Diverse notes on science, crime, and arts across nations
A Miller county Missouri resident builds a grand tomb as a personal project. Georgia Tech awards six scholarships from 660 applications signaling white southern youth favoring skilled trades. Leonard Cordes dies playing his Italian violin. A Paris jewel theft, five floor burglary, safe blown and valuables missing. Sidney Cooper nears 99 and continues painting. Jules Verne reaches his 99th book. A Chicago 92 year old apologizes to Miss Addams for neighborly slackness as summer ends.
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Sidney Cooper
London
France
Jules Verne
Chicago
Misa Jane Addama
Carnegie Gifts Aid for Churches in Scotland and Wales Floods
Andrew Carnegie funded organs for about 350 Scottish churches at nearly a million dollars following Moody and Sankey tours. Welsh colonists in Patagonia face floods from the River Gamwy, with embankments breached and crops ruined. some colonists consider emigrating to Canada. An article notes high college attainment among notable Americans, citing Who's Who and a Philadelphia Press remark.
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Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Moody and Sankey
America
Gankey
John O'Greath
Moody Church
Chicago
Carnegie
Patagonia
Gamwy
Galman
Canada
Mourning ends as Queen and King shift to new attire
The Queen and King move from mourning to lighter dress and court attire, with a royal portrait to be painted. The King will wear army uniform or civilian clothes, and the Queen favors grays. The rite marks a shift in royal display after a period of mourning.
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Edward
Alexandra
Philadelphia
Ani
Europe
The Reformed Woman’s Dress and Jewel Care Reflections
In notes from fashion history and consumer guidance, discussions cover the evolution of scallop edging in medieval and later dress, detailing changes across centuries. A separate column warns glove friction can loosen rings, urging regular jewelry maintenance to prevent loss of gems.
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Princess Yaenburg
The
North American Review
Why Women Dikaurer Weighs On a Curious Theme
A fragment discusses why women may dislike other women, suggesting jealousy is not limited to attractive or successful figures. The speaker notes objects of dislike are not always pretty or accomplished, reflecting a gossiping, observational tone.
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Newark News
Cooking Kchool and Todling Corn Chip Recipes
Recipes describe making Mikenii Tortoni with caramel, sherry, ground macaroons, sponge cake, almond sprinkles, then freezing in paper cases. Also a Nour and Indian meal dish with milk eggs sugar butter baked in a mold until done. A note states over 400 gulden were wired free against accidents by the Swiss Alpine Club at an annual cost of over 12,000 francs.
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Swiss Alpine Club
Sweeney Breaks Game With Home Run After Fake Arrest
The Roxborough Amateur Baseball Club showed its community pride as Sweeney, delayed by work on Saturdays, was "arrested" by Policeman McDonald using a mock warrant. Sweeney surrendered with bravado and then delivered a game winning home run with the bases loaded, though his other job still looms.
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Roxborough
Sweeney
McDonald
Retrospect of American Humor sparks plagiarism tale
In a Century essay, Professor Trent of Columbia notes a remarked militia drill scene in Judge Longstreet's Georgia Boone, credited to Thomas Hardy in The Trumpet Major. The News suggested Andrew Lang helped, but the Critic revealed a transposed authors' names at column tops, undermining the supposed booster.
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Trent
Columbia University
Fella
Judge Longstreet
Thomas Hardy
Andrew Lang
Train Schedule Confrontation at Montrose Booking Office
A resolute widow questions a clerk about the next Montrose stopping train and is told to wait five hours. She challenges the clerks evasive answer and asserts the need for clear information, while the clerk reluctantly agrees.
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Montrose
Lily and the playful riddle about wagon wheels
Lily asks Aunt Jessie and Aunt Josie a whimsical question about wagon wheels. The sisters share a light moment exploring a curious thought and a friendly exchange in a domestic setting.
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Lily
Jessie
Aunt Josie
One Chance Scene Sparks Minister Marriage Worry
Fragmentary dialogue from a Philadelphia Press piece shows chatter about a minister possibly marrying Ming Strong salnd and how the match could affect his pulpit talks. A character asks about a procession time, debating morning or afternoon starts due to rain, with a moonlit night remark.
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Ming Strong Salnd
Philadelphia Press
Embarrassing Section From Street Chats
A fragment from several clipped items includes a wry exchange about a political club invitation and a humorous mishearing about whose mind, plus a puzzled tale of lending for carfare and a farmer's taters wager. Names and places appear obliquely, preserving a newsy snapshot tone.
Gracious dress and cor sage bustle noted in letter
The Philadelphia Press quotes Mrs Tocutts in a sewing collette gown and a corsage of chrysanthemums. A humorous note follows about modest floral adornments with a tongue in cheek remark on extravagance. A playful exchange with a child asks about heaven, revealing a child’s wish to live rightly.
Wandering Snatches of Domestic Banter and Gossip
A collage of overheard remarks and playful exchanges from a Detroit Free Press page. Quotations touch on costs of a rifle and supplies, long sentences in school, slang misunderstandings, engagement jokes, and light home life banter among families and neighbors.
Walter Baker cocoa package warns of substitutions
Notices warn grocers to inspect Laletet Iivery cocoa tins bearing Walter Baker & Co marks and price details to prevent substitutions. The text mentions medals from the Pan American exposition and a French old age pension plan facing opposition due to the 65 year pension age. It also references dramatic commentary on an interrupted marriage scene and a New York World report about a real widow stopping a remarriage at an altar.
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Walter Baker & Co
Dorchester
Mann
Siona
France
Drawatis
Canal Erithoe
New York
New York World
Quiet Honolulu Resident Allegedly Influenced Delegation Vote
Aiden, a quiet Honolulu resident known to locals, is linked to political meddling last year by backing Delegate Wilcox, whom she allegedly helped elect. The claim suggests her influence reached native communities and contributed to Wilcox's victory.
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Aiden
Litivokalaatta
Honolulu
Sre
Wilcox
Honest Name Sparks Story of Merrill and Dodd's Kidney Pills
A Chillicothe lawmaker Alva Merrill recalls a man who credits his life to Merrill’s promotional note for Dodd's Kidney Pills after recognizing the lawmaker on a train. The grateful man says the pills saved him from fatal lumbago, praising Merrill's honest name and medicine.
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Milnole Malesman
Alva Merrill
Chillicothe
Mr. Merrill
Merrill
Dodd
Tom
Xtlaltya
Springfeld
Open Letter to Women by the W C T U Treasurer
Mrs E C Smith of the W C T U Kansas City urges women to seek relief from ailments through Mrs Pinkham's Vegetable Compound rather than doctors. She claims multiple cures and praises its virtue, signed as a testimony from a national treasurer.
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Kansas City
E. C. Smith
Pinkham
Mas
E. O
Saari
CT. U
Kansan Cori
Tx Mira
Addroms
Lynn
Mass
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Garnett, Ee
Miller County
Georgia School of Technology
South
Georgia
Leonard Cordes
Rue Quincompoix
Paris
Hament
St. Louis Republic
Uliver
Pellow Minger
Epa
Clara
Johnny
Priest
Patay
Yelub
Chicago 1 Journal
Mr. Watkyne
Wilbur
Mr. Wattkyne
Farmer A
Mountainville
Farmer B
Port Jervis
Wabl
Auch
Bad Boy
Harp
Billy
Mum
William
Clarence
Miumma
Detroit Free Press
Goldthorp
Sterlingworth
Detroit Free Preet
Laura
Hicks
Wicke
Somerville Journal
Kiah
Bridget
Landlord
Dean
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