Diverse World News From Palestine to Rail Shows
A Cologne paper quotes a German traveler in Palestine praising Schechem and Jacob's Well. Reports detail Bismarck’s sister Malwine, an irrigation dam plan near Denver, a Rhodes scholar’s Oxford impressions, dormancy funds, Missouri cob pipes, and remarkable New Zealand children.
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Palestine
Cologne
Schechem
Jacob's Well
Mount Gerizim
Moreh
Abraham
Ca- Huan
Jacob
New Zealand
Wednesbury
England
Beards for Women Forecast by Professors
An article ridicules Chicago university claims that women will wear beards in centuries to come and that beards may vanish as men grow hairless. It notes conflicting views from professors at Rockefeller Institute about children’s nudity and women’s beards, calling the ideas fanciful.
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Williston
Chicago University
Game Authority
Rockefeller Institute
Ike Savages
Satin as Garniture for Elegant Dresses
Soft satin tops the list of trimmings for thin summer and evening gowns. A Paris model in yellow organdy features a satin weighted skirt with bands and a satin girdle embroidered along the edge. Foreign embroideries including Japanese Chinese Breton and Tyronean styles also enhance sheer fabrics.
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Paris
Abandoned kitchen repurposed into living space ideas
A resourceful student shows how an unused apartment kitchen can become a cozy living area in bright dressers and storage. Clever uses include stuffing items in the refrigerator shelves and converting tubs into hats shoes and storage, with movable surfaces and compact desks.
Fashion and travel hints from a vintage magazine page
An old style guide offers sewing tips for gowns and accessories, packing and organization on trains, and fur care. It includes advice on packing wardrobes neatly, maintaining dress shapes, and preparing furs for wear. Also covered are dining manners for children and household hacks.
Embroidery Instruction Quoted by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Fragmentary quote discusses patience in embroidery with lines about a needle and thread. The text references Oliver Wendell Holmes and a moral about taking time to achieve a correct outcome.
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Rome
Mike Haben
Atitoh
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Investigators Examine Shifts in Global Capital Flows and Prices
A New York Evening Post analysis cites M Leroy-Beaulieu on rising capital exports from the United States and the limits of foreign savings. It notes England France Belgium and Holland as surplus-capital exporters while others seek funds, pressing higher interest rates and delayed projects.
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New York Evening Post
M. Paul Leroy-Beaulieu
Germany
America
M. Leroy-Beaulieu
United States
Ecapital
Austria
Russia
Italy
Spain
England
France
Belgium
Holland
Industria
Talked With Bonaparte A Belgian Girl Recounts 1816 Incident
A London Daily Graphic account recalls a Belgian girl from Lisny who spoke with Napoleon on the day of the battle in 1816. The farmer’s wife feigned illness to distract the emperor while he moved near the farm where the mother and daughter hid valuables.
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Anne-Josephe
Napoleon
Russia
Sombreffe
Mme. Rubay
London Daily Graphic
Lisny
le Mme
Anne-Jonephe Kubay
Ashe
College Girl Has a New Idea
A Philadelphia Record item notes a clergy man praising college girls for bringing new ideas. He recalls christening a baby from a married college girl, joking about rehearsing christenings with the parents having practiced for ten days. The anecdote highlights student influence and wit.
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Philadelphia
Waking Ole Hauge by Deaf Aunt and Loud Talk
In Nellaville Wisconsin a young married man and his wife met his deaf aunt at the depot. Each claimed the other spoke loud to impress the aunt. The uproar woke Ole Hauge sleeping against a dray, while the aunt complained of thirst and the train failed to rouse him.
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Ole Hauge
Hatfeld
No Place for Him Here Court Exchange over Prisoner
In a Alabama courtroom the defense and judge clash over the prisoner Thomas Jones charged with joining a respected citizen. The exchange questions Jones moral conduct including betting drinking and tobacco use as the judge questions the purpose of the prisoner’s life.
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Ald
Atorney
Alabami Bickwood
Thomas Jones
Cheaper at Wholesale in Western Pennsylvania Inn
An exhausted old man stays at a western Pennsylvania hotel. He drinks brandy served by the landlord and later complains of too much change. The terse scene ends with unclear dialogue and a miscounted payment.
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Pennsylvania
Anxious Signals From Mars In Midnight Wireless Reports
The August Metropolitan Magazine piece by Charles Torquet describes midnight Morse like three dots from space puzzling Earth stations. Researchers note no earthly sender, suggesting signals originate beyond, possibly from Mars with three-dot patterns linked to Mira and Mara observations.
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Charles Torquet
Metropolitan
Mira
Maureoni
Eart
Mara
Murs
Life Sentence Read Aloud in July Bohemian
Mrs Joacker comments on a life sentence for a man described as poor with no visible means of support. The piece portrays sympathy for the incarcerated and notes the subject’s alleged victim as their friend Jack Smith. The column ends with a birth notice for Mr and Mrs John Smiths twelve pound boy.
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Joacker
Jack Smith
John Smihh
One Only Could From the New York Times
A garbled NYT excerpt shows brokers discussing Johan W Gates and hotel rooms, with references to profits and a woman named Hedy Ghoul. An elderly bachelor remarks on Gates and a broker offers to buy for his account while sending profits.
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New York Times
New York
Johan W. Gates
New Plaga
Gates
Ming
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Inter Mountain Globe
H. H. Gunderson
Pub
Hulett
Crook County
Wyoming
Bismarck
Ferdinand von H Bismarck-Schonnhausen
Freie Presse
Malwine
Oskar von Arnim
Detlev von Arnim
Krochfendorff
Landrat
Rudolf von Kolze
Wilhelm
Bill
Stanley Lake
Denver
Gatun
Panama
Colorado
Oxford
California
Crittenden
British Court of Chancery
Missouri
Franklin and
Dent
Washington
The
Institute of Technology
Boston
Cephalonia
Greece
Berlin
Kiel
Gilbert
London
Japan
Texas
Australia
Anys
James Dewar
Toteratellar
New Dry Dock
Safety
Trinidad
Dewey
Manila
Port of Spain
Wallsend-on-Tyne
Trinidad Dock and Engineering Company
Chaguaramas Bay
Island
Bonaparte
Mars
Marconi
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