Costly modern scrapbooks and clipping bureaus
The New York Sun reports scrapbooks have evolved into costly,hand bound works often containing thousands of clippings from major events. It highlights examples from the Dewey book to Roosevelt’s campaign clips, and notes how publishers like clipping bureaus serve prominent figures and institutions with extensive archival volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Hewey
Philippines
Smithsonian
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
John B. McDonald
Subway
Georgie McDonald
New York Association For International Conciliation
The
Hague
Mark Hanna
United States
Susan B. Anthony
Francis Willard
Hetty Green
Efelen Gould
Mrs. Rice
Rushed alms and schemers hamper general plans
A fragmented note suggests a man thwarted by competing schemers. The writer jokes that instead of a quarter in the plate the vault should accept a willing nickel, reflecting a humorous take on financial generosity and obstruction.
Tim Hurst the Joker of Baseball Umpires in Historic Feats
Chronology of Tim Hurst in baseball lore depicts him as a prominent umpire who faced many debates with Tom Hughes a former Washington star. A late season sale sent Hughes to Minneapolis while a game saw Hughes ride Tim’s car and provoke a playful exchange ending with Hughes rushing away after a dig at Tim. The text includes a quip about judge Knox and drinking as a setup for a courtroom gag.
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Tim Hurst
Tim
Tom Hughes
Washington
Tom
Hughes
Minneapolis
American Association
Cantillon
Ae Hughes
The Pentograph and the Telautograph Inventions
The pentograph copied handwriting and drawings and inspired telautography. Letters and drawings could be transmitted over wires, or perhaps without wires, to appear at the distant end. Now mainly used for short distance work such as hotel services and internal factory transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bt. Louie
Chicago
New Orleans
Winter poet scorned or pitied for clever rhymes
A fragment notes a winter poet named Meehan and an ironic question why he is more to be pitied than censured. It references invented or distorted words like matoury and deerenaaesier used to fool rhymes in their language.
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Faro Banks
Red Bank
N. J
New York
Chicago
United States
New York City
New York University
Cardinal Logue
Flowers Cover Dickens Grave Surrounded by Visitors
E J Edwards recalls visiting Dickens’s grave in Poet’s Corner London in 1909. Children laid constant blooms on the simple floor slab as Mr Shaw notes the living tribute proving enduring literary fame beyond any monument.
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E. J. Edwards
Charles Dickens
London
Westminster Abbey
William Shaw
London Illustrated Graphic
Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Dicken
Dickens
IE. J. Edwards
A Water Telescope From the Philadelphia North American
A description of making a water telescope used by Norwegian fishermen to locate shoals. Construct a tin funnel shaped, three and a half feet long ten inches wide, with a black interior and a weighted glass bottom. When submerged in clear water it reveals surprising depths.
It Have to Tell You Funny Tale From a Mackintosh Man
A Chicago Tribune fragment recalls a man in a mackintosh promising a joke from his bright two year old fox terrier. The crowd grows restless but waits as the man prepares to reveal the trick his dog will perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Railroads' Greatest Sin of Omission
E J Edwards recounts James D Layng a railroad leader who died in 1908. He argues railroads failed to build refrigerator and tank cars and control rights of way, enabling trusts to grow and gain rebates. He cites Standard Oil as an example of missed foresight and warns of long-term harm.
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E. J. Edwards
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
Chicago & Northwestern
West Shore
James D. Layng
Lincoln
Ohio
Beef Trust
Trust Trust
Helze
Mr. Layng
Standard Oil Company
Standard Ol Company
Eb, J. Edwards
Keep Your Promises to Yourself and to Others
A Colorado Springs Gazette column argues that keeping promises to oneself is as vital as keeping them to others. It cites a vacation anecdote, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Shakespeare to urge steady self discipline and yearly renewals of resolve rather than cynicism about self promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Colorado Spring Gazette
Robert Louis Stevenson
Clever Chemists Replace Fields With Lab Creations
The piece contrasts indigo and madder dye shifts from agriculture to German laboratory production. It notes synthetic indigo and artificial alizarin surpassing natural sources, reducing India and France as suppliers while Germany dominates. It also hints at court contempt and misused scientific jargon.
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India
Germany
Inala
France
Undefined fragment suggests pricing and paving with gold
Fragmentary OCR notes mention prices charged and a plan for paving with gold, with references to individuals Giyle-Thile and Siyle-Then. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giyle
Lnsiniost
Siyle
Where Penn 18 Buried and the Penn Legacy in England
The article recalls William Penn and the Quaker heritage at Jordans in England where his buried ashes lie amid violets and beech woods. It contrasts English and American reverence, noting Penn's influence on Benjamin Franklin and U S leadership, and discusses the possible return of Penn's remains to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Ate
London
Jordans
St Iew
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Beay Allont Woods
Edmund Hurke
Johnson
Benjamin Frankin
United States
America
Penn
England
Chorge Fox
Society of Friends
Friends
Fragmented note on respectful treatment and roles
An unclear passage discusses how a woman prefers to be treated with care and amusement, and how the term monk symbolizes humor and attention versus neglect, suggesting a contrasting view of companionship and behavior.
Dukes Fall in Bargain Day Market Scenario
A rugged market scene hints at a fall in securities values linked to Huntieh securities and Uniti stovke. The tone suggests traders anticipate further declines with dukes and duktew remnants appearing on bargain counters as opportunities emerge.
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Duken
Huntieh Securities
Lloyd Gorge
Uniti Stovke
Dieltinh Fendiliain
Fragmentary Quotation From A Distant Page
The text presents a garbled dialogue about nationality and parentage with partial phrases and unclear context. Characters are unnamed and the scene is hard to interpret due to missing words and punctuation. The fragment hints at a joke or insult about being French and a baby who cannot speak.
Germany Mention From Everybody's Section Confusing Phrase
A humorous misprint or garbled excerpt discusses Germany and a teacher remark about an importand country governed by the kulsar. The fragment then shifts to a quip about heating water and disturbs, with an odd image of joy in a window affecting men at a club.
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Germany
Tormmy Jones
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Whara
Hernard Shaw
Jiaat
Max Pambertapoo Bayinge
N York
New
Page
New York Trust Company
Musce
Che
Bilee\-Jackson
Mikkeen
Minnie
Esther
Joker
Knox
Philadelphia North American
Alaska
Monk
Prench
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