Czarevitch Regimen Aims For Peculiar Nose Style
The piece notes Emper or Paul wanted a Pavlovaki like guard trained on striking nose features. He kept the Pavlovaks but also formed a regiment from the ugliest men in Russia. Pavlovaks must blow their noses before any inspection for the czarevitch. Baby Alexis may later comment on such noses.
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Czarevitch
Pavlovaki Regiment of the Guard
Europe
Saya
Boston Herald
Paul
Rueda
Alexis
Kida
Farmer Keeps Two Pet Snakes as Pest Controllers
A Philadelphia Record report describes Jodah Back’s cornfield where two tame pine snakes, seven feet four inches and six-and-a-half feet long, roam freely. He handles them like pets. they hunt mice and moles, sleeping under a brush pile by day and rarely danger to people.
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Jodah
Back
Philadelphia Record
Farmer Sack
The Tramp and Lady Bargain Over Food
A rough exchange from the Chicago Daily News shows a hungry tramp offering to steal bread to feed a starving woman. The pair exchange lines about immediate relief and mutual need in a tense street encounter.
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Chicago
Pleasant Relief and Mrs Spendera Exchange Talk
Conversation captures a light exchange between Pleasant Relief and Mrs Spendera George with Mr Spenders as the dialogue shifts from requests to playful banter. The Philadelphia Press style vignette emphasizes domestic wit and social banter in a concise, period voice.
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Mrs. Spendera George
Mr. Spenders
Philadelphia Press
Best Gunners Show Martial Athletics On Warship
Officers praise rational athletics as vital training for future soldiers and sailors aboard the US warship Wisconsin in a Balmer publication. It lists crew members from baseball and football backgrounds who excelled at gunnery and drill, arguing disciplined sport builds efficiency in all duties.
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United States
Wisconsin
Chicago Daily News
Balmer
Friel
McAnows
Smith
McAndrews
Bringoff
Christensen
Lame
Ridge
Lucid
Opera Glasses Aid To Hearing In Readers Opinion
A Philadelphia Record piece notes opera glasses help both sight and hearing. An in-theater tip suggests keeping the glasses trained on a singer to follow lyrics and enunciation. The column asserts opera glasses enhance listening by clarifying movement and sound for patrons at public events.
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Philadelhia
Optician
Opera
Giasves
Opera ‘Onos
Population of the Earth in the Baoerealury
The text notes an earth population of 1,063,300,000 sould spread over large areas with Europe showing extremely high density and Asia leading in total population. It cites continents and regions with specific counts such as Europe 149,208,000 and Africa ahead of North America, plus densities per square mile for Europe, Asia, North America, Africa, South America, and Polynesia.
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Ceti
Europe
Australia
Polynesia
Agia
Africa
North Ave
North America
South Ameria
Poly
Polar Lands
Ania
South Americs
Pay for Transport Positions at San Francisco Ports
Army transport officers report a long standing practice of men paying for positions at San Francisco harbor ports. An investigation is underway and shipping officials will prosecute the guilty. Some men have paid as much as $100 for a berth.
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Army Transport Service
San Francisco
Mace
Boxing Showdown Dominates Olympic World Stage
The article describes a premier boxing clash between two top contenders at a world fair venue, noting the high capacity crowd and the event’s significance in the athletic world.
Mixed 19th Century Tidbits from Across Regions
A diverse set of brief notes reports varied topics across regions. Mentions standard time in Tedia milroads and a jubilee regatta on the Zambeni marking Dr Livingstone's discovery. Berlin plans a jubile bathhouse, a Cape to Cape road accident near Victoria Falls, and a Belgian foreman’s death by self harm.
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Tedia
Greenwich
England
Zambeni
Livingstone
Berlin
Cape-to-Cape Fall
Victoria Falls
M. Aamont
British Armyauthoritien
Park
A Cold Turn Down at the Door Mat
Mrs Pepprey orders her servant to turn the Welcome mat upside down as Mrs Gaddie crosses the street. The brief domestic moment captures a small street scene in Philadelphia.
Coat Makers Busy As Fur Garments Grow Popular
Winter fashion trends push fur overcoats to rise in demand. Makers expect a strong supply next season with more fur coats in muskrat and mink variants. Astrakhan for evening wear remains preferred, with large collars in Perelan lamb and blended otter. Medium weight shell fabrics favored.
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Astrakhan
Summer Time in Alaska and Judicial Pensions
In Alaska, miners and traders work through the long northern summer with almost perpetual daylight, while winter rests slow. In England, the court system preserves independence by high judges salaries and large pensions, eight ex judges receive about 121 thousand dollars yearly.
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Sir Francia Jeune
England
Dreadnaught Sails New York to Liverpool in 13 Days
The clipper Dreadnaught built in Newburyport made a famed 13 day voyage from New York to Liverpool in 1854. The achievement highlighted a robust merchant marine era and stood as an unparalleled record, noted by the Boston Transcript.
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Atlantic
Newburyport
New York
Liverpool
Boston Transcript
The Busiest Man Elected Official Surgeon
The Chicago automobile club has elected an official surgeon. That man will not have time to breathe, if he attends to all the members.
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Chicago
Two Kinds of Dry Bricks in a Humorous Notion
A Boston transcript notes a quip comparing a common brick that absorbs a quart of water when very dry with a perfect brick of the human variety that remains dry despite years of drinking. The piece uses humor to reflect on mind over matter.
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Boston
Rural youth quotes mule training in Georgia letters
A rural youngster writes to a friend in Atlanta with a folksy line about a mule and wagon. The note reflects rural life and local humor through a vivid regional expression.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
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Europ
China
Portugal
Chase
Bald
Soula
Ocean
Alaska
Ata
F. A Crom
Verchant
Coupell
Portland Oregonian
Missouri River
Overland Limited
St. Paul
Minneapolis
C. A. Wailer
Chicago & North-Western
South St
Ating Didg
Nwiao
Soft Lake City
Utah
Wature
Salt Lake
Vierrone
Poutal
Perlberg Tailoring
S. E. Perlberg & Company
Merchant Tailors
LEM Mercantile CO
LEH] Commercial and Savings Bank
T. R. Cutler
John Y. Smith
Din
Lehi
Ogden
Uwh County
Tintic
Sanpete
Denver
Cowha
Kansas City
St. Louis
J. A. Benton
Floyd Green
The
Elk
QO. A. Slade
Main Street
America
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Union Pacific
Williams
West Second South Street
Salt Lake City
H. B. Merrihew
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Haan
Lehi, Utah
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