Convents to Let as France Enforces Religious Property Sale
In Paris and across France the new law on religious institutions prompts sale of vast monastic estates. Carmelites’ convents on Avenue de Messine and Boulevard Gambetta face auction signs. notices claim properties selling at 7000 metres and more. Protestant denominations acquire a few sites, while church buildings remain underutilized as faith wanes.
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Frasne
Paris
Carmelites
Avenue de Messine
Maria Immaculata
Les Fundis
M. Borme
Notaire
Rue de Herin
Boulevard Gambetta
Fontainebleau
Monastery of the Carmelites
France
Turtles Draw Crowd At Sunday Exhibition
Young Bob Newell staged a public turtling exhibition on a river road, catching twenty five turtles in just over two hours. A crowd watched as he used a pole with a hook to drag turtles from the mud, weighing four to twenty five pounds and valued at sixteen cents to one dollar each.
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Bob Newell
Lacon (H.) Journal
New York Countess Anne Leary Receives Papal Honor
Miss Anne Leary of 3 Fifth Avenue New York has been made a countess by Pope Leo in recognition of her munificence in education and charity and her piety. The honor places her among American women decorated by the pope after prior recipients Mrs. John Sherman and Miss Gwendoline Caldwell. Leary is noted for Bellevue Hospital and Stony Wold Sanitarium support and gifts to churches and schools. Her father was a wealthy hatter and friend of John Jacob Astor.
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New York
Anne Leary
Fifth Avenue
Leo
Church of Rome
America
John Sherman
Gwendoline Caldwell
Order of the Golden Rote
Xcty ‘Leary
Bellevue Hospital
Miss Leary
John Jacob Astor
Fragmented Fifth Avenue gambling tale in New York
Vague OCR excerpt describes gambling proclivity and a chaotic street scene on Fifth Avenue. A driver shouts whea to calm a horse as two men discuss a possible bet and a snack break. The passage fragments suggest an anecdote about gambling and an unruly horse in an urban setting.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Dauerway
Ex-Empress Eugenie Spends Final Days Dictating Tales
A cablegram reports former Empress Eugenie widow of Napoleon III and former Regent of France is in the last days of life while writing and dictating four secret tales to her confidants.
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Eugenie
Napoleon II
Empire of
France
Exiled Empress Eugenie’s Papers Hinted Revelations
The fragmentary notes describe Eugenie in exile thirty years after Napoleon I. The 76 year old former ruler lives largely at home with limited mobility and has been twice misreported as dead. the papers, stored in about 150 boxes, may reveal key details about Napoleonic history and the empire’s fall.
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Olia
Eugenie
Francs
Napoleon I
Retirements and new Paria correspondent named
M de Glowitz retires from Paria correspondence of the London Times and Arthur Fulleri4a, an American, succeeds him. Fulleri4a is credited with inventing the Interview in Journalism. Browlts earned Thiers’s gratitude in 1871 and served as a teacher of languages in Marseille. His Europe-wide access has shaped his dispatches.
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M. de Blowts
Paria
London Times
Arthur Fulleri4a
M. de Browlts
M. ‘Thiers
Marseilles
Europe
Times
London
Shoes in Ireland Exhibition Prompts Factory Plans
At a Gaelic school meeting P O Neil Larkin spoke of an upcoming American to Cork Ireland excursion for an Irish exhibition next May. He announced two shoe firms from this state will establish boot and shoe factories in Ireland creating many jobs and helping industrial prosperity begin through the exhibition.
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Ireland
O'Neil Larkin
America
Cork
Boston Globe
Red Dragon of Wales Added to Prince of Wales Crest
The King in Council orders the badge of the Red Dragon to be added to the Prince of Wales heraldic achievement. The dragon badge will be borne as a badge not a quartered shield, positioned with the royal crest and the oaliich feathers, forming a line over the emblazoned field.
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Wales
Cadwallader
Unique New Violin at Prince's Restaurant London
A Stroh violin debuts at a Prince's Restaurant London event with J B Maddock describing its construction. The instrument uses a bridge on a rocking lever linked to a aluminum diaphragm and resonator, with the body serving only to hold parts and withstand string tension. The diaphragm vibrates freely, transferring string motion to the air in the resonator which amplifies sound in the surrounding atmosphere.
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Stroh
Prince's
London
J. B. Maddock
Lesson to Bankers Sparks Cautionary Tale in Kansas
The Jewell County Republic tells a tale of a Kansas banker irritated by a troublesome customer. After the customer died, his widow moved his life insurance to a rival bank and later married the bank's best client, taking deposits with her. The piece warns bankers to avoid blithe handling of patrons.
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Jewell County
Kansas
New Bahamas Stamp Issued for Bahama Mail Service
A new postage stamp has been issued and designed for use in the Bahama Islands mail service. The stamp represents a notable addition of interest to philatelists and marks a development in Bahamas postal operations.
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Bahama Islands
Stamp Description From Ipswich Mint Quality Exhibit
A fragment describes a 1 penny stamp from the British government illustrated by Whitfeld, Kine & Co. of Ipswich. It notes the design’s artistry and the stamp’s enlarged central portrait, associated with a locally known site called the Queen's Staircase.
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Whitfeld, Kine & Co
Ipswich
England
Mixed Relationships Involving Lord Chesham And Westminster
Lord Chesham, just 51, formed a double kinship with the late Duke of Westminster. He married the duke’s daughter by his first wife, making Lord Chesham brother in law to his own wife and heir to Westminster’s fortune. The duchy’s family ties tangled names and generations, with in laws and nephews joining the same web.
