Holiday balance in life and honesty among men and women
The piece reflects on leisure as a necessity for business men and contrasts it with women’s contentment at home. It cites a Philadelphia investigator noting a man named Mr. Brown as "pretty fair" yet twice arrested for stealing, then acquitted, illustrating cautious judgments of honesty.
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Philadelphia
Brown
Vast Hydrogen Corpuscle Estimate from Lehigh Address
Professor Brashear stated in a Lehigh University address that a tiny vessel can hold about 525 octillion hydrogen corpuscles. At 1000 corpuscles per second, it would take about 17 quintillion years to empty the Vescel through the Vescel outlet.
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Brashear
Lehigh University
Montana Miners Tickle Taste For Plainspoken Wit
In a Montana mining camp a miner jokes about the rock being so hard that six to nine barrels of drills barely leave a mark. The exchange captures frontier humor with a playful exchange about drilling and a wry comment on Senator Smoot and the Utah colleague.
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Benjamin Franklin
Montana
Liz
Curious 19th Century Tidbits From Europe and London
A collage of anecdotes on early modern issues and oddities. Depre’s explosive fire secret, Russo Japanese trade schemes, court humor about juries and tea, and a floating Japanese exhibition liner. Also notes on London cabmen, a new mayoral procession quip, Danish royalty mishaps, and local notices from Manchester.
Helleu Turns From Women to Beautiful Babies in Art
The noted dry point artist M. Paul Helleu, famed for portraying elegant women, now focuses on babies in a new book titled Our Babies. He paints infants with spontaneity, rejects studios, and favors direct copper plate sketches made at home with a diamond-point needle gifted by Tissot.
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M. Paul Helleu
Hellen
Duchess of Marlborough
M. Hellen
Paris
James A. Burden, Jr
Livingston Beeckman
Robert J. Collier
Philip
Tissot
Jacomb-Hood
M. de Goncourt
England
Duchess of Manchester
Mary
Nellie
Romance of an Assumed Name Two War Sailors Two Widows Pension
Washington experts recount a remarkable pension case of two sailors sharing the same name John Wilson and John Burns during the Civil War. After service and marriage, pension records revealed a double identity, leading to reallocation of funds and a new pension for the rightful widow while the other’s payments are adjusted. The tale underscores identity errors in military records.
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Washington, Special
Pension Office
John Wilson
New England
John Unn
John Burns
John Burne
Burns
Farragut
Hartford
Mobile Bay
Wilson
John Humne
Lincoln
Nebraska
John Wheen
Barnes
Bureau
Burne
Mra
Burkett to Push Legislation on Pensions Row
Senator Burkett is expected to introduce measures to untangle a pension dispute involving two women. The case was brought to light by Mrs. Wilwon, who has overseen the matter and prompted official action to resolve the complication.
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Wilwon
Burkett
Three Way Drink Shared by Two Sootehmen
Two men with a mere drink budget enter a saloon and debate how to split costs. A stranger joins, signals approval, and drinks with them. The trio share a round, then depart, one sighing that it worked while the other jokes about the risk.
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Philadelphia
Sandy
Ung
Alphonse
Gaston
Randy
Boya
Hard Lines De Austin Pint at Century Club
The text notes a court discussion about a will and mental state of a young man connected to his late aunt. It mentions a depressive posture after the aunt’s death and a claim that she was kept in an insane asylum for five years with the nephew seeking to contest the estate.
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Austin
Allenia
Century Club
New York
Griswold
West Salem
Wis
Wisconsin
Sheboygan County
Farm Advice on Corn and Oats Yield from 92 Bu Per Acre
Practical tips for improving corn and oat crops including stalk removal, discing, harrowing, seed selection, and seed bed prep. Advice covers sowing oats and clover, use of harrow and disc, and preserving seed quality. Dairy notes emphasize purebred sires, silos, cream quality, and clean milking conditions for profitable dairy farming.
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