Extravagant Feasts and Pearls in Ancient Royal Waste
The article recounts Cleopatra and Antony's lavish spending on pearls and feasts. It notes Cleopatra drank a pearl valued at about 400,000, Caesar’s gem gifted to Brutus’s mother, and Aesop’s famed pearl episode. It also describes Antony’s palace kitchens with overlapping dinners and Walter-like excess, where meals were prepared for timing rather than consumption.
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Mark Antony
H. House
St. Nicholas
Cleopatra
Antony
Caligula
Julius Caesar
Brutus
Cesar
Qjeopatra
Rome
Altsop
Adsop
Cecilia
Syria
Aesop
Mary Antony
Alexandria
Illuminated Store Sign Traces Name with Electric Pen
The New York Sun describes an ornate electric sign alight with bulbs that trace a proprietor’s name as if drawn by a giant pen. Lights appear from left to right, with the i dot appearing only at the final flourish, then returning to reveal the complete name.
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New York
Constant Squeezing Exchange Crack
A humorous exchange plays on bridal squeeze and finances as Miss Fusson asks Algernon how to reduce squeezing after marriage. He responds that no promise is needed to ensure continued affection while they live on seven dollars a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algernon
Miss Fussonfeather
True Friendship in a Chicago News quip about critics
An exchange over a new book shows authors and critics feigning harsh judgment. The critic admits he found no fault in the work because they have been friends, avoiding printing a candid opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
One Minute Cough Cure Ad Promises Quick Relief
Local ad from C W Williams of Sterling Run Pa touts One Minute Cough Cure as stopping coughs and curing colds faster than any other medicine. It claims to treat croup bronchitis throat and lung troubles and to prevent consumption. Pleasant and harmless says Dr W L Carmichael Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Williams
Sterling Run
W. L. Carmichael & Co
Soldiers Narrowly Escape Drowning While Sailing
A group of North Carolina soldiers from the barracks barely escaped a bay drowning when their aging boat began sinking near St. Augustine Florida. A second vessel spotted them and rescued the party, with only one man losing a shoe. The group includes Privates Milton Mull Bolick Puect Walsh and Satterwhite of the Second North Carolina regiment.
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St. Auucustiner
Fla
North Beach
North Carolina
Milton Mull
Bolick, Puect, Walsh
Satterwhite
Second
North Carolina Regiment
Duty on passenger effects soars in latest fiscal year
Washington July 28 An official Treasury statement shows duty collected on personal effects of arriving steamship passengers rose about 400 percent from the prior year. Last year collections totaled 343,518 dollars, about 4 dollars per person, versus 92,012 dollars and 941 cents per capita the year before.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Admiral Cervera Entertained at Annapolis Dinner
Admiral and Mrs. McNair hosted Admiral Cervera and his staff, then prisoners at the academy, at a dinner in Annapolis. The table featured American beauty and La France roses in bloom.
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Admiral Cervera
Annapolis
Mrs. McNair
Academy
Englishwoman Detained In Russia For Passport Violation
An English traveler in Russia found leaving the country harder than entering after she submitted her passport for vising. She was detained at the frontier and kept while authorities checked her actions. She faced charges and billed for room meals and costly telegrams before finally leaving without apology or reimbursement.
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Russia
New York Sun
The Dumdum Bullet Origin and Design
The dumdum bullet, devised by officers at the Indian arsenal in Dum Dum near Calcutta, was created to improve stopping power. It removes part of its metal jacket to deform the lead upon impact, producing severe wounds and increasing effectiveness in combat.
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Dumdum
Calcutta
Sudan
Chamberlin's Cough Remedy Endorsed by Elkton Dealer
W M Terry of Elkton Kentucky, veteran druggist, cites extensive sales of Chamberlin's Cough Remedy as proof of its superior satisfaction versus other cough medicines. He notes twelve years in business and hundreds of bottles sold, with Flovilla Drug Company carrying the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Terry
Chamberlin
Elkton Ky
Flovilla Drug Company
All Dealera
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed by Local Leader
Otto Korb Grand Chancellor of K P Boonville Indiana endorses DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as soothing delicate skin and treating stubborn archer and cure sites and skin diseases. Manufactured by Dr W L Carmishael and Co.
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Otto Korb
K.P Boonville
Ind
DeWitt
W. L. Carmishael & Co
Cheap Trips to Conventions Nationwide Offer One Fare Rounds
Railroad and chartered trips list multiple travel deals to conventions across the United States. Each event offers one fare round trip with tickets on sale on specified days and final limits extending into late summer, with extensions possible by depositing tickets and paying a small fee.
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General Assembly
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
General Assembly Presbyterian Church
United States
United Convention Traveler’s Protective Association
United Confederate Vetrans
Louisville
Southern Student’s Conference of
Young Women’s Christian Association
Georgia Teacher’s Association
Annau
Young People’s Christian Union Universalist Church
Atlanta
B. Y. P. U. of America
Soverign Grand Lodge I. 0. O. F
Knights of Pythias
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Goman
J.J. Thornton
Southern Railway
Atlanta, Ga
St. Louis, Mo
New Orleans
Louisville, Ky
Ashville, N. C
Philadelphia, Pa
Cumberland Island, Ga
Kansas City, Mo
Cincinnati
Ohio
Richmond, VA
Detroit
Mich
Castoria
Victor J. Evans & CO
Evans
Washington, D. C
Royal
Royal Baking Powder CO
New Spencer Machine Co
Chattanooga
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