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Lord Chesham
Duke of Westminster
Inelaw
Grace
Lady Chesham
Dienese
Westminster
Record of 1895 Citrus Crop and Shipping Figures
The fragment notes a great freeze of 1895 affecting orange harvests with figures suggesting millions of boxes. It mentions nine million two hundred thousand boxes and large shipping quantities, highlighting dire crop and market impacts in that period.
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Ilvastar
Humorous Police Court Vignettes and Pat Crowe Parable
A jumble of comic and tragic scenes unfolds in a police court near a garrison town in England. A drunken altercation ends with fines, a hospital stay, and a dog bite, while a tale of Pat Crowe style self restraint offers moral humor. Separate fragments recount a St Paul man jailed for beating his wife with a pug and a soldier anecdote about misguided enlistment.
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Euperionca
Garrison Town
England
St Paul
O Mmastii
Somotin F-Somotin Cars Hint Exercise On Wheels
A lighthearted note questions if driving counts as exercise using a playful exchange about automobiling. The caption implies a humorous angle on physical activity and mobility.
A Congenial Caller
The maid narrates a scene where a widow debates receiving a visitor in mourning and consents after the maid confirms the man is a younger undertaker who appears pleasant. The exchange ends with the widow agreeing to admit him.
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Marie
The Tasting of a Mime Farce on a Shrinking Stage
A comical exchange unfolds as a facetious boarder quips about a turkey, likening it to a fading dramatic star. The landlady retorts with a joke about someone asking why, while the boarder explains the turkey comes in ever smaller parts.
Pooh and Daisy Debate a Fear of an Old House Dog
Daisy scorns Bur-Troughs for fearing a house dog while he worries the dog might adopt a notion to ban his sex. The exchange mixes humor with social anxiety as the characters joke about danger from a seemingly tame animal.
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Daisy
Bur- Troughs
In Family Too Laughs and Mormon Wealth Story
A humorous exchange features a wife and husband debating shopping and truth. A quip recalls a late Mormon who reportedly left wealth to widows and orphans, prompting surprise about the will.
An Honored Name and a Bankside Witty Exchange
A witty dialogue contrasts ancestry with money as a titled youth says the honored name is fine on a visiting card but not at a bank. A joke follows about a wife’s dress desires, with Smith noting she does not get daily purchases, explaining extravagance.
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Smith
Jones
Looking For Work In Troublous Times
A terse exchange highlights a man’s wary stance as he scans for employment during troubled conditions. The dialogue hints at economic strain and the instinct to stay alert to seize any opportunity that arises.
No Ground for Hesitancy Frette Quote Fragment
Fragmentary historical note mentions a morning routine and a reference to a copper and a Galloway task. The readable text shows disrupted phrases about starting out, a boat, a copper, and an apparent personal reflection.
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Frette
Boatnesn
Underground railroads and wit in a lively pageant of jokes
A ragbag of humorous snippets and quips from various papers. It mixes chatter about underground railways with mock rural drama and columns of witty banter. Jokes touch on common life, marriage, wit and humor, and playful observations from newspapers like the Philadelphia Bulletin and Chicago Record-Herald.
Miss Bonnie Delano Dean Mins Porat Card Note
An intimate note expresses gratitude for health and life, praising a benefactor and recalling a happy home and life. The brief text highlights deep appreciation and personal bonds in a family context.
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Dean Mins
Porat
Miss Donnie Delano Endorses Pinkham Remedy
A Chicago woman describes long illness with irregular menstruation and pain, says Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her in four months. Includes a $5000 forfeit claim and urging trust in the product, warning against substitutes.
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Phician
Lydia Pinkham
Delano
Indiana Ave
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Neglect and humor in New England housekeeping
A brief, humorous snippet from Youth's Companion preserves a New England joke about domestic neatness. A farmer Josiah checks if Martha has dried the sink and jokes he can endure until morning without a drink, highlighting regional attitudes toward home life.
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New England
New York
Martha
Josiah
West Virginia Becomes Magnet for Southern Negroes
A Baltimore Sun correspondent reports West Virginia is rapidly becoming a mecca for Southern African Americans. The climate is favorable, coal and coking industries operate across counties, and extensive railroad construction provides lucrative employment for Black laborers, with a sizable share in the mines.
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Baltimore Sun
West Virginia
South
Devotee of Three Arts Weeden Grossmith Starred in Stage
The article profiles Weeden Grossmith as a gifted actor and portrait painter with talents in music and drama. It notes his repeated appearances at Burlingto hose and his status as a violinist of note. Debuting on stage fifteen years ago, he pursued acting as a profession after many amateur performances.
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Weeden Grossmith
Burlingto Hose
Discovery Promises Cure for Kidney and Bladder Troubles
Detroit residents report Benjamin Major of Jane and Curbit Avenues says he found a remedy that cures kidney and bladder diseases. After a long illness he tried Dodd's Kidney Pills and was completely cured, with growing reports of cures in newspapers. He notes his wife says he talks in his sleep, yet he remains confident in the treatment.
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Detroit
Mich
Benjamin Major
Jane and
Curbit Ave
Major
Dodd
City Remedy
Reward for convicting those who annoy Thiet
The notice offers one hundred dollars for information leading to the capture of the culprit. It mentions Cheney & Co. Toledo as proprietors and includes testimonials praising FP J Bhanty for peace and reliability in business. The text also references a drug delivery in Ohio and a general pledge to carry out duties.
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Cheney & CD
Toledo
FP. J. Bhanty
Ranma
Poindo
Ohio
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