T. P
Tipa
Mr. Russell
Beaides
George I
Horace Walpole
James
Fraternizing Turks and Christians greet new liberty
A vivid account describes Turks and Armenians celebrating post oppression with joint mournings and communal joy. Readers note free press, Armenian paper sales, and widespread reunions from Bardizug to Adabazar. Ismirlian’s welcome, Abdul Aziz’s Paris return, and exile reentries provoke civic unity. Concerns about future self control and lawful trials remain.
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Bardizug
Adabagar
Fehim
Brousa
Committee of Union and Progress
Ormanian
Ismirlian
Jerusalem
Constantinople
Abdul Aziz
Paris
Galata Quay
Apple Barrel Wisdom From Chicago News
An observation from a New York tradesman notes the hardest debtors to collect from are those with no money and those with a great deal of money. The world is like an apple barrel and those who pause reveal the top figures among people.
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The
Chicago News
New York
Ages of World Rulers Mark Roosevelt Birthday Reflection
The New York Times surveys rulers ages on Roosevelt's fiftieth birthday. Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary is 79, Porfirio Diaz of Mexico is 78, Leopold II of Belgium 74, Fallieres of France and Edward VII of England are 67, Frederick VIII of Denmark and Abdul Hamid II are 66–67, Mutsuhito I of Japan is 56, Gustavus V of Sweden and William II of Germany are around 66, with Victor Emmanuel III of Italy at 89 and young monarchs Alfonso XIII of Spain 22 and Manuel II of Portugal 19.
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New York Times
Roosevelt
Austria-Hungary
Francis Joseph
Geneva
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Leopold II
Belgium
M. Armand Fallieres
French Republic
Edward VII
England
Frederick VIII
Denmark
Abdul Hamid II
Japan
Mikado
Mutauhito
Mutsuhito
Mutsuhito I
Gustavus V
Sweden
William II
Germany
Czar
Russia
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Manuel II
Portugal
Their Only Chance. Recruits fail at three distances
A St. Louis Times report describes recruits taken to a shooting range for practice. At 600 yards none hit the target, at 200 yards all missed, and at 100 yards still no hits. The drill sergeant orders bayonets and a charge, calling it their only chance.
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St. Louis
Impertinent From Judge Lecture Notice
A brief theater of wit arises as a member of the W C T U questions a judge about a lecture on the Demon Rum. The editor confirms the lecturer appeared thoroughly engaged, prompting a quip about being “full of her subject.”
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Professor Daubo
Youn
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FR. F. Foster
Myrtle
Evelyn
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