Bismarck's Seeks Bell Then Fires a Protean Protest
When Bismarck first attended the German diet in Frankfort he faced neglect at his hotel. After his complaint a servant protégé was set to fire a loud pistol to summon aid, startling the landlord. He soon received a bell, ending the incident.
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Prince Bismarck
Pruenia
Frankfort
Prunsin
Austria
Bismarck
Mlamarck
How It Was
An observant remark on lazy men who pretend to be gentlemen of no occupation and use clever tricks to hide it. A courtroom witness fumbles about lying and claims he and his wife collaborate in deception. The exchange hints at novelists and occasional book production.
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Atchison Globe Lights
Atchison
New York World Authority
Jonty
Mr. Royce
Hoplie
Royce
Mrs. Kemball
Mr. Leater
Mr. Hoyce
DODDS KI Ana Wex Bale and Rich and Poor
An OCR fragment quotes Toten Sinclair praising Ireland and its oppression, followed by an exaggerated sales plug for Garfield Tea claiming cures for constipation biliousness liver disturbances and diseases from impure blood.
Atchison Globe Lights Up Aquirks Of Everyday Life
Abridged musings on gossip, propriety, and social quirks from Atchison. The column riffs on party pleasures, women’s fashion, family dynamics, and a milliner’s trickery, noting how public manners influence private behavior in a humorous, reflective tone.
Grape Nuts Rebuild After Appendicitis Says Battle Creek Woman
A Battle Creek woman credits Grape Nuts with recovery after an appendicitis attack sparked by starches. She says thirteen weeks on milk and water followed by Grape Nuts improved digestion and weight from 104 to 115 pounds, noting the cereal helps convert wheat and barley starch to digestible sugar.
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Conat Payton
Battle Crook
Mich
Wellville
Pligs
Holladay Case ends aboard ship with Martigny pursuit
Lester recounts leaving the office with Mr. Graham to sail, fearing Martigny’s role in Holladay’s attack. On deck at Morton Street, Mrs. Kemball and her daughter greet them while Martigny follows, weak but determined, hinting at hidden motives and a tense voyage ahead.
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Miss Holladay
Holladay
Godfrey
Mr. Royce
Morton Street
Mr. Graham
Jim Kemball
New York
Lester
Tisme
Martiany
Martigny
Mystery on the voyage as shadow of Martigny grows
On the ship bound to Etretat I pursue Martigny, the dangerous rival of Royce, while Miss Kemball aids my suspicions. The doctor confirms Martigny is seriously ill but confined to bed, and I pace between fear and attraction as tension builds aboard the sea voyage.
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Ana
Martigny
France
Fte
Mise Kemball
Mephisto
Next Week Take Brothers Advice on Girls
The piece argues that girls should follow their brothers precepts as brothers hold higher, more candid standards. It notes men invite girls to places they would not allow their own sisters, and brothers provide consistent but often conflicting guidance.
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Ste le
Old Court Beauty Passes Away From Nobility To Penniless Life
Marie Emilie Gleumard once known as the Little Countess De Rasbanton, heiress to a French noble family, died at 80 in Philadelphia. Once famed at French courts she saw her fortune dwindle as years passed, with her son Louis Grieumard and daughter Mina Stella R. Grieumard surviving.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
de Rasbanton
Marie Emilie Gleumard
Joule de Rasbanton
France
Louis C. Grieumard
North Sixtieth Street
Louis
Mina Stella R. Grieumard
Countess de Rasbanton
Lafayette
Funieral
Father Sainted Freeman Burton’s Stage Pay Revelations
Frederick Burton from Gossport Indiana known for booster roles and The College Widow returns after three years away. His father visits the Terre Haute performance and learns of Burton’s weekly pay, prompting a blunt remark on acting as a career.
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Frederick Burton
Daile
Gossport
Ind
George Ads
Burton
Sturt
Pythias
Gosspore
Terre Haute
Jim
China’s Military Drill Demonstration At Imperial Training Site
An eyewitness describes a Chinese regiment under drill with fur knapsack heavy sand weights. Most regiments are dismissed except one company that performs close order drill then endurance runs. General Cheng lectures on attacking an imagined enemy as troops practice firing, movement, and firing ranges amid tea, talk, and reconnaissance.
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China
Metropolitan Magazine
Cheng
Thin Oracer
Thin
Juston
Miehen Tegen
Cael
Reading class slips into muddled misreadings
A fragment describes a girl reading Mary Had a Little Lamb with misread phrases and a teacher questioning a buttonhook image. The passage pivots to a reflection on people with heightened sensibilities pushing into trouble.
Weight and Health Pills Claim Dramatic Recovery For Woman
An Utica New York woman reports dramatic recovery after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills nine weeks after childbirth. She weighs 95 pounds then and 16 pills restored strength and appetite. now she weighs over 180 pounds and calls the pills a top tonic and builder. The ad claims the pills make new blood and improve stomach and nerves, with mail order availability from the Dr Williams Medicine Co. in Schenectady New York.
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Williama
Weill
William Manley
Court’ Street
Utica
N.Y
Dr. Williams
Aix
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Nenectady
Moon in the Morning Gaffe Tells Old Gloucester Tale
Champion high jumper Miss Corliss Babson shared a quaint child’s quip at a Vassar tea. She recalled walking with a little girl in Gloucester who mistook the bright morning moon for a morning light, prompting the girl to declare it not yet lit.
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Corliss Babson
Vassar
Gloucester
Blood-Cleaning Tonic Promoted By Old Time Health Advice
A Philadelphia Press note touts April as Blood-Cleaning Time with a home recipe using Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Kurgon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. It claims a teaspoon after meals and at bedtime improves blood quality, skin, and reduces sores and pimples.
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