Unlucky At Cards And A Seagull Debate
A quiet snowbound night follows a card party as Donelson teases Morton over love and luck while Edith Wilson looks on. The trio argues and flirts before parting with a goodbye kiss and a promise of future meetings. A separate note argues sea gulls are fish pirates and threaten coast fishing, urging protection of birds.
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Donelson
Morton
Miss
Jack
Edith
Frank
Miss Wilson
Wilson
Unlucky at anything You own fault and Edith opposed
A fragmentary dialogue shows a speaker blaming another for failures and urging Edith to accept a proposal. He insists on a swift reunion with Edith and mentions a Frank arriving at the house. The tone hints at romantic tension and pressing demand.
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Edith
Frank
The Pin-Pong Language Pygmy Paraphernalia
The New York Sun observes a playful claim about a ping pong dialect. It notes that the sport, though simple, can educate through practice and even provide a parody of verb inflections in present tense. It mentions dramatic consequences in a humorous schoolroom context.
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New York Sun
Barrister’s Pointed Tale From Courtroom Duel
Judge Horace Russell narrates the Irish barrister Tom Nean story before Chief Justice Shea of the Marine Court. Nean argues points with vigor as the judge interrupts. The courtroom exchange ends with a firm denial of Point 1 and a promise to hear Point 2.
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Horace Russell
Tom Nean
Shea
Marine Court
Point 2
New York Times
What Did She Mean Ex Judge Hoffmans Odd Tale
Ex judge Miles Hoffman of Arkansas recounted a Waldorf story about a frightening night experience. He woke ill and faint, his wife later feared he was dead and did not dare touch him, then he recovered by morning, leaving her shaken by the silent moment.
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Miles Hoffman
Arkansas
Waldorf-Astoria
Hoffman
New York Times
Many Spies Employed by Sultan in Turbulent Turkey
The London Chronicle reports that Turkey has an elaborate spy system costing vast sums. Spies and counter-spies permeate society, with officials and dignitaries each running their own networks. Prominent figures are watched, conversations are overheard, and Turks avoid social gatherings, demoralized by pervasive espionage.
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Turkey
London Chronicle
Traits of praying mantis reveals strange nunlike insect
French naturalist M. J. H. Fabre conducts a thorough study of the praying mantis. He describes its pale green wings, upraised head, and folded arms giving a nunlike appearance while noting its ferocious carnivorous habits. In Provence it is called prego Dieou meaning pray to God.
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M. J. H. Fabre
M. Fabre
Provence
Joy of Botanista and the Mold on Preserves
A housekeeper discards a moldy jar but a botanist would see beauty in the gray green mold. She notes a delicate frost like network of fungous plants and a dust of millions of spores. Mold on fruit preserves forms a sprayish green mat. The spores sprout and grow upward from the surface.
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Housewives
Joy
Botanista
Dumas Centenary Joke Recalled By Paris Poets
The tale recalls Victor Hugo and Lamartine sharing a jokey mail prank by Dumas who wrote to the “greatest poet in Paris.” The post sent it to Lamartine, who sought Hugo for advice. They agreed to a lottery to see who would open the letter, Hugo drawing the parchment and reading a misaddressed greeting to Alfred de Misset.
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Dumas
France
Victor Hugo
Lamartine
Hugo
Paris
Bard
Lot
Alfred
Alfred de Misset
English Railway Management Colloquy in Parliament Street
An American traveler complains of outdated railway practices in London. He visits London and Northwestern offices to book a northern town ticket. He is told dining on a train is impossible, but a dining car may exist. staff promise to telephone Euston, then admit no telephone.
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America
London
Northwestern
Parliament Street
Euston
De Windt Expedition Reaches Verkhoyansk in Siberia
Letters from Harry De Windt report the Paris to New York overland expedition reaching Verkhoyansk on February 28 after severe cold and frostbite. The party planned to proceed to Sredne Kholymsk and then 1500 miles to East Cape, seeking arrival in the United States via the Behring Straits. A report notes Baron Toll’s ship Zaria stranded off the Siberian islands with limited coal.
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London
Harry de Windt
Paris
New York
Verkhoyansk
Siberia
Yakutsk
de Windt
Verkhoyansk Mountains
Sredne Kholymsk
United States
Behring Straits
Baron Toll
Siberian Islands
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh as a constitutional disease. The ad claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offering 100 dollars for any failure to cure and urging readers to request testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills as best.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Burial Association Organized in Douglas Kansas
A burial association formed in Douglas Kansas has 1000 members. Upon a member's death an assessment of 12 cents is levied to fund funeral expenses of $100 and $20 for maintaining the organization. The group has purchased burial goods to exploit wholesale prices.
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Douglas
Kansas
Patchwork Adverts and Jokes From a Turn‑of‑Century Page
A collage of ads and quips dated around 1900 recounts household remedies like Hamlin’s Wizard Oil and Pito’s Cure for Consumption, a 25c cough remedy, a 1.50 guaranteed timekeeper offer, and a canine patter joke along with a dentist joke and rural mailer phrasing. The miscellany includes the Javelle Mfg Co recruitment pitch and family quips about crullers and toddlers.
Vogeler's Curative Compound Promises Relief for Indigestion
The advertisement touts Vogeler's Curative Compound as effective for a wide range of stomach troubles, especially indigestion, asserting many ailments stem from stomach issues. It cites a testimonial from Mrs Bowell of Winchester Ohio and notes St Jacob's Oil Ltd offers a free sample from Baltimore, Maryland.
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Vogeler
W. Bowell
Priory Street
Winchester
Col
London
St. Jacob’s Oil, Ltd
Baltimore
Peruna Cures Catarrh of the Kidneys
An advertisement declares Peruna cures catarrh of the kidneys by relieving stagnant blood and preventing poison buildup. It claims improved heart and digestive function and urges readers to write to Dr. Hartman in Columbus for free advice if results are not prompt.
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T. H. Mars
Wisconsin Cavalry
Dunning Street
Chicago
Lll
Peruna
John Vance
Hartford City
Ind
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
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Kan
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Papa
Pito
N. W. Sam Mugi
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Grosse & Jones
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Charterhouse
Rue de la Paix
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Cura
Corr
Boston
Siemens
Alex Free
Westbrook
Denver
J and Awning Co
Larimer Street
Brown Palace
Nice
Oxford
Tiemion
Beira
Colorado Tent & Awning Co
West
Lawret
Colo
Geyserite Soap Mfg. Company
E. E. Burlingame & CO
Colorado
Mailer Express
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